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Abraham McLemore

Male 1765 - 1844  (79 years)


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  • Name Abraham McLemore  [1, 2, 3
    Born 11 Oct 1765  Granville County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Nov 1844  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • A transcription of "The McLemore Family Bible, 1822-1859 owned by Hillis Fry McLemore of Jackson, MS and contributed by Fairy B. McLemore Edwards of Canyon Lake, Texas, shows on page 3:

      Abraham McLemore, son of Sally Jones and Atkins
      McLemore, was born 1 lth October 1765

      Abraham McLemore son of Atkins McLemore died
      11th Novbr 1844 in 80 year of his age


      (The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ translated
      out of the original Greek and with the former translations dilligently
      compared and revised, and Canne's Marginal References. Stereotyped
      by James Conner New York. By J. Emory and R. Waugh for
      the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Conference Office, 14 Crosby
      Street. J. Collord, Printer. 1829 )

      http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1996-2.pdf

      Originally published in The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "ANSEARCHIN' " News (The Tennesse Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 111249, Memphis, TN 38111-1249, Vol. 42, No. 2, Summer, 1996), p. 38.

      He was said to have married (1) Mary NICHOLSON and (2) Sally ERWIN.
    Person ID I21672  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2016 

    Father Atkins McLemore,   b. Abt 1724, Bertie County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1791, Warren County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Mother Sarah Jones,   b. Aft 1735, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1808, Warren County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Married Aft 1750  Granville County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F7610  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary "Polly" Nicholson,   b. 28 Feb 1772, Bute County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1820, Franklin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married Aft 1790  Warren County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • 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.
    Children 
     1. Edward J. McLemore,   b. Abt 1791, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Sugars McLemore,   b. 22 Sep 1795, Warren County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1867, Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     3. Elizabeth McLemore,   b. Abt 1797, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1850  (Age ~ 52 years)
     4. Young Atkins McLemore,   b. Abt 1810, Franklin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1884, Madison County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     5. Sallie McLemore,   b. Between 1811 and 1820, Franklin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 19 Oct 2014 
    Family ID F8475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sally Erwin,   b. Bef 1807,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 8 May 1827  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Erwin McLemore,   b. Aft 1827, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F8476  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Oct 1765 - Granville County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Aft 1790 - Warren County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 May 1827 - Gibson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Nov 1844 - Gibson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S206] McLemore, James L. III ("The Early History of the McLemore Family of Virginia and the Carolinas"), p 44 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1094] Carroll County Homecoming '86 Historical Book Committee "History of Carroll County, Tennessee" (Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY) First Printing 1986, Second Printing 1998, p. 257 (Reliability: 3).