Rebecca Lula McLemore

Rebecca married John A. Simmons on 2 Feb 1865 in Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia. John was born before 1846; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. FHL Film #33441 Ref ID 18

Rebecca married John W. Walton on 16 Dec 1880 in Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia. John was born before 1849; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1872 U. S. City Directory for Petersburg, VA, Burrill G. McLemore was listed as a carpenter, on Halifax n. of Jones Rd

Said to have been killed in a train accident.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MCLEMORE/2002-02/1014056300

(Research):
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Census Information:

1850 Census
Virginia, Petersburg (Independent City)
Enumerated 17 Sept 1850
Stamped 399
188-216
B.G. McLemore 38 M ??? (Va)
Mary McLemore 38 F (Va)
Jas. McLemore 14 M VA (s/b Rockwell)
James McLemore 13 m (Va) (s/b Rockwell)
Rebecca McLemore 2 F (Va)
John Hamilton 50 M Wheelwright (Va)

1860 Census
Virginia, Petersburg (Independent City)
Enumerated 15 June 1860
Page 24
205-205
Burwell G. McLemore 48 M Carpenter $--- $50 Va
Mary A. McLemore 50 F $1750 $100 Va
Jas. E. Rockwell 24 M Clerk Va
James R. Rockwell 22 m Artist Va
Rebecca L. McLemore 11 F Va
May J McLemore 7 F Va

1870 Census
Virginia, Petersburg (Independent City)
Enumerated 17 Aug 1870
Page 36
304-304
McIImore B.G. 55 W W Conductor Railroad $2000 VA
McIlmore, Mary Ann 56 F W Keeping House Va

Burwell married Mary Ann Demoville about 1848 in Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia. Mary was born between 1808 and 1814 in Virginia; died on 17 Jul 1892 in Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia; was buried in Blanford Cemetery, Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. shows that Mary Ann Demoville, F, married Richard Rockwell, M, on 19 Mar 1834, Chesterfield VA. Her Death index listing instead showed her father's name as De Morville

Shown on an unsouced tree on Ancestry.com as a daughter of Griffin Demoville and Phoebe Foster.

Mary A. McLemore, wid. (of) Burwell G, h 49 Halifax, was listed in the 1888 Petersburg, VA City Directory

Her headstone is inscribed Mrs. Mary Ann McLemore, Died July 17, 1892, aged 81 years

Notes:

The inventory of Gilliam's estate was filed in Sussex County May 5, 1814, and a first accounting filed August 3, 1815, showed $10 paid to his sister Anna for keeping his children briefly, and accounts were paid to his brother James and to the latter's father-in-law, Daniel Harwood as well. In about 1815 or 1816 Sylvia McLemore, widow of Gilliam McLemore, filed suit against his administrator. In this suit all six children were named, probably in the order of their births: Amy, Polly, Henry, Burwell G., Betsey and Rebecca.

Polly and Betsey are not found elsewhere in the records, except that is is possible that Polly was the Mary who married Turner NEWTON in March 1827 (Sussex Marriage Register, p. 371), since her cousin Fanny (Frances L.) married Thomas NEWTON. However, the "Mary" in this Marriage record, even if called by the nickname Polly, could also have been the daughter of Howell McLemore or John McLemore III.

Henry apparently died before reaching his teenage years, probably in late 1815. An accounting of his estate with first entry on December 25, 1815, was filed on May 7, 1829 (Sussex Will Book L, p. 155).

(James L. McLemore, III, pp. 77-78).

Gilliam married Jincy Wasdin on 9 Nov 1809 in Sussex County, Virginia. Jincy was born before 1790; died before 1813. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
He married Jincy Wasdin in a service performed November 9, 1809, by Rev. Robert Murrill Sr., probably at Hebron Baptist Church near Branchville (Sussex Marriage Register, pp. 134, 275). (James L. McLemore, III, p 77).

Notes:

Patented 190 acres of land near his father on Poplar Creek by patent dated May 20, 1742 (Patent Book 20, p.---). As he was required to be twenty-one at the time of the patent, the latest possible date for his birth would accordingly be May, 1721. Upon this land he initially settled and lived for over thirty years. It was where he took his bride and began to raise is family. (James L. McLemore, III, p. 69).

Burwell and Amy Maclemore had a large family: eleven children in all have been identified, but only two had their births recorded in the Albermarle Parish Register. The first was Sally, born June 2, 1754, and baptized August 25, 1754. Sponsors or godparents included her aunt and uncle, Robert and Lydia Magee, as well as Gilliam. A second daughter "Molly" (Mary) was shown in the Register as being born July 24, and baptized September 14, 1760. There was a sufficient interval in between these two for the birth of at least one other child (probably Howell), and the others followed along thereafter; John, Lucy, Lydia, Ann or Anna, Burwell Jr., Gilliam, Charles and James, probably in something close to that order, with their births running right up nearly to the outbreak of the American Revolution, when Burwell (Sr.) would have been 55, and Amy in her early to mid 40's. (James L. McLemore, III, pp. 70-71).

By the time his family had grown this large, it became obvious that his original 190 acres patented plantation was too small (or worn out) to support such a family. Therefore, he arranged in 1775 to exchange this plantation with John Tyler (father of President John Tyler) for a larger tract. Both deeds were dated January 17, 1775, and recorded February 16, 1775. Burwell conveyed Tyler his 190 acre plantation (inaccurately described as obtained by patent dated August 20, 1740-Sussex Deed Book E, p. 295), in return for a tract of some 275 acres originally patented to Tyler and called "The Pine Log" plantation, adjoining another Tyler plantation called "Poplar" and also bounded by Daniel Harwood and the Pine Log Branch (Deed Book E, p. 274). (James L. McLemore, III, pp. 70-71).

Burwell survived all his brothers (including Joel, who was considerably younger), and he apparently survived at least one child and his wife Amy as well. Neither his first born daughter Sally nor his wife is mentioned in his will, which was dated September 21, 1793, and admitted to probate October 4, 1798 (Sussex Will Book F, p. 123). It reads as follows:

In the Name of God Amen. This Twenty-first day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-three, I Burwell Maclemore of the County of Sussex in the Parish of Albemarle being weak and low in body tho perfect mind & memory (thanks be to God for the same) but calling to mind the mortality of the body and knowing it is appointed for man once to die do make and ordaing this my last will and Testament in manner and form following (Viz) First: I give my soul to almighty God who gave it me in hope of joyous resurrection and as to my wordly Estate wherewith it hath been pleased God to bless me with I bestow in manner and form following, to wit:

Impremis: my will and desire is that my land be laid off in three parts. I have and devise to my son, Gilliam Maclemore the lower part of my Land with the Building and extend up as far as the Spring branch and thence along the said branch to the head and thence a straight line form thence to a corner tree, a pine that stands in the upper prong of the Pine Log Branch to him and his Heirs forever.

Item: I give and devise to my son Charles Maclemore the Land adjoining Gilliam Maclemore above the Spring branch to the Horse Meadow to the School House path and thence a straight line from that to the head line to him and his Heirs forever.

Item: I give to my son James Maclemore all the rest of my Land adjoining Charles Maclemore between the Horse Meadow and the long Meadow branch, also my Negro boy the name of Henry also my young plantation colt to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my Son John Maclemore the sum of Five Pounds to him and his Heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my Daughter Lucy Bullock the sum of Five Pounds to her and her Heirs forever.

Item: I give my daughter Ann Maclemore the sum of Five Shillings to her and her Heirs forever.

Item: I give to my Daughter Lydia Lewis the like sum of Five Shillings to her and her Heirs forever.

Item: I give to my Daughter Molly Land the sum of Five Pounds to her and her Heirs forever.

Item: I give to my son Burwell Maclemore the sum of Five Shillings to him and his Heirs forever.

Item: My will and desire is that all the rest of my Estate that is not before given to my above mentioned Children may be sold and the money arising from the Amount of Sales after paying my Just Debts and the Legacies as above mentioned may be equally Divided between Howell Maclemore and James Maclemore to them and their Heirs forever.

Lastly: My Desire is that Gilliam Maclemore and Charles Maclemore be Executors to this my last Will and testament. Testifying this and not other to be my last will and testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this day and year written. Signed and seal and delivered to be my last Will and testament in the presence of Macklin Bass (his Mark); L. Mason; Thomas Pate Jr, (his mark), Herbert Pate (his mark)

Burwell B. Maclemore (his mark)

As noted above, Burwell's will, in addition to omitting any mention of his wife, Amy, also omitted his eldest daughter Sally whose birth was registered in the Albemarle Parish Register. It is accordingly presumed that neither Amy or Sally survived to the date of the execution of the will (1793), and Sally probably died in her youth, unmarried. Burwell's other four daughters share a history similar in many respects to those of his brother John. Two are named in the will by their married names, but there is no mention in the marriage records of either. They are Lucy Bullock and Lydia Lewis. Another daughter, Ann, Anna or Anny apparently did not marry; her own will, which she signed as Anny McLemore, was dated August 18, 1818, was admitted to probate January 15, 1835, in Southhampton County (Will Book 11, p. 352), referred to her brother Gilliam McLemore, but bequeathed her property to her granddaughter Susanna Carter, daughter of HER daughter Susanna Woodward! Ann survived her brother Gilliam, and was later paid by his estate then dollars for briefly keeping his children after his death. Finally Mary, or Molly as she was called in the birth records of the Parish Register and also as she was called by her father in his will, was likewise referred to by her married name, Land; she was married (as Mary McLemore) to Littleberry Land pursuant to marriage bond issued October 4, 1791 (Southhampton Marriage Register, p. 75). (James L. McLemore, III, pp. 70-73)

Burwell had six sons to carry on the McLemore name into the 19th century in Southside Virginia. However, this was the age when farm lands in the old tobacco-growing regions of Virginia became too worn out to support growing families, while migration was taking whole families westward and southward into newly opened areas for settlement. The lure of new land, the call of McLemore cousins already emigrating southward and westward, was calling on several of the sons of Burwell Maclemore even before, and especially after, his death. Their migrations before the turn of the 19th century thus put these McLemores at the forefront of this pattern of migration, just as they had been in the Carolinas ever since the days of James and Abraham Macklemore, the original immigrant brothers. (James L. McLemore, III. pp. 73-75).

First US Census of 1790 shows Burwell McLemore as a HOH with eight whites and two slaves.(Sussex County, Virginia). Howell was not one of them (of 11 children, Sally had died, John had moved to Carolina, and Howell and one of the older daughters had married and moved out, leaving Amy and seven children). (James L. McLemore, III, p. 75).

Burwell's third son (at least his third to move away) was his namesake Burwell McLemore, Jr. (James L. McLemore, III, p. 76).

Meanwhile, back in Virigina, Burwell Sr.'s other three sons were remaining at home. Gilliam McLemore received the lower third of his father's "Pine Log Plantation, with buildings. He is known to have married three times.......Charles McLemore received the second third of his father Burwell's plantation. Charles married Lucy ROWE....The last (and probably youngest) son of Burwell and Amy Maclemore was James. Born just before the outbreak of the American Revolution, he was devised the final third of his father's "Pine Log" plantation. He married Rebecca HARWOOD, ...(James L. McLemore, III, pp. 77-79).

(Medical):Two direct descendants of Burwell participated in the Morrison yDNA study.

The main purpose of this study was to prove that the immigrant founders of this family in America, James Macklemore and Abraham Macklemore, were brothers. If brothers, then the y-DNA of the direct male descendants of both men would match. However, instead of confirming this, it appears that we have AT LEAST two distinct yDNA groups, with three additional potential lines. The first cluster of matching yDNA has ten members, who are part of the R1b1a2 haplogroup. The R1b DNA haplogroup, is the most common in Western Europe. Two of the ten participants can trace their lines back to the immigrant Abraham Macklemore, the husband of Mary Young. Another member can trace himself back to Moses McLemore b. ca. 1738 who is thought to be a son of Wright McLemore, grandson of William Macklemore, and great-grandson of the immigrant James Macklemore. If both these members are correct in their paper trails, AND if Amos can be proven to be a great-grandson of James Macklemore, then the assumption that James and Abraham have a common paternal ancestor is correct as descendants of both men share the same yDNA. The other six members of this first cluster all have the McLemore surname, and all can trace their lineages back to McLemore men who predate the Civil War, but have not conclusively linked themselves back to either James or Abraham.

The second cluster in the study have three members to date. They are all in the E1b1 Haplogroup, which is rare in Western Europe. All of them match each other, but do not match any other McLemores yet tested. All three of these members can trace their ancestry to John Macklemore of Virginia, the husband of Faith. Two of them descend from his son Burwell, and the third from his son Joel. But, as discussed above, IF we have also proven that the immigrants Abraham and James Macklemore are brothers, then it follows that John Macklemore could not be the biological son of the immigrant James, as the yDNA of these two clusters is very different.

Our current thinking is that John was likely a son of Fortune's and a stepson of James Macklemore, who raised him as his own. Alternatively, it may still be proven that James and Abraham were not brothers. They may share the same surname, but not the same paternal ancestry. More proven descendants of James and Fortune Macklemore will need to be tested to confirm or refute either theory.

See Morrison/McLemore DNA study results for Group AJ.

http://www.geneticousins.com/morrison/

Burwell married Amy Gilliam before 1753. Amy was born about 1730 in Surry County, Virginia; died before 1793 in Sussex County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In his book, James L. McLemore, III writes that Burwell's "wife's given name was Amy, and though it has not yet been established, her maiden name was almost certainly GILLIAM. She could have been a younger daughter of John GILLIAM Jr. (who had an Amy among his younger children), but it is more likely that her father was Charles GILLIAM, the son of Hinchea and Fortune (Flood) GILLIAM, who were all neighbors of the McLemores. Charles and Mary (CLANTON) GILLIAM are listed in the "Albemarle Parish Register" as being the parents of five children: Fortune (b. 1742), Lydia (b. 1744), Phoebe and John, twins, (b. 1751) and Jordan (b. 1757). These were their youngest five children; it is known that they had at least two other children: Charles Jr. (the oldest) and Edmund, to both of whom Charles Sr. gave land. His gift to Edmund in 1757 indicates a probable birth date for him of 1736 or before, with Charles Jr. certainly older than that. Amy (GILLIAM) McLemore, if indeed an older child of Charles GILLIAM Sr., would probably have been born sometime in the (early) 1730's.........There is no proof that he (Charles GILLIAM) had a daughter named Amy. However, Charles GILLIAM was security on the bond of Burwell's mother Faith when she qualified on the estate of her husband John MACKLEMORE in early 1767, and then himself died later that same year. In addition, Amy is a name used within both the GILLIAM and CLANTON families, Burwell and his wife Amy had a close association with both of these families, and they named two of their younger sons Charles and Gilliam, all of which tends to support this thesis (James L. McLemore, III, pp. 69, 70).

Notes:

Married:
Burwell Maclemore and his wife, Amy, had a large family: eleven children in all have been identified, but only two had their births recorded in the Albermarle Parish Register. The first was Sally, born June 2, 1754, and baptized August 25, 1754. Sponsors or godparents included her aunt and uncle, Robert and Lydia Magee, as well as a Gilliam. A second daughter "Molly" (Mary) was shown in the Register as being born July 24, and baptized September 14, 1760. There was a sufficient interval in between these two for the birth of at least one other child (probably Howell), and the others followed along thereafter: John, Lucy, Lydia, Ann or Anna, Burwell Jr., Gilliam, Charles and James, probably in something close to that order, with their births running right up nearly to the outbreak of the American Revolution, when Burwell would have been 55, and Amy in her early to mid 40's. Neither his first born daughter Sally nor his wife is mentioned in his will, which was dated September 21, 1793, and admitted to probate October 4, 1798. (B. F. McLemore His Ancestors and Descendants, James L. McLemore III (c. 1991) pp. 81-82).

Copied from Rev. William P. McLemore's website, "McLemore Notables"

http://www.oocities.org/wmclemore.geo/mclem1.htm