William Kearney McLemore

Abt 1825 - Abt 1889  (~ 64 years)

• Name	William Kearney McLemore  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1825	North Carolina   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1889	Texas   [1]
  Burial	Holly Springs Cemetery, Van Zandt County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	Dr. Paul McLemore emailed, in March 2010, that "My fathers grandfather is William Kearney McLemore b 1825 d 1889 this is on the tombstone Holley Springs Cem, Van Zandt Co., Texas, He came from Shreveport, Louisiana to Van Zandt county" The 1880 census shows that W. K. McLemore was born in North Carolina. John Simpson McLemore, buried near him in the Holly Springs Cemetery in Van Zandt county, instead reports his fathers place of birth as Mississippi in 1880 and as Tennessee in 1900. And J. M. McLemore, who is likely son James Madison McLemore, reports in 1880 that his father was born in Indian Territory, but later reports North Carolina. Peggy Stewart Gore also shows William Kearney McLemore as being born in Tennessee. (Research): Census Listings: Description: 1880 United States Federal Census Name: W. K. Macklymore Home in 1880: Van Zandt, Texas Age: 54 Estimated birth year: abt 1826 Birthplace: North Carolina Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Father's birthplace: North Carolina Mother's birthplace: North Carolina Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Widower Race: White Gender: Male W. K. Macklymore 54 NC NC NC Ellen Macklymore 20 MS NC Al Nancy Macklymore 15 La NC Al Annie Macklymore 12 La NC Al Milton Macklymore 10 LA NC Al Albert Macklymore 8 La NC AL ED 123 Van Zandt Texas FHL Film 125330 NA Film T9-1330 Page 120C (Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore) (Medical):A direct male descendant, still bearing the McLemore surname, participated in the Morrison yDNA study. He was predicted to be in the I1 haplogroup, the most common group in Scandanavia. However, he does not currently have any matches among the other 15 members with the McLemore surname in the study. It is possible that there were several founding McLemore lines, instead of just one as has been long assumed. Or another possibility could be that undisclosed adoptions have occurred through the generations of descendants of both James and/or Abraham.
  Person ID	I27521	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2015

  
  

  Family 1	Rebecca Ann Gore,   b. Abt 1839, Barbour County, Alabama d. Abt 1875, Van Zandt County, Texas (Age ~ 36 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1854	Attala County, Mississippi   [3]
  Children	1. Margaret "Margie" Amelia McLemore,   b. Jul 1856, Mississippi d. 1 Apr 1935, Navarro County, Texas (Age ~ 78 years)   2. John S. McLemore,   b. Dec 1857, Mississippi d. Abt 1911, Texas (Age ~ 53 years)   3. Ellen McLemore,   b. Abt 1860, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   4. James Madison McLemore,   b. 2 Dec 1861, Louisiana d. 6 Apr 1918, Van Zandt County, Texas (Age 56 years)   5. Nancy J. "Nannie" McLemore,   b. Dec 1864, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   6. Annie McLemore,   b. Abt 1868, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   7. Melton Green McLemore,   b. 16 Aug 1869, Louisiana d. 27 Nov 1931, Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas (Age 62 years)   8. Albert Wilson McLemore,   b. 20 Jan 1873, Bossier Parish, Louisiana d. 3 May 1942, Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F9001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 May 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Angelina Castleberry,   b. Abt 1844, Alabama d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	27 Jan 1884	Van Zandt County, Texas   [4]
  	Groom's Name: W. K. Mclemore Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Angelina Castleberry Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 27 Jan 1884 Marriage Place: , Van Zandt, Texas Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M73062-1 System Origin: Texas-VR Source Film Number: 1578918 Reference Number: 2:SXK0XB Collection: Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
  Family ID	F11109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1825 - North Carolina Marriage - 17 Mar 1854 - Attala County, Mississippi Marriage - 27 Jan 1884 - Van Zandt County, Texas Death - Abt 1889 - Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  The yDNA of a descendant of someone thought to be a direct male descendant of William Kearney McLemore is listed in the brown section of this excel spreadsheet, tenth row. To date, there are no other matches to this line. They are in the I1 haplogroup, which occurs at greatest frequencty in Scandinavia. The main purpose of this study was to prove that the immigrant founders of this family in America, James Macklemore and Abraham Macklemore, were brothers. If brothers, then the y-DNA of the direct male descendants of both men would match. However, instead of confirming this, it appears that we have AT LEAST two distinct yDNA groups, with three additional potential lines. The first cluster of matching yDNA has ten members, who are part of the R1b1a2 haplogroup (highlighted on the spreadsheet in salmon). The R1b DNA haplogroup, is the most common in Western Europe. Two of the ten participants can trace their lines back to the immigrant Abraham Macklemore, the husband of Mary Young. Another member (m268) can trace himself back to Moses McLemore b. ca. 1738 who is thought to be a son of Wright McLemore, grandson of William Macklemore, and great-grandson of the immigrant James Macklemore. If both these members are correct in their paper trails, AND if Amos can be proven to be a great-grandson of James Macklemore, then the assumption that James and Abraham have a common paternal ancestor is correct as descendants of both men share the same yDNA. The other seven members of this first cluster all have the McLemore surname, and all can trace their lineages back to McLemore men who predate the Civil War, but have not conclusively linked themselves back to either James or Abraham. The second cluster in the study have three members to date (this group is highlighted on the spreadsheet in green). They are all in the E1b1 Haplogroup, which is rare in Western Europe. All of them match each other, but do not match any other McLemores yet tested. All three of these members can trace their ancestry to John Macklemore of Virginia, the husband of Faith. Two of them descend from his son Burwell, and the third from his son Joel. But, as discussed above, IF we have also proven that the immigrants Abraham and James Macklemore are brothers, then it follows that John Macklemore could not be the biological son of the immigrant James, as the yDNA of these two clusters is very different. Our current thinking is that John was likely a son of Fortune?s and a stepson of James Macklemore, who raised him as his own. Alternatively, it may still be proven that James and Abraham were not brothers. They may share the same surname, but not the same paternal ancestry. More proven descendants of James and Fortune Macklemore will need to be tested to confirm or refute either theory. As an interesting side note, it had long been assumed that the Revolutionary War Soldier John McLemore, who lived for a time in North Carolina and died in Tennessee, was a son of Burwell MacLemore and Amy Gilliam. However, current DNA evidence indicates this could not be correct. This is because two descendants of Archibald McLemore of Knox County, TN, a son John McLemore the Revolutionary Soldier, are both part of the larger R1b1a2 cluster (highlighted in salmon). They do NOT match the DNA of Burwell?s other descendants in the E1b1 cluster. Therefore, it is evident that the John McLemore who moved to Tennessee and was the father of Archibald McLemore CAN NOT be the same John McLemore who was a son of Burwell McLemore. In addition to the two groups discussed above, there are three McLemore DNA volunteers who don?t match any of the McLemores in either of the first two groups, OR match each other. One of these men (highlighted in purple on the spreadsheet) is a descendant of Hiram McLemore of Lee County, VA and later Breathitt County, KY. Hiram has been speculated to be a son of John McLemore and Ruth Steelman, a grandson of Ephraim McLemore, and great grandson of the immigrant James. However, if James and Abraham Macklemore are brothers, then Hiram could not be a biological descendant of James. He would have to match the group of ten McLemore?s in the first group. Although Hiram McLemore's descendant is also part of the R1b1 Haplogroup, he is more than 10 markers removed (based on 25 markers tested) from being a match to any of the other R1b1 McLemore?s, and therefore could not share a common ancestor in a genealogically significant time period. The second unmatched volunteer (highlighted in blue) is a direct descendant of the McLemore family that moved from North Carolina to Jones County, GA and then onto Montgomery County, AL. He is part of the R1a haplogroup, common in many parts of Eurasia and Scandinavia. He can trace his line back through four generations of James McLemore?s to James Macklemore Jr, thought to be the son of James and Fortune. But again, if James and Abraham are brothers, then he could not be a biological descendant of James Macklemore, the immigrant. The third unmatched volunteer (highlighted in brown) descends from James Madison McLemore born 1861 in Louisiana and died & buried 1918 in Van Zandt County, Texas. He is thought to be a son of William Kearney McLemore b. 1825 and d. 1889, also buried in Van Zandt County, Texas. He is in the I1 haplogroup, which is the most common group in Scandinavia. It is currently not known why these McLemores do not yet match any other study members. It is possible that there were several founding McLemore lines, instead of just one as has been long assumed. Or another possibility could be that undisclosed adoptions have occurred through the generations of descendants of both James and/or Abraham. Please help us to continue to unravel these DNA mysteries by volunteering to take part in this study. Email me for more details (stxstrong@gmail.com), or you can enroll directly at this websites listed below. http://www.geneticousins.com/morrison/ or here http://www.familytreedna.com/project-join-request.aspx?group=Morrison Also, if you have had your yDNA tested outside of the Morrison group, please let us know. We would be glad to add your results to the spreadsheet. If you have trouble viewing this spreadsheet, email me at stxstrong@gmail.com and I can send you an excel spreadsheet or PDF.

  
  

• Sources

  [S791] Van Zandt County, Texas Cemeteries - Holly Springs ; http://txgenweb3.org/txvanzandt/cemetery.htm. [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), ED 123 Van Zandt Texas FHL Film 125330 NA Film T9-1330 Page 120C (Reliability: 3). [S787] McLemore, Dr. Paul--Family Member. [S789] FamilySearch.org, Texas Marriages, 1837-1973.