JAMES SALTER FAMILY
James Salter was born in North Carolina in 1760. He fought in the Revolutionary War and for his services, President John Quincy Adams
rewarded some land in the Mississippi Territory. In 1816, James Salter came down the Federal Road to Burnt Corn. According to family,
James married three different times and fathered 21 or 22 children. Two of his sons were James, Jr. and William. The photo above is
last Salter house as it stands in Burnt Corn today.
