James Eli Hartless, born: 1839; Campbell Co. VA;

James, married: 10 Mar 1871; Lexington, Rockbridge Co. VA; by J. H. Temple; Mary R. Hicks, born: ca. 1841; Rockbridge Co. VA; died: 17 Nov 1907; Dau. of William Hicks & Margaret Fuller;

James's occupation was listed as a Cooper.

Issue: Hartless

• Charles Henry, born: ca. 1864; Rockbridge Co. VA;
  Charles Henry, married: 6 Oct 1891; Rockbridge Co. VA; by A. J. Parsley; Missouri Clark, born: ca. 1867; Rockbridge Co. VA;
  Charles Henry married 2nd: 28 May 1913; Rockbridge Co. VA; at A. R. Presbyterian Church by J. B. Pearson; Mary Moore, born: ca. 1889; Rockbridge Co. VA;
• Margaret Edmonia, born: ca. 1865; died: 30 Jul 1871; Lexington, Rockbridge County, VA; result of being run over by a wagon; buried: 1871; Rockbridge Co. VA;
• Nannie J., born: 6 Dec 1870; Rockbridge Co. VA; died: 23 Apr 1950; Rockbridge Co. VA; buried: Apr 1950; Oxford Presbyterian Church Cem., Lexington, Rockbridge Co. VA;
  Nannie, married: 21 Dec 1898; Rockbridge Co. VA; Charles Alexander Martin, born: 31 Mar 1875; Amherst Co. VA; died: 6 Mar 1955; Rockbridge Co. VA; buried: Mar 1955; Oxford Presbyterian Church Cem., Lexington, Rockbridge Co. VA;
• Stuart Jasper, born: 15 May 1874; Rockbridge Co. VA; died: 12 Jun 1941; Rockbridge Co. VA; buried: Jun 1941; Oxford Presbyterian Church Cem., Lexington, Rockbridge Co. VA;
  Stuart, married: 11 Nov 1904; Rockbridge Co. VA; Virginia Ann Martin, born: 11 Sep 1883; Amherst Co. VA; died: 26 Dec 1952; Rockbridge Co. VA; buried: Dec 1952; Oxford Presbyterian Church Cem., Lexington, Rockbridge Co. VA;
• James T., born: ca. 1875; Rockbridge Co. VA; died: unknown;
  James, married: 29 Jun 1908; Buena Vista, Rockbridge Co. VA; Vicie Beverly, born: ca. 1882; Amherst Co. VA; died: unknown;
• Edgar Clyde, born: 31 Jul 1876; Rockbridge Co. VA; died: 13 Sep 1932; VA; buried: Sep 1932; Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Rockbridge Co. VA;
  Edgar, married: Jennie Wesley Phillips, born: 17 Jan 1872; East Lexington, Rockbridge Co. VA; died: 31 Dec 1923; East Lexington, Rockbridge Co. VA; buried: 31 Dec 1923; Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Rockbridge Co. VA; (Jennie, married 1st: William McDowell Hayslett, and had five children. According to the Rockbridge County, Virginia Heritage Book after William died and Jennie remarried the children were placed in an orphanage in Richmond, VA.)

Source info: Gloria Schell's notes; U.S. 1850 Census, Eastern District, Amherst County, VA; Free African Americans by Paul Heinegg (Hammond-Hawley);