James Tillman LOVIN1,3,4,6,2,5

about 18216,5 - 13th Oct 18635

Life History

about 1819	Born in Burke, North Carolina, USA.6,5 (less likely)
1820	Resident in Burke, North Carolina, USA.5
about 1821	Born in Burke County, North Carolina.1,3,4 (most likely)
1830	Resident in Burke, North Carolina, USA.5
Nov 1843	Birth of daughter Sarah A E LOVIN in Burke County, North Carolina.3,4
1847	Birth of son John N LOVIN in Burke County, North Carolina.3,4,7,8
Feb 1850	Birth of son Samuel Blakely LOVIN in Cherokee County, North Carolina.3,4,1
about 1851	Birth of daughter Mary M LOVIN in Cherokee County, North Carolina.3
8th Sep 1853	Birth of son James Wesley LOVIN in Cherokee County, North Carolina.9,3,10,11,12,13,14,15
about 1856	Birth of daughter Isabella LOVIN in Cherokee County, North Carolina.3
29th Mar 1859	Birth of son William M LOVIN in Cherokee County, North Carolina.3,1,16
1860	Resident in Shoal Creek, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA.5
between 1861 and 1863	Military: Served the Union Army, was killed in action in Cherokee County in Cherokee County, North Carolina
15th Aug 1861	Birth of son Joseph Bunyan LOVIN in Cherokee County, North Carolina.1
13th Oct 1863	Died in Burke County, North Carolina.1,6,2 (most likely) Killed in the Civil War by a Confederate Home Guard
28th Oct 1863	Died in Burke, North Carolina, USA.5 (less likely)
after 13th Oct 1863	Buried in Old Reid Cemetery, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina.1,2

Other facts

Married Salina L WILSON

Notes

1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, North Carolina, 8 June, page 53 (scan 42), Hse/Fam #45
James Lovin 27 M Farmer No Real Estate value rptd b North Carolina
Selina Lovin 23 F b North Carolina
Sarah A E Lovin 4 F b North Carolina
John N Lovin 3 M b North Carolina
Samuel B Lovin 4mos M b North Carolina

1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, North Carolina, 12 July, PO Laurel Valley, Shoal Creek District, page 67 (scan 200), Hse/Fam #432
James Lovin 41 M Farmer $500 Real Estate $510 Personal born Burke Co NC [b abt 1819]
Selinea Lovin 35 F born Burke Co NC [b abt 1825]
Sarah Lovin 13 F born Burke Co NC
John Lovin 12 M born Burke Co NC
Samuel Lovin 10 M born Cherokee Co NC
Mary M Lovin 9 F born Cherokee Co NC
Wesley Lovin 7 M born Cherokee Co NC
Isabella Lovin 4 F born Cherokee Co NC
William A Lovin 2 M born Cherokee Co NC

James & Salina Wilson Lovin Grave Marker, Old Reid/Reed Cemetery, Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina
James - Wife Salina Wilson Lovin
First Union man killed in Cherokee Co
October 13, 1863 by a Confederate Home
Guard, He was a custom blacksmith
and Stone Mason, building himself
the first brick house in the co, and
the sawed soapstone chimney at
the Buck Colvard place, Tomotla
Siding, he was the father of Sam, Joe,
Will Lovin Graham Co. His oldest
son John died in the Union Army.
-- Transcribed as is, except that the stone is carved in all caps

The grave marker states that James was killed in Cherokee County, but the Find a Grave memorial reports his place of death as Burke County, North Carolina. The memorial may have meant James was the first Union man from Cherokee County who was killed in the war, rather than that he was the first one killed in Cherokee County, as the wording indicates. I have not found the army records. For now I am following the death place reported by Find a Grave.

This marker does not mention the son James Wesley Lovin, whose family information led to James and Salina.

James Tillman Lovin
Birth 1819 Burke County, North Carolina
Death Oct. 13, 1863 Cherokee County, North Carolina
Spouse Selina Wilson Lovin
Children:
Sarah Lovin Sneed 1843-1930
William M Lovin (1859 - 1946)
Burial Old Reid Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina
Created by weeping willow Feb 14, 2009
-- Find A Grave Memorial #33847155, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33847155

Sources

1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
2. Gravestones of North Carolina
3. 1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, North Carolina
- 12 July, PO Laurel Valley, Shoal Creek District, page 67 (scan 200), Hse/Fam #432
4. 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, North Carolina
- 8 June, page 53 (scan 42), Hse/Fam #45
5. Ancestry Trees
- Coile-Carroll, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12925890/person/803710158
6. Sharon Terry
7. U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
8. Ancestry Trees
- Robertson, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1134775/person/-750575416?ssrc=&ftm=1
9. 1910 Federal Census, Latimer County, Oklahoma
- 15 April, Buffalo Township, District 133, page 4A, Hse/Fam #71
10. 1920 Federal Census, Latimer County, Oklahoma
- 6 January, Buffalo Township, District 84, page 2B, Hse/Fam #29
11. 1930 Federal Census, LeFlore County, Oklahoma
- 2 April, Talihina Township, District 12, page 1A, Hse/Fam #9
12. 1880 Federal Census, Van Buren County, Arkansas
- 1 June, Archey Valley Township, District 201, page 67 (scan 448C), Hse/Fam #65
13. Ancestry Trees
14. 1900 Federal Census, Van Buren County, Arkansas
- 8 June, Wheeler Township, District 134, page 4B, Hse #63, Fam #64
15. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
16. North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979