General Notes

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John Archer Elmore. An officer of the American Revolution, he was born
August 21, 1762, in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and died April 24,
1834, in Autauga, now Elmore County. He was the son of Archelas and
Susannah (Morris) Elmore, the former a Quaker. He was a grandson of
Thomas and Cicely (Ellison) Elmore, of New Kent County, Virginia. General
Elmore entered the Continental Army while still a youth, and served under
General Greene.
General Elmore settled in Laurens District, South Carolina, after the
Revolution, resided there for many years and served in the legislature.
In 1819 he removed to Alabama, settling in Autauga County, and in 1821,
represented the County in the legislature. When Autauga County was
subdivided the new county was named in his honor. The station of that
name being also named for his family.
General Elmore was married to (1) Mary Ann Sarah Saxon, on March 1,
1788. He married (2) on March 14, 1805, to Mary Martin, a descendant of
the noted Martin family of South Carolina, also of the Marshall family of
Virginia, and of Lieutenant Nathaniel Terry, of Virginia.
Children by his first wife were: l. Benjamin F., treasurer of South
Carolina, married Sarah Aurora Brevard. 2. Narcissa. 3. Sophia Saxon,
married George Ross. 4. Charlotte Perry, married Abner Crenshaw. 5.
Franklin Harper, who succeeded Calhoun in the U. S. Senate, married
Harriet Chestnut.
By his second wife, General Elmore was the father of: 6. Elizabeth
S., married Dixon H. Lewis. 7. Sarah Terry, married Benjamin Fitzpatrick.
8. John Archer, married Laura Maria Martin. 9. Morris Martin. 10. William
Augustus, married (1) Mary Ann Morrison, (2) Julia Minor. 11. Luther
Alfred. 12. Henry Marshall, married Elizabeth Harris. 13. Laurence
Ludlow. 14. Physick Rush, married Susan T. Nesbitt. 15. Winfield Scott.
16. Infant. 17. James Scott. 18. Albert Standhope, married Mary Jane
Taylor. 19. Ann Harriet, married Joseph T. Hearn.
[Source: Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume III, page 558]
Buried at his residence, "Huntingdon", Elmore County. He was a soldier of
the
Virginia Line, later member of the legislature of SC, and later of AL.
Lived in
Laurens Co., SC, moving in 1819 to Autauga County, a part of which later
became Elmore County.
"Memorial Record of Alabama" V.I. Published by Brant and Fuller, Madison,
Wisc US/CAN 976.1 H2m, v.I. p.931.
John Archer Elmore served as a private under General Nathanael Greene who
commanded the Virginia line and was present at the surrender of
Cornwallis at Yorktown. As a lad of 14 he had gone to South Carolina with
the Virginia Rangers. I think he served alongside his brother Thomas. At
the end of the war he left Virginia to settle in the Laurens District of
South Carolina.
On 2 Dec 1780 General Nathanael Greene assumes command of the Southern
Army. This is most likely when John served under General Greene.
Kings Mountain National Military Park commemorates a pivotal and
significant victory by American Patriots over American Loyalists during
the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. The battle fought on
October 7, 1780 destroyed the left wing of Cornwallis' army and
effectively ended Loyalist ascendance in the Carolinas. The victory
halted the British advance into North Carolina, forced Lord Cornwallis to
retreat from Charlotte into South Carolina, and gave General Nathanael
Greene the opportunity to reorganize the American Army.
Hobkirk Hill, SC 25 April 1781 Nathanael Greene and the Continental Army
engaged the British forces under Lord Rawdon who won the field. Greene
retreated.
Guilford Court House Battlefield, North Carolina
On 15 March 1781, American Major General Nathanael Greene’s 4,400
continentals and militiamen clashed with 1,900 British professionals,
under Lieutenant General Charles, Earl Cornwallis, near Guilford Court
House. The British tactical triumph at Guilford Court