Mary "Polly" Nicholson

1772 - Abt 1820  (47 years)

• Name	Mary "Polly" Nicholson  [1]
  Nickname	Polly
  Birth	28 Feb 1772	Bute County, North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 1820	Franklin County, North Carolina   [1]
  Notes	A transcription of "The McLemore Family Bible, 1822-1859 owned by Hillis Fry McLemore of Jackson, MS and contributed by Fairy B. McLemore Edwards of Canyon Lake, Texas, shows on page 3: Polly Nicholson, wife of Abraham McLemore and daughter of James Nicholson and Elizabeth Woodrough his wife, was born 28th of February 1772 (The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ translated out of the original Greek and with the former translations dilligently compared and revised, and Canne's Marginal References. Stereotyped by James Conner New York. By J. Emory and R. Waugh for the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Conference Office, 14 Crosby Street. J. Collord, Printer. 1829 ) http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1996-2.pdf Originally published in The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "ANSEARCHIN' " News (The Tennesse Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 111249, Memphis, TN 38111-1249, Vol. 42, No. 2, Summer, 1996), p. 38.
  Person ID	I25495	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family	Abraham McLemore,   b. 11 Oct 1765, Granville County, North Carolina d. 11 Nov 1844, Gibson County, Tennessee (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1790	Warren County, North Carolina   [1]
  	Katina McBride (mcbridepchs@aim.com) emailed on April 7, 2011 that she was "researching the McLemore family history. I was hoping that you can help me by telling me the names of the slaves that this family owned especially while in Tennessee. I believe that Young Atkins or Sugar McLemore owned a relative of mine. Her name was Frances McLemore, she even named her son after Young. His name was Atkins Senter. Frances married John Senter. I found out that the Senters are part of the Fly family. All these family are connected: Fly, Senter, McLemore and they all owned slaves. Any information provided would be greatly appreciated." Please feel free to email Katina her directly if you can pass along any information about these families. In 2014, Martha Hunt emailed the following information in response to Katina's query a few years earlier: Hello Katrina, I read your request on the Strong/McLemore website asking for information about slaves that were owned by members of the McLemore family in Tennessee. I do not have any specific information about them. I suggest that you look at wills, slave purchase and emancipation records, the 1870 federal census (they might still have been living next door to or in the house with the McLemores). Look at the slave record of marriages (co-habitation records taken in 1866-670). Look also for the death certificates and marriage application forms where names of fathers were listed. The McLemores that you were asking about came from Granville, Warren and Franklin Counties in N.C. They moved to Tennessee in the early 1800's after Tennessee was cut off from N.C. and became a state. Atkins McLemore, Sr. had a large blacksmith's shop in Franklin County, NC, a foundry, where he was paid to make guns and ammunition during the Revolutionary War. He died in Warren County, NC around 1792. His will distributes slaves to his children. Some of Atkin McLemore's children, especially my 4th great grandfather - Abraham McLemore, moved their households to Tennessee. Following is a list from the will of Atkins McLemore. Son, Abraham received 4 Negroes - Frank, Sarah, Hannah and Judey. Abraham, Abigail, Young and Robert Mclemore moved to TN. Abraham lived in Gibson Co.,TN. His sons Sugars and Young Atkins moved to Tennessee also. They purchased slaves, And the women who they married had slaves. I hope this will be of some help in tracing your ancestry.
  Children	1. Edward J. McLemore,   b. Abt 1791, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sugars McLemore,   b. 22 Sep 1795, Warren County, North Carolina d. Abt 1867, Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee (Age 71 years)   3. Elizabeth McLemore,   b. Abt 1797, North Carolina d. Bef 1850 (Age ~ 52 years)   4. Young Atkins McLemore,   b. Abt 1810, Franklin County, North Carolina d. Jan 1884, Madison County, Tennessee (Age ~ 74 years)   5. Sallie McLemore,   b. Between 1811 and 1820, Franklin County, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Feb 1772 - Bute County, North Carolina Marriage - Aft 1790 - Warren County, North Carolina Death - Abt 1820 - Franklin County, 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.