West McLemore

1758 - Abt 1818  (~ 61 years)

• Name	West McLemore  [1, 2]
  Born	Between 1757 and 1758	Southampton County, Virginia   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1818	Sampson County, North Carolina   [2]
  Notes	James L. McLemore, III shows him as (Simon) West McLemore. Revolutionary War Pension: McLemore, West..Pvt. NC Continental Army..In NC Army Accounts Vol VI Bk 11 is Continental voucher #3306 to soldier for 1/12/4 pounds issued by Lewis HOLMES, Clerk of Sampson County and Paymaster for Wilmington District. Soldier made a will on 2 January 1818 that was taken to probate in Sampson County on 16 Feb 1818. (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler) Robert Butler also references a Deed (Book 5, pg 29) Rodger SNELL to West McLEMORE Dated 7 Jan 1775. 30 pounds for 70 acres "On the West side of the Six Runs." Land granted to William KING by patent dated 1769. Wit: James THOMSON and Bedradan CARRAWAY. Sampson County Deeds Abstract of Deed, Book 7, page 191 West McLEMORE to Stephen KING I West McLEMORE of the State of North Carolina an the County of Duplin...for and in consideration of the sum of One Thousand Pounds current money...paid by Stephen KING of the County and province aforesaid....have given granted (etc.)....a certain tract or parcel of land containing by estimation Seventy Acres of Land...beginning at a White Oak on Henry KINGS line... In Witness Whereof I the said West McLAMORE have hereunto set my hand and seal affixed this Eleventh of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One 1781 Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of me this deed Rice BLACKMAN, Henry KING State of North Carolina Duplin County January Court One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One Then was the deed from West MACKLAMORE to Stephen KING was proved in Open Court by the Oath of Henry KING and ordered to be registered by William DICKSON C.C. Registered in the Registers Office of the aforesaid county in Book 458 and 459 by me this 29th day of September Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Three 1783 Richard Clinton Regt. Transcribed from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005 1790 Census Sampson County NC Fayette District West Maclemore 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, and 4 females 1800 Census Sampson County Fayetteville West Maclemore Males 0-1-1-0-1/Females 0-1-0-0-1 Males: one 10-15, one 16-20, one over 45 Females: one 10-15, one over 45 1818 Sampson County NC Will West McLEMORE 2 Jan 1818 Probated 2 Feb 1818 Wife: SELEY Daughters Zilpha PETERS and Nannery TEW Son: Redick McLEMORE Exec: Samuel PETERS Jonathan GODWIN Wit Geo LASSITER Jordan COATS (In NC Archives, Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler).
  Person ID	I21659	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	William McLemore,   b. Between 1732 and 1736, Virginia ,   d. Between 1780 and 1782  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	??? ???,   b. Bef 1736,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1752
  	Could they also have had a son named Drew? (Drew was one of the first taxpayers of Sampson County, NC, along with William, West and Archibald).. James McLemore, III thinks he was also the father of Elias McLemore, born ca 1758.
  Family ID	F7608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Celia "Seley" ???,   b. Aft 1755,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Bef 1774
  	Potentially also the parents of of the following individuals???? Nathaniel McLEMORE who on 3 Jun 1809 married Tabitha TAITE in Sampson Co., NC Mary McLEMORE (age 23) who on 21 Nov 1811 married Sam CARTER in Sampson County Elizabeth McLEMORE who on 29 Dec 1816 married Richard WARD in Sampson County (Marriage information courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler. Unable to locate any of these couples in the 1820 through 1850 census index for North Carolina).
  Children	1. Zilpha McLemore,   b. Between 1774 and 1790, Sampson County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Nancy "Nanny" McLemore,   b. Between 1774 and 1790, Sampson County, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1870, Sampson County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 96 years)   3. Reddick McLemore,   b. Between 1774 and 1790, Sampson County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2007
  Family ID	F7609	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Between 1757 and 1758 - Southampton County, Virginia Died - Abt 1818 - Sampson County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S206] McLemore, James L. III ("The Early History of the McLemore Family of Virginia and the Carolinas"). [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. [S371] Butler, Robert McLemore--Family Researcher Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 (deceased).