Family of Archelaus Elmore

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1.  ARCHELAUS⁴ ELMORE  (THOMAS³, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born Abt. 1730 in New Kent County, Virginia, and died Bet. October 26, 1764 - June 16, 1765 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.  He married SUSANNA MORRIS November 15, 1755 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, daughter of JOHN MORRIS and PATIENCE DAVIS.  She was born 1737, and died 1826 in Laurens County, South Carolina.

 

Notes for ARCHELAUS ELMORE:

Record of Archelas Elmore's parentage may be found in "Record Book belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Henrico County beginning from the year 1699 to the year 1756 Inclusive," a transcription of which is in the Valentine Museum, Richmond, Va.

 

 

More About ARCHELAUS ELMORE:

Religion: Quaker

 

Notes for SUSANNA MORRIS:

WILL OF SUSANNAH [MORRIS] ELMORE MEADORS

In the name of God amen, I Susanah Meadors of State [of South Carolina] and District [of Laurens] aforesaid, being sick in body but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding Thanks be to God for the same, Do make and Devise and bequeath to my son Ruben Meadors the tract of Land I now live on forever being about ninty acres more or Less, adn all the growing Crop at this time or at the time of my Death Also three horse Creatures being two mars and one horse also my Waggon and gears and all my plantation tools of every kind, also I give and bequeath unto my grand Daughtor Anne Meadors Daughter of my son Ruben Meadors my side saddle, I give and bequeath unto my sons Jason and John Meadors, all the money that Jason owes me to be equely Devided between them, also I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ann Sexon[sic] wife of James Sexon Esq. all my wearing apparel - and I do hereby order my son Ruben Meadors to pay all my lawful debts out of the property above willed to him.  And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my son Ruben Meadors sole Executor of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all and every will or wills at any time heretofore by me made, and Do Declare this to be my last will and testament.  In Witness whereof I the said Susanah Meadors have here unto set my hand and Seal this Eighteenth day of July in the Year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and twenty three.

 

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Signed, Sealed, declaired, and published

by the above named Susanah Meadors as

her last will and testament in the presence of of [sic] us who in her presence have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto    James Bryson, Washington Meadors, Wm. Fullton

 

MEMORANDUM

The within will of Susanah Meadors, Deceased was proven before me in the Court of ordinary on the seventh day of August 1826 by the oath of Washington Meadors one of the Subscribing witnesses to the same -  D. Anderson Ordy.

[Laurens Co., S.C. Will Bk. F, p.38]

 

A Inventory of the property of Susanah Meadors Deceased appraised August the 8th 1826

Household and Kitchen Furniture......$59.81 1/4

The whole of the Stock.........................70.00

The whole of the Crop.........................150.00

Plantation Tools....................................47.62 1/2

The tract of land..................................360.00

             $693.43  3/4

William Blakely Jnr., Wm. Blakely Ser., Samuel Vance

 

 

 

Marriage Notes for ARCHELAUS ELMORE and SUSANNA MORRIS:

[Disowned by Society of Friends, i.e. "Quakers", for marrying "out of unity", indicating that wife was not of the same faith.]

 

More About ARCHELAUS ELMORE and SUSANNA MORRIS:

Marriage: November 15, 1755, Prince Edward County, Virginia

     

Children of ARCHELAUS ELMORE and SUSANNA MORRIS are:

              i.   ANNE⁵ ELMORE, b. Abt. 1756, Prince Edward County, Virginia; d. Aft. July 09, 1837, Autauga County, Alabama; m. (1) EDMUND CRADDOCK, Bet. 1773 - 1774, Amelia or Prince Edward County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1789, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. (2) JAMES SAXON, Bet. 1794 - 1795, South Carolina; b. Abt. 1754, Halifax County, North Carolina; d. January 17, 1836, Autauga County, Alabama.

 

More About ANNE ELMORE:

Census: 1840, Autauga County, Alabama - page 43

 

More About EDMUND CRADDOCK:

Occupation: 1780, Manage Mill Farm, Mecklingburg, VA

 

More About EDMUND CRADDOCK and ANNE ELMORE:

Marriage: Bet. 1773 - 1774, Amelia or Prince Edward County, Virginia

 

More About JAMES SAXON and ANNE ELMORE:

Marriage: Bet. 1794 - 1795, South Carolina

 

              ii.   THOMAS ELMORE^1,2, b. March 05, 1758, Prince Edward County, Virginia; d. July 01, 1827; m. LETITIA WILLIAMS, October 15, 1783, Amelia County, Virginia; b. Bet. 1760 - 1765, Amelia County, Virginia; d. Aft. May 1797, Green County, Kentucky.

 

Notes for THOMAS ELMORE:

Justice of the Peace, Amelia Co.

 

Enlisted in the Revolutionary Army on January 7, 1777 as a gunner in Company Q of Colonel Harrison's Virginia and Maryland Artillery Regiment. He served at Valley Forge and Yorktown.

 

He settled in Green County, Kentucky after June, 1810.

 

 

More About THOMAS ELMORE:

Appointment: Bet. 1807 - 1808, Sheriff & Tax Collector, Amelia Co.

Military service 1: January 07, 1777, Revolutionary War

Military service 2: July 27, 1786, Capt., 1st Bat., Amelia Co. Militia

 

More About THOMAS ELMORE and LETITIA WILLIAMS:

Marriage: October 15, 1783, Amelia County, Virginia

 

             iii.   MARTHA ELMORE, b. Abt. 1760; m. UNKNOWN SCOTT.

             iv.   ELIZABETH ELMORE, b. Abt. 1761; m. JONAS JOURDAN; b. Virginia; d. November 1826, Autauga County, Alabama.

             v.   JOHN ARCHER ELMORE^3,4,5,6, b. August 21, 1762, Prince Edward County, Virginia; d. April 24, 1834, , Autauga, Alabama; m. (1) MARY ANN SARAH SAXON, March 01, 1788, Probably Laurens County, South Carolina; b. November 25, 1770, Halifax, North Carolina; d. March 12, 1804, , Laurens, South Carolina; m. (2) NANCY ANN MARTIN, March 14, 1805, Abbeville District, SC; b. August 07, 1786, Edgefield Dist, SC; d. November 17, 1855, , Autauga, Alabama.

 

Notes for JOHN ARCHER ELMORE:

John Archer Elmore served as a Private in the Revolutionary War, and later became a Major General in the South Carolina Militia and a member of the South Carolina and Alabama legislatures. He was buried at his residence in Autauga County, Alabama (that part which was later named Elmore County in his honor).

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Biography of John Archer Elmore - Autauga/Elmore Co.'s, AL

 

An officer of the American Revolution, he was born August 21, 1762, in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and died April 24, 1834, in Autauga, now Elmore County. He was the son of Archelas and Susannah (Morris) Elmore, the former a Quaker. He was a grandson of Thomas and Cicely (Ellison) Elmore, of New Kent County, Virginia.

General Elmore entered the Continental Army while still a youth, and served under General Greene.  General Elmore settled in Laurens District, South Carolina, after the Revolution, resided there for many years and served in the legislature. In 1819 he removed to Alabama, settling in Autauga County, and in 1821, represented the County in the legislature. When Autauga County was subdivided the new county was named in his honor. The station of that name being also named for his family.

 

General Elmore married (1) Mary Ann Sarah Saxon, on Mar. 1, 1788. He married (2) on Mar. 14, 1805, to Mary Martin, a descendant of the noted Martin family of South Carolina, also of the Marshall family of Virginia, and of Lieutenant Nathaniel Terry, of Virginia.

Children by his first wife were:

l. Benjamin F., treasurer of South Carolina, married Sarah Aurora Brevard.

2. Narcissa.

3. Sophia Saxon, married George Ross.

4. Charlotte Perry, married Abner Crenshaw.

5. Franklin Harper, who succeeded Calhoun in the U. S. Senate, married Harriet Chestnut.

 

By his second wife, General Elmore was the father of:

6. Elizabeth S., married Dixon H. Lewis.

7. Sarah Terry, married Benjamin Fitzpatrick.

8. John Archer, married Laura Maria Martin.

9. Morris Martin.

10. William Augustus, married (1) Mary Ann Morrison, (2) Julia Minor.

11. Luther Alfred.

12. Henry Marshall, married Elizabeth Harris.

13. Laurence Ludlow.

14. Physick Rush, married Susan T. Nesbitt.

15. Winfield Scott.

16. Infant.

17. James Scott.

18. Albert Standhope, married Mary Jane Taylor.

19. Ann Harriet, married Joseph T. Hearn.

 

[Source: Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume III, page 558]

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Memorial Record of Alabama" V.I. Published by Brant and Fuller, Madison, Wisc US/CAN 976.1 H2m, v.I. p.931.

 

"The legislature was exceedingly anxious to see the laws enforced; and, for that purpose, selected magistrates from among the most respectable and prominent men throughout the State. They discharged the same duties which the Judges of the County Courts had done previous to the adoption of the present Probate system, and as was the practice of Virginia. A few of those now selected must be mentioned merely to show the determination of our then infant State, to give tone and dignity to the administration of the laws, even in inferior courts. For the county of Autauga, for instance, John A. Elmore, John Armstrong, Robert Gaston, James Jackson and William R. Pickett were elected magistrates.

 

General John A. Elmore, one of these justices, was a native of South Carolina, of the legislature of which State he had often been a respectable member. Not long after his removal to Alabama, he represented the county of Autauga in our legislature which then sat at Cahawba. He was a man of firmness and much good sense, and always delivered his opinions, even in common conversation, in a distinct and loud voice, with that candor and honesty which characterized his conduct through life. He had a commanding appearance, was large in person, and, altogether, an exceedingly fine looking man. He delighted in the sports of the chase, being a most successful and spirited hunter, and an agreeable companion in the many camp-hunts in which he engaged with his neighbors and friends. Towards the close of his life, we remember that he presented a dignified and venerable appearance, and we saw him preside as chairman of several large and exciting meetings in the town of Montgomery during the days of nullification.

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From "Elmore Family -p. 17: "Gen. John A. and Betsy --

 

"Reuben Jourdan came to Alabama about 1812 to 1814, with his father, sisters and brothers and children, and was followed next year by Gen. John Archer Elmore and family."

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      Alabama Historical Quarterly Spring Issue, 1953, p. 10:

 

 "Elmore County was created by the Legislature, February 15, 1866, it's territory originally part of four other Counties. It was named in honor of John Archer Elmore, a native of Virginia, a soldier of the American Revolution in Virginia Line, afterwards a member of the legislature of South Carolina, an early settler of Alabama and a member of the Legislature and a General in the militia of the State. The family residence "Huntingdon" is a very handsome country home, still owned by members of the Elmore family. The family burying ground is on the place."

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      Cemetery Records, Baxter and Hails, Montgomery, AL 1959:

 

1. In memory of General John Archer Elmore, who was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, August 21, 1762 and died in Autauga County, Alabama April 24, 1834, aged 71 years 8 months and 3 days. He was a soldier of the Revolution in the Virginia line and afterwards a member of the legislature of South Carolina and a General in the militia. He was a member of the legislature of Alabama and filled numerous other offices of honor and trust in both states. He was an affectionate husband and a diligent father and a humane master, a devoted friend and a patriotic citizen.

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C M Stanley article in The Alabama Journal, Sept 13, 1959:

 

 "After serving as an officer in the Revolutionary Army under General Greene, he settled in the Laurens district of South Carolina, there serving several terms in the South Carolina legislature.

"He removed to Alabama in 1819, the same year the state was admitted to the Union, settling in Autauga County and in 1821 served in the Alabama legislature. When Elmore County was created, largely out of Autauga County, the new county was named for General Elmore as was the town of Elmore in the new county."

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From a treatise by Thomas M Owen, Jr:

 

 "In appreciation of the services rendered to our young republic the Daughters of The American Reolution have marked the grave of General Elmore with a handsome bronze tablet, the inscription of which tells of his service in the Continental Line, and his later service both in South Carolina and in Alabama."

 

 

 

More About JOHN ARCHER ELMORE:

Burial: Huntington grounds, Elmore Co., AL

Census: 1830, Page 117, Autauga County, Alabama

 

More About JOHN ELMORE and MARY SAXON:

Marriage: March 01, 1788, Probably Laurens County, South Carolina

 

More About JOHN ELMORE and NANCY MARTIN:

Marriage: March 14, 1805, Abbeville District, SC

 

             vi.   JUDITH ELMORE, b. Abt. 1764, Prince Edward Co, VA; d. Aft. Nov 21, 1840, AL; m. CAPTAIN JOSIAH WILLIAMS, May 4, 1785, Amelia Co, VA; b. Abt. 1764, Amelia Co, VA; d. Abt. Jan 4, 1826, Autauga Co, AL.