William McLemore

Notes:

James McLemore, III writes that . "Assuming William came with his father Wright to NC in 1750+/-, I assume his son William Jr. was born in Sampson Co., NC, but it's close enough that it could have been either Va. or NC. It was this William Jr. who I have as the ancestor of a lot/most? of the Johnson County NC family, of which our local high school principal Thomas McLemore is a member."

William McLemore was patented land (#2087) on 29 Oct 1772 in Duplin County (Bk 47, pg 94)...150 acres, grant #355, issued...entry #489, entered June 26, 1779, book #47, pg 94 -- E. side of Little Cohera. This later became part of Sampson County. (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

I have in my notes, unsourced, a reference to a deed between McLemore, William Grantee Book 6, Page 432 Deed Southey FISHER to William McLEMORE Dated 30 Nov 1779 30 pounds for 100 acres "on the side of little Cohary beg by marsh branch" Wit: John MORGAIN and Joseph FOULLER

Could he also be the father of Mary McLEMORE, who wed Jordan GILLAM in Sampson/Duplin County, NC in 1779. Bond: Harris GILLAM Wit: John Heflin Cooper

Sampson County Deeds Book Book 7, Page 294 Abstract of Deed William McLEMORE to Gabriel HOLMES

Dated 24 December in the...year after American Independence and the Year of our Lord 1780...

Between William McLEMORE of the province of North Carolina and County of Duplin and Gabriel HOLMES of the (locations) aforesaid

William McLEMORE for the sum of Thirty (30) pounds paid by Gabriel HOLMES .....convey a certain plantation...containing by survey One Hundred (100) acres of land lying and being in the County aforesaid On the East side of little Cohary being the plantation whereon the above said William McLEMORE now hath his dwelling...beginning by the marsh Branch ...Gabriel HOLMES...running up the Branch North East...running to the said Gabriel HOLMES line to the Beginning of the said land for Southey FISHER ....date the twenty second day of July 1774...conveyed by deed from the said FISHER for the aforesaid William McLEMORE....date the November 30th 1779 and from the said William McLEMORE to the above said Gabriel HOLMES...(to include) all mines and minerals saving an fifth part of the ore of gold and silver...and minerals together with the liberty of Hunting Fishing and Trawling... .....Rents of four shillings...for every hundred acres of land hereby bargained and sold which yearly will become due and the said William McLEMORE for himself his heirs....

In Witness whereof I the said William McLEMORE have....set my hand...and affixed the day and year ....William McLemore (Seal) Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Owen HOLMES John (his mark) MORGAIN State of North Carolina Duplin County January Court 1782 William Dickson, CC Registered in....September 1783 by Richard CLINTON Regstr

(abstracted by Melinda McLemore Strong on 5 July 2005)

William married ??? ??? about 1752. ??? was born before 1736; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James L. McLemore, III writes that no children are known for him.

This is NOT the same William McLemore (of a similar age) who was born in Southhampton County, Virginia.

Sampson County Deed Book Book 20, page 21 Abstract of Deed William McLEMORE to Solomon MAGEE State of North Carolina, Duplin County

...I William MACKLEMORE of Duplin county and State aforesaid ...in consideration of the sum of Twelve pounds...to me in hand...by Solomon MAGEE of the County and State aforesaid....sell....one certain Tract of Land containing one hundred and fifty Acres, lying and being in the County of Duplin of the State aforesaid, lying and being on the East side of Little Coheara...I have as good rightful process and lawful authority by virtue of a Patent...under the great seal of the above said Colony, to grant...the said bargained premises.....and I the said William McLEMORE do hereby bind myself....
In witness whereof I the said William McLEMORE have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th day of March 1784 and in the Eighth year of American Independence, William (his mark) MCLEMORE
Signed, Sealed and delivered in the presence of Willis MAGEE and John (his Mark) MORGAIN
State of North Carolina, Sampson County September Term 1784 The was the within Deed in ...Court by the Oath of Willis MAGEE and marked to be registered Curtis TUEY, Clerk
Registered in Book Letter B, page 24 and 25 Transcribed the 5th day of January 1832 W. FAISON Registrar

(Abstracted by Melinda McLemore Strong 19 July 2005)

1782 Duplin County, NC Deed Bk 47, pg 94 Grant #55 entered 26 Jun 1779 Issued 29 Oct 1782 William McLEMORE 150 acres E. side of Little Cohara

1792 Sampson County NC DB 10 Page 160 14 Dec 1792 Deed Elihu WIGGINS to Labon TATUM Trans 15 pounds for 150 acres "On the East side of Little Cohary" Land was granted to William McLEMORE by Patent Bearing date 29 Oct 1782 and conveyed to William McLEMORE by deed to Solomon McGEE Junior and conveyed by Solomon McGEE Junior to said Elihu WIGGINS by deed bearing date 23 Sept 1790 Wit Daniel WILLIAMS and Michael SCARBOROUGH (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

1810 Bladen County, NC Census Household consisted of 1 male over the age of 45, and 1 female over the age of 45 and 60 slaves. Also listed on the 1810 Bladen Census were Drury and E(lias) McLemore.

Notes:

James L. McLemore, III shows him as (Simon) West McLemore.

Revolutionary War Pension:

McLemore, West..Pvt. NC Continental Army..In NC Army Accounts Vol VI Bk 11 is Continental voucher #3306 to soldier for 1/12/4 pounds issued by Lewis HOLMES, Clerk of Sampson County and Paymaster for Wilmington District. Soldier made a will on 2 January 1818 that was taken to probate in Sampson County on 16 Feb 1818. (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

Robert Butler also references a Deed (Book 5, pg 29) Rodger SNELL to West McLEMORE Dated 7 Jan 1775. 30 pounds for 70 acres "On the West side of the Six Runs." Land granted to William KING by patent dated 1769. Wit: James THOMSON and Bedradan CARRAWAY.

Sampson County Deeds Abstract of Deed, Book 7, page 191 West McLEMORE to Stephen KING I West McLEMORE of the State of North Carolina an the County of Duplin...for and in consideration of the sum of One Thousand Pounds current money...paid by Stephen KING of the County and province aforesaid....have given granted (etc.)....a certain tract or parcel of land containing by estimation Seventy Acres of Land...beginning at a White Oak on Henry KINGS line... In Witness Whereof I the said West McLAMORE have hereunto set my hand and seal affixed this Eleventh of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One 1781 Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of me this deed Rice BLACKMAN, Henry KING State of North Carolina Duplin County January Court One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One Then was the deed from West MACKLAMORE to Stephen KING was proved in Open Court by the Oath of Henry KING and ordered to be registered by William DICKSON C.C. Registered in the Registers Office of the aforesaid county in Book 458 and 459 by me this 29th day of September Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Three 1783 Richard Clinton Regt.

Transcribed from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005

1790 Census Sampson County NC Fayette District West Maclemore 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, and 4 females

1800 Census Sampson County Fayetteville West Maclemore Males 0-1-1-0-1/Females 0-1-0-0-1 Males: one 10-15, one 16-20, one over 45 Females: one 10-15, one over 45

1818 Sampson County NC Will West McLEMORE 2 Jan 1818 Probated 2 Feb 1818 Wife: SELEY Daughters Zilpha PETERS and Nannery TEW Son: Redick McLEMORE Exec: Samuel PETERS Jonathan GODWIN Wit Geo LASSITER Jordan COATS (In NC Archives, Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler).

West married Celia "Seley" ??? before 1774. Celia was born after 1755; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James L. McLemore, III author of THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE McLEMORE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA AND THE CAROLINAS, notes on the diagram titled "Family Tree of James Macklemore" that Archibald was the progenitor of the Sampson County, N.C. family. James puts his date of birth as circa 1760-1762.

Ancestry.com has an Index only record showing that Archibald McLemore State NC County Duplin County was on an Early Tax List in 1783, and also on a Sampson County Early Tax List in 1784

Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

The following was excerpted from "The Heritage of Sampson County, North Carolina" Oscar Bizell, Editor c. 1983

"Archibald McLemore-rec'd land grant in 1779 in Duplin Co for 100 acres on the east side of the Great Cohera. Purchased adjacent land.

First Sampson County Tax List Sept 1784 Arch'd McLemore 100 acres-1 Free Polls-0 Black Polls Drew McLemore 0 acres-1 Free Polls-O Black Polls Drew McLemore Jr. 0 acres-1 Free Polls-O Black Polls West McLemore 0 acres-1 Free Polls-O Black Polls William McLemore 0 acres-1 Free Polls-O Black Polls

1784 Sampson County, NC Court Order 22 Jun 1784 Public Work Archilus [Archibald] McLEMORE, Drury McLEMORE plus others to clear Little Coharie... (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

1787 Sampson County, NC Court Order Public Work 14 May 1787 River clearing duty Drewry McLEMORE Archibald McLEMORE plus others (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

1803 Sampson County NC Court Order 7 Feb 1803 Jury duty to lay off dowry lands Archibald McLEMORE plus others (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

Beginning in 1804, Archibald gave his land to his sons: to Hezekiah in 1804 he gave 100 acres; to Henry in 1810 he gave 150 acres; to Tobias in 1810 he gave 300 (sic) acres; and to Raiford in 1812 he gave his remaining land & Dwelling. Raiford b bet 1785-1790. Raiford had a son named Hezekiah born ca 1827"

These transfers are on file with the Sampson County Clerk, P.O. Box 256, Clinton, NC 28328. Abstractions from the four deeds transferring land from Archibald to his sons are included with the notes for each son.

Other land transactions involving Archibald McLemore are abstracted below. These deeds were located with the use of an index of Sampson County McLemore Deeds prepared by the Rev. William McLemore. It is not known if the index was exhaustive.

Sampson County Deeds Book 7, pages 128-129 Abstract of Deed from Archabald McLEMORE to John WRIGHT State of North Carolina, Duplin County

This indenture made the twenty fourth day of March in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty 1780 between Archabald McLEMORE and John WRIGHT of the County and province aforesaid...Archabald McLEMORE for and in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred pounds paid by John WRIGHT do convey...to the said John WRIGHT a survey of land containing One Hundred Acres of land on the north side of Great Coheary on both sides of the Cannady branch.... In witness whereof I the said Archabald McLEMORE have herewith set my hand and seal affixed the day and year first above written Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us Fleet COOPER and Drury McLEMORE, Arch'd McLEMORE State of North Carolina, Duplin County October Court One Thousand seven Hundred an Eighty...proved in Open Court by the Oath of Fleet Cooper...William DECKLAN C.C.

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005)

Sampson County Deed Book Book 9, Page 195 Abstract of Deed

Archabald McLAMORE to Nathan PETERSON

Archabald McLemore, County of Sampson, State of North Carolina for consideration of 100 pounds?(received from) Nathan PETERSON of the County and State aforesaid?..do convey?one certain tract?.of land ?lying and being in the County of Sampson and on the West side of the great Cohary creek?containing by estimate thirty two acres of land?more of less being a part of a tract of land of Two Hundred acres of land granted by patent to Cade WEATHERSBEE ?date the 25 day of November 1761?also one other tract of land?in Sampson in the fork of the great Cohary and Little Cohary ?containing in the Whole One Hundred acres of land which was granted unto Archabald McLAMORE ?.8 day of October 1787?.

In witness whereof I the said Archabald McLAMORE have ?set my hand?.this 10th day of January 1793?.Signed?in the presence of Moses? PETERSON and Thomas SEALE (?) Sampson County February Court 1793 Hardy HOLMES Clk

Registered in the County aforesaid 21st May 1793 O. HOLMES Regt

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 6 July 2005)

Sampson County Deed Book Book 11, Page 424 Abstract of Deed

Archabald McLAMORE to Nathan PETERSON

Archabald McLEMORE, State of North Carolina, County of Sampson, for consideration of 15 pounds Current money?(received from) Nathan PETERSON of the State and County aforesaid?..do convey?one tract?.of land ?lying and being in the County of Sampson and on the West side of the great Cohara and the Est. side of the Marsh Branch?beginning at ?.Thomas PAGES Corner?East along PAGES line and?.then South West along Archabald McLAMORES line?.on the Marsh branch?Byins BAYKINS line?.containing by estimation Eighty Two acres of land be the same more or less the aforesaid land was granted to Jesse PEACOCK by Patent bearing dated the 20th day of December 1791 and conveyed by Jesse PEACOCK to me Archabald McLAMORE by deed of law and being dated the 9th day of January 1793.

In witness whereof I the said Archabald McLAMORE have ?set my hand?.5th day of May 1801?.Signed?in the presence of Willis MAGEE and Hezekiah McLAMORE State of North Carolina, Sampson County May Term 1801?. proved on the Oath of Willis MAGEE Hardy HOLMES Clk

Registered the 11th day of June A.D. 1801 O HOLMES Regt

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 6 July 2005)

1801 Sampson County NC Court Order Public work 10 Aug 1801 Little Coharie Ezekiah McLEMORE and Archibald McLEMORE plus others work on river (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

1807 Sampson County NC Court Order Deed 13 May 1807 James ROBINSON to Archibald McLEMORE 400 acres proved by Hezekiah McLEMORE

1812 Sampson County NC Will 17 Nov 1812 Wm. ROBINSON Esquire produced to this court the last will and testament of Alice ROBINSON Dec'd which was admitted to probate by the oath of Archibald McLEMORE (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

1815 Sampson County NC Deed 22 Feb 1815 Larry FREEMAN to Archibald McLEMORE for 100 acres proved by Ebnezer Bass (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)


1820 Sampson County Census Robinson's 280 McLemore Archibald 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 (Male under 10, Male over 45, female 20 to 45)

1862-Duplin County, NC #1862 Archibald McLEMORE 100 acres, grant #133, issued 1 Jul 1779, entry #36, entered May 11, 1778 book #32 pg 133, on west side of Great Cohara

Archibald married ??? ??? about 1783. ??? was born after 1754; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married Samuel PETERS.

Notes:

Married a TEW.

Family/Spouse: Jeremiah Tew, Jr.. Jeremiah was born on 22 Feb 1779 in North Carolina; died on 19 Feb 1859 in Sampson County, North Carolina; was buried in Starling Cemetery, Spiveys Corner, Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James McLemore, III shows that he married Elizabeth Hinson, and had a large family.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Hinson. Elizabeth was born before 1805; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1801 Sampson County NC Court Order Public work 10 Aug 1801 Little Coharie Ezekiah McLEMORE and Archibald McLEMORE plus others work on river (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

Sampson County Deed Book Book 13, page 64 Abstract of Deed

" ... I Archibald Maclemore of the county of Sampson and state of North Carolina for the love and affection I bear to my son Hezekiah Maclemore of the aforementioned county and state....do give unto the said Hezekiah part of the tract of land where I now live which I purchased of Lewis HOLMES and part of another tract I purchased from the same person. The said land I now give is on the east side of Little Cohara above where I now live including the plantation where he now lives beginning at an agreed corner from between the said HOLMES and me and betwixt the said Hezekiah Maclemore on the bank of the Little Cohara creek and running out through...an agreed line of marked trees to my back line and corner at a pine and...said line to the...branch now called Hudson Branch and down said Branch...to the run of said Cohara and Corners at a Birch Willis Mayes (?) corner and down the creek as it meanders to the beginning for one hundred acres of land...more or less...to have and to hold unto him the said Hezekiah Maclemore on the said land...I the said Archibald Maclemore as bind myself my heirs Ex. and assign firmly by these presents...unto him the said Hezekiah Maclemore his heirs Ex. and or assignees forever...In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 9th of June in the year 1804. Archibald (his mark) Maclemore Sampson County Witnesses Thomas FISHER and Elizabeth FISHER Registered December 11, 1804, Owen HOLMES Reg.

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005)

1805 Sampson County NC Court order Child bond 12 Aug 1805 Evan BROOKS, age 7, to Ezekiah McLEMORE until age 21 (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

1805 Sampson County NC Court Order Deed 13 Nov 1805 Alice ROBINSON to Hezekiah McLEMORE, 200 acres, proved by Archibald McLEMORE (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

1806 Sampson County NC Court Order Public work 11 Aug 1806 River work on Little Coharie Ezekiah McLEMORE Henry McLEMORE plus others (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

Sampson County Deed Book Book 16, page 114 Abstract of Deed
State of North Carolina, Sampson County Be it known that Hezekiah McLEMORE of the State and County aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of three Hundred and twenty five Dollars...paid by Jno. HANEY....do hereby...sell...two parcels of Land lying and being as follows...on the East Side of the Little Cohary above where Archibald MACLEMORE now lives and Running out through a Marsh on an agreed line of Mark'd trees to Archibald MACLEMORE's back line and corner at a pine and with the said line to the Ba? Branch...known by the name of Hudson's Branch, and down said Branch as it Meanders to the run of said Cohary and corners at a Birch formerly Willis MAGU's corner but now Tobias MACLEMORE's and down the Creek as it Meanders to the Beginning for one hundred acres of land...Second tract begins...at McLEMORE's Corner at the head of Hudson's Branch and turn thence along a line of mark'd trees nearly a west corner to the Hollow Branch...down the Branch to a stake formerly Willis MAGU's line but now Tobias and Henry MCLEMORE's line, thence along said line to Hudson'g Branch to a bay tree, thence up the said Branch to the Beginning for two hundred acres of land more of less...
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fourteenth day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eleven Hezekiah (his mark) MACLEMORE
Signed, sealed and delivered In presence of us Dickson TATOM and J.G. MORRIS
Sampson County May Term 1813...Deed proved in Court for Registration H. HOLMES
Registered June the 23rd 1813 Owen HOLMES Reg.

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 18 July 2005)

Not found in the North Carolina census index from 1810-1850. Could he have died before 1820?

James L. McLemore, III noted, that while browsing through Leverett's book, "Ole Rosinheels", he ran across the following entry in the Appendix, page 172:

"1818, May 22 - Hezekiah McLemore's will was administered in Richland County, South Carolina. No list of heirs is given."

James L. McLemore, III intially showed Hezekiah as the father of only Hezekiah McLemore, Jr. with no other known descendants of either man. Jim later believed that there was no namesake son, and Hezekiah probably never had a family or children.

However, on October, 15, 2007, Jim proposed the following theory to the Sampson County, NC research group, that Hezekiah had a family later in life, and was the father of Raiford McLemore born ca 1815, who resided in Sampson County, NC in the 1840's through 1880's. Hezekiah may also have had one of more other children, yet unidentified.

Jim noted that it significant that Hezekiah's death in 1818 occurred IN RICHLAND COUNTY, SC. Richland County was the home of a major branch of his line, the line descending from the immigrant James' second son John and his wife Faith. They had three sons (and two daughters), the youngest being son Joel who was in the same generation as Wright McLemore, but was over twenty-five years younger than Wright, who was five or six years older than Joel's older brother John Jr. Joel was born in January 1739/40, and moved to South Carolina sometime in the mid 1760's dying there in 1795, and leaving behind a family consisting of several children who were only slightly older than was their cousin (third cousin once removed), Hezekiah. Could it have been possible that Hezekiah went there to visit , liked what he saw and stayed. Could he have even gotten his wife there, from amongst those cousins or more likely from among their neighbors, and when he died there in 1818, his wife stayed there in SC and raised his minor children there, accounting for the fact that Raiford (b. 1815) appears in NO census in the southeast NC area that we have found until he is an adult, age 35, with a wife and growing family of his own?

This hypothesis is consistent with the information discussed above and elsewhere, but it is not conclusive by any means. To it Jim added two or three more specific pieces of data that also does not prove it conclusively, but strengthens it considerably. Look at the family, the children, of Raiford (b. 1815); like the elder one, he had a son named Hezekiah of his own, which to me would indicate that he was the son of either the elder Raiford or the latter's brother Hezekiah (d. 1818); there are no other Hezekiahs among the descendants of Archibald except among the children of the two Raifords (b. 1790 and B. 1815) and their issue. That' s one piece of data. Second, and what Jim thought was even more telling: Only among the descendants of the immigrant James' second son John McLemore and his wife Faith do you find the given name "Joel" before the Civil War, that name being an almost sure give-away that its holder was a member of that family. ... Until now, when we find this one exception: right after Hezekiah (b. ca. 1844) in Raiford's (b. 1815) family is his son Joel (b. 1845), the only Joel of whom I am aware who can definitely be associated with another McLemore family besides that descending from John and Faith McLemore back in Sussex County, Virginia. It is a name that is most likely explained by this contact by Hezekiah with his cousins in Richland County, South Carolina, the Family of Joel McLemore, b. 1739/40 to John and Faith back in VA, d. 1795 in Richland County, SC, where Hezekiah himself died in 1818. And the third piece of evidence is that Raiford's next son is John McLemore, a name we do not find often in Southeast North Carolina until this time, yet every one of Joel's (died 1795, SC) children who had children, every single one, had a son named Joel AND a son named John! Is this where those two names come from?

So there you have it...Raiford (b. 1815) was the son of Hezekiah (b. 1780-83, d. 1818), and by process of elimination that leaves Tobias to be daddy of Amos (b. 1813). If you don't like this theory, fine; you are left with the alternative of accepting that Raiford had two-sons-named-Raiford theory, and that the older one does not show up on early census records, or of coming up with an hypothesis of your own that is more plausible than either. That is also possible. But this as a potenial working theory as it does explain a lot and gets us that much further down that road of identifying the links between Wright McLemore (b. 1813) and his children with so many of the McLemores who can be traced to the Southeast portion of North Carolina, around Duplin/Sampson/Bladen Counties a generation or two later, but who have posed such problems to all of us and others in trying to make the connections in the past. All we have to do at this point, I suspect, is find just a bit of data of some sort that will help us tie down Melinda's ancestor John McLemore (b. 1822) as the son of Tobias of that same approximate age, and we will have about filled out Archibald's descendants.

Then we can try to deal with the stubborn problems of the descendants of the other descendants of Wright (besides Archibald and his prodigy) who lived in that same area.

On October 21, 2007, Jim emailed the Sampson Research Group and addendum and correction to his theory above:

I have recently run across one other exception to the "Joel" Christian name rule being an indication of a connection to the family of the Immigrant James' second son John of Sussex County, VA, "Without Exception" (as a Lawyer, I should know better than to make "absolute" statements, instead of leaving myself an out with "Weasel Words"!).

Apparently there seems to have been a Joel in the family of Sterling McLemore (son of Ephraim Jr.) who was probably born sometime in the mid 1780's, and was a contemporary of the only Joel (in John's family) whose later life I have not discovered elsewhere, Joel the son of James (B. ca. 1762 VA, D. 1796 SC), oldest son of Joel (B. 1739/40 VA, D. 1795 SC), and who I had hoped I had found married to a Rhoda in Yalobusha Co., MS, but that Joel now seems to be Sterling's, not James', according to Melinda' posting to the herein referred to Rootsweb site.

However, after making that correction to "almost without exception" instead of "without exception", I still think the "Joel" rule is a good indicator of descent from John and his wife Faith, as stated below, so I'm not coming back in too far from the end of that limb quite yet.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1806 Sampson County NC Court Order Public work 11 Aug 1806 River work on Little Coharie Ezekiah McLEMORE Henry McLEMORE plus others (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

Land transfer from Archibald McLemore to Henry McLemore, Deed Book 15, page 197:

" ... I Archibald Macklamoore of the county of the state of North Carolina, Sampson County for the love and affection which I bear to my son Henry Mackleamoore give, grant convey and confirm unto my son Henry a certain parcel of land situated in the County aforesaid on the east side of little Cohara being a part of a Track of land granted by deed from James ROBINSON to Archibald Macklemoore the 19th day of March 1807 for 300 acres more or less being the upper part of said Tract of Land beginning at a Black Gum at the run of Hollow Branch....at the Run of the Gownon's (???) marsh branch Then up the meander of said Branch to a line in Hezekiah Macklamoore's line to the Hollow Branch Branch then down the...said Branch to the Beginning Containing by estimation 150 acres ..to have and to hold unto him the said Henry Macklamoore...I the said Archibald Macklamoore bind myself my heirs Ex. and assign firmly by these presents...unto him the said Hezekiah Maclemore his heirs Ex. and or assignees forever...In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this ___ day of ____ 1810. Archibald Macklamoore Sampson County In presence of Ezekiel SMITH and Henry (?) MACKLAMOORE Registered March 7, 1811, Owen HOLMES Reg.

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005)

1812 Sampson County NC Court Order Public work 19 May 1812 River work Henry McLEMORE, Raiford McLEMORE plus others (Courtesty of Robert McLemore Butler)

Sampson County Deed Book Book 16, page 16 Abstract of Deed

Henry McLEMORE to Wm. NUNNERY

This indenture made this 13th day of January 1813 Between Henry MACLEMORE of the State of N. Carolina and County of Cumberland of the one part, and William NUNNERY of the County of Sampson of the other part and in consideration for the sum of Fifty pounds of Current money...sell...a certain tract or parcel of land....lying and being in the County of Sampson on the East side of Little Cohary, being part of a tract of land granted by deed from Willis MAGU to James ROBINSON and from James ROBINSON to Archibald MCLEMORE and from Arch. MCLEMORE to his son Henry MCLEMORE being the upper part of said premises...beginning..at the turn of Hollow Marsh, running thus along a line of the Run of the Governor's marsh Branch.....to a line in John HANEY's line at the head of said Branch....containing by estimation 150 acres be the same more of less.......I the said Henry MACLEMORE on ....prospects of a Fee Simple right of inheritance and have full power to sell and convey in manner aforesaid....
In witness whereof I the said Henry MACLEMORE have hereunto set my hand and seal...Henry (X) MACLEMORE Sampson County Feby. Term 1813 Then was the above deed proven in Court for Registration H. Holmes CC
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Nicholas CARTER Jeremiah SIMMONS
Registered this 23rd day of March 1813 Owen Holmes Reg.

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 14 July 2005)

It appears that Henry McLemore moved from Sampson to the adjacent Bladen County, North Carolina. The census listing below appears to be for Archibald's son, Henry. This assumption is based both on census listings below and from the deed, below, executed in 1828.

1820 Census, page 126
Bladen County, NC
Henry McLemore
1 male under 10 (Wilson McLemore, born ca 1813)
1 male under 16 (John Wright b. ca 1807)
1 male 26 to 45 (Henry, himself, born ca 1783)
3 females under 10 Catherine, Zilpha, Lucretia
1 female under 16 Nancy
1 female 26 to 45 First wife, name unknown


Another Henry McLemore is in the same county, but his relationship and father is currently unknown.
1820 Census, p 144
Bladen County, NC
Henry Maclemore
1 male under 10
1 male under 16
1 male over 45 <---Henry

4 females under 10
1 female under 16
1 female over 45 <----His wife


Sampson County Deed Book Book 21, page 568 Abstract of Deed

Henry McLemore to John R. McLemore

State of North Carolina, Sampson County, This indenture made this fifteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight by and between Henry McLEMORE of the County of Bladen the State aforesaid of the one part and John R. McLEMORE of the other part ...the said Henry McLEMORE for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to him in hand paid by the said John R. McLEMORE at the making of these presents the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge myself fully satisfied contented and paid and have given granted bargained sold conveyed and confirmed and forever set over unto him the said John R. McLEMORE two certain tracts or parcels of land situated lying and being in the County and State aforesaid butted and bounded as follows lying between great and little Cohara the first beginning at a pine in a pond.....containing by estimation 150 acres. The other tract beginning at a stake ....below his old house thence with Henry McLEMORE's line ...on the edge of the great branch. Thence up the meander of ...Dor OWENS line...thence along the road to the beginning...containing one hundred four & quarter acres. It being a part of the contents of a patent granted to Roger ALDEN in the year of our Lord 1796 which tract or parcel of land and also the above mentioned tract or parcel of land with all and singular the profits advantages....I the said Henry McLemore...doth hereby convey...to John R. McLEMORE his heirs and assignees forever to warrant and define the before mentioned lands and premises from and against him the Henry McLEMORE or his heirs or any other person or persons laying any lawful claim thereto. In testimony whereof I the Henry McLEMORE have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date written Henry (his mark) McLEMORE Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Neil CAMPBELL Jane (her mark) POPE to be registered March 19, 1829 Tho. J. FAISON, Clerk

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005)

Henry is not indexed in the North Carolina census after 1820. The John R. McLemore of Bladen County, to whom Henry transferred land to in 1829 deed abstracted above, was in Houston County, Georgia by or before 1831. This appears to his listing on the 1830 and 1840 census.

1830 Georgia, Houston County
Henry McLimore
Males
Under 5, None
5 to 10, One (Probably Henry James)
40 to 50, One (Probably Henry, himself)
Females
Under 5, One
5 to 10, Two
10 to 15, Two
40 to 50, One
(Probably daughters, Nancy, Catherine, Lucretia, Zilpha and Margaret, and his unknown wife)


1840 Georgia, Houston County
Henry McLemore 3-0-0-1-0-0-0-1 1-0-1-0-2-0-0-1

Three males under the age of 5 (Unknown, possibly not his sons?)
One male, between 15-20 Henry James, born ca 1824
One male, between 50-60 Henry himself, born ca 1783
One female, under the age of 5 Sarah, born ca 1834-1836
One female, between 10-15 Margaret, born ca 1828/9, married a BRIM
Two females, between 20-30 Zilpha, married Daniel BULLARD and Lucretia married an ELLIS
One female, between 50-60, first wife, unknown

On August 30, 2007, James L. McLemore III emailed the Sampson County McLemore research group the following note:

One of the deeds she (Melinda) sent me was an 1828 deed from Henry McLemore to John R. McLemore (John Wright was often called John R., even within the family, due to general illiteracy, and the apparent belief of many at the time that his middle name was spelled "Right"). The deed was for two tracts, one of which was for 150 acreas and appears to have been the same 150 acre parcel given to Henry in an 1810 deed of gift from Archibald McLemore in which the latter identifies Henry as his son. The 1828 deed is a deed of bargain and sale, not gift, and John R. McLemore's relationship to Henry is not given. But it got me to thinking that John "R." (Wright) was probably closely related to Henry, probably even his son

I was toying with that idea when I found among my files a letter I had received back in February of 2000 from a Michael Mabile from McLean, VA; I had an email address on him as well, but it is no longer good, so I was unable to add him to this group, though I had wanted to, and tried. Does anyone else out there have his current e-mail address? If so forward this to him, and also back to me so that I will know.

Anyway, his snail-mail letter ran three and a half pages, but when compared to the deed Melinda sent, the two sources of information came together. Though lengthy, I will try to quote him at length, as it not only shows how he was approaching the problem (as well as what I was seeing), but it also gives a lot of information that may at some point ring a small bell with some of you and your researches. Mike wrote, inter alia, regarding his great-great-grandfather Wilson McLemore:

"I think I can definitely link Wilson, who lived in Dooly County, Georgia, and Pike County. Alabama, in the 1840's through 1860's, with Henry McLemore, who died in Houston County, Georgia, in 1850. In turn, I think I can definitely link Henry as having come to Houston County from Bladen County, NC. ... Rather than burden you with all of the documents I have, I thought I would summarize for you what I have. ...

"1. Wilson McLemore Wilson is listed in the 1850 and 1860 censuses for Pike County, AL and the 1845 Georgia state census for Dooly County, GA. I have other documentation linking Wilson to Dooly County and in one instance to Houston County, GA. He probably is also the Wilson McLemore listed in the 1840 federal census for Sumter County, GA. I can document that his wife Louisa's maiden name was Broxton. She was the daughter of James and Avis Broxton ... .

"2. Connection between Wilson and Henry Wilson is named in the will of Henry McLemore, which was probated in Houston County, Georgia, in 1850. ... [he enclosed a copy of the will, which I will hereafter abstract in pertinent part, in which Henry made] a token bequest of $1 to 'Willson' McLemore among other persons. Wilson and Henry's relationship is not specified in the will, but he would have to be a son or grandson. ... Since Wilson was probably about 40 years old in 1850, he was almost certainly Henry's son, not his grandson. Any possibility that the Wilson named in the will is not the same Wilson as my ancestor is ruled out by the mention of Margaret T. Brim in the will. In the 1850 census, Margaret Brim, 10 years old, is listed as living with Wilson in Pike County, Alabama. I assume Margaret is the daughter of a deceased sister of Wilson's and thus Henry's granddaughter. ...

"3. Henry McLemore-Houston County Henry McLemore first appears in the Federal Census for Houston County, Georgia, in 1830. It lists 1 white male 5-10 [Henry James McLemore, b. ca 1824], 1 white male 40-50, 1 white female under 5, 2 white females 5-10, 2 white females 10-15, and one white female 40-50 [Henry's first wife, mother of all of those children]. The 1840 census for Houston County lists Henry and shows 3 white males under 5[?], 1 white male 15-20, 1 white male 50-60, 1 white female under 5, 1 white female 10-15, 2 white females 20-30, and 1 white female 50-60. These listings are consistent in indicating Henry was born between 1780 and 1790. His first wife eventually died in Houston County [in about] 1840 [between the census and the end of the year], because he is listed in Houston County records as marrying Martha Tate on January 3, 1841. He and Martha had three children (the three minor children listed in his will). Both Henry and Martha appear in the 1850 Federal census mortality schedule in Houston County. The mortality schedule shows he was 87 years old. ... [However,] it seems 67, not 87, would be a more accurate age ... [considering his age listed in both the 1830 and 1840 censuses, and that he fathered three children in the last ten years of his life].

"4 Henry McLemore-Bladen County I connect Henry McLemore of Houston County, GA, to Bladen County, NC, based on the following evidence. The 1850 census shows he was born in North Carolina. His son Wilson was also born in North Carolina. Two Henry McLemores appear in the 1820 census for Bladen County, but neither appears in that county in 1830, when Henry first appears in the Houston County census listing. I have also traced two of the persons named in Henry's will to Bladden County. The will mentions Zilpha Bullard (evidently a daughter). The 1850 Bladen census lists a "Zilphy" Bullard, age 33, in the household of Daniel Bullard (evidently her husband). ... The Will also mentions John Wright McLemore ... ."

Bingo!!! When I saw that, I knew the connection was made. I went to the will, and there read the following bequests:

"3rd I bequeath to my granddaughter Tabitha Matilda Tate one bed and furniture such as she may chose [sic] from my bedding.

"4th I bequeath to my son Henry James McLemore two cows and calves which he can chose [sic] of those he had last year.

"4th I bequeath unto John Wright McLemore, Nancy Ann Sanders, Willson McLemore, Catherine J. C. Ervins, Zilpha Bullard, Lucretia Ellis, Margaret T. Brim, and Sarah B. McLemore one dollar apiece.

"5th The rest of my property both real and personal whatever and whatever it may be I desire and direct and bequeaath to my minor children Ann Eliza McLemore, Joseph Wesley McLemore and Archibald McLemore ..."

Note the given name of the last child, Archibald, named for Henry's father, which nails the last nail in the coffin, as it were.

So there you have it, or most of it - the important material, anyway. I think that connects John Wright McLemore, along with Wilson, William, Henry James, Joseph Wesley, and Archibald, his sons, and several daughters as well to Henry and to his father Archibald McLemore before him. And by so filling out Henry's family, I have already removed him (or did not include him up front) in the list of McLemore Men in Sampson and Bladen counties who could be possible fathers to unconnected ancestors of Group members. Maye I should add, however, the "other" Henry McLemore of the two Mike Mabile found in the Bladen County 1820 census; does anyone know anything about him? They were shown in that census as one being 26 - 45 years old (the above Henry) and over 45 (this "other" Henry).

Jim also emailed that "As I mentioned above, there are two Henry McLemores listed in the 1820 census for Bladen County. One was 26 to 45 years old, while the other was 45 or over. If Henry was really 87 when he died in 1850, as shown in the census mortality schedule, it is possible that he was the older Henry listed in the 1820 census. If he was actually between 60 and 70 at the time of his death, as would be supported by the 1840 and 1850 censuses, it is more likely he is the younger Henry listed in the 1820 Bladen County census (that is, he was no more than 40 yers old in 1820). ..."

Henry married Malinda Adkins before 1804. Malinda was born after 1783; died after 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Martha Tate on 3 Jan 1841. Martha was born before 1821; died about 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1812 Sampson County NC Court Order Public work 19 May 1812 River work Henry McLEMORE, Raiford McLEMORE plus others (Courtesty of Robert McLemore Butler)

1812 Sampson County NC Court Order Deed 19 Aug 1812 Archibald McLEMORE to Raiford McLEMORE for land and stock of every description was acknowledged (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

Sampson County Deeds Book 15, pages 329 Abstract of Deed from Archibald McLEMORE to Raiford McLEMORE

" ... I Archibald MCLEMORE of the county of the state of North Carolina and County of Sampson for and in consideration of the love, good will and affection I bear toward my son Raiford MACLEMORE of the same state and county have given and granted unto him and by these presents do truly grant and give unto the said Raiford MACLEMORE his heirs executors or administrators all and singular my lands and Stock of Every denomination now being in my present dwelling house in the county aforesaid of which before the signing of thes presents I have delivered him the said Raiford MACLEMORE an Inventory with my own hand and Bearing date to have and to hold all the said Land and Stock of every Denomination in the said premises or dwelling house to him the said Raiford MACLEMORE his heirs Executors or Adm. as his and their proper Lands and Stocks absoulutely Without any manner of condition--In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of August 1812. Archibald (His Mark) MACLEMORE Sampson County In the Presence of Thos. BOYKIN and John CARROLL Cons.t Registered September 6, 1813, Owen HOLMES Reg.

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005)

1814 Sampson County NC Court Order Public Work River Work 16 Aug 1814 Raiford McLEMORE plus others (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

1815 Sampson County NC Court Order Public Work River Work, supervisor Raiford McLEMORE plus others (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

Robert McLemore Butler writes that Raiford received a land grant of thirty-eight acres on December 4, 1828 on the east side of the Little Cohera. Record of this grant, along with the 1779 grant to his father Archibald, can be found in the Land Grant Office in Raleigh. (Deed Book 138, p 18 #1448 Grant #1994 entry #112)

Sampson County Deeds Book 24, pages 56 Abstract of Deed from Amos McLEMORE to Raiford McLEMORE

This indenture made the fourteenth day of February in year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty five between Amos MACLAMORE of the County of Sampson and State of North Carolina of one part & Raiford MACLAMORE of the State and County aforesaid of the other part....I the said Amos MACLAMORE for and in consideration of the sum of thirty-five dollars to me paid in had by said Raiford MACLAMORE the receipt whereof the said Amos MACLAMORE doth hereby acknowledge have given granted and by these presents doth give grant convey and confirm unto the Raiford MACLAMORE his heirs or assigns a certain tract or parcel of land in the County aforesaid containing by estimation one hundred acres of Land to the same more or less lying on the East side of Little Cohara between the tract of land occupied the said MACLAMORE and another tract...by Thomas PAGE and other wise bounded by the Big Branch on the North and the Big Branch on the South log...to have and to hld to him the said Raiford MACLAMORE his heirs and assigns forever in fee Simple and free from all encumberances...the said Amos MACLAMORE doth convenant and agree to and with the said Raiford MACLAMORE to warrant and forever defend the above mentioned land....In witness whereof said Amos MACLAMORE had here unto set his hand and fixed his seal the day and date above written by Amos (his mark) MACLAMORE Signed Sealed & delivered presents of Lott RICH, SR. and Lott RICH Registered the 3rd of April 1835 W. ROYAL, Registar

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005)

DIVISION OF THE LANDS OF RAIFORD McLEMORE - 1864 SAMPSON COUNTY, NC.. DEED BOOK 35 PAGE 498-500

(Both the Rev. WIlliam McLemore and Robert McLemore Butler have this indexed as due to Raiford's Divorce)

STATE OF NORTH Carolina - SAMPSON COUNTY ..To the Worshipful Hon Justices of the County Pleas and Quarter Sessions .. Feb Term 1864 .. We the __ __ Commisioners appointed by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said county having been duly sworn proceeded on this 11th day of December to divide and make partition between and among Nancy LOCKAMY, Rachel McLEMORE, Kizzia [daughter? or son? (Hezekiah)] McLEMORE, Susanna McLEMORE, Edith SIMMONS, Daniel CARTER's wife Luanna tenants in common of the land decendants to them as children and heirs of the said Raiford McLemore dec'd, witnessthess we have made and do hereby make the following apportions among the ___ claims unto in severlty that is to say that ..

Lot No 1 is assigned and apportionated to Nancy LOCKAMY and is ___ as follows.. beginning at a pine down near the run of Little Coharie and run with agreed line into a ditch in ______ N58E 228 poles to pine thence N25W 100 poles to a Maple in Bad branch thence up the run about N30E 60 poles to a stake thence S30E 155 poles to a stake thence S58W 270 poles to a stake in Smith's line thence that line N56W 36 poles to the beginning .. Containing 98 acres valued at $429.

.. Lot No 2 is assigned and apportionated to Rachel McLEMORE and is bounded as follows .. beginning at a stake the first corner of Lot No 1 runs with the line of that lot S58W 270 poles to a stake in Smith's line thence with Smith's line S56E 84 poles to a thence N50E 240 poles to a stake thence N30W 44 poles to the beginning ..Containing 96 acres valued at $42

Lot No 3 is assigned and apportioned to Keziah McLEMORE bounded as follows .. beginning at a post oak on the side of the great branch and runs S18N 20 poles to a pine near the horse __ thence N58W 52 poles to a large pine thence S73W 52 poles to a bay stump and stake thence N36W 44 poles to a stake the corner of Lot No 2 thence that line N36E 240 poles to a stake thence S30W 18 poles to the run of the great branch thence down the run as it meanders to the beginning .. Containing 95 acres valued at $429.

Lot No 4 is assigned and apportionated to Susanna McLEMORE bounded as follows .. beginning at a stake on the run of the great branch and runs S36W 207 poles to a stake on he run of the bad branch thence up the run as it meanders about 112 poles to a stake on the run thence N211W 30 poles to a pine the old corner thence N70E 47 poles to a stake thence S25E 189 poles to a stake thence down the great branch to the beginning .. Containing 180 acres valued at $429.

Lot No 5 I s assigned and apportionated to Edith SIMMONS is bounded as follows .. beginning at a stake and runs N20W 150 poles to a stake thence S70W 140 poles to a stake the corner of Lot No 4 thence with that line S25E 189 poles to a stake thence up the great branch about 127 poles to the beginning .. Containing 149 acres valued at $429.

Lot No 6 is assigned and apportionated to Daniel CARTER and wife Luanna is bounded as follows .. beginning at a pine at the head of the pine pond on great branch and runs N20W 128 poles to a pine over the old road thence S70W 80 poles to a stake thence S26E 156 poles to a stake thence up the branch about 81 poles to the beginning .. Containing 69 acres valued at $69 .. Lot No 6 is assigned and apportionated ___ another track where said Carter now lives is bounded is bounded as .. beginning at a pine and runs west 106 poles to the head of the hollow branch thence down the branch as it meanders 96 poles to a stake in the S edge of the branch thence N30W 24 poles to a stake by a path thence N80E 116 poles to a pine thence S28W 36 poles to a small pine corner N65W 40 poles to a lightwood stump thence S40E ___ to the beginning .. Containing 74 acres valued at $360.

Given under the hands and seals of the said Commissioners this 6th day of December AD 1863 ..

Court of Pleas Feb Term 1864 W.J. Hall (SEAL) Report returned confirmed and Jacob Highsmith (SEAL) To be registered .. L.N. Rich (SEAL)

Registered March 21st 1864 J.W Eagent Reg

Transcribed by Robert McLemore Butler

Deed Book 36, page 368 lists a the inventory of the homestead of Raiford McLemore. It was valued at $61, and drawn up by Wilson Lockamy, J.P. A subsequent listing of the homestaed can be found in Deed Book 36, page 414.The value at this alternate reporting date amounts to $344.35. It is not clear for what reason these inventories were drawn up.

Ginger Riegel is a descendant of Raiford McLemore through his daughter, Louann. She shows that Raiford is the son of Archibald McLemore. However, she seems to assume, in error, that Raiford was the son of the Archibald McLemore who married Sarah Plumley and died in Monroe County, Tennessee. This could not be correct, as that Archibald McLemore is only a few years older than Raiford.

(Research):Census Information:

1820 Sampson County Census
Robinson's 280
McLemore, Raiford 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
(One male, between the ages of 26-45, one female under the age of 5)

Is the five year old girl a daughter? Why no wife?

Why no listing for Amos or Raiford, two males under the age of 5, who are said to be his sons?

1830 Sampson County Census (p 186)
Raiford MacLemor
1 male under 5 <--Hezekiah born 1827
1 male between 30-40 <--Raiford, born bet. 1790 - 1800
1 females under 5 <--Louanna born 1825, wife of Daniel Carter
2 females between 5-10<---Mary? and ???
1 female between 20-30 <----Raiford's (second?) wife?

Again, Amos (born ca 1813) and Raiford (born ca 1815) are not enumerated with this family. IT HAS THEREFORE BEEN ASSUMED, BUT NOT PROVEN, that the older Amos and Raiford were is actually the sons of one of Raifords' brothers.

1840 Sampson County Census (p 48)
R. McIlmore
1 male under 5<--Raiford Jr??
1 male 10-15 <--Hezekiah, born ca 1825?
1 male 40-50<---Raiford, Sr. born bet. 1790-1800
1 female 5-10<---Rachel born ca 1837?
2 females 10-15<--Nancy?, born before 1825, unknown?
1 female 15-20<--Louanna?
1 female 20-30<--Unknown? Mary?
1 female 30-40 <--Raiford's wife

1850 Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, Southern District
486-486
Raiford McLemore 65 (sic) M Farmer NC Cannot read or write
Mary " 30 F NC Can't r/w <---Might be Daughter OR second/third wife
Nancy " 18 F NC
Raiford? " 15 M NC Attended school <--Why two sons by the same name?
Rachal " 13 F NC Attended School
Edith " 9 F NC
Amos " 5 M NC <--Why would he have two sons by the same name, IF the Amos born ca 1815 is his son as well
487-487
Hezikiah McLemore 30 M Laborer North Carolina Married within the year? Why isn't his wife listed?

It would seem logical that the Hezikiah in household #487, listed immediately after the Raiford McLemore family, would be the son of Raiford. However, Margaret McLemore Lee, a descendant, instead shows that Raiford is the father of a younger Hezekiah McLemore. At the time of the 1850 census, the younger Hezekiah McLemore (age 23) was newly married and living in the Northern Division of Sampson County with his wife Caroline.

Ten years later, on the 1860 census, the son of the younger Hezekiah (David A. McLemore) was living with Raiford. Therefore, the Hezikiah McLemore listed next door to Raiford in 1850 appears to be either a nephew, or a duplicate listing for his son. The Northern Division census was completed a month after the Southern Division, so it is possible that Hezekiah was listed at both locations, and with his age incorrectly noted on the earlier census. The fact that Hezikiah's was listed as married within the year, but without a wife present, lends some credence to this possibility.

1860 Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, McDaniels
578-580
Raiford McLemore 70 M Farmer 1400 200 NC
Mary " 37 F NC
Rachel " 22 F NC
Amos " 15 M NC Attended School
David " 8 M NC "<----Grandchild per Margaret McLemore Lee
Louanna " 7 F " <-----Is she also a Grandchild???? Who are her parents then? If not a grandchild, why did he have two daughters named Louanna?

His 35 year old daughter Louanna lived in the household immediately preceding his, along with her husband Daniel Carter and 4 children. Daughter Edith "Eady", lived a few households away as well, with her husband Samuel Simmons (#602-584).

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Land transfer from Archibald McLemore to Tobias McLemore, Deed Book 15, page 199:

" ... I Archibald Macklamore of the county of the state of North Carolina, Sampson County for the love and affection which I bear to my son Tobias Macklamoore give, grant convey and confirm unto the said Tobias Macklamore a certain parcel of land situated in the County aforesaid on the east side of little Cohara being the lower part of a Tract of land granted by deed from James ROBINSON to said Archibald Macklemoore the 19th day of March 1807 for 300 acres more or less being the upper part of said Tract of Land beginning at a Black Gum at the run of Hollow Branch running then along an agreed line....east to a Bay Tree at the Run of the Govnnor's (???) marsh branch Then up the meander of said Branch to a line in Hezekiah Macklamoore's line...up the meander of the Cohara to the mouth of the Hollow Branch and pu the meander to the beginning containing by estimate 150 acres ..to have and to hold unto him the said Tobias Macklamoore...I the said Archibald Macklamoore bind myself my heirs Ex. and assign firmly by these presents...unto him the said Hezekiah Maclemore his heirs Ex. and or assignees forever...In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this ___ day of ____ 1810. Archibald Macklamoore Sampson County In the presence of Ezekiel SMITH and Bias Macklamoore Registered March 7, 1811, Owen HOLMES Reg.

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005)

Sampson County Deed Book

Book 15, page 289 Abstract of Deed Tobias McLEMORE to John HANEY

This indenture made Between Byus MACLEMORE of the State of North Carolina and County of Sampson and John HANEY of the same County...Byus MACLEMORE....for the Consideration of One Hundred and fifty Dollars to me in hand...(does convey) a Certain Tract...of Land lying and being in the County of Sampson, on the Et. Side of Little Cohary beginning at a Black Gum at the run of the Hollow Marsh...(along) John HANEY's line....up the meander of the Cohary to the mouth of the Hollow Branch... In Witness Whereof I have Herewith set my hand and seal this 24th day of March 1812...Byus (his Mark) MACLEMORE Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of John HERRING, Richard HERRING Sampson County May Term 1812 ...proven for Registration H. Holmes EE Registered July 4th, 1812 Owen HOLMES Reg.

(Abstracted by Melinda McLemore Strong 13 July 2005)

Tobias was a Private in the 3 Reg't. (Moore's) North Carolina Militia. The company muster roll shows him present for the dates of:
Oct 12-18, 1814;
Oct 31 - Dec 1814;
Dec 24, 1814 to February 15, 1815;
February 15 - May 11;
Oct 18, 1814 to Mar 11, 1815,
and for Oct 18, 1814 to March 8 1815.

1816 Cumberland County NC Land Grant Bk 28 p 515 Tobias MACLEYMORE 60 acres Black River Twp (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

1819 Cumberland County NC Land Grant Bk 31 p 438 Tobyan McLEMORE 100 acres Black River Twp (Courtesty of Robert McLemore Butler)

1830 Census (p 186) Tobias MacLemor
Sampson County, NC

2 males under the age of 5 <---Maybe Redden and Tobias, Jr.
1 male between 5-10 <---(Appears to have been the John McLemore b. ca 1822 who married Sarah Morgan of Sampson County and later moved to Texas with the Morgans)
1 male between 15-20<---Could be either Amos (b ca 1813) who married JEMIMA SIMMONS or Raiford (b ca 1815) who married Polly UNDERWOOD
1 male between 40-50 <--Tobias (born between 1780 and 1790)

1 female under 5 <---Sarah?
2 females between 5-10
2 females between 10-15
1 female between 15-20
1 female between 40-50 <--his wife (born between 1780 and 1790)

Land Transfer from Tobias McLemore to Benjamin HUSTON, Deed Book 24, Page 537

State of North Carolina, Sampson County Know it by all men presents that I Tobias McLemore of the above mentioned state and county for and in consideration of the sum of Fifty Dollars do bargain, sell and deliver unto Benjamin HUTSON of the same State and county a certain tract of land on the west side of Great Cohara with all the appurtenances thereunton belonging bounded as follows Beginning at a stake on the old road...to Tobias McLemore line, thence S. line to the Beginning, containing one hundred twenty five acres more or less and I Tobias McLemore do warrant and defend the same from the claim of any person or persons whatever to Benjamin HUTSON his heirs administrators and assigns forever In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20th day of February 1837 Tobias McLemore in presence of Neal CAMPBELL and Joseph PARKER Registered the 6th of April 1837 W. ROYAL Registrar

1840 Census (p 22)
Tobias McIlmore Sampson County, NC
0 male under 5 <---If Tobias (born ca 1836) is his son, he SHOULD be listed here
0 males between 5-10
1 male between 10-15<--Maybe Redden
1 male between 15-20 <---(Could this be John McLemore, husband of Sarah Morgan? It appears he was ALSO listed in the home of Daniel and Mary Morgan at this same time. Could the enumerations have been at differing times)
1 male between 60-70<--Tobias (Born between 1770 and 1780)

1 female under 5
1 female between 5-10 <---Sarah?
1 female between 20-30
1 female between 50-60<--his wife (Born between 1780 and 1790)

It is noted that one additional daughter was born, and four of the six girls listed in 1830 either married or died.

Can't locate this family in 1850.

FamilySearch.org references a North Carolina Estate file for Tobias McLemore, Probate, Sampson County, NC, Year 1852 Number of Names with File 1 First Image 00762 Last Image 00767, Number of Images 6 GS File Number 002194763 Digital File number 007384320

"North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLYF-NHY : accessed 27 June 2015), Tobias McLemore, 1852; citing Sampson, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,194,763.


In 1860, in Little Coharie, Sampson County, the following family can be found.
431-414
Sarah McLemor 70 F $125 North Carolina
Tobias " 24 M Turpentine Maker North Carolina
Sarah " 30 F North Carolina

It was also indicated that neither Sarah's could read or write. Presumably Tobias was able to. Additionally, in Sampson County on 10 May1862 a Tabitha McLEMORE married Mechack HALES. Might this be one of the missing daughters of Tobias McLemore? If she was his daughter, however, it is not known where she was at the time of the 1850 or 1860 census.

Robert McLemore Butler notes that a Tobias McLEMORE was a Pvt. Co A Regt 30 Inf. Born in 1838 in Sampson County. He was a turpentine distiller. Enlisted September 1, 1861 in Clinton. Hospitalized August 1862 at Lynchburg VA.

Tobias married Sarah "Sallie" ??? before 1810. Sarah was born about 1790 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His FindAGrave memorial page, created by Jeff Hubbard, shows he was twice married, to Mary Jane Jackson and Mary M. Lewis, and also has links to five of his children, as well as noting that the served in "Co A 71 NC State Troops, CSA."

Family/Spouse: Matthew Mile "Mial" Jones, Sr.. Matthew was born about 1820 in North Carolina; died about 1903; was buried in Matthew Jones Cemetery, Wayne County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Census records show he was born circa 1815.

Robert McLemore Butler listed him as a son of the elder Raiford McLemore. This would seem to be a logical assumption, especially as they both have the same first name and both resided in the Southern District of Sampson County at the time of the 1850 census.

However, it appears that Raiford is more likely a son of one of Raiford's older brothers, Hezekiah, Henry or Tobias.

The older Raiford McLemore (born ca 1785-1790) did not have any male children enumerated in the proper age categories on either the 1820 or 1830 Head of Household Census. Additonally, when the elder Raiford's drew up the division of his lands in 1864, these lands were distributed to "Nancy Lockamy, Rachel McLemore, Kizzia (MAYBE a nickname for Hezekiah??) McLemore, Susanna McLemore, Edith Simmons, (and) Daniel Carter's wife, Luanna." No land was transferred to the Raiford McLemore whom was born in 1815, although it is clear from census records he was still living. And finallly, at the time of the 1850 census an even younger Raiford, this one born ca. 1835, was listed in the home of the elder Raiford. It seems unlikely he would have two living sons by the same name. However, The youngest (born 1835) Raiford did not inherit land either.

As stated above, if Raiford was not be the son of the elder Raiford, then he is likely the son of one of Raiford's brothers.

Brother Henry moved to Bladen County and later to Houston County, Georgia. Unlike Raiford, he did have sons born in the time period of 1815 to 1820, but his sons were named in his will as John Wright and Willson. Therefore, he can also be ruled out.

This leaves the potential fathers of Raiford as Hezekiah or Tobias. James L. McLemore III argues that based on later family naming patterns, he is more likely the son of Hezekiah, who appears to have left North Carolina for South Carolina. Raiford likely lived in South Carolina as a youth, and then moved back to Sampson County, North Carolina.

Tobias McLemore, a brother of the elder Raiford, did have a son who was born between 1810 and 1815, as shown on the 1830 census. His unidentified son could have been either Raiford, or Amos McLemore. Amos was born ca 1813, and married Jemima SIMMONS. However, census records he only had one son in this age category, so he could only be the father of one of the two men yet to be firmly attached to their prospective father.

(Research):
Census Information:

1840 Sampson County Census
R(aiford) McIlmore (p 22)
1 male between 20-30 (born between 1810 and 1820)
2 females under 5
1 female between 20-30


1850 Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, Southern District
392-392
Raiford McLemore 35 M Farmer NC Can't read or write
Mary " 35 F NC Can't read or write
Martha " 14 F NC Attended School
Ann " 10 F NC Attended School
William " 9 M NC Attended School
Sarah " 7 F NC
Hezekiah " 5 M N
Joel " 1 M NC

1860 Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, McDaniels
Raiford McLemore 46 M Farmer NC Can't read or write
Mary " 46 F NC Can't read or write
Martha " 22 F NC "
Ann " 20 F NC "
Sarah " 19 F NC
William " 18 M NC Attended School
Hezekiah " 16 M N "
Joel " 14 M NC "
John " 5 M NC
Charles " 1 M NC
Mary E " 2/12 M NC

1870 Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, McDaniels Township, Post Office Clinton
Enumerated 29 June 1870
Page 5, Stamped 309
McLEMORE, Raiford 55 M W Farmer North Carolina
McLEMORE, Polly 60 F W Keeping House North Carolina
McLEMORE, Angelina* 25 F W Keeping House North Carolina
McLEMORE, Joel 20 M W Works Turpetine North Carolina
McLEMORE, John 15 M W Works Turpetine North Carolina
McLEMORE, Allen 12 M W Works on Farm North Carolina
McLEMORE, Mary 9 F W At Home North Carolina

*Where was Angelina in 1850 and 1860? Could this be Sarah, with Angelina being her middle name? Could this be a widowed daughter in law?

1880 Census
North Carolina, Bladen, White Oak, District 13
McLemore, Raiford W M 65 Laborer
McLemore, Margaret W F 42 wife Laborer

Raiford married Mary "Polly" Horne before 1835. Mary was born between 1810 and 1815 in North Carolina; died after 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raiford married Margaret A. Catherine Bullard about 1877 in Beaver Dam Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina. Margaret (daughter of Daniel Bullard and Zilphia A. M. McLemore) was born about 1839 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Appears to have been a son of Henry McLemore of Bladen County, NC and Houston County, Georgia, due to land he purchased-situated in Sampson County-from Henry in 1829, as well as from a bequest made to him in Henry's Will. If he was a son of Henry's, his date of birth would have been no earlier than 1795 to 1800 (based on Henry's age), but no later than 1808.

It is not absolutely certain they are father and son. Some other relationship may instead exist. Robert McLemore Butler had speculated that he might instead be a direct descendant of Wright McLemore, Jr. born ca 1734 in Virginia and later a resident of Sampson County, North Carolina.

It appears that John R. McLemore moved from North Carolina to Georgia just a couple of years after purchasing this land, which sold in 1831, as evidenced by the deeds below.

Sampson County Deed Book Book 22, Page 40 Abstract of Deed John R. McLEMORE to Lott RICH

State of North Carolina, Sampson County

This indenture made this sixteenth day of December...one thousand Eighteen hundred and thirty between John Wright McLEMORE of the State of Georgia and Houston County and Lott RICH of the County and State aforesaid...John Wright McLEMORE, for and in consideration of the sum of Fifty Dollars...have sold unto the said Lott RICH one certain lot Tract or parcel of Land, lying between Great and Little Coheara...Beginning at a stack and stump Herrington line...thence with the old Road ...to a pine near Babel PETERSONS House...and containing ninety and fourth acres...

In Witness whereof I the said John Wright McLAMORE hath here unto set my hand and seal the day and date above mentioned John R. McLAMORE

Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of Lott RICH and Henry (his mark) CARTER May Term 1831

Then was the within Deed proven in open Court by the oath of Lott RICH and ordere to be Registered

Registered August the 9th 1831 Thos. P. FAISON, Clerk W. FAISON Register

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 21 July 2005)

Sampson County Deed Book Book 22, Page 52 Abstract of Deed John Wright McLEMORE to Lott RICH State of North Carolina, Sampson County

This Indenture made this sixteenth day of December...One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty, by and between John W. McLAMORE of the State of Georgia and Houston County, and Lott RICH of the State of North Carolina and County of Sampson; Wittnesseth, that the said John WRIGHT McLAMORE for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty Dollars to him in hand paid by the said Lott RICH....sold...to him the said Lott Rich two certain Tracts or parcels of Land lying in the County of Sampson and state aforesaid...lying between Great Coheara and Little Coheara....the first Containing one hundred and fifty acres, The other Tract Beginning at a Stake in the old Road, two pines as painted below his old House thence with Henry McLAMORE line Due West 112 poles to a stake his corner on the edge of the Great Branch, Thence up the meanders of said Branch....containing one hundred four and ? acres. Being part of the contents of a Patent Granted to Roger ALDEN in the year 1796...I the said John Wright McLAMORE doth hereby bargain, sell...unto Lott RICH ...

In Witness whereof I the said John Wright McLAMORE have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date above written John W. MCLAMORE

Signed, Sealed and delivered in presence of us Lott RICH and Henry (his mark) CARTER Court of Pleas and Quarter May Term 1831

Then was the within Deed proven in open Court by the Oath of Lott RICH and ordered to be registered Thos. FAISON Clerk

Registered the 11th day of August 1831 W. FAISON Register
(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 21 July 2005)

1836-Bladen County, NC Will 25 Oct 1836 Sanders SIMMONS wife Anna Mariah (the remnant of my pension money coming after my death)...Exec: John HAIR, Sr. Wit: John R. McLEMORE, Stephen HAIR (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

John Wright McLemore can not be found on the 1840 Houston County, Georgia census. However, the 1840 Bladen County, NC census shows that a John Macklemore (age 20-30), a Wright Macklemore (age 20-30), and a John R Macklemore (age 30-40) all lived in Bladen County. Mike Mabile, in correspondence with James L. McLemore, III, indicated that John R. McLemore did move to Bladen, as did his sister Zilphia.

1844- J.R. McLEMORE, along with Duncan HAIR and P. TAYLOR were witnesses to a Bladen County, NC Deed dated 25 Dec 1844 between the Johnathan JESSOP & wife, James I ANDREWS, Dicy A. MEMORY of Cumberland County to Raiford FISHER involving 400 acres in the bend of the Harrisons Creek Swamp & on the NE side of the Cape Fear River (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

1845 Bladen County, Deed Hugh HALES to John R. McLEMORE & William HALES $5; four tracts of land-296 acrs on both sides of Gallberry Swamp, two tracts lying on one side of the old stage road purchased by Hugh HALES from William HALES, Notes payable to John D TOOMER and Daniel B BAKER Wit Daniel B BAKER Feb term 1846 H.H. ROBINSON Clerk (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler).

On the 1850 Bladen County census, there can be found a John R. McLemore age 42, Margaret, age 41, John H age 18, William K age 14, Sarah A age 13, Calvin age 11, Matilda J age 9, Hayse S age 7, Martha J age 5, Margaret A age 3, and Elen J age 1. This John R McLemore would have been born ca 1808, which would have made him just old enough to purchase land from Henry McLemore in 1829. His oldest son, John H, was born in Georgia ca 1832, making it very likely this is indeed John Wright McLemore, the son of Henry McLemore of Bladen County, NC and later Houston County, GA.

(Research):
Census Information:

1840 Census
Bladen County, North Carolina
Page 212

--John Macklemore--
1 Male 20 to 30
1 Female under 5
1 Female 20 to 30

--Wright Macklemore--
1 Male 5 to 10
1 Male 10-15
1 Male 20-30
1 Female 20-30

??????
John R. Macklemore
?????
2 Males Under 5
2 Males 5 to 10
1 Male 30 to 40
1 Female under 5
1 Female 30 to 40

--Duncan BULLARD--
(Bullard's and McLemore's are connected in Sampson County, NC; also John McLemore of Bladen named a son Duncan)

--Raford Fisher--
1 male under 5
1 male 5 to 10
1 male 30 to 40
2 females under 5
2 females 5 to 10
1 female 30 to 40

1850 Census
North Carolina, Bladen County, Subdivision on Northeast side of Cape Fear
Enumerated 4 Sept 1850 by Neil Kelly
205-207
(Originally transcribed on Ancestry.com as Calvin Lemon)
John R. McLemore 42 Farmer $2400 NC
Margaret McLemore 41 NC
John H. McLemore 18 Laborer Ga
William K McLemore 14 Laborer NC
Sarah A. McLemore 13 NC
Calvin McLemore 11 NC
Matilda J McLemore 9 NC
Hayse L McLemore 7 NC
Martha J McLemore 5 NC
Ellen J McLemore 1 NC
Margaret A McLemore 3 NC

204-204
Rayford Fisher 45 M Farmer 5000 NC
Jennet Fisher 43 F NC
Haywood Fisher 19 M NC
Manlsy Fisher 16 f NC
Elizabeth Fisher 14 F NC
Catherine Fisher 13 F NC
Jennet Fisher 11 NC
John R. Fisher 10 M NC
Sally Fisher 8 F NC
Mary Fisher 5 F NC
Delia Fisher 3 F NC

[Note: The McLemore's and Fishers lived near each other in 1840 and 1850 in Bladen County. Additonally, the two families appear to have been neighbors generations earlier, as in 1779 William McLemore sold land to Gabriel Holmes in Duplin County, that appears to have been adjacent to land owned by Southey Fisher, thought to be the grandfather of Rayford Fisher above. Due the proximity, and the use of the distinctive first names of Rayford/Raiford and Haywood in both families, there may have been a familial connection as some point...perhaps a McLemore daughter marrying a Fisher son?]


1860 Census
North Carolina, Moore County, Post Office Carthage
Enumerated 6 Aug 1860
Page 123 Stamped 200
913-899
J.R. McLemore 53 M Farmer $4100 $3000 NC
Marguret P. " 51 F NC
Calvin " 22 M NC
Matilda " 20 F NC
Henry Green 18 M NC
Margaret A " 16 F NC
Martha J " 14 F NC
Ellen F " 12 F NC
Willis J " 9 M NC

1870 Census
North Carolina, Moore County, Post Office Carthage
Enumerated 6 July 1870
Page 34
228-235
McLemore, JR 63 M W Farmer $2000 $1500 NC
McLemore, Margaret 63 F W NC
McLemore, Matilda J. 38 F W NC
McLemore, Martha J 22 F W NC
McLemore, Ellen F 20 F W NC
McLemore, Willis J 17 M W
McLemore, Warren W 9 M W NC [Grandson]
Moore, Hugh 35 M W Laborere NC
Thoghin, Susan 38 F W Pauper NC
229-236
McLemore, John H 38 M W Farmer $300 $400 NC
McLemore, Elizabeth 31 F W NC

1880 Census
North Carolina, Moore County, Carthage Twp
Enumerated 2 Jun 1880
Pages 1 and 2 SD 3 ED 132
10-10
Bunyan and Margaret A HALES of North Carolina
11-11
McLeMore John R W M 73 Head Farmer NC NC NC
McLeMore Margaret W F 72 Wf Keeping House NC NC NC
McLeMore, Matilda J. W F 37 Dtr At Home NC NC NC
McLeMore, Warren W. W M 19 Grandson Farm Laborer NC NC NC
12-12
McLeMore, William J. W M 26 Head Farmer NC NC NC
McLeMore, Mary B W F 21 Wf Keeping House NC NC NC
13-13
McLemore, Bettie W F 40 Keeping House NC NC NC


Robert McLemore Butler states that a Wright McLemore married a Sarah RANSOME on 17 May 1795 in Sampson County, North Carolina. This is NOT CORRECT. Wright McLemore and Sarah Ransome were married in Surry County, and this would be an entirely different Wright McLemore.

There were several men bearing the name of John and/or Wright as of the 1850 Bladen County, NC Census. The 42 year old John R. McLemore, husband of Margaret, seems the most likely candidate simply based on his age.

However, the other possiblities are as follows:

ALSO a John McLemore 34, Betsey A, 34, Elizabeth A 12, Duncan J 9, Martha J 4, Wilie 3

ALSO a Wright McLemore 35, Elizabeth 42, John 15

ALSO a Wright McLemore, 55 born in NC

Robert McLemore Butler, in his Civil War Information, notes that a John R McLEMORE, Pvt, resided in Cumberland County and was by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting in Bladen County at age 27, October 2, 1862. Reported absent without leave in November-December 1862. Died in hospital at Goldsboro, NC February 12, 1863. Cause of death not reported. Not known if or how the two John R. McLemore's are related. Pvt McLemore would have been born ca 1835.

John married Margaret Hales before 1832. Margaret was born about 1809 in Bladen County, North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married a SANDERS.

Notes:

Married an ERVINS.

Notes:

(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Census
Alabama, Pike County
Enumerated 11 October 1850
409-409
Willson McLemore 37 M Farmer $350 NC
Louisa McLemore 38 F Ga
Queen McLemore 4 F Ala
Pamelia 2 F Ala
Samantha 8/12 F Ala
Margaret Brim 10 F Ga
John Saunders 21 M Farmer NC

1860 Census
Alabama, Pike County, Western Division, Post Office China Grove
Enumerated 11 July 1860
Page 53
349-349
Wilson McLemon 49 M Farmer $4000 $1200 NC
Louisa E McLemon 49 F Geo
Queen M.F. McLemon 13 F Ala
Queen A.A. McLemon 12 F Ala
Queen C.A. McLemon 9 F Ala
Queen J. McLemon 8 F Ala
James W.A.J. McLemon 4 M Ala
William Brim 14 M Ala
James Osteen 22 M F. Laborer Geo
Avis A. Broxton 75 F Geo

1870 Census
Alabama, Pike County, Beat No. 3, Post Office China Grove
Enumerated 5 August 1870
Stamped 289
HH 145 Fanny Braxton, widow with children
HH 146-146
McLendon, Wilson 58 M W Farmer $2000 $1200 NC
McLendon, Louiza 59 F W Keeping House Ga
McLendon, Queen J 19 F W Ala
McLendon, James W 15 M W Ala

1880 Census
Alabama, Pike County, Beat 2 China Grove
Enumerated 5 Jun 1880
Page 19 SD 4 ED 146 Stamped 71
163-163
McLemore, Wilson W M 69 Farmer NC --- ---
McLemore, Experience W F 69 Wf Keepin Hosut Ga Ga Ga
McLemore, Isabella W F 28 Dtr Housekeeper Ala NC Ga
McLemore, Wilson W M 25 Laborer on Farm Ala NC Ga
McLemore, Laura W F 18 Dtr Housekeeper Ala ??? ---
Broxton, William K W M 56 Brother-in-law Ga Ga Ga
Hood, Zach W M 21 Laborer Laborer on Farm Ala --- ----
Andres, James M W 21 Laborer Laborer on Farm Ala --- Ala

Family/Spouse: Louisa Experience Broxton. Louisa was born about 1812 in Georgia; died on 23 Feb 1894; was buried in Concord Cemetery, China Grove, Pike County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married an ELLIS.

(Research):Census Information:

This appears to be her:

1850 Census
The 9th District, Houston County, Georgia
Enumerated 22 August 1850
Stamped 326

(bottom of prior page)
300-300
Thomas Elison 40 M Farmer $5500 Ga
Lucretia Elison 35 F Ga
(top of page)
Francis Ellison 16 F Ga
Caroline Ellison 15 F Ga
Robert Ellison 10 M Ga
James Ellison 8 M Ga
Mariah Ellison 6 F Ga
Jane Ellison 4 F Ga
George Ellison 1 M Ga

Notes:

(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Census
North Carolina, Bladen County, Subdivision of Northeast Side of Cape Fear
Enumerated 11 Sep 1850 by Neill Kelly
244-244
Daniel Bullard 32 M Mason NC
Zilphy A. M. M. Bullard 33 F NC
Margaret A.C. Bullard 11 F Ga
Nancy Bullard 9 F NC
Henry J Bullard 6 M NC
William A. Bullard 4 M NC
John W. Bullard 1 M NC

1860 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland, Fayetteville
Enumerated 19 July 1869 by F.N. Roberts
Page 118
997-929
Daniel Bullard 42 Mason NC
Zilphia Bullard 44 NC
Catherine Bullard 21 NC
Nancy Bullard 19 NC
Henry Bullard 16 NC
Ayers Bullard 13 NC
Wright Bullard 12 NC
David Bullard 8 NC
Zilphia Bullard 4 NC
Washington Bullard 4 NC

Zilphia married Daniel Bullard before 1839. Daniel was born about 1818 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Census Information:

This appears to be the same Henry

1850 Census
The 10th District County of Houston
State of Georgia Enumerated 1 October 1850
Page 349

414-414
Henry McElmore 26 M Farmer $600 North Carolina
Marinda McElmore 20 F Ga
John McElmore 4 M Ga
Henry McElmore 3 M Ga
Louis McElmore 1 M Ga
415-415
John P? Lamar? 30 M Farmer $4000 Ga
Martha Lamar 23 F Ga
Vallena Lamar 4 F Ga
Lanodias Lamar 3 M Ga
Alphonso Lamar 10/12 M Ga
William Chesshin 21 M Farmer Ga

Notes:

Married a BRIM. Assumed she is the mother of Margaret T. Brim, who lived with Wilson McLemore at the time of the 1850 Pike County, Alabama census. Also assumed it was she, not her daughter, who was left a bequest of $1 in the Will of Henry McLemore of Houston County, Georgia. It is possible her first name was something other than Margaret.

Notes:

(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Census
The Upper 5th District, County of Houston, State of Georgia
Enumerated 2 August 1850
43-43
Michael Howard 57 M Farmer $1000 South Carolina
T/Jemphester Howard 56 F South Carolina
T/Jemphester Howard 21 F Ga
Hampton Howard 19 M Farmer Ga
Joe Howard 18 M Garmer Ga
Richmond Howard 16 M Farmer Ga
Enoch Howard 14 M Farmer Ga
Aneliza McElmore 8 F Ga
Joe McElmore 6 M Ga
Archibald McElmore 3 M Ga

Notes:

At the time of the 1850 census, a five year old "Joe" McLemore was living with his siblings in the Howard Home, in Houston County, Georgia. At the 1860 census enumeration, a 15 year old Joseph McLemore, day laborer, was living in what appears to have been a boarding home, with the John and Lucinda White family, in the Town District of Houston County.

Notes:

Not sure if she was a daughter, or second wife, to Raiford. Not listed in the 1864 Division of Lands of Raiford McLemore, unless she was also called Susannah, or she may have died prior to 1864.

Notes:

Ginger Riegel states that Louanna was also called "Lucy" and "Louie." She also indicates that Louanna: "Received $28 from her father after he passed away, and that she was listed in Raiford's will as "The Wife of Daniel Carter." At the time of the 1860 census, Louanna was living with her husband Daniel Carter in the household immediately preceding that of Raiford McLemore.

Family/Spouse: Daniel E. Carter. Daniel was born in Jan 1825 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died after 1900; was buried in Hall Family Cemetery, Autryville, Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

FindAGrave shows him as a son of Tobias McLemore.

At the time of the 1850 Sampson County Census, there appear to be two (2) Hezekiah McLemore's that are enumerated. On the 1850 Sampson County census, Northern Division, dated October 18, 1850, a 23 year-old Hezekiah McLemore was listed, newly married to 23 year old Caroline McLemore. These are the ancestors of Margaret McLemore Lee of Johnston County, North Carolina, who has extensively researched these families. She shows that Hezekiah was the son of Raiford McLemore. Approximately one month earlier, on September 15, 1850, in the Southern District of Sampson County, there is a listing for a 30 year-old Hezekiah McLemore. He was living alone in household 487, but the census indicated that he was newly married within the year, but no wife is listed with him. The listing immediately preceding his is that of Raiford McLemore--father of the 23 year old Hezekiah in the Northern District. As these Northern and Southern District were enumerated more that a month apart, it possible that Hezekiah was simply double counted, with his age being listed incorrectly on the Southern District census. That he was shown as newly married on both census reports adds some credence to this possibility.

At the time of the 1860 census, in the Northern District of Sampson County, Clinton P.O., a 32 year old Hezekiah McLemore can be found. Living with him is 31 year-old Matilda, and a 4 year-old girl named Celestial. Margaret Lee and Robert Butler both indicate that Hezekiah's first wife, Caroline, died shortly after giving birth to their son David, and that Hezekiah remarried Matilda Fowler. Her last name is cited as Campbell in Rev. William McLemore's Sampson index, but this appears to be in error. Hezekiah's son, David is not listed in the household. He is instead living with his grandfather, Raiford.

The 1870 census listing for 70 year-old Raiford McLemore in 1870 shows him still in the Southern Division of Sampson County, along with 37 year old Mary, 22 year old Rachel, 15 year old Amos, 8 year old David, and 7 year old Louanne. Although it is known that the 8 year old David was his grandson, Raiford's relationship to 7 year Louanne is not known. It is also not known of Mary, some thirty years younger than Raiford, was his daughter or a second wife.

Robert McLemore Butler shows Hezekiah M. McLemore as a Pvt 2nd Co A 2nd Artillery Regt. Born 1843 (sic) in Sampson County, Enlisted February 9, 1863 in Clinton. Robert has a copy of a letter he wrote to his father on March 22, 1863 from Fort Cashwell. Hezekiah was hospitalized December 21, 1864 at Wilmington with typhoid pneumonia. Furloughed December 27, 1864 for 60 days.

Margaret McLemore Lee indicated that Hezekiah McLemore died circa 1864 at Fort Fisher during the Civil War, from "illness." However, Robert McLemore Butler found the following death notice of Hezekiah "Died---in Sampson on 2 Jan 1865, at the residence of John FOWLER, Esq., Mr. Hezekiah McLEMORE, in the 39th year of age. (b. 8 Feb 1827..Buried at McLemore Cemetery, Roseboro, N.C. h/o Matilda J. (FOWLER) McLemore. It appears that Hezekiah died from pneumonia while on furlough.

The last major stronghold of the Confederacy, Fort Fisher was the site of two major battles and finally fell January 15, 1865. This earthen fort kept the Cape Fear River and the port of Wilmington open to blockade runners which delivered vital supplies to Confederate armies. Located here are the remains of the fort, a visitor-center with slide orientation and daily guided tours. http://webcom.com/rudd/things/fort/

1866 Sampson County NC Will Bk 36 Pg 56 31 Jul 1866 Hezekiah McLEMORE Widow Matilda J. (FOWLER) MacLEMORE dowery....Plus (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)


The following deed was transcribed by Robert McLemore Butler:

DATUS ROYAL TO HEZIKIAH McLAMORE DEED - SAMPSON COUNTY BOOK 29 PAGE 337

STATE OF NORTH Carolina - SAMPSON COUNTY ?February 13th 1849 .. This indenture made the thirteenth of February in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and forty nine between Hezikiah McLamore of the one part and Datus D. Royal of the other part both of the County and State aforesaid witnesseth that the said Datus D. Royal for and in consideration of the sum of six hundred dollars to him in hand paid and secured to be paid by the said Hezikiah McLamore hath by these presents absolutely bargained sold assigning conveying confirmed and forever set over unto Hezikiah McLamore his heirs Executors Administrators and assigns conveys confirms and forever one certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Sampson butted and bounded as follows on the East side of Little Cohare - beginning at a Dogwood on the North side of The Fayetteville Road thence with the said Road S 40 N 46 1/2 poles to a stake by the Side of the Road near a cotton tree thence S 24 E 49 poles to a Stake thence S 50 W 104 poles to a Small Maple at the run of Bearskin thence down the run to the mouth of Little Bearskin thence up the run of the Same N 57 E to a small _______ gum by the new bridge thence S 5 E 6 1/2 poles to a water Oak Stump by the run of the branch thence up the Said run N 5 E 48 poles thence N 45 E 33 poles thence N 21 E 40 poles N 52 E 2.3 poles thence N66E 9 poles to a bay tree thence W47 ____ to a pine Stump thence N 108 poles to the main Road Sams Corner 92 poles to a large pine stump thence N 85 W 29 poles to a pine thence S 37 W 85 poles to a stake thence S 50 E 33 poles to stake thence S 17 W 80 poles to a stake by the lot thence S 60 E 8 poles to the Beginning containing two hundred and eight and one quarter acres which tract or parcel of land with Singular the benefits advantages and appurtenances _________ unto belonging or in any wise apportioning the said Datus D. Royal doth absolutely bargain sell release convey and confirm unto the Said Hezikiah McLamore his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple and the said Datus D. Royal doth hereby _________ and agree to witnessth __________ Hezikiah McLamore his heirs Executors Administrators ________ forever to ________ granted and bargained land _________ from and against him the said Datus D. Royal or his heirs or any other person or persons whatsoever laying any lawful claims thereto in witness whereof I the Said Datus D. Royal hath here unto set my hand and Seal the day and date above written.

Datus D. Royal

Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presents of: John Gainey Raiford McLamore

State of North Carolina Sampson County Court of Pleas and Bargains Orcantor Fosster February Term 1849 Thus the foregoing Deed was fully acknowledged in open court and ordered to be Registered Thomas Faison Clk Registered the 6th of April 1849 W. Royal Reg.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, Northern Division, PO Clinton
Enumerated 19 Jun 1860
Page 30
228-209
Hazekiah McLamore 32 M Farmer 500 523 NC
Matilda McLamroe 31 F
Celestial A McLamore 4 F

Hezekiah married Caroline Campbell before 1850. Caroline was born about 1827 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died about 1852 in Sampson County, North Carolina; was buried in McLemore Family Cemetery, Roseboro, Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hezekiah married Matilda Jane Fowler between 1852 and 1855. Matilda was born on 17 Oct 1828 in North Carolina; died on 26 Oct 1909 in Sampson County, North Carolina; was buried in McLemore Family Cemetery, Roseboro, Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married a Lockamy. There were numerous "Loccamy" families in Sampson County at the time of the 1860 census, but I could not find one indexed with a Nancy. There was a household in McDaniels Township consisting of Nathan and Martha I. Loccamy, with Martha being around the same age (28) as Nancy would have been.

At the time of the 1870 North Carolina Census, Sampson County, McDaniels Twp the following family is listed:

LOCKEMY Nancy 38 F W Keeping House $200 North Carolina Can't read/write
" George 4 M W at home North Carolina
McLEMORE David 18 M W Works on Farm North Carolina <---Appears to be her nephew, the orphaned son of Hezekiah McLemore

Bonnie Seiler shows that she married Daniel Lockemy, and that they were the parents of Etom, Anna, Moses, Needom, Anglelia, Robert and George.

Immediately following her household were Thomas and Rachel (McLemore) Smith.

According to Robert McLemore Butler, there was a Nancy McLEMORE of Sampson County who married, on 8 Feb 1858, Mr.Henry HALL. Marriage performed by Rev. Miles P. OWEN. It appears this was a different Nancy McLemore.

Notes:

He was listed on the 1850 census in the household of Raiford McLemore, but not in the 1864 Division of the Lands of Raiford McLemore. This means he may have died prior to 1864, or may not have been an heir of Raiford.

Rachel married Thomas Smith on 10 Aug 1865 in Sampson County, North Carolina. Thomas was born about 1835 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1860 census, Edith and Samuel lived in close proximity to her father's family, as wall as to her sister and brother-in-law, Louanna and Daniel Carter.

It appears she died prior to 1868, because in census enumerations after 1860, her husband was listed with a woman named Millie as his wife. Futhermore, according to the 1900 census, he and Millie had been married for 32 years, which means they would have married circa 1868. Furthermore, Millie was shown as the mother of 9 children total, eight of them still living. However, a total of 12 children were listed with the family in the census reports from 1860 through 1900. Therefore, Edith was the mother of AT least the first three children, Rachel, Raiford and Amos. Incidentally, all three of them were named after her siblings. She was most likely also the mother of Caladonia, born in 1867. Millie would have been the mother of the remaining 8 children listed.

Edith married Samuel Simmons before 1860 in North Carolina. Samuel was born about 1838 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was listed on the 1850 and 1860 census in the household of Raiford McLemore, but not in the 1864 Division of the Lands of Raiford McLemore. Could he have died prior to that date?

Notes:

Is she a daughter of Raiford, or Granddaughter? Note the eight year gap in age between she and Amos. She was listed on the 1850 census in the household of Raiford McLemore, but not in the 1864 Division of the Lands of Raiford McLemore. Therefore, it is likely that she was either deceased or not an heir of Raiford, unless she was also called Susanna.

At the time of the 1870 census, she was living with Rachel (McLemore) and Thomas Smith, and listed as "Keeping House."

Notes:

Based on the 1860 census, Amos appears to have been born ca. 1813.

Amos was said to be the son of Raiford McLemore by researcher Robert McLemore Butler. However, based on the 1820 and 1830 Sampson County, NC census enumeration, Raiford did not appear to have any sons that were this age. Additionally, Raiford McLemore appears to have also been the father or otherwise closely associated with an Amos McLemore who was born ca 1845. Finally, in the Division of the lands of Raiford McLemore, done ca 1864, Amos was not mentioned.

Due to all of these factors, it seems unlikely to me that Amos was a son of Raiford McLemore. It would therefore seem likely a that he was actually the son of one of Raiford's three older brothers, Hezekiah, Henry or Tobias.

Very little is known about the makeup of HEZEKIAH's family. It appears that Hezekiah may have died sometime after 1813 when his last land transaction in Sampson County is recorded. It is possible, however, that he left surviving children in or around Sampson County. It is also possible that he moved away from North Carolina, presumably taking his family with him. James L. McLemore, III thinks it a strong possibility that Hezekiah moved to South Carolina, where he died ca. 1818. Based on naming patterns, however, it seems Hezekiah was more likely the father of Raiford McLemore, born ca 1815 than of Amos, born ca 1813. It is possible, however, that he was the father of Amos.

HENRY had a son that was born between 1810 and 1820, and therefore he could be the father of Amos McLemore. Henry's family was in Bladen County, which was adjacent to Sampson County, at the time of the 1820 and 1830 census. Additionally, in 1870, a deed shows that Amos & Jemima McLemore sold property in Sampson County that was described as "Beginning at a stake on the old Pond two pines as pointers below his old house, whence with Henry McLEMORE's line...." That Amos's land adjoined land once owned by Henry adds weight to this possibility. However, James L. McLemore, III has ruled out Henry due to a Will filed by Henry in Georgia, and Amos is NOT included in his list of children by either of his two wives. Henry's sons born between 1910 and 1915 appear to have been John Wright McLemore and Wilson McLemore, and therefore Henry could not have been the father of Amos.

Finally, TOBIAS McLemore, was also listed as having a son born between 1810 and 1815. By process of elimination, Tobias seems to be the most likely fit as being the father of Amos, unless of course Amos was the son of Hezekiah and Raiford, also born ca 1810-1815, was the son of Tobias.

Based on all of the above, it is assumed that Amos is the son of Tobias, and Raiford the son of Hezekiah. Further proof should be sought out to support both assumptions.

Sampson County Deed Book Book 24, page 56 Abstract of Deed

Amos McLEMORE to Raiford McLEMORE

This indenture made the fourteenth day of February in year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty five between Amos MACLAMORE of the County of Sampson and State of North Carolina of one part & Raiford MACLAMORE of the State and County aforesaid of the other part....I the said Amos MACLAMORE for and in consideration of the sum of thirty-five dollars to me paid in had by said Raiford MACLAMORE the receipt whereof the said Amos MACLAMORE doth hereby acknowledge have given granted and by these presents doth give grant convey and confirm unto the Raiford MACLAMORE his heirs or assigns a certain tract or parcel of land in the County aforesaid containing by estimation one hundred acres of Land to the same more or less lying on the East side of Little Cohara between the tract of land occupied the said MACLAMORE and another tract...by Thomas PAGE and other wise bounded by the Big Branch on the North and the Big Branch on the South log...to have and to hld to him the said Raiford MACLAMORE his heirs and assigns forever in fee Simple and free from all encumberances...the said Amos MACLAMORE doth convenant and agree to and with the said Raiford MACLAMORE to warrant and forever defend the above mentioned land....In witness whereof said Amos MACLAMORE had her unto set his hand and fixed his seal the day and date above written by Amos (his mark) MACLAMORE Signed Sealed & delivered presents of Lott RICH, SR. and Lott RICH Registered the 3rd of April 1835 W. ROYAL, Registar

(Abstracted by Melinda McLemore Strong 30 May 2005)

An Amos McLemore, Cumberland County NC is listed on the index of the US Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880, Office number 819 , Report number 3, year 1873, Status B.

(Research):
Census Information:

1860 Federal Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, McDaniels District, PO Warrensville
Enumerated 14 July 1860
Page 83 Stamped 433
Amos McLEMORE 47 M Farmer 1500 1000 NC
Jemima McLEMORE 51 F NC
Mary J McLEMORE 21 F NC
Anna McLEMORE 20 F NC
Lofton McLEMORE 17 M Farm Laborer NC
Haywood McLEMORE 15 M NC

1870 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Cedar Creek Twp, PO Cedar Creek
Enumerated 9 Aug 1870
162-170
Maclamore, Amos 59 M W Farmer 1500 350 NC
Maclamore, Jemima 59 F W Keeping House NC
Maclamore, Ann 28 F W At Home NC
Maclamore, Edward 23 M W Farm Hand NC [Is this a son, Edward, or grandson Edward C (age 3), likely a son, missing from the 1850 census, as the younger Edward is enumerated with his parents in Sampson County in 1870]

1880 Federal Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Cedar Creek Twp
Enumerated 15 and 16 Jun 1880
Page 36D SD 3 ED 59
MACELMORE, Amos W M 64 Farmer NC
MACELMORE, Jemima W F 65 Wife Keeping House NC
MACELMORE, Ann W F 36 Dtr Laborer NC
MACELMORE, Edward C W M 18 Grandson Laborer NC

Amos married Jemima Simmons after 1833 in North Carolina. Jemima was born between 1809 and 1814 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died after 1884 in Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is assumed that since John McLemore, at a relatively young age, was married to Sarah Morgan of Sampson County, NC that he was also almost certainly a native of Sampson County, NC himself. It further appears, based on the 1840 head of household census, that he was probably already living with the Morgan family by 1840, when he would have been just 18. It is not known if he and Sarah were already married, or if he was simply a farm hand. Furthermore, an analysis of all the McLemore families in Sampson County, NC (both through and examination of census enumerations and land transfer deeds) indicate that if John McLemore was indeed from Sampson County, he would almost certainly have to be a son of Tobias McLemore. There is no other family into which he would fit. This relationship is therefore based on circumstantial evidence, and is not absolutely certain. Any additional information, which would either help prove or disprove this relationship, is most welcome. Please email: strong@texas.net

In a letter written by Johnnie Mae Speights, she recounted a story told by her Uncle Ira "...his father ran away from home at age 14 in the dark of night because he was smoking in the barn and set it on fire and it burned up, horses and all." Henry McLemore heard a slightly different version of this story. As told to him by Ira's son, DeFord "...the father was a mean drunk. He came home with a group of men after a night of heavy drinking. He woke him up in the middle of the night and ordered him to go tend to the horses. He stumbled out in the dark to the barn to do this. As he was working, one the horses kicked over a lantern, and the barn started on fire. Scared to death of his facing his father's wrath, he jumped onto a horse and took off, never looking back."

According to Nan McCoy Kittell of Jasper, a descendant of John McLemore, it was actually John McLemore (our common ancestor), and not his son John Finn, "who ran away after burning down the barn." Nan also thinks John may have had the middle initial "M", but does not know what that stood for. Nan's mother, who also did much research on this branch of the McLemore family, noted that "John left S. C. (sic) with an older brother when he was 16 years old."

Jim White, also a McLemore family researcher,stated that a databse he had access to noted a Philadelphia Insurance company (Pioneer) which had records of a claim on a Barn owned by Tobias McLemore for $203 around 1830. He also referenced the Draper papers for this claim.

John and Sarah McLemore can first be positively identified on the 1850 Decatur County, Georgia federal census. John McElmore, a 28 year old Farmer born in North Carolina, is shown with wife Sarah (age 24, also born in North Carolina) and children William (age 5), James (age 3), and Sarah (11 months), (household #516-516). All the children were shown on this census as being born in Georgia. Based on the relatively young ages of John and Sarah at the time of the birth of their eldest son William, it was likely a first marriage for them both. It is not known if they married in North Carolina, Georgia, or elsewhere. It further appears they were in Georgia by about 1845, based on William's age. No other McLemore's were found on the Decatur 1850 census.

Just a few homes away from them in 1850 were Sarah's parents, Daniel and Mary Morgan. The Morgan family can be found in Sampson County, North Carolina at the time of the 1830 and 1840 census. Additionally, when the 1840 Sampson County census was taken, Daniel and Mary Morgan had an otherwise unaccounted for "male between 15-20" living with them. It is presumed this was their son-in-law/son-in-law to be, John McLemore, who was said to have "run away from home" circa 1836.

John McLemore and family followed the Morgan family from Decatur County, Georgia to Newton County, Texas sometime after 1850. Sarah died either enroute, or shortly after arriving to Texas.

Per a marriage license on file in Jasper County, "John McLemore married Sarah Ann Boit (Boyett) on July 26, 1859". Based on the ages of the five children listed with them on the 1860 Newton County, Texas Census, they would have all been his from his first marriage to Sarah Morgan. The children shown on the 1860 census were William H (age 14), James H (age 12), John F (age 7), Daniel F (age 3), and Mary A (age 2). William and James had both appeared on the earlier 1850 Decatur County, GA census. Sarah, who had been shown as an 11 month old toddler in 1850, but not on this subsequent census, had apparently died.The family was located in adjacent Jasper County, Texas at the time of the 1870 census.

Nan Kittell located the following land record from Newton County:

No. 79, Vol. 29 In the Name of the State of Texas. To all to whom these presents shall come, know ye, I Sam HOUSTON, Governor of the State of Texas aforesaid by virtue of the power vested in me by law and in accordance with the laws of said State in such case made and provided do by these presents grant to John MacLAMORE assignee of James A. WALTERS his heirs or asigns forever, 160 acres of land situated and described as follows. In Newton County on the waters of Slaydons Creek a tributary of Sabine river 17 mile S.16 degree W. from Newton by virtue of Premption Certificate No. 5 issued to John MacLEMORE as assignee of James A. WALTERS by the Chief Justice of Newton County 20th day of December 1858. Beg. at a stake on the W. line of H. KELLY's 160 acre survey...and on the N.line of L. DONAHOS 1/2 league survey..... Hereby relinquishing to him the said John MacLEMORE and his heirs or assigns forever all the right and title in and to said land, heretofore held and possessed by the said State, and I do hereby issue this Letter Patent for the same. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the State to be affixed as well as the seal of the Genral land office. Done at the City of Austin on the 6th day of February 1860. Francis M. WHITE, Comm. G.L. Office Sam HOUSTON, Gov. Filed--Sept 24th, 1860 at 2 p.m. Recorded--Vol. "C" p 534

On October 7, 1874, John sold this same 160 acres of land to James R. RICHARDSON for $1 an acre. John apparently could not write, as he signed the land conveyance with his mark. His name on this document was spelled as "McClemore."

Even after his second marriage to Sarah Ann Boyett, there continued to be a close connection between John McLemore and the Morgan family. Robert Lee McLemore sent me copies of deeds from the late 1860's in which Malichi Morgan, Kizzie Kelly, and John McLemore transfered property they jointly held to Dunkin and Eliza Morgan. Furthermore, J.F. and Mary Ann McLemore were mentioned by name as grandchildren of Daniel and Mary Morgan in a deed dated January, 1889. Dorine Speights also wrote that "Aunt Julie Morgan was closely related to Pap (Finn McLemore). He and mother used to go by buggy to Jasper to see her." From Jasper Cemetery records, it appears numerous members of both the McLemore and Morgan family are buried near each other at the Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Jasper. The Zion Hill Baptist Church is the oldest Protestant Church in Jasper County.

John McLemore died in January 1891. In 1899, Sarah Ann applied for a Widow's Pension, based on John's service in the C.S.A. Her application stated that John served in Co K, Speights Regiment, 21st Texas from the fall of 1864 to the Spring of 1865.

The War Department indicated, however, that there were "no rolls on file in this office of Company K, 21st Texas Infantry, C.S.A., and no record has been found of the service, capture or parole of a man named John McLemore, as a member of this organization." Sarah's original application (File No. 2267) was rejected on September 28, 1899. Sarah reapplied for a pension almost 10 years later, in October of 1907. On this application she indicated that John served for about 3 years, from April 1862 to 1865. Both J. W. Claud and M. Morgan testified that they had served alongside him. This application (File No., 13383) was approved in March, 1908. Sarah Ann died sometime shortly thereafter.

In Zion Hill Cemetery is a double tombstone reading simply: McLemore
John Sarahan E.
Father Mother
Age 70 Age 70

Written by Melinda McLemore Strong, circa 1998 and revised periodically

(Research):Census Information:

1830 Census (p 186) Tobias MacLemor
Sampson County, NC

2 males under the age of 5 <---Maybe Redden and Tobias, Jr.
1 male between 5-10 <---(Appears to have been the John McLemore b. ca 1822 who married Sarah Morgan of Sampson County and later moved to Texas with the Morgans)
1 male between 15-20<---Could be either Amos (b ca 1813) who married JEMIMA SIMMONS or Raiford (b ca 1815) who married Polly UNDERWOOD
1 male between 40-50 <--Tobias (born between 1780 and 1790)

1 female under 5 <---Sarah?
2 females between 5-10
2 females between 10-15
1 female between 15-20
1 female between 40-50 <--his wife (born between 1780 and 1790)

1840 Census, Sampson County, North Carolina
(p. 9) Danl Morgan
1 male between 5-10 (Owen)
1 male between 10-15 (James)
1 male between 15-20 (This appears to have been JOHN McLEMORE, son-in-law of Daniel, who married his eldest child, Sarah. The date of their wedding is not known, so John may have actually been living with the family prior to his marriage to Sarah)
1 male between 40-50 (Daniel)
2 females between 5-10 (Dorcus, Elizabeth)
1 female between 10-15 (Sarah)
1 female between 40-50 (Mary)
Why isn't there a listing for a male, under the age of 5? (Daniel/David, born ca 1838)

1850 Census
Georgia, Decatur County, District 22
Enumerated 28 Aug 1850
Stamped 63
576-576
John McElmore 28 M Farmer N. ca.
Sarah McElmore 24 F N. ca.
Wm. McElmore 5 M Ga
James McElmore 3 M Ga
Sarah McElmore 11/12 F Ga
577-577
G. and Martha Boyet, Occ Miller, both born in Georgia
578-578
Daniel and Mary Morgan (the parents of John's wife, Sarah Morgan)

1860 Census
Texas, Newton County, Post Office Newton
Enumerated 3 July 1860
Page 25 Stamped 258
159-159
McLemore, John 37 M Farmer $470 $400 North Carolina
McLemore, Sarah A 23 F Alabama
McLemore, William H. 14 M North Carolina (?)
McLemore, James H. 12 M Georgia
McLemore, John T(F?) 4 M Georgia
McLemore, Daniel F. 3 M Georgia
McLemore, Mary A. 2 F Texas


1870 Census
Texas, Jasper County, Subdivision 23
Enumerated by T.J. Carraway on 9 July 1870
Page 16
#116-118 McLamo, John 48 M W Farmer $250 $100 North Carolina Can't read or write
" , Sarah E. A. 33 F W Keeping House Georgia Can't write
" , John F. 16 M W Farm Laborer Georgia Can't write
" , Daniel F. 14 M W Georgia Attended school, Can't write
" , Mary A 12 F W Texas Can't read or write
" , Thomas E 9 M W Texas
" , Samuel M 7 M W Texas
Enumerated by T.H. Carraway on 8 and 9 Aug. 1870
page 56
#428-430
" , Earnest E 6 M W Texas
" , Noah 4 M W Texas
" , Martha A 3 F W Texas
" , Julia 1 F W Texas

Note: The family was listed in two separate households, as shown above. It appears that this was simply a transcription error.

1880 Federal Census Census Place:Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255313
National Archives Film T9-1313 Page 14
RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
John MCLEMORE Self M M W 61 NC Occ:FarmerFa: NC Mo: NC
Sarah Ann MCLEMORE Wife F M W 44 GA Occ:Keeping HouseFa: SC Mo: SC
Daniel MCLEMORE Son M S W 23 GA Occ:Works On FarmFa: NC Mo: NC
Thomas MCLEMORE Son M S W 19 TX Occ:Works On FarmFa: NC Mo: GA
Samuel MCLEMORE Son M S W 16 TX Occ:Works On FarmFa: NC Mo: GA
Earnest MCLEMORE Son M S W 15 TX Occ:Works On FarmFa: NC Mo: GA
Julia Ann MCLEMORE Dau F S W 11 TX Occ:At SchoolFa: NC Mo: GA
Eliza Jane MCLEMORE Dau F S W 9 TX Occ:At SchoolFa: NC Mo: GA
George W. MCLEMORE Son M S W 8 TX Occ:At SchoolFa: NC Mo: GA
Josephine WILSON Other F S W 14 TX Occ:At HomeFa: GA Mo: LA
(Josephine is a niece of John's first wife, Sarah Morgan)

(Medical):Y DNA Results, FTDNA Haplogroup:

R1b1c (R-M269)

A direct male descendant volunteered to have his DNA tested. The results can be found at www.ysearch.org, under the user ID #4E4HJ. The FamilyTreeDNA kit number is 33104.

A direct male descendant of John McLemore was a participant in the Morrison DNA study. This DNA was a high definition match to two other McLemore's (not previously proven to be related), as well as to a McElmurry from Kentucky. See the results for Group O at the following website:

http://www.geneticousins.com/morrison/

The McLemore's that he matched were (1) a descendant of Keton Jones McLemore, whom in 1850 lived just across the border from Sabine County, Texas, where some of John's descendants later settled and (2) Wright McLemore, born in North Carolina and living in Arkansas, next to Keton Jones McLemore, at the time of the 1830 census. The two matches are one-step and two-steps removed, respectively, at twenty five markers. The differences in both cases are on rapidly mutating markers.

According to FamilytreeDNA in Houston, the probability that the two DNA donors share a common ancestor, is as follows:

In comparing 25 markers, the probability of sharing a common ancestor within the last...

4 generations is
27.54%
8 generations is
58.22%
12 generations is
78.24%
16 generations is
89.3%
20 generations is
94.93%
24 generations is
97.66%

In addition to this above matches, the Wright McLemore, John McLemore, and Keton Jones McLemore descendants were also 12 marker Y DNA matches to a proven descendant of Abraham Macklemore, the immigrant, thought be a brother to James Macklemore, immigrant. This 12 marker match was through the line of Robert McLemore, born 1769 in North Carolina, a grandson of Abraham's.

Each of these matches, including the McElmurry, can be found indexed in these files.

The members of R1b are believed to be the descendants of the first modern humans who entered Europe about 35,000-40,000 years ago. Those R1b forebearers were the people who painted the beautiful art in the caves in Spain and France. They were the contemporaries (and perhaps exterminators) of the European Neanderthals. R1b is the most common Y haplogroup in Europe - more than half of men of European descent belong to R1b. Fourteen of the 30 most common haplotypes in the YSTR.org database are typical of R1b.

Edwin Holcombe writes that "the marker values...are close enough to modal values for Haplogroup R that there are matches to this family in Scotland, Ireland, England, and other locations in Europe even at 67 markers. The family's haplogroup is projected in the project Results listing to be R-L21, but this has not been confirmed by a SNP test. With the common values that this group has for its STR markers, SNP testing may be the key to learning more about the origins of this family through DNA research."

John married Sarah Morgan before 1844. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Morgan and Mary ???) was born about 1826 in North Carolina; died before 1859 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Ann E. Boyett on 26 Jul 1859 in Jasper County, Texas. Sarah (daughter of Ethel Dred Boyett and Sarah Ann Saucer) was born on 22 Jan 1836 in Lowndes County, Alabama; died about 1916 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Terri Carter Ellis is also researching family of Reddin McLemore b abt 1825 Sampson/Cumberland Co., NC. m. 1st Susan Register 24 Aug 1847 Sampson Co NC, m. 2nd Caroline Isel 1877 Cumberland Co., NC. Trying to determine proof of Redden's parents and family of origin. She suspects him to be a son of Tobias McLemore of Sampson Couty. She also notes that several of his children moved on Colquitt Co, Georgia, and that Redden may have died there.


Sampson County Deed Book Book 28, Page 64 Abstract of Deed Reddin McLEMORE to Wm D PETERSON

State of North Carolina, Sampson County

This indenture made this Twenty-fifth day of January...one thousand Eight hundred and forty five... between Redin McLEMORE ...and Wm. D. PETERSON...both of the County and State aforesaid...Redin McLEMORE for and in consideration of the Sum of Forty Seven dollars to me in hand...have sold ...unto him the Said Wm. D. PETERSON one certain tract of land on the West Side of Little Coharie and on the East side of the old negro Road bounded as follows Beginning at a Stake Rich. SMITH corner....to a Stake by Harman SMITH fence thence...by the old negro head road thence with the road....byt the side of the road Rich. SMITH corner t the beginning containing one hundred and Eleven acres ... ...I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the date above written Redin (his mark) McLEMORE ...Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Allen M. BLACKBURN and Daniel H. WASHBURN ...Sampson County Court Feby Term 1845 Thus was the foregoing Deed proven by the oath of Allen M. BLACKBURN and ordered to be registered Tho. J. FAISON, Clk ...Registered the 11th of April 1845 W. ROYAL Regr.

Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 22 July 2005

Sampson County Deed Book Book 28, Page 480 Abstract of Deed Reddin McLEMORE to William D. PETERSON State of North Carolina, Sampson County This indenture made this 1st of April....one thousand Eight Hundred and forty Seven between Redin McLEMORE...and Wm. D. PETERSON of the other part of the County & State aforesaid...I the Redin McLEMORE for and in consideration of the Sum of Fifty dollars to me in hand...sold....unto him the said Wm. D. PETERSON on certain tract of Land on the West Side of Little Cohara and on the East Side of the old Negro head road Bounded as follows...Beginning at a Stake Rich. SMITH corner then.....by Harman SMITH fence....thence by the Side of the old Negro head road ....containing one hundred and Eleven acres... ...In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the date above written Reddin (his mark) MACLEMORE ....Signed sealed and delivered in presence of G.W. ROBINSON and A.M. BLACKBURN ...Court of Pleas and Register...May Term 1847 Then was the foregoing deed duly proven in Open Court by the oath of A.M. BLACKBURN...Thomas J. FAISON Clk ...Registered the 17th of July 1847 W. ROYAL Regt.

Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 22 July 2005

Robert McLemore Butler shows that Redden McLamore of Cumberland County married Susan J REGISTER of Sampson County on 19 Aug 1847. She was the daughter of William and Susan Register.

1851-Sampson County, NC Will 26 Jul 1851 William REGISTER Wife Susan REGISTER Daughters Margaret EZZELL Sarah WALKER Susan McLEMORE and Dorcas BRATCHER

1872-Cumberland County, NC Deed Bk 60, Reddin McLEMORE to Branson McLEMORE, 25 Nov 1872, $395 South of Rockfish Creek on East side of Elizabeth Road; Joining lands of R. McLEMORE and John B. SMITH; the dividing corner on sd. R McLEMORE and wife Susan...Wit A. McPHERSON, Jr.

1873 Cumberland County NC Deed 1873 Bk 61 pg 266 Reden & Susan McLEMORE to Henry McDONALD

1877 Cumberland County NC Deed Bk 64 p 469 Reden & Susan McLEMORE to Wright BRANCH...297 1/2 acres adjacent Harrison Creek

Jim White, who also reasearched this McLemore line, stated that Redden may have been names in honor of James Redden of Virginia.

(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Census
North Carolina, Robeson County, Upper Division
Enumerated 5 Sept 1850
Stamped 343
438-438
Reddin Maclimore 24 m Farmer 53 Location of birth not listed, presumably N.C.
Susan 21 F Location of birth not listed, presumably N.C.
William 2 M Location of birth not listed, presumably N.C.
Branson 4/12 M Location of birth not listed, presumably N.C.

1860 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Cumberland East, P.O. Fayetteville
Enumerated 28 July 1860
Stamped 174
636-642
Reden McLemore 45 (sic) M Farmer 140 N.C.
Susan McLemore 24/5 F NC
William McLemore 13 M NC
Branson McLemore 11 F (sic) NC
McNoby McLemore 5 M NC
Ammy McLemore 1 M NC

1870 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Rock Fish Township, P.O. Box Fayetteville
South Side Plank Stage Road
Page 65, Stamped 71
Enumerated 12 and 13 September 1870
494-501
MacLamore, Redding 50 M W Farmer $1200 $400 NC
MacLamore, Susan 40 F W Keeping House NC
MacLamore, William 23 M W Farm Hand NC
MacLamore, Branson 19 M W Farm Hand NC
MacLamore, Macnobue 13 M W Farm Hand NC
MacLamore, Any 11 F (sic) W At Home NC
MacLamore, Susan 8 F W At Home NC
MacLamroe, Charles 6 M W At Home NC
MacLamore, Wiley 2 M W At Home NC
MacLamore, Hector 2/12 M W at Home NC

1880 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Grays Creek Township
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 29, SD 3, ED 61
249-249
McLemore, Branson and Sarah
(and Branson's 17 year old sister, Susannah)
250-250
Maclomor, Reden W M 55 Farmer NC NC NC
Maclomor, Caroline W F 52 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC
Maclomor, Charles W M 16 Son Laborer NC NC NC
Maclomor, Wiley Alen W M 12 Son NC NC NC
Maclomor, Hector W M 10 Son NC NC NC
Maclomor, Elizabeth W F 8 Dtr NC NC NC
251-251
Maclomor, Ammi W M 23 Single Farmer NC NC NC
Maclomor, McNob W M 24 Married Farmer NC NC NC
Maclmore, Lokay Ann W F 18 Married Wife Keeping House NC NC NC
Maclemore, Reden W M 6/12 Son NC NC NC

Redden married Susan J. Register on 19 Aug 1847 in Sampson County, North Carolina. Susan was born about 1829 in North Carolina; died after 1872 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Redden married Caroline Hollingsworth on 22 Feb 1877 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Caroline was born about 1830; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Might this have actually been a son, as the age would fit for Tobias McLemore, born ca 1838 in North Carolina?

Notes:

In 1860, in Little Coharie, Sampson County, the following family can be found.

431-414
Sarah McLemor 70 F $125 North Carolina
Tobias " 24 M Turpentine Maker North Carolina
Sarah " 30 F North Carolina

Based simply on his name, 24 year old Tobias McLemore might be a son of Tobias McLemore, and grandson of Archibald McLemore, both of Sampson County.

The older Tobias McLemore, born between 1780 and 1790, can not be located on the 1850 or 1860 census. It appears he was already dead. However, there was NOT a son under the age of 5 listed in his household in 1840.

It was also indicated that neither Sarah's could read or write. Presumably Tobias was able to.

Robert McLemore Butler notes that a Tobias McLEMORE was a private in Company A, 30th Regiment N.C.T, under the name "Sampson Rangers." He was born in 1838 in Sampson County. He was a turpentine distiller. Enlisted September 1, 1861 in Clinton. Hospitalized August 1862 at Lynchburg Virginia. Never returned to unit and supposed died.

A condensed history of the Rangers, as published in the Fayetteville Observer on Monday, April 4, 1864 follows. In the article, Tobias was listed as "missing since August, 1862"

This article was transcribed by Christine Spencer in August, 2007 and was copied from the following website:

http://www.ncgenweb.us/nccivwar/30coanewspaperarticles.htm

(Research):THE SAMPSON RANGERS COMPANY A, 30th N.C.R. Fayetteville Observer, Monday, April 4, 1864 Messrs Editors: I have been intending for a long time to give you a condensed history of Company A, 30th Regiment N.C.T., the company to which I belong, not with a view of extolling the deeds we have done but to do justice to the "noble dead". The company was organized at Clinton, Sampson Co., N.C. April 20, 1861 under the name Sampson Rangers by electing F.J. Faison as captain, R.A. Moseley as 1st Lt., and J.C. Holmes and G.W. Marsh as 2nd Lts. It was the first company organized in Sampson County. Under this organization we were ordered to Fort Johnson, which post was commanded by Captain Jones. The first three months we spent at this place, during which time the 20th Regiment N.C.T. was being organized by electing A. Iverson colonel and Capt. F.J. Faison as Lt. Colonel and ----- Toon as Major. Under this organization, about the latter part of August, we were sent to Fort Caswell, as an attack on the fort was daily expected. Lt. Col. Faison was in command of the fort. Our captain having been promoted and Lts. Moseley and Marsh having resigned, 2nd Lt. J.C. Holmes was elected captain, W.W. Sillers 1st Lt., C. Patrick and C.T. Stevens as 2nd lieutenants of the company. Here we had a great deal of hard work to do, putting the fort in a better state of defense and mounting heavy guns, etc. We suffered very much at the fort from the hot weather and scarcity of good water. The water in the fort entirely gave out and we were forced to dig wells to get water, which was not good, and consequently created thirst. The men not being accustomed to hardship and privation, considered this very hard. Very soon, we were transferred to the 30th N.C.T., which was organized by electing F.M. Parker as colonel and Walter Draughen as lieutenant colonel and Jas. T. Kell as major. The regiment was then ordered from Raleigh to Wilmington, N.C., and thence to Smithville, at which place our company joined the regiment. After remaining at Smithville about three weeks we were ordered to South Carolina; the order being countermanded, the regiment was sent to Camp Wyatt, where we built winter quarters and remained until the Battle of Newbern came off. The regiment was ordered to Newbern and got as far as Wilmington, but could not get transportation in time to partake in the fight, consequently, the order was countermanded and the regiment went into quarters at Camp Lamb. From there we went to Camp French, thence to Camp Holmes, and thence to Camp Saunders in Onslow County, where, on the 1st May, 1862, the regiment was re-organized, by electing F.M. Parker as colonel, J.T. Kell as lieutenant colonel, and W.W. Sillers as major. The company re-elected J.C. Holmes as captain, G.F. Williams as first lieutenant and S.(?) T. Stevens and L.M. White as 2nd lieutenants. From Camp Saunders we were ordered to Wilmington and about June 11, 1862 we were ordered to Richmond and became one of the regiments of G.B. Anderson's Brigade About the 21st June we had a sharp skirmish with the enemy on picket near Seven Pines in which Private A.A. Lewis was seriously wounded in the left arm. About the 26th June we were under a heavy fire of shot and shell at Mechanicsville. On the 27th we pursued the retreating enemy to Cold Harbor. In this engagement we lost two killed and Sergeants R.M. Crumpler and H.S. Royal and Private Nevil Royal wounded. About the 1st of July at Malvern Hill we again met the enemy in deadly conflict. At this place we lost three killed and Wm. H. Johnson and Privates R.G. Cox and T.M. Howard wounded; also others were slightly wounded and two captured by the enemy. We very soon went back to Richmond to recuperate and rest. August 19, 1862 we were ordered to report, together with our division, D.H. Hill's, to General Jackson. We reached the main army under General Lee near the Potomac and crossed over into Maryland on Sept. 5. Our division fought in the Battle of South Mountain Sept. 14 and then marched to Sharpsburg and engaged on Sept. 17. We lost one killed and Sgt. A. Hobbs and Privates F.H. Howard, J.R. Holland and Willis Lee wounded. The company stood firm and immovable, assisting in repulsing onset after onset of the heavy columns of the enemy. The night of the 18th the Potomac was re-crossed and we remained in the Valley until the middle of November and then marched to Fredericksburg. The 13th (?) December the company was carried into the Fredericksburg fray, but fortunately none were seriously wounded. We had nothing but picket duty to do during the winter and spring until the 27th April, when the enemy came across the Rappahannock and thanks be to God Hooker was defeated. The brigade, headed by the gallant Ramseur, on Sunday morning May 3, attacked the enemy in their entrenchments and drove them from two lines of breastworks and sent them howling into the Wilderness. Our loss was severe. The company went into the fight 38 strong and came out five killed and eighteen wounded. At Chancellorsville the following were wounded: Sgts. R. M. Crumpler, H.S. Royal, H. Williamson, Corp. J.M. Crumpler and Privates J.M. Kelly, Jas. Williamson, W.J. Taylor, J.M. Parker, E.N. Butler, Joseph Butler, G.W. Rackley, A.H. Brewer, H. Butler, J.A. Weeks, mortally, C.W. Duncan, mortally, J.C. Walker, Corp. S. Boon and N. Godwin. After the battle of Chancellorsville, we returned to our old camp near Fredericksburg and remained until the 10th June when the advance into Pennsylvania commenced. The company did its noble duty in the taking of Berrysville and Martinsburg. Our brigade was the first to cross the Potomac and to occupy Williamsport, Maryland. Several places were taken and hard marching done in Maryland and Pennsylvania until at last we reached Gettysburg. The company was in the three days fight and acted well and fortunately none killed and only two wounded'97 Sgt. J.W. Merritt and A.H. Brewer, who were taken prisoners. Soon we re-crossed the Potomac and our march commenced to the Rapidan. At Manassas Gap, we had a sharp skirmish with the enemy. We reached Orange Court House on August 2 and remained near this place until September 8 when we assisted in driving Meade to Centreville. Then we re-crossed the Rappahannock and camped near Kelly's Ford; and on Nov. 7, our regiment being in reserve on picket near Kelly's Ford to support the 2nd Regiment N.C.T., was ordered to the river to reinforce the 2nd N.C.T. The enemy being in strong force and having taken advantage of a strong position poured a deadly fire of musketry into our ranks while we were going into the river. Soon after reaching the river, we were ordered to fall back; the regiment fell back to the woods about a half mile from the river, under a tremendous fire of shot and shell. About that time, Lt. Col. Sillers, commanding the regiment, was ordered by Col. Bennett, commanding the brigade, to deploy the regiment on a hill near by and hold the enemy in check at all hazards, this being done but the position was maintained with difficulty. Late in the evening Lt. Col. Sillers received a mortal wound. At 11:00 that night, we drew off. The company lost one killed and the following wounded: Sgt. R.M. Crumpler, O.B. Cobb, Jas. Williamson, T.J. Warrick, M. Dove, J. Frizeland; also we lost 13 men as prisoners. We soon re-crossed the Rapidan and camped near Morton's Ford. Our regiment was under heavy fire at Mine Run and Morton's Ford. We have been in various skirmished too tedious to tell. A Member List of Deceased of Company A, 30th N.C.T. M.S. Dudley, Wilmington, N.C. November, 1861 Marshall Royal, Sampson County Neil Lewis, Richmond, August, 1862 W.D. Strickland, Guinea Station, Va., Jan. 9, 1863 Corp. L.H. Pipkin and J.W. Baggot, killed, Malvern Hill, July 1, 1962 Corp. Sherman Royal, of wound, Richmond, Va., July 9, 1862 Blackman Taw and Jas. T. Goodrich, killed, Cold Harbor, June 27, 1862 George E. Brown, killed, Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862 Willis Gilbert, Lynchburg, Oct. 15, 1862 George H. Draughton, Clinton, Dec. 26, 1862 Owen Page, Richmond, Dec. 29, 1862 J.W. Jackson, Richmond R.M. Bradshaw, Palmyra, March 17, 1863 W.K. Bradshaw, of wound, May 5, 1863 J.R. Holland, Ransom Naylor and Daniel R. Underwood, killed at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863 H.R. Robinson, Martinsburg, June 19, 1863 Wm. Autry, Gordonville, Dec. 18, 1862 J.R. Butler, Lynchburg, Jan. 2, 1863 C.W. Duncan, of wound, Richmond, May 26, 1863 C.H. Reynolds, Guinea Station, January 11 J.L. Faircloth, Richmond, January 16 Jno. Faircloth, Feb. 10 Henry Mitchell, Feb. 14 E.M. Register, Feb. 15 Sgt. J.M. Thrailkill, Fredericksburg, Feb. 21 Martin Weldon, Royal, March 8 J.A. Weeks, of wound, Richmond, May 16, 1863 Thomas N. Clarkson, Mt. Jackson, November 14, 1862 W.H. Boswell, killed, Kelly's Ford, Nov. 7, 1863 Wiley Tew, Lynchburg Tobias McLemore, missing since August, 1862