James Roquemore was born in northeastern Georgia, the son of a French Huguenot immigrant, James Pierre Roquemore (1745–1803) and Elizabeth Bazemore (1760–1836). He married Elizabeth A Tharpe/Thorp or Allenthorpe (1786–1825) in 1799. After her death, he married Mary Jane Black.
We know of fifteen children by the two wives of this James Roquemore.
First Spouse: Elizabeth Tharp/Thorp or Allenthorpe
Vincent Peter (1805–1878)
Zachariah "Zach" (1809–1868)
James A (1812–1862)
Thomas Jackson (1816–1863)
Alexander G. (1820–1860)
John Peter (1820–1878)
Elsie (1822–)
Sallie (1823–)
Mary Elizabeth (1824–1903)
William Fletcher (1825–1856)
Second Spouse: Mary Jane Black (1811–1860)
Married 1829
Jefferson T. (1831–1863)
Joseph Baker (1831–1892)
Franklin Lafayette (1833–1904)
Mary (1835–1840)
Martha J. (1838–1899
Notes on location of interment:
Noted family researcher, Addie Paramore Howell, in "The Roquemore Report of 1967" gives his burial place as the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church in Bonaire, Houston County, Georgia. I have seen no other proof and question why a staunch Methodist whose first two wives were French Huguenots and his third and last, a Methodist with a burial plot on her family's land in Bonaire, would be buried in a seemingly unrelated cemetery without a known family connection. Sectarianism is not new.
I do believe this farmer and Methodist minister is buried in Bonaire. No proof exists as to whether he is buried in the Smith Family Cemetery or the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. No marker has been found in either place.
Cemetery Research:
In March 2022, a Find a Grave volunteer walked three Houston County cemeteries looking for evidence of the Reverend Mr. James Roquemore's burial. After walking the Smith Family Cemetery, the Bonaire Methodist Church Cemetery and the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, he was unable to locate any evidence of a marker. Thank you, John Schwendler, for trying!
We know of fifteen children by the two wives of this James Roquemore.
First Spouse: Elizabeth Tharp/Thorp or Allenthorpe
Vincent Peter (1805–1878)
Zachariah "Zach" (1809–1868)
James A (1812–1862)
Thomas Jackson (1816–1863)
Alexander G. (1820–1860)
John Peter (1820–1878)
Elsie (1822–)
Sallie (1823–)
Mary Elizabeth (1824–1903)
William Fletcher (1825–1856)
Second Spouse: Mary Jane Black (1811–1860)
Married 1829
Jefferson T. (1831–1863)
Joseph Baker (1831–1892)
Franklin Lafayette (1833–1904)
Mary (1835–1840)
Martha J. (1838–1899
Notes on location of interment:
Noted family researcher, Addie Paramore Howell, in "The Roquemore Report of 1967" gives his burial place as the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church in Bonaire, Houston County, Georgia. I have seen no other proof and question why a staunch Methodist whose first two wives were French Huguenots and his third and last, a Methodist with a burial plot on her family's land in Bonaire, would be buried in a seemingly unrelated cemetery without a known family connection. Sectarianism is not new.
I do believe this farmer and Methodist minister is buried in Bonaire. No proof exists as to whether he is buried in the Smith Family Cemetery or the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. No marker has been found in either place.
Cemetery Research:
In March 2022, a Find a Grave volunteer walked three Houston County cemeteries looking for evidence of the Reverend Mr. James Roquemore's burial. After walking the Smith Family Cemetery, the Bonaire Methodist Church Cemetery and the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, he was unable to locate any evidence of a marker. Thank you, John Schwendler, for trying!
James Roquemore was born in northeastern Georgia, the son of a French Huguenot immigrant, James Pierre Roquemore (1745–1803) and Elizabeth Bazemore (1760–1836). He married Elizabeth A Tharpe/Thorp or Allenthorpe (1786–1825) in 1799. After her death, he married Mary Jane Black.
We know of fifteen children by the two wives of this James Roquemore.
First Spouse: Elizabeth Tharp/Thorp or Allenthorpe
Vincent Peter (1805–1878)
Zachariah "Zach" (1809–1868)
James A (1812–1862)
Thomas Jackson (1816–1863)
Alexander G. (1820–1860)
John Peter (1820–1878)
Elsie (1822–)
Sallie (1823–)
Mary Elizabeth (1824–1903)
William Fletcher (1825–1856)
Second Spouse: Mary Jane Black (1811–1860)
Married 1829
Jefferson T. (1831–1863)
Joseph Baker (1831–1892)
Franklin Lafayette (1833–1904)
Mary (1835–1840)
Martha J. (1838–1899
Notes on location of interment:
Noted family researcher, Addie Paramore Howell, in "The Roquemore Report of 1967" gives his burial place as the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church in Bonaire, Houston County, Georgia. I have seen no other proof and question why a staunch Methodist whose first two wives were French Huguenots and his third and last, a Methodist with a burial plot on her family's land in Bonaire, would be buried in a seemingly unrelated cemetery without a known family connection. Sectarianism is not new.
I do believe this farmer and Methodist minister is buried in Bonaire. No proof exists as to whether he is buried in the Smith Family Cemetery or the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. No marker has been found in either place.
Cemetery Research:
In March 2022, a Find a Grave volunteer walked three Houston County cemeteries looking for evidence of the Reverend Mr. James Roquemore's burial. After walking the Smith Family Cemetery, the Bonaire Methodist Church Cemetery and the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, he was unable to locate any evidence of a marker. Thank you, John Schwendler, for trying!
We know of fifteen children by the two wives of this James Roquemore.
First Spouse: Elizabeth Tharp/Thorp or Allenthorpe
Vincent Peter (1805–1878)
Zachariah "Zach" (1809–1868)
James A (1812–1862)
Thomas Jackson (1816–1863)
Alexander G. (1820–1860)
John Peter (1820–1878)
Elsie (1822–)
Sallie (1823–)
Mary Elizabeth (1824–1903)
William Fletcher (1825–1856)
Second Spouse: Mary Jane Black (1811–1860)
Married 1829
Jefferson T. (1831–1863)
Joseph Baker (1831–1892)
Franklin Lafayette (1833–1904)
Mary (1835–1840)
Martha J. (1838–1899
Notes on location of interment:
Noted family researcher, Addie Paramore Howell, in "The Roquemore Report of 1967" gives his burial place as the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church in Bonaire, Houston County, Georgia. I have seen no other proof and question why a staunch Methodist whose first two wives were French Huguenots and his third and last, a Methodist with a burial plot on her family's land in Bonaire, would be buried in a seemingly unrelated cemetery without a known family connection. Sectarianism is not new.
I do believe this farmer and Methodist minister is buried in Bonaire. No proof exists as to whether he is buried in the Smith Family Cemetery or the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. No marker has been found in either place.
Cemetery Research:
In March 2022, a Find a Grave volunteer walked three Houston County cemeteries looking for evidence of the Reverend Mr. James Roquemore's burial. After walking the Smith Family Cemetery, the Bonaire Methodist Church Cemetery and the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, he was unable to locate any evidence of a marker. Thank you, John Schwendler, for trying!
