John Archer Elmore (21 August 1762 – 24 April 1834) was an American military officer and politician. Born in

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to a

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father, Elmore nonetheless joined the

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during the

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Biography

Elmore was born in

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on 21 August 1762 to Archelaus Elmore and Susannah Morris. He joined the Continental Army while still a youth and served in the

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under

Nathanael Greene Nathanael Greene (June 19, 1786, sometimes misspelled Nathaniel) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. He emerged from the war with a reputation as General George Washington's most talented and dependabl ...

. Elmore was with Green in his tour through the Carolinas, and was present at the Surrender of

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at Yorktown. 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. 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. 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 *Susan Elizabeth (1805-1889) (married

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) *Sarah Terry (1807-1839) (married

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) *John Archer (1808-1878) (Alabama state legislature) *Morris Martin (b. 1810) * William Augustus (1812-1890) ( Attorney General of Louisiana and superintendent of the

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) *Luther Alfred (b. 1814) * Henry Marshall (1816-1879) (Colonel in the

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) *Laurence Ludlow (1817-1840) *Physick Rush (1819-1864) (judge in

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) *Winfield Scott (b. 1820) *Infant *Mary Martin (1823-1916) *James Scott (b. 1825) *Albert Stanhope (1827-1909) (

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and collector of the port of

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) *Ann Harriet (1829-1907)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elmore, John A. 1762 births 1834 deaths Continental Army officers from Virginia People from Prince Edward County, Virginia People from Laurens County, South Carolina People from Elmore County, Alabama United States Army officers

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