Return to Hembree Introductory Page
aka JOHN EMORY
THIRD DRAFT
Larry Petrisky
Atlanta, GA
March 2004
Edited by Dale Standifer & Joyce Reece
This is part of a series of reports on the Hembree / Emory family:
John Amory and the Emory Cherokees (available Dec 2003)
Starts with the immigrant ancestor John Amory (d.1746) who
seemingly left no white descendants but through his Cherokee
mixed-blood son and mixed-blood grandchildren became
numerous – except that nobody knows who he is!
Old John Hembree aka John Emory (available July 2003)
Follows the Cherokee mixed-blood son of John Amory, John
Emory (b.1744) who was a Tory fugitive and had children by
four different women (that we know of!). Includes much on the
Welch, Masters and Quailes families and the interactions with the
“other” Hembrees.
The Abraham Hembree Data Project (summer 2002)
Follows the Cherokee mixed-blood grandson of John Amory,
Abraham Hembree, who was a Revolutionary War vet, quite
a colorful character and an original Smoky Mountain hillbilly: his
descendants lived in the mountains of South Carolina,
North Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, and, of course,
in “good, ol’ rocky top” – Tennessee!
Edward Hembree / Emory Family (available 2004)
Continues the “Old John” line through his grandson Edward (d.1858),
who was probably murdered (lynched). Somehow we’ve only had
three lynchings in the family – seems like a low number!
Includes info on Moore, Sanders, Love, Todd, Lumpkin, Merritt,
Smith and Baldwin families.
Special dedication: to Bob Hembree, the dean of Hembree researchers. I saw
him a few times in 1980-1981 and again in 1992-1993, always at a microfilm reader,
always helping someone. And I was listening in. He volunteered countless hours of
help at the family history library and he had the highest standards of genealogy
research. I only knew him as Bob – I wish I would have caught his last name back
then – it would have saved me years of searching! It is important to note that Bob
Hembree has not endorsed the idea that Old John Hembree is a son of John
Amory and regarded land transactions as a solid indication that Old John was
part of the “Virginia Hembrees” who descend from James Hembree (b.c.1700).
There are six to eight different families that took on the name “Hembree” in Spartanburg,
South Carolina around 1790 to 1800. The name in that form rarely occurs outside of
South Carolina before 1820, but it has turned up in England in some of the parish records
as a variant spelling. Almost everyone with “Hembree” ancestors can trace back to the
Spartanburg area before 1810 – it is a uniquely South Carolina name. It is also a great
name of the American frontier. The various Hembree families did not stay in one place
very long and those that remained in Spartanburg or Roane County, Tennessee, sent kin
westward and sent sons into every war and battle that had to be fought. It is also an
overtly Christian name – the families producing almost as many preachers as soldiers.
(Jane Hembree’s website is as evangelical as it is genealogical.)
With the same name and such similarities, it would be difficult to imagine that these are
unconnected families but nobody has convincingly tied them all together. Let’s take a
look at the 7 or 8 household groups in early Spartanburg:
1) the family of David Hembree (1728-1809) and his son Rev. James
Hembree (1759-1849) can be proven in the Spartanburg area by 1768.
They can be proven in Granville County, North Carolina around 1752
and can be proven in Lunenburg County, Virginia before 1750.
(Another source says David Hembree was in Orange County,Virginia
in 1760 per a land patent.) They went to Pendleton District (in what
is now Anderson County) by 1788.
2) the family of “Old John” Hembree (1744-1808) can be proven to be
active Tories in South Carolina whose property faced forfeiture in 1779.
He can be proven in Spartanburg in 1788, in Pendleton District (in what
is now Oconee County) in 1800, and not much else can be proven about
him apart from family lore and legend.
3) the family of Drury Hembree (1755-1845) and his brother Abraham
Hembree (1757-1837) can be proven by Revolutionary War records to
be in upper South Carolina during the war. Drury served on both sides.
They can be proven in Spartanburg from 1787 on. They appear in the
1790 census for Spartanburg. Drury left for Tennessee before 1800
but Abraham appears in Spartanburg records up to the 1820’s. [see
The Abraham Hembree Data Project for full details]
4) the family of William Hembree (1735/54-1821) seems to be in Wake
County, North Carolina, in 1790 but this is not certain. They remained in
Virginia until 1785 or so (Halifax County) and by 1800 they are solidly
found in Spartanburg. Two of his children married children of Abraham
Hembree.
5) the family of Col. Joel Hembree (1796-1868) whose father was Joel
Hembree b.c.1765, who is in the 1800 census (p.207) for Spartanburg.
6) the family of Joel Bird Hembree (1804-1860) whose father was also a
Joel (1755-1825) and is found in the 1790 census (p.87) and 1800 census
(p.199) for Spartanburg, can be proved in South Carolina around 1779 and
in Spartanburg by 1784.
7) the family of Henry Emry (Hembree) in Spartanburg in 1790 (p.86) is
a mystery. The family of a Robert Hembree Sr. (and his wife Sarah) of
Spartanburg who sold their land in 1799 is another mystery. The family of
William Hembree b.1758 d.bef. 1840 Spartanburg is yet another mystery.
For many years I tried to reconcile these families into one – “The Descendants of
Henry Embrie of Virginia” -- but without success. (Now I have gone the other way:
I don’t think any of these families belong to the Henry Embrie pedigree. A William
Embry of Camden District, South Carolina, is of that line and Bob Hembree believes
he too is a Hembree – father of Joseph Hembree b.1779/80 of Roane County, TN.
Over twenty years ago I came to the conclusion that the family in #1 (David & James)
and the family in #2 (Old John) are not related in this country. My family in the
1890’s attempted to examine our roots and concluded that our name was more “Emory”
than “Hembree” and that our ancestors of this name came to South Carolina where
the family was involved in the government of the colony (though under what name
they were not sure, except that a Gov. Moore was included). The rest is anecdotal,
such as the family’s involvement with the Cherokee – being very prominent in the
tribe, and so on.
I gave no weight to such anecdotal tidbits until they started to prove true. The Emory
name in Charleston was Amory. The Amory family was of Saint Philip’s Parish in
Charleston. John Amory, Indian trader, was buried there in 1746. William Emory,
his son, known in Cherokee genealogy, was buried there in 1770. Thomas Nightingale,
Indian trader (whose wife was Sarah Amory) was buried there in 1769. Ludovic
Grant was buried there in 1757 or 1761. Robert Emory, Indian trader, was buried there
in 1790. [see John Amory and the Emory Cherokees for details]
There is still much to be discovered but the search has been greatly rewarding. It is all
too easy to stumble and get confused about the lines but with renewed interest (and
humility to admit mistakes) we should soon have a much clearer picture of the Hembree
lines.
The father of “Old John Hembree” (aka John Emory) left no English lineage:
his heirs died out in the next generation. But the Cherokee half breed children he
and his sons produced have proliferated his legacy. The father of Old John Hembree
was the Englishman John Amory (d.1746). His descendants took on the name
variations of Emory, Emery, Hembree and so on.
The mother of Old John Hembree was probably named Mary (Moore) Ayers. She was
probably the grand-daughter of Col. James Moore (who was the son of Governor James
Moore of South Carolina) and a Cherokee woman of Keowee.
Note that the Emorys of this line came to upper South Carolina by way of Charleston (as
did most of the Indian traders before 1755). The Virginia Hembrees who came to upper
South Carolina are a separate group. There is a great deal of confusion and controversy
over various Hembree lines and even though I have spent 25 years trying to prove where
my ancestor Old John Hembree came from, I still have more questions than answers.
In the time and place we are looking at there were no birth certificates, no death
certificates, no marriage licenses, and very few baptismal records. Few of our people
could read or write so almost none of them wrote wills and they parceled out land with
a handshake. Sometimes they wrote out a note (mortgage) or a deed but did not record
it because it was usually to a family member. When a family member sold the land and
required proof of title, a written deed was reconstructed from memory of the oral deed.
Land deeds and census records form the best data to reconstruct these families. They
tended to marry neighbors, live close to cousins, marry cousins, and move as a group
to new territory. Baptists married Baptists, mixed-bloods married mixed-bloods, and
Tory descendants tended to marry their kind too. Wars and immigration altered these
patterns. Irish immigrants before the Revolution came over as English convicts, forced
to leave their families, so they often married white American girls who were in short
supply of husbands (because of the French-Indian War) or mixed-blood girls who were
in shorter supply of husbands because of continual frontier warfare. It all makes for
an interesting but challenging search, with “solid proof” never quite in reach.
Generation No. 1:
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100. JOHN1 HEMBREE OR EMORY
John Emory was the son of Englishman John Amory (d.1746 SC) and a Cherokee woman whose
English name may have been Mary (Moore) Ayers.
John Emory was born c. 1744 near Purrysburg, SC and died c. 1808 in Pendleton District, South
Carolina, or before 1810 in Kentucky. The name of his first wife (d.1768) is probably JANE or NANCY
(NANA) ELDER(?); she was mixed blood. The name of his second wife (white) was Mrs. Mary Elisabeth
Cantle (d.Nov 1769). The name of his 3rd wife is thought to be MARTHA or MARY. She died at the
close of the Revolution (1784) in North Carolina.
Child of “Old John” Hembree or Emory by Jane or Nancy (Elder?) is:
210 i. Elizabeth Jane2 Hembree b. 1765 SC d.c. 1820 Tennessee
m(1) John Welch of Ninety Six District, SC. (b.1753 d.bef 1810 NC or TN).
m(2) WILLIAM WELCH (b.c.1768 d.1838 Hardin Co, TN)
Children of “Old John” Hembree or Emory by Martha or Mary (3rd wife) are:
220 ii. Mary (Polly) Hembree b. 1771 SC d. 11 June 1865 Milton Co, GA
m (1) Notley Masters (1745-1819) 30 July 1793 Pendleton District, SC
230 iii. William Hembree b. 1774 SC d.c. 1811 SC
m(1) Selah (Polly) HUGHES or m(2) Polly
she. b.c.1775 d.bef 1840 Pickens District, SC
240 iv. John Hembree, Jr. b. 1776 SC d. 1836 Knox Co, KY
m(1) Mary Laws (b.1780 NC d.aft 1825 KY)
250 vi. James Hembree b. 1778 or 1782 NC or SC d.c. 1828 SC
m.c. 1804 Martha Stratton (b.1782 NC d. 1841 SC)
260 v. Edward Hembree b. 1780 NC or SC d. 1863 Oconee Co, SC
m(1) c. 1800 Eliza Stratton (b.1780 NC d.c.1835 SC)
m.(2) c. 1846 PHENE (b.1774 d.bef 1860)
(aka Susannah of Chilhowee or Chu-we) (Cherokee)
280 vii. Michael “MacK” Emery b.1785 Cherokee Nation, NC d.1853 Henry Co, TN
m(1) Parthena Latham (b.1790 d.1819 TN)
m(2) Lucretia ---- (b.1795 VA d.c. 1860)
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Child of “Old John” Hembree or Emory by Rebecca Sullivan of Spartanburg is:
290 viii. Solomon (Sullivan) Jackson b. 4 Dec 1788 Spartanburg, SC;
d. unknown; m(1) REBECCA HEMBREE 3 April 1815 Knox Co., TN;
d. unknown (daughter of DRURY HEMBREE)
Notes for “Old John” Hembree or Emory:
John Emory was the son of Englishman John Amory (d.1746 SC) and a Cherokee
woman whose English name may have been Mary (Moore) Ayers. John’s father was
somehow connected to the Amory family of Charleston, South Carolina. John’s
mother was said to be the offspring of James Moore and a Cherokee woman of Keowee,
perhaps a daughter of Charity Haig, the “smallpox conjurer” (healer) of Keowee. John’s
mother was half-sister to Warhatchie (Wauhatchie) of Keowee, who served with General
George Washington against the French in Virginia and Pennsylvania. She was also the consort
of Thomas Ayers, Georgia’s agent to the Cherokee, who advised South Carolina on the
building of a fort near Purrysburg, an outpost halfway between Charleston and Savannah.
(John Amory the Englishman had a plot of land at Purrysburg and became a trader with
the Cherokee in partnership with William Elder, John Watt, and Thomas Nightingale.)
John Emory was orphaned at an early age and raised by various people, including his “uncle”
William Emory (actually a half brother) and his “uncle” Thomas Nightingale (relationship
unclear). There is a family legend that John was involved in the building of a fort and this was
probably Fort Loudon, Tennessee, where he worked as a helper at the age of 12 or 13. (Nightingale
was involved in the Indian trade and was a saddle maker. He also drove supplies to Fort Loudon.)
John was also likely involved in the rebuilding of the fort at Ninety Six in 1759. (Fort Hembree in
Hayesville, North Carolina, was built for the Cherokee removal years after John’s death.)
John Emory was a Tory in the Revolution but he switched sides, a family legend has it, in North Carolina.
He was regarded as a fugitive in South Carolina but was never prosecuted. He had very close ties with
the Cherokee who turned cautiously neutral after being defeated by the colonists in 1776.
The transformation of the name from Emory to Hembree after the war was a fortunate combination
of phonetics (both are pronounced the same in the backcountry and was spelled Embry or Emory
during John’s British service) and the arrival of a Virginia Baptist family by that name who resided
close to the Emorys in the South Carolina upcountry. (It was fortunate because it allowed the Emory
family to escape further persecution for their Tory and Cherokee sympathies.) The “Hembree”
spelling was the standard in South Carolina and was preserved by a few branches of the family.
Others went by “Emery”, especially as they moved into Tennessee. The “Emory” spelling is the
least used and nobody used “Amory” after the first generation.
John Emory was a half-brother of William Emory (b.c.1720-28 d.1770) and some relation to William’s
step-brother or cousin Robert Emory (b.c.1718 d.1790). Both William and Robert had Cherokee children
and children who were raised as white. Robert also had Creek children. John Emory was the cousin
(“uncle”) of Drury Hembree (b.1755 SC d. 1845 MO) and Abraham Hembree (b.1757 SC d.c.1837 TN).
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Some facts and legends regarding Old John Hembree:
Legend: John Emory was born at a trading post in South Carolina. A birth date of 1733 for him
is too early. [That date refers to John Hembree, brother of James Hembree b.1730 of Virginia.] By
legend we know that his father was John or William (son of John) and his mother was Cherokee with
an English name of Mary Moore but another name of “Ears” or “Ayers”. His Cherokee roots were in
the Keowee village / Seneca River area in what is now Oconee County, South Carolina. His English
roots were in Charleston and Goose Creek, South Carolina. His father died when he was young, his
mother was said to have gone to England and died over there. His half uncle was war chief Warhatchy
(Wauhatchee) of Keowee. A half brother (old enough to be an uncle) was William Emory. Another
“uncle” was Thomas Nightingale of Goose Creek. Legends of fort building can trace back to Old
John Emory’s birth.
Fact: The family of John Amory (father of John Emory) came to Georgia in 1737 but went to
Charleston in 1738, and were not involved in the Indian trade until 1740 or so. The mother of John
Emory was the consort of Thomas Ayers, Georgia’s agent to the Cherokee.
Fact: In 1739 and 1740 Thomas Ayers recruited the Cherokee and South Carolina to aid Georgia in
another war on the Spanish in Florida (The War of Jenkins Ear). John Amory, son of John Amory, was
killed in this war in Georgia. (He was a drummer.) His body was returned to Charleston and buried
(as John Emmar) with the family in Saint Philip’s Parish in Oct. 1740.
John Amory Sr. obtained 500 acres in Purrysburg, South Carolina in Dec. 1738. In Oct 1742 he had
these lands surveyed to secure a grant. In 1743 South Carolina recruited Thomas Ayers to build a fort
at Purrysburg. He made an initial visit, leaving his Cherokee “bride” there, expecting to return. But
Georgia raised objections to Engineer Ayers helping South Carolina when there was so much to be
done in Georgia.
Legend: John Amory met the Cherokee consort of Thomas Ayers at Purrsyburg in 1743. John Emory
was born (or just conceived) at Purrysburg in 1744 or perhaps at Keowee – his mother’s village.
His mother’s name was “Many/Mary Ears” or “Mary Ayers”. (The Catawba Indians of SC also have
Ears/Ayers families – perhaps our Thomas Ayers was more active in SC than we thought.)
Legend: John Emory spent part of his boyhood with a “revered uncle” at Goose Creek, South
Carolina. This was probably Thomas Nightingale (d.1769) and his wife Sarah Amory. He was also with
his “uncle” William Emory (d.1770) at Ninety Six. When William went off to join the British Army in
1758 John Emory (age 14) became “uncle” to Drury Emory (b.1755) and Abraham Emory (b.1757).
William returned around 1766, and spent his last few years in Charleston.
Legend: John Emory was on his own (with two or three nephews in tow) by 1770 in upper South
Carolina. Families associated with Emory included Smith (of Keowee), Murphy (offspring of Daniel
Murphy killed 1751), Elder and Watts (partners of his father), Dougherty and Doughty/Dowdie (a
variation of the name), Welch (of Ninety Six), Downing (Indian trader partner of Welch), and, of
course, Moore. There are also connections to Davis, Harris, Harlan, Buffington, Jackson, Fields, Vann,
Wilkinson (Wilkeson), Dewess (Dues or Due), Pettit, Pearis (of Keowee), Capt John Stuart and Alexander
Cameron. All of these names have Cherokee connections before the Revolution. Two different lines of
the Martin family are also connected: one before the war and one after.
Fact: John Emory was part of the backcountry Loyalist militia recruited by Richard Pearis under
orders from Capt. John Stuart and Alexander Cameron (both fled to Florida). The Loyalists took
control of the fort at Ninety Six in 1775. (They relocated and rebuilt the fort at the old property of
Robert Gouedy. The fort was named Star Fort or Starr’s Fort.) A large rebel force took back the fort
and chased and arrested many of the Loyalists. (After the arrest of Pearis a Creek Indian trader named
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Thomas Brown rallied support for the Loyalist cause. After the war he died in a London prison.) Some
of those captured at Ninety Six were: Richard Pearis, George Pearis, John Davies, Thomas Welch,
John Welch, William Elliot, Joseph Turner.
Legend: John Emory fled with his family into the mountains via the old Keowee trail which led into
North Carolina. Other Tories fled to Florida where Captain John Stuart was but family tradition makes
no mention of Florida.
Fact: In the South Carolina Gazette of 16 and 17 December 1779, John Emory was listed among
SC residents who would forfeit their lands if they did not return to SC and take an oath of loyalty to
the rebel government. Also on this list were Thomas Jackson, Barzil Lee, William Lee (Sr. & Jr.),
Barnet Collier, David and Zachariah Bailey, George and David Moore, William Murphy, Aaron
Pinson, Robert Coleman, and so on. Many of these men wound up in Spartanburg District and Pendleton
District after the war.
Fact: On 1 Dec 1779 John Emory enlisted as a private (along with Jacob Fields and James Murphy)
in a company of SC Loyalists under Lt. Col. Alexander Innis at Savannah, Georgia.
Legend: After the fall of Charleston or in 1781 (after defeat of the Tories at Cowpens near what
would become Spartanburg) John Emory helped some Loyalist families of Abbeville District,
South Carolina, escape to North Carolina. Up in North Carolina, it is said, he switched sides.
His wife died in North Carolina by 1785.
Fact: Charleston fell 12 May 1780 to the British. Col. Tarleton’s slaughter of surrendering
American militia on 29 May 1780 turned up-country sympathies toward the rebels. On 7 Oct
1780 backwoodsmen defeated the Loyalists at Kings Mountain. In May 1781 the Loyalists were
defeated at Fort Ninety-Six (Star Fort). On 17 July 1781 British Colonel Coates burned a church
down (as depicted in the movie The Patriot). By April 1782 Loyalists and their families were being run
off their land and even murdered. In Sep 1783, after peace was signed, the South Carolina legislature
began confiscating the remaining property of Loyalists (when they could find it).
Fact: In March 1783 a list of enemies (Tories) was compiled by SC militia commanders after the war.
On the list of Col. Thomas Brandon were “John Emrey”, Barnet Collier, Robert Coleman, William Lee
Jr., George and Davis Moore, William Moore, John and James Martin, David and Thomas Bailey, and
so on.
Fact: On 15 Nov 1788 the land grant of John Emory (Hembree) and Joshua Pettit in Spartanburg
County was surveyed. The land was near Goucher’s Creek which fed into the Pacolet River. This
land was later described in a 1 Dec 1801 deed as on the north side of the Pacolet River opposite the
Healing Springs. Abraham Hembree later lived on or near this land. Ephraim Hembree, son of
Abraham and son-in-law of Joshua Pettit received & sold some of this land in 1827.
Fact: In 1788 John Emory and John Elder filed civil claims together against William Weir in
Spartanburg District Court. Weir responded by filing writs of scieri facias against a John Hull to
make him responsible for the charge.
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Fact: On 1 Mar 1788 John Hembree witnessed a deed in Spartanburg County. The deed
involved the sale of two tracts of land owned by John & Sarah Campbell.
Fact: In 1788 John Hembree was summoned for jury duty in Spartanburg County. He was
apparently out of state. He cannot be located in the 1790 census.
Fact: On 16 Jun 1789 John Hembry was named as the father in a bastardy case against
Rebekah Sullivan in Spartanburg County. Her brother was Ezekiel Sulllivan. Ephraim Jackson,
a friend of Ezekiel, later married Rebecca. Both Ezekiel Sullivan and Ephraim Jackson witnessed
land deeds for the Hembrees in later years.
Fact: On 7 May 1792 “Abram. Emery” was granted 200 acres on the Keowee River in Pendleton
District for his war service. On 19 Nov 1795 “Abraham Emery and wife Winnifred” of
Spartanburg sold the land. Ephraim Jackson was a witness to the transaction.
Around 1789 the family of David Hembree (1728 – 1809) and his son (Rev.) James Hembree
(1754 – 1849) moved from Spartanburg to Pendleton District, locating on 26 Mile Creek (in what
would later become Anderson County). Old John Hembree’s son, William, would locate there
about the same time and the family would live with him (Old John perhaps did not want his
name on any land records).
Legend: Could the families of David Hembree and John Amory (d.1746) be connected in
Barbados or Jamaica (from England)? The Amory family of Charleston, SC (before John
arrived) had Jamaica connections and later established themselves in Boston, Massachusetts.
There is a persistent belief that the Hembrees came by way of Barbados (where an Edward
Hanburry can be found in 1690). Or was their connection a combination of coincidence and
conversion to the Baptist faith by some of the SC Emorys? Even then, many Baptists were
expelled from Massachusetts and found (for a time) more freedom in Virginia.
Could they be connected back in England? So little is known of them back there. Perhaps
that is the missing piece of the puzzle.
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Legend: Notes on “Nana” – the French Woman of Keowee:
Nana was born in the Cherokee village of Keowee around 1733 and she was captured and sold
into slavery as a young girl, winding up in the French West Indies. She spoke only Cherokee
and French (and later occasionally English). At the age of 13 or 14, her French masters sent her
back to Charleston to be freed. The ship’s steward, however, tried to sell her. She called out in
Cherokee and caused a commotion when someone recognized what she was saying. A benefactor
came forward (probably William Elder or Thomas Nightingale) and purchased her freedom. She
became attached to the Amory and Nightingale families and moved in and out of their households
off and on for about 80 years.
She rejoined her people in Keowee and probably was a factor in the anti-British, pro-French
disposition of that important town and of Attakullakulla (Little Carpenter) for many years.
(She was Little Carpenter’s wife for several years.) She was possibly a half-sister of John Emory’s
mother because she “adopted” him and followed him throughout his life.
After the Cherokee War (1762) she lived in Goose Creek with the Emorys and Nightingales and
helped to raise their children. (The older Emory children were kept in the Cherokee Nation by
Little Carpenter and Tassel. Tassel was a grandfather to the Emory children.)
Nana’s devotion to the Emory children raises the question if she was in fact John Emory’s mother
but she was the source for the information on his mother. She appears in the 1830 census in the
household of Edward Emory (Hembree) 90-100 years old and died soon thereafter. Legend was
that she was Edward’s mother-in-law but that turns out to be not true. In the way of legends, though,
she was probably John’s mother-in-law, the mother of his first wife. This would explain the name
given to Elizabeth Jane, “Yen Acona” – that would be her mother’s name, the name she was known
by, “Jane of Oconee”. (Nana or Nannie or Nonnie may have been a shortened version of her clan
name: “a ni” is how the clan names begin.)
Notes on the wives of “Old John” Hembree or Emory:
1. He probably married his first wife in 1764/5 in Goose Creek, South Carolina. She was a Cherokee
mixed-blood. She died young (1767) during a “plague” that lingered in lower South Carolina from
1768 to 1770. John had one child by her and this child was closer to the Cherokee than his other
children (except perhaps his son Michael who was born into the tribe by right of his mother). The
later connections suggest that his first wife was a mixed-blood Elder, Jane or Nancy (Nana) Elder,
daughter of Nana (above) and William Elder, who may have been her benefactor. (See John Amory
and the Emory Cherokees for more details.)
2. His second wife was a widow, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cantle. They married in January 1769. [SC
Hist. Mag. xi, 36]. She died 9 November 1769. [Ibid., x, 166], and was buried at Saint Philip’s Parish
as Mary Emory. They had no children. [A John Cantle was buried at St. Philip’s on 2 Aug 1768. He
was the husband of Sarah Loocock Cantle who married William Emory in 1769.]
(I suspect John Emory had a son Thomas by his first wife who died very young.)
3. After burying his uncle William Emory in July 1770, John took his children, his nephews, and
his nanny (“Nana”) from the low country to the back country, probably to the Congaree settlement
or back up to Ninety Six. He met and married there his third wife, a white or mixed-blood woman
whose was name was probably Martha or Mary, possibly a Murphy or a Jackson. Thomas Jackson,
carpenter and Indian trader, took in the young wandering Emory family. Abraham Emory, a nephew
of John Emory, would marry Winnifred Jackson, the daughter (I believe) of Ephraim Jackson of this family
group.
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When the Revolution broke out the Jacksons, Murphys and Emorys were Loyalists to the British crown
and had to flee to North Carolina to escape retribution. It was in North Carolina, around 1784, that
John Hembree’s third wife died.
4. His fourth wife was a Cherokee woman named Susannah but this marriage was uncertain. They
had a son together in 1785 but by 1788 John Emory followed his nephews into Spartanburg. He may
have returned to her by 1789. She may have been the Stratton widow in Burke County, North
Carolina, named Susannah who was cited for having a child out of wedlock.
5. In Spartanburg he had an affair with a much younger woman and she became pregnant. John
Emory, it seems, went back up to North Carolina and reunited with Susannah. But she was on her
way westward, to Alabama and then to Arkansas, with the tribe (c. 1792). She left her son Michael
with John to be raised as a white man, because the Cherokee were facing extinction. (Another less
colorful possibility is that she married her former brother-in-law and he did not want the boy.)
Some notes on the family of Thomas Jackson:
(Note: I no longer believe the family of Thomas Jackson was connected to the Welch or the Emory
family. The William, Ephraim, Reuben, Winnefred Jackson connected to Abraham Hembree were
from Virginia by way of North Carolina, coming to Spartanburg c.1785.)
JACKSON, THOMAS
Edward Jackson and James Jackson came to Savannah, Georgia in 1733/34. They both
had sons Edward, Thomas, James. Thomas Jackson the Indian trader of SC was a son
of either Edward or James. An Edward Jackson, brother of Thomas, had an Indian wife
(Catawba, Cherokee or Creek) and lived in the Edgefield District of SC. (He may have had
a white wife also.)
Thomas Jackson was a trader at Cherokee middle town Ioree (Joree) in North Carolina on
the path from Keowee to Chote. (Ambrose Davis was the principal trader there.) In August 1750
he was listed in the South Carolina Journal as a Cherokee trader approved to trade in the Creek
Nation, along with Abraham Smith and Robert Emory (of Keowee). He was one of the traders
(and associates) killed in the early violence after the Fort Prince George outrage in January
1760.
Another (or the same) Thomas Jackson had land near the Congaree trading post in South
Carolina in the late 1750’s. He was described as a carpenter and Indian trader.
Another Thomas Jackson, a North Carolina Quaker, was one of 62 Quakers receiving grants of
land (forming Wrightsborough, Georgia) in December 1768. Others included Richard Moore,
Richard Jones, William Elam, Absolom Jackson, George Beck, Edward Murphy, Benjamin
Jackson, Isaac Jackson, Richard Bird, and John Murray. (Thomas Jackson Jr. was
dismissed from the Quakers in 1776 for brandishing arms and acting in a warlike manner.)
Thomas Jackson and George Beck (father of Jeffery Beck who married into the tribe) were
killed by Creek Indians at Wrightsborough, Georgia, in 1771. It seems the Quakers traded
with the Creeks. Fellow traders George Beck Jr. and Richard Fields (who married an
Emory) came up with a plan for the Creeks to pay off their debts to the traders with land.
Indian Commissioner John Stuart opposed the idea as naive and dangerous: unscrupulous
traders would quickly dispossess the tribes. (This turned out to be the case.) But
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Governor James Wright of Georgia lobbied England to get the foolish plan approved.
He was unsuccessful, but land cessions to pay off debts would doom the tribes after
the Revolution. [Col Recs GA, Coleman XXVIII Pt 2, 351-353]
Some notes on the Murphy family:
Daniel Murphy, an Indian trader associated with Bernard Hughes, resided on the Tuckaseegee
River in the Cherokee village of Connutre (Connotore) in North Carolina. In separate but related
attacks (in April 1751), Hughes was plundered and almost killed, Murphy was killed, and Hugh
Murphy (Daniel’s brother) was shot at Coronacre on the Saluda River in South Carolina. In later
conflicting reports, Daniel Murphy was reported to be killed in Connutre, killed at the lower village
of Oconee in South Carolina, survived and helped to recover Bernard Hughes’ supplies, and
killed at Fort Prince George in 1760. A warrior called The Slave Catcher of Connutre was said to
be the killer in 1751 and he took Murphy’s wife. The mixed-blood children of Daniel Murphy were
taken down to Ninety Six by Bernard Hughes in 1751. James Murphy (b.1738-1740) and
Peregrine Murphy (b.1738-1740) were sons of Daniel Murphy. They served in the militia under
Capt. John Stuart in 1756-1757 but after the Cherokee War (1759-1762) they were part of the
tribe. James Murphy and John Emory served together under Capt. Alexander Innis as Loyalists
in 1779. They fled to North Carolina and resided there for several years. They may have gone
together to Knox County, Kentucky, in their later years. James Murphy had children in North
Carolina, some of whom remained with the tribe (joining the Chickamauga) and some lived
as whites in Kentucky and Tennessee. Most Cherokee Murphys descend from other families,
but those of Johnson Murphy, Edward (Ned) Murphy and Eli Murphy are probably grandsons
of James, great-grandsons of Daniel. The name Archibald occurs in this line also.
James Murphy (1775-1851) of Knox County, Kentucky, might very well be a son.
The closeness of James Murphy and John Emory might suggest that they were brothers-in-law,
that John’s wife was a Murphy. More research is needed before we can be sure.
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Generation No. 2:
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210. ELIZABETH JANE (Betsy)2 HEMBREE or EMORY (JOHN1)
was born 1765 in South Carolina. She died c. 1820 in Tennesee.
She m(1) JOHN WELCH (b.c.1753 SC d.bef 1810 NC or TN).
(He married (2) 1801 a Cherokee woman whom he named Betsy (“Quatsy”) after his first wife.)
She m(2) WILLIAM WELCH (b.c. 1768 NC d.1838 Hardin Co, Tennessee).
Children of Elizabeth Jane Hembree and John Welch are:
310 i. James3 Welch b.1780-86 NC d.bef. 1815 TN?
311 ii. David Welch b.1780-86 NC d.bef. 1835 GA
312 iii. Jackson Welch b.1780-86 NC d.aft 1851 NC
313 iii. Edward (Ned) Welch b.1780-86 NC or SC d.aft.1820 Ark
314 iv. Nancy Welch b.c.1788 SC d. 19 Sep 1860 Hickman Co, TN
m. Spencer Brown (b.c.1788-d.1868 TN).
315 v. John Welch b.c.1790 TN d.1857 Cherokee Co, NC
m. Elizabeth Blythe (b.1795 d.1885 Cherokee Co, NC)
Child of John Welch and unknown Cherokee woman:
316 vi. Ail-sey (Alsey) Welch b.c.1802 NC d.aft 1852 Indian Territory,
Oklahoma; m. Johnson Murphy (b.c.1800 NC d.aft. 1851 NC)
Notes for Elizabeth Jane (Betsy) Hembree or Emory:
Her name was Elizabeth Jane or Jane Elizabeth. Her Cherokee roots in the Oconee/Keowee area
of South Carolina and the Valley River in the mountains of western North Carolina go back to the
1740’s (and before). Her Cherokee descendants were still living on the Valley River in the 1850’s.
She was not a tribal member. (Her husband’s second wife was, and the family was active in tribal
affairs.) Her Cherokee names were Quatsy (an affectionate form of Betsy) and Yen Acona (Jane of
Oconee – probably her mother’s name).
In a pre-1800 tax list of Burke County, North Carolina, there is a John Welch (with 37 acres) listed close
to an Elijah Moore (140 acres) and several Strouds. But in a different part of the county there is an
Elizabeth Welch (100 acres) listed close to a James Jackson (0 acres), John Daugherty (80 acres) and
John Blalock (0 acres). The 1800 census listing of a John Welch in Burke County matches this family
exactly (even minus Elizabeth). Could this be an indication that they were separated before her death?
Note also around 1800-1808 the younger brothers of Elizabeth (Edward and James) found wives in
Burke County. (We haven’t proven that the Burke County Welches are ours, they just seem to fit.)
It’s probable she married(2) a WILLIAM WELCH c.1799 and relocated to Tennessee.
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Notes for John Welch:
He was born 1753 at Ninety Six, South Carolina. His father was James Welch (b.c.1720 Ireland) who
was a pack-horseman for Indian trader James Beamer in the early 1750’s. He lived at Estatoe Village (in what is now Oconee County) in upper South Carolina. The mother of John Welch was an unnamed
Cherokee woman, probably a half breed.
His father supplied horses to Fort Loudon in 1756 and served in the militia. He was arrested by
James Francis of Ninety Six in 1759 and was a soldier during the Cherokee War (1760-1761). He was
alive in 1797, living among the Cherokee (unless this was James Welch Jr.).
John Welch and his brother Thomas Welch were among the Tories captured with Richard Pearis in the
Snow Campaign at Ninety Six in December 1775.
John Welch (b.1753) married Betsy, a daughter of John Emory and chose to live among the Cherokee.
Many Loyalist families lived with the tribe during the war for mutual protection.
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Notes on some other nearby Welch families:
David Welch in the Pendleton District in 1790, is residing near Jonathan Blythe, William Welch,
John Fields, Ephraim Jackson, Abraham Smith, and a bunch of Murphys and Moores –
making for a likely connection to the Emory/Hembree family and to John Welch.
(Note another David Welch b.1742 PA d.1804 Anderson District, SC, is sometimes claimed here.)
1790 census Pendleton County (Ninety Six District) p.84
Welch, David 1 – 1 – 2 – 0 – 0 (1 male >16, 1 male < 16, 2 females, no slaves)
Nicholas Welch b.c.1765 NC d.c.1830 Habersham County, Georgia. He married Margaret “Peggy”
Hembree (d.bef 1810), the daughter of David Hembree (1728-1809). Nicholas and Margaret Hembree
Welch had a daughter Margaret Welch who married a John Vandiver and John & Margaret Vandiver
had a daughter Tabitha Vandiver who married a Willis Hembree. The descendants of Nicholas Welch
report a tradition of Cherokee blood.
1800 census Pendleton District p.54
Welch, Nicholas 3 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0 – 1 – 0 0 - 1
1810 census Pendleton District p.152
Welch, Nicholas 1 – 1 – 2 – 0 – 1 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 0 - 1
(close to Wm. Butler and Edward Hembree)
William Welch who is said to have married an Elizabeth Jane Hembree has been a puzzle for 25
years. He died 1838 in Hardin County, Tennessee. He is one of the two William Welchs in 1790
Pendleton District:
William Welch the brother of Nicholas Welch (above) (listed close to the David Hembree family):
1790 census Pendleton County (Ninety Six District) p.81
Welch, William 1 – 2 – 5 – 0 – 0 (1 male >16, 2 males < 16, 5 females, no slaves)
(close to David Hembree, James Hembree, Wm. Butler, and Mark Pitts)
1800 census Pendleton District p.58
Welch, William 3 – 1 – 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 3 – 0 – 1 – 0 1 - 0
William Welch the brother of David Welch (above):
1790 census Pendleton County (Ninety Six District) p.84
Welch, William 1 – 2 – 3 – 0 – 0 (1 male >16, 2 males < 16, 3 females, no slaves)
1800 census Pendleton District p.1
Welch, William 2 – 1 – 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 2 – 0 – 1 – 0 0 - 0
Thomas Welch the brother of our John Welch had children in Georgia & North Carolina. They were
not tribal members after 1810. A Thomas Welch m.Hettie Hembree, a daughter of John Hembree (the
son of the above David Hembree). Hettie had a sister Asenith Hembree who m. George Vandiver.
NOTE: THE WELCH-HEMBREE CONNECTION IS STILL BEING RESEARCHED.
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Notes on the father of John Welch : James Welch (b.c.1720 d.aft 1796?)
James Welch (b.c. 1720 Ireland) came with his father John (d.1768), his mother Anne, and his
younger brother James to Savannah, Georgia in 1735/36. Edward Jackson came to Savannah along
with James and George Jackson. [Ellis Merton Coulter & Albert B. Saye, eds. A List of the
Early Settlers of Georgia, 2nd ed. (Georgia: U of GA Press, 1967), 56, 80] These families
intermarried and became connected to the Vann and Emory families in SC. The Welches were
part of Saint Philips Parish in Charleston, along with the Emorys.
In a letter to South Carolina Governor James Glen, senior traders James Beamer (of the lower
Cherokee towns of Tugaloo and Estatoe) and Richard Smith of the lower town of Keowee, dated
2 May 1752:
“. . . 40 of the Lower Creeks came to the Old Town of Cheowe [Keowee] . . . in a
very insolent Manner and plundered . . . one of our Men, one Wm. Bails.” . . .
“They likewise took at the same Time from one James Welch, Goods of ours in
the Care of this Welch, 9 large knives at 2 Pounds leather Price, 20 smaller Sort
at 1 Pound of Leather, 1 trading Gun, 6 Padlocks, 7 and ½ Gross of Buttons, 400
Gun Flints, 8 Yards of Oznabrigs, and Pack Saddles, and Wantys, and took Mr.
Dowey’s [Downing’s] riding Saddle. . . .” [SC Docs Ind Affairs 1750-1754, p.247-8]
Related to this incident, trader John Elliot gave a deposition in Charleston on 25 May 1752:
“On the 6th of May . . . he was in the Town of Cheowee [Keowee] in the Lower
Cherokees from which the Indian People were all removed for Fear of the Creeks,
and that there then remained there James Welsh, and John Downing, and severall
others . . . who were then carrying Mr. Beamer’s Goods . . to Estatoe.” [Ibid. p.249]
James Welch transported goods to Fort Prince George (at Keowee). [SC Commons 8 Feb 1758]
He was arrested by Capt. James Francis of Ninety Six in 1759 and taken to jail in Charleston.
[SC Commons 19 Jan 1759; also SC Docs Ind Affairs (3) p.151,209]
He supplied horses to Fort Loudon (Tennessee) in 1759. [SC Docs Ind Affairs (3) p.105] He was
part of the back country militia 1755-1761. [Murtie June Clark, Colonial Soldiers p. ]. He shows
up on a 1797 list of men living among the Cherokee in TN (unless that is a younger James Welch).
There was an earlier trader named Thomas Welch (active in 1714) who may be the uncle of John
Welch (d.1768). A Thomas Welsh (Welch) was buried at St. Philip’s Parish on 16 January 1770; and
a John Welch was buried there on 20 Sep 1768. Thomas Welch and William Welch arrived in
Charleston before 1700. [Agnes Leland Baldwin, First Settlers of South Carolina 1670 – 1700,
(Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1985).] Our James Welch b.c.1720 is at best a poor
nephew to these Welches who do not appear in the Indian trade records after 1720.
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near Murphy, North Carolina:
1223 Edward Welch 33 Valley River, NC
1224 Laura Welch 12 dau
1225 Eleanor Welch 9 dau
1226 John Welch 7 son
1227 Adelaide Welch 5 dau
1229 Wah-te-yo-ih 60
1230 Geo. Bushyhead 30 son << an Emory descendant
1276 James Welch 26
1277 John Welch son
1278 infant
1279 John Welch 60
1280 Elizabeth Welch 50 wife
1281 Jonathan Welch 25 son
1282 John C. Welch 23 son
1283 Richard D. Welch 19 son
1284 Martha Ann 17 dau
1285 Rebecca Welch 16 dau
1286 Lloyd M. Welch 14 son
1287 Stacy Welch 12 dau
1314 Jack Downing 64 near Murphy, NC
1315 Quatsy 35 wife
Johnsons << cousins of the Murphys
1332 Polly Murphy 50 << cousins of the Downings & Johnsons
1333 David Murphy 21 son
1336 Wm. Murphy 35
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220. MARY2 HEMBREE (JOHN1)
was born 1771 in the Old Ninety Six District, South Carolina. She d. 11 June 1865 in Milton
County, Georgia. She m(1) NOTLEY MASTERS (1745-1819) a Revolutionary War veteran. They
married 30 July 1793 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He was the son of Robert and Mary
Masters.
Children of MARY HEMBREE and NOTLEY MASTERS are:
321 i. Martha3 Masters b.1794 Pendleton District, South Carolina d.bef.1865
322 ii. Levi Masters b.c. 1798 Pendleton District, South Carolina d.bef.1840 Elbert
County, Georgia; m. Mary McCurry 13 January 1829 Elbert County, Georgia
323 iii. George Washington Masters b. 1802 Pendleton District, South Carolina
d. 24 November 1864 Dekalb County, Alabama; m. Sarah Burris
324 iv. John Masters b.c. 1805 Pendleton District, South Carolina d.bef. 1865;
m. Pensy ---- (b.1809 SC)
325 v. Charlotte Masters b.6 June 1809, South Carolina d.aft.1870
m. Joseph W. Drennan (b.1800 d.aft.1870) c. 1830, Georgia;
326 vi. Elias William Masters b.c. 1810 South Carolina d.August 1868 Anderson
County, SC; m. Edith Johnson 11 January 1829 Anderson County, South Carolina
327 vii. James Masters b. 1813 Anderson County, South Carolina d. aft.1865 Alabama;
m. Martha O’Neal
328 viii. Zachariah Masters b.27 October 1816 Anderson County, South Carolina;
d. 2 December 1906, Statesboro, Bartow County, Georgia; m. Nancy Franks
6 December 1837 Anderson County, South Carolina
An earlier birth date (1769) is sometimes shown for her but a reconstruction of her father’s movements
makes 1771 a more likely year of birth.
The marriage of Notley Masters and Mary Hembree on 30 July 1793 by Baptist preacher William Bennett
at the home of John Hembree in Pendleton District is given by Masters family records and reliably
establishes Old John Hembree in that area. (Though 3 of his sons found wives in North Carolina 1800 to
1808.)
Notley Masters was born c.1745 in Montgomery County, Maryland, and died 12 Feb 1819 in Pendleton
District (in what is now Anderson County). He first married Margaret Duckett c.1772 and had three
sons: William Masters, John Masters, and Richard Masters.
Mary applied for a widow’s pension in 1846 and received bounty land in Anderson County in 1855.
She then moved to Georgia c.1861 to live with her daughter Charlotte Drennan. (The Drennans were in
Pendleton District in 1800. ) Charlotte’s affidavit of 6 Dec 1867 gives her mother’s date of death and
the names of the four surviving children.
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230. WILLIAM2 HEMBREE (JOHN1)
was born in the Old Ninety Six District (probably near Ninety Six), South Carolina, in 1774. He died
circa 1811 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He married a woman known as Selah or Polly Hughes.
She was born c. 1775 in North Carolina and probably died before 1840 in Pickens District, South Carolina.
She was the daughter of Charles Hughes, hatter, of Pendleton District. Her mother was an unknown
mixed-blood.
Children of William Hembree and Selah (Polly) Hughes are:
i. unknown female3 Hembree b. 1794 Pendleton District, South Carolina;
[1800 census, not in 1810 census, but again in 1820 & 1830]
(?m. Edward Moore, divorced by 1820, he m(2) Nancy Anne Sanders?)
331 ii. William3 Hembree b.1796 Pendleton District, South Carolina; d.aft. 1860
m. Alsey or Alerz
iii. unknown female Hembree b.c. 1798 Pendleton District, South Carolina;
[1800 census] prob. d.bef. 1810 [1810 census]
iv. unknown male b. 1800 Pendleton District, South Carolina [1800, 1810]
335 v. Mary “Polly” Hembree b. 7 March1802 Pendleton District, South Carolina;
d. 25 January 1896 South Carolina; buried at Lebanon Baptist Church, Anderson
County, South Carolina; m. John Bailus Quailes (b.1803 SC d.aft 1880 GA)
336 vi. Uriah Hembree b. 11 February 1805, Pendleton District (now Oconee
County), South Carolina; d. 1 August 1882 Cosby, Cocke County,
Tennessee. He married Elizabeth Dolly Murray.
Notes for WILLIAM HEMBREE (b.1774) :
His death at the age of 37 or so has obscured him somewhat but we have the 1800 census, the
1810 census, and the 1820 census of his widow (Polly). His two youngest children were raised by
their uncle Edward Hembree.
In land deeds, his wife is named “Selah” and “Selle” (from the Cherokee word for corn). She is
later called Polly, unless this is a second wife, the Mary Hembree who died c. 1853 in Anderson
County (in the home of Garrison Baldwin b.c. 1823 SC).
In the 1800 census he is listed next to Old John Hembree and William’s brother Edward.
p.28 530 Notley Masters 1-0-0-0-1 2-0-1-0-0 0-0
555 Joseph Jolly [Sr] 0-0-0-0-1 1-0-0-0-1 0-0
564. William Hembre 2-0-1-0-0 2-0-1-0-0 0-0
p.29 565. John Hembre 1-0-1-0-1 0-0-0-0-0 0-0
566. Edward Hembre 0-0-1-0-0 0-0-1-0-0 0-0
567. Benjamin Harris 3-1-1-1-0 2-0-0-1-0 0-0
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In the 1800 census Pendleton District was divided into three “regiments” which would later
become Pickens, Oconee and Anderson Counties. The above families were listed in the
middle of Col. Kilpatrick’s regiment which corresponded to current Oconee County.
(See notes under Edward Hembree “Sr.” for a discussion on where they actually were.)
In the 1810 census of Pendleton District he is listed as William Hembreck:
p.158 Hembreck, Willm. 2-1-0-1-0 1-0-0-1-0
p.160 Hembry, Edd. 2-0-0-1-0 2-0-0-1-0
The 1820 census is less clear. “Polly Hembree” appears where we would expect to find
William & family so it is likely that Polly is his widow.
p.200A Hembree, Edward 1-2-1-1-1-0 4-0-0-1-0
Hembree, James 3-0-0-0-1-0 3-0-0-1-0
Moore, Edward 1-0-0-0-1-0 2-0-1-0-0
The 1830 census is interesting because the same group of families are listed in Anderson
County, not Oconee County.
1830 Anderson Co, SC census
p.183 Jesse Hembree 0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 1-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
p.184 Edward Moore 2-1-1-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0 0-1-1-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0
p.185 Edward Hembree 0-0-1-0-2-0-1-0-0-0-0-0 0-1-0-2-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1
Uriah Hembree 1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
(she’s 60-70 with a female 30-40 and 2 gr-ch in her household)
Nimrod Smith
p. 186 Benjamin Harris
Joseph Jolly Sr.
(See 1830 Habersham Co, GA p.53 for William Hembree Jr.)
Since his descendants confirm the family in the Pendleton District until at least 1827 (when
William 3rd. was born) Polly fits as the widow of William. Her full name might have been
Selah Mary, hence Polly. Or Polly could have been a second wife.
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William Hembree is sometimes “Hamby” in the land records (his name is spelled Hamby,
Hambray, and Hambrey in one deed).
On 12 May 1801 he sold 150 acres on Brushy Creek of Saluda River to Peter Laboon for
$150. The land was part of a tract granted to Charles Hughes. Selah Hambrey, wife of William
Hambray, signed a release of dower rights. The deed was recorded 6 June 1801 (not 1805 as
published). [Pendleton District Deeds, Anderson County, Book F p.198-199 in Anderson
County records.]
Charles Hughes, hatter, deeded part of his 840 acre grant on Brushy Creek of the Saluda River
to John Wilson on 15 May 1796. Recorded 2 July 1796. A witness to this deed was “Wm.
Hunley” or “Himby”, possibly “Hembry”.
On 25 Feb 1803 Robert Allison and Rebeca Allison his wife sold 150 acres on 23 Mile Creek
to William Hamby for $400. Recorded 15 July 1803.
On 1 Feb 1804 William Hamby sold 100 acres on 23 Mile Creek to Anthony Rich for $200.
The land bordered land owned by Charles Hughes. “Selle Hamby”, wife of Wm. Hamby,
signed a release of dower rights to John Wilson on 5 July 1804. Recorded 28 Jul 1804.
In 1813 Edward Hembree increased his land on 26 Mile Creek by buying 100 acres from
John Bruster and 30 acres from David Hembree (of the alledgedly unrelated Hembrees who
also lived on 26 Mile Creek). Both John Bruster and David Hembree had purchased their
lands from William Hembree.
William Hembree apparently had more land deals than the surviving records indicate.
Is this Charles Hughes the same Charles Hughes who was killed by his Cherokee nephew
John Vann?
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240. JOHN2 HEMBREE (JOHN1)
was born in the Old Ninety Six District (probably near Ninety Six), South Carolina, in 1774. He died
1836 in Knox County, Kentucky. He married (1) MARY LAWS (b. 1780 NC d.aft.1830 KY).
Children of JOHN HEMBREE and MARY LAWS are:
340 i. Ezekiel3 Hembree b.14 July 1802 Pendleton District, South Carolina;
d. 29 December 1883 Knox County, Kentucky; m. Phoebe Goodin (1808-1891)
ii. PATRICIA Hembree b. 1805 (see 344 & 349)
m. ? JOHN LEITH
341 iii. Docia Hembree b.c. 1807 Knox County, Kentucky; d. 11 November 1834
Knox County, Kentucky
342 iv. John Hembree b. 2 July 1809 Knox County, Kentucky; d. 21 January 1880
or 1885; m. Olivia (Ollie) Goodin
343 v. Meshack Hembree b. 2 September 1812, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. 21 January 1885, Smoky Junction, Scott County, Tennessee; m(1). Martha
Katherine Carroll (1812-1879); m(2) Ibby Surilla Smith (1853-1884)
344 vi. Martha Hembree b. 1814, Knox County, Kentucky; d. aft 1860 TN;
m. ALEXANDER D. CARROLL 14 February 1845 in Campbell County, TN
345 vii. James Hembree b. 18 January 1818, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. 18 August 1894, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee; m.
Catherine Gourley
346 viii. W. B. Hembree b. 5 January 1819, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. 2 July 1872, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee.
347 ix. Robert Bluford Hembree b. 25 January 1820, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. 4 June 1913 (1915?), Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee; m(1) Mahulda Rich
m(2) Elizabeth Gibson (1843-1920)
348 x. Lucinda Hembree b. 1822, Knox County, Kentucky;
m. Green G. Gibson 5 September
1859, Knox County, Kentucky.
349 xi. Jesse Hembree b. 1825 or 1828, Knox County, Kentucky;
(son of Patricia b.1805 or Martha b.1814, therefore a grandson of John Hembree)
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Notes for JOHN HEMBREE (b.1776) :
[based on the research of Dale Standifer]
JOHN HEMBREE, JR.
1775-1836
“John Hembree of Knox Co., KY. Knox Tax lists: 1806 on Stinking Creek,
delinquent (1807-08), 1812, 1818, 1820-36.
John originally settled on Stinking Creek per the tax lists. He later lived on
Greasey Creek, KY. On Sept. 28, 1826 a survey per KY. land warrant #15944 was
conducted for John Hembree for 50 A on "Greasey Creek...comes down below sd
Hembree's new house..." This land adjoined that of Mathias W. Cain (Knox Co.
Land Survey Book 2:169). John was an assignee of Benjamin Goodin. This is the
first record of John having land in his name.
The first court record for John is dated July 7, 1817: Commonwealth v John Emry
on an indictment for larceny. On July 8, 1817, he pleaded not guilty but was
found guilty and sentenced to receive 8 stripes on his bareback at the public
whipping post. The prisoner, after sentencing, said he had nothing further to
say. The lashes were administered by the sheriff and ordered to be returned to
jail until the costs of his prosecution were paid (Court Order Book C:446,
452-3). On Oct. 9, 1820, John Embry was again indicted for larceny, a trial was
held, but he was found not guilty (COBD:203).
John was pretty quiet in the records afterwards. He served on a couple of
juries, including a Grand Jury, and was a witness in a criminal case.”
Notes for Mary Laws:
The Laws and Hembrees became connected when John Hembree Jr. married Mary Laws in North Carolina
in 1800. The Laws were of Wilkes County, North Carolina (and before that Halifax County, Virginia).
Three or four unique names help to identify her family: Littleberry (or Berry) Laws, Shadrack Laws,
Meshack Laws, and Abednego Laws. Add to these John, Thomas, William, and David Laws, however, and the lines get confusing.
The father of Mary Laws was probably Ezekiel Laws or Meshack Laws. The older John Laws in Knox
County, Kentucky (1820) is thought to be her uncle and Thomas Laws nearby her brother or cousin.
In Wilkes County, North Carolina we also find some of the Strattons (Hezekiah and Absolom) who were
related to the Stratton brides of Edward and James Hembree – John Jr’s brothers. All three men found
wives in the foothills of central North Carolina.
Why did John Hembree Jr. go to Kentucky?
It’s obvious that John’s in-laws, the Laws, were already migrating to Knox County, Kentucky by 1805.
John, then 31 years old with 2 or 3 small children, made the move with them. His father, Old John,
who was about 61 years old, went with them. (The only question is did he ever come back?)
Other families from Pendleton District resettled in Knox County, Kentucky including Abraham Smith
(grandson of Keowee Cherokee trader Abraham Smith), Joseph Daugherty (great-grandson of trader
Cornelius Dougherty), Benjamin Harris (son of the Benjamin Harris who lived next to Old John
Hembree), James Murphy, Jesse Moore, Levi Moore, Joab Moore and some of the Heaton, Cox and
Jacksons. Plus there was preacher Philip Mulkey (probably the son of preacher Jonathan Mulkey of
Tennessee not the son of preacher Philip Mulkey connected to the Spartanburg Hembrees).
(See also 280 Michael Hembree for more on the migration to Kentucky.)
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Both John Hembree Jr. and his younger half brother Michael have a 2 ½ year gap in childbirths during
the War of 1812. For the Hembrees, this constitutes better proof of military service than a memorial
from Congress. Keep in mind that most 1812 veterans were unpaid volunteers, with little or no record of
their service. I am certain both men served but there’s no way of proving it.
There is, however, a note on a Kentucky militia unit that formed for 30 days under Capt. James McNiel
from 1 September 1812 to 1 October 1812. A private John Emry reported on September 1st but then
left. (He was listed as a deserter.) If that’s our John Hembree, his wife was in labor – giving birth the
next day (to Meshack Hembree, 2 Sep 1812).
Lincoln County, Kentucky marriage records show that John Embree married Mary Herring on 23 (not 21)
December 1823. This John Embree was the son of Joseph Embree who was the son of John Embree II
(1727-1818) – an early pioneer of Lincoln County. (See for example Embree Genealogy forum post
347 and Janie Lackey’s web site at www.geocities.com/janelack2.)
Our John Hembree does drop off of the Knox County tax lists in 1823, 1824, and 1825 – so he could have
been acourtin’ an’ amarryin’ but he was more likely clearing and building on Greasy Creek and was
overlooked by the tax collector.
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250. JAMES2 HEMBREE (JOHN1)
was born 1778 or 1782 in North Carolina and died c. 1828 in South Carolina.
He married (1) c. 1804 MARTHA STRATTON, daughter of ELIJAH JAMES STRATTON of
North Carolina. She was born 1782 in North Carolina, and died 1841 in South Carolina.
Children of JAMES HEMBREE and MARTHA STRATTON are:
351 i. ELIJAH3 HEMBREE, b. c 1810, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. aft 1860
Georgia; m. Sarah Nimmons, daughter of David and
Winnie Nimmons.
352 ii. JAMES HEMBREE, b.c. 1812. Pendleton District, South Carolina, d. 31 Dec 1835
in Texas. He m. PHENE---- (b.c.1818 prob. d. bef 1856).
They had a son David. Her widowed mother Phene (or Phemy) married the widower
Edward Hembree (b.1780) and she died bef. 1860.
353 iii. NIMROD HEMBREE, b. 11 November 1814, Pendleton District, South Carolina;
d. 10 November 1892, Smith County, Texas; m. ELIZABETH M. MAGEE.
iv. unk female HEMBREE, b. 1814 Pendleton District, South Carolina. [1820, 1830]
(twin sister of Nimrod?)
v. unk female HEMBREE, b.c. 1818 Pendleton District, South Carolina. [1820, 1830]
vi. unk female HEMBREE, b.c. 1820 Pendleton District, South Carolina. [1820,1830,1840]
vii. unk male HEMBREE, b.c. 1824 Pendleton District, South Carolina. [1830,1840]
358 viii. HENRY DRAYTON HEMBREE, b. 1826 Pendleton District, South Carolina.
m. MARTHA (b.1828 SC). [1830,1840, 1850 Pickens District p.446]
(? also claimed as James Drayton Hembree b.1827 d.1908 son of Azariah Hembree?)
(Note Henry D. Hembree b.13 Sep 1848 d. 30 Jun 1918 Oconee Co, SC)
Notes for James Hembree:
In the 1830 census his son James Jr. is listed as the head of household so a death before 1830 is
supported.
A Stratton descendant helped to solve the mystery of this James.
1820 Census Pendleton District p.200A
1830 Census Pickens District (Western Division)
household # 111 James Hembree 1-1-1-1-0-0-0 0-0-2-1-0-0-1
(Nearby are Winny Nimmons and Tillman Magee.)
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1840 Census Pickens District: (widow Martha shows up where the family of had been):
p. 351 Martha Hembree 0-0-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-0-0
Tilman McGee
p.352 Wm. Sanders and others
Simeon Hembree
Elizabeth Sanders
Edward More
Winifred Nimmonds
Edward Hembree [“Jr.”]
p.356 Edward Hembree [“Sr.”]
Uriah Hembree
A James Hembree or Hembrough was taken by the Creek Indians in Greene County,
Georgia in 1787. He was listed as 8 years old.
In a petition made by James Scarlett Jr., he claims that his father James Scarlett Sr. (age
45) and his brother Stephen Scarlett (age 23) were killed by the Creeks on May 30,
1787. (Not clear if that is the date of the petition or the date of the raid.) Also, his
mother Elizabeth Scarlett (age 45) was carried off, along with James Hambro (age 8),
Tempi Ellis (age 7) and Harry, a black servant (age 10). [Donna B. Thaxton, ed.
Georgia Indian Depredation Claims (Americus, GA: The Thaxton Co., 1988), 609]
Greene County was formed in 1786 from Washington County, which was formed in
1784 from lands the Creek Indians were forced to give up in 1783. From Greene
County three other counties were formed.
The captives were released but the Creeks were not finished with the land the Scarletts
occupied. James Scarlett Jr. received 287 acres in 1789 but on 4 Nov 1790 a boy named
James Rorey was killed by the Creeks “at the plantation of James Scarlett, deceased”.
[Dr. Rice, Greene County, 43]
Was James a Hembree or a Hembrough? Well, turns out he was a Hembrick, a German
name that can sound like Hembree. The will of Joseph Hambrick of Greene County,
Georgia, was dated 25 March 1792, proved 7 Aug 1792. It mentions wife Margaret,
daughters Ann, Margaret, Elizabeth, Sarah, Susannah, and sons Joseph, Robert and
Thomas. Robert (probably) was the father of James, the boy taken captive. On 29 Sep
1806 James Hambrick m. Polly Bankston in Clarke County, GA. An executor and
witness of Joseph Hambrick’s will was Samuel Gann, who married Mary Hambrick
(Joseph’s daughter) on 24 Apr 1788 in Greene County. (His name is “Cann” in one
published source, her name is “Hambrion” in another source.) (He was the son of a
Nathan Gann.)
It think the Robert Hembreck here could be the Robert Hembree Sr. mentioned in a
Spartanburg deed in 1799. (The Creek Indians chased a lot of settlers into South
Carolina.)
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260. EDWARD2 HEMBREE (JOHN1)
was born 1780 in North Carolina or Old Ninety-Six District, South Carolina and died in 1863 near
Martins Creek in Pickens District (now Oconee County, South Carolina).
He married (1) c. 1800 ELIZA STRATTON, daughter of JAMES ELIJAH STRATTON of North
Carolina. She was born 1780 NC, and died circa 1835 SC.
He married (2) c.1846 PHENE (or PHEMY), a widow. She was born 1774, and died before 1860.
Children of EDWARD HEMBREE and ELIZA STRATTON are:
361 i. ELIJAH3 JOHN HEMBREE b.c.1801 Pendleton District, South Carolina;
d.bef. 1848 Missouri (resided Henry County, Tennessee up until 1848 or so).
381 He m. SUSANNAH EMERY, a cousin, on 3 Aug 1824 in Sumner Co., TN.
362 ii. JESSE HEMBREE, b.c. 1802, Pendleton District, South Carolina;
d. aft 1870, Anderson or Oconee County, South Carolina.
He m. CAROLINE KEASLER (KESSLER), 1828.
363 iii. ELIZABETH HEMBREE, b.c. 1806 Pendleton District, South Carolina;
d. unknown (married unknown and had children).
364 iv. ELIZA HEMBREE, b. c.1808 Pendleton District, South Carolina;
d. aft 1880 Oconee County, South Carolina (unmarried)
365 v. SIMEON HEMBREE, b. 1810, Pendleton District, South Carolina
d. 1859, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
He m. PERMICIA CARRADINE 24 Jan 1831 Pickens District, South Carolina.
366 vi. ZENITH or CENITH HEMBREE, b.c. 1814 Pendleton District, South Carolina;
died July 1889 at Martin’s Creek in Oconee County, South Carolina
(married briefly, no ch).
367 vii. EDWARD HEMBREE, b. 1816, Pendleton District, South Carolina;
d. February 11, 1858, Oakway (Pickens District, now Oconee County) South
Carolina. He m. ELIZABETH SANDERS in 1835, Pickens District, S.C.
Notes for EDWARD HEMBREE (b.1780) :
At the time of his birth, his father was a Tory fugitive who moved his family often so the location of
Edward’s birth (c.1780) is uncertain.
His first wife (the mother of his children) was Eliza Stratton (b.c.1780 NC d.c.1835 SC), daughter of Elijah
James (or James Elijah) Stratton (b.c.1750 VA d.bef. 1790 Burke Co, NC). Stratton was a Tory sergeant
in the North Carolina Queen’s Rangers. Elijah had a younger brother William who also served in the
Queen’s Rangers but defected to the Americans. He also served with privates James Carey and George
Millar (Miller). Carey and Millar had Cherokee wives and lived among the Cherokee (as did many Tories) after the war. Carey became an interpreter for the Cherokee and was present at two important
treaties. Millar (or Miller) and his sons were active in the tribe in Georgia.
Apparently Edward Hembree’s father and Eliza Strattons’s father left the British by 1781 and supported the
Patriot cause in the North Carolina mountains. Eliza’s mother was either a white woman named Susannah
(widowed in the Burke County, NC 1790 census) or a half-breed woman named Asenath or Susannah.
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The 1840 census shows a possible marriage to a woman b.c. 1795 but this is a female relative or servant,
not a wife. His second wife is probably a widowed neighbor, Phene b.c.1774 d.bef 1860. (same as Winnie
Nimmons??) Edward’s daughter Eliza was the source of the 1850 census information (giving her own age as 25 when she was about 42) and she provided the spelling “Phene” for both her father’s wife (age 76) and her step sister (age 32) the mother of David Hembree (age 14, b.1836). Her new step sister was the widow of her cousin James Hembree (b.c.1812 d.1835) who died, we think, in the Texas war for independence.
Since the name Phene or Phemy is found among the Moores but not the Emorys or Hembrees, the older
Phene may have been a Moore by birth.
The 1800 census and 1810 census locate him in the “2nd Regiment” in what is now Oconee County,
South Carolina. In 1800 it was part of Pendleton District then in 1826 it was part of Pickens District then
in 1868 it became Oconee County. But land records show Edward (and his neighbors) to be in what
became Anderson County (as was Rev. James Hembree). The published house-by-house analyses by
William C. Stewart for the 1800 census and by G. Anne Sheriff and Lavina Moore for the 1810 census
place Edward in the area that became Oconee County (rather than Pickens County or Anderson County),
so I am hesitant to say with certainty where Edward was located (see below). (I could be reading the
books wrong.)
Misc. notes & records:
Release: dated 20 Dec 1803 … David Hembree to Edward Hembree both of Pendleton District …
for $55 … 30 acres on 26 Mile Creek … Granted 3 Dec 1787 to James Gillison … part of 888 acres
granted to Gillison … thence to Abram Elledge … thence to WILLIAM HEMBREE … thence to
David Hembree. This 30a. is on a conditional line made by the said Edward Hembree & Hezekial
Dailey, then to Dickeson’s line stake and thence along Dickeson’s line to Richard Harrises stake . . .
Witnesses: James Hembree (1754 – 1849) Signed: David H (his mark) Hembree (1728 – 1809)
Amariah Hembree (1781 – 1855)
Recorded 3 Feb 1817 Book N p.83 Pendleton District deeds (now at Anderson County, SC)
Deed: dated 27 Mar 1812 … John Bruster of Morgan Co, GA to Edward Hembree of Pendleton
District … for $100 … 100 acres on 26 Mile Creek … Granted to James Gillison … part of 888 acres
granted to Gillison … borders Abraham Eledge, Nimrod Smith, Mathew Dickson. .
Witnesses: Wm. Armstrong Signed: John Bruster
Alexander Dickson, Mathew Rusel
Recorded 3 Feb 1817 Book N p.84 Pendleton District deeds (now at Anderson County, SC)
Deed: dated 8 May 1817 … Edward Hembree to Lucy Davies [Davis] both of Pendleton
District … for $70 … 50 acres on 26 Mile Creek … part of grant to James Gillison … thence to Abram
Elledge … thence to WILLIAM HEMBREE … thence to Hezekiah Daley … thence to John Bruster
… thence to Edward Hembree. Borders Ed. Hembre, Hzek. Daley, [Nimrod] Smith, to Colhoun’s
[Calhoun’s] line.
Witnesses: Aaron Steele Signed: Edward Hembree (seal)
William Murray
Recorded 1 Sep 1817 Book N p.306 Pendleton District deeds (now at Anderson County, SC)
(Lucy or Luvica Davis, widow of Vann Davis whose will, dated 14 Apr 1810, proved 23 Nov 1810,
was witnessed by James Hembree Sr., Mark Pitts, and Susannah Pitts. The first wife of Vann Davis
was Susannah Cherry or Carey of Newberry County, South Carolina.)
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Deed: dated unk … Edward Hembree to Bartholomew White … 6 acres on 23 Mile Creek …
Recorded 6 May 1820 Book P p. 77 Pendleton District deeds (?? at Anderson County, SC – could
not find it there)
Release: dated unk … Jesse Stribling to Edward Hembre … 127 acres on 26 Mile Creek …
Recorded 26 Mar 1822 Book P p. 445 Pendleton District deeds (?? at Anderson County, SC – could
not find it there) [Jesse Stribling, patriarch of the Pendleton District Striblings.]
On 2 Jun 1837 Edward Hembree posted a prison bond in Pickens District, SC. (No further info
found, probably one of his sons got in trouble.)
Deed: dated 14 Sep 1846 … Jane Miller of Anderson District to Edward Hembree of Pickens
District … for $200 … 320 acres on Martin’s Creek of Seneca River … granted to John Miller.
Bordered by Elizabeth Caradine, Morgan, Miller, Thompson.
Witnesses: William Sanders Sr. Signed: Jane Miller (mark)
Elam Sharpe Jr.
Recorded 17 Nov 1846 Book E-1 p.494-5 Pendleton District deeds (now at Oconee County, SC)
(This was probably Edward “Jr.”.) (Note: William Sanders is my ancestor, as is Edward Hembree.)
Release: dated 16 Aug 1851 … Edward Hembree of Pickens District to David Moore [b.1805] of
Anderson District … for $500 … 320 acres on Martin’s Creek of Seneca River … purchased of
Jane Miller. Adjoining James Caradine, James Thompson, estate of Caradine. “Whereas I did
formerly live and cleared on said land about ten or twelve acres . . . .”
Witnesses: E.B. Benson Signed: Edward Hembree
Thos. B. Benson.
Recorded 2 Apr 1852 Book G-1 p. 136 Pendleton District deeds (now at Oconee County, SC)
(This was probably Edward “Jr.”.)
Locating Edward Hembree “Sr.”
(See disclaimer above, we cannot be positive about this.)
1780 – 1787 born 1780 in NC; his father was a Tory exile from SC; his mother died when
he was about 4 yrs old; his father then married a Cherokee mixed blood named
Susannah
1787 – 1788 down in Spartanburg next to uncles Abraham and Drury Hembree
1789 – 1799 probably back up in NC; m.c.1800 Eliza Stratton (b.1780 NC) of Burke Co, NC
1800 – 1846 Pendleton District, SC on 26 Mile Creek on lands owned or formerly owned by
older brother William Hembree
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1800 Census Pendleton District, Col. Kilpatrick’s Regiment (i.e. Oconee County
area although land records show these people to be in the Anderson County part)
hh# 530 Notley Masters (Edward’s bro-in-law)
hh# 531 John Grissom (related to the Baldwins)
hh# 545 James Shearly (Robert Hembree prob. lived on land owned by
---- Shirley in Spartanburg)
hh# 554 Joseph Jolly (see index)
hh# 555 Joseph Jolly (see index)
hh# 556 William Jolly (see index)
hh# 560 Lewis Jones (granted passport to cross Indian territory in GA)
hh# 564 William Hembre (Edward’s brother)
hh# 565 John Hembre (Edward’s father)
hh# 566 Edward Hembre (himself)
hh# 567 Benjamin Harris (from Granville Co, NC and kin of Cherokee
Harrises e.g. Ransom Harris, Charles Harris)
hh# 596 James Moor (my ancestor)
hh# 611 Anthony Dickeson
hh# 612 David Moore (brother of James Moor?)
1810 census Pendleton District, SC
hh# 2473 Welch, Nicholas (married Peggy Hembree)
hh# 2476 Butler, Wm. (married Elizabeth Hembree)
hh# 2477 Hembry, Edd. (himself)
hh# 2540 Moore, Owen . (Onwin Moore of NC, related to James Moore)
hh# 2625 Moore, Jas. (my ancestor)
hh# 2651 Embree, Emeriah (Amariah Hembree 1781-1855)
hh# 2653 Moore, David (brother of James Moore?)
hh# 2680 Sanders, John (my ancestor 1763-1823)
1820 census Pendleton District, SC
p. 199 Moore, James
p. 200 Hembree, Edward (himself)
Hembree, James (his brother)
Hembree, Polly (widow of William)
Moore, Edward
1830 census Anderson District, SC
p. 184 Edward Moore
p. 185 Edward Hembree (himself)
Uriah Hembree (his nephew, raised as a son)
Polly Hembree (widow of William)
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1840 census Pickens District, SC
p. 352 William Sanders (my ancestor 1792-1862)
James More (bro-in-law of Wm. Sanders)
Simeon Hembree (Edward’s son)
Elizabeth Saunders (my ancestor 1766-1858, widow of John)
Edward More (bro-in-law of Wm. Sanders)
Edward Hembree (Edward’s son)
p. 356 Edward Hembree (himself)
Uriah Hembree (his nephew, raised as a son)
In 1846 he moved up to Martin’s Creek in what is now Oconee County and married
Phene ----.
1850 census Pickens District, SC
p. 423 Edward Hembree 70 m farmer b.SC
Phene 76 f b.SC
Eliza 25 f b.SC
Phene 32 f b.SC
David 14 m b.SC
1860 census Pickens District, SC (Martin’s Creek P.O.)
hh#508 Edward Hembree 80 m farmer $120 b.SC
Cenith 45 f b.NC
Eliza 40 f b.SC
Hh#509 David Hembree 27 m b.SC
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280. MICHAEL “MACK”2 EMERY (JOHN1)
was born 1785 in the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina, d.1853 Henry County, Tennessee.
(His name was handed down as Mackel and he was called Mack, not Max.)
He m(1) 1805 in Kentucky Parthena “Puss” Latham. She was b.c. 1790 KY
d.c. 1819 TN, daughter of “Squire” (JOHN?) Latham of Kentucky & Tennessee.
He m(2) c.1820 LUCRETIA (HORN?). She was b.c. 1795 VA – now part of KY, d.c.1860.
Children of Michael Emery and Parthena Latham are:
i. daughter3 b. 1806 KY (Sarah? m. John Snider?)
ii. son b. 1807/8 KY
381 iii. Susannah Emily Emery b. 1809 KY or TN d.aft. 1880 Johnson Co, IL
361 m(1) Elijah John Emery (b. 1802 SC d.bef 1848 MO)
iv. daughter b. 1811 KY or TN
382 v. Squire Latham Emery b. 1812 TN or KY
m. Christie Snider (b. 1814)
vi. daughter b.c. 1815 TN
383 vii. Lucinda J. Emery b.c. 1818 Wilson or Sumner County, Tennessee;
d.aft 1880 Wayne County, Missouri
m(1) MILES or ELIJAH BURRIS 1832 (he d. bef.1838)
m(2) William Aaron Markham 26 Jan 1840 Henry Co, TN
Children of Michael Emery and Lucretia are:
384 viii. William MILTON Emery b. 1820 Wilson or Sumner County, Tennessee;
d. Missouri; m(1) MARY HART 28 Feb 1838 Henry Co., TN (she b. 1817 KY)
m(2) ? ------ HAWKINS ?
385 ix. James M. Emery b. 1823 Wilson or Sumner County, Tennessee
m. ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG 21 May 1841 Henry County, TN
386 x. Michael Emery Jr. b. 1827 Henry County, TN d. aft 1880 IL
m. Elizabeth Snider 17 July 1847 Henry County, Tennessee. (She
b. 1828 TN d. 15 Jan 1897 Johnson Co, IL)
Elijah Emery b. 1833 KY or TN
---- see ELIJAH BURRIS under 383 LUCINDA EMERY
Bryan Thomas Emery b. 1835 KY or TN d.aft.1880 MO
---- see THOMAS BRYANT BURRIS under 383 LUCINDA EMERY
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Notes for Michael Emery:
Both Michael Emery and his older half brother John went to Kentucky in 1805 (their father is
believed to have gone with them). Michael met and married a Kentucky girl in that year and
apparently spent a few years in Knox County, Kentucky with John Hembree Jr. The later
marriages in Michael’s family to people who passed through Knox County include: Laws, Cox,
Snider, Goodin, Shoemaker and Horn. By 1818 Michael was in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The earliest settlers of our kin to arrive in Knox County, Kentucky (and settle there) are
probably the Horns, who went first to Tennessee in 1774 then up to Fort Boonesborough
in 1778. The Horns of Knox County are related to these pioneer Horns. Christopher
Horn (1752 – 1837) was a Revolutionary soldier who enlisted in Augusta County, Virginia,
along with William Patterson. (See William Patterson’s pension application in 1825 from
Knox County, Kentucky.)
Christopher Horn was assigned to scout out a connecting path to the Wilderness Road.
He had a brother Edward Horn (1810 census Knox Co, KY) and sons Christopher Jr. and
Thomas Horn. The connection from these Horns to our Thomas Horn has not been proven
but see the comments on the Thomas Horns of Sumner County, Tennessee, below.
Other early settlers of our kin were Thomas Goodin and William Gibson, who served together
on the Grand Jury in August 1800. Thomas Goodin settled on 200 acres along Stinking Creek
in 1801 (probably enlarging an earlier grant). John Hembree settled there in 1806. Thomas
Laws (b.1782 NC), a brother-in-law of John Hembree (b.1774) settled on Greasy Creek,
where the Hembrees would relocate in 1825 or so.
Michael was actually “Mackel” but he may have been born Elijah. The Michael/Mackel name
name may be based on his nickname “Mack”. Michael is an unknown name among the
family and among the Cherokee, whereas Elijah is preserved among his siblings and among his
descendants. Could Michael Snider be the source of the name? (See index for notes.) There is
a family tradition of an “Elijah or Eli Hembree” who was connected to the Cherokee tribe and
who also went by other names, including “Elijah or Eli Moore” and who “went west” from South
Carolina. The “unofficial” rumor was that he killed a white man in his youth and returned from
Tennessee c.1823 back to South Carolina for a year, as Elijah Moore, then returned to
Tennessee with his nephew (and soon-to-be son-in-law) Elijah John (John Elijah) Hembree.
Her descendants have a strong tradition that she was part Cherokee but her birthplace in Kentucky
has been seen as a problem. Truth is, during the Chickamauga wars, many Cherokee found safety
from the Watauga settlers in the Kentucky wilderness. Her birth in 1790 places her in that time
period, so Cherokee heritage is quite reasonable.
Sumner County, Tennessee notes
Michael Emery was the bondsman for the marriage of Ralph Jones and Eliza Hogg on 19 Nov 1819
in Sumner County, TN.
In 1819 a ------- Emery appears on the tax lists. During the time Michael Emery was in Sumner
County, an Elijah Henry, Harny, Hainey appears on the tax lists as well. Could be Hemry?
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On 3 Aug 1824 in Sumner County Susannah Emery and John Emery were married.
Also present in Sumner County was the family of Thomas B. Horn (1774 – 1820) and his
2nd wife, Charity Perry. They resided on Station Camp Creek, coming down from Kentucky.
Thomas P. Horn (1820 – 1857), son of Thomas B. Horn, married Nancy Ann Perry. (She
married (2) John Stratton, son of James Stratton who also settled on Station Camp Creek by
1816.) Also on Station Camp Creek were pioneer settlers Israel Moore (1797), Dempsey
Moore of North Carolina (1798) and John Moore (1818) who was a son of Israel Moore.
On Long Creek in Sumner County our Greenberry Laws shows up in the early 1820’s living
among Henry and Edward Laws (who settled there by 1816). Some of the Markhams moved
to Long Creek, Trammel Creek and Bledsoe Creek by 1816 – 1820. Elisha Marcum/Markham
(b.bef.1775) came with his father and step-mother Sabrina to Sumner County. Elisha lived on
Long Creek.
The War of 1812 rosters from Sumner County include a William Bowlin (Baldwin on the tax
lists), Jasper Markham, James Markham, John Markham, Israel Moore, James Moore, Alfred
Moore, Abraham Smith and William Murphy.
The 1830 census of Sumner County, TN includes:
162 Stratton, James 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0……….1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 …
191 Horn, Charity 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0……….0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0….
456 Jackson, William 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0……….2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0….
562 Shoemake, Tethia 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0……….0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0….
575 Shoemake, Pearsy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0……….1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0….
912 Markham, Armsted 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0……….1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0….
1053 Markham, Sabrina 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ………0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1…
1370 Law, Henry 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0……….1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0…
1372 Law, Edmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0……….0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0…
1541 Latham, John 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0……….3 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0…
1761 Moore, Markam 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0……….2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0…
Wilson County, Tennessee notes:
The 1820 census of Wilson County, TN includes:
p.380 Emery, Macks 0 2 0 0 1 0 …….. 1 2 0 1 0
This listing matches the family of our Michael Emery. Wilson County was a hunting ground and
even today is sparsely populated. A younger Israel Moore settled there from Sumner County.
Because Wilson is so close to Sumner, this listing is undoubtedly our Michael Emery.
Henry County, Tennessee notes:
“Michael Embry” was among seven settlers before 1830 who made “occupant entries” (aka
homesteading) into the deed register. [Edythe Rucker Whitley, Tennessee Genealogical Records,
Henry County – “Old Time Stuff”, (Nashville: Whitley, 1968), p.3]
In the 1840 census “Michael Hambree” (50-60) and wife (50-60) are listed with a 5-10 year old boy
as the only child in the household. Not sure who this is, but it is a grandson.
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290. SOLOMON (SULLIVAN)2 JACKSON (JOHN1)
was born 4 December 1788 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. His father was John Hembree, his
mother was Rebecca Sullivan, though he was adopted by his step-father Ephraim Jackson and went
by the surname Jackson. He died (unknown). He m(1) Rebecca Hembree on 3 April 1815 in Knox County, Tennessee. She was b.c. 1793 in SC and probably d.c.1845 in Missouri. She was
the daughter of Drury Hembree (b.1755 SC d.1845 MO).
A Solomon Jackson m. SUSANNAH MINERVA SIFFORD 2 March 1831 Cape Girardeau County,
Missouri. (This Solomon has not been identified.)
i. unknown3 Jackson
392 ii. Solomon Jackson, Jr.
served in Civil War, (Union) 1st Missouri Cavalry, Co. M, E
iii. unknown3 Jackson
Rebecca Sullivan is listed in the 1790 Census (0 – 1 – 1 – 0 – 0) next to Joel
Emry and Susannah Jennings (1790 Spartanburgh Co. p.87).
“The State against Rebekah Sullivan. Bastardy. The Defendant came into open court and made
oath that the child unlawfully Begotten of her body was got by John Hembry and to the best of
her
knowledge and belief on the 4th of Dec. 1788. Ordered that she be
fined
L5
proclamation
money, deferring execution nine months on her giving surety for the payment thereof.”
“Rebecca Sullivan as principle, and Abraham Fowler & Ezekiel Sullivan her sureties came into
Court and
acknowledged to owe to the State
L
5 proc. Money as aforesaid, for a fine imposed
upon said Rebekah for Bastardy.”
Court of the Ordinary session of 16 June 1789
[Brent H. Holcomb, Spartanburgh County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court
1785-1799, (Easley, SC.: Southern Historical Press, 1980): p.103]
Note the Ezekiel Sullivan: he was Rebecca’s brother. His friend, Ephraim Jackson, married Rebecca and raised John’s child as his own. Ephraim and Rebecca remained in the Spartanburg area until at least 1825.
In public records, the name is often rendered “Sillivant” or “Swillevent”.
On 19 Nov 1795 Ephraim Jackson witnessed a deed in Spartanburg District for Abraham Hembree and his
wife Winny (Jackson) Hembree.
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On 20 Nov 1797 Ephraim Jackson bought 100 acres in Spartanburg District from Elijah Buice (or Brice
or Bruce). Ezekiel Sullivan was a witness to the deed.
On 24 Feb 1801 Ezekiel Sullivan bought another 100 acres in Spartanburg District from Elijah Buice (or
Brice or Bruce). Ephraim Jackson was a witness to the deed.
On 24 Dec 1804 Ephraim and Rebecca Jackson sold their 100 acres in Spartanburg District from Elijah Buice (or Brice or Bruce).
On 6 Dec 1805 Ephraim Jackson bought 100 acres in Spartanburg District on the Pacolet River next to
lands of Joshua Pettit. Ezekiel Sullivan was a witness to the deed.
On 3 Apr 1815 Solomon Jackson married Rebecca Hembree, daughter of Drury Hembree, in Knox County, Tennessee. (Drury Hembree resided in Spartanburg District up until 1799 or so and was a nephew of Old John Hembree.) Drury Hembree was bondsman for the marriage, witness was A. Hutcheson, D.C.
On 4 Sep 1815 Ephraim Jackson bought 70 acres in Spartanburg District (on Sneeds Branch) from
Solomon Jackson. The witnesses were William “Sillaven” and William Jackson. (It is believed that
Solomon Jackson had relocated to Tennessee.)
1840 Census Knox County, Tennessee has a Rebeca Jackson, age 50-60 years old:
Jackson, Rebeca 0-1-1-0-1-0-0-0-0 0-0-1-1-2-0-0-1
>> the above will probably prove to be the widow of Solomon Jackson.
The Solomon Jackson who married Mary Howard 2 Aug 1849 in Robertson County, Tennessee,
and appears in the 1850 census for that county (p.59) was b.1820 NC and appears to be related to
a Sally Jackson b.1775 VA.
Serving in the same regiment with Solomon Jackson Jr. in the Civil War were: Thomas Jackson
(1st Missouri Cavalry, Co. E), Peter Jackson (1st Missouri Cavalry, Co. E), and James Jackson
(1st Missouri Cavalry, Co. M).
Thanks to Leslie Ashman for the following information:
Solomon B. Jackson of Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Bexar County, Texas:
On 2 March 1831 Solomon B. Jackson married Susannah Minerva E. Sifford in Cape Girardeau County,
Missouri. She died 6 April 1844 in Navarro County, Texas. Around 1843 George Sifford married Sarah
Hembry. The children of George Sifford and Sarah Hembry are found with the widower Solomon
Jackson in the 1850 census of Bexar County, Texas (p.311). Solomon himself died 8 July 1852 in Bexar
County, Texas, but the 1860 census for this county (p.445) shows the six children still living together!
A descendant of the Solomon Jackson – Susan Sifford union says his first marriage was to a Rebecca
Hamby (Hembry). [Jackson family forum post 293 4 April 1998 Sharon Wood Arnold, see also Diane
Monreal’s post.] Could this be our Solomon Jackson?
The age given for Solomon in the 1850 census was 30 and his birthplace was given as Georgia. The
page40 = index mark 290
family believes he was about 50 when he died in 1852. Can this possibly match our Solomon? He
would have been 61 in the 1850 census and 63 when he died in 1852. But his second family may not
have known his age because he did marry a younger woman and, in 1850, he was looking for yet
another wife (word is he did marry again shortly before his death). He may have been shaving a few
years off his age. [1840 census identifies this Solomon as b.c.1809, unidentified, but not our
Solomon b.1788]
No. See posts on Hembree Forum at www.genforum.genealogy.com .
Our Solomon married in 1815 at the age of 26, and the Bexar Solomon married in 1831. If he were
a son, it would be by an unknown earlier marriage. Possible, but it adds another complication to an
already complicated situation.
Solomon’s mother faced charges of giving birth out of wedlock when Solomon was seven months
old. Perhaps she went to Georgia to give birth and on her return had to face community censure.
So the Georgia birthplace is not inconsistent with our Solomon.
A Sol. Jackson 20-30 with a 15-20 year old wife and a baby daughter is listed in Gwinnett
County, Georgia in the 1830 census (p.323). This, however, is almost certainly a son of John
Jackson (b.1780) and a grandson of Revolutionary War pensioner Edward Jackson (1755-1845).
[Gwinnett County Families 1818-1968, Alice Smythe McCabe, ed. p.263] The age and
birthplace would suit the Bexar Solomon but keep in mind there is only an 8 month span
between the 1830 census in Georgia (with wife and child) and the March 1831 marriage in
Missouri – an unlikely scenario even for a Solomon.
Solomon Jackson b.1808 NC d. 1852 Bexar County, Texas, was the son of David Jackson and
Patty Batchelor of North Carolina. Patty was the daughter of Solomon Batchelor of Franklin
County, North Carolina. This according to Tom Jackson. (See Jackson genealogy forum posts
356 & 1776.)
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Drury Hembree’s clan went from Tennessee to Indiana and some of them continued on to
Missouri. Solomon Jackson went with them to Indiana then, most likely, to Missouri. But
another Solomon Jackson shows up in Jefferson County, Indiana. This Solomon came to that
county in 1815 (when he appears on a tax list). When he died in 1846 there was soon there a
marriage by a Rebecca Jackson. Everything fits except this Solomon says he was born 1760 in
North Carolina and served in the Revolution. (He had sons James and Jesse and a daughter
Sarah.)
This one died in 1840 or 1850 in Marion County, Indiana. A descendent says this Solomon also was
born in North Carolina and is probably the same Solomon Jackson who was granted a passport from
North Carolina to emigrate to “Indianna Country” in 1832. A statement by the signing justice of the
peace affirmed that this Solomon was born and raised in Montgomery County, North Carolina, though
the passport was attested to in Richmond County, North Carolina and filed in Laurel County, North
Carolina on 12 February 1832. (A person who was going to seek a trade or professional license in a
new territory often carried bona fide travel papers from his place of origin as a way of verifying his
identity and character.)
Descendants of Drury Hembree (Solomon Jackson’s father in law) settled in Stone County, Missouri.
A Solomon S. Hembree (1857 – 1944) was among them.
After their marriage, Solomon Jackson and Rebecca Hembree simply vanish. This is more consistent of
a family that migrated to Missouri than one that stayed put in Tennessee or Indiana. Perhaps Solomon
went by a middle name and is waiting to be discovered among so many other lost Jacksons. As more
researchers come on line and more county records are made available, the mystery of Solomon Jackson
may one day be solved.
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310. JAMES3 WELCH (ELIZABETH EMORY2, JOHN1) (go back to 210 ELIZABETH)
He was b.1780-86 in North Carolina and died before 1815 in Tennessee.
Notes for James Welch:
Little is known of him. He may have died young or he lived among the whites in upper Georgia or
Tennessee. (For an interesting theory see note under 316 Ail-sey Welch.) A James Welch is listed
as living among the Cherokee in 1797 though not as a tribal member. This is probably an older James.
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311. DAVID3 WELCH (ELIZABETH EMORY2, JOHN1) (go back to 210 ELIZABETH)
He was born 1780-86 in North Carolina and died after 1820 in Arkansas. He married Elizabeth
McSwain. He went west with the tribe in 1817, his wife remained in the east.
Children of David Welch and Elizabeth McSwain are:
i. George Washington Welch b.c.1798 d. 20 Mar 1840 Cherokee Co, GA
m. Margaret Ann Jones (white). She m(2) John Conner in Cherokee County,
Georgia. George Welch endorsed the 1836 treaty. He had a mill on Sittingdown
Creek c.1824 (later known as Scudders Mill). “Welch was dispossessed of his
improvements in Forsyth County and moved into Cherokee County (GA).”
[Whites Among the Cherokees, p.235] In the 1836 treaty the household of
George Welch is listed as “7 reds, Etowa on Fed’l Road, A native” [p.192]
ii. Elizabeth Jane Welch (b.11 Nov 1811 d.c. 1862)
m(1) Joshua Buffington (son of Thomas Buffington & Mary McDaniel)
m(2) Isaac Ragsdale (d.1865)
m(3) Pleasant H. Nix
m(4) Moses Alberty Jr. (b.c. 1817 d.1870)
iii. Sidney Welch (female) d. young
Notes for David Welch:
He is probably the same David Welch associated with the Cherokee tribe in Georgia who married
Elizabeth McSwain, a mixed blood whose sister Margaret married Avery Vann of the tribe. According
to Georgia historian Don L. Shadburn, “The McSwain sisters were half sisters of Thomas Pettit, Sr., and
descending through the Downing family of Cherokees.” [Shadburn, Unhallowed Intrusion, p.457]
The Downing and Welch families were associated in the Indian trade in the 1750’s. [Docs. Rel. to Ind.
Affairs 1750-1754, p.249. James Welch and John Downing worked for James Beamer as pack-horsemen.]
As late as 1851 families of Downing, Welch, and Murphy resided along the Valley River in North
Carolina. [Chapman Roll of Eastern Cherokees, 1851]
Listed on the 1817 Cherokee Emigration Roll along with his brother Ned (Edward). Probably died in
Georgia before 1835. His wife Elizabeth is listed on the Henderson Roll in 1835 in Georgia, showing
her household as 2 mixed blood females, one under 16 (born after 1818). [Shadburn, p.457]
A younger David (10-25) enrolled for emigration on 25 Dec 1833 and 9 Feb 1834. [Ibid.] It seems
there are more descendants of David than known.
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312. JACKSON3 WELCH (ELIZABETH EMORY2, JOHN1) (go back to 210 ELIZABETH)
He was born 1780-86 in North Carolina. He probably died after 1851 near the Valley River, North
Carolina. His wife was Cherokee.
Children of Jackson Welch and unknown are:
i. unknown4 WELCH
ii. unknown WELCH
iii. unknown WELCH
Notes for Jackson Welch:
Listed in the 1817 Reservation Roll as “Jackson Welch” along with brothers John Welch and Edward
Welch.
In the 1835 Henderson Roll there is a “Jackson” listed near the John Welch family on the Valley River
in North Carolina. There is also a “Jackson” in Georgia near the widow of David Welch.
1835 Valley River Cherokee census (partial listing):
George Bushhead 6
John Hawkins 5
Charles Jones 8
Jackson 5
John Welch 11
Andrew Calbert 2
Gideon Morris 10*
Will 4
David Taylor 12
Willington Blalock 2
Young Turkey 6
In some printed versions of the Henderson Roll it is not clear that “Jackson” is close to John Welch
but on the microfilm Jackson is at the bottom of page 22 (Mouth of the Valley River) and John Welch
is 3 households down on page 23 (Valley River). This is our Jackson (he may have also had a place in
Georgia but this one is definitely ours). He had a small place on the Valley River with a wife or
daughter-in-law, a grown son, and 2 males under 18 (grandsons?): five mixed blood Cherokees in all.
He had only 2 acres cultivated but he probably co-farmed John Welch’s 120 acres.
The Jackson Welch of Macon County, North Carolina (1840,1850 census) is a white Andrew Jackson
Welch (b.1815) unrelated to this Jackson Welch.
* Gideon Franklin Morris, b. 2 Apr 1792 Greenville District, South Carolina; d. 1884 Adair County, Indian
Territory (Oklahoma). His wife was Rebecca Ka-Te-Tee-He (b.1792 Macon County, NC; d. 1885 Oklahoma).
He took his family to Indian Territory in 1867. Thomas Love (brother of Col. Robert Love (my ancestor) and
father of Capt. Robert Love who was Cherokee trader and agent during the removal) burned down the Morris
home in Macon County to drive them off after Love purchased their land.
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313. EDWARD3 WELCH (ELIZABETH EMORY2, JOHN1) (go back to 210 ELIZABETH)
He was born 1780-86 in North Carolina or South Carolina. He is listed with brothers Jackson Welch
and John Welch on the 1817 Reservation Roll. He signed up to emigrate to Arkansas (as Ned Welch)
and he went west around 1820 or so.
Children of Edward Welch and unknown are:
i. unknown4 WELCH
ii. EDWARD WELCH (may be a son of James Welch)
m. Laura -------
[Siler Roll Eastern 1851 #1222; Chapman Roll Eastern 1852 #1223]
iii. ELIZABETH WELCH (may be a dau. of James Welch)
prob. m. Stephen Whitaker
[Siler Roll Eastern 1851 #1231; Chapman Roll Eastern 1852 #1232]
Notes for Edward Welch:
This Edward Welch is also known as Ned Welch.
The Edward Welch who died the day after he arrived in Indian Territory in 1851, according to a grandson
[Miller App # 4361], is possibly John Edward Welch, a nephew of this Edward Welch.
The children shown on the Chapman Roll 1852 Eastern Tribe are listed among George Bushyhead (#1230)
and O Kun Sto Tih (#1217) that is, Oconostota, a descendant of the Cherokee chief who led the attacks on
Fort Loudon and Fort Prince George.
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314. NANCY3 WELCH (ELIZABETH EMORY2, JOHN1) (go back to 210 ELIZABETH)
was born 1788 or 1790 in South Carolina. She died 9 Sep 1860 at Big Spring Creek in
Hickman County, Tennessee. She married c.1807 in Georgia SPENCER BROWN (b.c.1788
d.19 Oct 1868 TN). They both are buried in Hickman County, Tennessee.
Children of Nancy Welch and Spencer Brown are:
i. JOHN J.4 BROWN b.c.1806 d. Hickman Co. TN
ii. BENJAMIN BROWN b.c.1807 m. Mary
iii. JAMES BROWN
iv. MARY JANE BROWN
v. CHARITY BROWN b.1812
vi. ELIZABETH ANN BROWN b. 18 Aug 1816
m. James CALVIN Myatt on 9 Oct 1835 Dickson County, TN
vii. WILLIAM SPENCER BROWN b.c.1822
viii. ROBERT RUFUS BROWN b. 16 Nov 1828
m. Susan
ix. WILEY WASHINGTON BROWN b.14 Sep 1829
m. Priscilla
x. PARSON MONTGOMERY BROWN b. 14 Nov 1833 d. 21 Aug 1887
Notes for Nancy Welch:
A descendant knew by tradition that her people came from the “Oconee Indian tribe”. This would mean
the Lower towns centered around Keowee including Oconee.
1830 Census Dickson County, Tennessee p.308
Spencer Brown 2-1-2-1-0-0-1 1-1-1-1-0-0-1
(close to William Wiley age 30-40 and John Montgomery age 30-40)
1840 Census Hickman County, Tennessee p.194
Brown, Spencer 0-2-2-0-1-0-0-1 0-0-0-2-1-0-0-1
Brown, John 0-1-0-0-1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0-1-0-0-0
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1850 Census Hickman County, Tennessee, p.916
Brown, Spencer 61 m w b.GA
Nancy 60 f w b. SC
etc.
1860 Census Hickman County, Tennessee, p.39
Brown, Spencer 71 m w farmer $ 800 $1,366 b.GA
Nancy 70 f w b. SC
etc.
Notes for Spencer Brown:
His full name may have been William Spencer Brown. William Spencer was a political
leader in Georgia. His birth in Georgia before 1800 is an important clue to his parentage.
By 1815 he was in Tennessee, where he got a 30 acre general grant. [Tennesse Grants, Book L
p.423 #8041]
A younger Spencer Brown got land in Jones County, Georgia in the 1827 gold lottery and on
27 July 1828 he married Lureny Baily in Jones County. They appear in the 1830 census for
Meriweather County, Georgia (p.150).
In what was Dickson County, Tennessee, in 1835 our Spencer Brown got 2 more land grants:
for 100 acres and 25 acres. He is in the 1830 census for Dickson County (p.308). In 1857 he
received a grant of 28 ¾ acres.
His father was likely John Brown, but there were two of this name in early Dickson County,
Tennessee, so more research is needed. There is a Cherokee family of John Brown who lived in
Georgia then Alabama then westward with the tribe. On 27 Dec 1818 John Brown Sr., Capt
John Brown (Jr.), John Murphy, John Watts, Moses Elder and George Guess had their claims
for damages sustained by Creek raids or white thefts adjusted in Georgia. In 1819 John Brown
Sr. (with a household of 12), Capt. John Brown (with a household of 4) are listed along with
Bushyhead, Thomas Fields, Turtle Fields, Drowning Bear and George Guess in the tribe. The
coincidence of the Cherokee John Brown family being connected to Emory descendants and
our John Brown family being connected to Emory descendants invites further examination of
this family.
There was a Spencer Brown in Pendleton District as well. His will (dated Aug 1830 proved 4 Apr 1832)
mentions wife Catherine, son Robert M. Brown, and “other children” (not named).
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315. JOHN3 WELCH (ELIZABETH EMORY2, JOHN1) (go back to 210 ELIZABETH)
was born 1790 or 1791 in Tennessee and died 1857 near Marble, Cherokee County, North Carolina.
He married ELIZABETH (BETSEY) BLYTHE (b.c.1795 d.1885 NC). She was the daughter of Jonathan
Blythe of Pendleton District, South Carolina. (He probably b.1772 SC d.1863 GA). She is buried in the
Jonathan Parker Family Cemetery near Marble, along the Valley River, in Cherokee County, North
Carolina.
Children of John Welch and Betsey Blythe are:
i. John Edward4 Welch b.c. 1819 Macon County, NC d.c. 1868-70 Oklahoma;
m. Emily Vannoy. (She was b.1821 in Wilkes Co, NC and d. 1887 Adair County,
Oklahoma.)
ii. Mary Welch b.c.1820 m. Dr. John Alvin Powell
iii. David Welch b.c. 1822 Macon County, NC d. 12 Mar 1855 Fannin Co. GA;
m. Rebecca Elvira Vannoy
iv. James Welch b.13 Sep 1824 Macon County, NC d.11 May 1887 Delaware Co, OK;
m. Lucinda Parker
v. Jonathan R. Welch b. 26 Sep 1826 d.22 Aug 1908 NC
m. Sarah Abernathy
vi. Nicey Welch b.c. 1827
vii. John Cobb Welch b.c. 1828
m. Lucy Hickorynut
viii. Richard D. Welch b.c.1831
ix. Martha Ann Welch b.c. 1833 m. ----Meroney
x. Rebecca Welch b.c. 1834
xi. Lloyd M. Welch b.c. 1836
became chief of the Eastern Tribe
xii. Stacy Welch b.c. 1838 NC
Notes for John Welch:
There is a lot of tribal legend associated with John Welch, some of it romanticized in a 19th century
novel. The legend of John being abandoned as a little boy is not true of him, but was true of his
father. The legend of “French blood” crops up in various lines of this family and perhaps can be
blamed on the old woman Nana, the “French Woman of Keowee” (b.c.1733 d.c.1832) who spoke
French. She was a part of the family off and on from about 1747 to her death in 1832.
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Notes for Betsey Blythe:
Edmund A. Deweese gave a deposition in Cherokee County Court in Murphy, North Carolina on
15 July 1908. He was 87 years old. “I knew Betsey Welch here, and I understood that she was a
daughter of Annie Blythe. . . .” [Annie Blythe = Nancy Anne Shupe, 2nd wife of Jonathan Blythe]
She is listed as Elizabeth Welch in the 1880 census of Cherokee County, North Carolina, at Valley
Town. p.330D.
John Welch and Drowning Bear:
John Welch killed Drowning Bear’s brother in 1819 after (or during) a visit to the Red Clay Agency.
When word of this reached Drowning Bear (Yona Guska), he vowed the tribal right of vengeance.
Drowning Bear was the son of Big Bear (Yona Equa) of Nuquassi (near present-day Franklin, North
Carolina). He was also a relative by marriage or blood to Will of Nuquassi, who is also known as
Long Will, Halfbreed Will of Nuquassi, Long Fellow, and “Captain Will”: Will Emory (b.1744
d.1788), son of William Emory (d.1770) of Starr’s Cherokee genealogy. Long Will was a lifelong
friend of John Watts, who was born c.1753 at Ninety-Six, South Carolina. Will’s only known son
was Thomas (Emory), also known as Long Tom. The people of Drowning Bear, Will, and John
Watts were Chickamauga warriors – that is, Cherokee who never surrendered. Those are the type
of people who were after John Welch. He was considered a dead man in the tribe until his wife,
Betty Blythe, pleaded in council for his life. She was not simply a sobbing half breed pleading
for mercy on her half breed husband – the Cherokee could not ignore justice. She mounted a
legal and persuasive argument based on tribal justice (perhaps the killing was already a killing of
justice) and she was so effective that Drowning Bear, a man of justice, pledged that he would
invoke blood vengeance on anyone who killed John Welch.
There was peace between the two families and both men would later play big roles in the Eastern
tribe’s survival. However, as the stature of Drowning Bear increased in the tribe (he adopted
North Carolina’s Indian Agent, William H. Thomas, as his son), the status of the Welch family in
the tribe diminished, which is why many of them went out to Oklahoma after 1848.
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316. AIL-SEY WELCH (half-sister of 310 – 315)
was born 1800-1805 in North Carolina. She died in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, after 1855. She was the
daughter of John Welch (1753-1818) and an unknown Cherokee woman. She married JOHNSON
MURPHY (b.c.1800 d.c.1852) (this was his 2nd marriage). Johnson Murphy’s sister (name unknown)
married JAMES EMERY (HEMBREE) of Sevier County, Tennessee. (See below.) Johnson Murphy
had a brother Edward Murphy (perhaps the same Edward Murphy of Sevier County who was James
Emery’s neighbor).
Johnson Murphy is listed in the 1835 Henderson Roll on the Ooltewah Creek in Hamilton or Bradley
County, Tennessee. His household was described as 8 half bloods, one farm, one farmer, four that
could read English, four that could read Cherokee, one weaver and 3 spinners.
Misc. Notes:
James Emery (Hembree) – parents not known
b.c. 1780-5 d.c. 1845 Sevier County, Tennessee
m(1) Sarah Hembree (1780-1828) daughter of Abraham Hembree
m(2) unknown (His son married a sister of Johnson Murphy)
James Emery fathered about 8 children but left no Emory/Hembree traces when he died or
left Sevier County in the 1840’s.
Johnson Murphy, it is said, refused to be deported and died in North Carolina. His widow
Ail-sey Murphy is listed in Going Snake District, Indian Territory (Oklahoma) on the
Drennan Roll of 1857.
(On the Siler Roll of 1851 of the eastern tribe, a 50 year old man calling himself Johnson
or Joncinnih is found living next to our Welch family on the Valley River. It is noted that
he “refused to enroll”. This clearly is Johnson Murphy.)
Eli Moore (aka Eli Emory) is known to our family. Eli Murphy is a cousin or brother of
Johnson Murphy and James Emery. The stories of Eli Moore and Eli Murphy are similar.
Eli Moore (aka Eli Emory) was a Chickamauga fugitive who went out west to Arkansas (an
Old Settler) before he could be captured. Eli Murphy, according to his son [Miller App #8963],
“was an Old Settler. He got into trouble back East and came West way before the others and
was considered an Old Settler.”
Could Eli Moore and Eli Murphy be the same person? Could Edward Murphy and Edward
Welch be the same person? Could James Emery actually be James Welch, son of Elizabeth
Emory and John Welch (it was common and proper to take the mother’s surname among the
Cherokee)?
Eli (Elijah) Moore = Eli (Elijah) Murphy = Eli (Elijah) Emory? (A maternal Moore, a paternal
Murphy, a cousin of the Emorys.)
James Emery = James Welch? (A maternal Emory, a paternal Welch, a cousin of the Murphys.)
This actually makes sense, in a way only possible to a Cherokee Hembree / Emory researcher.
Note: this James Emery is likely a son of Will Emory or Old John Hembree. See John Amory and
The Emory Cherokees for more.
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321. MARTHA3 MASTERS (MARY HEMBREE2, JOHN1) (go back to 220 MARY)
born c. 1794 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died b. 1865.
(nothing further known at this time)
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322. LEVI3 MASTERS (MARY HEMBREE2, JOHN1) (go back to 220 MARY)
He was b.c. 1798 Pendleton District, South Carolina and d.bef.1840 Elbert County, Georgia.
He married on 3 (or 13) Jan 1829 in Elbert County, Georgia, Mary McCurry (b.14 Nov 1802
d.20 Apr 1866 in Hart Co, GA.) She was the daughter of Angus McCurry Jr. and Elizabeth
Davis (daughter of John Davis) of Hart County, Georgia.
Children of Levi Masters and Mary McCurry are:
i. Emily S. Masters
b. 26 May 1833 Elbert County, GA d. 21 Feb 1910 in Hart Co., GA
m. James Berry Alford 26 May
1860 in Hart Co., GA. He was b.1841 NC
d. 1913 Hart Co, GA.
ii. Angus Notley Masters b. 1836 Elbert Co., GA d. 16 Apr 1862 Yorktown,
Virginia (16th Regiment GA Vols. Co. C, Sgt., CSA)
m. Susan F. Morgan 4 Mar 1860
in Hart Co., GA
Notes for Levi Masters:
He drew land in the 1838 Georgia lottery of Cherokee lands in Elbert County.
Angus Notley Masters and two of his McCurry cousins (John and Horatio), plus two of his brothers in
law (Perry Morgan and Peyton Alford) served together and died together in the Civil War.
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323. GEORGE W.3 MASTERS (MARY HEMBREE2, JOHN1) (go back to 220 MARY)
He was born 1802 in Pendleton District, South Carolina and died 24 November 1864 in DeKalb
County, Alabama. He married SARAH BURRIS c. 1823. She was b. 21 Aug 1803 Pendleton
District, South Carolina, d. 4 Feb 1878 in DeKalb County, Alabama. and was daughter of REV.
JAMES BURRIS (d.1836) and SUSANNAH CAIN of Anderson District, South Carolina.
Children of George Masters and Sarah Burris are:
i. Catherine4 Masters b.c. 1825 SC m. Reuben Hall
He m(2) L.R. Shirley 24 Feb 1875 DeKalb Co., AL
ii.
Jesse M. Masters b.c. 1827 SC d:
1875 in DeKalb Co., AL
m. Sarah E. Hall (b. 2 Oct 1832
Anderson District, SC; d. 19 Aug 1887 in
DeKalb Co., AL)
iii. Robert Masters b.c. 1829 SC d.aft. 1870 m. CAROLINE --
iv. Susan Cain Masters b. 1831 SC d. 1890 Texas
m. SANFORD C. (or H.) Chamblee;
he served 14th GA Infantry Co K, CSA
v. Benjamin Franklin Masters b 13 April 1833, Anderson County, South
Carolina; d. 8 September 1886, DeKalb County, Alabama.
m. Nancy Elizabeth Kay (b.1838 SC)
he served 9th AL (Malone’s) Cavalry Co B, Sgt. CSA
vi. James Welburn Masters b. 22 Jun 1835 Anderson District, SC; d.8 Nov 1899
DeKalb CO., AL He m(1) Rhoda Elsaide Hall (b.c.1843 d.c.1871 DeKalb Co.,
AL; m(2) Mary Elizabeth Shirley (b. 14 Dec 1841 SC d: 16 Jan 1921);
he served 9th AL (Malone’s) Cavalry Co B, CSA
vii. Newton Jasper Masters b. 1838 SC d. 10 October 1864, Marshall County,
Alabama; m. Rebecca Katherine Ryan c.11Aug 1859 (bond) DeKalb Co. AL
he served 10th AL Infantry Co F. CSA
viii. Eliza(beth) Jane Masters b. 30 Nov 1840 SC d.18 Oct 1901
m. John Newton Shirley (b. 6 Feb 1834 SC d. 9 Sep 1924 DeKalb Co., AL).
They m. 18 Sep 1860 DeKalb Co., Alabama.
he served 4th AL Vol. Militia Co H. CSA (?); 8 children
ix. Martha Florence MASTERS b.12 Apr 1843 d. 29 Jan 1897 DeKalb Co.,
Alabama; m. Josiah Grief Hall (b.19 Dec 1846) on 3 Mar 1865 DeKalb Co.,
Alabama
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Notes for George Masters:
“Obituary: Died, in DeKalb County, Alabama on the 4th February 1878, Mrs. Sallie Masters, widow
of G. W. Masters, formerly of South Carolina, aged seventy five years. The deceased was a
devoted Christian, a tender, gentle, and loving wife, an affectionate mother, a warm and ardent
friend. Her work on earth is done and we await only a short time to meet again on the other shore.”
Issue of Thursday, 21 Feb 1878
[Tom C. Wilkinson, Early Anderson County, S.C. Newspapers, Marriages and Obituaries 1841 – 1882,
(Easley, SC : Southern Historical Press, 1978), 223]
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324. JOHN3 MASTERS (MARY HEMBREE2, JOHN1) (go back to 220 MARY)
was born c.1805 in Pendleton District, South Carolina and died after 1850, before 1880.
He married PENSY -------. (b.1808 SC d.aft 1860).
Children of John Masters and Pensy are:
i. unknown4 Masters b.c. 1828 SC
ii. Dorothy (Dotty) Masters b.c. 1830 SC
iii. Jacob D. Masters b.c. 1834 SC
“shingle maker”, single in the 1860 census (Abbeville & Pickens, SC)
he served 7th SC Infantry 2nd Co H. CSA
iv. David Masters b.c. 1836 SC
v. Jeremiah Masters b.c. 1838 SC
“shingle maker”, single in the 1860 census (Abbeville & Pickens, SC)
he served 2nd SC Rifles Co C CSA
vi. Emeline Masters b.c. 1840 SC
vii. “PENSY” (or PINCY) Jane Masters b.c. 1843 SC
viii. Lucinda Masters b.c. 1845 SC
Notes for John Masters:
He is listed next to his brother Zechariah Masters in the 1850 census for Pickens District, South Carolina
(p.448b).
He is listed close to the family of William Hembree (b.1796) in the 1860 Pickens District census (house
hold #475). His occupation is “shingle maker”.
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325. CHARLOTTE3 MASTERS (MARY HEMBREE2, JOHN1) (go back to 220 MARY)
She was born 6 June 1809, South Carolina and died after 1870.
She married Joseph W. Drennan (b.c.1798 d.aft.1870).
Children of Joseph Drennan and Charlotte Masters are:
i. MARY4 DRENNAN b.c. 1828 SC m. ------- OLIVER
ii. Sarah
L. Drennan b.c. 1831 GA.
iii. Rhoda C. Drennan b.c. 1832 GA. M. ---- ROSSER or ROSUN
iv. Zacheus Drennan b.c. 1838 GA.
He served in Cobb’s Legion (GA) Co. C. Corporal (CSA)
v.
William P. Drennan b.c. 1839 GA.
vi.
John W. Drennan b.c. 1841 GA.
He served in the GA Cavalry, Roswell Battalion
Co. A and Maxwell’s Battery,
GA Artillery (CSA)
vii. Martha E. Drennan b.c. 1845 GA.
Notes for Charlotte Masters and Joseph Drennan:
Joseph Drennan was a farmer and a school teacher. He was a nephew of William Drennan born
9 April 1768 Pendleton District [??], South Carolina. William Drennan went to Kentucky by
1803 and then by 1817 he went into Illinois, where he is known as a pioneer of Sangamon County,
Illinois.
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326. ELIAS WILLIAM3 MASTERS (MARY HEMBREE2, JOHN1) (go back to 220 MARY)
He was born c. 1810 in South Carolina and died Aug 1868 in Anderson County, South Carolina.
He married Edith Johnson (b.c.1811 NC d: 3 Apr 1883) on 11 Jan 1829 in Anderson County.
Children of Elias Masters and Edith Johnson are:
i. Emaline Louisa Masters
ii. Priestley Anderson Masters
iii. James Hillary Masters b. 1831 SC d.aft 1870 GA?
iv. Susan Clemantine Masters
v. Wiley Smith Masters m. AMANDA SMITH 2 Apr 1871 Anderson County,
South Carolina
vi. Elvira Masters b: Abt 1848 Anderson Co., SC
Notes for Elias Masters:
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327. JAMES3 MASTERS (MARY HEMBREE2, JOHN1) (go back to 220 MARY)
he was born c. 1813 in Anderson County, South Carolina and died after 1865, we believe,
in Alabama. He married MARTHA O’NEAL.
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328. ZACHARIAH3 MASTERS (MARY HEMBREE2, JOHN1) (go back to 220 MARY)
He was born 27 October 1816 in Pendleton District (now Anderson County), South Carolina and died
2 December 1906 in Statesboro, Bartow County, Georgia.
He married NANCY FRANKS 6 December 1837 in Anderson County, South Carolina. She was b.
27 Oct 1823 Anderson County, South Carolina; d: 30 Oct 1905.
Children of Zachariah Masters and Nancy Franks are:
i. Elias4 A. Masters b. 1838 SC
m. ALEY M. (b.1836 GA)
he served 24th GA Infantry Co C, CSA
ii. Bailus E. Masters b.c. 1841 SC
he served 65th GA Infantry Co C, and 56th GA Infantry Co C, CSA (Sgt)
iii. SARAH Elizabeth Masters b.c. 1842 SC
m. SINGLETON GOSS
iv. WADDY ThomPson Masters b.c. 1844 SC
served in Georgia’s 66th Infantry Co. H (CSA)
v. SIMEON (Samuel?) Masters b.c. 1846 SC
vi. EMILY or Emeline Masters b.c. 1848 SC
vii. FRANCIS MASTERS b.c. 1850 SC
viii. VIRGINIA MASTERS b.1855 SC
Notes for Zachariah Masters :
He (or a nephew) served in the 1st GA Infantry Co C, CSA
1850 Census Pickens County, South Carolina, p.448b.
1860 Census White County, Georgia, Mount Yonah P.O. p. 435, 491
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331. WILLIAM3 HEMBREE (WILLIAM2, JOHN1) (go back to 230 WILLIAM)
He was born 1796 in Pendleton District (in what became Anderson County, probably
near 26 Mile Creek), South Carolina. He died after 1860.
He married c. 1824 ALSEY or ALERZ ----- . She was b.c. 1802 SC d.bef.1860.
Children of William Hembree and Alsey are:
(a daughter b.c.1823 in indicated in the 1830 census)
i. Jasper4 Hembree b. 1825, Pendleton District (now Anderson County), South
Carolina; d. unk. He m. Louisa Dickson (daughter of James Dickson b.1786 SC)
on 20 Sep 1846 in Anderson County, South Carolina. They had no children. He
probably died in the Civil War. [1860 census Anderson County, SC, p.283a]
4312 ii. William Isaac Hembree b. 26 September 1827, Pendleton District (now
Anderson County), South Carolina; d. 9 March 1906, Stephen County, Georgia. He m.
Margaret Arminda Baldwin (b.1825 SC), daughter of Samuel Baldwin.
iii. Anthony D. Hembree b. 1830, Pickens District (now Anderson County), South
Carolina; prob. died in Civil War. (1st SC Rifles (Orr’s) Company D)
iv. James Anderson Hembree b. 29 July 1831 Pickens District (now Anderson
County), South Carolina; d. 28 January 1913, Oconee County, South Carolina. He m.
Sena Amanda Cox on 1 April 1860 in Pickens District, South Carolina. (Twin of
John B. Hembree.)
v. John B. Hembree b. 29 July 1831 Pickens District (now Anderson County),
South Carolina; probably died during Civil War. He m. Nancy Catherine Cox
(b.1835 SC). (Twin of James A. Hembree.)
vi. Mary Hembree b. 1834 Pickens District (now Anderson County), South Carolina;
d.aft. 1880 GA; m. George Smith (b. 1828 England d.aft. 1880)
vii. Adeline (Nancy?) Hembree b. 1836 Pickens District (now Anderson County),
South Carolina; she probably died unmarried, no children.
viii. Louisa Hembree b. 1840 Pickens District (now Anderson County), South
Carolina; m. ------- Finch (divorced by 1880). Louisa and Adeline are listed
together in 1880.
ix. Amanda Hembree b.1840 SC m. John A. Moore b.1831 SC and they lived
close by in 1880 Franklin County, Georgia (p.482b).
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Notes for William Hembree:
In the 1820 census (Pendleton County, p.202) he is listed in the household of Polly Hembree as a male
age 18-26. His future wife was probably listed nearby.
He is listed in Habersham County, Georgia, in the 1830 census (p.53) as “Wm. Hambre” 30-40, wife
20-30, dau 5-10, son 5-10, 2 sons <5.
He is missing in the 1840 census but in 1850 he shows up in Anderson County (p.169) living close to
the sons of Rev. James Hembree. This is quite intriguing!
In 1860 he is up on Martin’s Creek in what is now Oconee County, on lands formerly occupied by Edward
Hembree, then occupied by the Baldwins. (1860 census Pickens District, SC, p.21)
The various civil suits of William Hembree in Pickens District 1857-1861 are probably by William
born 1827, died 1906, the third William Hembree. He sued Garrison Baldwin (b.c. 1823) in two cases
to collect a debt. (Garrison Baldwin was Hembree’s first cousin but we haven’t figured out how. Mary
Hembree age 82 (probably 72) lived with him in 1850, next to the William Hembree family in Anderson
District.)
William Hembree also took Leonard Mosely to court several times (winning each time) trying to get
Mosely to produce a title for the land Hembree bought from him in 1853.
Notes for Alsey or Alerz:
A descendent of this family says a grand-daughter of William and Alsey looked very much like a Cherokee
and wondered if the Baldwin family was part Cherokee. It is likely that Alsey or Alerz was Cherokee.
She may be one of the Dickson, Cox or Baldwin “cousins” (mixed-blood offspring of an earlier settler).
Note that Baldwin, when it first appears, is often slurred to Boling, Bolen or Bowden.
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335. MARY3 HEMBREE (WILLIAM2, JOHN1) (go back to 230 WILLIAM)
She was born 7 March 1802 in Pendleton District (in what became Anderson County, probably
near 26 Mile Creek), South Carolina. That she is the daughter of William Hembree is established
by census and land records. She died 25 January 1896 in Anderson County, South Carolina.
She married c. 1823 her neighbor, John Bailus Quailes. They were married over 30 years when
he left and went to Georgia, marrying a much younger woman and starting a family with her.
Children of Mary Hembree and John B. Quailes:
i. Andrew Quailes b.c.1825 Pickens District (now Anderson County), South Carolina
m. Luvicey or Luvica
ii. Elizabeth Quailes
b.c. 1828 Pickens District (now Anderson County), South
Carolina; m. Joseph L. Jolly. (He was in the 2nd SC Rifles, Palmetto’s
Sharpshooters, Company L, with James F. Hembree and he was at the surrender at
Appomatox.)
iii. Seneca/Serena Quailes b.c.1830 Pickens District (now Anderson County), South
Carolina
iv. John A. Quailes
b.c.1832 Pickens District (now Anderson County), South Carolina;
prob. died Civil War
v. David Quailes
b.c.1835 Pickens District (now Anderson County), South Carolina
vi. William BREWSTER Quailes b.c.1837 Pickens District (now Anderson County),
South Carolina; m. EMMA H.
He served in 4th SC regiment Co. D &
Palmetto’s Sharp Shooters Co. C, SC (CSA)
vii.. Mary Quailes
b.c.1839 Pickens District (now Anderson County), South Carolina
viii. M. Bailus Quailes b.c. 1841 Pickens District (now Anderson County), South Carolina; m. EMMA H. (widow of his brother William?)
He served in Palmetto’s Sharp Shooters Co. C, SC
(CSA)
ix. James Quailes
b.c. 1845 Pickens District (now Anderson County), South Carolina
Children of John B. Quailes and Ophelia Latimer:
x. Margaret L. Quailes
b.c.1858 Hall County, Georgia; m. -------- LACEY
xi. JOHN H. QUAILES b.c. 1871 GA
xii. HARRIET GORDON QUAILES b. 1873 GA m. --------- DENDY
xiii. Anne C. Quailes b.c. 1876 GA
xiv. Laura A. Quailes b.1878 Chattooga County, Georgia
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Notes for Mary “Polly” Hembree:
On 24 Nov 1836 Uriah Hembree (her brother) purchased 146 acres on Generostee Creek for $150 from
William Murray. Witnesses to the deed were “Polly Hembree” and John B. Quailes. Since Uriah’s
wife was Dolly Murray, could she have been the witness? No, a wife was considered a party to her
husband’s transactions, not a witness. Dolly Murray was the sister of the seller and the wife of the
buyer. Polly Hembree Quailes was the sister of the buyer and the wife of the witness. All in the
family! (When Uriah sold this land 14 months later to David Russell, he sold it for $400.)
Notes for John Bailus Quailes:
He was born 1803 in South Carolina and was the son of John Bailus Quailes, who was born c.1776 in
Georgia and died c.1828 in Anderson District, South Carolina. His mother, Chloe, was born in South
Carolina. The ancestry of John B. Quailes b.1803 is tricky. In the 1880 census (Chattooga County,
Georgia, p.70 or ED 17 sheet 35) he indicates that his father was born in Ireland. This eliminates him
from the Virginia family (Quarles/Qualls) that migrated to South Carolina before the Revolution, but
creates an immigration difficulty that can only be solved if it was his grandfather that was born in
Ireland, not his father. His grandfather John Quails shows up in Washington County, Georgia by
1790 then into Pendleton District, SC by 1797, then back to northern Georgia by 1800 where he
probably died before 1810. His three sons, John (b.1776), David and Eleazar moved to Pendleton
District by 1810.
But by 1820 the families of Revolutionary War vets Moses Quarles and David Quarles are in Pendleton
District and the confusion begins. (Moses Quarles served on both sides and is on the same “enemy list”
as Old John Hembree.)
Let me set out our three Johns to help keep them straight from the Quarles:
1. John Quailes b.c.1740 Ireland; sent to Georgia as a convicted debtor in 1767 as
“John Queal” [Coldham, Bonded Passengers, Vol. V, 72]. He married an American.
His war record is not known. He was listed for non-payment of taxes in Washington
County, Georgia, in 1792. [Delwyn, Substitutes for Georgia’s Lost 1790 Census, p.157]
On 21 August 1797 William Hutton of 96 District (Anderson Co.) sold to Aaron Moore
of 96 District (Pendleton Co.) for 60 pounds 453 acres on Shoal Creek of the Keowee River.
Witnesses were “John Queal”, Samuel Dickson, Elizabeth McKinley and the deed was
Attested by John Queal to Wm. McKinley JP on 21 Aug 1797 and recorded 18 Aug 1798.
(Note another John Quarles is already in Spartanburg at this time.)
2. John Bailus Quailes b.c. 1776 in Georgia and died c.1828 in Anderson District, South
Carolina. He m. Chloe, who was b.SC. He had brothers David Quailes and Eleazar
Quailes.
3. John Bailus Quailes b.c. 1803 in South Carolina and died aft. 1880 in Georgia. He
married (1) Mary Hembree and m(2) Ophelia Latimer. On 30 Apr 1849 he was an
appraiser of Tilman B. Garrett’s estate in Anderson District, South Carolina. (Tilman
Garrett 1818-1849 married Sarah White, daughter of Bartholomew White 1790-1871,
who was a neighbor of Edward Hembree on 23 Mile Creek.)
In the 1820 census, John Quailes b.1776 is listed close to our Edward Hembree and
to Polly Hembree, the mother of Mary. John Quailes Jr. is listed in his father’s household
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(age 16-25) and his future wife Mary is listed in her mother Polly’s household (age 16-25).
It is likely they married by 1823.
In 1855 or so John & Mary Quailes separated. In the 1870 census for Hall County,
Georgia, John is listed as a railroad worker with new wife Ophelia Latimer (b.c. 1833 GA)
and daughter Margaret (b.c. 1858 GA). In the 1880 census, old John Quailes is shown with
four young children by Ophelia.
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336. URIAH3 HEMBREE (WILLIAM2, JOHN1) (go back to 230 WILLIAM)
was born 11 February 1805 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died 1 August 1882 in Cosby,
Cocke County, Tennessee. He married ELIZABETH DOLLY MURRAY. She was born 18 December
1807 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died in Cocke County, Tennessee.
She was the daughter of William Murray of Pendleton District.
Children of URIAH HEMBREE and ELIZABETH MURRAY are:
i. ELIJAH4 HEMBREE, b. 1828, Pickens District (now Oconee County), South Carolina;
d. unknown.
He married MARY S.BALDWIN 22 January 1851 in Pickens District, South Carolina.
She was the daughter of STEPHEN BALDWIN Sr. and DRUCILLA BROOKS (or
ALSOBROOKS). Mary was born 1830 in South Carolina, and died after 1860.
Their marriage notice in the Keowee Courier of Sat. 8 Feb 1851 (Vol 2 No.37 p.3 col A)
spells her name as BALLDON but no such name existed in the area whereas the
1850 census shows her to be a BALDWIN.
ii. ALFRED HEMBREE, b. October 1830, Pickens District (now Oconee County), South
Carolina; d. 25 or 26 January 1884, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
He married LUCY JANE MURRAY 22 December 1850 in Pickens District, South
Carolina. She was born 18 April 1831.
He is buried in the Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville (section “A” Grave 1334 – military).
He was a wheelwright by trade.
iii. LEWIS HEMBREE, b. 9 October 1832, Pickens District (now Oconee County), South
Carolina; d. Missouri?
In the 1860 Census (Pickens District Western, South Carolina, #793) he is listed on the
farm of William Sanders (1792-1862).
iv. SARAH ELIZABETH HEMBREE, b. 23 February 1835, Pickens District (now Oconee
County), South Carolina.
v. JAMES FRANKLIN HEMBREE, b. 10 November 1838, Pickens District (now Oconee
County), South Carolina; d. 10 April 1922, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee.
He married NANCY ELIZABETH LINDSEY, daughter of WILLLIAM LINDSEY and
PHEBE BROYLES. She was born 3 March 1844 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died
3 February 1937 in Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee. James and Nancy are buried in
the Hembree/Styles Cemetery in Cocke County, Tennessee. He served in the 2nd SC
Rifles Regiment, Co. D, CSA during the Civil War.
vi. RHEUBEN HEMBREE, b. 1841, Pickens District (now Oconee County), South
Carolina.
vii. WILLIAM JACKSON HEMBREE, b. 1844, Pickens District (now Oconee County),
South Carolina; m. JANE LAWSON.
viii. ELIZA HEMBREE, b. 1845, Pickens District (now Oconee County), South Carolina.
ix. CYRUS SPENCER HEMBREE, b. 9 August 1848, Pickens District (now Oconee
County) South Carolina; d. 30 November 1930, Waynesville, Haywood County,
North Carolina. He m. RACHEL MATILDA VESS.
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x. LOUISA HEMBREE, b. 1848 in Pickens District (now Oconee County)
South Carolina;.
xi. FRANKLIN HEMBREE, b. 28 November 1851, Walhalla, Pickens District (now
Oconee County) South Carolina; d. 1907; m. AMANDA MAUDE COOPER.
Notes for URIAH HEMBREE :
He is buried in the McMillon Cemetery in Cocke County, Tennessee. His line is perhaps the best- researched family among our Hembree kin. Uriah’s father died before 1815 and Uriah was raised by
his uncle Edward Hembree. Uriah stayed close to Edward until the uncle died (1863) whereupon Uriah
moved to Tennessee. Uriah is accounted for in the 1820 household of Edward. In the 1850 census he is
farming close to his cousin Nimrod Hembree in Pickens District, South Carolina. In the 1860 census
Uriah’s son Lewis is running the farm of William Sanders (b.1792) – the father-in-law of Edward
Hembree “Jr.”.
In a Pickens County civil case, a John Martin got a judgment in the amount of $52.00 against John
Hembree and William Hembree (case entered 31 Oct 1860). These were nephews of Uriah, sons of
his brother William (b.1794). Court Clerk James E. Hagood, however, issued a bail writ (for $53.60)
against Lewis Hembree and his father Uriah (case entered 4 Feb 1861). (No further information found.)
On 12 March 1831 John Hembree sold 75 acres on 26 Mile Creek to Uriah Hembree for $300. This
John Hembree was the son of James Hembree, of no known relation to Uriah. The original deed to
John Hembree from Smith Heaton was witnessed by James Hembree (Rev. James Hembree), who was
the executor of the estate of Smith Heaton’s father. (John Hembree’s wife was Anna Heaton.) Uriah,
like his father William, had land dealings with these other Hembrees, leaving us all very confused as
to their connection (which seems to be the Baptist Church).
On 24 Nov 1836 William Murray sold to Uriah Hembree of Anderson District 146 acres on
Generostee Creek in Pickens District for $150. (This was a “family price”. William Murray was
his father in law.)
On 6 Jan 1838 Uriah Hembree of Pickens District sold to David Russell the same 146 acres on
Generostee Creek for $400.
On 20 July 1838 David Russell sold to Uriah Hembree of Pickens District 620 (?) acres on
Chauga Creek of the Tugaloo River (in what is now Oconee County) for $500. The deed was
witnessed by Robert Brackenridge and Henry Sanders.
On 28 Apr 1843 James Hembree of Anderson District sold to Lewis Moorehead of Anderson
District 24 acres on Generostee Creek for $60. Winny Hembree released dower rights.
On 7 Nov 1846 James Hembree Jr. of Anderson District sold to David Russell 70 acres on
26 Mile Creek for $150, lands originally granted to James Martin, then conveyed to Mathew
Dickson, then to Samuel Dickson by will of Mathew. Winny Hembree released dower rights.
The transaction was witnessed by G.W. Masters and David H (his mark) Hembree.
(Note Uriah’s relationship to James Hembree (1754 – 1849) and David Russell.)
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Uriah was called for jury duty in Pickens District for the 1858 fall term but was not selected.
(See also Simeon Hembree notes for more of Uriah’s transactions.)
Uriah’s sons fought on both sides of the Civil War and it appears one or two of them may have
died during the war.
He was the son of Matthew Russell of Anderson County, South Carolina. Matthew Russell’s will is
recorded in Anderson County and mentions wife Verlinda, sons: Osburn, Joseph, Thomas, David,
Matthew, and James; and daughters: Elizabeth, Martha, Sarah, Jane and Linney. The executors were
wife Verlinda and son Thomas. Witnessed by Thomas Russell and Nancy Haynie. Dated 25 Jul 1812,
proved 1 Mar 1813.
Could he be related to the David Russell who, along with Aaron Moore, supplied the Loyalist Georgia
Militia with beef and other items 1781-1782? The above Matthew Russell was b. 1735-1740 Ireland,
came to Pennsylvania. David was b.c. 1767 PA or SC and had a son Uriah Wiley Russell who married
into the Cherokee tribe. David might have had a mixed blood wife.
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340. EZEKIEL3 HEMBREE (JOHN2, JOHN1) (go back to 240 JOHN)
He was born 14 July 1802 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died 29 Dec 1883 in
Knox County, Kentucky. He married PHOEBE GOODIN (1808 – 1891) 14 February 1826
in Knox County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of JOHN GOODIN and SARAH ARTHUR.
Children of Ezekiel Hembree and Phoebe Goodin are:
i. THOMAS S.4 HEMBREE, b. 1 October 1827, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. 25 December 1890, Knox County, Kentucky. m(1) MARTHA HEMPHILL;
m(2) MARGARET E. HOWESTON
ii. SARAH (SALLY) ANN HEMBREE, b. 9 February 1829, Knox County,
Kentucky; d. 1 October 1863. m.amaziah curtis 5 April 1859 Knox Co., KY
iii. NELSON A. HEMBREE, b. 4 March 1831, Knox County, Kentucky; d. 28 September
1860, Knox County, Kentucky. m. SARAH JOHNSON 29 Nov 1855 Knox Co., TN
iv. MILIA J. HEMBREE, b. 23 May 1833, Knox County, Kentucky; d. June 1929, Knox County, Kentucky; m. JAMES JOHNSON, 22 February 1855, Knox County, Kentucky.
v. JOHN JAMES HEMBREE, b. 1 August 1835, Knox County, Kentucky.
m. SARAH M. GIRDNER 22 September 1856 Knox Co., Tennessee
vi. NANCY L. HEMBREE, b. 9 March 1837, Knox County, Kentucky; m. (1) JOSEPH
PRICHARD, 8 December 1858, Knox County, Kentucky; m. (2) --- CALLAWAY.
vii. REBECCA MALISSA HEMBREE, b. 6 July 1839, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. 23 January 1925, Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky.
m. WILLIAM GIRDNER (1839 – 1904) 30 November 1858 Knox Co., Kentucky
(son of MICHAEL GIRDNER and ELIZABETH MAYS)
viii. MILTON G. HEMBREE, b. 9 June 1841, Knox County, Kentucky; d. 24 September
1917, Knox County, Kentucky; m. MARY CATHERINE BAYS, 18 February 1890.
ix. MARY MALINDA HEMBREE, b. 19 January 1844, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. January 04, 1919, Whitley County, Kentucky.
x. CHAROLOTTE (LOTTIE) MAHALA HEMBREE, b. January 15, 1846, Knox County,
Kentucky; d. November 1925, Knox County, Kentucky; m. WILLIAM HAYDEN
JENKINS, 3 January 1865, Knox County, Kentucky.
xi. SUSAN VIRGINIA HEMBREE, b. 20 January 1848, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. aft. 1900.
xii. TABBITHA CUMI HEMBREE, b. 2 May 1850, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. 24 August 1860, Knox County, Kentucky.
xiii. AMERICA ELLEN HEMBREE, b. 19 July 1852, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. 2 January 1934, Knox County, Kentucky; m. ANDREW (MACK) HEMPHILL,
17 August 1869, Claibourne County, Tennessee.
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Notes for Ezekiel Hembree:
Ezekiel Hembree registered the following land grants in Knox County, Kentucky:
28 Sep 1826 50 acres Greasy Creek
16 Jan 1841 50 acres Branch of Greasy Creek (later called Hembrees Branch)
18 Jan 1843 50 acres Brush Creek
18 Jan 1843 50 acres Brush Creek (2nd parcel)
18 Feb 1853 50 acres Brush Creek
Joseph Goodin and Alexander Goodin registered land on Greasy Creek in 1819. In 1826 and 1827
Meshack Laws and Thomas Laws recorded land parcels on Greasy Creek. The Laws and especially
the Goodins became numerous in that area.
Phoebe Goodin is sometimes shown as Phoebe (English) Goodin, daughter of Arthur English.
A family battle royale over Ezekiel’s land erupted in 1885, after his death.
Ezekiel, Phoebe, and others are likely buried at the Liberty Church on Brush Creek.
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341. DOCIA3 HEMBREE (JOHN2, JOHN1) (go back to 240 JOHN)
[Based on the late Richard Martin’s “John Hembree” data at familytreemaker.com, research
by Dale Standifer. See Jane Hembree’s website for updates to this family line.]
She was born c.1807 in Knox County, Kentucky, an died rather young, at the age of 26 or so,
on 11 Nov 1834 in Knox County, Kentucky. Her name may have been Laodocia, with a nickname
of Liddy, as that name occurs among the Laws. When she was about 14 a court jury declared her
“idiotic” and assigned her care to her father and John Gregory. The state provided some funds for
her care. In an administrator’s report of 23 March 1835 it was reported that she had died 11 November
1834.
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342. JOHN3 HEMBREE (JOHN2, JOHN1) (go back to 240 JOHN)
[Based on the late Richard Martin’s “John Hembree” data at familytreemaker.com, research
by Dale Standifer. See Jane Hembree’s website for updates to this family line.]
He was born 2 July 1809 in Knox County, Kentucky, and died 21 Jan 1880 or 1885 in
Knox County, Kentucky. He married OLIVIA (OLLIE) GOODIN.
Children of John Hembree and Ollie Goodin are:
i. OLIVIA4 HEMBREE b. 1828 Knox County, Kentucky
ii. AMANDA B. HEMBREE b. 1830 Knox County, Kentucky
iii. CATHERINE HEMBREE b. 1833 Knox County, Kentucky
iv. BERRY HEMBREE b. 1835 Knox County, Kentucky
v. MARTHA HEMBREE b. 1836 Knox County, Kentucky
vi. REBECCA HEMBREE b. 1838 Knox County, Kentucky
vii. WILLIAM HEMBREE b. 1840 Knox County, Kentucky, d. 14 November 1911
Knox County, Kentucky
viii. JEMIMA HEMBREE b. 1841 Knox County, Kentucky
ix. JOHN HEMBREE b. 1844 Knox County, Kentucky
x. PHOEBE HEMBREE b. 1845 Knox County, Kentucky
xi. JAMES HEMBEE b. 1847 Knox County, Kentucky
xii. EZEKIEL HEMBREE b. 24 September 1848 Knox County, Kentucky;
d. 16 July 1927 Knox County, Kentucky
Notes for John Hembree:
From Standifer: “John HEMBREE (b.1809, 1831 tax lists), from court records in 1837-41, had a few
behavioral problems. There were presentments for public drunkenness, profane swearing, and charges
of assault and battery and contempt of court. John sold land to William Laws. By 1841, John had
sued William Johnson, Solomon Newman, Elihu Case, & George Lee on a charge of trespass.
Bluford and James Hembree were called as witnesses for John (box 9, Bundle 76, KY archives).”
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343. MESHACK3 HEMBREE (JOHN2, JOHN1) (go back to 240 JOHN)
[Based on the late Richard Martin’s “John Hembree” data at familytreemaker.com, research
by Dale Standifer. See Jane Hembree’s website for updates to this family line.]
He was born 2 Sep 1812, in Knox County, Kentucky, and died 21 January 1885 at Smokey
Junction, Scott County, Tennessee. He married (1) 1831 MARTHA KATHERINE CARROLL
(1812 – 1879) in Huntsville, Tennessee, Campbell County (now Scott County); and married (2) IBBY SURRILLA SMITH (1853 – 1884) 16 October 1873 in Williamsburg (Whitley County), Kentucky. She was the daughter of WILLIAM SMITH and PHARABA.
Children of Meshack Hembree and Martha Carroll are:
i. MARY JANE4 HEMBREE, b. 1832, Knox County, Kentucky; d. 1835, Knox
County, Kentucky.
ii. NANCY LOUISE HEMBREE, b. 1833, Knox County, Kentucky.
iii. REBECCA HEMBREE, b. 7 May 1834, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. 31 March 1912, Scott County, Tennessee.
iv. WILLIAM ALEXANDER HEMBREE, b. 15 August 1836, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. 27 June 1928, Smoky Creek, Scott County, Tennessee; m. EMILY SHOOPMAN
on 24 July 1859 Scott County, Tennessee.
v. SARAH HEMBREE, b. 2 October 1838, Smoky Creek, Scott County, Tennessee;
d. 15 September 1912, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee.
m. DANIEL JEFFERS
vi. EZEKIEL HEMBREE, b. 25 May 1841, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee;
d. 18 January 1919, Oklahoma.
vii. ELIZABETH BETTY HEMBREE, b. 14 January 1845, Huntsville, Scott County,
Tennessee; d. 19 November 1926, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee.
viii. JEMIMA HEMBREE, b. 14 January 1845, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee;
d. 12 February 1906, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee.
ix. JOHN NEILSON HEMBREE, b.3 June 1852, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee;
d. 3 November 1858.
Children of Meshack Hembree and Ibby Smith are:
x. HARMON4 HEMBREE, b. 1 January 1871, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee;
d. 28 October 1950, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee.
xi. MARY JANE HEMBREE, b. 15 July 1874, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee.
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xii. KISSIAH HEMBREE, b. 18 November 1876, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee;
d. 7 July 1891, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee.
xiii. JAMES MARTIN HEMBREE, b.7 May 1880, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee;
d. 15 January 1965, Brocks Nursing Home; Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma.
xiv. JULIA ANN HEMBREE, b. 1882, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee; d. October
1884, Smoky Junction, Scott County, Tennessee.
Notes for Meshack Hembree:
He served in the 2nd Tennessee Infantry Co. G (Union), enlisting 7 December 1861 at Somerset, Kentucky.
Described as 5 feet 4 inches, 135 pounds, dark hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. He was given a medical
Discharge on 22 January 1863 at Nashville, Tennessee, being injured by a falling barrel of salt.
His first wife, Martha Carroll, was granted a divorce on 1 August 1873 and he married Ibey Smith on
16 October 1873 in Whitley County, Kentucky.
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344. MARTHA3 HEMBREE (JOHN2, JOHN1) (go back to 240 JOHN)
[Based on the late Richard Martin’s “John Hembree” data at familytreemaker.com, research
by Dale Standifer. See Jane Hembree’s website for updates to this family line.]
She was born c. 1814, in Knox County, Kentucky, and died unknown.
She married (2) ALEXANDER D. CARROLL 14 February 1845 in Campbell County,
Tennessee. He died in August 1851, and was the son of DREWRY CARROLL and NANCY.
Child of MARTHA or PATRICIA (PATRICY) HEMBREE is:
349 i. JESSEE4 HEMBREE, b. 1825 or 1828; d. aft. 1911; m. MARGARET GIBSON,
22 September 1853, Knox County, Kentucky. (She was the sister of Green
Gibson.)
Children of MARTHA HEMBREE and ALEXANDER CARROLL are:
ii. SARAH4 CARROLL.
iii. ALEXANDER CARROLL JR., m. SOUSANNAH MASSINGALE
Notes for Martha Hembree:
There is some confusion about whether Patricia (b.1805) or Martha (b.1814) is “Patsy”, the
mother of Jesse Hembree above. See notes under 349 Jesse Hembree.
The will of Alexander Carroll, dated 9 August 1851 and proved in September 1851 mentions
his wife Martha Embree and their two minor children Sarah and Alexander. Under common law
there would be no need to mention Jesse, who was not a minor or a child of the marriage.
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345. JAMES3 HEMBREE (JOHN2, JOHN1) (go back to 240 JOHN)
[Based on the late Richard Martin’s “John Hembree” data at familytreemaker.com, research
by Dale Standifer. See Jane Hembree’s website for updates to this family line.]
He was born 18 January 1818, in Knox County, Kentucky, and died 18 August 1894 at
Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee. He married CATHERINE GOURLEY 26 February 1842.
She was b. 1823 Kentucky.
Children of James Hembree and Catherine Gourley are:
i. REBECCA4 HEMBREE, b. 1842, Scott County, Tennessee.
m(1) WILLIAM SMITH; m(2) WILLIAM OVERTON (b.1822)
ii. MARGARETTE HEMBREE, b. 1844.
iii. PHOEBE HEMBREE, b. November 1847, Scott County, Tennessee.
m. EWELL CHITWOOD
iv. SARAH HEMBREE, b. 1850.
v. ALVIS KENCAID HEMBREE, b. 31 October 1857, Huntsville, Scott County,
Tennessee; d. 25 October 1909, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee.
m(1) MATILDA GOODMAN 20 March 1879 Scott Co., TN. (daughter of
JOHN GOODMAN and JANE LOWE)
m(2) MELISSA 10 Feb 1890 Scott Co., TN
vi. DANIEL HEMBREE, b. 1861.
vii. MARY ANN HEMBREE, b. 1865.
Notes for James Hembree:
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346. W.B.3 HEMBREE (JOHN2, JOHN1) (go back to 240 JOHN)
[Based on the late Richard Martin’s “John Hembree” data at familytreemaker.com, research
by Dale Standifer. See Jane Hembree’s website for updates to this family line.]
He was born 5 January 1819, in Knox County, Kentucky, and died 2 July 1872 at Huntsville,
Scott County, Tennessee.
Notes for W. B. Hembree:
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347. ROBERT BLUFORD3 HEMBREE (JOHN2, JOHN1) (go back to 240 JOHN)
[Based on the late Richard Martin’s “John Hembree” data at familytreemaker.com, research
by Dale Standifer. See Jane Hembree’s website for updates to this family line.]
He was born 25 January 1820, in Knox County, Kentucky, and died 4 June 1915 (1913?)
at Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee. He married (1) MAHULDA RICH on 21 November
1839 Anderson Co., Tennessee; and married (2) ELIZABETH GIBSON (b.1843
d. 17 February 1920 Morgan County, Tennessee).
Children of Robert Hembree and Mahulda Rich are:
i. CHARLES4 HEMBREE.
ii. CHARITY EMELINE HEMBREE, b. 1841, Tennessee;
m. ANDREW SHANNON, 8 April 1874, Scott County, Tennessee.
iii. ISIAH HAMILTON HEMBREE, b. 13 November 1843, Smoky Creek, Scott County,
Tennessee; d. 14 June 1937, Norma, Scott County, Tennessee, at home.
m(1) MARY HAMBY; m(2) REBECCA LOWE
iv. SARAH ANN HEMBREE, b. 6 November 1846, Campbell County, Tennessee
(now Morgan County); d. 21 December 1924, Morgan County, Tennessee.
m. JEREMIAH HAMBY 15 March 1860 Morgan County, Tennessee
Children of Robert Hembree and Elizabeth Gibson are:
v. LEATHA D.4 HEMBREE, b. 26 May 1865, Tennessee; d. 22 May 1942,
Bloomington, Indiana; m. ISAAC U. LOWE, 3 May 1883, Scott County, Tennessee.
vi. MARTHA HEMBREE, b. 1872; m. ABNER COOK.
vii. MARY HEMBREE, b. 1873.
viii. ALEXANDER HEMBREE, b. 10 August 1875, Tennessee; d. 31 March 1987.
ix. REBECCA J. HEMBREE, b.12 October 1877, Scott County, Tennessee; d. 28 July 1959, Helenwood, Tennessee, Scott County; at residence Rt. 1.
m(1) JOEL HAYWOOD KEETEN; m(2) GEORGE BILL NORRIS
x. ROSABELL HEMBREE, b. 9 November 1880, Tennessee; m. (1) ROBERT
McDEERMAN; m. (2) THOMAS McDEERMAN, 5 September 1897, Scott County,
Tennessee.
xi. PARAZIDA HEMBREE, b. July 1884; m. THOMAS NANCE.
Notes for Robert Hembree:
His first wife was awarded a divorce on 9 April 1866 for abandonment. (The Civil War caused
widespread widowhood and an epidemic of divorce.)
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348. LUCINDA3 HEMBREE (JOHN2, JOHN1) (go back to 240 JOHN)
[Based on the late Richard Martin’s “John Hembree” data at familytreemaker.com, research
by Dale Standifer. See Jane Hembree’s website for updates to this family line.]
She was born 1822, in Knox County, Kentucky, and died UNKNOWN.
She married (1) GREEN C. GIBSON 5 September 1849 in Knox County, Kentucky. He
was b.1829 Knox County, Kentucky and was the son of Jesse Gibson (b.1801 TN) and
Theresa Goodin (b.1801).
Children of Green Gibson and Lucinda Hembree are:
i. Roberta Gibson b.c. 1850 Knox County, Kentucky
ii. Green Gibson b.c. 1855 Knox County, Kentucky
iii. John Gibson b.c. 1858 Knox County, Kentucky
Notes for Lucinda Hembree:
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349. JESSE3 HEMBREE (JOHN2, JOHN1) (go back to 240 JOHN)
He was born 1825 or 1828 in Knox County, Kentucky; d. unknown.
It is clear he is a grandson of John Hembree. He is likely the illegitimate son of Martha.
In the 1860 census, it shows he is only 25 (b.1834), but was 23 in 1850 (Scott Co, TN p.378a).
He m. Margaret Gibson 22 Sep 1853 in Knox County, Kentucky. She was b.1835
Knox County, Kentucky and was the daughter of Jesse Gibson (b.1801 TN) and
Theresa Goodin (b.1801).
Children of Jesse Hembree and Margaret Gibson are:
i. Polly Emery b.c. 1854 Knox County, Kentucky
ii. James Emery b.c. 1856 Knox County, Kentucky
iii. Phoebe Emery b.c. 1858 Knox County, Kentucky
Notes for Jesse Hembree:
From the notes of Dale Standifer: John Embry filed a lawsuit on 28 April 1825 against John Leith
on behalf of Embry’s daughter “Patricy” who was under 21. The language of the complaint
indicated that Leith promised to marry Patricia, defrauded her of her virginity, and she bore a child.
The lawsuit was dismissed, however, meaning that John Leith probably came forward and married
her. (We need to find him in the 1850 census to be sure.) So Jesse would seem to be b.1828, not
1825, and to be the son of Martha (b.1814). A problem is that the nickname “Patsy” has been
applied by researchers to both sisters.
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351. ELIJAH3 HEMBREE (JAMES2, JOHN1) (go back to 250 JAMES)
was born c.1812 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He married c. 1835 SARAH
NIMMONS. She was born 1819 SC, being the daughter of David and Winnefred (Winnie)
Nimmons.
Children of ELIJAH HEMBREE and SARAH NIMMONS are:
i. MARTHA4 HEMBREE, b. 1836 in Pickens District, South Carolina.
She m. Elisha Reed on 25 March 1858 in Hall County, Georgia.
ii. EVELINE (or EMELINE) HEMBREE, b. 1838 in Pickens District, South Carolina.
iii. MARGARET HEMBREE, b. 1840 in Pickens District, South Carolina.
iv. SUSAN (or SUSANNAH) HEMBREE, b. 1842 in Pickens District, South Carolina.
4515 v. JAMES A. HEMBREE, b. 1843 in Pickens District, South Carolina.
He m. Lucinda Owens 11 Sep 1867 Hall Co. GA. He served in the 15th
GA Inf, Pvt, CSA.
vi. ABSOLEM HEMBREE, b. 1846 in Hall County, Georgia.
m. Harriet A. Turner (b.1841 GA d.1935)
vii. JOHN HEMBREE, b. 1848 in Hall County, Georgia. He served in the 15th
GA Inf, Pvt, CSA at the age of 16.
viii. FRANCES HEMBREE, b. 1859 in Hall County, Georgia. (female = a grand daughter?)
Francis Hembree m. Miss J.L. A. Clark on 17 July 1881 Hall Co, GA.
Notes for ELIJAH HEMBREE:
Moved to Forsyth County, Georgia by 1850 then to Hall County, Georgia by 1860. He is on the 1849 tax list in Hall County (but his tax was paid by an agent, A. Bennet), and was a neighbor of his cousin Reuben
Emery (1804-1896), a son of Abraham Hembree.
For a long time he was considered to be the son of Edward Hembree, who was his uncle. The Edward name is absent, however, from his line. He is actually the son of James and Martha Hembree. (Edward
had a son Elijah born c.1802 but he died before 1850.)
His census age is 56 in 1860, 35 in 1850, 30-40 in 1840, and under 10 in 1820. A birth year of 1810-1812 is usually given for him and it is reasonable.
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William Nimmons was b.1731/1732 in Ireland. He came to South Carolina by 1775. His wife
was named Margaret. He was a patriot in the Revolution and resided in Newberry County, South
Carolina. (He is listed in the 1790 census there.) His will was dated in 1805 and mentions
children David, Joseph, and a son (William) who died before 1805.
Joseph Nimmons married Nancy Keturah Major (b.1776 VA d.aft. 1850 SC).
David Nimmons married Winnifred (Winny).
David Nimmons owed money to the estate of Abner Crosby in Pickens District in 1829. The
estate was inventoried by James Allen, James Sanders, Onwin Moore, and Samuel Thomas. Others
owing on notes to the estate included William Sanders, John Welch and John Blackstock.
The estate residue of Winny Nimmons was brought before the probate judge of Pickens District on
7 March 1856. David Moore and E.J. Hunnicut made oath that the real estate of Winny Nimmons
was not worth more than $1000. Her lands were on Coneross Creek, bordering lands of Abner
Shuttles (Shuttlesworth) – her son-in-law, and John Hardin.
Heirs of Winny Nimmons were: Abner Shuttles and wife Margaret (Nimmons)
Eleanor Nimmons
Ebenezer Thomas and wife Martha (Nimmons)
Elijah Emery and wife Sarah (Nimmons)
The Keowee Courier of Thursday, August 1, 1878, announced the death of John Hardin, “one of
our best citizens, on the 25th ult. Mr. Hardin was in his 65th year, and leaves many friends to
mourn his death.”
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352. JAMES3 HEMBREE (JAMES2, JOHN1) (go back to 250 JAMES)
was born c.1812 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died 31 Dec 1835 in Texas.
He was only 23 or so at the time of his death. He married PHENE (or PHEMY) MOORE (?)
c.1832. She was b.c.1818 in South Carolina and probably died c.1854.
Child of JAMES HEMBREE and PHENE is:
4521 i. DAVID4 HEMBREE, b. 1833 in Pickens District, South Carolina; died after 1870,
before 1880(?). He married ELIZABETH LUMPKIN.
Notes for James Hembree:
Capt. Eli Seale’s Rangers (1835-1836) in the Texas war for independence were volunteers from
Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. Among them were “Catfish, a Cherokee Indian” and
James Emery, who both joined the unit on 23 Oct 1835 and Emery died 2 months later.
[Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution (Austin: 1986), 198,199. By the Daughters of the Republic
of Texas] (A Jesse Emory served in the 1840’s.)
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353. NIMROD3 HEMBREE (JAMES2, JOHN1) (go back to 250 JAMES)
was born November 11, 1814 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died November 10, 1892 in
Smith County, Texas. He married ELIZABETH M. MAGEE December 8, 1842 in South Carolina,
daughter of TILMAN MAGEE JR. (b.1800 SC) and LUCINDA HUNT (not Hunter) (b.1799 SC).
Elizabeth was born September 1820 in South Carolina, and died 1910 in Smith County, Texas.
Children of NIMROD HEMBREE and ELIZABETH MAGEE are:
i. MARTHA4 HEMBREE b.1844 d.bef. 1850
ii. LUCINDA ELIZABETH4 HEMBREE, b. 19 June 1846, South Carolina; d. 18 January 1930, Smith County, Texas. She m. Marion O. Threlkeld c.1872, Banks County,
GA. He was the son of NEWTON THRELKELD and JANE. He was born April 1852
in South Carolina, and died September 23, 1901 in Smith County, Texas.
iii. SARAH JANE HEMBREE, b. September 1848, South Carolina; d. 1928, Smith County,
Texas. (Unmarried)
iv. JAMES A. "JIMMY" HEMBREE, b. 31 December 1850 Pickens (now Oconee) County,
South Carolina; d. 20 February 1901; m. Sarah M. Wood (1847-1922).
v. WILLIAM HEMBREE, b. c. 1855 Pickens District, South Carolina.
He m. Sarah E. Garrison 22 July 1880 Banks County, Georgia.
vi. MARY E. HEMBREE, b. c. 1857, Pickens District, South Carolina.
vii. JOHN HEMBREE, b. c. 1861, Georgia.
Notes for NIMROD HEMBREE:
From The Pendleton SC Messenger 1807-1851 :
“Mr. Nimrod Emery married Miss Elizabeth Magee of Pickens District on the 8th of December, 1842.”
Served as juror in the Pickens District Court of Common Pleas in October 1848.
Nimrod saw military service during the Florida Indian Wars and his widow filed a pension claim in Texas
on 7 October 1892, granted 13 January 1893.
Nimrod appears in 1850 Census Pickens Dist. South Carolina page 441B HH 1030 Family 1076: Nimrod
Hemby age 35 male farmer born South Carolina; Elizabeth age 28 female born South Carolina; Lucinda
age 4 female born South Carolina; Sarah age 2 female born South Carolina. Nimrod and family appear in
1860, 1870 and 1880 Banks County, Georgia Federal Census. He also appears as a witness to Will of
A. Langston June 4, 1864: July 1864.
Nimrod took an oath of repatriation and registered to vote in Banks County, Georgia in 1867-1868.
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361. ELIJAH JOHN3 EMERY (EDWARD2, JOHN1) (go back to 260 EDWARD)
was born 1800-1802 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died c.1848 in Missouri (another
family source says Alabama or Arkansas). He married SUSANNAH EMILY EMERY (see 381)
on 3 Aug 1824 in Sumner County, Tennessee. She was born 1809 in Kentucky or Tennessee and
died after 1870 in Illinois. She was the daughter of Michael Emery or Hembree (b.1785 d.1853)
(son of JOHN1 HEMBREE) and Parthena “Puss” Latham.
Children of ELIJAH JOHN EMERY and SUSANNAH EMERY are:
i. JOHN Peter (or PETER JOHN)4 Emery b. 1825 Sumner Co.,TN d. aft 1860
m. ----- she d.c. 1858 (Probably m. CELIA ANN JONES 5 June 1842 Henry
County, Tennessee.) He m(2) Mrs. Nancy Jane Spears 16 March 1864 Gallatin Co, IL.
(Pvt. Co. K, 9th IL Infantry, USA – Civil War ?)
ii. dau (Sarah?) b. 1827 TN d.bef 1870 (or ? SUSANNA who m. PETER
m. ---- Russell who d. bef 1870 SNIDER 21 Oct 1847 Henry Co. TN?)
iii. MARTHA EMERY b. 1829 Henry Co., TN d.aft 1860
m.(?) -------- WHITEHEAD m(2) ?
iv. Lucinda Parthena Emery b. 1832 Henry Co, TN d. aft 1900 Henry Co, TN
m. JOHN YOUNGER 27 Sep 1857 Henry County, Tennessee (28 Sep 1859?)
4615 v. Jefferson Monroe Emery b. 1834 Henry County, Tennessee;
d.aft 1880 Williamson County, Illinois
m. 1852 Permelia Caroline Marcum (b.1836 Overton Co, TN d.aft 1880
Illinois) dau. of BALAAM MARCUM
vi. Michael Merrill Emery b. 1836 Henry County, Tennessee;
d. aft 1860
m. ELIZABETH WILLIAMS 27 April 1855 Henry County, Tennessee
vii. Sevilla Emery b. 1838 Henry County, TN, d. aft 1870
viii. Catherine Lana Emery b. 1841Henry County, TN d.aft. 1870
4619 ix. Elijah J. Emery b. 4 July 1843 Henry Co, TN d. 11 July 1914 Johnson Co, IL
m(1) 1862 Mary Ann Choate (b. 1848 IL d.c. 1882 IL) m(2) LYZA Harriet Shoemaker (b. 1862 IL d. 23 Nov 1946 IL) on 10 July 1883 Johnson
Co, Illinois. She was the daughter of John A. Shoemaker and Francis Warren, who m.
9 Jan 1854 Pope County, Illinois.
Notes for Elijah John Emery:
His nickname was “Tobe” and this nickname was used by his sons. There were two legends preserved
by two different branches of the family. One was that Elijah, the son of Edward Hembree, was killed by
a falling tree in Alabama around 1848. Another was that John, the son of Edward Hembree, died on his
way out to Missouri with his family in 1847 or so. These must be the same person.
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362. JESSE3 HEMBREE (EDWARD2, JOHN1) (go back to 260 EDWARD)
was born 1802/4 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died after 1870 in Anderson (or
Oconee) County, South Carolina. He married 1828 CAROLINE KEASLER (KESSLER).
She was born 1815 and died after 1870 in Anderson County, South Carolina.
Children of JESSE HEMBREE and CAROLINE KEASLER are:
i. CAROLINE4 HEMBREE b. 1829 in Anderson County, South Carolina [1830 Census,
1840 Census] m. JESSE BROWN 4 June 1843 Anderson County, South Carolina
ii. Harriet Hembree b. 1832 in Anderson County, South Carolina, d. .
She m. 1849 William Lemuel (Lem) Keasler, son of ABRAHAM Keasler
(b. 1783 VA d.1860 Anderson Co, SC). Lem was b. 6 Feb 1831 d. 31 Jan 1891
Oconee Co, South Carolina.
iii. unknown dau b. 1834 in Anderson County, South Carolina [1840 Census]
iv. Sarah Jane Hembree b.20 May (or Mar) 1837 in Anderson County, South
Carolina; d. 30 Dec 1891 Oconee County, South Carolina; m(1)? ---- Brooks or JOHN KESSLER c.1855; m(2) Stephen Baldwin (b.29 Jan 1842 d. 19 Dec 1920 Oconee Co, SC). No ch.
v. Eliza Emily (Emeline) Hembree b.1839 in Anderson County, South Carolina
m. Whitaker Hackett in 1860 or perhaps Eli (Elias) Hembree b.1831.
vi. Rebecca Caroline Hembree b.1841 in Anderson County, South Carolina
vii. John Edward Hembree b.27 July1843 in Anderson County, South Carolina;
d. 10 Nov 1906 bur. Beulah United Methodist Church, Piedmont, Anderson Co, SC. He served in the SC 4th Infantry Regiment, Co. D CSA. He married Amanda (Mandy) Jane McConnell.
viii. Joseph N. Hembree b.1844 in Anderson County, South Carolina; d.aft. 1873
He served in the SC 1st Infantry Regiment (McCreary’s) Co. I, CSA. On 9 Jan 1873 he
witnessed the will of Mary Rankin in Anderson Co (probated 17 Apr 1873).
ix. Jesse Henry David Hembree b.13 September 1848 in Anderson County, SC;
d. 30 June 1888 in Oconee County, South Carolina. Buried at Mt Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery in Oconee County, South Carolina. He served in the SC 1st Rifles Regiment (Orr’s) Co. L as Jesse H. Hembree.
x. J. Clark Hembree b.27 Aug 1852 in Anderson County, South Carolina; d. 12 Oct
1917 in Anderson County, SC; bur. Beulah United Methodist Church, Piedmont,
Anderson County, South Carolina. He married Josephine Owens.
xi. W. Scott Hembree b.16 Jun 1853 in Anderson County, South Carolina; d. 20 Jul
1928 in Anderson County, South Carolina bur. Beulah United Methodist Church,
Piedmont, Anderson County, South Carolina.
xii. Leroy Hembree b.c. 1857 in Anderson County, South Carolina; d.aft. 1870
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Notes for JESSE HEMBREE:
William Edward Hembree (1845-1930) was the oldest son of Edward Hembree (1816-1858). He jotted
down some notes concerning his family, making reference to his uncle Jesse Emery (Hembree):
My Uncle Jesse was a fine millwright, he was known as a practical humorist,
he never laughed but made everyone else laugh.
Jesse Hembree of Anderson County is listed as a mechanic and a carpenter in the census of 1850 & 1860.
In the 1830 census, he is listed closer to the family of Edward Hembree than the unrelated Hembree families of Anderson County. He remained in Anderson County while Edward moved back to what became
Oconee County (where they were located in 1810, 1800 and before).
Descendants of his third son Jesse Henry David Hembree have a tradition of Cherokee blood through the
Hembrees.
Neither Jesse nor his sons were registered to vote in 1868 – indicating they were confederates (ineligible to vote).
The household of Jesse Hembree is listed twice in the 1850 census, providing a unique double-look at the
family. On 4 October 1850 he was listed in the Eastern Division of Anderson County, South Carolina (p.310) as follows:
#1019 Jesse Hembree 50 M Mechanic SC
Caroline “ 35 F SC
Sarah J. “ 14 F SC
Eliza E. “ 11 F SC
Rebeca “ 9 F SC
John E. “ 7 M SC
Joseph “ 6 M SC
Henry D. “ 3 M SC
Lemuel Keisler 18 M Miller SC == indexed as “Samuel”
Harriet “ 17 F SC
On 12 October 1850 he was listed in the Western Division of Anderson County, South Carolina (p.237) as
follows:
#1195 William L. Keaslin 20 M Miller SC
Harriet “ 19 F SC
not named “ 2/12 M SC
#1196 Jesse Hembree 48 M Carpenter SC
Caroline “ 35 F SC
Sarah J. “ 14 F SC
Eliza E. “ 13 F SC
Rebecca C. “ 11 F SC
John E. “ 8 M SC
Joseph N. “ 5 M SC
Henry D. “ 2 M SC
Apparently Jesse Hembree was double-listed also in the 1870 Census: he is listed in Anderson County with
his wife AND in Oconee County with his daughter Harriet and his son-in-law William L. Keasler who was
then calling himself William L. Hinton (quite a few Confederates took on new names). Not only that, but
his nearby in-law cousins in Oconee County (the Baldwins and Moores) got census double-listing.
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Steven Baldwin is 62 on page 79 with grandsons John and Andrew Millar and Stephen Baldwin is 85 on
page 81 with grandsons John and Andrew Miller. John and Mary Moore, neighbors, are also double-listed.
A younger Stephen Bauldin (40 in 1880) had the Baldwin farm in the 1880 census. (Jesse Hembree’s
sisters Zenith and Eliza Hembree are listed on this farm in 1880. This younger Stephen Baldwin (1842-1920) was Jesse’s son-in-law.)
His oldest daughter, Caroline, married Jesse Brown, son of George Brown of Anderson District, SC.
Jesse was a grandson of Jesse Brown of Pendleton District. The will of George Brown (dated 19 Jul 1844,
Proved 13 Jan 1845) mentions wife Rachel, and sons Isham, Jesse and Elijah. It was witnessed by James
Hembree Sr., Daniel Gentry, and James Hembree Jr.
A Jesse Brown, Thomas Brown, Lee Brown and Thomas Murphy served together as Loyalists in South
Carolina. They were part of the North Carolina militia stranded in South Carolina. Jesse Brown was
killed 15 Dec 1781, Lee Brown was killed 14 Dec 1781, Thomas Murphy was buried 20 May 1782. (A
Thomas Murphy Loyalist of Ninety Six District was buried 2 May 1782.)
(Other possible origins of the name Jesse in the family are Jesse Moore and Jesse Jackson.)
Abraham Keasler (b.1783 VA d. Jan 1860 Anderson County, SC) married c. 1802 Nancy Boyd (b.1786
SC d.1851 Anderson County, SC). Caroline Keasler was probably a niece of Abraham. She was born
1815 SC and died after 1870 in Anderson County, SC. She married Jesse Hembree and had six daughters
before having a son. The son was named John Edward. By family tradition that continues to this day,
this name was probably based on her father (John) plus Jesse’s father (Edward). (They went on to have
six boys in a row.) It would be hard to say what her mother’s name was, with six daughters (Jesse’s mom
was Eliza, a name given to their fifth daughter), but her father’s name was most likely John. The Keasler
family (Kessler and Kesler are variants) were in Union County, South Carolina, until 1842 or so.
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363. ELISABETH3 HEMBREE (EDWARD2, JOHN1) (go back to 260 EDWARD)
She was born c. 1806 in Pendleton District, South Carolina and died before 1870 in
South Carolina or after 1870 in Georgia or Mississippi. She married and had children
but she has not been located in 1850 or 1860.
Notes for Elisabeth Hembree:
Until recently her existence to Hembree researchers has been hidden. She married, had children,
moved to Georgia then perhaps to Mississippi, and died there around 1880 or so. Not much
else is known about her until one of her descendants comes forward.
Another theory: she married Dempsey Yow (b.c.1786) and resided in Pendleton District, d.c.1864.
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364. ELIZA3 HEMBREE (EDWARD2, JOHN1) (go back to 260 EDWARD)
She was born c. 1808 in Pendleton District, South Carolina and died after 1880 in Oconee
County, South Carolina.
Notes for Eliza Hembree:
Never married, no children, although at the age of 70 she was said to be “considering” a few gentlemen.
Known for her intelligence and wit, she was a lifelong teacher. Her niece called her a “missionary”
because she tried to convert folks to the virtues of Christian morality and literacy.
She corresponded with family members far and wide and she loved to travel. She attempted to go to
California but got only as far as St. Louis. An Indian war on the Great Plains prevented her from
reaching her goal. She went back to South Carolina and reported that the Pacific Ocean now reached
Missouri, so her trip goal was actually reached. The local newspaper had to correct the report because
so many people thought she was serious.
She was notorious for understating her age in the census data. Although she was 71 in 1880 and her
sister Zenith was 65, Eliza gave her own age as 61 and described herself and her sister as “farm
laborers” (on the farm of her nephew Stephen Baldwin Jr. Imagine those two high-minded spinsters as
his farm hands!) She died quietly on the farm a few years later and was buried at the Methodist Church
in Seneca with other family members (no marker remains).
Her last request was also her last joke, according to her niece. “Believing most assuredly in the
resurrection of the body,” she wrote, “My only request is to be sodden in my sister’s finest dress and
her finest shoes that I may look my best.”
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365. SIMEON3 HEMBREE (EDWARD2, JOHN1) (go back to 260 EDWARD)
was born 1810 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died 1859 in Neshoba
County, Mississippi. He married PERMICIA CARRADINE Jan 1831. She was born
1814 in Pendleton District, South Carolina and died in Mississippi. She was the niece
of Thomas Carradine (d. Apr 1820) and Elizabeth Bell (d. 20 Mar 1849), who raised her.
Children of SIMEON HEMBREE and PERMICIA are:
i. THOMAS EDWARD4 HEMBREE, b. 1832, near Martin’s Creek in Pickens District, South Carolina; died unmarried after 1860. Crippled from childhood.
4652 ii. DANIEL WASHINGTON HEMBREE, b. 1 Feb 1834, near Martin’s Creek in Pickens
District, South Carolina; d. Shady Grove, Laurel County, Mississippi after 1890.
He married (1) LENORA ANN BARRETT 1858 (divorced during war). (She was
b. 25 Nov 1835 d.21 Nov 1901 Lamar Co., Mississippi.) He married (2) FANNIE
NOKES in 1865.
4653 iii. MARY HEMBREE, b. 1836, near Martin’s Creek in Pickens District, South
Carolina; m. ANDREW J. W. INGRAM, 1857.
4654 iv. JESSE F. HEMBREE, b. 1838, near Martin’s Creek in Pickens District, South
Carolina.
4655 v. WILLIAM P. HEMBREE, b. 1841, near Martin’s Creek in Pickens District, South
Carolina, died 1923 in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
vi. MARTHA HALENE HEMBREE, b. 1843, near Martin’s Creek in Pickens District,
South Carolina.
vii. TERESA HEMBREE, b. 1845, near Martin’s Creek in Pickens District, South Carolina.
viii. ELIZA EVALINE HEMBREE, b. 1849, near Martin’s Creek in Pickens District, South
Carolina.
ix. SARAH JANE HEMBREE, b. 1854, in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
Notes for SIMEON HEMBREE:
In what could be a wedding day deed, on 24 Jan 1831 Simeon bought from William Garrett
124 acres on Martin’s Creek for $157.50 and “best man” Uriah Hembree signed a mortgage note for
that same amount to William Garrett on the same day. Simeon lived and farmed on that land for over 20
years. His neighbors included Onwin Moore, the Carradines, and William Sanders (1792-1862).
[Book B-1 p.273-274 Pickens County Deeds; witnessed by William May, John Martin, Uriah Hembree.]
The land was granted to Alexander Drumgoole after the Revolution (he is listed as part of the Cherokee
tribe in 1817). It was next to lands granted to Lewis Daniel Martin (hence Martin’s Creek). The land went
from Drumgoole to Thomas Carradine, then to Josiah Wright in 1817, then to William Grant, then to
William Garrett.
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On 25 August 1832 Simeon Hembree sold a small parcel of his land for $22.37 to Whitaker Smith.
The land was bounded by lands of Onwin Moore, Uriah Hembree, Mrs. Carradine, and others.
Witnessed by James McKinney & George E.W. Foster, recorded 1 Feb 1833.
Simeon served as a juror in the Pickens District Court of Common Pleas in October 1841.
William Edward Hembree (1845-1930) was the oldest son of Edward Hembree (1816-1858). He jotted
down some notes concerning his family, making reference to his uncle “Sim” Emery (Hembree):
EDWARD HEMBREE married a woman by the name of STRATTON,
to this union was born:
Elliga Elizabeth
Sim Eliza
Jessie Zenith
Edward
Sim Hembree went to Texas about the year of 1852.
He had several children, Daniel being the oldest
who was about twenty years of age when he left Pickens
District, SC.
He also had a crippled son who could not walk.
I had letters from them for a few years and Dan
was an overseer on a plantation in Texas.
My Uncle Eliga Hembree moved to Alabama,
I do not know what part. He was killed by the
falling of a tree when I was a little boy.
My Uncle Jesse was a fine millwright, he was
known as a practical humorist, he never laughed
but made everyone else laugh.
Uncle Sim had a law suit before my maternal
Grandfather, William Sanders, who was the County Esquire.
The case was decided against Uncle Sim.
My Father, Edward Emery paid the cost and Uncle Sims oldest
son, Dan, came to our house and worked it out.
Soon after that they moved to Texas.
Written by William Emery
Found in Josie’s Journal
In 1852 he brought a civil suit against William Sanders (1792-1862), the father-in-law of Edward
Hembree (1816-1858). He lost the suit and had to pay Sanders some money. He sent his son
Daniel to make the settlement, which was conducted at the kitchen table of Edward Hembree “Jr.”.
Still sure he was in the right, Sim took his family and moved to Mississippi.
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In 1859 he got 84 acres in Neshoba County, Mississippi. He died there in 1859; his widow and
children are in the 1860 Neshoba County census. Her cousin or step brother James F. Carradine
are nearby. A Jesse Moore living next to Daniel Hembree in 1860 is of unknown relation (he had
brothers John and Thomas Moore).
Carradine, James F. Land patent entered 1 Oct 1859 Neshoba Co, MS at Columbus.
Doc # 39687. For 42 acres, Choctaw, Sec. 5, Township 10-N, Range 11-E.
Carradine, James F. Land patent entered 1 Oct 1859 Neshoba Co, MS at Columbus.
Doc # 37503. For 42 acres, Choctaw, Sec. 5, Township 10-N, Range 11-E.
Hembree, Daniel W. Land patent entered 1 Oct 1859 Neshoba Co, MS at Columbus.
Doc # 37536. For 80 acres, Choctaw, Sec. 11, Township 9-N, Range 11-E.
Hembree, Simeon. Land patent entered 1 Oct 1859 Neshoba Co, MS at Columbus.
Doc # 37537. For 84 acres, Choctaw, Sec. 5, Township 10-N, Range 11-E.
Notes for Permicia Carradine:
Thomas Carradine m(1) unknown and had 5 children (according to his will in Pendleton District).
He m(2) Elizabeth Bell on 7 January 1773 in Rowan County, North Carolina and they had 11
children (per his will). On 31 March 1773 Thomas Carradine signed a petition of taxpayers of Rowan
County at Newbern. The probated will of Thomas Bell mentions daughter Elizabeth Carradine (dated 15
November 1772 proved 1800 in Rowan County). Thomas Carradine came to Pendleton District by
1792 (up from Greenville District, South Carolina). On 4 July 1791 he bought 536 acres on Martins
Creek from Cherokee trader Alexander Drumgoole (recorded 25 June 1792). In 1799 he increased
his holdings by purchasing 250 acres on Martins Creek from Cherokee countryman Daniel Ross. Ross
got the land from Alexander Drumgoole. (The Sheriff of Pendleton District, John Harris, was also
said to be a Cherokee.)
Thomas Carradine made his will 26 April 1820 and it was proved 19 May 1820. His estate was not
settled until the death of his widow Elizabeth on 20 March 1849. Heirs of Thomas Carradine include
son James F. Carradine (b.1802) and daughter Evaline. Also daughter Mary Barrett and her husband
Arthur of Neshoba County, Mississippi. A grand daughter Permicy (Carradine) Ingram was also an
heir.
In the 1860 census Permicia Hembree, widow of Simeon Hembree, was living with her minor children
on the farm of James F. Carradine in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
This all leads to the inference that Permicia Hembree is actually Permicia Carradine, niece of
Thomas Carradine. The will makes it clear that she was not a daughter but she could be a niece
raised by the Carradines.
In the 1850 and 1860 census she says she was born in North Carolina. Could she perhaps be a
daughter of William Garrett who sold Simeon Hembree the land? In 1820 he was in Burke County,
North Carolina, living next to a John Welch in Burke County.
Eveline Carradine, 38, in home of her brother Joe Berry Carradine in 1850 census Pickens District, SC
p.448.
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366. ZENITH3 HEMBREE (EDWARD2, JOHN1) (go back to 260 EDWARD)
was born c.1814 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died July 1889 near Center
Township, Oconee County, South Carolina. She was married briefly, had no children,
and went by “Miss Hembree” the rest of her life. Her name, spelled Cenith or Cenath
in some records, was short for Asenath, though she never used that form. She was a
“plantation tutor” (teacher) for many years, teaching, we think, music.
She may have married a Hughes and the marriage had some unhappy end. The 1870
Census of Oconee County shows a Sena Hughes, 70, living next to Stephen Baldwin and
his wife Sarah Jane Hembree (daughter of Jesse Hembree) in Tugaloo Township. This is
probably her, as the 1880 census shows her living on the Stephen Baldwin farm in another
township.
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367. EDWARD3 HEMBREE (EDWARD2, JOHN1) (go back to 260 EDWARD)
was born 1816 in Pendleton District, South Carolina and died “suddenly” on 11 February 1858 near
Walhalla, Pickens District (now Oconee County) South Carolina. He was buried on Wake Hollow
Plantation near Walhalla. He married ELIZABETH SANDERS in 1835 or 1838, daughter of WILLIAM
SANDERS (1792 NC – 1862 SC) and SARAH MOORE (1791 – c.1861 SC).
Elizabeth was born 1814 in South Carolina, and died aft. 1880 in Sevier or Knox County, Tennessee.
(She remarried.)
Children of EDWARD HEMBREE and ELIZABETH SANDERS are:
4671. i. SARAH ANN4 HEMBREE, b. July 1840, Pickens District (Oconee County) South
Carolina; d. 3 March 1909, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. m(1) 1 Oct 1857
William Augustus Todd; m(2) 1867 Washington Albert Love.
4672. ii. MARY EMELINE HEMBREE, b. 5 March 1842, in what is now Oconee County,
South Carolina; d. 4 March 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee.
m. 11 September 1864 Robert A. Lumpkin.
4673. iii. ELIZABETH CATHERINE HEMBREE, b. 1843, in what is now Oconee County, South
Carolina; d. Aft. 1880, Knox County or Sevier County, Tennessee.
m(1) c.1865
M.R. Garrett m(2) ?1883
Asa Rogers in Sevier Co, TN?
4674. iv. WILLIAM EDWARD HEMBREE, b. 19 December 1845, in what is now Oconee
County, South Carolina; d. 4 July 1930, Franklin County, Ohio.
m. 1 January 1868 Sarah Lavina Dougherty.
4675. v. JAMES ELAM HEMBREE, b. 16 May 1848, in what is now Oconee County, South
Carolina; d. 22 Nov 1901, Knox County, Tennessee; m. Martha Jane Sanders.
4676. vi. FRANCES CAROLINE HEMBREE, b. 25 October 1850, in what is now Oconee
County, South Carolina; d. 22 March 1911, Douglas County, Oregon;
m. 1874 Winniford Ellison.
4677. vii. JOHN CALHOUN HEMBREE, b.4 January 1853, in what is now Oconee County,
South Carolina; d. 10 September 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee;
m. 1 (or 10) October 1872 Nancy Cresswell Randles.
4678. viii. DAVID FRANCIS HEMBREE, b.13 April 1855, in what is now Oconee County, South
Carolina; d. 20 May 1900, Knox County, Tennessee;
m. 1878 Modena (Deenie) A. Dewberry.
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Notes for EDWARD HEMBREE (b.1816 d.1858):
Did not use “Jr.” suggesting that Edward was a middle name for both him and his father.
Resided at Oakway, Oconee County.
Edward Hembree was born c.1816 in what is now Anderson or Oconee County, South Carolina.
He was the son of Edward Hembree Sr (b. 1780 d.1863 SC) and Eliza Stratton (b.1780 NC d.c.1835 SC).
He married in 1835 or 1838 Elizabeth Sanders (b.1818 SC d.aft 1880 TN), daughter
of William Sanders (1792 NC - 1862 SC) and Sarah (Sallie) Moore (1791 SC - c.
1868 SC). Elizabeth may have
remarried in Sevier Co, TN. She died in Sevier, Knox or Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Edward Jr. died "suddenly" on February 11, 1858 near Walhalla (Pickens District, now Oconee County), SC, leaving a widow and eight children.
Although there is no other history of slave ownership in the JOHN HEMBREE line, in 1850 Edward
shows up as a prolific slave owner, not quite in the class of John C. Calhoun, his neighbor, but with a
large number of slaves. The mystery surrounding his sudden acquisition of slaves, his sudden death,
and the lack of record of the disposition of his slaves, leads to speculation that he was part of the
“Underground Railroad”. Here’s another twist: His widow, along with other widows, was aided
by the Calhoun family in relocating to Tennessee after the war. None of his family remained in Oconee
County.
[See “The Mysterious Death of Edward Hembree” online.]
Misc. Notes for EDWARD HEMBREE (b.1816 d.1858):
Deed: dated 14 Sep 1846 … Jane Miller of Anderson District to Edward Hembree of Pickens
District … for $200 … 320 acres on Martin’s Creek of Seneca River … granted to John Miller.
Bordered by Elizabeth Caradine, Morgan, Miller, Thompson.
Witnesses: William Sanders Sr. Signed: Jane Miller (mark)
Elam Sharpe Jr.
Recorded 17 Nov 1846 Book E-1 p.494-5 Pendleton District deeds (now at Oconee County, SC)
(This was probably Edward “Jr.”.) (Note: William Sanders is my ancestor, as is Edward Hembree.)
Release: dated 16 Aug 1851 … Edward Hembree of Pickens District to David Moore [b.1805] of
Anderson District … for $500 … 320 acres on Martin’s Creek of Seneca River … purchased of
Jane Miller. Adjoining James Caradine, James Thompson, estate of Caradine. “Whereas I did
formerly live and cleared on said land about ten or twelve acres . . . .”
Witnesses: E.B. Benson Signed: Edward Hembree
Thos. B. Benson.
Recorded 2 Apr 1852 Book G-1 p. 136 Pendleton District deeds (now at Oconee County, SC)
(This was probably Edward “Jr.”.)
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The mysterious wealth of slaves in 1850, followed by his mysterious death and his enigmatic will,
prompt suspicion that Edward Hembree was somehow involved in the Underground Railroad and
was lynched. See “The Mysterious Death of Edward Hembree”, online.
1850 Slave Schedule Pickens District Western Division
taken 15 Aug 1850
Edward Emory’s list: age, sex, color
60 male black 23 male black
50 male black 15 female black
80 female black 14 male black
48 male black 10 female black
40 female black 10 female black
38 female black 4 female black
30 female mulatto 2 male black
30 male black
Last Will & Testament of Edward Hembree
The State of Carolina Pickens District December twenty fifth one thousand eight
hundred & fifty seven. In the name of God amen. I Edward Hembree of the
State & district afore said being in sound mind & memory and wishing to dispose
of my property amongst my wife Elizabeth Hembree & my children after my
decease after all my Just debts & funeral expences are paid I give to my wife
Elizabeth Hembree during her lifetime all the lands that I own & all land that I
may hereafter own also one wagon & 3 mules all my stock of cattle & hogs &c,
all the plantation tools all my ready money notes & accounts all the household
& kitchen furniture & cooking utencels & the present crop & after her death I
want all the remains of my property Sold as the law directs & Equally divided
amongst my children. I do hereby acknowledge this to be my last will &
testament. Signed & sealed Edward Hembree (seal)
in presence of
John G. Mauldin (seal)
R.H.E. Cowan (seal)
S.F.K. Cowan (seal)
Note: the handwriting of the will matches the handwriting of the Edward
Hembree signature and the witnesses are in a different handwriting from
the Hembree handwriting -- but all three witness signatures are in the same
handwriting – the handwriting of clerk W. J. Parsons.
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381. SUSANNAH EMILY3 EMERY (MICHAEL2, JOHN1) (go back to 280 MICHAEL)
was born 1809 in Kentucky or Tennessee, and died after 1870 in Illinois. She married ELIJAH JOHN
(or JOHN ELIJAH) EMERY 3 August 1824 in Sumner County, Tennessee. He was her “half” cousin
as they had only one grandparent in common (Old John Hembree).
Could she have married Peter Snider (b.1783 GA) a widower? On 21 Oct 1847 Peter Snider married
Susan Emery in Henry County, Tennessee.
[See 361. ELIJAH JOHN EMERY, son of EDWARD HEMBREE, for children.]
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382. SQUIRE LATHAM3 EMERY (MICHAEL2, JOHN1) (go back to 280 MICHAEL)
was born c.1812 in Tennessee. He d. bef. 1870 Henry County, Tennessee.
He m.c.1833 CHRISTIE (CHRISTA) SNIDER (b. 1814 TN, d.bef. 1870? Tennessee)
Children of SQUIRE EMERY and CHRISTA SNIDER are:
i. PARTHENA4 EMERY, b. 1834, Tennessee; d. unk
m(1) ROTES POWELL
ii. SARAH A. EMERY, b. 1835, Tennessee; d. unk
m. JOHN W. HOGG 29 Dec 1852 Henry County, Tennessee
(He was a bootlegger and often in trouble with the law.)
iii. NANCY L. EMERY, b. 1836, Tennessee; d. unk
m. GEORGE W. HOGG 9 Jan 1866 Henry County, Tennessee
iv. HARRIET E. EMERY, b. 1837, Tennessee; d. unk
v. WILLIAM WILEY EMERY, b. 1838, Tennessee; d. bef 1872
m. HARRIET b.c. 1835 TN (she sold land in 1872 Henry Co., TN)
vi. GERALDINE H. EMERY, b. 1840 Henry County, Tennessee; d. unk
vii. SQUIRE LATHAM EMERY, b. 1843, Henry Co., Tennessee; d. aft.1870
Served in Confederate army in Missouri.
viii. MISSOURI EMERY, b. 1847 Henry County, Tennessee d. bef. 1860
ix. CHRISTIE C. EMERY, b. Aug 1850 Henry County, Tennessee; d. aft 1870
x. JOSIAH JOSEPH EMERY, b. 1853, Tennessee; d. aft 1870
Notes for Squire Emery:
Notes for Christa (Christie) Snider:
See notes on the Snider family at individual # 386 Michael Emery.
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383. LUCINDA J.3 EMERY (MICHAEL2, JOHN1) (go back to 280 MICHAEL)
she was born c. 1818 Tennessee and died after 1870 in Wayne County, Missouri.
She m(1) 1832 ELIJAH or MILES BURRIS (BURRESS) b. SC d.bef 1838 TN;
m(2) WILLIAM AARON MARKHAM 26 Jan 1840 in Henry County,
Tennessee. He was b.c. 1813 Virginia, d.aft 1880 near Williamsville, Wayne County,
Missouri.
Children of LUCINDA J. EMERY and BURRIS are:
i. Elijah BURRIS b. 1833 KY or TN d.c.1862 Civil War or aft 1870
Johnson County, Illinois as “Miles Burris”?
ii. Thomas BRYANT BURRIS b. 1835 KY or TN d.aft.1880 Wayne Co, MO
m. ELIZABETH ----
Children of LUCINDA J. EMERY and WILLIAM MARKHAM are:
iii. JACKSON MARION MARKHAM b.c. 1842 Henry County, Tennessee
iv. WILLIAM JASPER MARKHAM b.c. 1845 Henry County, Tennessee
v. CORDELIA MARKHAM b. 1852 Henry County, Tennessee
Notes for Lucinda J. Emery:
The records in Henry County are difficult to read. One researcher (Edythe Whitley) shows the
marriage application was made on 23 Jan 1840 but the marriage took place on 20 Jan 1843. And
the bride was “Lucinda J. Bumpass”. The Bumpass family was better known around the area
but Lucinda’s first marriage was to a BURRIS. She married William Markham on 26 Jan 1843.
What is the relationship between WILLIAM MARKHAM and PERMELIA MARCUM?
The connection is unknown. William Markham appears to be part of a West Virginia pioneer
family (when West Virginia was still part of Virginia) whereas Permelia Marcum comes from
North Carolina roots.
(Sent to me by Phil Stucker, posted by Charles Markham on rootsweb)
William Markham of Kentucky.
My great-great-great grandfather was William Aaron Markham. He originally
came from Kentucky, it is not known exactly where, to Paris, Tennessee and
then on to Williamsville, Missouri. He was born about 1813 in Virginia. He
married Lucinda Emory Burris on his way through Kentucky to Tennessee.
They had two sons, Jackson Marion William Jasper. After the Civil War in
which Jackson Marion and William Jasper both fought on the Confederate side
and in which Jackson Marion was a prisoner in Chicago Il until the end of the
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war, the family including Lucinda's son Bryant Burris, moved to Wayne County
(Williamsville) Missouri where they all lived until they died. William Aaron
died after the 1880 census and before the 1900 Census and is buried at Chapel
Hill Cemetery which is located between Williamsville and Elisinore. Jackson
Marion was my great-great grandfather and he married Clara Elizabeth Lawson and
they had 7 children one of which was my great grandfather, Jasper Marvin. Jasper
Marvin married Martha Ann Whiteaker and they had 8 children one of which, David
Raymond Markham was my grandfather. My grandfather lived at a Mill Springs
address until his death in 1971. He was married to Ocie O'Della (known as Della
Markham) and had four children one of which was my mother Beulah J. Markham
Eden. She is still living and (my mother) and still owns the land and house my
grandfather lived in. Her family lived in or near Williamsville all of their
lives since moving there around 1867. One of my relatives was involved in
Markham Mill Pond near Williamsville.
William Aaron Markham was my ggggrandfather. The information I have says he was
born in Virginia and moved to White Co (Paris) Tn sometime between his birth in
the early 1800's and his marriage to Lucinda Emory Burris in the early 1830's.
He had two sons, who were both in the Civil War. After the Civil War the family
including Lucinda's son Bryant Burris from her first marriage, moved to Wayne
County in Missouri.
We have been able to find William on census taken both in Tennessee and
Missouri. And I can give you the family history from the time he married Lucinda
on but we are trying to find out more about his family in Virginia.
For more on Permelia Marcum’s family see individual #4615 Jefferson Monroe Emery.
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384. WILLIAM MILTON3 EMERY (MICHAEL2, JOHN1) (go back to 280 MICHAEL)
was born 1820 in Sumner County, Tennessee and died after 1850.
He m MARY HART 28 Feb 1838 Henry County, Tennessee (she b. 1817 KY),
daughter of pioneers from South Carolina. He m(2) ? ------ HAWKINS.
Children of WILLIAM EMERY and MARY HART are:
i. daughter b. 1839 Henry County, TN d. bef. 1850 [1840, 1850 Census]
ii. JOSIAH EMERY b. 1843 Henry County, Tennessee; d. Dec 1849 Henry
County, Tennessee in a fire [1850 Mortality Schedule]
iii. GREEN W. EMERY b. 1845 Henry County, Tennessee;
iv. ALFRED K. EMERY b.c. 1847 Henry County, Tennessee
v. NANCY ANN EMERY b. 1853 Missouri, d. 1914 Ono, Shasta County,
California;
m. JOSIAH FRANKLIN EDMONDS b.1850 Iowa d.1922 Oklahoma
Notes for William Emery:
See 1880 census for Carter County, Missouri, p.594c for a possible match?
Or 1880 census for Bastrop County, Texas, p.83A? His second marriage to a Hawkins is doubtful
but based on his daughter Nancy’s death certificate.
“William Milton” (Melton) and Michael Melton lived in Ninety Six District before the
Revolutionary War and Michael was a known Tory (Loyalist) who served with Aaron Hart.
Notes for Mary Hart:
The Hart family of Henry County, Tennessee is probably from South Carolina and of mixed blood.
They also have a connection to the Cherokee VANN and EMORY families. The names Permelia,
Lucinda, and Cordelia occur among Tennessee Harts. The Henry County Harts most likely come
from John Hart (b.1790 SC), George Hart (b.1795 SC) and Aaron Hart (b.1804 SC). John Hart,
alive in 1883, was a veteran of the War of 1812. [Whitley, Henry County, p.42]. An older Aaron
Hart was a South Carolina Tory in the Fair Forest Militia of the Ninety Six District along with
William Moore, George Powell, and others. [Murtie June Clark, Loyalists, I, p.323-330]
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385. JAMES M.3 EMERY (MICHAEL2, JOHN1) (go back to 280 MICHAEL)
was born c. 1823 in Sumner County, Tennessee and died after 1850.
He m ELIZABETH (or ELIZA) ARMSTRONG 21 May 1841 Henry County, Tennessee
(she b. 1824 KY), daughter of ? and Catherine Armstrong of Cumberland County, PA.
Children of JAMES EMERY and ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG are:
i. LAFAYETTE EMERY b.c. 1842 Henry County, Tennessee d. unk
ii. ELIZABETH CATHERINE EMERY b.c. 1844 Henry County, Tennessee
iii. SOCRATES EMERY b.c. 1845 Henry County, Tennessee
iv. HUSTON EMERY b.c. 1848 Henry County, Tennessee
v. dau. (ZORA?) b. May 1850 Henry County, Tennessee
vi. WILLIAM MILTON EMERY b.c. 1854 Tennessee d.c. 1876 Illinois
m. MARY MELISSA DONALDSON (Donelson) 10 Jan 1873 Gallatin Co., IL
(She d. 19 May 1878, leaving 2 or 3 children. She spelled name “Emrah”.)
Notes for James Emery:
In the 1850 census (Henry Co., TN p.267) he is described as a carpenter.
See 1880 census for Dunklin County, Missouri, p.631d for a possible match?
See also 1880 census for Anderson County, Tennessee, p.33a for a possible match.
Notes for Elizabeth Armstrong:
She appears to be related to the following family group: William Armstrong m. Sarah Ann Huston
on 20 Jan 1779 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. William Armstrong (b.1759 PA d. 1841 MO)
had sons who went to Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, and elsewhere. The Lafayette name
was a middle name among this family. Catherine Armstrong was a widow or single mother in the
1840 census, age 30-40, with a daughter 15-20. (p. 482). Another William Armstrong was a
neighbor of the Hembrees in Pendleton District. His will, recorded 4 Oct 1814, mentions wife Jane,
sons William, John, James, and daughters Elizabeth Vanhorn, Sarah Vanhorn, Ann Craig, Mary, and
Margaret. Note that a William Armstrong and Matthew Russell witnessed a deed for Edward
Hembree on 27 March 1812.
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386. MICHAEL3 EMERY (MICHAEL2, JOHN1) (go back to 280 MICHAEL)
He was b. 1827 Henry County, Tennessee, and d. 20 April 1881 Johnson County, Illinois.
He m. Elizabeth Snider on 17 July 1847 in Henry County, Tennessee. She was
b. 24 Oct 1831in Tennessee, and d. 15 Jan 1897 in Johnson County, Illinois. See below.
Children of Michael Emery and Elizabeth Snider are:
i. John Thomas Emery b. 1847 (1844 on headstone) Henry County,
Tennessee; d. 6 Feb 1928 Williamson County (buried Johnson Co.) Illinois
m. Martha D. P. Horn 29 Feb 1872 Johnson Co., IL; She b. 1847 d. 27
July 1935 Williamson Co., IL; (sister of Mary Jane Horn, dau. of Thomas Horn)
ii. Sarah Jane Emery b. 1850 Henry County, Tennessee
m. ?
iii. Harriet Elizabeth Emery b. 1852 Henry Co, TN, d.bef. 1889 IL
m. LEMUEL L. VAUGHN 14 Jan 1874 Johnson County, Illinois. He m(2)
“Rista” Emery 2 Aug 1889 Johnson Co., IL
iv. William Albert Emery b. 2 March 1853 Henry County, Tennessee,
d. 23 June 1929 Williamson Co., buried Johnson Co, Illinois.
m. Sarah Louraina Vaughn on 30 Oct 1879. She b. 25 Aug 1859,
d. 12 Nov 1935 (death rec) or 11 Nov 1934 (headstone) Williamson Co, IL
v. Tennessee Carolina Emery b. 1857 Henry County, Tennessee
m. L.W. HUNDLEY 2 Dec 1886 Johnson County, Illinois
vi. James (or JONAS) Bedford Emery b. 1860 Henry County, Tennessee
d. 22 Jan 1944 Williamson County, Illinois
m. Matilda Howerton on 9 Nov 1882 in Johnson County, Illinois.
She was b. 1863.
vii. Pearl S. (Perlessy) Emery b. 1863 TN?
“Swilda” Emery m. Charles Hundley. She d. 6 Mar 1941 Johnson Co, IL
viii. Sherman Peter Emery b. 18 Feb 1866 (1868 on headstone) TN?;
d. 22 March 1938 Johnson County, Illinois
m. MARGARET E. SNIDER 16 Sep 1886 Johnson County, Illinois. She
was b. 14 April 1869 IN d. 20 Nov 1910 Johnson County, Illinois.
ix. Julia Catherine Emery b. 1870 IL
x. Michael Columbus (“LUM”) Emery b. 1872 Johnson Co., IL
d. 22 Jan 1949 (headstone) Williamson Co, buried Johnson County, Illinois.
m. MARY (MARIANNE) K. WILLIAMS 27 Sep 1892 Johnson Co., IL.
She was b.1866 d. 12 Jul 1949 Williamson Co, IL).
Another (?) Michael Columbus Emery d. 24 Mar 1917 Johnson Co., IL
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Notes for Michael Emery:
Notes for Elizabeth Snider:
Some family sources refer to her as the daughter of Jonas Bedford Snider but the 1850 census
suggests that Peter Snider (b. 1783 GA) is her father or at least her grandfather.
Notes on the Snider family:
This family has a mysterious lineage that is almost as confusing as the Emery / Hembree line.
It is interesting that Emery, Shoemaker, and Snider have corresponding German forms and in
central Illinois the German spellings (Schumacher, Sneider) sometimes are used. All three,
however, have roots in South Carolina.
Our Sniders, I believe, originated in the South Carolina German settlement of Saxe Gotha. In
1764, Michael Snider arrived there and in 1772 Jonas (Johannes) arrived. [Janie Revill, A
Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773.
(Columbia, SC: State Publishing Co., 1939), p.15, 127]. There were earlier Sniders there
(in 1752) but I think Michael and Jonas are the ancestors. Women from German families
were in short supply so the young men married the half breed and tri-racial girls that grew up
around the settlements. This is a possible origin for the “black dutch” Sniders.
Michael Snider petitioned for 100 acres on the Broad River in Ninety Six District in 1764 and
entered grant in 1766. Jacob Snider was granted 150 acres on the Broad River in 1767-1768.
[Jack Moreland Jones & Mary Bondurant Warren, South Carolina Immigrants 1760 to 1770,
(Danielsville, GA : Heritage Papers, 1988), p.80, 95, 148, 223, 281]
Peter Snider was a loyalist in the Ninety Six District militia and even joined a North Carolina
company of loyalists who were isolated near Charleston, South Carolina, in 1782. He rose to
the rank of sergeant, along with a William Milton or Melton. [Murtie June Clark, Loyalists,
I, 363-366]. Note that a William Milton or Melton also went to Henry County, Tennessee.
A younger Peter Snider came to Henry County by 1825, when he purchased 250 acres from
William Polk of North Carolina. [Whitley, Henry County, p.75]
Notes on the Shoemaker family:
In 1752 Jacob Shoemaker came to Saxe Gotha with wife, daughter Christina (14), son Peter
(10) and daughter Anna Barbara (5). [Janice Gartman Lee, “Upton Passenger List”, in
Lexington Genealogical Exchange, IV:2 (1985), p.53]. In 1764 another Shoemaker family
came to Saxe Gotha: Johannes George Shoemaker (41), Margaret Shoemaker (54), Johannes
Shoemaker (14) and Christian Shoemaker (11). [Revill, p. 35, 38, 40, 41]. They came over as
“poor German protestants”, recruited to settle on the frontier. [Jones & Warren, SC Immigrants,
p. 95,99] They too married mixed blood girls and Cherokee countryman John Shoemaker (on the
1817 Reservation roll) is a descendant.
This connection is speculative but plausible. It even suggests a Snider – Shoemaker connection
back in Europe.
392
392. SOLOMON3 JACKSON JR. (SOLOMON2, JOHN1) (go back to 290 SOLOMON)
Generation No. 4:
Only a few individuals are included from the fourth generation of descendants. These were
selected because they represent new or corrected findings.
4312
4312. WILLIAM4 HEMBREE (WILLIAM3 WILLIAM2, JOHN1) (go back to 331 WILLIAM)
was born 26 September 1827 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died 9 March 1906 in
Stevens County, Georgia. He married MARGARET ARMINDA BALDWIN (b. May 1835),
daughter of Samuel James Baldwin and Margaret (Peggy).
Children of WILLIAM HEMBREE and MARGARET ARMINDA BALDWIN are:
i. MARGARET ELIZABETH5 HEMBREE b.1856 South Carolina;
d. aft 1900 in Georgia; m. James (Jim) Massey III (1857-1930), son of
James Massey (b.1845) & Mahulda.
ii. MARY ALICE (or ALSEY) HEMBREE b. 1858 South Carolina;
d. 1939 Georgia; m. John Butler (aft 1900)
iii. WILLIAM DEMPSEY HEMBREE b. Aug 1860 South Carolina;
d. 1939 Georgia; m. Margaret Molly Hyde (b. July 1860 d.aft. 1900)
iv. JOHN THOMAS HEMBREE b. Jan 1864 South Carolina;
d. 1938 ; m. Mahaley Anna Christine Bradley (1871-1944).
v. MATILDA EVALINE HEMBREE b. 1866 Franklin County, Georgia;
d. 1884 Georgia; m. Louis P. Vickery (1859-1917), son of John H.
Vickery (b.1830 GA) & Isabella (b.1830 GA).
vi. GEORGE SMITH HEMBREE b. 1869 Franklin County, Georgia;
d. bef 1880 Franklin County, Georgia;
vii. LULA LAVICA HEMBREE b. 1871 Franklin County, Georgia;
d. 1961; m. William Warrior Edmunds.
viii. JASPER SAMUEL HEMBREE b. Oct 1873 Franklin County, Georgia;
d. 1904 Georgia; m. Hannah Ellen Massey (1877-1954). Both are buried
at the Tugaloo Baptist Church Cemetery in Stephens County, Georgia.
ix. JAMES ANTHONY HEMBREE b. Jan 1877 Franklin County, Georgia;
d. 1957 ; m(1) Minnie McClain (1877-1933); m(2) Serena Beatrice
(Whitworth) Bolick (1877- ).
x. DUDLEY HEMBREE b. 1878 Franklin County, Georgia; d.young, Georgia;
(perhaps a grandson).
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Notes for William Hembree:
William is buried at the Tugaloo Baptist Church Cemetery in Stephens County, Georgia.
His name is sometimes shown as William Isaac Hembree or William Isaac Jasper Hembree.
The 1850 census shows two brothers, William (22) and Jasper (24) living next to each other.
(William still in the household of his father.) So he could be William Isaac, but he is not
William Isaac Jasper.
He is well represented in legal records: deeds, estates, lawsuits. He sued people and people
sued him. This was no fun for him, but it provides family researchers with solid records.
WHO WAS WILLIAM JASPER?
The frequent appearance of “Jasper” (especially “William Jasper”) and the introduction of
“Francis” and “Marion” into the Hembrees comes from the immense popularity in South
Carolina of Mason L. Weem’s 1809 book, The Life of General Francis Marion. Sgt. William
Jasper’s exploits in the Revolution (he died at age 24 during the siege of Savannah) made him
an American idol. Even historians and the contemporary SC Gazette exaggerated the deeds of
Jasper and Marion. (Both Georgia and South Carolina claimed him: Jasper County, GA being
named for him. Turns out he was an immigrant named Johann Wilhelm Jasper.) [Dictionary
of Georgia Biography, I, 526-527]
4515
4515. JAMES A.4 HEMBREE (ELIJAH3, JAMES2, JOHN1) (<< 351 ELIJAH)
was born 1843. He married LUCINDA JANE OWENS on 11 September 1867 in Hall County,
Georgia. She was born 1841 in South Carolina. She was the daughter of J. Owens (b.1797 SC)
and Elsey (Alsey) (b.1804 NC).
Children of JAMES HEMBREE and LUCINDA are:
i. JOSEPH5 HEMBREE, b. 1861.
ii. CALVIN HEMBREE, b. 1863.
iii. MARTHA HEMBREE, b. 1867.
iv. MARY HEMBREE, b. 1868.
v. WILLIAM R. HEMBREE, b. 1869.
See 1860 census Hall County, Georgia p.171 for this family.
Book AA p.521. Hall County, Georgia marriages: James Emmary m. Lucinda J. Owens
11 Sep 1867.
4521
4521. DAVID4 EMERY (JAMES3, JAMES2, JOHN1) (<< 352 JAMES)
was born 1833 in Pickens District, South Carolina. He died after 1870, perhaps in Texas.
He married c. 1855 his neighbor, ELIZABETH LUMPKIN (or McDONALD). She was born
1834/5 in South Carolina and died after 1870.
Children of DAVID EMERY and ELIZABETH are:
i. JOHN T. (or L.)5 HEMBREE, b. 1856.
ii. JAMES E. HEMBREE, b. 1858.
iii. J. G. HEMBREE, b. 1863 or 1869 (male)
iv. W. C. HEMBREE, b. 1866 (male)
v. A. M. HEMBREE, b. 1868 (male)
Notes for David Emery:
He served in the Civil War out of nearby Union County (probably in Co. C 5th SC Infantry).
His 2 older sons are absent in the 1870 census. They may have been sent to work as farmhands
out of state.
1860 Census 2nd Regiment Pickens County, SC house #509
1870 Census Center Township, Oconee County, SC p.20 family 8
4615
4615. JEFFERSON MONROE4 EMERY (ELIJAH3 EDWARD2 JOHN1) (back to 361 ELIJAH)
b. 1834 Henry County, Tennessee
d. aft 1880 Williamson County, Illinois
m. 1852 PERMELIA CAROLINE MARCUM (Markham), who was
b. 18 April 1836 Overton County, Tennessee
d. aft 1880 in Illinois; daughter of BALAAM MARCUM (b. 1792 NC) and CATHERINE
ROBERTS (b. 1802 NC).
Children of Jefferson Monroe Emery and Permelia Marcum are:
i James Robert Emery b. 22 Dec 1852 Henry Co., TN d. 14 Aug 1930 IL
m(1) Mary Jane Horn 12 Oct 1876 Williamson Co., Il. . She was b.1853
d.19 Feb 1925 Williamson Co., IL. (She was dau. of Thomas W. Horn (b.1822 NC
d. 22Apr 1879 IL) and Nancy Eleanor Patton (b.1826 TN d.12 Aug 1877 IL).)
m(2) Elvira Vaughn Emery 1926
ii. Permelia Adeline Emery b. 1856 Henry County, Tennessee
d. ? (14 Aug 1948 Warren Co, IL?)
m. John Wood(s) 5 Oct 1885 Johnson County, Illinois; he d. ?27 Jan 1933
Warren County, Illinois? (He was from Roane County, Tennessee.)
iii. Pinkney Emery b. 15 Nov 1858 (1861 on headstone) Henry Co., TN
d. 11 Jan 1929 Williamson Co, IL, buried in Johnson Co., IL
m. Lucinda Vaughn 24 May 1883 Johnson Co., IL (she d. 1 July 1935 IL)
iv. Martha DORA Emery b. 1862 Henry County, TN
d. ?27 Nov 1941 Jackson Co. IL?
m. J.A. Deason 11 Aug 1896 Johnson Co., Illinois
v. Caroline Lydia Emery b. 1864 Johnson Co., IL d. 2 Nov 1916 Johnson Co, IL
m. John C. Kerley 10 July 1883 Johnson County, Illinois; d. 1 Jan 1942 Johnson
County, IL
(A Carolina Tennessee Emery Kerley d. 2 Nov 1916 Johnson Co, IL.)
vi. John H. Emery b. 12 July 1868 (1870 on headstone) Johnson Co., Illinois
d. 20 Feb 1925 Illinois
m. Elvira Vaughn 24 Nov 1891 Illinois
vii. Charles Emery b. 1873 IL
viii. NANCY (Ann) E. Emery b. 1875 IL
m. MARK D. VAUGHN 12 Jan 1893 Johnson County, Illinois
Notes for Jefferson Monroe Emery:
There is great difficulty in this line trying to sort folks out. Phil Stucker, a member of this line, has
been helping me for three years trying to get it right and we’re still not sure we’ve got it.
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Notes for Permelia Marcum:
An IGI entry incorrectly shows Permelia Marcum’s spouse to be Thomas Jefferson Monroe Dennis.
Family of BALAAM MARCUM of Wake Co., North Carolina and Overton Co., Tennessee:
Balaam Marcum or Marcom b.c. 1750 Virginia; m. CATHERINE ROBERTS 15 March 1817 in
Wake County, North Carolina.
Children (based on online data, no verification attempted):
i. Solomon Marcum b.1818 NC m. Mary (b.1821 NC)
ii. Marcy Marcum b.1821 NC m. ------ Howard
iii. Alvis Marcum b.1822 NC d. Sep 1860 m. Rebecca
iv. Catherine Marcum b.1824 NC m. ----- Dennis
v. Gabriel Marcum b.1827 NC
vi. Sarah Marcum b.1829 TN
vii. Nancy Marcum b. 1832 Overton Co., TN
viii. Roseann Marcum b. 1834 Overton Co., TN
ix. Permelia Marcum b. 18 Apr 1836 Overton Co., TN
x. Samuel Marcum b. 1838 Overton Co., TN
xi. James Marcum b. 1846 Overton Co., TN (a grandson?)
4619
4619. ELIJAH J.4 (ELIJAH3 EDWARD2 JOHN1) (back to 361 ELIJAH)
b. 4 July 1843 Henry County, Tennessee (1848 on headstone)
d. 11 July 1914 Williamson Co, Illinois, buried in Johnson County, Illinois
m.(1) April 1862 MARY ANN CHOATE, who was b. 1848 Illinois,
d.c. 1882 Johnson County, Illinois, daughter of BENJAMIN C. CHOATE (b. 1830 IL)
and SARAH ---- .
m(2) LYZA (Susan on headstone) HARRIET SHOEMAKER 10 June 1883. She
was b. 19 May 1862 IL, d. 23 Nov 1946 Williamson Co., IL, buried in Johnson Co,IL; dau.
of JOHN A. SHOEMAKER (b.1825 TN) and FRANCES A. WARREN (b.1830 TN) (they
married 9 Jan 1854 in Pope County, Illinois; he later married Jane Young)
Children of Elijah Emery and Mary Ann Choate are:
i. John Willis Emery b. 1863 IL
m. Sara Jane Choate
ii. Susan Ann (or Susannah) Emery b. 1865 IL
m. ELIJAH SHOEMAKER 18 Jan 1883 Johnson County, Illinois
iii. James Michael Emery b. 29 Oct 1867 (1869 on headstone) IL, d. 14 Feb
1942 Williamson Co., Illinois, buried in Johnson County, Illinois;
m. Martha Thomas 29 Dec 1886 Johnson Co,, IL. She b.29 Oct 1869 d. 21
July 1955 Johnson County, IL)
iv. William H. Emery b. 1869 IL
v. Squire Luther or Lathan Emery b. 1870 IL (1875 on headstone)
d. 22 July 1922 Williamson County, IL; buried in Johnson Co, IL
m. Susan Obediah Cox 16 Sep 1895. She b.1874 d.1946 Williamson Co, IL.
vi. Ashberry Sexton Emery b. May 1873 (1879 in 1900 census)
vii. Sarah Jane Emery b. 1879
m(1) Thomas Mattingly 24 Sep 1899 Johnson County, Illinois
m(2) William Ray Groves
Children of Elijah Emery and Lyza Shoemaker are:
viii. Miles Burris Emery b. 26 Jan 1886 IL
ix. Carolina Emery b. Feb 1890 IL
m. Thomas Whitnel Horn he d. 7 April 1924 Johnson Co, IL
x. Lucretia (Lula) Emery b. Feb 1892 IL
xi. Mary Emery b. June 1895 IL
xii. Oscar Thomas Emery b. 11 Sep 1896 IL d. Feb 1964 IL
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xiii. Melvina Emery b. Apr 1899 IL
xiv. Nollas (Wallace?) Emery b. 1902 IL
xv. Nora Emery b. 1905 IL twin of Cora
xvi Cora Emery b. 1905 IL twin of Nora
xvii. Robert C. Emery b. 1908 IL
Notes for ELIJAH EMERY:
Family records suggest that (1) Elijah4 is a grandson of Elijah3 and actually a son of
Peter (b.1825 TN). The 1850 census does not support this: he is listed with his mother
Susan (Susannah), not with Peter. The other family tradition is (2) that he was born in
1848, as indicated on his headstone. The 1860 census (age 12) and the headstone support
the 1848 but the 1850 census (age 7), the 1870 census (age 27) and his marriage license
application in 1879 support a 1842/1843 birth year.
The marriage license 10 July 1883 in Johnson County, Illinois has Elijah Emery m. Lyza
H. Shoemaker. His parents are listed as Elijah Emery and Mary Ann Choate (his 1st wife,
not his mother); her parents are listed as John A. Shoemaker and Fannie E. Warren. The form
is confusing to read.
4671
4671. SARAH ANN4 HEMBREE (EDWARD3 EDWARD2 JOHN1) (<< 367 EDWARD)
was born July 1840 in Pickens District (Oconee County) South Carolina, and died 3 March 1909 in
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. She is buried in New Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County,
Tennessee.
She m (1) WILLIAM AUGUSTUS TODD on 1 October 1857 in Pickens District, South Carolina.
He was born 1827, and died 3 August 1862 at Richmond, Virginia. He was the son of William
Todd (1789 - 1875) and Marianna Bolton Richards (1796 - 1880) of Oconee County.
She m (2) 1867 WASHINGTON ALBERT LOVE. He was born 1830 in Haywood County, North
Carolina, and died 22 March 1895 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois. He is buried in Greenwood
cemetery in Decatur. He was the illegitimate son of D. LOVE (1789 – 1872) and SYLVA LOVE
(1812 – 1866) of Haywood County, North Carolina.
Children of Sarah Ann (Sallie) Hembree and William Todd are:
5671 i. WILLIAM EDWARD5 TODD, born 25 September 1859 Pickens District (now
Oconee County), South Carolina and died 11 April 1951 Belton, Anderson County,
South Carolina. He married Josephine Brock (28 Aug 1866 – 29 Jan 1946).
5672 ii. JOHN TODD, born 1861 Pickens District near Walhalla (now Oconee County), South
Carolina. Died unknown. Married unknown. Resided Knoxville, TN in 1909.
Child of Sarah Ann (Sallie) Hembree and W. A. (Bud) Love is:
5673 iii. SYLVANUS HERMAN5 LOVE, b. 7 October 1868 Waynesville, Haywood County,
North Carolina; died 13 June 1961, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; buried at
New Gray Cemetery in Knoxville.
m. ROBERTA JUANITA MILLER in 1889. She was b. 9 Jan 1870 Madison Co, KY.
d. 13 May 1937 Knoxville, Knox Co., TN., also buried at New Gray Cemetery in
Knoxville. Her mother was Laura (Lilly) Miller; her father was an unknown
German man of Macon Co., IL. She was raised in a religious orphanage in Kentucky.
Notes for SARAH ANN HEMBREE:
She and her sisters Mary and Elizabeth were field nurses during the Civil War. They tended wounded
or sick troops in South Carolina and Georgia (most casualties were from sickness and infection). Her
sons were cared for by her mother-in-law. Sarah (who went by Sallie) was either unaware of her
husband’s death until after the war or she attempted to retrieve his body after the war, but found
the war still going on in western North Carolina in April 1865. She helped the scattered but resisting
troops of the Thomas Legion (mostly Cherokee) and was tending to sick troops at the battle of
Waynesville in May 1865. She apparently met “Bud” Love of Waynesville at that time and when
she went with a “widows wagon train” from South Carolina to Sevier County, Tennessee, she
passed through Waynesville again and (in 1867) married Bud Love. Her Todd in-laws refused
to give her the two sons she had by her first husband and she lost guardianship in the Pickens County
court. It was not until the death of her father-in-law that she was able to have contact with her
sons and after the death of her mother-in-law the sons moved to eastern Tennessee. After the
death of her second husband in Illinois, she moved down to Tennessee to reunite with her family,
both her sons and her other Hembree siblings who had relocated to that region.
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Notes for WILLIAM AUGUSTUS TODD:
Joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War in Oconee County, South Carolina (2nd SC
Infantry Co. H) and served out his 12-month enlistment but rejoined the 12th SC Cavalry Co.I as
a corporal and was killed in the war on 3 August 1862 near Richmond, Virginia.
His father was born in Ireland on 13 Dec 1789 and is some relation to the other Todds of
Oconee and Anderson County who came from Ireland after the Revolution. His father died 12 Sep
1875 and is buried at Bethel Presbyterian Church in Walhalla, South Carolina. His mother Mary
was born 16 July 1796 and died 16 June 1880 and is buried next to her husband.
Notes for WASHINGTON ALBERT LOVE:
He was a Cherokee – White – Mulatto mix who was born a slave but was raised in the household
of Col. Robert Love (1760 - 1845), the founder of Waynesville and of Haywood County, North
Carolina. Washington Albert (called “Bud” his whole life) suffered a hip injury in his youth
but took up arms for the Confederacy to defend Waynesville in April - May 1865.
His mother was Silva Love and his grandmother was a Cherokee Indian named Milly (b.c.1790 TN).
Milly was born in what was known as “Washington County” (most of eastern Tennessee) among
Cherokee prisoners, who were captured in the Chickamauga campaign under General Joseph
Martin (May 1788). The prisoners were sold as slaves. Milly was taken in by the Love family of
eastern Tennessee as a very young child and raised to be a domestic servant. Milly’s father was a
Cherokee prisoner and her mother was a black slave. Her father and mother escaped and lived
among the Cherokee but left Milly (a nickname based on a Cherokee name that is like “Mahala” in
English). Col. Robert Love’s will mentions the 3 generations and his intention was that his
kindly son, James Robert Love (1798 – 1863), should keep Milly’s family together (and within the
Love family, as the resemblance was uncanny). John Bell Love (1791 – 1875), a son of Col. Robert
Love, grew up with Milly Love and is believed to be her “protector” though he moved deeper
into the wilderness and founded the town of Sylva and Jackson County. Although servants, the
family of Milly were accepted as “Cherokee” kinfolk and the paternity of Washington (“Bud”) was
never brought up, which is why I simply refer to his father as “D.”. The Love family lived among
the Cherokee and were instrumental in helping the tribe remain in the east. They were the political
power behind William Holland Thomas (1805 - 1867), the “white chief” of the Cherokee and
organizer of the Thomas Legion in the Civil War. (Thomas married a grand-daughter of Col. Robert
Love.) A Robert Love, nephew of Col. Robert Love, emigrated with the Cherokee on the Trail of
Tears. Although a captain and an Indian trader, it is believed he went because he was still in love
with a Welch girl who emigrated and had two of his children. A novel reverses the situation,
claiming a halfbreed Welch man was in love with a white Love girl, but the truth is just as intriguing
as the fiction. And since the Cherokee Welch are descendants of Old John Hembree in this case,
there is enough mountain romance going on to be sure we may never locate all of our cousins!
The fact that Bud was tri-racial was too much for William Todd Sr. to accept. The bitterness
was so deep that Sarah Hembree Todd Love did not see her sons again until they were grown.
The Love family honored the Todd sons, and Sarah had grandsons William Love and John Todd
Love, named for the Todds.
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4672. MARY EMELINE4 HEMBREE (EDWARD3 EDWARD2 JOHN1) (<<
367 EDWARD)
was born 5 March 1842 in what is now Oconee County, South Carolina, and died 4 March 1921 in
Sevier County, Tennessee. She is buried at Beech Springs Cemetery in Sevier County, Tennessee.
She married on 11 September 1864 Robert A. Lumpkin (b. 1846 d.bef. 1880) of Oconee Co,
South Carolina, son of ---- Lumpkin (d.bef 1860) and Nancy ----.
Children of MARY EMELINE HEMBREE and ROBERT LUMPKIN are:
i. JOHN CALHOUN5 LUMPKIN born 1866 in what is now Oconee County,
South Carolina. He may have gone by John T. Lumpkin in later life. He
married and had one known child: Lula Lumpkin (b.28 Dec 1895 TN d. Oct 1968
Sevierville, Sevier County, TN). She married GRANT MAPLES.
ii. MARY ELIZABETH LUMPKIN born 21 May 1871 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
Died 21 November 1899 Sevier County, Tennessee.
She m. ISAAC CATE (or CATES) 18 August 1886 in Knox County, Tennessee.
He was born 18 Aug 1866 and died 17 Oct 1895. He was the son of NEIL CATE
(1839-1910) and ADELINE CONNER.
Notes for MARY HEMBREE LUMPKIN:
A daughter Nancy who died very young (1869) is mentioned in my family notes but descendents cannot
confirm this. A Cate Family Bible is the source for some of the vital dates.
1870 Census Sevier Co. Tennessee p.409b house 169:
Lumkin, Robert 22 m w farm laborer $120 SC
Mary E. 25 f w keeping house SC
John C. 4 m w TN
1880 Census Sevier Co. Tennessee p.465b house 27:
Lumpkins, Mary 38 f w wid/div SC SC SC
John 14 m w son farm laborer SC SC SC
Mary 9 f w dau TN TN SC
1880 Census Knox Co. Tennessee p.302 house 157:
Lumkin, Mary 38 f w wid/div SC SC SC
John 14 m w son laborer SC SC SC
Mary 5 f w dau TN SC SC
It is hard to determine from the above if John was born in Tennessee or in South Carolina.
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4673. ELIZABETH C.4 HEMBREE (EDWARD3 EDWARD2 JOHN1) (<<
367 EDWARD)
was born 1843 in what is now Oconee County, South Carolina, and died after 1880, before 1909 in
Knox County or Sevier County, Tennessee.
m(1) c1865 Milton R.
Garrett (b.1849) (divorced )
m(2) ?1883 Asa Rogers
in Sevier Co, TN?
Children of ELIZABETH CATHERINE HEMBREE and M. R. GARRETT are:
i. WILLIAM E.5 GARRETT b.1866 South Carolina
ii. JOEL (or JOSEPH) W. GARRETT b. 1868 Sevier County, Tennessee
iii. DAVID GARRETT b. Nov 1870 Sevier County, Tennessee. He m. 1889 in TN
Narcissia (b. Nov 1874). At the age of 10 he was working as househelper for
Elizabeth Doane in Knox County, TN. [1880 census, Knox Co, TN 22nd CD,
p. 296b also 1880 census Sevier Co, TN 14th CD p.465b]
iv. MINNIE GARRETT b. 1875 Sevier County, Tennessee
Notes for ELIZABETH HEMBREE GARRETT :
1880 Census Sevier County, Tennessee p.465 Garrett, Elizabeth 36 & children
M. R. Garrett may or may not be Milton R. Garrett, son of Stephen Garrett (b.1823) and Martha
Hunnicut (b.1824). If he is, they divorced and he returned to Oconee County, South Carolina.
Before she married M.R. Garrett, Elizabeth Hembree was very fond of a B. Frank (Benjamin Franklin)
McGuffin. He died in 1864 and was apparently the brother of Mrs. Jane (Sarah Jane) Myers.
Jane Myers lost her young husband on 5 June 1862 near Richmond, Virginia. She, a widow with
three children, would marry Elias Mason, a widower with eight children. Elizabeth’s letter to Jane
Myers can be found in Recollections and Reminiscences 1861 – 1865, Vo. VI, p.597. This is a
collection of the South Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (1995). Here
is the letter:
(To Mrs. S.J. Myers, widow of William H. Myers)
Pickens District, So. Car.
April 28th, 1864
Dear Friend,
It is with seriousness that I seat myself to write you a few lines, lines
which will inform you that I am well as to health but I learnt yesterday that
B.F. was dead which almost broke my heart. You have no idea how bad it hurt
me when I heard it. Jane, I want you to write to me all about his death and
whether he talked anything about dying before he died and whether he thought
he was prepared for death or not. I told him, the last word I said to him, that I
wanted him to quit swearing and try to prepare for death for he did not know
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how soon he would have to die and he said that was very true for he knew he
would have to die sooner or later and he said he would try to do better and I
hope he did. I hope and trust he is better off, but if I just could have saw him
once more it seems to me like it would have given me more pleasure than
anything in the world but I reckon it is all wright but it is the most painful
thing in the world to me to give him up but we (are) obliged (to) submit to the
will of God. The Scripture says that all things work together for good and I am
obliged to believe the word of God but I can’t see in what respect that is the
best for me but if he is prepared he is better off than if he was in the war and
having to undergo drudgeries and hardships of a camp life. Jane, I want you
to write me whether he said anything about me or not and if he did write what
he said as near as you can recollect. I never hated to leave anyone as bad in
my life for I was confident that I should never see him again. Jane, I want to
see you the worst in the world but I don’t feel like I could bear to meet in the
world for you are so much like B.F. and we have talked so much about him.
I wrote a letter since I come up but he never lived to get it. I wish (he) could
a lived to get that letter. Write me whether it come to the office or not.
Sarah wrote Uncle William a letter. I suppose he was gone back before it
was time for the letter to get there. She says for you to send it in your envelop
to him. When you write to me write whether you have heard from him or not
and where to direct a letter to him. Jane, I would have wrote to Mother’s folks
to know about Frank but they was so much against him that I did not expect
they would write to me about him. Please don’t let no one see this letter nor
the one I wrote to B.F. for some folks would talk about it if they knew it. So
write soon. So nothing more but remains: your true friend till death,
E.C. Hembree
Comments on the letter:
Elizabeth C. Hembree was barely 20 years old, Jane Myers was about 25 years old at the time of
this letter.
“B.F.” is probably B.F. McGuffin (b.1841) who served with William H. Myers in the 1st Regiment
(Orr’s) South Carolina Rifles Company F. (Milton R. Garrett served in the same company.) He was
discharged due to illness and never recovered. He was the son of Joseph B. McGuffin (1819-1864)
of Pickens District. The McGuffins lived close to the Sanders. Joseph B. McGuffin was killed in
a fight near Walhalla on 6 December 1864.
“Sarah” is Sarah Ann Hembree (b.1840), her sister. She and Sarah were visiting nurses which is
why Elizabeth knew that B.F. was going to die soon. “Uncle William” is William B. Sanders
(b.1822) whose wife Sarah Cleveland (1826-1866) would die in 1866 of fever.
“Mother’s folks” were the Sanders of Oconee County, South Carolina.
4674
4674. WILLIAM E.4 HEMBREE
(EDWARD3 EDWARD2 JOHN1) (<< 367
EDWARD)
was born 19 December 1845 in what is now Oconee County, South Carolina, and died 4 July 1930
in Franklin County, Ohio. He married SARAH LAVINA DOUGHERTY 1 January 1868 in
Franklin County, Ohio. She was born 1847 and was the daughter of JAMES DOUGHERTY and
MARY ANN CLOVER (both of Ohio).
Children of WILLIAM EDWARD EMERY and SARAH DOUGHERTY are:
i. MARY ELIZABETH5 EMERY b. 10 Oct 1869 Franklin County, Ohio
d. 13 July 1934 Omaha, Nebraska
m(1) 20 Mar 1889 Clinton Clover m(2) Oscar Bressler (he d.
2 Nov 1923 age 56); m(3) aft 1924 Herbert Moore. (No children)
She is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska.
ii. ELLA EMERY b.c. 1871 OH buried Westerville, Ohio
m. unknown Hoskinson
iii. JOSEPHINE (JOSIE) EMERY b.c. 1874 Franklin County, Ohio
m. 4 May 1914 Tony Karkakas d. buried Franklin County, Ohio
iv. JAMES (JIMMY) EMERY b.c. 1877 Franklin County, Ohio
d. 1883 Franklin County, Ohio
v. EDITH EMERY b.c. 1880 Franklin County, Ohio
d. California buried Santa Cruz, California m. unknown Potter
vi. GLADYS EMERY b. 8 May 1884 Franklin County, Ohio
d. Jan 1966 Yerington, Lyon County, Nevada
m(1) unknown Kennedy m(2) unknown Mounts
vii. DANIEL W. EMERY b. 16 May 1889 Franklin County, Ohio
d. May 1980 Ohio
Notes for Willliam Edward Emery:
He served with the 2nd Regiment South Carolina Rifles and was taken prisoner.
After the war he went to Ohio with two friends who served with him in the war: Thomas
Burkett and his younger brother George Burkett.
He spent several winters at sister Caroline Ellison’s “mountain home outside of Knoxville
Tennessee.”
1870 Census Prairie Township, Franklin County, Ohio p.729
1880 Census Prairie Township, Franklin County, Ohio p.35a
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Obituary of William Edward Emery from the Prairie Township, Ohio, newspaper:
William Edward Emery was born on a farm near Seneca, SC, December 19th, 1845 and was the
son of Edward & Elizabeth Hembree. He was the oldest of nine children and at the age of 17 he
volunteered his services to his native state in the war between the States. He served in
Co. C Second South Carolinas Rifles, Jenkins Brigade, Hoods Division, Longstreet Corps, which
was a part of the Palmetto Sharp Shooters.
At the close of the war, he in company with Thomas Burkett of Hilliard and the late George
Burkett of Brown Township, came to Prairie Township where he has since resided.
He was married to Sarah Lavina Dougherty Jan. 1st, 1868. To this union seven children were
born: Elizabeth Moore, Ella Hoskinson, Josephine Karkakas, Edith Potter, Gladys E. Mounts and
Daniel Emery. Another son Jimmie dying at the age of eight years. Mrs. Emery died Dec. 22,
1890 leaving the responsibility of rearing three small children to Mr. Emery. He performed this
sacred duty in such a loving and unselfish manner that his children say he was both Father and
Mother to them. Mr. Emery was a Baptist by faith and was baptized in the Christian faith.
His early Christian training taught him to do unto others as he would have them to do unto to
you, this rule he always followed and won for his many true and lasting friendships.
He was chosen by the people of Prairie Township to serve them as School Director, Constable
Trustee also Chairman of many Committees. Anything of moment coming up in Township matters,
he was always consulted among the first. He always did his duty in a law abiding satisfactory
manner, always taking an active part in the community's affairs, and its civic life.
He passed away to his eternal home July 4th, 1930 at the age of 84 years 6 months and 15 days
and was laid to rest beside his beloved wife in the Alton Cemetery.
More About WILLIAM EDWARD EMERY (notes of Hilda Dyer, his great-grand-daughter):
Burial: Alton Cemetery, Franklin County, Ohio
His mother was Elizabeth Sanders, daughter of William Sanders and Sarah (Sallie) Moore.
His father was Edward Hembree, son of Edward Hembree and (----) STRATTON.
He grew up near Seneca (Oconee County) in the Oakway Postal District, on Fulling Mill
Creek, South Carolina.
On the eve of the Battle of Petersburg, he wrote a story, “The Day His Funeral Was Preached”.
During the battle he was injured, captured and sent to a Union prison.
He wrote down recollections of his family and passed them on.
[Note by Larry Petrisky, a descendant of William Edward’s older sister: he was the oldest son,
not the oldest child. My branch of the family did not have contact with William’s branch from
1862 to 2000. He did, however, keep in contact with two of his other siblings.]
Thomas Burkett (b.1844 SC) and George Washington Burkett (b.1846 SC) were sons of George
Washington Burkett (b.1813 SC) and Margaret (b.1811 SC).
4675
4675. JAMES ELAM4 HEMBREE (EDWARD3 EDWARD2
JOHN1) (<< 367 EDWARD)
was born 16 May 1848 in what is now Oconee County, South Carolina; died 22 Nov 1901* in Knox
County, Tennessee. He married Martha Jane Sanders (b.7 Oct 1851 SC d.20 Jan 1905* TN) on
20 Sep 1866 in Pickens District, South Carolina. She was the daughter of Squire Joseph Sanders
(1828-1863) & Elizabeth Smith of Oconee County, South Carolina. She married (2) Ahas?
Bryant.
Children of JAMES ELAM EMERY and MARTHA SANDERS are:
i. HARRIET ALICE5 EMERY b. 1868 Sevier County, Tennessee
m(1) Robert H. (Dan) Barker 11 Sep 1886 Knox County, Tennessee
m(2) ?? 17 July 1893 Elvin Bilbray?? Overton County, Tennessee. (He m(2)
Eliza Lee Smith 24 March 1921 TN.)
ii. MARGARET ELIZABETH EMERY b. 7 Sep 1870 Sevier County, Tennessee
m. aft 1910 Will Smith
iii. WILLIS ALONZO EMERY b. 1 Jan 1872 (1870 on grave) Sevier County, Tennessee
d. 18 Oct 1941* TN; m. Rhoda T. Williams 18 Nov 1899 Knox County,
Tennessee. She was b. 23 May 1873 in Tennessee, d.5 Mar 1947*. He was a salesman
in Knoxville (1929 Directory) but then became a Cumberland Presbyterian preacher.
iv. ELIZA MARIAH EMERY b. 1873 Tennessee
m. Drury (Bret) Watkins 15 Jul 1887 Knox County, Tennessee
v. JOSIE ELLA EMERY b. 4 Aug 1875 Tennessee d. 13 Mar 1949 Knox Co, TN*
m. Frank Hobbs (b. 25 Jul 1872 d. 4 Oct 1952 Knox Co, TN)*
vi. FRANCES (FRENCHY) ANNONA EMERY b.1877 Tennessee d.1909 Tennessee
m. John Pinkney Hobbs 5 Dec 1895 Knox County, Tennessee had 6 ch. He
m(2) Mrs. Delia Miller
vii. JAMES CAMBELL EMERY b. 1879 Tennessee
viii. EVA BERLETTA EMERY b. 1881 Tennessee d.1952
m. Thomas E. Johnson
Notes for JAMES EMERY:
1880 Census Knox County, Tennessee p.311 Hembrie, James 32 & household
He was a blacksmith in South Carolina and Tennessee. (City of Knoxville Directory, 1900)
“Elam” comes from an unrelated (?) neighbor of the Hembrees, Elam Sharpe, Jr.
His marriage was noted in The Keowee Courier of 16 Feb 1867: “Mr. Elam Emery married
Miss Martha J. Sanders on the 20th September, ult., all parties of Pickens District.” (Indexed as
Hembree.)
*buried Concord Masonic Cemetery , Knox County, Tennessee.
4676
4676.
FRANCES C.4 EMERY (EDWARD3 EDWARD2 JOHN1)
(<< 367 EDWARD)
was born 25 October 1850 in what is now Oconee County, South Carolina; died 22 March 1911
in Douglas County, Oregon. She married in 1874 Winniford Ellison (b. 8 February 1848
Tennessee d. 19 February 1933 Oregon). He was the son of Alfred Ellison & Lucinda
Hale
of Cocke County, Tennessee.
Children of FRANCES CAROLINE EMERY and WINNIFORD ELLISON are:
i. LAURA B.5 ELLISON b.1875 Tennessee
ii. MARY E. ELLISON b.1877 Tennessee
iii. ADDIE I. ELLISON b.1879 Tennessee
Notes for Frances Caroline Emery:
The Ellison family has “Frances Anna” on her headstone but in the 1850 and 1870 census Caroline
or Carolina is indicated as her middle name. She died in Oregon shortly after relocating there. She
is buried in the Wilbur Cemetery in Douglas County, Oregon.
Her husband’s brothers John David Ellison and James M. Ellison moved to Oregon in the 1870’s and
his father, Alfred Ellison (b. Nov 1820 TN) moved to Oregon before 1900.
4677
4677.
JOHN C.4 HEMBREE (EDWARD3 EDWARD2 JOHN1)
(<< 367 EDWARD)
was born 4 January 1853 in what is now Oconee County, South Carolina; died 10 September
1900, in Sevier County, Tennessee. He is buried in Alderbranch Cemetery in
Sevier County.
m. 1 October 1872 Nancy
Cresswell Randles (b.1850 TN d. 1900 TN) daughter of
Henry Randles (1814-1884) and Rhoda Huffaker (1815-1872) of Sevier County,
Tennessee. She was the grand daughter of John Randles (1777-1869) and Nancy
Creswell (1781-1864) of Virginia, then of Sevier County, Tennessee. She is buried in
Alderbranch Cemetery in Sevier County.
Children of JOHN CALHOUN EMORY and NANCY RANDLES are:
i. LULA (Luella) J.5 EMORY b. 1875 TN m. Walter Maples
ii. RHODA E. EMORY b. Dec 1876 TN m. Thomas Galloway
iii. EDITH F. EMORY b. 28 Dec 1878 TN d. 12 March 1956
buried Alderbranch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
m. Isaac Andrew Henderson
iv. ALMA MYRTLE (or Myrtle Alma) EMORY b. Sep1880 TN
m. 1902 Pinkney W. Thomas of Park City, Knox County, Tennessee
v. JOHN THOMAS EMORY b. 22 Dec 1881 TN d. 20 Jan 1960 Leaksville (now
Eden), North Carolina buried Shiloh Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
m. Hester (Hettie) Ethel Davis (b. 1885 d. 1968) on 1 March 1911 at the
Davis farm in Sevier County, Tennessee
vi. MELVIN JACKSON EMORY b. 12 Apr 1884 TN d. Jun 1979 Knox County,
Tennessee; buried Broadway Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
m(1) aft 1920 Agnes (O’Brien?)
m(2) Nel Hogan
vii. ROBERT E. LEE EMORY b. 20 June 1887 TN d. 21 March 1914 TN
buried Alderbranch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
m. Ida Roberts
viii. JESSIE B. EMORY b. 20 Sep 1891 TN d. 26 Oct 1988
m. “Boss” Branch of Strawberry Plains, Jefferson County, Tennessee
Her ss# is 408-44-3888.
Notes for JOHN CALHOUN EMORY:
page120 = index mark 4678
4678. DAVID F.4 HEMBREE (EDWARD3 EDWARD2 JOHN1) (<<
367 EDWARD)
was born 13 April 1855 in what is now Oconee County, South Carolina and died 20 May 1900
in Knox County, Tennessee; buried Thorn Grove Cemetery, Knox County.
m. 1878 Modena
“Deenie” A. Dewberry. She was b.
14 Feb 1861Blount County,
Tennessee; d. 15 Aug 1901. She is also buried at Thorngrove Cemetery. She was the daughter
of Joseph S. Dewberry (b.1839 SC) & Martha J. Irwin (b.1840 TN) of Tennessee.
Children of DAVID FRANCIS EMORY and MODENA DEWBERRY are:
i. MARY5 EMORY b. Sep 1879 Sevier County, Tennessee
ii. EDITH (or EVA) EMORY b. Dec 1880 Sevier County, Tennessee
iii. JULIA EMORY b. March 1883 Sevier County, Tennessee
m. Jerome Bryan(t) of Knoxville (no ch)
iv. FLORENCE EMORY b. Sep 1886 Sevier County, Tennessee
v. WILLIE EMORY (f) b. Jan 1890 Sevier County, Tennessee
vi. LENNIE MAE EMORY b. 8 May 1890 Sevier County, Tennessee
d. 14 Nov 1988 (or b. 1 Sep 1891 d. Aug 1984 Knox Co. TN)
m. unknown WISE
vii. JAMES LESLIE EMORY b. 5 Oct 1896 Tennessee d. 4 Sep 1914
viii. MARTHA L. EMORY b. 31 Dec 1897 Tennessee d. 16 March 1899 Tennessee
buried Thorngrove Cemetery
ix. KARL EMORY b. 4 Sep 1900 Tennessee d. 6 May 1901 Tennessee
buried Thorngrove Cemetery
Notes for David Francis Emory:
They were members of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Knox County, Tennessee and the Strawberry
Plains Baptist Church in Jefferson County, Tennessee. He was ordained as a Baptist preacher
shortly before he died. He undertook, along with his older sisters, the task of researching the
origins of the family. He compiled many notes which were lost when he died.
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