Sarah Dorothy Boughan

Family/Spouse: George Harvey Walker. George was born on 3 Sep 1852; died on 1 Aug 1921 in Clarke County, Mississippi; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Allan Lewis Bentley writes that his three younger children died while he was fighting in the Civil War in Georgia. His date of his death or his place of burial is not known. When Nancy heard that he had been wounded she went to Georgia to see about him. When she arrived she learned that he had already died. It was while she was away that the three children died of diptheria. Charles was a Baptist Minister, a member of The Mississippi Baptist Convention. Her performed many marriages in Clarke in the 1850s.

He was said to be the brother of Jeremiah Bentley Baughan, and the son of James Baughan and Dollie Alexander.

The following biography was copied from his FindAGrave memorial page. A photo of his headstone and military marker can be seen at this website:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60378683

Husband of Nancy Mclemore Boughan Sturdevant son of James J.Boughan and Dorothy Alexander Boughan of Wilkes Co.Ga.Father of Sarah Dorothy Boughan Walker and Missouri Minor Boughan.He was a Corporal in the 7th Miss.Inf Co.E.he fought in the siege of Vicksburg and lost his life for the Confederate cause in the Atlanta Campaign.His brother Jeremiah Bentley Boughan is buried at East Pleasant Grove Cemetery Clarke Co.Miss.His other brother was Joseph Alexander Boughan.Both brothers were Confederate Veterans.Some of his children Martha,Elizebeath and Charles Jr. are buried at The McLemore-Fontaine Cemetery in Middleton,Clarke Co.Miss.The family story is that Nancy went to Georgia when she found out her husband Charles was wounded.These three youngest children died of Dipethia while she was gone to Georgia.Charles was a Baptist Minister in The Mississippi Baptist Convention.


(Research):Census Information

1860 Census
Mississippi, Clarke County, P.O. Quitman
Enumerated 19 Jun 1860
Page 43
289-289
C.Y. Boughan 30 M Farmer $500 $811 Ga
Nancy Boughan 23 F Miss
S.D. Boughan 4 F Miss
M. Boughan 2 F Miss
E. Boughan 1 F Miss
F/T? McLemore 18 M Miss (Maybe Nancy's brother George of Jo
hn???)

Charles married Nancy McLemore on 22 Feb 1856 in Clarke County, Mississippi. Nancy (daughter of Amos McLemore, Jr. and Elizabeth Johnston) was born on 1 Aug 1837 in Clarke County, Mississippi; died on 9 Apr 1922 in Clarke County, Mississippi; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

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.