Alice Byrd

Notes:

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Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Perry County
Enumerated the 28th day of September 1850 by James Carpenter
129-129
Asa Bird 30 M Farmer Geo
Elmyra Bird 25 F Miss
Catherine Bird 3 F Miss

1860
Not located

1870
Not located

1880 Census
Alabama, Mobile County, Wheelerville Precinct
June 1880
SD 3 ED 119 Stamped 141
152-152
Byrd, Elmira W F 50 Farmer Miss Miss Miss
Byrd, Louisa W F 27 Dtr Keeps House Miss Miss Miss
Byrd, Mamie W F 25 Dtr At Home Miss Miss Miss
Byrd, Elizabeth W F 23 Dtr At Home Miss Miss Miss
Byrd, Nancy W F 21 Dtr At Home Ala Ala Ala
Byrd, Sarah W F 20 Dtr At Home Ala Ala Ala
Byrd, Alice W F 13 Dtr At Home Ala Ala Ala
Byrd, Amos W M 6 Grandson At Home Ala Ala Ala
Chapman, Willie W M 9 Grandson At Home Ala Ala Ala

Asa married Elmyra McLemore before 1850. Elmyra (daughter of John McLemore and Anna Maria Yates) was born about 1825 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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)

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:

The daughter of Abraham YATES and Katherine HUNTER.

At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, she was listed in the Southern District of Perry County, Mississippi, as all alone in her household, age 47, born in North Carolina, with $1,000 in real property and $2,600 in personal property

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.





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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.