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Reuben McLemore

Male 1805 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Reuben McLemore  [1, 2
    Birth 17 Mar 1805  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • Shown by Ann and Eldon McLemore of Kansas as a son of John McLemore and Winnie Baltice, and sibling to Wesley, Matthew, Dorcas, John and Robert. He is shown on several internet trees, unsourced, as a son of Winnie BATTICE, however no father is listed. One tree lists him as a son of Moses McLemore and Winnie Battice. Merritt Mullen, who is a descendant of Moses McLemore and Vinnie Batiste, says this is incorrect. There was no son named Reuben born to Moses McLemore or his wife Vinnie.

      Ann and Eldon further note that Reuben organized a Masonic Lodge in Copiah County, MS. Filed a bond for $16,000 in Copiah. Named on the bond were Elizabeth McLemore, Virginia Marsh, Mathew McLemore and Uriah Millsap, dated 5 Dec 1860. Signed by all except Virginia. They also state that guardianship for Mary Ann Whitehead, a daughter of Dorcus, was probated for Mary Ann to Reuben McLemore, brother of her mother, on 22 Mar 1867.

      They say he died when a tree fell on him.

      Z 0792.000
      MCLEMORE (REUBEN) PAPERS
      1840 - 1859
      One bill of sale, dated September 21, 1840, for three slaves belonging to Reuben McLemore and sold to Elizabeth Corley for $2,500; one deed of gift for three slaves, dated September 18, 1844, from Elizabeth Corley to her daughter, Elizabeth Corley McLemore, and one land grant, dated March 1, 1859, to Reuben McLemore and signed by President James Buchanan.

      Mississippi Department of Archives and History
      http://mdah.state.ms.us/manuscripts/z0792.html

      Remembering the Slaves of Reuben McLemore
      Extracted by Linda Durr Rudd
      LRudd@aol.com

      negro man WILLIAM and woman CAROLINE -- $200
      negro woman NANCY and three children, JACOB, CAROLINE and HENRETTA -- $3000
      negro boy PETER -- $1300
      three negro girls MARIAH JANE, MARIAH FRANCES and child AMANDA -- $1800
      negro woman ROSE -- $600

      Note: According to the 1860 Copiah County Slave Schedule, McLemore owned 5 slaves. Caroline was named and listed as being 100 years of age.

      SOURCE
      Copiah County Probate Records
      Microfilm Number: 8227
      1860 Copiah County Slave Schedule
      Microfilm found at Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

      Nicole Martin posted the following to the Genforum McLemore Surname board:

      I have Reuben as son of John McLemore. Siblings, if correct, are Robert, Wesley,Reuben, Matthew, John, and Dorcus. There may be more sisters. I find John McLemore in Hinds County in 1830 and Rankin County in 1840. I believe he is the John McLemore listed in the 1810 and 1820 census in Barnwell District, SC. I also do not believe this is the son of Major John McLemore. I believe that his brothers (at least) were Howell and Matthew (see 1810 Barnwell Census). One of Matthew's grandsons, Howell W came to Hinds County to marry and then later returned to Barnwell. Later, Matthew's daughter Sarah Page moves to Copiah County. I believe Howell is the one that ended up in Emanuel County, GA.

      http://genforum.genealogy.com/mclemore/messages/1039.html




    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1850 Census
      Mississippi, Copiah County
      Enumerated 14 Aug 1850
      150-150
      Reuben McLemore 45 M Farmer 900 SC
      Elizabeth McLemore 31 F Miss
      Virginia McLemore 12 F Miss
      Leonidas McLemore 8 M Mis
      Elizabeth Corley 64 F SC
    Person ID I36526  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father ??? McLemore,   b. Bef 1785   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F11644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Corley,   b. 11 Feb 1819, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage
    • Ann and Eldon McLemore write the James L. McLemore shows her name as CORLY, but that Copiah County Marriage bonds instead show her last name as CONLEY. However, both Census records and The Mississippi State Archives suggest that CORLEY is correct.
    Children 
     1. Virginia McLemore,   b. 11 Feb 1838, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Leonidas Washington McLemore,   b. 11 Apr 1842, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F11639  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Mar 1805 - South Carolina Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S981] McLemore, Ann (Daugherty) and Eldon, 901 Mockingbird Land, Derby, KS 67037.

    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.), Mississippi, Copiah County Enumerated 14 Aug 1850 150-150 (Reliability: 3).