James was numbered in the 1850 Tarrant County Census, School Roll and School Tax lists. He was numbered again on the 24 Jun 1854 School Census. James was a member of the Texas State Troops in 1863 from Tarrant County. James and Mary did leave Tarrant county at some point. They both died in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
Cemetery give the dates of their lives.
After Mary's death, James married a third time to Martha Jane Blackard on 08 July 1888, Sebastian County, Arkansas. Sarah Ann b. abt 1842, Julia Ann b. abt 1846, Harriet L. b. abt 1848. Oct 1861, James Polk b. Laura b. bef 1872, Mary J. b. There were no children by Martha Jane.