Kizziah Elizabeth McLemore b. 1 Dec 1845 Perry County, Mississippi d. 16 Mar 1924 Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi: Strong McLemore Ancestry

1845 - 1924 (78 years)

Name	Kizziah Elizabeth McLemore [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Born	1 Dec 1845	Perry County, Mississippi [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Gender	Female
Died	16 Mar 1924	Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi [3]
Buried	Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi [3]
Person ID	I26002	Strong Family Tree
Last Modified	22 Apr 2016

Father	John T. McLemore, b. 8 Mar 1817, Mississippi , d. Nov 1862, Copiah County, Mississippi (Age 45 years)
Mother	Agnes Smith, b. Abt 1821, Mississippi , d. Aft 1849, Mississippi (Age ~ 29 years)
Married	22 Mar 1836	Copiah County, Mississippi [2]
	Larry Kingsley and Mark Freeman also show three additional children born to this family, Isaac (8 July 1839), Nancy (23 Oct 1842), and Josh McLemore, born on 21 Apr 1848 and married Allie HARRIGAL. He is not listed on the 1860 census with his family, however.
Family ID	F8640	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family John Thomas Freeman, Sr., b. 26 Aug 1835, Bladen County, North Carolina , d. 23 Jun 1917, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi (Age 81 years)

Married 14 Mar 1861 Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi

Quinna Cooper has a copy of a letter John wrote his wife Kizziah during the Civil War, and she provided the transcription below:

Washington, Adams , County
August 11, 1862

Dear Wife:

As we have stopt hear for awhile I thought I would write you afew lines to let you now that I am well. Hoping htese few lines may find you and little Emeley well. I suppose you have heard that we are moving to Port Hudson. Their is wehre we was ordered but since we have bin.....Clinton, La so if.........to me and don't send it by hand get Mr. Wade to back your letter for youu and he will now how to back it write. I will write to you as soon as I get their and so I don't thinkg you need to write till you hear from me again unless you can send it by Kirk Hall or someone else. My Dear I expect you will be troubled about this move but I don't think you need for I think it will be helthaer their then where we have bin. My Dear you don't have any idy how bad I want to see you and the baby. I dream of your every night and it makes me vary uneasey for I am so feared that something will happne to you of the Baby but I hope that God will protect you for you now that he has promised that he will be a father to the fatherless and a husband to the widdow and I suppose you are nearly a widdow now while I am gone but I hope the time is near at had when I wuill return home to stay with you and little Emeley and I hope we may live like we have lived before. My Dear their is one thing I would like to know whither you have weaned little Emeley or not or whither you will have to wean her or not. My reason for that is what we were talking about when I was at home. My Dear I want you to take good care of little Emeley for she is the dearest think in the world except you. It is now use for me to try to tell you how well I love your for I can't do it. My Dear I have some money that I wish you had but I don't now how you will get hit unless I can send it by some boddy coming home for it is not safe to send it by male and I now I can't.....come home if you need anything let me now and I will help you. Nothing more at present. Only remain your husband till death. John T. Freeman to his wife Kissiah Freeman. My Love is ever bright and true. Good By Love.

Children

	1. Emily Rebecca Freeman, b. 7 Jan 1862, Copiah County, Mississippi , d. 6 Mar 1890 (Age 28 years)
	2. John Thomas Freeman, Jr., b. 24 Jul 1864, Copiah County, Mississippi , d. 21 Jun 1922, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi (Age 57 years)
	3. William Joel Freeman, b. 1 Apr 1865, Copiah County, Mississippi , d. 19 Feb 1945, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi (Age 79 years)
	4. Ephraim Hester Freeman, b. 14 Jun 1868, Copiah County, Mississippi , d. 13 Mar 1929, Norwood, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana (Age 60 years)
	5. Eudora Virginia Freeman, b. 12 Mar 1870, Copiah County, Mississippi , d. 22 Jan 1896 (Age 25 years)
	6. James Lafayette Freeman, b. 21 Jun 1871, Copiah County, Mississippi , d. 1 Oct 1875, Copiah County, Mississippi (Age 4 years)
	7. Zach Granger Freeman, b. 5 Apr 1874, Copiah County, Mississippi , d. 30 Sep 1875, Copiah County, Mississippi (Age 1 years)
	8. Josiah Vardimen Freeman, b. 14 Nov 1875, Mississippi , d. 22 Nov 1938, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi (Age 63 years)
	9. Alice Edwena Freeman, b. 4 Feb 1878, Copiah County, Mississippi , d. 23 Jun 1956, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (Age 78 years)
	10. D.W. Jones Freeman, b. 26 Feb 1880, Copiah County, Mississippi , d. 22 Aug 1881 (Age 1 years)
	11. Mattie Kizziah Freeman, b. 4 Jul 1881, Mississippi , d. Yes, date unknown
	12. Charles E. Hooker Freeman, b. 6 Oct 1883, Mississippi , d. 28 Feb 1888 (Age 4 years)

Last Modified 11 Jul 2014

Family ID F8642 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 1 Dec 1845 - Perry County, Mississippi
	Married - 14 Mar 1861 - Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi
	Died - 16 Mar 1924 - Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi
	Buried - - Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi

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Photos

McLemore, Kezziah Elizabeth of Perry County, Mississippi
Born to John T. McLemore and Agnes Smith, whose mother (Nancy Vinnie Baptiste) was said to have been a Native American. She married in Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi to John Thomas Freeman. They later lived in Franklin County, where they were buried at the town of Hamburg.

Sources

[S524] McLemore, Rev. William Pearman--Family Archivist, 5116 W Malibu Court McHenry, IL 60050.
[S511] Makerney, April (amakerney@yahoo.com) "Ancestors of April (Wharton) Makerney and Connected Families" Ver. 2009-07-12 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=amakerney.
[S321] Freeman, Mark (mwfgenealogy@verizon.net) "Mostly Southern" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=markfreeman ; Ver. 2008-09-19 17:51:13.
[S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), Mississippi, Perry County Enumerated 28 Sept 1850 132-132 (Reliability: 3).
[S98] 1860 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census.), Mississippi, Copiah County, Enumerated 1 Oct 1860 by E.A. Peyton Page 150/Page 151 #1040-1049 (Reliability: 3).