John Archer Elmore

John Archer Elmore (21 August 1762 – 24 April 1834) was an American military officer and politician. Born in Virginia to a Quaker father, Elmore nonetheless joined the Continental Army during the American Revolution.[1]

John Archer Elmore
BornAugust 21, 1762 (1762-08-21)
Prince Edward County, Virginia[1]
DiedApril 24, 1834 (1834-04-25) (aged 71)
Autauga, Alabama
Allegiance United States of America
RankPrivate
General
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
Other workSouth Carolina State Legislature
Alabama State Legislature

Biography

Elmore was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia on 21 August 1762 to Archelaus Elmore and Susannah Morris. He joined the Continental Army while still a youth and served in the Virginia Line under Nathanael Greene. Elmore was with Green in his tour through the Carolinas, and was present at the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.[2]

After the war, he settled in Laurens District, South Carolina, where he was elected to the State Legislature. In 1819, he moved to Autauga, Alabama, where he was again elected as a State Legislator and served there until his death in 1834. Part of Autauga County was renamed Elmore County in his honor.[3][4]

His interment was is at his former home Huntingdon in Elmore County, Alabama

Family

Elmore married Mary Ann Sarah Saxon on 1 March 1788 and they had five children. Elmore was later married to Nancy Ann Martin on 14 March 1805 with whom he had another 14 children.[5][6]

Children with Mary Ann Sarah Saxon

  • Benjamin Thomas (1791-1841)
  • Narcissa (1792-1795)
  • Sophia Saxon (1794-1825)
  • Charlotte Perry (1796-1832)
  • Franklin Harper (1799-1850) (U.S. Congressman and Senator from South Carolina)

Children with Nancy Ann Martin

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-02. Retrieved 2009-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Alabama Department of Archives and History, Thomas Owen's Revolutionary Soldiers in ALabama, e list".
  3. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 118.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2009-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Wood & Torbert Families - John Archer Elmore".
  6. Doliante, Sharon J. (1991). Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families : Families of Bacon, Beall, Beasley, Cheney, Duckett, Dunbar, Ellyson, Elmore, Graves, Heydon, Howard, Jacob, Morris, Nuthall, Odell, Peerce, Reeder, Ridgley, Prather, Sprigg, Wesson, Williams, and Collateral Kin. ISBN 9780806312934.
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