Georgeanna Frierson McLemore

Notes:

m. a Friesons.
Her FindAGrave memorial page shows her as Georgeanna Frierson McLemore Fontaine, and also shows that "Cause of death: Uterine cancer-age at death-44 years. "

Notes:

Census records show his place of birth as Mississippi, although Rev. William McLemore reports he was likely born in South Carolina.

Rev. William McLemore, Mark Freeman, April Makerney, and Carolyn Switzer all show that he married Mary Anne BRUNSON after 1843. She was said to be born 17 Jan 1830 in either SC or TN. Some internet trees instead show his wife as Mary Ann Johnson.

In addition to the children enumerated with the family in 1850 and 1860--based on information from Harry Kimbrell McLemore to Rev. McLemore--he is said to be the father of Joseph Leonard (b. 28 Dec 1846) and Elizabeth (b. 10 Nov 1848). Mary Lynn Santa also shows a son Amos Morgan McLemore, born Nov. 1860, and daughters Martha b. 1865 and Mary Lou b. 1874.




(Research):

Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Clarke County, Beat No. 2
Enumerated 23 Sept 1850 by John M. White
Stamped 178
432-432
Albert G. McLemore 25 M Farmer Miss
Mary McLemore 20 F S.C.
Mary McLemore 6/12 F Miss

1860 Census
Mississippi, Clarke County, Post Office Enterprise
Enumerated 3 Aug 1860
Page 136
913-913
A.G. McLemore 32 M Farmer $--- $370 Miss
Mary A. McLemore 28 F Miss
John McLemore 8 M Miss
Richard McLemore 6 M Miss
Charles McLemore 3 M Miss
Isabell Hawkins 28 F Ala

1870 Census
Not located

Albert married Maryann J. Brunson. Maryann (daughter of Rev. Harvey Peter Brunson, Sr. and Martha Elizabeth White) was born on 17 Jan 1830 in South Carolina; died on 2 Aug 1881 in Clarke County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Middleton, Clarke County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be listed as "Eff" on the 1880 census.

(Research):At the time of the 1900 Federal Census, a 70 year old Mary McLemore, born in Tennessee, was living in Beat 2, Scott County, Mississippi, with the family of James Fountain. She was listed as Mother, W F Born Aug. 1829 Wd, mother of 3.

THIS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A DIFFERING MARY McLEMORE?

Notes:

According to the Probate Record for the Estate opf Thomas A. FONTAINE, State of Mississippi, Clarke County, on June 1, 1846, it was "Ordred by the Court that Amos McLemore, William Covington and John Atkinson be appointed appraisers of all and singular the goods, chattels and personal estate of Thomas A. Fontaine, dec'd."

Source:
http://www.msgw.org/clarke/probate2.html


Larry Kingsley & Merritt Mullen show his date of death as 12 Sep 1872 in Clarke County, Mississippi, and his burial in the McLemore Cemetery, Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi.

(Research):
Census Information:

1830 Census
Mississippi, Covington
2-0-0-0-0-1
2-2-1-0-1-0

Amos McLemore

Two Males under Five
One Male between 30 and 40
Two females under five
Two females between five and ten
One female between ten and fifteen
One female between twenty and thirty

1840 Census
Mississippi, Clarke County, Stamped 125

Amos McLemore
0-0-1-2-0-0-1
1-3-1-3-0-1-0

One male 10-15
Two Males 15-20
One male 40-50
One female under 5
Three Females 5-10
One Female 10-15
Three Females 15-20
One Female 30-40


1850 Census
Mississippi, Clarke County, Beat 2
Enumerated 24 Aug 1850 by John M. White
Stamped 168
(bottom of page)
279-281
Amos McLemore 54 M Farmer $200 SC
(top of next page)
279-281
Elizabeth McLemore 47 F SC
John McLemore 19 M Farmer Miss
Katherine McLemore 18 F Miss
Nancy McLemore 12 F Miss
George McLemore 8 M Miss
Martha McLemore 6 F Miss

1860 Census
Mississippi, Clarke County, P.O. Quitman
Enumerated 17 July 1860
Page 111
746-746
Amos McLemore 63 M Farmer $2,000 $14,023 SC
Elizabeth McLemore 62 F SC
George McLemore 18 M Miss
Martha McLemore 16 F Miss

Amos married Elizabeth Johnston about 1820. Elizabeth was born on 15 Feb 1802 in South Carolina; died on 31 Jul 1881 in Clarke County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Middleton, Clarke County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some researchers show her as the daughter of Caleb Hill and Mary Flynt, and the sister of Nancy Perry Hill, who married Amos's brother, Richard McLemore. Others show her as Elizabeth Hill Johnson or Johnston, with their marriage taking place in Giles County, Tennessee. The Rev. William McLemore shows that according to correspondence and DAR records submitted to him by Joyce Sentell of Mobile, Alabama in 1996, her maiden name was Johnson. In May, 2008, Rev. Bill emailed that "An e-mail from a Ron Henson, 12 Feb 1998 says her surname was Johnston. She was born 15 Feb 1802 and died 31 July 1881. Their children were Albert Gallatin 1825, Richard, Caleb, John b. 1831, Catherine b. 1832, Nancy b. 1838, Elvira and Bettie. Harry McLemore of Jackson, MS, wrote me, "Amos lived in Clarke Co., in 1850. He later moved to Lauderdale Co. near Meridian and one time he lived in Copiah County."

Notes:

Married:
They are also shown by some researchers to be the parents of Sara McLemore, born 1819 and married a CARTER and Mary McLemore, born 1822 Lawrence County, Mississippi. This would fit with the 1830 census, which shows that the family had five girls under the age of 15 at that time.

Notes:

Carolyn Switzer writes that Harvey Peter Brunson moved first to Tennessee, then to Lauderdale County, Mississippi. He organized some of the oldest Baptist Churches in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. He was a Missionary Baptist minister and a farmer. He was received by letter into the fellowship of Salem Church, Old Town, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

Biography, copied from his FindAGrave Memorial page, maintained by Terry Rasberry:

Harvey was the son of Peter Edgeah and Eleanor Brunson of SC. He married the former Martha Elizabeth White about 1823 in SC.

Harvey moved first to TN, then to Lauderdale Co., MS. He was a Missionary Baptist minister and organized some of the oldest Baptist churches in that area. By letter, he was received into the fellowship of Salem and Old Town churches in Lauderdale Co., MS.

Harvey married Martha Elizabeth White about 1823 in South Carolina. Martha was born on 20 Nov 1797 in Mississippi; died on 12 Jan 1877 in Clarke County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Middleton, Clarke County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography, copied from her FindAGrave Memorial page, maintained by Terry Rasberry:

After the death of Martha's husband Harvey, she lived with her son William Lawrence Brunson, Sr. in Clarke Co., MS where she died.

She was received by letter into Salem Church in Lauderdale Co., MS on May 21, 1852. Martha was granted a letter oif dismission by the church in November, 1859.

Notes:

James L. McLemore, the author, and Mark Freeman both show that Amos was a son of Moses McLemore and grandson of Wright McLemore. However, another researcher, Jim White, does not think Amos descended from the Wright McLemore family. In January, 2009, he posted to Mark Freeman's McLemore online tree:

"Check the 1820 Giles County Tennessee Census and explain who Burwell and John McLemore are on that census..... Someone missed a necessary fact somewhere...Amos and his family did not descend of any Wright McLemore."

Some researchers also show them as the parents of Lavina, Matthew and Louisa.

Larry Kingsley is one such researcher. He shows that Lavina married John J. JOHNSTON, and that they had a large family.





(Research):
Census Information:

1790 Census
South Carolina, Cheraws District, St. Thomas

Amos McLemore 1-2-1

One Free White Male of 16 and Upwards: Amos
Two Free White Males under 16: Moses, Unknown Son
One Free White Female: Equilla

Amos married Equilla ??? between 1785 and 1787. Equilla was born between 1760 and 1762 in North Carolina; died after 1860 in Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mark Freeman's notes for Equilla Byler http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~markfreeman/mclemore.html

Her surname, often repeated, is not certain. May be Aquilla Bierly.

She is also called Aquilla Byler, or Equilla Tiner (1850 census, listed as 90 years old; 1860 census, 98 years). She likely married 2nd Mr. Tiner.

Abraham & Jacob, were neighbors of the McLemores in Bedford & Giles Co. TN. When Amos McLemore bought land in Giles Co. in 1812, Abraham Byler, Jr. was one of the chain bearers for the survey. When Amos sold land there in 1816, Jacob Byler was a witness to the sale.

Byler is often described as a Swiss name, descendants of the Beiler family that immigrated from Bern, Switzerland to Pennsylvania. One family was that of Jacob Franklin Byler, born about 1765 in Pennsylvania - went with his parents to (now Rowan Co.) North Carolina where he later married Bathsheba Oxford, daughter of Samuel Oxford and Bathsheba Barrett.

Samuel Oxford's wife Bathsheba Barrett was the daughter of Jonathan Barrett (Perrot) and Jar Fly Jarman, said to have been a full blood Catawba Indian.

Some of the descendants of this family went through Tennessee. There is not a known link to this Equilla Byler. A lot of info is available on the Byler family.

When Amos McLemore bought land in Giles Co. in 1812, Abraham Byler, Jr. was one of the chain bearers for the survey. When Amos sold land there in 1816, Jacob Byler was a witness to the sale. It is possible that the surname for Equilla / Aquilla was taken from this, and not a marriage record.

A two page document entitled "McLemore History" by Rueben McLemore, Jr." states that when Richard McLemore "came to Lauderdale county he brought with him an old relation, a Mrs. Tiner. When she died he buried her behind the church he had built. One after another his family was added to the same plot until, after some time, the McLemore Cemetery was instituted and given to the usage of the public." The McLemore Cemetery is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and is located at the corner of Sixth Street and Tenth Avenue. Others buried there include victims of the 1871 riot and the 1878 yellow fever epidemic.