Married first Sarah Pearce; they had 7 children, including John Stubbs.

James married second to Sarah Tallent; Elizabeth R. Stubbs (who married Holden W. Liles) was their daughter.  Elizabeth Stubbs Liles is noted  in the 1860 census living with her children near Alexander Stubbs and his mother Ann Fuller McDaniel Stubbs, and in the 1880 census living near Alexander's brother John Weldon Stubbs.  Alexander Stubbs and John Weldon Stubbs were both sons of John Stubbs and Ann Fuller McDaniel., and grandsons of James Stubbs and Sarah Pearce.

One ref says his first wife may have been Sarah Pierce (daughter of Dickson Pierce), and that this wife was mother of all children except one.  This ref. says that the second wife was Sarah Tallant, with whom James Stubbs had 1 child.

James was a Revolutionary soldier.  Proof is via brother Lewis' pension filed under Act of 1832.
He is listed in the 1790 SC census.

According to "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution" (Bobby Gilmer Ross), Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1985.
"James Stubbs.  He served in the militia after the fall of Charleston as a lieutenant.  AA7503; S72"
Audited Accounts in the South Carolina Archives and Stub Indent Number
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James Stubbs (1755-1825) did not live long enough to qualify under the Pension Act of 1832, and was never destitute. The only proof of his service is in the pension application under the Act of 1832, of his brother Lewis Stubbs, among the service claimed by Lewis, was “served as a substitute for James Stubbs and William Stubbs.” When Charleston was captured by the British in 1781, the Militia Officers surrendered all the troops in a body and the troops were then paroled. The records were also captured. Of the thousands of Militia Troops paroled at this time, unless they later violated their paroles or lived long enough to apply for a pension, no record of their service exists.