??? ???

Notes:

Thought by some to be names Lavinia?

Family/Spouse: Moses McLemore. Moses (son of Wright McLemore and ??? ???) was born between 1738 and 1739 in Virginia; died between 1761 and 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

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:

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:

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:

Meridian, the capital of Lauderdale county, is situated 140 miles east of the Mississippi river, from Vicksburg, and 15 miles west of the State of Alabama; being on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, 135 miles above Mobile. It claims a population of 25,000 and is growing rapidly. The Alabama Great Southern, New Orleans & Northeastern and Alabama & Vicksburg railroads have their terminals at this point. Its location, about 1854, was the result of the proposed crossing of the Mobile & Ohio by the Alabama & Vicksburg, then known as the Vicksburg & Montgomery railroad.
Cotton and corn fields occupied its present site, surrounded by oak and pine forests over clay hills and bottom lands of the head waters of the Chickasawhay. Richard McLemore possessed most of the lands and his plantation home was the only notable residence in the vicinity. So little did the M.& O. regard the point for a while, that it was with difficulty persuaded to put in even a switch for a flag station; and when it did, called the place "Sowashee Station," from a creek near by.
L.A. Ragsdale, meanwhile, had brought out R.McLemore, and John T. Ball had purchased a tract of 80 acres, and both parties immediately began to lay off town lots. They were the pioneers. Mr. Ragsdale's plat was for "Ragsdale City;" Mr. Ball's for "Meridian," he having first secured a postoffice by that name.

Source: Rowland, Dunbar, LL.D. MISSISSIPPI; COMPRISING SKETCHES OF COUNTIES, TOWNS, EVENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND PERSONS, ARRANGED IN CYCLOPEDIC FORM, V. 2. Atlanta, Southern Historical Publishing Association, c1907.

(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Southern District
Enumerated 17 Oct 1850
315-324
Richard McLemore 52 Farmer South Carolina
Nancy McLemore 48 NC
Martha McLemore 23 Miss
Caleb McLemore 21 Miss
Sarah McLemore 17 Miss
Charity McLemore 15 Miss
Moriah [Juriah?} McLemore 13 Miss
Joshua McLemore 10 Miss
Equilla T/Siner? 90 North Carolina

1860 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat 1. PO Marion
Enumerated 27 June 1860 by W. V. White
Page 24
149-148
Richard McLemore 63 M Farmer $36,000 $60,000 Tenn
Catherine E. McLemore 40 F Dom Bus Miss
J.W. Wiggins 35 M Farmer Ala
Charity Wiggins 26 F Dom Bus Miss
William Wiggins 6 M Miss
Louis Wiggins 4 M Miss

1870 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Township 6, P.O. Meridian
Enumerated 28 July 1870
Page 31, Stamped 36
244-245
McLamore, Richard 71 M W Farmer $10,000 $1,000 SC
McLamore, Catherine 58 F W Keeping House Miss
David William 19 M W Attending School Miss
McLamore, John 65 M B Domestic Servant Miss
McLamore, Jane 50 F B Domestic Servant Miss

1880 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1880 by E.J. Martin
Page 2, SD 2, ED 91
14-18
McLemore, Richard W M 80 Farmer SC SC SC
McLemore, Isabella W F 52 Wife Keeping House Ala Ky Ga

Richard married Nancy Perry Hill on 9 Aug 1821 in Covington County, Mississippi. Nancy was born on 20 Mar 1802 in North Carolina; died on 30 Sep 1858 in Marion, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Catherine E. Carter on 6 Nov 1859 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Catherine was born between 1812 and 1820 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Isabella Ann ??? on 28 Feb 1873 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Isabella was born about 1828 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mark Freeman writes that "1840 Lauderdale Co., MS Census shows the Wm McLemore household to consist of 1 male under 5 (William)?, 3 males 5-10 (Richard and Wm Fortson & Joseph Fortson), 1 male 10-15 (Amos), Wm 30-40, 1 female under 5 (Sarah A Fortson) 1 female 5-10 (Francis), 1 female 10-15 ?(Rebecca), 1 female 30-40 Mrs. Mary Fortson now McLemore. William seems to have temporarily left the children after Martha's death and then re-assembled the family when he married Mary Alford."

(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Federal Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Southern District
Enumerated 25 Nov 1850 by Wm. White
203-212
Wm McLemore 46 M Farmer $4500 NC (?)
Mary McLemore 43 F NC
Amos McLemore 20 M Farmer Miss
Francis P McLemore 16 F Miss
William* McLemore 14 M Miss
Wm. G. Fortson 18 M Farmer Miss (stepchild)
Joseph Fortson 16 M Farmer Miss (stepchild)
Sarah* A Fortson 12 F Miss (stepchild)
Rowena McLemore 5? F Miss
John McLemore 7 M Miss

*It has been shown on several online trees, but has not been proven, that William McLemore and Sarah Fortson, step-siblings, has their first child shortly after this census. In 1860, a Sarah McLemore can be found as a widow with four children, and the head of a household in Lauderdale county that includes her younger half-brother [and/or brother-in-law John]. John was the first child born to Wm McLemore by his second wife, Mary Alford, and born ca 1843

William married Martha Joiner about 1827. Martha was born between 1800 and 1806 in Tennessee; died before Jul 1840 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Alford on 7 Jan 1840 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Mary was born about 1807 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Josiah married Jemima Jane ??? after 1857. Jemima was born about 1820 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Linda Sellers Chrisman (lchrisman12@yahoo.com) emailed, in March 2014, "I would like to suggest that Sarah Joriah McLemore who married John Sellers was a daughter of Amos and Equilla/Aquilla McLemore. Sarah Joriah was born in 1806. On the 1850 census, she was listed as born in Tennessee. She married John Sellers in Perry Co., MS, around 1819. They lived in Covington, Jones, Perry, and Smith Counties. In 1818, John Sellers and Joel Holbert with Moses McLemore as assignee, purchased land in Perry Co., MS. Several of Amos and Equilla/Aquilla's children named their daughters Joriah: Moses, Richard, and Beatrice Elizabeth. In 1860, John McLemore's child Anna Maria McLemore Knight's children were living in the home of John Sellers. Sarah Joriah McLemore Sellers was believed to have died in 1859. Sarah Joriah McLemore Sellers named one of her daughter's Aquilla."

Email dated March 2014


Just had the best, most rewarding Christmas present ever. I could shout from the rooftop. Had to share with the group here. While doing some genealogy research on Christmas night, I had to go on my "tree" on ancestry.com. Ancestry has a new feature in its DNA section called "Circles." Within Circles, it matches the DNA one may have with others. For the last two years I have worked on my 3rd great-grandmother's parentage. I've worked hard to find proof or a source which would spell it out in plain English. I'd put together a good case for whom they might have been using their children and descendants. Well, tonight confirmation of my theory. I matched with several of my 3rd great-grandmother's siblings' descendants in Circles!!!! Sarah Joriah McLemore Sellers was the daughter of AMOS and EQUILLA/AQUILLA MCLEMORE. I matched with their children's (Moses, Richard, John, Amos, Elizabeth, and Lavenia) descendants!!!!! The only way I could have matched was for Sarah Jori
ah to have been a sibling of Moses, Richard, John, Amos, Elizabeth, and Lavenia with a common ancestor --- Amos. This was the best proof I could have asked for. To all my Sellers and McLemore kinsmen --- yay us!!!!!

Email from Linda Sellers Chrisman on December 26, 2014

Notes:

Was said to have married first William COURTNEY on 25 Dec 1825, Lawrence County, Mississippi and then to a Mr. LEWIS sometime after 1830, also in Lawrence County.

Notes:

Several researchers show her date of death as 20 Feb 1927 in Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi, putting her at an unlikely 118 years of age.

Other sources show her death as 4 July 1881 in Copiah County, Mississippi.

Beatrice married William Marion Howell on 16 Dec 1826 in Lawrence County, Mississippi. William was born about 1807 in Kentucky; died in Feb 1880; was buried in Ashley Cemetery, Ashley, Copiah County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as born in Tennessee on the 1850 census, but Mississippi in 1880.

She is listed on the Mississippi, State and Territorial census for 1853, in Copiah county, as the head of a household consisting of 5 males and 5 females. Roll v229_1, Line 42.

Aquilla married Richard R. Kirkley before 1836. Richard was born about 1796 in South Carolina; died on 18 Sep 1851 in Copiah County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aquilla married Andrew Jackson Brown on 29 Jul 1857 in Copiah County, Mississippi. Andrew was born on 4 Jun 1832 in Mississippi; died about 1882 in Utica, Hinds County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John Abraham Hanes on 9 Jul 1836 in Hinds County, Mississippi. John was born about 1804 in South Carolina; died on 4 Jul 1884 in Copiah County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mark Freeman instead shows the year of death as 1863, and the location of birth as North Carolina.

(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Perry County
Enumerated 28 Sept 1850
132-132
Moses McLamore 63 M Farmer $500 SC
Nancy McLamore 56 F SC (Color M??) 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)

1860 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County,
Enumerated 1 Oct 1860 by E.A. Peyton
Page 150/Page 151
#1040-1049
John McLemore 43 M Farmer $1,200 $2,400 NC
Rebecca McLemore 28 F ditto
Richard McLemore 22 M ditto
Sarah McLemore 20 F ditto
Kizziah McLemore 15 F ditto
Craven McLemore 13 M ditto
Agnes McLemore 11 F ditto
Oliver McLemore 8 M ditto
Caleb McLemore 6 M ditto
John McLemore 3 M ditto
Rebecca McLemore 1 F ditto
Nancy McLemore 60 F SC
1041-1050
C.J. Carter 25 M Farmer $400 $400 Miss
Juriah McLemore 26 F Miss <--John McLemore's sister--it appears her children may have been born before her marriage to C.J. Carter?
Nancy McLemore 6 F Miss
Johnson McLemore 2 M Miss

John apparently died sometime after the 1860 census. His widow and four of his youngest children can be found in neighboring Claiborne County at the time of the 1870 census. Rebecca appears to have remarried Edward Davis.

1870 Census
?sup?Mississippi, Claiborne County, Rocky Springs District, Post office Port Gibson
Enumerated 24 September 1870
Pages 13 and 14
88-98?/sup?
Davis, JG 55 M W Farmer $750 $405 Miss Can't R/W
Davis, JE 20 M W Farm Labor Miss Can't R/W
Davis, Edward 45 M W Farmer Miss Can't R/W
Davis, Rebecca 38 F W Housekeeping Miss Can't R/W
Davis, William 16 M W Miss Can't R/W
McLamore, J.O. 19 M W Miss Can't R/W
McLamore, Rebecca 11 F W Miss Can't R/W
McLamore, John 14 M W Miss
McLamore, Moses 8 M W Miss
Taylor, A.W. 32 M W Farm Laborer Miss

John married Agnes Smith on 22 Mar 1836 in Copiah County, Mississippi. Agnes (daughter of Isaac Luther Smith, Sr. and Sarah A. Kingsley) was born about 1821 in Mississippi; died after 1849 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Rebecca Rogers on 29 Sep 1850. Rebecca was born before 1832 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County
Enumerated 27 Nov 1850 by Wm White
766-760
Craven McLemore 24 Farmer Mississippi
Elizabeth McLemore 24 Mississippi
Nancy McLemore 9 Mississippi
Mary McLemore 6 Mississippi
William McLemore 2 Mississippi
Allen Hood 20 Farmer Mississippi

1860 Census
Mississippi, Scott County, District 2, P.O. Homewood
Enumerated 2 Aug 1860
537-537
Craven McLemore 36 M Farmer $2,000 $500 Miss
Elizabeth McLemore 36 F Miss
Nancy McLemore 18 F Miss
Mary McLemore 16 F Miss
Wm. McLemore 11 M Miss

Craven married Elizabeth Hood about 1842 in Mississippi. Elizabeth was born about 1826 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

Lavinia married Abraham Lundy Fairchild, Sr. about 1843 in Copiah County, Mississippi. Abraham was born on 21 Jan 1821 in Mississippi; died on 2 Nov 1897 in Mississippi; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County,
Enumerated 1 Oct 1860 by E.A. Peyton
Page 150 & Page 151
HH #1040-1049
John & Rebecca McLemore

HH# 1041-1050
C.J. Carter 25 M Farmer $400 $400 Miss
Juriah McLemore 26 F Miss
Nancy McLemore 6 F Miss
Johnson McLemore 2 M Miss

Not known why Juriah and her children were listed under her maiden name.

1870 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Twp 9-10 West of RR, Post Office Hazelhurst
Enumerated 2 August 1870 by O.H. Johnston
Page 113, Stamped 349
HH 810-796
McLemore, Richard & Lucy

811-797
McLemore Moses 38 M W Works at Sawmill Miss
McLemore, Eliza 40 F Keeping Houses Miss
McLemore, Mary 7 F Miss

812-798
Carter, Johnson 30 M W Farmer 350 300 MIss
Carter, Juriah 38 F W Keeping House Miss
Carter, Johnson 11 M W Miss
Carter, Ella 5/12 F W Miss

813-799
Freeman, John & Kesiah 34 M W Farmer $700 $700 NC

Juriah married Carroll Johnson Carter on 2 Jan 1854 in Copiah County, Mississippi. Carroll was born about 1835 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not shown as a child of Moses McLemore by the Rev. William P. McLemore, family archivist. Mark Freeman shows that she married (1) Isam LEWIS in Copiah County, Mississippi and later married (2) H.C WOODS on 20 Dec 1853.

(Research):Census Information:

1860 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County,
Enumerated 1 Oct 1860 by E.A. Peyton
Page 151

HH #1040-1049
John & Rebecca McLemore

HH#1041-1050
Juriah McLemore and C. J. Carroll

HH#1044-1053
H.G. Woods 28 M Carpenter $300 Miss
Mary Woods 23 F Miss
Augusta Woods 4 F Miss
John Woods 3 M Miss
Lucretia Woods 3/12 F Miss

Mary married H.C. Woods on 20 Dec 1853. H.C. was born about 1832 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Census Information

1860 Census
Mississippi, Perry County, Southern District, P.O. Monroe
Enumerated 10 August 1860
52-48
Moses McLemore 25 M Farmer $6-- $300 Mi
Eliza McLemore 30 F Miss
Martha Kerkling 18 F MI Is she Related to Eliza? (based on last name)

1870 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Twp 9-10 West of RR, Post Office Hazelhurst
Enumerated 2 August 1870 by O.H. Johnston
Page 113, Stamped 349
HH 810-796
McLemore, Richard & Lucy

811-797
McLemore Moses 38 M W Works at Sawmill Miss
McLemore, Eliza 40 F Keeping Houses Miss
McLemore, Mary 7 F Miss

812-798
Carter, Carroll Johnson and Juriah (McLemore)

813-799
Freeman, John & Kesiah 34 M W Farmer $700 $700 NC

Moses married Eliza Kirkley on 26 Oct 1853 in Copiah County, Mississippi. Eliza was born about 1830; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married Benjamin HOOD.

Notes:

"Elmyra....had one child Catherine McLemore, father unknown. Elmyra later married Asa BYRD and moved to Mobile, Al." (Hammond, Major Amos McLemore, p. 1)

Elmyra married Asa Byrd before 1850. Asa was born about 1820 in Georgia; died after 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

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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:

Mary Lynn Santa and Stephaun Paul instead show she was born ca 1835, and both also show that she died on 2 Apr 1908 in Mississippi. Paul shows two children born to her marriage to Charles Knight, Mary and Catherine, both born in Perry County, Mississippi. A widowed A. M. Knight, born ca 1835 in Mississippi is listed in Beat 2, Wayne County, MS as of the 1880 census. She is shown as a farmer, with both parents born in Tennessee. Living in her houshold are 30 year Elizabeth Battey, white, house servant, and Elizabeth's children Bula (7) and Charley (3). All the members of the Battey family were shown as born in Alabama.

This may be a different Anna M. Knight.

Anna married Charles C. Knight about 1848. Charles was born about 1821 in Virginia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mark Freeman and Rev. William McLemore instead show him as being born in Tennessee. His FindAGrave memorial page shows he died at "Age 75 Years"...putting his year of birth around 1824.

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Census Information:

1870 Census
Mississippi, Jones County, Township 7, P. O. Box Ellisville
Enumerated 11 July 1870 by W W Small
Page 2 and 3
15-15
McLemore, Abraham 49 M W Farmer $250 $890 Miss
McLemore, Eveline 35 F W Keeping House Miss
McLemore, Anna 10 F W Attending School Miss
McLemore, John 7 M W Attending School Miss
McLemore, Willis 5 M W at Home Miss
McLemore, Amos 3 M W At Home Miss
McLemore, Elizabeth 1 F W At Home Miss

1880 Census
Mississippi, Jones County, Ellisville
Enumerated 28 June 1880 by W. L. Lee
Page 35, SD 2, ED 126, Stamped 325
286-287
McLemore, A.B. W M 60 Dry Goods Merchant Ten Ten Ten
McLemore, Eveline W F 45 Wife Keeping House Miss Mo? Mo?
McLemore, John W M 16 Son Clerk in Store Miss
McLemore, Willis W M 15 Son Laborer Miss
McLemore, Amos W M 12 Son Miss
McLemore, Eliza W F 11 Dtr Miss
McLemore, Luda W F 9 ---- Miss
McLemore, Dalla W F 5 ---- Miss
McLemore, Taylor W M 3 --- Miss

Abraham married Eveline Dickerson on 1 Oct 1855 in Amite County, Mississippi. Eveline was born on 10 Aug 1835 in Jones County, Mississippi; died about 1915 in Jones County, Mississippi; was buried in Reddoch Cemetery, Hebron, Jones County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Allen Alexander Carter before 1835. Allen was born about 1810 in South Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louisa married Murdoch McDuffie Martin before 1842. Murdoch (son of Norman Martin and Anna "Anne" Morrison) was born on 3 Dec 1822 in Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.




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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

Family/Spouse: 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]

Elvina married Rev. John Edgar Brunson before 1855. John (son of Rev. Harvey Peter Brunson, Sr. and Martha Elizabeth White) was born on 12 Jun 1827 in Sumter District, Orangeburg County, South Carolina; died on 17 Sep 1899 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown by some researcher as Anna Elizabeth or Alenda. Shown on an unsourced Ancestry.com record as have been born in Clarke County, MS and dying in Texas on 26 Jan 1903.

Anna married Seaborn Franklin Elliott on 25 Jan 1844 in Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi. Seaborn was born on 22 Nov 1822 in Pike County, Mississippi; died in in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some researchers show his middle name as Caleb, that he married Martha Susan Radford/Matha A. Radford in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, and that he died in Union Parish, Louisiana after 1872. Not confirmed.

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Could this be him on the 1870 census?

1870 Census
Lousiana, Union Parish, Ward No. 2, P.O. Marion
Enumerated 19 July 1870
Page 44
238-238
McLemore, John 40 M W Farmer $275 $200 Miss
McLemore, Susanah 40 F W Housekeeper Ala
McLemore, Augustus 16 M W Farm Labor Miss
McLemore, Amos 14 M W Farm Labor Miss
McLemore, Elisabeth 12 F W Miss
McLemore, William D 10 M W Farm Labor Miss

John married Martha A. Radford on 22 Jan 1861 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Martha was born before 1843; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not shown by Mark Freeman as a daughter of Amos and Elizabeth McLemore, but she is listed in their home at the time of the 1850 census, as well as being listed as a daughter by April Makerney. April further shows that she married Ezekial W. ASHLEY, born in Mobile, Alabama. Joyce Sentell confirms that she married a Mr. Ashley. He was said to have died in the Civil War, however, Confederate Pension records show him dying in 1888.

In 1880 she and Ezekiel were living with their children in Anderson County, Texas. In 1900, she was living with son George and his family, still in Anderson County.

In 1910, a Catherine Ashley , age 91 and born in Mississippi, was living in Caney, Atoka, Oklahoma with a John and Lulla Ashley. This MIGHT BE Catherine with her son John Ashley. However each of them are shown on that 1910 census as more than 10 years older than they are shown in most other records. At 91, Catherine would have been born in 1819, versus 1832. John Ashley was shown as being born in 1849, also in Mississippi, versus 1858.

Catherine married Ezekiel W. Ashley about 1852-1853 in Clarke County, Mississippi. Ezekiel was born between 1816 and 1821 in Alabama; died on 14 Oct 1888 in Anderson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Charles Yeoman Boughan on 22 Feb 1856 in Clarke County, Mississippi. Charles was born on 27 Sep 1829 in Wilkes County, Georgia; died on 12 Oct 1864 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married John W. Sturdivant on 9 Feb 1868 in Clarke County, Mississippi. John was born on 13 Mar 1844; died on 15 Jun 1918 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

April Makerney's notes show that George married Louisa MOORE, and that both died in the mid 1870's. This appears to be correct as four of their five children were enumerated with I.B. and Jane MOORE as of the 1880 Clarke County, Mississippi census.

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Census Information:

1870 Census
Not located

1880 Census
Mississsippi, Clarke County
Enumerated June 1880 by J.B. Brown
Page 27, SD 2, ED 113 Stamped 14

Moore, I.B. W M 62 --- Farmer Ga Ireland England
Moore, Jane W F 50 Wife Keeping House Ala Ga Ga
McLemon, Albert W M 13 Grandson Works on Farm Miss Miss Ala
McLemon, John W M 12 Grandson Works on Farm Miss Miss Ala
McLemore, Isaac W M 8 Grandson Miss Miss Ala
McLemore, Charlie W M 6 Grandson Miss Miss Ala
Smith, Nick B M 20 Servant Miss Miss Miss
Smith, Jannie B F 18 W Keeping House Miss Miss Miss
Brown, Frank B M 21 Day Laborer Miss Miss Miss

The next household enumerated was that of J.H. and Mary MOORE. It is noted that there is no James listed with this family, and the 1940 obituary of Albert George McLemore shows him as being survived by brothers James, Isaac and Charlie.

George married Louisa Moore before 1866. Louisa was born before 1846; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joyce Sentell writes that Martha "Marty" married a Mr. Ward.

Mary married Joseph B. Yarbourough on 7 Dec 1841 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Joseph was born on 30 Aug 1819 in Jackson County, Georgia; died on 8 Jan 1869 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Suspected to be buried in either the George Keeton Cemetery in Frogtown, Scott Co, Mississippi, or the McLemore Cemetery in Meridian.

Nancy married George W. Keeton on 16 Oct 1845 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. George was born about 1821 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mark Freeman instead lists her date of death as 4 May 1856, the same day as her sister Nancy.

Notes:

Rev. William P. McLemore, in a section on his website devoted to notable McLemore's (Website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3476/mclem1.htm), has the following biography:

Caleb Hill McLemore was born in Covington, MS, in January, 1829, and is the fourth of a family of nine children. His father, Richard McLemore, was a native of North Carolina, and removed from that state to Tennessee with his parents when but a boy. He remained at home, assisting in the care of his family until he was twenty-one years of age. He then came to Mississippi and was married in Covington County, in August 1821 (sic), to Nancy P. Hill. They had born to them two sons and seven daughters. Capt. McLemore was twenty-one years of age when he began to till the soil and raise livestock. He located in Lauderdale county, and there were few older residents than he. He was married in his twenty-fourth year to Mrs. L. C. Brown, widow of John Brown, of Clarke county, MS. Seven children were born of this union. In 1802 (sic), he enlisted in Company I, Thirty-seventh Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, and was in the arm of the Tennessee. When his captain was killed, he was promoted to the position, which he held during the remainder of the war. After the declaration of peace, he returned to his home in Lauderdale county and resumed the pursuit of agriculture on the place where he now lives. Captain McLemore was a member of the Masonic fraternity for nearly thirty years, and a Knight of Honor. He also belonged to the Farmers' Alliance. (Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Volume II, 1891).

In a biography of his son-in-law, E. J. Martin, it was noted that Captain McLemore" served during the entire course of the war, while he took part in every battle in which his command was engaged, including the battles around Cornith and in the Georgia campaign from Dalton as well as battles of Franklin, Nashville and Shiloh."

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Census Information:

1860 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat 1. PO Marion
Enumerated 27 June 1860 by W. V. White
Page 23 and 24
148-147
C.H. McLemore 31 M Farmer $14,500 $12,000 Miss
L.C. McLemore 25 F Domestic Business Wife
Mary V McLemore 6 F Miss
Richard L McLemore 4 M Miss
Theodore J McLemore 2 M Miss
Elizabeth Smith 15 F Dom Bus Miss
J.H. Page 25 M Farm Laborer NC
John Butler 22 M Farm Laborer Miss

1870 Census
not located

1880 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Meridian, Beat 1
Enumerated 16 Jun 1880 by E.J. Martin
Page 26 SD 2 ED 91
229-237
McLemore, C.H. W M 57 Farmer Miss NC Tenn
McLemore, Louisa W F 46 Wife Keeping House Miss --- NC
McLemore, T. J. W M 21 Son Farmer Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Inez W F 19 Dtr Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Oscar W M 12 Son In School Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Mittie W F 10 Dtr In School Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Earle W M 8 Miss Miss Miss
Vaughan, Jas W M 16 Boarder In School Alabama
Snell, R. J. W M 17 Boarder In School NC

Immediately following this listing was the listing for Ben and Sylvia McLemore, and Peter and Malinda McLemore. Both families were listed as Black.

1900 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Meridian, Beat 1
Enumerated 19 Jun 1900
SD 5, ED 11 Sheet 17B
326-330
McLemore, Caleb H Head M W Jan 1829 71 M47 Miss NC Tenn Farmer (Retired)
McLemore, Louisa C Wife W F M?? 1834 66 M47 7/6 Miss SC Ala
Smith, Madori B Sister-in-law W F May 1851 49 S Miss SC Ala

Caleb married Louisa C. Smith on 8 Nov 1853 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Louisa was born on 24 Mar 1834 in Mississippi; died on 28 Apr 1909; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married J. C. BROWN ca 1849.

Notes:

Said to have been the first recorded white birth in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Mark Freeman shows that she married William ALLEN on 27 Jan 1854 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

Notes:

Middle name might be Moriah.

Charity married Jesse W. Wiggins on 23 Jun 1859 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Jesse was born on 15 Jul 1818 in Alabama; died on 39 Oct 1869; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Believed to be buried at the McLemore Cemtery in Meridian, Mississippi.

Juriah married W. H. Jackson on 2 Jan 1854. W. was born about 1836; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following biography is from the archives of Rev. William P. McLemore:

Information on early life to McLemore Archives by Dr. Rudy Liverette 1988: "Joshua attended the Gathright School in Summerville, Mississippi. He taught school and served as a 2LT. in Company I, 37th Mississippi Infantry Regiment during the Civil War."

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Census Information:

1860 Census
Mississippi, Scott County, District 1, P.O. Forrest Depot
Enumerated 30 Jun 1860 by A.W. H. Metcalf
Page 57
358-358
Joshua McLemore 21 M Teacher of School Miss
Mary E. McLemore 16 F Miss

1870 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Twp 8
Enumerated 9 Jun 1870 by H.C. Smith
Page 23, Stamped 142
116-116
McLemore, Joshua 31 M W Farmer $4000 $2310 Miss
McLemore, Mary E 26 F W Keeping house Georgia
McLemore, Kate H 4 F W Miss
McLemore, Caleb S 1 M W Miss
Hill, Margaret E 29 F W SC
Williams, Benjamin 31 M W Farm Laborer $--- $300 Georgia
McLain William J 28 M W Farm Laborer Alabama

1880 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Subdistrict No. 1
Enumerated 23 Jun 1880 by Wm. S. Batton
Page 40, SD 2, ED 92
**-34
McLemore, Joshua W M 41 Farmer Miss Tenn Tenn
McLemore, J.E. W F 37 Wife Keeping house Miss D.C. Ga
McLemore, Kate H W F 15 Dtr At School Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, C. Semmes W M 13 Son At School Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, J.C. W M 11 Son At School Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Sereda J W F 9 Dtr At School Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Wm J. W M 7 Son At School Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Sallie W F 3 Dtr At Home Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Millie B W F 1 Dtr At Home Miss Miss Miss
Semmes, J. M. Miss W F 16 Sister-in-law At School Miss D.C. Ga
Alsbrook, Willie W M 21 Employee Laborer Ala Ala S.C.
Kelly, Jennie W F 29 School Teacher School Teacher Ala Ala Ala

Joshua married Mary E. Semmes on 27 Feb 1860 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Mary was born on 2 Aug 1843 in Georgia; died on 29 Jul 1917 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rev. William P. McLemore, in a section on his website devoted to Notable McLemore's (Website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3476/mclem1.htm), has the following biography:

Amos McLemore was a planter of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, born in Chickasaw County, December 3, 1829. His parents, William and Martha (Joiners) McLemore, were born in North Carolina and Tennessee in 1800, respectively, moved to Covington County when he was but a child, and in 1838 they moved to Lauderdale County and settled near where Meridian is now situated. Amos was married in 1855 to Miss Mary Jane McShan, of Lauderdale County, by whom he had nine children: William, Andrew, Virginia, Fannie, Acquila, Laura, Kirkland, and a son who lived only a month. At the opening of the Civil War, Mr. McLemore enlisted in the Confederate Army and upon the return of peace, he turned his attention to planting, notwithstanding the fact that, during the war, his plantation had been rifled of all valuables, and had grown up to weeds. He turned his attention to the culture of cotton, in which he was quite successful and made money. He owned one thousand acres of land, three miles northeast of Meridian, MS. He was considered a self-made man, well posted on general topics of the day, benevolent, charitable, and generous, but not active in politics. (Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Volume 2 (1891).

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Census Information:

1870 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Twp 6
Enumerated 13 August 1870
Page 114, Stamped 80
938-938
McLemore, Amos 39 M W Farmer $535 $1200 Miss
McLemore, Mary J 31 F W Keeping House Ala
McLemore, William F 13 M W Farm Laborer Miss
McLemore, Cornelius A.J. 11 M W Farm Laborer Miss
McLemore, Jennie M 8 F W Miss
McLemore, Fannie 3 F W Miss
McLemore, Allthe? L. 8/12 F W Miss Oct [indexed by Ancestry.com as Walker McLemore]

1880 Census
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Oc
cupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Amos MCLEMORE Self M Male W 50 MS Farmer TN TN
Jane MCLEMORE Wife M Female W 40 AL Keeping House SC ---
Andrew MCLEMORE Son S Male W 21 MS Farm Laborer MS AL
Jennie MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 18 MS At Home MS AL
Victoria MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 15 MS At School MS AL
Fannie MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 13 MS At School MS AL
Aquilla MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 11 MS At School MS AL
Laura MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 8 MS MS AL
Kirkland MCLEMORE Son S Male W 3 MS MS AL
Sarah*** MCLEMORE Sister S Female W 45 MS TN TN
Source Information:
Census Place Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254653 NA Film Number T9-0653
Page Number 59C

***Is this is stepsister, Sarah Alford Fortson? Some researchers speculate that she married her step brother, William McLemore. If so, this would make her both a stepsister and sister-in-law to Amos. Sarah Alford Fortson, however, was born ca 1837 in Alabama. This would make her around age 43 in 1880. Lauderdale, Mississippi marriage records show a Mrs Mary Fortson and William McLemore marrying on 12 July 1840.

1900 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat One
Enumerated 16 Jun 1900
SD 5 ED 12 Sheet 12B
238-238
McLemore, W F Head W F Mar 1859 41 W 8/8 Miss Ala Ala (Appears to be Mrs. W F McLemore)
McLemore, Ernestine Dtr W F Jan 1880 20 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Lawrence Son W M Nov 1882 18 Miss Miss Miss Machinist
McLemroe, Corrinna Dtr W F Feb 1854 16 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Lewis Son W M Dec 1887 12 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Octavia Dtr W F Jun 1889 10 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Lamar Son W M May 1892 8 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Lee Son W M Spet 1894 5 S Miss MIss Miss
McLemore, William Son W M Dec 1898 1 S Miss Miss Miss
240-240
McLemore, Amos Head W M Dec 1829 70 M 45 Miss NC Tenn Farmer
McLemore, Mary J Wf W F Dec 1838 61 M 45 9/6 Ala SC SC
McLemore, Quilla O Dtr W F Oct 1869 30 S Miss Miss Ala
McLemore, Lewis K Son W F Mar 1877 23 S Miss Miss Ala Farmer

Amos married Mary Jane Leanoriah McShan on 14 May 1855 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Mary was born on 22 Dec 1838 in Alabama; died on 22 Dec 1908 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Middle name shown as Steth or Seth.

Bill Schrat's tree on RootsWeb WorldConnect, "Houston, McLamore, Stovall, Hilbun, et all" states that "He was little when his mother passed away. He and his siblings were given away to others to raise at the grave of his mother. He only knew one sister. When he was 16 he left Virginia? and moved to Mississippi. He moved to Louisiana between 1859 and 1860. He appears on the 1860 census in Winn Parish, LA. He was the neighborhood Doctor. His neighbor s called him '"Doc". He never studied medicine and was a farmer. Civil War mentioned in notes. (Notes made by Billy Williamson, Sr. from interviews with various family members prior to his death in 1982).

Obituary

R.S. McLemore

Died:--At his home near Wheeling, La., June 15, 1906, R. S. McLemore, age 75 years, 8 months and 24 days.

His remains were interred at Mt. Zion Cemetery June 16.

He died where he and had lived for thirty-nine years, and wehre he reared all his family. His troubles were complicated and either one of them were sufficient to cause death.

The deceased was a true and loving husband and a kind and faithful father. He was a noted Christian, and a peacemaker among men. He was loyal to his country, having served four years in the Confederate Army. God, in his wisdom, saw fit to tak him away, but oh! how sad to part with one so near and dear.

He leaves a wife and ten children and a host of dear friends to mourn his death.

(8 line poem omitted)

A Son

Copied from a clipping (not dated or referenced) scanned and posted on his FindA Grave Memorial Page, added by Ron Manley

There is also a military marker, and notes on his memorial page indicating he served as a Pvt, Co. F., 27th LA Infantry; enlisted in Monroe, LA 7 May 1862, captured and paroled Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Louisiana, Winn Parish, P O Wheeling
Enumrated 25 July 1860
Page 78
544-506
R S McLamore 29 M Farmer 1000 250 Va
Mary McLamore 25 F Ala
Olivia J McLamore 8 F Miss
Samantha F McLamore 6 F MIss
Mary E. McLamore 4 F Miss
Wm. T. McLamore 1 M Miss

1870 Census
Louisiana, Winn Parish, Ward No. 5 PO Atlanta
Enumerated 20 July 1870
Page 9 Stamped 503
208-208
McLamore, R S 40 M W Farmer 250 300 Va
McLamore, Mary 35 F W At Home Ala
McLamore, Samantha F 16 F W At home Miss
McLamore, Mary E 14 F W At Home Miss
McLamore, Wm T 11 M W At Home Miss
McLamore, Hughey S 9 M W La
McLamore, Eliza A 6 F W La
McLamore, Lilian L 4 F W La
McLamore, George W 1 M W La

1880 Census
Louisiana, Winn Parish, Ward 6
Enumerated ___ Jun 1880
Page 52 SD 2 ED 53
447-448
McLamore, Richd S W M 54 Farmer Va Va Va
McLamore, Mary W F 45 Wf Keeping Houst Ala Ala Ala
McLamore, H. Steth W M 19 Son Works on farm La Va Ala
McLamore, Eliza A W F 16 Dtr La Va Ala
McLamore, Lillian W F 14 Dtr La Va Ala
McLamore, George W W M 11 SOn La Va Ala
McLamore, Ella L W F 8 Dtr La Va Ala
McLamore, Charles T W M 7 Son La Va Ala
McLamore, Sina T W F 5 Dtr La Va Ala
McLamore, Arthur C W M 3 Son La Va Ala
McLamore, Melissa W F 6/12 Nov Dtr La Va Ala

Richard married Mary Davison about 1851-1852. Mary was born on 17 Jan 1835 in Monroe County, Alabama; died on 31 Dec 1885 in Winn Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Wheeling, Winn Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married William Bozane on 9 Nov 1855 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. William was born about 1830; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Census Information

1860 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat 3
719-698
Sarah McLemore 30 F Farmer 4800 $300 Tenn
William A McLemore 10 M Miss
Joseph G McLemore 8 M Miss
Martha A. McLemore 6 F Miss
George H.W. McLemore 2 M Miss
John McLemore 19 M Farm Laborer Miss<---Appears to be the son of William McLemore and Mary Alford of Lauderdale County, Mississippi

It is not known with certainty who the 30 year old Sarah McLemore, the head of household in the above census listing is. Some researchers speculate this is Sarah Fortson McLemore, who would have been a half-sister to John. This is not know with certainty, however, and her age and birthplace seemingly contradict this.

Rowena married Joel Foster on 14 Feb 861 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Joel was born about 1840; died between 1863 and 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some researchers show her date of death as early as 1873. Henry Lee of McComb, Mississippi instead lists it as May 21, 1909, with her burial in the Green Creek Cemetery in Perry County, Mississippi. As this is the date that her husband's death was reported in a Covington County newspaper, he might be confusing the two.

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Census Information:

Mississippi, Perry County, Southern District
Enumerated 15 Sep 1860 by Henry E. Lee
291-279
Henry E. Lee 28 M Teacher of Common School $--- $200 Mi
Nancy Lee 29 F Mi
Rachel Lee 6 F Mi
[Why were sons Fate and John Thomas not listed??]
292-280
Joseph & Marth McLemore
293-281
Londy & Luvinia Fairchild
294-282
Josiah & Sarah McLemore

Nancy married Henry Elijah Lee on 10 Aug 1851. Henry was born on 3 Nov 1831 in Green Creek, Perry County, Mississippi; died on 20 May 1909 in 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)

Rosa married Maj. Amos McLemore about 1850. Amos (son of John McLemore and Anna Maria Yates) was born on 23 Aug 1827 in Mississippi; died on 5 Oct 1863 in Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Forrest County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha McLemore, his widow, applied for a confederate widow's pension, based on the service of her late husband Joseph, on 17 July 1906. She was 74 years of age at the time, and stated she had 5 sons and 4 daughters. She was a resident of Perry County, Mississippi.

She stated Joseph enlisted in 1862, while a resident of Perry County. He was in Company C, Ninth Mississippi Regiment for about three years, Capt. P K Moyers.

Joseph died in 1905.

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Census Information:

1860 Census
Mississippi, Perry County, Southern District
Enumerated 15 Sep 1860 by Henry E. Lee
292-280
Joseph McLemore 27 M Farmer $--- $300 Mis
Martha McLemore 26 F Mi
Mary McLemore 3 F Mi
John McLemore 2 M Mi
Marthaann 6/12 F Mi

1870 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Township 1&2 east of RR
Enumerated 18 July 1870 by C. E. Cannon
Pages 54
398-387
McLemore, Joseph 36 M W Laborer in Farm $--- $250 Miss
McLemore, Martha A 35 F W Keeping House Miss
McLemore, Margaret 13 F W Miss
McLemore, John T 11 M W Miss
McLemore, Martha 9 F W Miss
McLemore, Joseph 7 M W Miss
McLemore, Sarah E 6 F W Miss
McLemore, Richard J 5 M W Miss
McLemore, Catherine 4 F W Miss
McLemore, George N 3 M W Miss
McLemore, William 1 M W Miss
399-382
Matheny, William T and Francis (Cammack)

1880 Census
Name RelationMarital StatusGenderRaceAgeBirthplaceOccupationFather's BirthplaceMother's Birthplace
Joseph MCLEMORE Self M Male W 49 MS Farmer TN MS
Martha A. MCLEMORE Wife M Female W 48 MS Keeping House GA MS
Mary M. MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 23 MS MS MS
John T. MCLEMORE Son S Male W 21 MS Works On Farm MS MS
Joseph MCLEMORE Son S Male W 19 MS Works On Farm MS MS
Sarah E. MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 16 MS MS MS
Richard J. MCLEMORE Son S Male W 14 MS Works On Farm MS MS
Louisa C. MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 13 MS Works On Farm MS MS
George W. MCLEMORE Son S Male W 12 MS Works On Farm MS MS
William R. MCLEMORE Son S Male W 10 MS At Home MS MS
Susan MCLEMORE ?sup? ?/sup?Dau S Female W 8 MS At Home MS MS

Source Information:
Census PlacePerry, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254662 NA Film Number T9-0662
Page Number 327B

1900 Census
Not located

1910 Census
Mississippi, Forrest County, Beat 2
Enumerated 21 May 1910 by Luther M. Cox
SD 6 ED 15 Sheet 24B
452-454
McLemore, Joseph Hd M W 48 S Miss Miss Miss Farmer
McLemore, Martha Mother F W 72 Widowed Miss Miss Miss

Joseph married Martha Ann "Patsey" Page before 1856. Martha was born between 1832 and 1835 in Mississippi; died about 1918 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married a KEETON.

Notes:

His widow, Ellen, applied for a Confederate pension on 10 July 1906. She stated John T. McLemore enlisted in Perry County on 13 May 1862 in Co C, Ninth Mississippi Regiment Cavalry and served about three years. He was discharged 13 May 1865 in Meridian, Mississippi. Witnesses to her application were G. B. LEE and N. N. LEE.

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Census Information:

1870 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Township 1&2 E. of RR
Enumerated 13 July 1870 by C. E. Cannon
Pages 38 & 39
284-271
Fairchild, John 22 M W Works in Saw Mill $--- $200 Miss
Fairchild, Sarah 30 F W Keeping House Miss*
Fairchild, Louisa 6 F W Miss
Fairchild, William 4 M Miss
Fairchild, Mary E 2 F W Miss
Fairchild, John W 4/12 M W Miss March
McLemore, John 33 M W Teamster Miss
McLemore, Ellen 31 F W Miss
McLemore, Nancy 8 F W Miss
McLemore, Josiah 6 M W Miss
McLemore, Cadwell 3 M W Miss
McLemore, Ida 7/12 F W Miss January
Keyton, William 21 M W Miss
Pitman, James 35 M W Miss
*Merritt Mullen shows her as Sarah L. KETON,


1880 Census
Name RelationMarital StatusGenderRaceAgeBirthplaceOccupationFather's BirthplaceMother's Birthplace
John L. MCLEMORE Self M Male W 39 MS Farmer SC SC
Ellen MCLEMORE Other M Female W 37 MS Keeping House MS MS
Florence MCLEMORE Other S Female W 18 MS MS MS
Josiah MCLEMORE Other S Male W 16 MS Works On Farm MS MS
Cadwell MCLEMORE Other S Male W 13 MS Works On Farm MS MS
Ida MCLEMORE Other S Female W 11 MS MS MS
Lula MCLEMOR
E Other S Female W 9 MS At Home MS MS
Napolean MCLEMORE Other S Male W 6 MS At Home MS MS
Buster/Vaster MCLEMORE Other S Male W 2 MS At Home MS MS
Source Information:
Census Place
Perry, Mississippi
Family History Library Film, 1254662
NA Film Number T9-0662, Page Number 327B

John married Susan Ellen Callahan in Oct 1862 in Mississippi. Susan was born about 1841 in Mississippi; died after 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leah married Henderson Sullivan about 1845 in Smith County, Mississippi. Henderson was born on 21 Jul 1825; died about 1895 in Smith County, Mississippi; was buried in Ed Sullivan Cemetery, Mize, Smith County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Census Information:

1860 Census
Mississippi, Smith County, Page 1121
Enumerated 29th Aug 1860 by Jas. Mangum
HH 710-710 Mikel & Joicy Burkhalter

HH 711-711 William and Elizabeth Howell

HH 712-715
F M Howell 23 M Farmer 1200 200 Miss
Mary J Howell 18 F Miss

Francis married Mary Jane Sullivan about 1859 in Mississippi. Mary (daughter of Frederic Sullivan and Joanah Louisa Spell) was born on 9 May 1842 in Mississippi; died on 16 Mar 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His headstone is engraved Cpl. S. M. Howell Co E 46 Miss Inf C.S.A. Oct. 10, 1840 May 3, 1940

The FindAGrave index shows he was nicknamed "Grap."

Stephen married Mary Matilda Johnson about 1866 in Mississippi. Mary was born on 15 May 1847 in Mississippi; died on 20 Jul 1926 in Mize, Smith County, Mississippi; was buried in Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Mize, Smith County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married James Allen Byrd on 13 Aug 1865 in Smith County, Mississippi. James was born on 14 Feb 1847 in Mississippi; died on 23 Feb 1931; was buried in Byrd Cemetery, Mize, Smith County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: U. N. A. "Una" Keys. U. was born in Sep 1852; died in Jan 1931; was buried in Ashley Cemetery, Ashley, Copiah County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christopher married Isabella Burkhalter on 9 Nov 1871. Isabella was born on 29 Mar 1854 in Mississippi; died on 30 Aug 1929 in Kerens, Navarro County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]