Minnie Belle Fairchild

Notes:

In December, 2011, a descendant emailed that "Minnie Belle....is buried in Stone County, Mississippi, a Wiggins cemetery. Minnie married Reuben W. Lowery [and had two daughters].
Minnie and Ruben and the two girls were living in Wiggins at the time that Minnie died after the birth of a son; the baby died too. Minnie and the baby are buried in Wiggins. Ruben and the two girls took a train up to the Seminary area where some of his older children lived. Ruben died soon after. They said he was an old man and grieved himself to death. Fletcher, one of his grown sons, and his wife took in the two younger children, Gladys and Audrey, ages 4 and 2, and raised them."

Minnie married Reuben F. Lowery between 1917 and 1918 in Mississippi. Reuben was born in Mar 1862 in Alabama; died about 1923 in Covington County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gladys Emma Lowery was born on 7 Feb 1919 in Jones County, Mississippi; died on 11 Sep 2003 in Forrest County, Mississippi; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi.
2. Audrey Elizabeth Lowery was born on 9 Feb 1921 in Jones County, Mississippi; died on 17 Sep 2009 in Covington County, Mississippi.

Notes:

(Research):Census Information:

1880 Census
Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Oc
cupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Abram L. FAIRCHILD Self M Male W 28 MS Works On Farm MS MS
Sebel R. FAIRCHILD Wife M Female W 29 MS Keeping House MS MS
Sarah E. FAIRCHILD Dau S Female W 9 MS At Home MS MS
Amos W. FAIRCHILD Son S Male W 6 MS At Home MS MS
Martha L. FAIRCHILD Dau S Female W 3 MS At Home MS MS
Source Information:
Census Place Perry, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254662 NA Film Number T9-0662
Page Number 327B

1900 Census
Mississippi, Lincoln County, Vaughan Election Precinct
Enumerated on 5 and 6 June 1900 by O.N. Arrington
SD 7 ED 103 Sheet 2B
31-31
Fairchilds, A>>m Head W M Feb 1852 48 M29 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Fairchilds, Sebelle Wife F F May 1852 48 M29 7/6 Miss Miss Miss
Fairchilds, Mattie Dtr W F Jul 1881 19 S Miss Miss Miss
Fairchilds, Minnie Dtr W F Mar 1884 16 S Miss Miss Miss At School
Fairchilds, Eva Dtr W F Feb 1885 15 S Miss MIss Miss At School
Fairchilds, Cora Dtr F W Aug 1886 13 S Miss Miss Miss At School

1910 Census
Mississippi, Covington County, Beat 1
Enumerated 6 May 1910 SD 6 ED 1 Sheet 15B
273-273
Fairchilds, Lundy Head M W 59 M1 37 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Fairchilds, Cebell Wif F W 59 M1 6/5? Miss Miss Miss
Fairchilds, Mattie Dtr F W 25 S Miss Miss Miss
Fairchilds, Minnie Dtr F 23 S Miss Miss Miss
Fairchilds, Cora Dtr F W 19 S Miss Miss Miss
Fairchilds, Godie Grandson M W 9 S Miss Miss
Fairchilds, Lilian Granddaughter F W 2 S Miss Miss Miss

1920 Census
Mississippi, Covington County, Beat 2 Richmond
Enumerated 16 Jan 1920
SD 6 ED 3 Sheet 12B
219-219
Fairchilds, Abra L Hd M W 67 M Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Fairchilds, Seobolle Wf F W 67 M Miss Miss Miss
Fairchilds, Eva Durma Dtr F W 29 W Miss Miss Miss
Fairchilds, Clid G(r)and Son M W 8 S Miss Ala Miss
Fairchilds, Claira G(r)and Dtr F W 17 S Miss Ala Miss
Fairchilds, Gray G(r)and Son M W 18 S Miss Miss Miss
Fairchilds, Lillian Grand Daughter F W 11 S Miss Miss Miss

(Medical):It is said that many of his descendants suffer from thalessmia or Mediterranean anemia, causing low hemoglobin counts and resulting in low energy (thalessmia minor) or death (thalessmia major)

Abraham married Sebelle Rosetta McLemore on 3 Nov 1870 in Copiah County, Mississippi. Sebelle (daughter of Maj. Amos McLemore and Rosa Lavinia McLemore) was born on 17 May 1852 in Jones County, Mississippi; died after 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Lavinia McLemore about 1843 in Copiah County, Mississippi. Lavinia (daughter of Moses McLemore and Nancy Vinnie Batiste) was born in May 1828 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Perry
Enumerated the 24th Day of September 1850 by James Carpenter

HH #123-123 Charles and Anna (McLemore) KNIGHT

HH #124-124
Abram Fairchild 29 M Farmer Miss
Laveny Fairchild 21? F Miss
William Fairchild 6 M Miss
Sarah Fairchild 5 F Miss
Nancy Fairchild 3 F Miss
Joseph Fairchild 3/12 M Miss

1860 Census
Mississippi, Perry County, Southern District
Enumerated 15 Sept 1860 by Henry E. Lee
Page 49
HH 291-279 Henry and Nancy (McLemore) Lee

HH 292-280 Joseph and Martha McLemore

HH 293-281
Londy Fairchilds 39 M Farmer $--- $1000 Miss
Luvinia Fairchilds 33 F Miss
William Fairchilds 16 M Miss
Sarah Fairchilds 15 F Miss
Nancy Fairchilds 12 F Miss
Joseph Fairchilds 10 M Miss
Susan Fairchilds 6 F Miss
Londy Fairchilds 8 M Miss
Hiram Fairchilds 4 M Miss
Craven Fairchilds 1 M Miss

HH 294-282 Josiah and Sarah McLemore

1870 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Twp 1 and 2 West of R. R., Post office Hazlehurst
Page No. 3, Stamped 168
HH 21-21 William and Dicey
HH 22-22
Fairchild, Abram 49 M W Farmer $1200 $400 Miss
Fairchild, Lavina 43 F W Keeps House Miss
Fairchild, Sarah 25 F W Miss
Fairchild, Nancy 23 F W Miss
Fairchild, Abraham 15 M W Miss
Fairchild, Susan 16 F W Miss
Fairchild, Hiram H. 13 M W Miss
Fairchild, Craven 11 M W Miss

Notes:

Henry Lee writes that the Leaf River Baptist Minutes show that Amos McLemore was baptised on June 20, 1830. Minutes show he became a leader in the church, a close affiliated of the Providence Baptist Church now in Forrest County, Mississippi.

The following Biographical information was excerpted from Everett Roy Hammond's complilation titled MAJOR AMOS McLEMORE, Published by the Jones Co. Genealogical & Historical Organization, Laurel, MS, 2002.

"Amos moved with his family to Perry County, Mississippi [around 1836] when they settled on the old homeplace out from Estabuchie. At the time of his marriage to his cousin, Rosa Lavinia McLemore, Amos was a Methodist-Episcopal minister in the Leaf River Circuit encompassing Jones and Perry counties. He was also working as a school teach in Ellisville where he and Rosa lived. How long Major McLemore worked as a teacher and minister is not known. The 1860 census gives his occupation as "merchant." He was engaged in the merchantile business with Dr. John McCormick Bayliss near the old Bayliss home, on the west side of the Leaf River and west of Eastabutchie, MS. John Bayliss was a son of wealthy slaveholder and Methodist minister, George Bayliss. This is the same John Bayliss who was a secessionist candidate in the Jones County election held Dec. 20, 1861. His opponent was John H. Powell, Jr. a Unionist candidate. It is known that Amos was involved in land speculation during this period and had increased both his wealth and status. Thus at the beginning of the War Between the States, Amos and Rosa were quite prosperous. They owned at least 700 acres of land and a half interest in the mercantile business. However, like the majority of most Southerners, Amos's wife apparently lost almost everything during the War except the land, site of the old homeplace, which Amos's mother, Anna Maria, had inherited from her husband John when he died in 1854.

Confederate law provided for receipt of organized units as well as individual recruits into military service. Amos McLemore wrote the Confederate States President, Jefferson Davis, requesting permission to raise a company on May 27, 1861. Permission was granted, and on August 10, 1861, the company raised by McLemore was enlisted in Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi. McLemore called his company the Rosinheels (sometimes written as Rosin Heels) and that is the name that appears on the first muster roll of the company. It was eventually replaced by the official designation, Company B, 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. The original 99 officers and men were drawn primarily from Jones and Perry counties. They marched from Ellisville to Marion Station, Lauderdale County where they were mustered into service on September 10, 1861 and Amos was commissioned as Captain.

The Rosinheels were first sent to Pensacola, Florida and assigned to the defense of Fort McRee. In 1862, they were sent by train to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Some six weeks after their arrival they, along with the rest of Bragg's command, embarked to Perryville, Kentucky and on Oct. 8, 1862 some 16,000 Confederate troops engaged and defeated a Yankee army of 60,000 men. The battle of Perryville is remember for its intensity and fury and lasted only about six hours. At the end of the day, some 7,5000 men on both sides were dead, wounded or missing. Half of the Rosinheels were either killed or wounded, with Capt. McLemore himself seriously wounded. In late December, barely recovered from their last battle, the 27th Mississippi Regiment was ordered to form a line of battle before Murfreesboro, flanking to the right of Walthall's Brigade in an open field swept both by freezing rain and intense Union artillery and rifle fire. Virtually two-thirds of the Confederate's effective foreces were destroyed on a piece of ground less than an acre in size. In spite of this, they swept the Union troops back 1200 yards, caputuring six artillery pieces and an entire company of Union Sharpshooters. Many men were sent to the rear suffering form exhaustion and exposure, but Capt. McLemore remained in command of the Rosin Heels throughout the engagement. After the battle, their duty consisted mainly of working on fortification and patrolling roads facing the enemy. On March 26, 1863, Amos McLemore was promoted to the rank of Major and third in command of the 27th Regiment. In July, 1863, his regiment, along with the rest of Walthall's Brigade, was sent to Atlanta to protect the supply depots and ordinance shops there from the Union Army.

Maj. Amos McLemore's temporary and final assignment for the confederacy was not on the battlefield. Gettysburg and Vicksburg had been lost with an appalling number of casualities.The Confederate forces were in desparate need of men to replace those they had already lost. In mid-August, 1863, McLemore was sent by General Bragg to return to the area in which his original regiment had been raised in order to both encourage new enlistment and to return stragglers to the ranks of their regiment. He was to persuade if possible, and compel if necessary, the return to service of the large number of deserters and stragglers in the area. With the help of an Amnesty offer from General Bragg, Major McLemore had had considerable success, and was known to have returned some 119 soldiers to battlefield. However, on October 5, 1863 his mission and his life was cut short by fatal shots reported to be fired by Newt Knight. Maj. McLemore died in the home of State Representative Amos Deason's home in Ellisville, Mississippi, surrounded by his officers and good friends. Newt Knight was said to have have confessed his complicity in the crime to his son, Thomas Jefferson Knight. In a much later interview with Meigs Frost, he stated that "We stayed out in the woods minding our own business until the Confederate Army began sending raiders after us like bloodhounds...then we saw we had to fight." No individual, however, was ever charged with McLemore's murder, and no one was prosecuted, no official justice ever rendered. Newt Knight died as an old man of ninety-two years of age in 1922.

His Tombstone reads: "Major Amos McLemore, 27th Regt. Miss. Volunteers, C.S.A. Born Aug. 23, 1823, Assassinated while in the discharge of his duties as a Soldier, Sept 14, 1863. He was a bright Mason, a devoted Confederate Soldier, and a M.E. Minister." An inscription on the base of the marker reads "By Leaf River Lodge No. 19, A.F. and A. Mason."

A government issue flat confederate marker is also located at the foot of his grave. The date of death on the tombstone contradicts the one found in his official military records, and is therefore assumed to be incorrect. The date of birth also is about four years earlier than census records would indicate. It appears he may have actually been born in August 1827.

(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Jones County
Enumerated 20 August 1850 by G. B. Harvey
62-62
Amos McLemore 23 M School Teacher Miss
Rosie McLemore 21 F Miss

1860 Census
Mississippi, Jones County, Page 21 P.O. Ellisville
Amos McLemore 34 M Miss Merchant
R.V. McLemore 25 F Miss
S.R. McLemore 9 F Miss
John C.C. McLemore 7 M Miss
Jane McLemore 4 F Miss
R. McLemore 3 F Miss
Bud McLemore 6/12 M Miss
(Transcription courtesy of Everett Hammond)

Amos married Rosa Lavinia McLemore about 1850. Rosa (daughter of Josiah McLemore and Sarah Jane Fairchild) was born about 1831 in Jones County, Mississippi; died about 1900 in Perry County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Forrest County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When her husband was killed in 1863, Rosa was left with five children, all under the age of 12. She never remarried and remained focused on her family's survival during the desperate times of the Reconstruction. After the war she moved her family to Copiah County, MS and engaged in land speculation with her brother, John Thomas McLemore. By 1878 she had moved her family back to Perry County. The 1880 US Census lists Rosa with all her children living in the same household except daughter Sebelle R who had married Abraham L. FAIRCHILD. Here in Perry (now Forrest) County, Rosa lived out her life until she died believed to be after 1900 on the old John McLemore property and was buried in the family cemetery. (Hammond, "MAJOR AMOS McLEMORE", p. 2).

(Research):Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Jones County
Enumerated 20 August 1850 by G. B. Harvey
62-62
Amos McLemore 23 M School Teacher Miss
Rosie McLemore 21 F Miss

1860 Census
Mississippi, Jones County, Page 21 P.O. Ellisville
Amos McLemore 34 M Miss Merchant
R.V. McLemore 25 F Miss
S.R. McLemore 9 F Miss
John C.C. McLemore 7 M Miss
Jane McLemore 4 F Miss
R. McLemore 3 F Miss
Bud McLemore 6/12 M Miss

1870 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Page 181 & 181B-P.O. Hazelhurst
Luvenia McLemore 42 Miss Keeping House
Sebel McLemore 18 M (sic) Miss Works on Farm
John C. McLemore 16 M Miss Works on Farm
Anna McLemore 15 M (sic) Miss Works on Farm
Walter McLemore 9 M Miss
(NOTE: She was living next door to Joseph (65) and Sarah (7
0) McLemore; Perhaps her Parents? with Josiah incorrectly transcribed as Joseph?)

1880 Census
Mississippi, Perry County, Page 327B
Rosa V. McLemore Self F Wd W 48 Miss SC Miss
John McLemore Son M S W 26 Miss Miss Miss
Anna J. McLemore Dau F S W 24 Miss Miss Miss
Rosa V. McLemore Dau F S W 22 Miss Miss Miss
Walter McLemroe Son M S W 19 Miss Miss Miss


(Transcription courtesy of Everett Hammond)

Notes:

Paraphrased from "Ole Rosinheels" Moses and brother Richard McLemore were born in SC, and probably moved from Giles Co., TN to Wayne Co., MS at the end of hostilities in the War of 1812. They settled in that part of Wayne County which, in 1819, became Covington County and, still later, in 1826, became Jones County. They were both listed in the 1816 census of Wayne County, but neither was on the 1810 census of the same area. They settled in the Leaf River country of what is now Jones, Perry, Forrest and Covington counties, in south-eastern Mississippi. They lived in close proximity, and John McLemore joined them in 1820. In 1836, Richard moved to Lauderdale County.

The following transcription is courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore, and relates to the military service of Moses during the Creek War:

Know all men by these presents that I Moses Mclemore of the State of Tennessee and Giles County have constetutes ? made and appointed my trusty friend Abraham Byler my true and Lawful attorney for me and in my name and to my use to ask demand ... fore Recover and Receive from the paymaster of the United States all such Sum or Sums of Money which is owing to me from the United States for my services for a tour of duty against the Creek Indians under the command of Gen Andrew Jackson and upon Receiving of such money as fore said to receip for the same in my name in as full and ample a manner as i could do if I were personally present in witness where of I the said Moses McLemore have here unto let my hand and seal this 17th day July 1815
attest
John Huggins Moses McLemore ( Seal )

State of Tennessee Giles County
This day personally appears Moses McLemore before me Jacob Byler one of the Justices of the Peace for said county and acknowledged the above power of attorney for the purpose within mentioned in the presence of John Higggins the subscribing witness given under my hand the 17th Day of July 1815
Jacob Byler JP

(Research):Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Perry County
Enumerated 28 Sept 1850
132-132
Moses McLamore 63 M Farmer $500 SC
Nancy McLamore 56 F SC (Color Mulatto) SC
John McLamore 23 M Farmer Miss
Juriah McLamore 17 F Miss
Moses McLemore 15 M Farmer Miss
Richard McLemore 13 M Miss (Son of John T. McLemore)
Sarah McLemore 11 F Miss (Daughter of John T. McLemore)
Keziah McLemore 7 F Miss (Daughter of John T. McLemore)
Craven McLemore 4 M Miss (Son of John T. McLemore)
Amos McLemore 2 F Miss (Appears to be John T. McLemore's daughter Agnes)

Moses married Nancy Vinnie Batiste between 1810 and 1815. Nancy was born about 1794 in Mississippi; died on 31 Aug 1868 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Merritt Mullen, her maiden name is variously shown as Batiste, Baptiste, Battiece. ...

Merritt writes that Nancy (Vinnie) Batiste is believed to be a Choctaw Indian, probably born in the territory of Mississippi (census records indicate she was born in South Carolina, but there are no Batiste families there). A tradition in different branches of the Fairchild family says her grandchildren are 1/4 Indian, and the early Choctaw Indian rolls for Mississippi show Indian families using the surname of "Batiste" (with various spellings such as Battist, Battiese, Battice, Bapten). The name is also found among the Choctaws who migrated to Oklahoma Indian Territory.

"Batiste" is a variant spelling of the French name "Baptiste" (as in the common name "Jean Baptiste", or John the Baptist). The Baptistes were prominent early settlers of the Gulf Coast around what is now Mobile, Alabama. Jean Baptiste (dit Graveline) Baudreau came from Montreal (Canada) to the Gulf Coast with the brothers d'Iberville and Bienville, sent by King Louis XV to build Fort Louis and explore the Gulf Coast to protect the huge holdings (Louisiana Purchase area). It was in 1699/1700 that Jean Baptiste Baudreau came to the Pascaqoula/Bay St. Louis area on the Gulf Coast.
The family history of the descendants of Jean Baptiste Beaudreau indicates it was common for the male descendants to have both a French and an Indian wife, and children with both of them. A grandson of the first settler, Jean Batiste Baudreau, Pierre Baptiste (also called Pedro, during the Spanish era on the Gulf Coast) was probably 1/4 Indian and 3/4 French. He married a Choctaw Indian and had a daughter by her named Michou Jenny (or Jincy) Batiste (or Battiest), who married Daniel Anderson. It is possible that a brother of Jenny was the father of Nancy Vinnie Baptiste. If Nancy's mother was a full-blood Choctaw, then Nancy would be 3/16 French and 13/16 Indian.


Nancy was living in Copiah County, Mississippi with her son, John, at the time of the 1860 Census.

Larry Kingsley & Merritt Mullen both note that she died in Scott County, Mississippi.

Notes:

Married:
May also be the parents of an Elizabeth McLemroe, born 1820 and married James Lowery of the Cherokee Nation East. (MaryLynn Santa and Mark Freeman both reference her, but neither William McLemore or April Makerney have her listed).

Notes:

From his first years in Perry county, John McLemore paid taxes on 560 acres of land, up to 40 head of cattle, three slaves and a ferry which he operated on the Leaf River. At the time of his death, his large estate was divided among his heirs. His wife and daughter Elmyra shared about 880 acres between them. It is unknown what the other children received. (Hammond, MAJOR AMOS McLEMORE, p. 1).

(Research):Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Perry County
Enumerated the 20th September 1850 by James Carpenter
84-84
John McLemore, 57 M Farmer 1500 S.C.
Anna McLemore 46 F NC
Abraham McLemore 19 M Farmer Miss.

John married Anna Maria Yates about 1820 in Giles County, Tennessee. Anna was born about 1804 in North Carolina; died about 1875 in Perry County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Forrest County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Abraham YATES and Katherine HUNTER.

At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, she was listed in the Southern District of Perry County, Mississippi, as all alone in her household, age 47, born in North Carolina, with $1,000 in real property and $2,600 in personal property

Notes:

Merritt Mullen and others variously report his location of birth as North Carolina or Tennessee. He might have instead been born in South Carolina, as this is what is reported on the 1860 census.

(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Perry County
Enumerated 27 Sept 1850
Stamped 379
126-126
Joseph McLamore 46 M Farmer Miss
Sarah McLamore 49 F ???
Nancy McLamore 18 F S.C.
Joseph McLamore 16 M Miss
Susan McLamore 14 F Miss
Elizabeth Kilgue/Kilgore? 5 F Miss
John McLamore 13 M Miss

1860 Census
Mississippi, Perry County, Southern District
Enumerated 15 Sep 1860 by Henry E. Lee
294-282
Josiah McLemore 58 M Farmer $500 $300 SC
Sarah McLemore 59 F SC
Susan McLemore 23 F Mi
John McLemore 22 M Waggoner Mi
Layfett Lee 8 M Mi
John Lee 3 M Mi

It appears that Lafayette and John LEE are stepsons of Josiah, born to his second wife.

Josiah married Sarah Jane Fairchild about 1822 in Mississippi. Sarah was born about 1804 in South Carolina; died after 1870 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Merritt Mullen shows her as the daughter of Robert FAIRCHILD and Nancy TAYLOR. He also notes that she may have been born in Georgia instead of South Carolina.

Notes:

Married:
Merritt Mullen instead shows their marriage as occuring ca 1825.