1790 NC Census Halifax District, Franklin County lists Robert McLemore, 1 free white male 16 years and up and 4 slaves.
1799 Franklin County Tax List has McLemore, Rob. 2wp, 3bp, 450 ac (this is the parcel he inherited from his father)
1800 NC Census Franklin County lists Robert McLemore 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 16-26, 9 slaves.
Franklin Co. NC Loose Estates Papers Vol. I has Robert McLemore buyer part of the estate of Benjamin Williams in 1804.
Equity Bond Docket, 1789-1817, Hillborough District and Orange County, N.C. number 264 lists Robert McLemore place of abode on 19 Apr 1803 as Tennessee.
Williamson County Deed Abstracts 1799-1811 Deed Book A2 page 91 "Page 378 Indenture 18 Oct 1806 John Spencer and Robert McLemore, $2750 paid, 1 tract on water of Harpeth, 220 acres, tr adj N T Perkins corner"
1807 Williamson County Tax Book lists McLemore, Robt. 220 acres W. Harp. 1 white 5 blacks.
1820 Tennessee Census: Robert McLemore Williamson County: 2 males under 10, 2 males 10 to 16, 2 males 18 to 26, 1 male 45 and up. 1 female under 10, 1 female 10 to 16, 1 female 26 to 45. 24 slaves.
Williamson County Deed Book E page 174 Thomas Shute conveyed to Robert McLemore 39 acres of land between Big & West Harpeth Rivers Registered 27th August 1817.
There were a couple challenges to Robert's will. One by his widow and her second husband wanting 1/3 of the estate, another by his son John D. McLemore for 1/4 of the slaves.
Will probated April 1823 Williamson County Will Book 3 page 625.
From "Northern Alabama Historical and Biographical Illustrated" 1888 by T.A. Deland and A. Davis Smith, beginning on page 425, has the following: "The first white family to settle in Tuscumbia was that of Michael Dickson in 1815. Soon afterward, four of his brothers-in-law, from Smith County, Tenn., Isaiah McDill, James McMann, ______ Matthews, and Hugh Finley, arrived." It continues "The first white child born in Tuscumbia was Miss Anna Dickson, who married Dr. W.H. Wheaton, who died in Nashville since the late war. She was living but a short time ago."
From "Two Hundred Years at Muscle Shoals"1935 by Nina Leftwich, page 45: "Michael Dickson was the first known white resident of the town. Escaping the terrible Johnson Indian massacre which left his home town, Reynoldsburg, Tennessee, a heap of ruins, he steered his keel-boat up the Tennessee River to Cold Water Creek and thence up the creek to its source at the big spring some time in 1815. With him he brought his wife, his four sons, and all that was left of his earthly possessions. On the bluff above the spring just west of the City Hall of today he built his snug log cabin on land purchased from the noble old Indian chief, Tuscumbia. Quite a bargain, this first real estate deal in the Muscle Shoals area. For five dollars and two pole axes all the land between the mountain on the south and the river on the north, and from the great spring to its mouth, became the property of the Dicksons, the tomahawk claim. Michael Dickson smoked the pipe of peace with the Indians, won their friendship and made it easier for the next settlers. When the United States Government acquired the land from the Indians by the Treaty of 1816 it gave Mr. Dickson the choice of several lots for his own in lieu of his tomahawk claim from the old chief. He was a substantial citizen; he gave his name to one of the streets of the city; he was for many years the county court clerk; . . . "
North Carolina Archives Statewide Index to Marriage Bonds 1741-1868 has no listing for Michael Dickson to Sene Williams.
Served in the War of 1812
Clayton's History of Davidson County . . . page 89: George Wharton listed as justice of the court for 1808.
Will recorded in Davidson County will book 8, page 383, 17 Dec 1824. Will signed 26 Oct 1815. Will leaves all property, negros, etc. to William and Elizabeth. Codicil to will signed 21 Aug 1824 names Samuel Wharton and Samuel Seay as executioners, leaves Samuel Seay and daughter Jane a negro boy.