John Thomas Lee

Notes:

(Research):Census Listings:

1900 Census
Mississippi, Jones County, Southwest Beat 5
Enumerated 19 June 1900
SD 6 ED 63 Sheet 15A Stamped 162
240-240
Lee, John T. Head W M July 1857 42 M/19 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Lee, Mary E. Wife W F Feb 1860 40 M/19 7/6 Miss Miss Miss
Lee, Norah Dtr W F Mar 1882 18 S Miss Miss Miss
Lee, May Dtr W F May 1887 13 S Miss Miss Miss
Lee, Annie Dtr W F Mar 1889 10 S Miss Miss Miss
Lee, Bessie Dtr W F Feb 1892 8 S Miss Miss Miss
Lee, Henry Son W M Nov 1895 4 S Miss Miss Miss
Lee, Robert Son W M Feb 1898 2 S Miss Miss Miss
241-241
McLemore, Willis Head B M Feb 1870 30 M/4 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
McLemore, Laura Wife B F Feb 1879 21 M/4 3/2 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Myrtis Dtr B F Aug 1897 2 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Walter Son B M Jan 1900 5/12 Miss Miss Miss

John married Mary Emily Sumrall on 16 Dec 1880 in Mississippi. Mary was born on 16 Feb 1860 in McDonald Mills, Perry County, Mississippi; died on 31 Oct 1947 in Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lenora Addierena "Nora" Lee was born on 20 Mar 1882 in Jones County, Mississippi; and died.
2. Ernest Evans Lee was born on 16 Jun 1884 in Jones County, Mississippi; and died.
3. Florence May Lee was born on 23 May 1887 in Jones County, Mississippi; and died.
4. Annie Alice Lee was born on 8 Nov 1889 in Jones County, Mississippi; and died.
5. Clara Elizabeth "Bessie" Lee was born on 26 Feb 1892 in Jones County, Mississippi; and died.
6. Henry Allen Lee was born on 26 Nov 1895 in Jones County, Mississippi; died on 22 Jun 1956 in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi; was buried in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Eatonville, Forrest County, Mississippi.
7. Robert E. Lee was born on 28 Feb 1898 in Jones County, Mississippi; and died.
8. Freda Lee was born on 24 Nov 1901 in Mississippi; and died.
9. Lucy Lee was born on 18 Jul 1904 in Mississippi; and died.

Notes:

Merritt Mullen shows him as the son of Elijah LEE and Rachel RODGERS.

Henry Lee of McComb, Mississippi shows the Covington County Newspaper dated May 21, 1909 reported "Henry E. Lee, CSA died yesterday...Born at Green Creek, Perry County...." He further notes that the Leaf River Masonic Lodge 1852 recorded his date of death as May 17, 1909.

Henry also writes that Henry Elijah Lee was married twice, and was elected circuit clerk and probate clerk of Perry County, MS and was reported on the census in that county in 1860 and 1870. He was also a Judge. During the Civil War, he ordered men to go into Jones County, a few miles east, and bring back deserters.

Henry married Nancy Mary McLemore on 10 Aug 1851. Nancy (daughter of Josiah McLemore and Sarah Jane Fairchild) was born on 1 Nov 1830 in Jones County, Mississippi; and died. [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.

(Research):
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

Notes:

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

(Research):
Census Information:

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

Notes:

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

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.