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- WILL: Richmond County, Virginia; 5 October 1726
In the name of God Amen. I Peter Elmore of the Parrish of Farnham in the County of Richmond being sick and week of body but in perfect sense and memory prayse to the almighty God for the same and not knowing how long it may please God to spare my life in this transitory world and being desirous to settle my worldly estate before I depart hence doe constitute this my last will and testament.
revoking all wills heretofore by me made and declare this to be my last will and testament. First I remand my soul to the allmighty God and my body to this Earth from whence it was taken to be buryed in such devout and Christian like manner as my executrix hereafter named shall think necessary and convenient and as for my worldly estate I give and dispose as followeth.
I give and bequeath to my loving wife Charity Elmore the use of all my land and the use of all my land and the use of all my personal estate during her natural life and at her death my land to my granson William Elmore and his heirs and if the said William Elmore should dye without heirs that the said land land should fall to Charles Elmore and his heirs and so from heir to heir and my desire is that neither of them shall sell rent or [_____] one brother to another.
I give to my daughter Frances Elmore one shilling sterling money and to my gransons William Everit, George Pettery, Josi _ Elmore, and Tho. Elmore each of them one shilling sterling money. I give to my granson John Elmore one shilling sterling money, and at the death of my loving wife Charity Elmore I give all the rest of my estate to be equally divided between my fore granchildren Will Elmore, Charles Elmore, George Elmore and Beck Elmore.
Item: I constitute and appoint my loving wife Charity Elmore whole and sole executrix of this my last will and testament as witness my hand and seal this 5th day of September Anno Domm 1720.
Signed sealed in presents of us Bartho Richd Dodson Tho Dodson Will: Hueitt
At a court held for Richmond County the fifth day of October 1726
This will was proved in court by the oaths of Bartholmew Richard Dodson and Thomas Dodson two of the witnesses thereto and admitted to record. Test M. Beckwith
There was a Peter Elmore living along Totasky Creek, Richmond County,Virginia who was the subject of a headright in 1657. He was born circa 1627 and died after 1681. This Peter, in all probability was the father of Peter2 Elmore born circa 1643. Peter2 outlived all his children but one and named all his grandchildren in his last will which was proved 5 October, 1726 in Richmond County, Virginia. Peter's2 oldest son Peter3 had five sons. The youngest was John Elmore born 1703 and died 1757. His will was proved 3 October, 1757 in Richmond County,Virginia. John had four sons and two daughters. One son George born 1722 and died 1792. He married in 1743 and had eight sons and one daughter.
John4 Elmore of North Farnham Parish and Richmond County, Virginia was born about 1703 and died 1757. His first wife was Anne ?. His second wife was Ann Reynolds who died in 1772, Bute County, North Carolina. John had four sons, George, John, Charles, Travers (Travis) and daughters Rachel and Betty.
John Elmore's son George5 was born about 1772. He married circa 1743 and had eight sons and one daughter. He died in Caswell County,North Carolina circa 1792. George had eight sons, Peter b. ca 1744, Travis b.ca 1746, Thomas b. ca 1748, George b. ca 1750, James b. ca1752, Charles,b. ca 1754, Christopher b. ca 1756, and William b. ca1758. One daughter, Ann married Robert Sanders.
Charles6 Elmore sixth son of John lived in Caswell County,North Carolina. By 1787 Charles had three sons and two daughters. He bought land in Laurens County, South Carolina in 1791. He is listed in the 1800 census for Laurens District, South Carolina. He married either Lidda or Polly Graham, daughters of William Graham. His brother Peter married the other daughter. Charles had a son Graham born in North Carolina, 1780 who was named after his mother's maiden name. Graham married Polly Shirley. George Elmore born before 1790 married Huldy Shirley. Elijah born 1790 in North Carolina married Rebecca Shirley who was born in South Carolina in 1790. The wives of the above Elmore brothers were all sisters, daughters of John and Rebecca Shirley. Travis Elmore was born 1795 in South Carolina. Charles had two daughters and possibly more sons.
In the 1830 census of Laurens County, South Carolina Eliha had eight sons and one daughter. Brothers Graham and Elijah Elmore were in Gordo, Alabama about 1836. Elijah bought land in Pickens County, Alabama in1836. On this land was founded the old Elmore Church near Gordo, Alabama. Elijah died in 1863. His wife Rebecca died before 1860. Both are buried at the old Elmore Church Cemetery.
Elijah's son Charles7 Elmore was born in North Carolina in 1813. He was known to be an exceptionally tall man who had to sleep in a specially made bed. On December 17, 1835 he married Sarah Martin Watters (Walters) who was born October 7, 1818 in North Carolina. They were in Pickens County, Alabama in 1840 and 1850. After 1850 they lived in Clark County, Mississippi where Sarah died in 1853. After Sarah died her children inherited a slave woman from her father's estate. Charles and his children along with the slave woman moved to Magnolia, Arkansas in 1857. In 1857 Charles owned the following slaves Rebecca age 33,Many (female) age 5, Columbus age 2 and Alfred age 13. After Rebecca was freed she married a man named Woodmore. Last information on her was that she was living near Mekamie south of Stamps, Arkansas.
In 1857 Magnolia was a very small town. When Charles' daughters,who lived elsewhere, came back to Magnolia to visit their brothers, one day was always spent with Rebecca, the slave woman who raised them. For a time Charles owned a gristmill and sawmill in Magnolia. The sawmill was located 1 1/2 blocks south of the railroad depot on West Main Street. Charles later moved to Hope, Arkansas with his son Thomas and his widowed daughter Anne. All three are buried in Macedonia Cemetery in Hope.
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Abt 1640 - 1725 (85 years)
