Wright McLemore, Jr.

Abt 1736 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Wright McLemore  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	Abt 1736	Virginia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	James McLemore, III writes that he did not appear to have any family., I have in my notes, unsourced, a reference to a deed between MACLEMORE, Wright Grantee p 413 of Book 4 Anthony RITCHIE to Wright MACLAMORE 19 Feb 1770 50 pounds for 150 acres. Later in the year, he sold land to James TINKER, as detailed below. Abstract of Deed Sampson County Deed Books Book 4, Page 422 WRIGHT McLAMORE to James TINKER 150 acres Wright MACLAMORE of Duplin County a province of North Carolina for and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred Pounds by James TINKER of the County and province aforesaid....do convey....unto the said James TINKER...one certain tract of land and plantation lying and being in the county and province aforesaid on the west side of great Cohary...containing one hundred and fifty acres of land by estimation....being apart of a tract of land granted to William MAGU... In witness whereof I the said Wright MACLAMORE...hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal this seventeenth day of July in the year of Our Lord Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy 1770 Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Nathan HALL and Richard CASWELL Wright (his mark) McLAMORE, North Carolina Duplin County registered at the Registers Office of the aforesaid County in....Folio 432 and 433 this twenty eight day of November anno domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy one 1771....Thomas BLAKE Register in and for the said County (Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong on 26 May 2005) This deed is ASSUMED to involve Wright McLemore, Jr, as Mark Freeman indicates that his father, Wright, died in 1766, prior to the execution of the above referenced deed Is this the Wright (unmarried) who was listed in the Salisbury District of Surry County, NC at the time of the 1790 census? The listing was for 1 male, over 16. Robert McLemore Butler states that a Wright McLemore married a Sarah RANSOME on 17 May 1795 in Sampson County, North Carolina. It is not known with certainty which of the several Wright McLemore's that were contempories was the groom. If this is his marriage record, he would have been in his 60's. However this marriage is also listed, on Ancestry.com as "McLemore, Wright & Sarah Ransome, 16 May 1795, George HUDSPETH, bondsman. The book MARRIAGES SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 1779-1868 is the source of this information. The marriage therefore appears to be for another Wright McLemore, and not the Wright of Sampson County. (Research):In a letter dated October 29, 1986, written by James L. McLemore, III to Rudy Leverett, it is noted that by deed dated December 30, 1809, and recorded in July, 1811, in Southampton Deed Book 12, page 354, Joel WESTBROOK and his first wife Rebecca [Nicholson] conveyed to her kinsman John NICHOLSON 43 3/4 acres, being 1/4 of a tract of 175 acres, "Beginning at a maple by the side of poplar swamp a corner tree of WRIGHT McLEMORE's thence by said McLemore's line to a red oak, thence N. East course to lightwood post in Adam IVEY's thence along said IVEY's to a maple by the side of the northwest prong of the Mery? branch, thence down the various courses of said branch (to) poplar swamp, thence down the said Swamp to the beginning." IT IS NOT KNOWN, however, which of the several contemporaneous Wright McLemore's this deed description relates to. James McLemore also notes that it is not unusual for an old description to be copied and recopied into subsequent deeds without making any attempt to correct adjoining land owners after their death or after the sale to a new owner. However, he states that his experience with deeds of that era seems to indicate that the draftsmen of those conveyences tried to keep up with who was the current adjoining land owner. Hence he believes that a Wright McLemore owned land adjoining Joel Westbrook and Adam Ivey on Poplar Swamp in 1809.
  Person ID	I21765	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Wright McLemore,   b. Abt 1713, Virginia d. Between 1760 and 1766 (Age 47 years)
  Mother	??? ???,   b. Bef 1715   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Between 1731 and 1733
  	James L. McLemore, III writes "But when we get down to Wright's children, I have come up with some dates of birth based on my analysis of Leverett's appendix entries in the third edition of his book "Ole Rosinheels", and the order of births then based on that analysis. I may start to get a lot of argument from one or more of you as to that, and in fact I am not entirely satisfied with having so many children born so close together (one year apart). But since several of these children went to the Duplin/Sampson/Bladen Counties area together, I figure the best place to start our discussion would be the basics, i.e., getting Wright's family more or less solidified (to the extent we can), or at least discussed, before going on down to the next generation or so where we find so many possible ancestors for those of you still trying to hook up."
  Family ID	F7602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S206] McLemore, James L. III ("The Early History of the McLemore Family of Virginia and the Carolinas"). [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).