William McLemore, Jr.

1720 - Abt 1788  (~ 73 years)

• Name	William McLemore  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	Between 1715 and 1720	Virginia   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1788  [2]
  Notes	James McLemore, III narrows the range of his date of birth to between 1719-1725 William MACKLEMORE Jr., brother of Wright and Richard, son of William and grandson of James and Fortune, apparently stayed in (or more accurately returned to) Virginia to form a minor line of Virginia McLemores near to his cousins, the family of his Uncle John MACKLEMORE. He probably continued to occupy this patented land of his brother Wright after the latter moved down to Edgecombe County, North Carolina, about 1750. The first record of a Willam MACKLEMORE in Virginia is in 1750, as witnesss to a deed from William SPENCE to his daughter Elizabeth MACKLEMORE, wife of John MACKLEMORE, JR. Whether this is William Sr. or William Jr. is unknown. However, it is hypothesized that William MACKLEMORE Sr. probably stayed in Virginia until his father's (James, the immigrant) died in 1734/1735. About the time of James's death, William's oldest son Wright was patented his land in Virginia, and William was probably instrumental in getting this land for his son who was then not much older than the required age of 21. Then William and his younger sons moved down into North Carolina to live on the Mosley patent devised him by his father. William probably died about 1750 or shortly before, for Wright suddently appears on William's land in Edgecombe County at that time, and as oldest son he would have inherited it under the laws of primogeniture, William Sr. leaving no will. Younger son William Jr. would have then probably moved back to Virginia to own (?) or at least operate Wright's patented plantation. (James L. McLemore, III, p 51). William Jr. is shown in only three of four other records. The first was as a witness to a deed of "acquitaner" and a companion deed involving Thomas Turner recorded May 9, 1776; the second was his name listed as a tax payer in Southampton County in 1782 (see Fothergill, VIRGINIA TAXPAYERS, 1782-1787); and the third was a lawsuit in Southampton County in which he was plantiff, which suit was dimissed following the defendant's death in 1788 (Southampton Order Book 8, p. 416). He was thus still alive, living in Virginia, until at least this latter date. (James L. McLemore, III, p 52).
  Person ID	I21648	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	William Macklemore,   b. Abt 1692, Virginia d. Abt 1750 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	??? ???,   b. Aft 1691   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1712
  	Thought by many to have married a woman whose last name was WRIGHT based on the name of his son. His brother, Ephraim, also named a son WRIGHT. They both may have married into the WRIGHT family, or it might be that the WRIGHT surname belonged to a common ancestor, and was not the last name of either of their spouses.
  Family ID	F7454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Harrison,   b. Between 1717 and 1739   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	In 1777 William Harrison, son of Henry Harrison (died 1755) and grandson of Benjamin Harrison II (died 1712) of the James River Harrisons, mentioned in his will his sister, Sarah McLEMORE, among his other siblings (Henry, Jr., Benjamin, Richard and Nathaniel---Southampton Will Book 3, p. 172). There was only one McLemore in Southside Virginia who could have been Sarah's husband, and this would have been William McLemore Jr. Although it would appear that this couple would be a natural for being the parents of Harrison McLemore (died 1822), it is chronologically far more likely that they were his grandparents, as he was at least two generations younger. (James L. McLemore, III, p. 52).
  Family ID	F7604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between 1715 and 1720 - Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S206] McLemore, James L. III ("The Early History of the McLemore Family of Virginia and the Carolinas"), Chart II (Reliability: 3). [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. [S206] McLemore, James L. III ("The Early History of the McLemore Family of Virginia and the Carolinas"), p 52 (Reliability: 3).