Wright McLemore

Aft 1745 - 1787  (~ 34 years)

• Name	Wright McLemore  [1, 2]
  Birth	Aft 1745	North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1780 and 1787
  Notes	In Rudy Leverett's files at the McCain Library and Archives at the University of Southern Mississippi, there is a photocopy of a "Indented Certificate" between the Treasury Office in Charleston, South Carolina, and the Estate of a Wright McLemore. Wright's Estate was entitled to the sum of Four Shillings and four pence on demand, which represents one Year's Interest on the Principal Sum of Three pounds two Shillings and ten pence, and the like Interest annually, with the principal sum to be paid on the twenth sixth of January 1788. This certificate was dated January 26, 1786. Wright's widow, Mary McLemore signed this indenture based on the service of her Late Husband, Wright McLemore on the 13th of January 1787. It appears that Wright McLemore served 17 days as a private in 1779, and additional 44 days in the Militia in 1779, as certified by Capt Garvin, and 56 days as a private in the Militia in 1780. It is ASSUMED this record relates to the Wright McLemore was was the son of Ricard McLemore and Agnes Frisby, based on both his age (30 or younger) and location (South Carolina). This is not known for certain, and the record may relate to one of the several Wright McLemore's that lived in the area of the Virginia and Carolina's prior to the Revolutionary War. This Revolutionary Service is also referenced in "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution" by Bobby Gilmer Moss (Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc 1983). Page 636 of this book shows "McLemore, Wright He served in the militia during 1779 and 1780. A.A. 5125; X552; X 1513. Included in Dr. Leverett's files was a notecard for Wright, indicating his date of death was ca 1784. Dr. Leverett further noted that he received a letter from Norma Moon in August, 1978, in which she stated that "Richmond County, Ga., Wright married Mary Day (widow), Georgia Colonial Records state in deed dated Janayr 18, 1774 that children of Owen DAY were conveyed 1/2 of 500 acres...Mary Day signs Wrights Indents to John Chisolm. Wright died ca. 1784. He served 117 days in S.C. militia." Handwritten on the notecard was a note that Wright and Amos were of the same generation, perhaps being an older brother or 1rst cousin. This Wright would be a first cousin, once removed, of Amos McLemore of Sampson County, NC. (The original photocopy was recieved by Rudy Leverett from the S.C. Dept. of Archives and History in Columbia, South Carolina in 1982. Melba Gene McLemore received a copy from the McCain Library in June, 2006. The copy was in AM04-27, Box 6).
  Person ID	I21771	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Richard McLemore,   b. Between 1715 and 1729, Virginia d. Abt 1771, Craven County, South Carolina (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Agnes Frisby,   b. Abt 1715   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1745	Edgecombe County, North Carolina   [1, 3]
  	Said to be the parents of sons Richard, Andrew, Arthur and Wright.
  Family ID	F7603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Aft 1745 - North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S371] Butler, Robert McLemore--Family Researcher Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 (deceased). [S206] McLemore, James L. III ("The Early History of the McLemore Family of Virginia and the Carolinas"), p 71 (Reliability: 3).