Richard McLemore

1798 - 1881  (82 years)

• Name	Richard McLemore  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	21 Sep 1798	South Carolina   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Aug 1881	Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi   [1, 3]
  Burial	McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi   [3]
  Notes	Meridian, the capital of Lauderdale county, is situated 140 miles east of the Mississippi river, from Vicksburg, and 15 miles west of the State of Alabama; being on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, 135 miles above Mobile. It claims a population of 25,000 and is growing rapidly. The Alabama Great Southern, New Orleans & Northeastern and Alabama & Vicksburg railroads have their terminals at this point. Its location, about 1854, was the result of the proposed crossing of the Mobile & Ohio by the Alabama & Vicksburg, then known as the Vicksburg & Montgomery railroad. Cotton and corn fields occupied its present site, surrounded by oak and pine forests over clay hills and bottom lands of the head waters of the Chickasawhay. Richard McLemore possessed most of the lands and his plantation home was the only notable residence in the vicinity. So little did the M.& O. regard the point for a while, that it was with difficulty persuaded to put in even a switch for a flag station; and when it did, called the place "Sowashee Station," from a creek near by. L.A. Ragsdale, meanwhile, had brought out R.McLemore, and John T. Ball had purchased a tract of 80 acres, and both parties immediately began to lay off town lots. They were the pioneers. Mr. Ragsdale's plat was for "Ragsdale City;" Mr. Ball's for "Meridian," he having first secured a postoffice by that name. Source: Rowland, Dunbar, LL.D. MISSISSIPPI; COMPRISING SKETCHES OF COUNTIES, TOWNS, EVENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND PERSONS, ARRANGED IN CYCLOPEDIC FORM, V. 2. Atlanta, Southern Historical Publishing Association, c1907. (Research): Census Information: 1850 Census Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Southern District Enumerated 17 Oct 1850 315-324 Richard McLemore 52 Farmer South Carolina Nancy McLemore 48 NC Martha McLemore 23 Miss Caleb McLemore 21 Miss Sarah McLemore 17 Miss Charity McLemore 15 Miss Moriah [Juriah?} McLemore 13 Miss Joshua McLemore 10 Miss Equilla T/Siner? 90 North Carolina 1860 Census Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat 1. PO Marion Enumerated 27 June 1860 by W. V. White Page 24 149-148 Richard McLemore 63 M Farmer $36,000 $60,000 Tenn Catherine E. McLemore 40 F Dom Bus Miss J.W. Wiggins 35 M Farmer Ala Charity Wiggins 26 F Dom Bus Miss William Wiggins 6 M Miss Louis Wiggins 4 M Miss 1870 Census Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Township 6, P.O. Meridian Enumerated 28 July 1870 Page 31, Stamped 36 244-245 McLamore, Richard 71 M W Farmer $10,000 $1,000 SC McLamore, Catherine 58 F W Keeping House Miss David William 19 M W Attending School Miss McLamore, John 65 M B Domestic Servant Miss McLamore, Jane 50 F B Domestic Servant Miss 1880 Census Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat 1 Enumerated 5 Jun 1880 by E.J. Martin Page 2, SD 2, ED 91 14-18 McLemore, Richard W M 80 Farmer SC SC SC McLemore, Isabella W F 52 Wife Keeping House Ala Ky Ga
  Person ID	I25607	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Amos McLemore,   b. Between 1760 and 1766, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
  Mother	Equilla ???,   b. Between 1760 and 1762, North Carolina d. Aft 1860, Mississippi (Age ~ 101 years)
  Marriage	Between 1785 and 1787  [1]
  Family ID	F8506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Perry Hill,   b. 20 Mar 1802, North Carolina d. 30 Sep 1858, Marion, Lauderdale County, Mississippi (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1821	Covington County, Mississippi   [1, 4]
  	Marriage certificate not viewed. Rueben McLemore prepared a two page typescript (undated) titled "McLemore History." He writes that "Richard McLemore was born in Virginia, Sept. 21, 1798. He married Nancy Perry Hill, also of Virginia, and in 1831 he moved into what is now Lauderdale County. Here he bought several thousand acres--the entire region of Meridian and Marionpppand built his home...To McLemore and Nany Hill were born two sons, Joshua and Caleb; and seven daughters, Mary, Nancy, Martha, Lavina, Sarah, Charity and Juriah. Sarah McLemore, the sixth child, was born in 1833. Her birth is the first recorded white birth in Lauderdale county. After the death of Nancy Hill McLemore in 1858, Mr. McLemore married Catherine E. Carter, and after her death, Isabella Ann Roberson. He died Aug. 11, 1881....The old family Bible, from which most of the information in this article was taken, is being kept at the home of Meridian businessman, T. J. McLemore, a great-grandson of Richard McLemore. There are, of course, no children of this Meridian pioneer living today, however, two grandchildren still make their homes in Lauderdale county. They are Mrs. Silas THOMPSON and Mrs. Sally McNEALEY, both of Bonita. "
  Children	1. Mary McLemore,   b. 14 May 1822, Mississippi d. 4 Dec 1857 (Age 35 years)   2. Nancy McLemore,   b. 17 Sep 1823, Covington County, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   3. Martha McLemore,   b. 23 Nov 1826, Covington County, Mississippi d. 26 Sep 1852 (Age 25 years)   4. Capt. Caleb Hill McLemore,   b. 7 Jan 1829, Covington County, Mississippi d. 22 Oct 1904, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi (Age 75 years)   5. Lavina B. McLemore,   b. 19 May 1831, Covington County, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sarah McLemore,   b. 9 Feb 1833, Lauderdale County, Mississippi d. 3 Mar 1855 (Age 22 years)   7. Charity McLemore,   b. 12 Jul 1835, Lauderdale County, Mississippi d. 23 Mar 1904, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi (Age 68 years)   8. Juriah McLemore,   b. 8 Mar 1837, Lauderdale County, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   9. Joshua McLemore,   b. 3 Jun 1839, Lauderdale County, Mississippi d. 19 Mar 1918, Lauderdale County, Mississippi (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F8516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine E. Carter,   b. Between 1812 and 1820, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	6 Nov 1859	Lauderdale County, Mississippi   [1]
  	Marriage certificate not viewed or verified personally.
  Family ID	F8523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2012

  
  

  Family 3	Isabella Ann ???,   b. Abt 1828, Alabama d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	28 Feb 1873	Lauderdale County, Mississippi
  Family ID	F8524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Sep 1798 - South Carolina Marriage - 9 Aug 1821 - Covington County, Mississippi Marriage - 6 Nov 1859 - Lauderdale County, Mississippi Marriage - 28 Feb 1873 - Lauderdale County, Mississippi Death - 11 Aug 1881 - Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi Burial - - McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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