Benton Co., AR - Biographies - James J. Britt
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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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James J. Britt was born in Carroll County, Tenn., February 12, 1837, 
son of James J. and Winneford (Hilliard) Britt. The father was born, 
reared and married in North Carolina, but afterward moved to 
Tennessee, where he died in 1836. He was a farmer and merchant. The 
mother was born near Knoxville, N. C., and died in 1867 in Texas. She 
had married again, and had moved to several different places. James J. 
Britt was the youngest of five children of his father's family that 
lived to be grown. He was partly reared in Carroll County, Tenn., and 
at the age of twelve moved to Washita County, Ark., and from there to 
Barry County, Mo., where he remained three years. From there he came 
to Benton County, Ark., in 1853, where he settled to farming, and has 
continued this occupation ever since except two years in Texas, just 
after the war closed. During the war he served in Company H, First 
Arkansas Cavalry, Confederate States Army, where he remained until 
1863, when he was wounded at the Prairie Grove battle by a gunshot in 
the leg, which still causes him considerable trouble. Since the war 
Mr. Britt has devoted his time exclusively to farming. He was married, 
in 1857, to Miss Mary Ann Sager, a native of Benton County, Ark., and 
to them were born eleven children, eight now living: John F., James 
A., Sarah B., Willmina L., Eddie L., Albert and Addie (twins) and Ida 
A. Mr. Britt was justice of the peace of the township six years, and 
was a deputy sheriff of the county two years. He is a Democrat in 
polities; his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
South. He is the owner of 200 acres of land, 120 under cultivation.