JAMES Mc ELMURRAY
Born 1790 in Orangeburgh, South Carolina (later changed to Barnwell, SC)
Source: All census ages put it back to 1790.
Parents - James McElmurray - 1769, mother unknown
Married Sarah Bush, 1796 probably in Barnwell, South Carolina before 1825.
Source: They Tarried in Taylor by Central Georgia Genealogical Society. There are several references to Sarah McElmurray (or McLemurray), daughter of Isaac Bush and widow of James McElmurray.
Died between 1850 and 1860 in Georgia
Source: He is head of household in 1850 Bibb Co, GA census. His wife, Sarah, is head of household in 1860 Taylor Co, GA census.
CENSUS
| 1820 CENSUS |
| 1820 US CENSUS, Barnwell County, SC page 35 on roll McELMURRY, Jas
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| 1830 CENSUS |
| 1830 US CENSUS, Burke County, GA page 142 Enum June 1830 McELMURRAY, James R
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| 1840 CENSUS |
| 1840 US CENSUS, Rutland Dist, Bibb County, GA pg 91 McLemurry, James
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| 1850 CENSUS |
| 1850 US CENSUS, District #520, Bibb County,
GA Enum 23 Sept 1850, pg 232b McELMURRAY, James 60 M born SC Sarah 54 F born SC Ann 25 F born SC Patrick 23 M student born SC Elizabeth 19 F born SC Frances 17 F born SC Sarah 14 F born SC Richard 16 M born SC James 11 M born SC Andrew 9 M born GA FULLER, A. Mrs. 26 F born SC |
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
He is listed in Patrick McElmurray's will as James McElmurray Jr.
He may have purchased land in Barnwell County, SC in the 1820's. See our Barnwell County, SC Research Notes - McElmurray and Bush names.
CHILDREN OF JAMES McELMURRAY
1. Male McElmurray 1815 - 1820 in Barnwell Co., South Carolina - under 10 in 1820, 10 to 15 in 1830, 20 - 30 1840 census
Possibility:
John R. McElmurray, born December 26, 1819 in South Carolina, died April 11, 1879 in Crawford County, Georgia.
Married Susanna E.H. Sanders on December 1, 1842 in Bibb County, Georgia (where James and Sarah McElmurray were in 1840).
2. Male McElmurray 1815 - 1820 in Barnwell Co., South Carolina - under 10 in 1820, 10 to 15 in 1830, 20 - 30 1840 census
Possibility:
Richard W(H) McElmurray, born about 1815 in South Carolina. Later lived in Burke County, Georgia.
3. Female McElmurray 1810-1820 in Barnwell Co., South Carolina - under 10 in 1820, not in 1830
4. Female McElmurray 1815-1820 in Barnwell Co., South Carolina - under 10 in 1820, 10-15 in 1830, not in 1840.
Possibility:
Bibb County Georgia Marriages
Spouse: Collins, William
Mcelmurray, Letty Marriage Date: 14 Jun 1838
5. Ann McElmurray
Born about 1824 in Barnwell Co., South Carolina. In the 1830 census - 5 to 10, 15 - 20 in 1840, and age 25 in 1850 census.
Nothing else is known at this point.
Born about 1827 in South Carolina. In the 1830 census - under 5, 10 - 15 in 1840. Married before 1850.
Married Moses M. Harvey on June 22, 1848 in Bibb County, Georgia
Source: Bibb CoGenWeb - Spouse: Harvey, Moses M.
Mcelmurray, Mary Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1848
7. Patrick McElmurray
Born about 1827 in South Carolina - under 5 in 1830 census, 10 - 15 in 1840 census, and 23 in 1850 census.
Possibility:
1860 US CENSUS, Ellaville PO, Schley County GA
page 34, enum 11 July 1860
Household 223/233
McELMURRAY, Patrick 31 overseer $-- GAVirginia S 20 domestic GA
William AJ 1 GA
Born April 1830 in South Carolina - under 5 in the 1830 census, 5 - 10 in 1840 census, and 19 in 1850
Married William L.E. Yarbrough between 1850 and 1851
Died - after 1900, probably in Georgia
5. Frances McElmurray
Born about 1833 in South Carolina
Source: Her parent's 1850 census shows her still at home, age 17.
Nothing else is known at this point.
6. Richard McElmurray
Born about 1834 in South Carolina. 5 - 10 in 1840 census, 16 in 1850 census.
Source: His parent's 1850 census shows him still at home, age 16.
Nothing else is known at this point.
7. Sarah McElmurray
Born about 1836 in either South Carolina or Bibb County, GA. Under 5 in the 1840, age 14 in the 1850 census.
Source: Source: Her parent's 1850 census shows her still at home, age 14, born SC. However, see her mother's page, Sarah W. Bush. She was in Bibb County Georgia when her father Isaac Bush died. (Pages under construction).
Nothing else is known at this point.
Born about 1838 in Georgia. Under 5 in 1840, and age 11 in 1850, and age 22 in 1860 census, 32 in 1870 and 42 in 1880.
Married Sarah M. Thompson on February 2, 1860 in Taylor County, Georgia
Source: Taylor CountyGAGenWeb - McElmurray, J(ames) H. married Thompson, Sarah M. 2 Feb 1860
Died October 1886 in Taylor County, Georgia
9. Andrew J. McElmurray
Born about 1840 in Georgia. Under 5 in 1850, age 9 in 1850. Married in 1859.
Source: Source: His parent's 1850 census shows him at home, age 9.
Married Joanna Thompson October 13, 1859
Source: McElmurray, Andrew married Thompson, Joanna 13 Oct 1859
Served in the Civil War:
McElmurray A. J. A 27 Georgia Infantry. Private Private Confederate
Taylor County Salt Lists
Mrs. Andrew McLemurray (husband in service)
Census:
1870 US CENSUS, Ellaville, Schley County, GA
page 199 Enum 21 June 1870
Household 57/57
McELMURRAY, A.J. 29 MW farmer $700/$895 GA
Joanna 30 FW keeping house GA
McCRARY, Richard 29 MB farm laborer GA
Sarah 25 FB GA
Charles 4 MB GA
Mary 8/12 FB GA born Oct
Possibility:
Marion County Cemeteries
McELMURRAY, Jewell Woodall b. 01/20/1901 d. 02/08/1939
McELMURRAY, Maude W. 10/24/1911
McELMURRAY, William O. b. 09/01/1894 d. 05/01/1967
McELMURRAY, Horace B.B. 04/03/1886 d. 04/02/1940
McELMURRAY, Rena Dillard w/o H.B. McElmurray b. 08/08/1895 d. 05/27/1931
McELMURRAY, J.M. 09/27/1856
McELMURRAY, F.M. b. 02/16/1856 d. 08/23/1935
McELMURRAY, Joan 11/24/1839
McELMURRAY, Andrew J. b. 04/12/1840 d. 10/17/1927
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