• Name:  Reverend James Dunlap
• Sex: F
• Birth: July 10, 1773 in Augusta County Virginia
• Death: Feb 28, 1866 Jacksonville, Illinois
• Note:  
  
  Father:  Major William Dunlap
  Mother:  Rebecca Robertson b: 1751 d. 1849

Marriage  Emily Johnson (1777-1848) 

• Married:  In 1794

Reverend James Dunlap (1773-1866) (Parents: Major William Dunlap (1743-1816) and Rebecca Robertson, a lady of Scottish descent) He was a Baptist minister. He had been reared and educated a Presbyterian and was a devoted member of that church until his marriage at the age of 21, he entered the Church of his wife's father and began preaching in the frontier wilderness of Kentucky. Rev. James Dunlap was the first Dunlap in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. He was born in Augusta County, Virginia, July 10, 1773, and died in Jacksonville, Illinois, February 28, 1866, in his 93rd year. At the age of 11 years he went with his father's family to Kentucky. He married Emily Johnson August 29, 1784 in Kentucky. She was born in Virginia, October 5, 1777, and died in Jacksonville, Illinois, March 13, 1848, at the age of 70 years, 4 months, and 27 days. Rev. James Dunlap, after his marriage, resided several years near Urbana, Ohio. Several of his sons immigrated to Jacksonville, Illinois. In 1844, he moved to Jacksonville and lived surrounded by most of all the members of his family. He was the father of 13 children who lived to be grown men and women. He was a minister in the Baptist Church for more than 50 years. He was blessed by his numerous and highly favored posterity, consisting at the time of his death: 13 children, 83 grandchildren, 106 great grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren.

There are many descendants of Rev. James Dunlap in Champaign County, Ohio, as well as in Fayette and Bourbon Counties, Kentucky. A large number of grandchildren and great grandchildren are located in and near Urbana, Ohio. He was reared in the Presbyterian faith but became a Baptist minister.

The children of Rev. James Dunlap and his wife, Emily Johnson Dunlap were:

1. William Dunlap (1795 - ). He married Sarah Moore in 1815. He was born in Fayette County, Kentucky
2. Rebecca Dunlap (1797 - ). She was born in Mason County, Kentucky. She married James Hedges, 1813
3. Mary Dunlap (1800 - ). She was born in Fleming County, Kentucky. She married Elizah Powell in 1818. They had  eleven children.
4. John Dunlap (1798-1844). He was born in Fleming County, Kentucky. He married Anne Paul in 1818; she was of Scottish descent.
5. Colonel James B. Dunlap (1802 - ). He was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, October 30, 1802. He married, November 19, 1823, Elisabeth Freeman
6. Elisabeth Dunlap (1804 - ). She was born in Fleming County, Kentucky. She married Reverend Samuel T. Hedges, 1821.
7. Nancy Dunlap (1804 - ). A twin to Elisabeth. She was born in Fleming County, Kentucky. She married Stephen Maclain (McLain), 1824
8. Edward Johnson Dunlap (1806 - ). He was born in Fleming County, Kentucky. He married Amanda F. Vaughn, 1828.
9. Jeptha Dunlap (1808 - ). He was born in Fleming County, Kentucky. He married
10. Honorable Stephen Dunlap (1811~1877.)
11. George Alexander Dunlap (1813 - ). He was born in Champaign County, Ohio. He married Susan MacConnell, 1839.
12. Samuel Dunlap (1815 - ). He was born in Champaign County, Ohio. He married Clarissa Scott, 1846. Champaign County, Ohio
13. Minerva Dunlap (1817 -She married William Ross, 1839