John McLemore - Sarah Carnes

In the book Marriages of Granville County, North Carolina 1753-1868, complied by Brent H. Holcomb, states that John McLemore and Sarah Carnes were married December 30, 1780.  The bondsman was James Claxton and the witness was William Meryman.  This date of 1780 collaborates the dates on the Revolutionary War Pension Papers when John McLemore hired a substitute for himself in the War. 

The pension papers also state that John McLemore lived in Granville County, North Carolina during the war until 1796 until he moved to Montgomery County, North Carolina for eight years (1796-1804).  He is listed on the 1800 Montgomery County, North Carolina Census (Morganton township) with:

• 3 males under the age of 10
• 1 male age 26-44
• 1 female 16-25 

The pension papers show that John McLemore then moved to Burke County, North Carolina for 8 years (1804-1812).  He is recorded in the 1810 Burke County, North Carolina census with:

• 2 males under the age of 10
• 1 male age 10-15
• 1 male over the age of 45
• 1 female age 10-15
• 2 females ages 16-25
• 1 female over the age of 45

John McLemore states in his Revolutionary War pension papers that he then moved to Knox County, Tennessee (around 1812).  He is first recorded in the Knox County, Tennessee Census records in 1830 with:

• 1 male age 10-15
• 1 male age 60-70
• 1 female age 20-30

Since John McLemore's wife Sarah Carnes is not recorded in the 1830 census, we assume that she died between 1820-1830.

The 1840 Tennessee-Eastern District Census of Pensioners on June 1, 1840 states that John McLemore is 85 years old and living with his son William McLemore.

 

Knox County

David Pinn 80 Lutilda Dabney
Philip Titlow 57 Philip Titlow
Edward Smith 80 Edward Smith
Samuel Tarvey 80 Samuel Tarver
Thomas Dove 86 Thomas Dove
Perrin Cardwell 76 Perrin Cardwell
Absalom Rutherford 78 Absalom Rutherford
Vincent Jackson 95 Alexander Blain
Marcus Swadley 80 Ann Defriese
Thomas Sumpter 76 Thomas Sumpter
Joseph Brown 84 Joseph Brown
Mitchell Childress 90 Mitchell Childress
John Fox 83 John Fox
David Falkner 83 David Flakner
Joseph Large 84 Joseph Large
Edmund Newman 77 Edmund Newman
James Campbell 83 James Campbell
Harris Gammon 83 Lewis Gammon
John Childress 81 John Childress
Garnett Smith 78 Bolin Smith
Jesse Wells 91 Michael
Jacob Gallespie 86 Jacob Gallespie
Card Cox, sen. 77 Card Cox, sen.
Luke Stansbury 88 Luke Stansbury
Richard Porterfield 82 Richard Porterfield
Jesse Perry 83 Lewis Perry
James Crews 86 James Crews
Robert Johnson 81 Robert Johnson
John McLemore 85 William McLemore
Abraham Hankins 86 Abraham Henkins