Harrison McLemore: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Harrison McLemore was born about 1780 in Virginia; died about 1822.

Notes:

It is known that Harrison McLemore was not a member of John Macklemore's family, and with a first name like his, he had to have been associated in some way with the Harrison Family [possible a grandson of William McLemore, Jr. and Sarah Harrison]. He was involved in a law suit (which he lost) in 1816 with one Ransom HARWELL (Southhampton County Court Minute Book, 1805-1820, pp. 175, 196, & 218). He then died unexpectedly in 1822, leaving an infant son Richard F. McLemore who his widow apprenticed out in 1823 (Southhampton Order Book, p. 324). (James L. McLemore, III, p. 52).

Family/Spouse: Mary McLemore. Mary (daughter of James McLemore) was born after 1775 in South Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Richard F. McLemore was born before 1810 in Virginia; and died.

Generation: 2

Richard F. McLemore

(1.Harrison¹) was born before 1810 in Virginia; and died.

Notes:

If Richard was 12 to 14 (when his mother apprenticed him out in 1823), the oldest possible age at which he might logically be apprenticed, his birth date would have been, at the latest, 1810. (James L. McLemore, III, p 52).

Richard....bought 110 acres in the western part of Sussex County, near the Dinwiddie County line, from Littleton H. BROWDER by deed dated December 31, 1856, and recorded April 1, 1858 (Sussex Deed Book V, p. 645). He sold this property years later, after the Civil War, to Richard WINFIELD of Dinwiddie County, by deed (in which his wife, Mary F. McLEMORE joined) dated March 15, 1870, and recorded May 15, 1873 (Sussex Deed Book Z, p. 478). His signature was acknowledged before a Petersburg notary public indicating he may have moved there. (James L. McLemore, III, p. 53).