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Abner McLemore

Male Aft 1785 - Aft 1860  (~ 75 years)


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  • Name Abner McLemore  [1, 2
    Birth Aft 1785  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1860  Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Melba Gene McLemore cites the following reference to Abner from "Orphan's Court, January Term, 1829: Friday morning, nine o'clock Court met pursuant to adjournment. Notice having been given for forty days as required by a former order of this Court, John GREGG Sheriff of said County adminstrator de bones non of all and singular goods and chattels rights and credits which were of William ALSUP deceased at the time of his death presents the following statement as final settlement of the administratin of said goods:

      11 paid Abner McLEMORE $66.50
      Interest thereon for four years $21

      Melba Gene McLemore writes that he died between 1860 and 1870 in Lawrence County, Alabama. Did he return to Lawrence? As of the 1860 census it appears he was living in Mississippi.
    • (Research):
      Census Information (courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore):

      1830 Census
      Abner Macklemore
      Lawrence, Alabama
      One male under five
      One male between five and ten
      One male between ten and fifteen
      One male between forty and fifty
      One female under five
      One female between five and ten
      One female between ten and fifteen
      Two females between fifteen and twenty
      One female between thirty and forty

      1840 Census
      Ab Mclemore
      Lawrence, Alabama
      One male between 10-16
      One male between 16-20
      One male between 20-30
      One female under five
      One female between 5-10
      One female between 10-16
      One female between 16-20
      One female between 20-30
      One female between 40-50

      1850 Census
      Alabama, Marion County, District No 14
      Enumerated 24 Nov 1850
      Stamped 140

      HH 185-192
      Miles T. and Disa CALAHAN

      HH 187-194
      J.E. Calahan 27 M Farmer Tenn
      Jane 22 F Tenn

      HH 189-196
      Abner McLemore 65 M Farmer North Carolina
      Starling McLamore 24 M Farmer $250 Alabama
      Mariah 17 F Alabama
      Martha 12 F Alabama
      Patrick A. Rector 7 M Alabama
      (Melba Gene McLemore notes that a Patrick McLEMORE is liste
      d in Sterling's home in 1860)

      1860 Census
      Mississippi, Lafayette, Post Office Paris
      Enumerated 29 August 1860
      Series M653 Roll 585 Page 33
      Jas. Calaham 36 M Farmer Tenn
      Lucretia 34 F Ala
      Elizabeth 9 F Miss
      Mary 7 F Miss
      Sarah 5 F Miss
      John 4 M Miss
      Maria 28 F Ala (McLemore or Callahan?)
      Martha 25 F Ala (McLemore or Callahan?)
      Abner McLEMORE M 74 Male ShoeMaker N. Car
    Person ID I28446  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2014 

    Father Sterling McLemore,   b. Abt 1765, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1814, Fayette County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Rebecca ???,   b. Between 1760 and 1770, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Bef 1782  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • The Heritage Book of Coffee Co TN 1836-2004, article 867
      Sterling McLemore
      Sterling McLemore, son of Ephraim McLemore and Hanna Hudspeth, first appears on the NC tax lists of 1784-1787 in Surry Co showing one male age 21, two males under 21, and over 60, and three females of all ages.
      He is found on the 1790 census for NC in Surry Co but is not shown in 1800.
      He is found on the insolvent Tax List of 1790 Montgomery Co NC.
      He received a land grant from the State of N.C., Grant
      # 2081, for 100 acres. By 1810, he is found on the census of Rockcastle Co KY. He is shown as male age 45 and up. His wife is in same age bracket. His household has two males and two females under age 10, two males and two females ages 10-16,, and three males and one female ages 16-26.
      Sterling McClemore born by 1765, probably in NC, died May 1814 in Fayette Co KY. Married by 1782 to Rebecca ____ born abt 1764 in NC. According to 1850 Mortality Schedule for TN. Their known children [as assumed from the intestate
      probate papers, lawsuits and deeds found in Fayette Co KY are;
      1. Joel b 1780-90 in NC
      2. John
      3. Abner b ca 1785 in NC, died between 1860-70 in AL md unknown wife abt 1811 in Rockcastle or Fayette Co, KY.
      4. Sterling C. Jr. b 1775-91, died abt. Mar 1825 in Lincoln Co TN, married Martha [Patsy] Whitaker on 5 Oct. 1811 in Fayette Co KY. Martha then married Mr. Pegram and died abt 1881.
      Their son, S. J. McLemore, is found on the 1850 census of Davidson Co TN. He was born 29 Dec, 1822 in Lincoln Co TN and died 20 June, 1896 in Coffee Co TN. His 8 children are named in Case #1072 of Probate Papers of Coffee County, TN.
      5. Rebecca b 1780/90, married Signor Allen on 13 Mar 1815 in Fayette Co KY. Consent of her mother, Rebeccah McLemore, is given. They appear on the 1820 census of Lincoln Co TN.
      6. Hannah b 1780/90, married Benjamin Wright on 19 Sept, 1814 in Fayette Co KY. They appear on 1820 & 1830 Lincoln Co TN census. Her mother, Rebeccah, consented to the marriage.
      7. Martha [Patsy] b 1780/90 married James R. Brown ib 30 Nov, 1816 in Fayette Co KY.They appear on the 1820 & 1830 census of Lincoln Co TN and on the 1850 census of Coffee Co TN. James R. Brown died abt Feb 1855 in Coffee Co TN.
      Sterling and Rebeccah McLemore probably had more children but their names are not known at this time.

      Post by Virginia KEEFER on the McLemore Family Genealogy Forum (http://www.jenforum.org/mclemore/messages/1146.html)
    Family ID F8148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Possibly William McLemore,   b. Between 1818 and 1835   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Probably Jesse A. McLemore,   b. Abt 1820, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lucretia Jane McLemore,   b. Between 1826 and 1830, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1903, Chickasaw County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
     4. Sterling P. McLemore,   b. Abt 1826, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1910, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years)
     5. Mariah A. McLemore,   b. Abt 1833, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1901 (Age ~ 68 years)
     6. Martha McLemore,   b. Abt 1836, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F9314  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2007 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S569] Wright, Douglas (pdwright@bresnan.net) Ver. 2007-12-30 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=douglaswright44.

    2. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), Alabama, Marion County, District No 14 Enumerated 24 Nov 18 50 Stamped 140 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S325] Johnson, Will (wjhonson@aol.com) "Research of Will Johnson, professional genealogist" Ver. 2008-11-12 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=wjhonson.