Baskerville "Baskell" Young McLemore

Notes:

A Baskerville McLemore was listed as an Omicron Deuteron Brother, Phi Sigma Kappa, Class of '30. He also was listed as a member of the class of 1931 at the University of Alabama, from Greenwood, Mississippi, majoring in Electrical Engineering.

New York Times (23 August 1941, p. 13)

"Vice-President of the Elm City Rubber company (dateline New Haven, CT) died of a heart attack in his office...Former University of Kentucky football player, later moved to the University of Alabama where he graduated."

1940 City Directory, New Haven, CT: B. Y. (Edna O.) Vice-President,
Elm City Rubber Co., 73 Wallace Street, home: 39 Mather Street.

(Courtesy of Rev. William P. McLemore)

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Census Listings:

1940 Census
Arkansas, Craighead County, Jonesboro
Enumerated April 3, 1940
SD 9 ED 16-22 Sheert 2B
W. Mathews St
927-43-R-35
McLemore, Vaskerville Head M W 33 M No College/ 4 Year Miss Res 1935 New Haven, CT Salesman, Machinery
McLemore, Edna Wf F W 32 M No College/4 Year Miss Res 1935 New Haven CT
McLemore, Bonnie F W 4 Miss SIngle

Baskerville married Edna C. Ormond on 5 Aug 1933 in Manhattan, New York County, New York. Edna was born about 1908 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bonnie Ormond McLemore was born on 6 Dec 1935 in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi; died on 6 Aug 2003; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.
2. Living

Notes:

Rev. William McLemore copied the following obituary from Santa (3-199):

"Death of Price P. McLemore native and member of one of Williamson Co.'s oldest families occurred Apr 27 1941] at his home in Greenwood MS. He was born in Williamson Co, son of Capt. Price and Mrs. Etta Cunningham McLemore. He was educated in Franklin schools and at Battle Ground Academy. He went to LeFlore County, Mississippi in 1898 and became one of the leading planters. He retired several years ago and moved to Greenwood. he married Miss Mary Anthony Young of Columbus, MD who died several years ago. His two sisters, Mrs. Smith S. House and Miss Birdine McLemore died a few years ago. Surviving are two sons: Price P. Jr., levy construction engineer of Elaine, Ark., and Basckervill McLemore of New Haven, Conn., also two grandchildren."

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Mississippi, Leflore County, Beat One
Enumerated 8 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 50 Sheet 6A Stamped 27
111-113
McLeMore, Price Head W M Aug 1873 26 S Tenn Miss Tenn Planter
Davis, Nancy Servant B F 1874 26 S Miss Miss Miss Cook

1910 Census
Mississippi, Leflore County, Beat 1
Enumerated 23 Apr 1910
SD 3 ED 66 Sheet 5A Stamped 68
84-84
McLemore, C. G. Head M W 56 WEd Miss NC NC Farmer
86-86
McLemore, P. P. Head M W 37 M6 Tenn Miss Tenn Farmer
McLemore, Mary Wf F W 27 M6 2/2 Miss Miss Va
McLemore, Price Son M W 4 S Miss Tenn Miss
McLemore, Baskell Son m W 3 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Etta Lee Mother F W 65 Wd 4/3 Tenn Ga Tenn

Price married Mary Anthony Young on 2 Nov 1904 in Mississippi. Mary was born on 26 Nov 1882 in Mississippi; died on 29 Jul 1938 in Mississippi; was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Col . R. D. Hooker, Jr. writes that "Price P. McLemore, b. 1840 and died probably in TN in 1876. He served in Co A 11th Miss Vol In, the famous "University Greys" (the entire Ole Miss student body, who enlisted in 1861), and was captured 2 days before Lee's surrender in Virginia in 1865."

Price P. McLemore Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi Regiment Name: 11 Mississippi Infantry Regiment Name Expanded: 11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Company: A Rank In: Corporal Rank In Expanded: Corporal Rank Out: First Sergeant Rank Out Expanded: First Sergeant Film Number: M232 roll 27. From Ancestry.com, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. They cite National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Price married Mary Etta Cunningham on 26 Nov 1865. Mary was born on 8 Oct 1843 in Tennessee; died on 18 May 1920 in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A U. S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application shows her as a daughter of Thompson Cunningham and Bethenia Bennett, born on October 8, 1843. Her grandparents were shown as Dr. George Bennett and Anna Dabney. Her Tennessee death certificate shows her as Mrs. Etta C. McLemore, and also lists her parents as Thompson Cunningham and Bathenia Bennett. The informant was B. P McLemore.

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Census Listings:

1880 Federal Census
Tennessee, Williamson County, 3rd District
Pg 14B SD 3 ED 230
Enumerated 22 June 1880
112-116
McLemore, Etta W F 36 Keeping House Tenn Ga Tenn
McLemore, Bettie W F 12 Dtr Miss Miss Tenn
McLemore, Bethenia W F 10 Dtr Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Price P W M 8 Son Tenn Miss Tenn
Maucheum Tim W M 27 Laborer Tenn Tenn Tenn
Nolen Mary B F 25 Domestic Servant Tenn Tenn Tenn
Nolen, Bettie B F 6 Dtr Tenn Tenn Tenn
Nolen, Thomas B M 3 Son Tenn Tenn Tenn
Nolen, Sophie B F 1 Dtr Tenn Tenn Tenn

Notes:

Married:
Rev. Bill McLemore instead lists their marriage date as 26 December 1865.

Notes:

A 36 year old John D. McLemore, born in Tennessee, is located in the Southern Division of Carroll County, Mississippi at the time of the 1850 census. John appears to be living with his wife, Sarah, and four children: Daniel, Price, Jefferson and Adalaide. As several researchers show John Dabney McLemore as the father of Price Perkins McLemore (although the evidenced for this is not documented in their trees), it appears likely that this John D. McLemore is indeed John Dabney McLemore. Rev. William McLemore shows that he was actually born in North Carolina, and does not list a location of death. Several online trees show he died in Panola County, Mississippi, but no sources are cited for this.

It is further shown on the 1850 census that John is married to a 24 year old Sarah, born in North Carolina. She would have been too young to be the mother of the three boys in the household, but is likely the mother of John's one year old daughter, Adalaide.
He reported that he owned property worth $2,000.

In 1860, the same John D. McLemore appears to still be listed in Carroll County, but without a wife or children enumerated with him. His real property was reported to be worth $381,000 and personal property was reported at $400,000. This is a huge increase in value in a relatively short time period. He is shown as a Farmer/Merchant. It appears that the "personal property" was likely his inventory of slaves.

This appears likely based on the following:

CARROLL COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES
and
SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS
Transcribed by Tom Blake, October 2001

MCLEMORE, John D., 200 slaves, Dist. 4, page 289B (? no stamped number located)
MCLEMORE, John D., 89 slaves, Dist. 4, page 289
MCLEMORE, Jno. D., 79 slaves, Dist. 3, page 280
MCLEMORE, John D., by W. D. Warren overseer, 68 slaves, Dist. 2, page 259

FORMAT. This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the County, the number of slaves they held in the Police District where counted, the number of the Police District and the first census page on which they were listed. The page numbers used are the rubber stamped numbers in the upper right corner of every set of two pages, with the previous stamped number and a "B" being used to designate the pages without a stamped number. Following the holder list is a separate list of the surnames of the holders with information on numbers of African Americans on the 1870 census who were enumerated with the same surname. The term "County" is used to describe the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated.

SOURCES. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Carroll County, Mississippi (NARA microfilm series M653, Roll 596) reportedly includes a total of 13,808 slaves. This transcription includes 75 slaveholders who held 40 or more slaves in Carroll County, accounting for 5,073 slaves, or 36% of the County total. The rest of the slaves in the County were held by a total of 888 slaveholders, and those slaveholders have not been included here. Due to variable film quality, handwriting interpretation questions and inconsistent counting and page numbering methods used by the census enumerators, interested researchers should view the source film personally to verify or modify the information in this transcription for their own purposes. Census data for 1860 was obtained from the Historical United States Census Data Browser, which is a very detailed, searchable and highly recommended database that can found at . Census data on African Americans in the 1870 census was obtained using Heritage Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available through Heritage Quest at

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/mscarroll.htm

After the Civil War, in 1865, he filed for a petition of pardon and amnesty from the federal government.

"To his Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America. Comes petitioner respectfully represents that he is now and had been for many years resident of the State of Mississippi; that he has a wife and eight children, and is fifty two years of age [therefore born ca 1813]. That at the commencement of the War he was invested as a partner in a commission house in New Orleans and a a planter in said State of Mississippi & Yazoo and Tallahatchie bottoms, that he was then and is now as a member of the land commission house and as an individual largely indebted, Say altogehter about the amoutn of three hundred thousand dollars, an undertimable amount which is due to orphan children, that he has lost all of his slaves, and second, all of the debt due to him, and said commission house, are now nearly worthless, that the property he now owns is worth more than twenty thousand dollars but that is is wholy insufficient to pay his debts. He is advised that by reason of the value of his property he is not entitled to the benefit of your Excellency's proclamation of Amnesty, dated 29 May A. D. 1865, and that he must apply for an official pardon. He also states that he comes under none of the ??? except form the benefits of ??? proclamation Except the one in relation to persons owning $20,00 in taxable property. He states that he was opposed to the secession of the Southern States and opposed it until it was done. After the war commenced he consciously believed it to be duty to assist his state and section, which he did tot he best of his ability. He was elected a member of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in Oct 1863 and held that office when the war ended. This was all the office of position he ever held during said war. He was not in the army, being exempt from his age. He now states that he desires the benefit of said Proclamation and amnesty. That he has takend the oath ??? prescribed which he hopes to ????, which he declares he will conciously observe. He also states that no proceedings have been commenced to condemn or subject any of his property under the confiscation laws of th U.S. he now asks that he be allowed a full & free pardon." John D. McLemore.

At the time of the 1870 census, a John D. McLemore is once again listed in Carroll County, with a 44 year old wife "Sally" born in North Carolina. This appears to be the same Sarah he was listed with 20 years earlier. Several younger children are listed in the household with them as well. Perhaps his wife and children were living apart from him in 1860, or maybe they were just inadvertantly left off of the census by the enumerator.

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Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Carroll, South Division
Enumerated 26 Sept 1850
Stamped 227
#447-484
John D. McLemore 36 M Farmer $2000 Tenn
Sarah A. McLemore 24 M NC
Daniel McLemore 12 M Miss
Price P McLemore 10 M Miss
Jefferson McLemore 9 M Miss
Adalaide McLemore 1 F Miss
Daniel, Price and Jefferson were all marked as having attended school during the year.

1860 Census
Mississippi, Carroll County, Police District 4
Enumerated 27 Aug 1860 by H.L. Allen
Post office Carrollton
Page 17
122-122
John D. McLamore 47 M Farmer/Merchant H. $381,000 $400,000 Tenn
No family listed??

1870 Census
Mississippi, Carroll County, Div 28 Twp 18 Range 4
Enumerated 24 Jun 1870
Stamped 549
56-56
McLemore, John D 56 M W Planter
McLemore, Sally 44 F W Keeping House NC
McLemore, John 18 M W At School Miss
McLemore, Green (sic) 16 M W At School Miss
McLemore, Maggie 9 F W Miss
McLemore, Edger 3 M W Miss
Gerus, Steel? 45 F B Cook NC
Gerus, Tilman 14 M B Domestic Servant Miss

1880 Census
Tennessee, Carroll County, 23rd District
Enumerated 7 July 1880
Page 40 SD 1 ED 23
349-359
McLemore, John D W M 67 Faremer DEAD Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Sallie A W F 54 Wf Keeps House NC NC NC
McLemore, Abram G W M 26 S Merchant Niss Tenn NC
McLemore, Maggie W F 19 Dtr At home Miss Tenn NC

John married Elizabeth S. Marr before 1838. Elizabeth was born about 1820 in Alabama; died after 1841 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Might she be connected to the Perkins family? Her middle son was named Price Perkins McLemore.

Additionally, in the book "Laurus Crawfurdiana, Memorials of That Branch of the Crawford Family which comprises The Descendants of John Crawford of Virginia 1660-1883 With Notices of Allied Family", (Privately Printed, New York, 1883, p 107), it is noted that Nancy G. Perkins---an older sister to the Leah Prior Perkins that married Robert McLemore as his second wife--married Wm. Marr, his (sic) cousin, son of Jno. and Susanna Marr.

Finally, an unsourced "Historical Person Search result" for Elizabeth Marr, wife of John Dabney McLemore, shows her as a daughter of William Miller MARR and Nancy Green PERKINS.