1. James Flemister (???? - bef 1760)

James FLEMISTER appears to be the oldest known ancestor in our family, but the only "proof" of connection I have to date is that James died in the same county his alleged son Lewis was from.

An Administrator's Bond was issued for the estate of James FLEMISTER in Essex County, VA on 18 FEB 1760. The account of the estate was recorded there on 17 DEC 1764. The wardens of the Church at South Farnham Parish were ordered to bind out the minor children of James FLEMISTER and his wife - they seem to have died close together because there are two coffins in the estate papers. No apprenticeship papers have to found to positively identify their children.

2. Lewis Flemister, Revolutionary War, (1746-1807)

Lewis FLEMISTER was born in 1746 in Essex County, VA. During the Revolutionary War, he served in the 7th Continental Line, and in His Excellency's Life Guard, George Washington's personal guard unit. The unit formed on 11 MAR 1776 with Washington's order directing his officers to select four men from each regiment: "His Excellency depends upon the Colonels for good Men, such as they can recommend for their sobriety, honesty and good behavior; he wishes them to be from five feet eight Inches high, to five feet ten Inches; handsomely and well made, and as there is nothing in his eyes more desirable than Cleanliness in a Soldier, he desires that particular attention be made in the choice of such men as are clean and spruce."

Lewis FLEMISTER was discharged from service on 3 NOV 1783, and begins to appear in land records in Halifax County, VA. On 12 OCT 1789 he married Ellender "Ely" Gillington CHISUM, the daughter of James CHISUM and Barbara ESTES, and they had six children.

By 1791, the FLEMISTERS were appearing in records in Wilkes County, Georgia where they lived until Lewis FLEMISTER's death in 1807. Ellender FLEMISTER moved to Jasper County, GA with her children and lived there until her death in 1855.

The children of Lewis FLEMISTER and Ellender CHISUM were:

1. Catherine FLEMISTER - bc 1792 Wilkes County, GA m. John Thomas LINDSEY 18 NOV 1813 in Wilkes County, GA. They had 10 children.
2. John FLEMISTER - b 1794 Wilkes County, GA, m. Huldah WOODRUFF 24 FEB 1811 there. They had 6 children. John died between the 1860 and 1870 censuses, probably in Meriwether County, GA where he lived in 1860.
3. James C. FLEMISTER - bc 1797 Wilkes County, GA m. Alsey Armstrong WILSON on 18 SEP 1821 in Jasper County, GA. They had 8 children. James died in 1846 in Jasper County; Alsey moved to Newton County and died sometime after 1870.
4. William Land FLEMISTER - He is covered in the next section.
5. Euramie Elizabeth "Betty" FLEMISTER - b 18 SEP 1802 Wilkes County, GA, m. 15 JUL 1823 to Isaac Langston PARKER in Jasper County. They had 8 children and ran an in on a stage coach route in the county - a historical marker shows the location. Betty died 22 JAN 1853 in Jasper County.
6. Lewis W. Fielding FLEMISTER - bc 1805 Wilkes County, GA, m. 11 NOV 1824 to Lucy W. WILSON. They had 12 children. This family was in Alabama by 1846 where Lewis died sometime in the 1853-1857 time frame. Lucy and the children moved to Drew County, Arkansas where her brothers were settling.

William Land FLEMISTER married Michal "Micha" J. WILSON on 9 JAN 1823 in Jasper County, GA. They lived in Jasper County, GA until the 1850s, spent some time in Russell County, AL in the mid-1850s, and then relocated to Gordon, Wilkinson County, GA. Micha died there in FEB 1863 during a smallpox outbreak. A memorial marker for her is in the Gordon City Cemetery.William seems to have died in Woodruff County, Arkansas, possibly during a visit there to learn about the area before relocating.The ten children of William Land FLEMISTER and Michal Ann WILSON were: Wilson L. FLEMISTER - b 1820-1825 in Jasper County, GA, he married Mary Eliza KERNEY in 1851 in Morgan County, GA and divorced her around 1862. Wilson died before his father, possibly in Woodruff County, Arkansas.

1. Daughter - b. 1825-1830; d. before 1840
2. Sarah Ann FLEMISTER - b. 13 SEP 1825 Jasper County; m. Jeremiah Madison GILSTRAP and is outlined in the next section.
3. William C. FLEMISTER - bc. 1829 Jasper County; m. Margiana E. SOLOMON
4. Emaliza Jane FLEMISTER - bc 1832 Jasper County; m. Britton CONINE on 21 NOV 1854 in Russell County, AL. She died 11 FEB 1878 in Tallapoosa County, AL.
5. Abel O. FLEMISTER - bc 1833 Jasper County; m. Mary Jane SOLOMON 15 DEC 1857. They had 3 children in Wilkinson County, GA and probably lived there until their deaths.
6. Catherine Sophia FLEMISTER - b 5 SEP 1834 Jasper County; m. John William KING on 2 SEP 1856 in Russell County, AL. Catherine died 5 NOV 1905 in Atlanta.
7. Daughter - b. 1835-1840; d. before 1850
8. Mary Grant FLEMISTER - b. 11 OCT 1838 Jasper County; m. Dr. James Fletcher ALDREDGE on 12 JAN 1854 Russell County, AL. They relocated to Texas by 1870 and she died 19 SEP 1990 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX.
9. James Madison FLEMISTER b 1841 Jasper County; m. Susan. James enlisted in the 14th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, was wounded, and later captured. He died 30 JUN 1864 at Point Lookout, Maryland and is buried there.

4. Sarah Ann Flemister (1825 - 1879)

Sarah Ann FLEMISTER married Jeremiah Madison GILSTRAP on 7 JAN 1841 in Jasper County, GA. Their family is outlined on the GILSTRAP Family page.

LAST EDIT: *** 20 JULY 2015 ***