Joel H. McLemore

1773 - Abt 1835  (61 years)

• Name	Joel H. McLemore  [1]
  Birth	May 1773	South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1835	Halifax County, North Carolina
  Notes	Melba Gene McLemore found a June, 1839 Supreme Court of North Carolina case relating to Mungo T. Ponton, Ex'r of Joel H. McLemroe vs. Elizabeth McLemore, et al. Joel H. McLemore, by his last will and testament, devised and bequeathed as follows: "I give the following property to my friend, Henry Dogett, in trust, for the support and maintenance of my Daughter, Mary E. AVENT, viz; Austin, senior, Cynthia, Emannel, Daniel and Chaney, with an equal share of the proceeds of the sale of property, which I shall empower my executors to sell, with the exception of five hundred dollars, to be taken out of the part of my daughter, of the the money that may remain, after paying my just debts; the balance of my negroes, I wish to be equally divided among my wife and her child James Henry, and the one with which she is now pregnant. It is my wihd and desire that should I die shortly, that my executors sell the lots and houses I own in the town of Halifax, upon such credits as may seem to them best calculated to enhance the value of the property, together with all household and kitchen furnitre; and, at the end of the year, I wish them to sell my land, lying below the town of Halifax, and all my stock, crop and plantation utensils; the manner of selling, I leave to my extecutors; and, after the payments of my debts, the surplus, if any, I wish to be equally divided between my wife Elizabeth and her children; and the part which I design for my daughter, with the exception of five hundred dollars aforesaid, to my friend Henry Doggett, as aforesaid, in trust for the support and maintenance of my daughter, Mary E. AVENT---The property I hereby leave in trust, for the benefit of my daughter, Mary E. AVENT, is to be applied at the discretion of the trustee, for the support and maintenance of Mary E. AVENT, and her children, and no part or parcel thereof to be subject to the debts of her husband. " This bill was filed by the executor, stating the death of the husband of the testator's daughter, Mar E. AVENT, and the refusal of the trustee to act, and asking the advice of the court as to the proper construction of the will This case was published in "Reports of Cases in Equity Argued and Determined in The Supreme County of North Carolina. From June Term 1839, to December Term, 1830, both inclusive. By Thomas P Devereux and William H. Battle, Vol. II. Raleigh: Published by Turner and Hughes. Thos. J. Lemay, Printer, 1840. It is available on Google Books.
  Person ID	I24535	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	James McLemore,   b. Aft 1755, Virginia d. Abt 1796, Richland County, South Carolina (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F8165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	??? ???,   b. Aft 1773   d. Bef 1825 (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1815
  Children	1. Mary McLemore,   b. Aft 1815   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2011

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth "Betsey" Pullen,   b. Abt 1803, North Carolina d. Apr 1859, Perry County, Tennessee (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1826
  Children	1. James Henry McLemore,   b. Abt 1826, Halifax County, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown   2. Joel McLemore, M. D.,   b. 12 Jul 1835, Halifax County, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F10297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - May 1773 - South Carolina Death - Abt 1835 - Halifax County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1068] Goodspeed's 1889 Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, Fulton County; Brown, Michael Transcriber 26 Sept 1998, Biography of his son, Dr. Joel McLemore (Reliability: 3).