Abt 1875 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Hugh D. Griffis was born about 1844 in Tennessee; and died. Notes:
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Census Listings:
1880 Census
Tennessee, Lincoln County, District 1
Enumerated 7 Jun 1880
SD 3 ED 119 Stamped 2
15-15
Hugh D. Griffis W M 36 M Head Farmer Tenn Tenn Tenn
Josephine Griffis W F 29 M Wife Keeping House Ala Ala Tenn
Mary A. Griffis W F 9 S Dtr At School Tenn Tenn Ala
Walter P. Griffis W M 5 S Son At Home Ala Tenn Ala
Joseph H. Griffis W M 4 1 S Son Tenn Tenn Ala
William C. Griffis W M 1 S Son Tenn Tenn Ala
Martha P. Durbin W F 36 Wd Sister-in-Law Ala Ala Tenn Housekeeper
Joel M. Durbin W M 14 S Nephew Ala Tenn Ala Farm Laborer
Hugh married Josephine McLemore on 14 Aug 1870 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Josephine (daughter of Briggs M. McLemore and Mary Stegall) was born on 5 Sep 1850 in Alabama; died on 9 Mar 1942 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Josephine McLemore was born on 5 Sep 1850 in Alabama (daughter of Briggs M. McLemore and Mary Stegall); died on 9 Mar 1942 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee. Notes:
She was living with her brother and sister in law, Maclin and Iris McLemore; and widowed sister, Martha Darby, at the time of the 1870 Lincoln County, Tennessee census.
Tennessee, Deaths and Burial Index, 1874-1955 shows that she died at the age of 91, a widow, in Pulaski, Tennessee, and was buried at the Custer Point Cemetery.
Notes:
Married:
"Lincoln County Tennessee Official Marriage Records 1838-1880", by Helen C. Marsh & Timothy R. Marsh, pub. 1974
McLEMORE
Josephine McLemore to H. D. Grffis, 14 Aug 1870
(Courtesy of Noveda Metzger)
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Generation: 3
6. | Briggs M. McLemore was born about 1803 in Tennessee (son of Burwell McLemore, Jr. and Mary Glover); died about 1873. Notes:
Norma Miller (Nmiller896@aol.com) emailed, on 9-17-2006: "I descend through Briggs, his son Burl, his grandson John Melvin and my father, Earl Leonard McLemore. My parents live in Athens, Limestone County, AL and I live in Huntsville, Madison County, AL. I'm not sure all the children were mentioned in a will, or even if there was one, but they were mentioned in an estate inventory. Burrell was about 80 years old when they moved to Alabama and his wife had him give all the land and slaves to their children. When he died there wasn't enough money left to settle his debts. I would assume that he had already given property to children of his first marriage. Burrell was probably well-to-do as he was very active in the slave trade in the Nashville area. If there is anything else I can help with just let me know."
(Research):
Census Information
1850 Census
Alabama, Lauderdale County, Division 2 East of Military Road
Enumerated 12 and 13 of November 1850 by Hiram Kennedy
506-506
Briggs McLamour 47 M Farmer $1,000 TN
Mary McLamour 38 F TN
Elizabeth McLamour 19 F TN
Mclin McLamour 14 M Ala
Richard McLamour 12 M Ala
Ann McLamour 11 F Ala
Barrill McLamour 8 M Ala
Martha McLamour 6 F Ala
James McLamour 4 M Ala
John McLamour 1 M Ala
HH #512 was that of Robert and Ruthia McLemore and HH #52
1 was that of Burwell Jr and Nancy McLemore
1860 Census
Alabama, Lauderdale, District 1, Post Office Rogersville
Enumerated 26 Jun 1860 By E.R. Kennedy
Stamped 217
HH 298-298
Brice McLemore 50 M Farmer $640 $180 Tenn
Elisabeth McLemore 29 F Tenn
Nancy Ann McLemore 21 F Tenn
Burrel McLemore 19 M Farmer Ala
Martha P McLemore 17 F Ala
Josephine McLemore 7 F Ala
John McLemore 12 M Ala
William McLemore 5 M Ala
HH 301-301
John and Clarice McLemore
Briggs married Mary Stegall on 18 Sep 1833 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Mary was born before 1812 in Tennessee; died before 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Mary Stegall was born before 1812 in Tennessee; died before 1860. Notes:
The daughter of Kelly STEGALL and Frances BETHANY. After she married Briggs McLemore, they lived on land her parents gave them near Rogersville, Alabama. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346). Their land wasn't sold until Briggs' death in 1873. (Ibid, p. 347). In The Lure and Lore of Limestone County, she is referred to as Mary SPIGAL.
Notes:
Married:
Marriage Record:
Briggs McLemore Spouse:Mary Stegall Marriage Date:18 Sep 1833 County:Lauderdale State:Alabama Performed By Title:Justice of the Peace Performed by Name:J G Fields Source information:Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research
The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama instead shows the year of their marriage as 1832, and lists their ten children as Eliza, married James GREEN and lived in Lincoln County, TN; McLin Bass married Iris Belle WINSETT, Richard McLemore married Mary LANDMON, Nancy Ann McLemore married George THOMAS and lived in Lincoln County, TN. Burwell McLemore married Martha SHOEMAKER and lived in Limestone County, AL. Martha McLemore married a DARBY in Lincoln Co, TN. James McLemore may have married a PARVIN in Colbert Co, AL and John William McLemore married Angeline HOLBERT, Josephine McLemore married H.D. GRIFFIS in Lincoln County, TN and William McLemore married Ellen HUGHES. (page 346).
Children:
- Elizabeth McLemore was born about 1831 in Tennessee; and died.
- Maclin B. McLemore was born in Jan 1834 in Alabama; died on 9 Jun 1911 in Blanche, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
- Richard M. McLemore was born about 1835 in Alabama; died on 7 Sep 1893 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
- Nancy Ann McLemore was born about 1839 in Alabama; and died.
- Burwell M. McLemore was born on 20 Jul 1841 in Alabama; died on 5 Oct 1913; was buried in Temperance Oak Cemetery, Cairo, Limestone County, Alabama.
- Martha P. McLemore was born about 1843 in Alabama; and died.
- James McLemore was born about 1845 in Alabama; and died.
- John McLemore was born on 3 Nov 1847 in Limestone County, Alabama; died on 14 Feb 1924 in Limestone County, Alabama.
- 3. Josephine McLemore was born on 5 Sep 1850 in Alabama; died on 9 Mar 1942 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee.
- William McLemore was born between 1855 and 1857 in Alabama; died on 15 Apr 1932 in Alabama.
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Generation: 4
12. | Burwell McLemore, Jr. was born about 1770 in Virginia (son of Burwell McLemore, Sr. and Amy Gilliam); died after 22 Jan 1851 in Rogersville, Lauderdale County, Alabama. Notes:
Burwell's third son (at least his third to move away) was his namesake Burwell McLemore Jr. Born not later than about 1770, he married Mary GLOVER, daughter of Jones Glover Sr. pursuant to a marriage bond made out November 6, 1794 (Sussex Marriage Register, p. 75). Mary was the mother of his older children, but at least five of more of his fifteen children were by his second wife, Nancy. He may have lived in Ohio for a while, as his eldest son Robert J. is said to have been born there in 1795. He then moved to North Carolina where his second son Howell was born in 1801. He apparently moved to Tennessee shortly thereafter, as his third son Briggs M. McLemore was born there about 1803. At this point the sources are confusingly in conflict. It is generally held that Burwell moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama, where his fourth son Maclin H. McLemore was born in about 1804. However, U.S. Census records apparently put him still in Giles County, Tennessee, as late as 1820; perhaps he returned there for some reason. At any rate, then came two girls, Barbary in 1805, and Mary J. in 1808. The order of the births for the next several children is uncertain; a possible listing of them: ??? McLemore House (ca. 1810), Martin A.P McLemore (ca. 1812), Sarah McLemore Lambert (ca. 1815), and Margaret McLemore Marks (ca. 1818). Perhaps one or two, perhaps more, of these four were children of his second wife.
Burwell died within a year of this Census (1850-1851), as a suit was brought in Lauderdale County court, July term, 1851, for sale of his lands, in which his heirs were named as parties. The married names of some of Burwell's daughters were obtained from these papers. In addition, the spouses of several children are also generally known, Robert married Ruthea THORNBERRY in 1832 and Howell married her sister Mildred in 1828, Briggs married Mary SPIGAL or STEGAL in 1833, MACLIN married Nancy HALBERT in 1843; Mary J. married Gabriel DAVIS in 1827, Sarah married James LAMBERT, Margaret married Henry MARKS, and Barbary married a man named POTEET. (James L. McLemore, III. pp 76-77).
In "The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama," the Alabama State Plat Book, page 43, is cited, showing that Burwell had purchased 160 acres on May 23, 1828. His land was West of Elk River T3S R7W NW Sec 11. Burwell and his family were among the oldest settlers to come to Lauderdale County, and he lived (in Lauderdale) until his death. On Feb. 21, 1840, he purchased 210 acres from Martin Harkins. This land was also in range 7, T3 sec 15 which is close to Elk River at Rogersville. The book further states that Burwell left a will in Lauderdale Co dated July 1, 1844 naming six living children by his second marriage as well as six living children by his first marriage. He is believed to be buried in the Womack cemetery in Rogersville. This cemetery is believed to to be on some of the land he owned.
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Census Information:
1850 Census
Alabama, Lauderdale County, Division 2 East of Military Road
Enumerated 12 and 13 of November 1850 by Hiram Kennedy
HH #506 was that of Briggs and Mary McLemore
HH #512 was that of Robert and Ruthia McLemore
HH #520 Gabriel and Mary (McLemore) Davis
HH# 521-521
Burrell McLamour 80 M Farmer $2000 VA
Nancy McLamour 58 F Va
John McLamour 28 M Laborer Ala
David McLamour 21 M Laborer Ala
James McLamour 25 M Laborer Ala
Martha McLamour 29 F Ala
Ann McLamour 18 F Ala
HH #522-522 Henry and Margaret (McLemore) Marks
Burwell married Mary Glover on 6 Nov 1794 in Sussex County, Virginia. Mary was born before 1770; died before 1814 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Mary Glover was born before 1770; died before 1814 in Tennessee. Notes:
Daughter of Jones GLOVER, Sr. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346). Eldon and Ann McLemore of Derby, Kansas, instead show that his first wife was a GRAVES.
Notes:
Married:
They were married pursuant to a marriage bond made out November 6, 1794 (Sussex Marriage Register, p. 75). In the "Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama" (p. 346), he and Mary also also shown as being the parents of an Amy, who married a HOUSE. Eldon and Ann McLemore of Derby, Kansas, also show them as the parents of several more children, namely Martin, Martha, James, Ann, Sarah m. a LAMBERT, Margaret m. a MARKS, Jane, and David.
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