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Transportation
James Cheatham was transported on the Dromedary, departing 11th Sep 1819 and arriving 10th Jan 1820 with 371 passengers.
Dromedary (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 216. Tasmanian Archives. |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Family connections for James (Cheatham) are: CHEATHAM James (Cheatham) was born about 1787 & became a gunmaker. He apparantly married Elizabeth (??? her first marriage age<15). He was tried w/1other for stealing a parcel from John (Hart), in Birmingham, at Warwick Assizes Warwickshire on 27 3 1819, sentenced to 7years, held at Warwickshire county gaol & arrived in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) as a convict on 10 1 1820 after a voyage of 4months on HMS DROMEDARY. A charge of assault of Dr (Turnbul), with his wife, was dismissed on 11 3 1831 & a charge of assault of James (Kelly) was dismissed on 11 1 1832. He died on 4 12 1832 age45. Some details taken from this Website] Elizabeth (???/Cheatham) was born about 1806. She was tried w/1other for uttering forged banknotes at Warwickshire Assizes at Coventry on 27 3 1820, sentenced to 14years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 30 9 1820 after a voyage of 4.5months on MORLEY; she apparantly continued on to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), where she was assigned to her husband. On 3 1 1827 she was reprimanded for being absent from her lodgings & found on a ship. She was issued her Ticket of Leave, which was withdrawn after being tried on 11 8 1829 for assault of Jane (Mott) & being sent to Female Factory. A charge of assault of Dr (Turnbul), with her husband, was dismissed on 11 3 1831. Her Conditional Pardon was approved on 1 5 1833 & her Certificate of Freedom was issued on 1 4 1834. She married secondly William (Sharman) on 30 9 1834 at Hobart. She died in August 1836. Some details taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
Tasmanian Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-6$init=CON31-1-6P76 No 213. James Cheatham. Per Dromedary, 1820. Tried Warwick, Mar 1819, 7 years. See record for details. Description Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON23-1-1$init=CON23-1-1-P065 James Cheatham, age 32, gunmaker, tried Warwick, 27 Mar 1819, 7 years. per Dromedary, native place, Birmingham. F.C. 106. 30 March 1826.
James Cheatham and James Luckman, for stealing, in this town, a parcel, property of John Hart; ... Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 12 April 1819. ----------------------------------------------------- The following convicts were on Tuesday re moved from the county gaol at Warwick, to be put on board the transport ship at Woolwich, previous to their being transported to New South Wales, viz.—. ... James Cheatham, James Luckman, ... Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 3 May 1819.
Elizabeth CHEATHAM, transported per the "Morley" to VDL was placed with a James CHEATHAM - although not clearly stated, it appears to have been her husband who was transported to VDL in 1820 per the “Dromedary”. He was also convicted at Warwick. Noted he was also charged with assaulting Dr. Turnbull, in 1831, along with Elizabeth. James CHEATHAM/CHEETHAM died 4 Dec 1832, aged 45 yrs. (ref. 34/1/1 no. 2877) Death notice in Hobart Town Courier 14 Dec 1832 - "Mr. James Cheatham, deeply lamented by all who knew him". Elizabeth CHEATHAM subsquently married a William SHARMAN, in 1834, Hobart. Notice in the newspaper Launceston Examiner 24 March 1849 would confirm this relationship of the 3 persons dealing with a Trust.