Reuben Hembree

Male 1804 - 1896  (92 years)


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  • Name Reuben Hembree 
    Birth 1804  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Religion Baptist  [2
    Residence 1830  Hall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1840  Murray County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 15 Sep 1896  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I48835  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2019 

    Father Abraham Hembree,   b. 16 May 1757, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~19 Oct 1835, (Chattanooga) Hamilton County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Winnifred Jackson,   b. 1760-1780, (South Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~1808, (Spartanburg County, South Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage (Spartanburg County, South Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Residence (Family) North Carolina, a British Colony of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence (Family) Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F3846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Laird 
    Marriage Y  [1
    Family ID F18045  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1804 - South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830 - Hall County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1840 - Murray County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Sep 1896 - Georgia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Reuben's daughter said he was 1/4 Cherokee but his mother "Nancy" was 1/2 Cherokee; and he had an uncle James Emery who was 1/2 Cherokee.

      The uncle, at least, we figure was James Hembree, husband of Sallie (Abraham's daughter).

      Sarah Laird was the daughter of Curtis & Betsie Laird) (spelled Lard in SC, GA). Curtis was the son of James Laird. James Lard, Curtis Lard and James Lard Jr. won lots in the 1827 Cherokee land lottery in Hall County. In the 1832

      Cherokee land lottery, Reuben "Hembree" won a lot in Hall County. In the 1832 Cherokee Gold land lottery, James L. Hembree won land in Hall County. I believe this was James Lindley Hembree, son of Amariah Hembree, who was in Hall County by 1822.

      Reuben was in Hall County in 1830 but in the 1840's he was in Murray County (the county boundaries and names shifted-his lottery land may have wound up in Murray County.) On July 21, 1848, the Holly Creek Baptist Church was formed in Murray County with a congregation of five adult male members and ten adult female members, including: Reuben Emery, William Jackson, Sarrah Emery, Elizabeth Emery, Nancy Black, and Lucy Jackson. [Murray County Heritage, by the Murray County History Committee, (Roswell, GA.: WH Wolfe Associates, 1987): pp.249-250] William Jackson (1798-1872) was ordained a deacon by the members. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S11150] "The Abraham Hembree Data Project", Revision - February 2004, by Larry Petrisky, (larry_petrisky@hotmail.com), edited by.

    2. [S11123] "The Abraham Hembree Data Project Revision - February 2004", by Larry Petrisky, larry_petrisky@hotmail.com,, edited by.

    3. [S13762] Hembree,Robert:conservator & genealogist for the HEMBREE family,.

    4. [S11124] Notes on the English and Cherokee ancestry of JOHN HEMBREE, WILLIAM EMORY, DRURY HEMBREE, ABRAHAM HEMBREE, ISAAC AMORY.