When James L Surratt was born on 30 June 1819, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Rev Beverly Surratt, was 26 and his mother, Laney Paulina Loflin, was 26. He married Ruth Peacock in 1839, in Davidson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States in 1880 and Alleghany Township, Davidson, North Carolina, United States in 1900. He died on 12 February 1902, in Davidson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States.
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American French: variant of Sarratt .
Probably also English: variant of Sarratt .
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