Family: Abraham McLemore / Mary "Polly" Nicholson (F8475)

• Father | Male Abraham McLemore

  
  

  Born	11 Oct 1765	Granville County, North Carolina
  Died	11 Nov 1844	Gibson County, Tennessee
  Buried
  Married	Aft 1790  [1]	Warren County, North Carolina  [1]
  Other Spouse	Sally Erwin | F8476
  Married	8 May 1827	Gibson County, Tennessee
  Father	Atkins McLemore | F7610 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sarah Jones | F7610 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary "Polly" Nicholson

  
  

  Born	28 Feb 1772	Bute County, North Carolina
  Died	Abt 1820	Franklin County, North Carolina
  Buried
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Edward J. McLemore

  
  

  Born	Abt 1791	North Carolina
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Sugars McLemore

  
  

  Born	22 Sep 1795	Warren County, North Carolina
  Died	Abt 1867	Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee
  Buried
  Spouse	Bethenia Ann Green McLemore | F8480
  Married	9 Jan 1823	Williamson County, Tennessee
  Spouse	Elizabeth P. Bond | F8481
  Married	8 Mar 1836	Tennessee
  Spouse	Nancy Peters Sanders | F8482
  Married	30 Nov 1848	Tennessee

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Elizabeth McLemore

  
  

  Born	Abt 1797	North Carolina
  Died	Bef 1850
  Buried
  Spouse	Richard Ward | F8483
  Married	29 Dec 1816	Franklin County, North Carolina

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Young Atkins McLemore

  
  

  Born	Abt 1810	Franklin County, North Carolina
  Died	Jan 1884	Madison County, Tennessee
  Buried
  Spouse	Elizabeth Ann Jelks | F8484
  Married	Bef 1834	Tennessee

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Sallie McLemore

  
  

  Born	Between 1811 and 1820	Franklin County, North Carolina
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Katina McBride (mcbridepchs@aim.com) emailed on April 7, 2011 that she was "researching the McLemore family history. I was hoping that you can help me by telling me the names of the slaves that this family owned especially while in Tennessee. I believe that Young Atkins or Sugar McLemore owned a relative of mine. Her name was Frances McLemore, she even named her son after Young. His name was Atkins Senter. Frances married John Senter. I found out that the Senters are part of the Fly family. All these family are connected: Fly, Senter, McLemore and they all owned slaves. Any information provided would be greatly appreciated." Please feel free to email Katina her directly if you can pass along any information about these families. In 2014, Martha Hunt emailed the following information in response to Katina's query a few years earlier: Hello Katrina, I read your request on the Strong/McLemore website asking for information about slaves that were owned by members of the McLemore family in Tennessee. I do not have any specific information about them. I suggest that you look at wills, slave purchase and emancipation records, the 1870 federal census (they might still have been living next door to or in the house with the McLemores). Look at the slave record of marriages (co-habitation records taken in 1866-670). Look also for the death certificates and marriage application forms where names of fathers were listed. The McLemores that you were asking about came from Granville, Warren and Franklin Counties in N.C. They moved to Tennessee in the early 1800's after Tennessee was cut off from N.C. and became a state. Atkins McLemore, Sr. had a large blacksmith's shop in Franklin County, NC, a foundry, where he was paid to make guns and ammunition during the Revolutionary War. He died in Warren County, NC around 1792. His will distributes slaves to his children. Some of Atkin McLemore's children, especially my 4th great grandfather - Abraham McLemore, moved their households to Tennessee. Following is a list from the will of Atkins McLemore. Son, Abraham received 4 Negroes - Frank, Sarah, Hannah and Judey. Abraham, Abigail, Young and Robert Mclemore moved to TN. Abraham lived in Gibson Co.,TN. His sons Sugars and Young Atkins moved to Tennessee also. They purchased slaves, And the women who they married had slaves. I hope this will be of some help in tracing your ancestry.

  
  

• Sources

  [S321] Freeman, Mark (mwfgenealogy@verizon.net) "Mostly Southern" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=markfreeman ; Ver. 2008-09-19 17:51:13.