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ELMORE, JOHN ARCHER. Elmore County was named in honor of Gen. Elmore. He was deservedly popular for his "candor, good sense and sociability."
He was buried in the old family
burying ground at the old homestead, "Huntington," in Elmore
County. The following inscription is upon his tombstone:
IN Memory
of GEN. JOHN ARCHER ELMORE,
who was born in
Prince Edward County, Va.,
August the 21st, 1762,
and died in
Autauga County, Ala., April
24th, 1834, aged 71 yrs. 8 mos.
& 3 days. He was a soldier of
the Revolution in the Virginia
Line and afterwards a member of
the Legislature of So. Ca., and
a General in the militia.
He was a member of the Legislature of
Alabama and
filled various other offices of Honor and Trust
in both States.
He was an affectionate husband,
a kind and indulgent father,
a humane master,
A devoted friend, and a
patriotic citizen.>
"General John Archer Elmore was born in
Prince Edward County, Virginia, Aug. 21, 1762, and died in
Autauga County, Alabama, April 24, 1834. He entered the
Revolutionary service, a mere lad, in Greene's command in
the Virginia line; was with him in his tour through the
Carolinas, and with him at the surrender at Yorktown. This
is shown by the archives in Washington; O'Neal's Bench
and Bar of South Carolina, vol. ii, pp. 85, 88, and
Brewer's Alabama, p. 109. After the Revolution he
settled in Laurens district, South Carolina, and resided
there many years, during which time he was often a member of
the legislature. He moved to Autauga County, Alabama, in
1819 and served one term in the house of representatives
from this County.
His first wife was Miss Saxon, by whom
he had two sons: Hon. Franklin H. Elmore, of South Carolina,
who succeeded Mr. Calhoun in the United States Senate, and
Benjamin F. Elmore, treasurer of South Carolina. His second
wife, Miss Ann Martin, was a member of the famous Martin
family of South Carolina, and descended also from the
Marshall family of Virginia, and from Lieutenant Nathaniel
Terry, of Virginia. By this second marriage there were five
sons and several daughters. One of the daughters married
Gov. Benj. Fitzpatrick, another married Hon. Dixon H. Lewis
of Lowndes; another married Dr. J. T, Hearne, of Lowndes,
and she is still (1904) living in Montgomery. The sons were
Hon. John A. Elmore, a distinguished lawyer in Montgomery;
William A. Elmore, a lawyer in New Orleans since 1835,
superintendent of the mint until the outbreak of the war,
and who died in Philadelphia in 1891; Capt. Rush Elmore, who
commanded a company in the Mexican war and was territorial
judge of Kansas; Henry Elmore, who was probate judge of
Macon County prior to the war, and who afterwards moved to
Texas; Albert Elmore, of Montgomery, Secretary of State in
1865 and collector of customs in Mobile under President
Johnson."—Mrs. P. H. Mell in Transactions, of the Alabama
Historical Society, Vol. iv, pp. 541-2.
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