Harriet Chesnut Elmore
Harriet Chesnut Elmore (maiden name: Taylor) was born around 1802 in South Carolina. She married Franklin Harper Elmore on May 10, 1827, and they had at least seven children: Sally, born around 1829; Ellen, born around 1832; Cornelia, born around 1835; Grace, born around 1839; Mary, born around 1841; Albert, born on October 23, 1843; and Rosa, born around 1845. The family lived in Charleston, and her husband served as a bank president and United States senator. Her husband died on May 29, 1850. She moved to Columbia, South Carolina, soon afterward, and she earned a living as a farmer. By 1860, she owned $80,000 of real estate and $40,000 of personal property. She died in 1865.
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(4735)Elmore, Harriet Chesnut ~ Taylor, Harriet Chesnut18021865
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 7

  • (13145) [recipient] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, 13 January 186X
  • (13147) [writer] ~ Harriet C. Elmore to Unknown, undated
  • (13148) [recipient] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, 8 December 186X
  • (13159) [recipient] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, 11 October 186X
  • (13160) [recipient] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, 27 October 1861
  • (13162) [recipient] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, 9 November 1861
  • (13163) [recipient] ~ Albert R. Elmore to Harriet C. Elmore, undated

People - Records: 5

  • (4735) Elmore, Harriet Chesnut is the [parent of] (4733) Elmore, Albert Rhett
  • (4735) Elmore, Harriet Chesnut is the [parent of] (4734) Elmore, Grace Brown
  • (4735) Elmore, Harriet Chesnut is the [aunt/uncle of] (4736) Rhett, John Taylor
  • (4735) Elmore, Harriet Chesnut is the [parent-in-law of] (4738) Taylor, Alexina Jessie
  • (4735) Elmore, Harriet Chesnut is the [grandparent of] (5569) Elmore, William Taylor

Places - Records: 1

  • (429) [birth, death] ~ South Carolina

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SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Alabama Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981, available from Ancestry.com