Moses Lafayette McLemore, Sr.

Notes:

He appears to have been living with his half-sister and brother-in-law (Kesiah and John T. Freeman) in Copiah County, Mississippi at the time of the 1880 census. He was listed as M.L. McLemore, Brother-in-law, age 18, Mississippi.

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1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
J. T. FREEMAN Self M Male W 43 NC Farmer NC NC
Kesiah FREEMAN Wife M Female W 34 MS Keeping House MS MS
E. R. FREEMAN Dau S Female W 18 MS At Home NC MS
J. T. FREEMAN Son S Male W 15 MS Farm Hand NC MS
W. J. FREEMAN Son S Male W 14 MS Farm Hand NC MS
E. H. FREEMAN Son S Male W 12 MS Farm Hand NC MS
D. V. FREEMAN Dau S Female W 10 MS At Home NC MS
Josiah FREEMAN Son S Male W 4 MS NC MS
A. E. FREEMAN Dau S Female W 2 MS NC MS
D. J. FREEMAN Son S Male W 4M MS NC MS
M. L. MC LEMORE BroL Male W 18 MS Farm Laborer MS MS
Source Information: Census Place Rose Hill, Copiah, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254645 NA Film Number T9-0645
Page Number 18C

1900 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Beat 4 Part of Mount Hope Voting Precinct
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 7 ED 41 Sheet 3A
Moses L Mclemore Head W M Jan 1863 38 M 18 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Nancy E Mclemore Wife W F Aug 1866 33 M 18 10/10 Miss Miss Miss
John G Mclemore Son W M Dec 1884 15 S Miss Miss Miss Farm Laborer
Darvel B Mclemore W M Oct 1886 13 S Miss Miss Miss
Moses L Mclemore Son W M Feb 1888 12 S Miss Miss Miss
Anna R Mclemore Dtr W F Feb 1889 11 S Miss Miss Miss
Robert W Mclemore Son W M Aug 1891 8 S Miss Miss Miss
Lena M Mclemore Dtr W F Dec 1892 7 S Miss Miss Miss
Mary L Mclemore Dtr W F July 1894 5 S Miss Miss Miss
Clifton Mclemore Son W M June 1896 3 S Miss Miss Miss
Claud Mclemore Son W M Jun 1896 3 S Miss Miss Miss
Malcolm Mclemore Son W M July 1899 10/12 S Miss Miss Miss
Ada G Mclemore Niece W F Aug 1879 20 S Miss Miss Miss

1910 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Dentville
Roll T624_737 Page 9A ED 0055 Image 1137
FHL Microfilm 1374750
Mory L Mclemore Head 48 m1 27 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
( clearly reads Moses on the image )
Lizzie Mclemore Wife 43 m1 27 14/13 Miss Ga SC
Laffastte Mclemore Son 22 Miss Miss Miss
Anna Mclemore Dtr 21 Miss Miss Miss
Lena M Mclemore Dtr 17 Miss Miss Miss
Mary Mclemore Dtr 15 Miss Miss Miss
Claud Mclemore Son 14 Miss Miss Miss
Clifton Mclemore Son 14 Miss Miss Miss
Floy Mclemore Dtr 9 Miss Miss Miss
Rodgers Mclemore Son 6 Miss Miss Miss
Charlie Mclemore Son 3 Miss Miss Miss
Lillian Mclemore Dtr 2/12 Miss Miss Miss

1920 Census
Mississippi, Sunflower County, Beat 4
Enumerated 10 Feb 1920
SD 3 ED 123 Sheet 14A
293-308
McLemore, Darville Head m W 33 M Miss Miss Miss Fm
McLemore, Zelma Wf F W 30 M Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Barney Son M W 7 S Miss Miss Miss
294-309
McLemore, Moses Head M W 58 M Miss Miss Miss FM
McLemore, Nancy E Wf F W 53 M Miss Ga SC
McLemore, Rodgers Son M W 15 S Miss Miss Miss Laborer Home Farm
McLemore, Charly Son M W 13 S Miss Miss Miss Laborer Home Farm
McLemore, Lillian Dtr F W 9 S Miss Miss Miss

1930 Census
Mississippi, Sharkey County, Beat 2
Enumerated April 19, 1930
ED 63-2 SD 6 Sheet 9B
249-262
McLemore, Moses L Head M W 68 M 21 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
McLemore, Nancy E Wf F W 65 M 17 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Rogers Son M W 25 S Miss Miss Miss Truck Driver County Road
McLemore, Charley Q Son M W 23 S MIss Miss MiSs Farmer
Arnol, Lewis Adopted on M W 15 S MIss Miss Miss
250-265
McLemore, Zelma Head F W 38 Wd Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Barney Son M W 17 S Miss Miss Miss

Moses married Nancy Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rotch on 14 Nov 1882 in Franklin County, Mississippi. Nancy was born on 15 Aug 1866 in Mississippi; died in May 1951 in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911

Groom's Name: M. L. Mc Lemore

Bride's Name: Elizabeth Rotch

Marriage Date: 14 Nov 1882
Marriage Place: , Franklin, Mississippi

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51685-4
System Origin: Mississippi-ODM
Source Film Number: 890451

(Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)

1. John H. McLemore was born in Dec 1884 in Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi; died on 14 Aug 1953 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
2. Darville Brown McLemore was born in Oct 1886 in Copiah County, Mississippi; and died.
3. Moses Lafayette McLemore, Jr. was born on 15 Feb 1888 in Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi; and died.
4. Anna R. McLemore was born in Apr 1889 in Mississippi; and died.
5. Robert William McLemore, Sr. was born on 15 Aug 1891 in Copiah County, Mississippi; died on 12 Jul 1974 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
6. Lena M. McLemore was born in Dec 1892 in Mississippi; and died.
7. Mary L. McLemore was born in Jul 1894 in Mississippi; and died.
8. Clifton McLemore was born in Jun 1896 in Mississippi; and died.
9. Claude A. McLemore was born in Jun 1896 in Mississippi; died on 23 Aug 1962 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.
10. Malcolm McLemore was born in Jul 1899 in Mississippi; and died.
11. Floy McLemore was born about 1901 in Copiah County, Mississippi; and died.
12. Rodgers McLemore was born about 1904 in Copiah County, Mississippi; and died.
13. Charlie Q. McLemore was born about 1907 in Copiah County, Mississippi; and died.
14. Lillian McLemore was born about 1910 in Copiah County, Mississippi; and died.

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

Notes:

She may have instead been born in North Carolina.

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:

According to Merritt Mullen, her maiden name is variously shown as Batiste, Baptiste, Battiece. ...

Merritt writes that Nancy (Vinnie) Batiste is believed to be a Choctaw Indian, probably born in the territory of Mississippi (census records indicate she was born in South Carolina, but there are no Batiste families there). A tradition in different branches of the Fairchild family says her grandchildren are 1/4 Indian, and the early Choctaw Indian rolls for Mississippi show Indian families using the surname of "Batiste" (with various spellings such as Battist, Battiese, Battice, Bapten). The name is also found among the Choctaws who migrated to Oklahoma Indian Territory.

"Batiste" is a variant spelling of the French name "Baptiste" (as in the common name "Jean Baptiste", or John the Baptist). The Baptistes were prominent early settlers of the Gulf Coast around what is now Mobile, Alabama. Jean Baptiste (dit Graveline) Baudreau came from Montreal (Canada) to the Gulf Coast with the brothers d'Iberville and Bienville, sent by King Louis XV to build Fort Louis and explore the Gulf Coast to protect the huge holdings (Louisiana Purchase area). It was in 1699/1700 that Jean Baptiste Baudreau came to the Pascaqoula/Bay St. Louis area on the Gulf Coast.
The family history of the descendants of Jean Baptiste Beaudreau indicates it was common for the male descendants to have both a French and an Indian wife, and children with both of them. A grandson of the first settler, Jean Batiste Baudreau, Pierre Baptiste (also called Pedro, during the Spanish era on the Gulf Coast) was probably 1/4 Indian and 3/4 French. He married a Choctaw Indian and had a daughter by her named Michou Jenny (or Jincy) Batiste (or Battiest), who married Daniel Anderson. It is possible that a brother of Jenny was the father of Nancy Vinnie Baptiste. If Nancy's mother was a full-blood Choctaw, then Nancy would be 3/16 French and 13/16 Indian.


Nancy was living in Copiah County, Mississippi with her son, John, at the time of the 1860 Census.

Larry Kingsley & Merritt Mullen both note that she died in Scott County, Mississippi.

Notes:

Married:
May also be the parents of an Elizabeth McLemroe, born 1820 and married James Lowery of the Cherokee Nation East. (MaryLynn Santa and Mark Freeman both reference her, but neither William McLemore or April Makerney have her listed).

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.