Background
Elmore was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia on 21 August 1762 to Archelaus Elmore and Susannah Morris.
Elmore was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia on 21 August 1762 to Archelaus Elmore and Susannah Morris.
Born in Virginia to a Quaker father, Elmore nonetheless joined the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He joined the Continental Army while still a youth and served in the Virginia Lincolnshire under Nathanael Greene. Elmore was with Green in his tour through the Carolinas, and was present at the Surrender of Cornwallis 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. Autauga was renamed Elmore County in his honor.
His interment was Autauga County"s Huntington Cemetery. Elmore married Mary Ann Sarah Saxon on 1 March 1788 and they had five children.
Elmore was later married to Mary Martin on 14 March 1805 with whom he had another 14 children.
Benjamin F.
Narcissa
Sophia Saxon
Charlotte Perry
Franklin Harper
Elizabeth South.
Sarah Terry
John Archer
Morris Martin
William
Luther Alfred
Henry Marshall
Laurence Ludlow
Physick Rush
Winfield Scott
Infant
James Scott
Albert Standhope
Ann Harriet.