"A Sketch of the Lemons Family by L. H. Lemons" as hand written in Nov. 1953 before his death Dec. 1, 1953 at age 83:

    "My great granfather Lemons emigrated from a province on the river Rhine just before the American revolutionary war if I am not mistaken he was employed as a Scout for the american army.

    Levi Lemons my granfather was borned about the year 1785 in Pennsylvania Some where near Lancaster.  The family finely seperated. Some going to the State of New York. Some going father west to the country now known as Ohio.  Levi Lemons came South to Virginia and finely to Monroe County, Tennessee and located on the Tennessee river above Lowden Tenn. where he maried Pollie McGea a sister of William McGea who was a noted Stock breader of that day.  My granfather had some brothers that came with him to Tenn  one was named John  one was named Thomas, and a brother who was a baptist Minister who located among the Indians at what is now Ducktown Tenn.  My granfather had a large family  I do not know all their names

one William Lemons was borned in the year 1802, he was a Black Smith and a gun maker by trade  he located at Irishvill in Polk Co. Tenn and raised a family  I do not know all their names  There was one James  one John and Rubin  one Houston  John setled in Texas near Bonam. One girl maried Rector Davis later died and Davis maried her Sister.  William lemons died 1884 was buried in the Benton graveyard Benton Tenn.

    My father was George Washington Lemons  he was borned in Monroe Co.Tenn May the 15, 1815  died in Bradley Co. Tenn  November 9th 1889  buried in Benton graveyard  Benton Tenn.  was maried twice  nine children by his first wife who was Jane Price  the oldest child was named James Blackstone  the other Boys names was Augustus, William, George.  The girls names  Nettie Ann, Maniley, Amerine, Martha and Eliza.  Second wife was Arie Ann Howell Taylor the widow of John Taylor  one child was borned to this union and was named John Howell Lemons.

    Now to go back to granfather Levi Lemons, the only names of children I know are William, George, Samule, Isaac.  William died at Benton Tenn 1884  George died in Bradley Co. Tenn 1889  Samuel went to the far west in early life  do not know his whereabouts  Isaac died near Spring City Tenn  do not know the date of his death  The girls names I do not know, one maried a man named Smith and moved to north Arkansas. one maried a man named Calvin Hodge and one maried a man named Iler and lived in middle Tenn. on Cumbelan Mountain, however one of the girls maried a man named Tolivet (?) in upper east Tenn"

Transcribed and provided for posting by:  Martha Davis marthadavis1@mindspring.com, descendant of Eliza, daughter of George Washington Lemons.

My source:  Lloyd Lemons lloydlemons@cybertrails.com, grandson of the author, John Howell Lemons, son of George Washington Lemons.