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- From "The Trunk of an Elmore Family Tree" by William Elmore.
It is believed that all of John & Mary's children were born in either Lunenburg Co. VA or neighboring Brunswick Co. After the death of John's father in 1738, the whole Elmore family, headed by John's grandmother Rebecca, moved from New Kent Co. to neighboring Henrico Co. VA. The family settled on land bordering the Chickamominy River John, still a young boy, was among the family members who removed to these new lands and it was here that John grew into manhood.
During the early years of the Revolutionary War, John and his family migrated to Orange Co. NC. In the 1779 tax list for that county the names of both John Elmore and his son John appear.
- In 1765 William Martin Jr. bought 92 acres on the North side of Middle Cedar Creek from John Elmore, "...along William Martin's line & County Line." (this appears to be the same land he purchased in 1759 from Robert Moore Sr.) Wit: Robert Moore, Valentine Moore, Philemon Lacy.
Children of John and Mary Elmore are:
Peter5 Elmore, born August 01, 1747.
Randolph Elmore, born Abt 1750.
John Elmore, Jr., born Abt 1753 in Brunswick or Lunenburg Co. VA. (1800 Orange Co. census: 1 male under 10; 1 male 45 and over; 1 female 26-45; 1 female over 45)
James Elmore, born Abt 1756.
William Elmore, Sr., born February 04, 1759 in VA.; died Aft 1832. (see below)
Mary Elmore, (unproven daughter) born Abt 1761 in Haw River Alamance NC. or VA.; died September 07, 1844 in Cherokee Co. SC. (see below)
Ann Elmore, (unproven daughter) born Abt 1762; died Bef 1814. (see below)
Generation No. 2
William5 Elmore, Sr. (John4, Peter3, Peter2, Thomas1) was born February 04, 1759 in VA., and died Aft 1832. (notes: Revolutionary War soldier, possibly 1st VA Regiment; moved to Lincoln Co. NC prior to 1790; wrote a letter concerning Edward Rippy's war record; some researchers disagree about who fathered William). He married Mary Rippy, Sarah June 22, 1782 in Orange Co. NC., daughter of Edward Rippy and Susannah Thomas.
Children of William Elmore and Mary Rippy are:
Edward6 Elmore.
Randall Elmore.
Jesse Elmore, born Abt 1787. He married Catherine.
William Elmore, Jr., born September 28, 1790; died Bef 1870. He married Mary Estes.
Mary5 Elmore (John4, Peter3, Peter2, Thomas1) was born Abt 1761 in Haw River Alamance NC. or VA., and died September 07, 1844 in Cherokee Co. SC.. She married Edward R. Rippy, Jr. March 16, 1782 in Orange Co. NC. (near Haw River), son of Edward Rippy and Susannah Thomas. (buried in Buffalo Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee Co. SC; tombstone reads: "Mary Rippy 1761 who died September 7, 1844, aged 84"; some researchers believe Mary was the daughter of Athanasius Elmore; the Lutts book lists her birthplace as Virginia.)
Children of Mary Elmore and Edward Rippy are:
Sarah6 Rippy, Sally, born April 28, 1789 in Rutherford Co. NC.; died October 18, 1868 in Lawrence Co. TN.. She married Valentine Martin December 24, 1808 in Cleveland Co. NC..
Edward Ross Rippy, III Squire Ned, born 1791 in Rutherford Co. NC. (Ceveland Co.); died May 15, 1874. He married (1) Mary Martin, Polly May 31, 1810 in Lincoln Co. NC. (see below) He married (2) Selina Hopper, Salena June 04, 1840. He married (3) Margaret Roach, Peggy January 25, 1848. He married (4) Elizabeth Nee November 1865.
James M. Rippy, born April 1793 in Rutherford Co. NC. (Ceveland Co.); died February 14, 1867. He married (1) Mary Holt, Polly. He married (2) Rebecca Frances June 11, 1836 in Rutherford Co. TN..
Jesse Rippy, born 1795 in Rutherford Co. NC. (Ceveland Co.); died in GA.. He married Sally Lowry.
Mary Rippy, Polly, born 1797 in Rutherford Co. NC. (Ceveland Co.); died in MS.. She married Guion Black.
Anna Rippy, born 1801 in Rutherford Co. NC. (Ceveland Co.); died 1880 in Cleveland Co. NC.. She married Mathias Turner.
Mastin Martin Rippy, born October 12, 1802 in Cleveland Co. NC.; died December 03, 1892 in Cherokee Co. SC.. He married Mary Arnold June 18, 1820.
Ann5 Elmore (John4, Peter3, Peter2, Thomas1) was born Abt 1762, and died Bef 1814. She married (1) Hugh Kerr. She married (2) James McSwain, Sr. May 01, 1782 in Orange Co. NC.
Child of Ann Elmore and James McSwain is:
James6 McSwain, Jr., born August 01, 1789; died September 03, 1851. He married (1) Susannah Hopper. He married (2) Rachel Riggins. He married (3) Margaret.
Generation No. 3
Edward Ross6 Rippy, III "Squire Ned" (Mary5 Elmore, John4, Peter3, Peter2, Thomas1) was born 1791 in Rutherford Co. NC. (Cleveland Co.), and died May 15, 1874. He married (1) Mary Martin, Polly May 31, 1810 in Lincoln Co. NC, daughter of William Martin and Hannah Irvin. He married (2) Selina Hopper, Salena June 04, 1840, daughter of Charles Hopper and Barbara Sarratt. He married (3) Margaret Roach, Peggy January 25, 1848, daughter of Joseph Roach and Jane. He married (4) Elizabeth Nee November 1865.
Children of Edward Rippy and Mary Martin are:
Sarah7 Rippy, Sally, born March 26, 1811 in York Dist. SC.; died April 24, 1887. She married Thomas Mart Martin, Marcus.
William Rippy, Billy, born November 10, 1813 in Cleveland Co. NC.; died December 22, 1895. He married (1) Mary Newell Crawford. He married (2) Marena Mooney (Mauney), Reney June 15, 1865.
Lucinda Rippy, Cindy, born September 21, 1815; died July 26, 1912. She married Posey Martin, Hose 1841.
James Dry Rippy, Dry Lim, born September 17, 1817 in NC; died August 01, 1887 in Cleveland Co. NC.. He married Minerva Rippy.
Mary Rippy, born March 27, 1820; died October 1825 in Cherokee Co. SC..
Athenatius Elmore Rippy, born July 10, 1822; died January 20, 1879. He married Elizabeth Martin.
Edward Martin Rippy, Ned, born May 30, 1824; died March 18, 1910. He married Mary Hopper, Polly.
Hannah Rippy, born June 15, 1826. She married Alonzo Ellis.
Polly Moore Rippy, born November 29, 1828. She married (1) Marcus Ellis, Mark. She married (2) Bilman McBregas.
Elizabeth Ann Cordelia Rippy, born August 19, 1830; died June 14, 1846 in Cherokee Co. SC..
Susanna Almeda Rippy, Susan, born October 20, 1832; died March 07, 1902. She married David William Morrow, Murhor.
Martha Caroline Rippy, born December 04, 1834. She married Phillip Sepaugh.
Samuel Houston Rippy, Mighty Hunter, born December 24, 1836; died May 28, 1915 in Cherokee Co. SC.. He married Cynthia Sepaugh September 21, 1864.
Note: Some of this information comes from "The Trunk of an Elmore Family Tree" by William E. Elmore, published Florissant, MO. 1992.
- From Geni.com, Aaron Michael Smith:
John Elmore (ACCA), son of Peter Elmore, was born in New Kent County, Virginia. His birth as recorded in the parish register states:1 John son of peter Elmore born Janry 22d 1724/5 The wife of John was Mary (Unknown).2 It is not known, however, if John had only one wife or if Mary was the mother of his children. The children of John included:3 ...THE TRUNK OF AN ELMORE TREE by William E. Elmore, 122 Beaujolais Drive, Florissant, MO 63031, 1992, p. 51 ff: ACCA. JOHN ELMORE John Elmore (ACCA), son of Peter Elmore, was born in New Kent County, Virginia. His Birth as recorded in the parish register states:1 John son of Peter Elmore born Janry 22d 1724/5
The wife of John was Mary (Unknown).2 It is not known, however, if John had only one wife or if Mary was the mother of his children. The children of John included:3 John Elmore (ACCAA), a son born circa 1753; more later. Peter Elmore (ACCAB), a son, born 1 August 1747; more later. Randolph Elmore (ACCAC), a son borrn circa 1750; more later. James Elmore (ACCAD), a son born circa 1756. William Elmore (ACCAE), a son born 4 February 1759; more later.4
It is believed that all of John's children were born in either Lunenburg County, Virginia or in neighboring Brunswick County.
After the death of John's father in 1738, the whole Elmore family, headed by John's grandmother Rebecca, moved from New Kent County to neighboring Henrico County, Virginia. The family settled on land bordoring the Chickahominy River. John, still a young boy, was among the family members who removed to these new lands and it was here that John grew into manhood.
In her will dated 1744, Rebecca mentions her grandson John:5
"...I give to my daughter Elisabeth Elmore the other half of my land including the plantation whereon I now live to her and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten and if she dy without such heir then to my granson John Elmore son of Peter Elmore to him and his lawful heirs forever."
By 1756 this land belonged to John Elmore, Elizabeth (ACE) apparently having died without issue. This land may or may noy have been sold to John's uncle Thomas Elmore (ACA) on 10 November 1756.6 Apparently this indenture was not finalized although it was recorded because twelve days later the same land was sold to Isham Allen as indicated by the following indenture:7
"This Indenture made the Twenty Second Day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and fifty six Between John Elmore of the County of Luningburg of the one Part and Isham Allen of the Parish & County of Henrico of the Other Part- Witnesseth that the same John Elmore for the Consideration of the sum of Fifteen Pounds Current Money of Virginia to him in hand paid by the said Isham Allen the Receipt Where of he doth hereby acknowledge Himself fully Sattisfied Contented and paid have given granted Bargained Sold Aliend infeoffed and confirmd and by these presents do give grant bargain sell alien enfoeff and Confirm unto the Sd Isham Allen his heirs and assigns forever One Certain Tract or Parcell of Land Containing one hundred & thirty Seven acres & a half of Land Lying and being on the south side of Chickahiminy River in the County of Henrico it being a Parcell of Land Devised to the said John Elmore by the Will of his grandmother Rebeckah Elmore and is bounded by the Lands of Edmund Allen & Joseph Watson Dec'd With all the Right Titlt Properly Possessions Inheritance Claim and Demand Whatsoever of him the said John Elmore ....[?] or to the same or to any Part thereof, With all the Houses Orchards Fenses and all other Improvements to the sd. Land in anywise appurtenances & Appendences belonging thereto of whatsoever or kind so Ever unto the said Isham Allen & to his heirs & assigns forever with the remains and Remainders thereof in as full and ample...[?] to all Intents and & Purposes as if the same ....[?] granted to the said Isham Allen by Patant and the said John Elmore doth covenant & agree to and with the said Isham Allen that he the said John Elmore his heirs exectors and administrators Shall and will by these presents forever Warrant and Defend the sd Land & Premises unto the said Isham Allen & to his Heirs & Assigns forever & that he will from time to time & at all times Hereafter within the term of thirty years from the Date Hereof make any further assuring or ....[?] by Deed or otherwise for the sd Land as shall by the sd Isham Allen his heirs or assigns be Required the same being the Proper Cost & Charges of him the said Isham Allen his Heirs & Assigns. In Witness whereof the sd John Elmore hath hereunto Set his hand and Seal the day & year First above Written -
John Elmore L. S.
"Signed Sealed & Delivered In Presents of us Lydall Bacon, Tho. Thorp, Watson Patman, John Blackwell, Julius Allen
"Memorandum That Quiet & Peaceable Possession Hath been at this ....given this day by the said John Elmore of the within written Deed unto him the said Isham Allen and to his heirs forever Witness my hand & seal
John Elmore L. S.
"Lydall Bacon, Thos Thorp, Watson Patman, John Blackwell, Julius Allen
"Recd November the Twenty Second of Isham Allen Fifteen Pounds Current Money of Virginia on acct of a piece of Land which is ....[?] this Deed I say Recieved by me ....[?] John Elmo
"Lydall Bacon, Thos Thorp, Watson Patman, John Blackwell, Julius Allen
"At a Court held for Henrico County the 6th day of December 1756. This Indenture of Testament with the delivery & .....[?] & Receipt thereof Endorsed from John Elmore to Isham Allen was proved by the oath of Thomas Thorp Watson Patman and Julius Allen & ordered to be Received ....
Test Thomas John Adams county clerk
"Know all men by these presants that John Elmore of Luningsburge County am held & firmly Bound unto Isham Allen of the Parish of Varina in the County of Henrico in the full and Just sum of one Hundred & fifty Pounds currant money of Virginia to the which payment will & truly to be made two athe said Isam Allen his Heirs Executors Administrators & assigns I do bind myself my heirs Exars and Administrators & assigns firmly by these Presents in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this thirty first day of January 1746.
"The condition of the Obligation is such that if the above bound John Ellmore him his heirs Exers addministrators of assigns shall well and truly perform and make a Sufficient ....[?] Parsel of Land lying in Henrico County on the South side of Checkmonine River given to the said John Ellmore by the way of a Will from his grandmother Rebecah Ellmore after the Decease of Elisabeth Ellmore if she should dy without ishew then if required by the same Isham Allen him his heirs exers Administrators or assigns a perfect and true Right made to him by wither will or Deed from the said John Elmore or his heirs Exectors Admind or assigns the Intail to be b...[?] as the law requires and the cost of the same to be paid by the said Isham Allen and all such other Causts as if lawfull if the said John Ellmore him his heirs Exetors Addmantors or assigns should well and truly ....[?] his agreement and make two the said Isham Allen such right To to the said land as he Requires it being For valuerecieved by one John Ellmore then his obligation two be void and of none ....[?] or ....[?] two be and remain in full forse power and Virtue. John Ellmore L. S.
"Signed Sealed & Delivered in the Presants of Julius Allin, James Allin, Mary Allin at a Court held for Henrico County the 6 day December 1756 This Bond from John Elmore to Isham Allin was brought into court & proved by the oath of the Witnesses thereto & ordered to be Recorded Test Thomas Adams, county clerk"
This indenture was finalized and subsequent entries in reconstructed records of Henrico County refer to the sale of this land to Isham Allen by John Elmore. Of note in these records is the reference to "John Elmore of Luningsburge County." Also of interest are the names of the witnwssws to these indentures.
Lydall Bacon, one of the witnesses to the indenture, had been a resident of= Henrico County before moving to Lunenburg County where, in 1746, he purchased 297 acres of land from Young Stokes. He became a prominent citizen of Lunenburg and died there in 1775. Lydall, born 1717, was the son of John Bacon who, together with Thomas Elmore (AA), Peter Elmore (AC), and a James Austin, was directed to help improve the road construction to the mill of Charles Fleming in New Kent County. The Bacons and the Elmores, therefore, were neighbors for at least three generation and through three counties. The Bacon family was also related by marriage to the Edloe family. Edmund Bacon, brother to Lyddall, married Elizabeth Edloe the daughter of John Edloe. The Edl;oes also had property interests in Lunenburg County.
Another person of note among the witnesses to the indenture of John Elmore to Isham Allen was John Blackwell. Blackwell was the brother of Robert Blackwell of Lunenburg County, a constable of Lunenburg County at the time the indenture was signed and, as seen by subsequent events, a close friend of John Elmore. Before he moved to lunenburg County, John Elmore was witness to a land transfer in Henrico County. In abstract form this transfer is noted:8
"Edmund and Mary Allen deed to Matthew Johnson for natural love, etc. 50 acres in Henrico situated upon the north side of the great branch joining the lands of Jos. Watsan [Watson] and Volontine [Vanentine] Freeman. Witnesses: Jno. Elmore, Littlebery Allen. June 4, 1748."
Edmund Allen had property adjoining John Elmore and Joseph Watson. Watson, a close friend, may have been a descendant of the Theophilius Watson who witnessed the will of William Whitby that anmed the family of Thomas Elmore (A). Theophilius Watson later appeared in the 1704 Quit Rents of New Kent County along with Thomas Elmore (A) and his sons Thomas (AA) and Peter (AC). Witnessing the land transfer of Edmund Allen was among the last acts John Elmore performed while residing in Henrico County. The following year he was found among the residents of Lunenburg County.
In the 1749 tithe list of Hugh Lawson for Lunenburg County is the name "John Elmoor."9 Lawson's list was for the residents of the northeastern section of the county and was bordered, in part, by the Nottoway River and the Brunswick County line. John was listed as having only one tithe, namely himself. A tithe was any male, white or black, who was sixteen years of age or greater.
His tithe payment was "six heads and scalps" as was usual in Lunenburg at that time for new residents without property. This gruesome sounding tithe refered to the heads and scalps of wolves that menaced the domestic animals of the region and were considered a general nuisance. Most of these wolves were captured in pits that dotted the area. So successful were the early settlers that within a short time wolves ceased to be the nuisance that caused the levying of the tithe. Today these wolves, which were smaller and more brown in color than the more northern timber wolves, have vanished from Lunenburg and today are an endangered species.
The entry for John Elmore in the list of Hugh Lawson is next to that of "Phillip Edlow's quarter" while John Edloe was listed only three names removed. Also in the list of Hugh Lawson was John Blackwell.
John Elmore's name appeared again in the 1750 and 1752 tithe lists of Lunenburg County. As noted above, John sold the property he inherited from his grandmother in 1756. John Blackwell, one of the witnesses to this land sale, was, according to the tithe lists, the constable of Lunenburg County during the years 1751 and 1752. During the December 1756 court sesssion, John Elmore succeeded Stephen Wood as Constable; Wood was appointed constable only the previous June.10 The position of constable ranked just below that of sheriff which was the highest position of county authority in colonial Virginia.
John moved across the Lunenburg/Brunswick County line sometime after the above date because in 1764 we find him selling his property on the border between the counties and moving back into Lunenburg County. An abstract of this sale in Brunswick County follows:11
"Elmore to Martain for L20 current Virginia Currency an estimated 92 acres bounding William Martains property. Lying in Brunswick County on the north side of Midle Ceder Creek and bounded as followeth: Beginning at a corner white oak on the north side of Midle Ceder Creek from thence along William Martains line to a corner white oak on the county line from thence along the county line to a corner poplar on a branch from thence down the said branch to Midle Ceder Creek from thence down the said creek to the beginning. 7 September 1764.
John Elmore - L. S.
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"In the presence of Robert Moore, Valentine Moore, Philemon Lucy"
A few months after the Brunswick County sale, John bought property in Lunenburg County. On 13 February 1765 John Elmore "of Brunswick County" bought the land of John Broughton for L20 - the same amopunt he received for his Brunswick land. Witnesses to the purchase were Daniel Tweatt, James Elmore, and Athanasius Elmore.12
The first remention of John in the published tithes of Lunenburg County is in 1772 when John is on the list of Charles Hamlin and is noted as having two other tithes besides himself; one of these tithes is listed as Randolph; the other is believed to have been son Peter. John appears in the tithes for the years 1774, 1775, and 1776 as living in the Quarter of Benjamin Bridgeforth and he is noted as having six tithes. (A "Quarter" denoted an absentee land owner.) These tithes are believed to have been John and his five sons as mentioned above.13
On 14 April 1774 John (now noted as John Elmore Sr.) made a deed of trust for L50 using the same approximate 200 acres of land he had purchased from John Broughton nine years earlier. The deed of trust was made with his old friend Robert Blackwell. John and Robert were noted as "both of Lunenburg County."14
During the early years of the Revolutionary War John and his family migrated to Orange County, North Carolina. In the 1779 tax list for that county the names of both John Elmore and his son John (ACCAA) appear. They are noted to have a worth of L400, which at the time was the equivalent of Approximately $500 in American money. John continued to appear in the Orange County tax lists for several years. In 1780 he is noted to have taxable property worth of L125.15 In 1781 his taxable property was worth L100.16 In 1872 John Elmore Senior was noted as having 100 acres, 1 mule and 3 cattle with a taxable worth of L35.17
In 1783 he is noted as having 2 horses or mules and 2 cattle with a taxable worth of L24.18 In 1785 tax records he is noted as having 50 acres and 1 poll;19 later in the same tax record a separate entry next to the name of John Elmore Senior states "Delinquint" with a line drawn through the entry. 20 The name of John Elmore Senior disappears from subsequent tax records and it is believed that John died about this date.
Footnotes
1. "The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish, 1684-1786" p. 460, transcribed and edited by C. G. Chamberlayne, the Library Board, Richmond, 1937.
2. The name of Jon's wife is mentioned in a aland indenture dated 7 September 1764 in Brunswick Co., Va.
3. No daughters of John are mentioned. It is believed that John did have daughters but no records have been found which link any daughters to him.
4. See working paper "Three Elmore Veterans of the Revolutionary War from Orange County, North Carolina" (1988) by William Elmore for the rationale of including Peter and William as sons of John Elmore (ACCA).
5. Henrico County, Va. Will Book 1, p. 163.
6. See under Thomas Elmore (ACA) for a transcription of this indenture.
7. Recorded in Henrico County and filed in the Virginia Archives.
8. "The Valentine Papers," p. 5, by John Pleasants.
9. "Sunlight on the Southside, List of Tithes, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1748-1783," p. 105, by Landon C. Bell, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., 1974 (original 1931).
10. Lunenburg Co., Va. Order Book 4, p. 261.
11. Brunswick Co., Va. Deed Book 8, p. 80.
12. Lunenburg Co., Va. Deed Book 12, pp. 387, 388. This deed was not filed until 14 April 1774.
13. Bell, pp 329, 351, 371.
14. Lunenburg Co., Va. Deed Book 12, p. 392.
15. Orange Co., N.C. List of Taxable Property, Vol. I 1780-1781, p. 42.
16. Ibibd, p. 73
17. Orange Co., N.C. List of Taxable Property, 1782-1783, p. 2.
18. Ibid, p. 78
19. Orange Co., N.C. List of Taxable Property, Vol. II, 1784-1787, p. 29.
20. Ibid, p. 30.
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