William S. Pemberton was the son of Thomas Pemberton (1792-1850) and Frances Lilly (1796-1878). He was born in either Stanly or Montgomery County, NC, near Cheek's Creek. On 26 Oct 1848 he married Laura James Craig, daughter of Dr. James W. Craig (1785-c.1830) and Laura Norwood.
William and Laura had 7 children; only two - Laura and Walter - survived to adulthood:
1)Stillborn daughter, b. bef 1850 in Center (Norwood), Stanly Co., NC
2)James Craig Pemberton, b. 1850, d. c1851
3)Laura Frances Pemberton, b. 30 May 1852 in Center (Norwood), Stanly Co., NC, d. 12 Jan 1921 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR
4) William Pemberton, b. 1853 d. infant
5) John Hammett Pemberton b. 1854 d. 2 Jan 1858 in Pulaski County, AR of smallpox
6) Walter Henry Pemberton, b. 31 May 1857 in Pulaski Co., AR, d. 8 Jun 1928 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR
7)Mary Lilly Pemberton, b. 31 Aug 1860 in Marengo Co., Alabama, d. Sept 1865 in Montgomery County, NC.
In about 1857 William and Laura Pemberton (along with William's brother Calvin) moved to Arkansas, where they owned a sizable cotton plantation. They reported having 28 slaves in 1860, seventeen of whom were aged 18 and younger. The plantation adjoins the current location of Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park.
When the Civil War came, the Pemberton children were in Alabama visiting their maternal grandmother. Their mother had died there in 1860 after giving birth to the youngest child, Mary Lilly. During the war William retrieved the children and took them to North Carolina, where they lived with his parents for a time. Mary Lilly died there at the age of 5.
According to his daughter Laura's memoirs, William S. Pemberton burned two cotton crops during the war to prevent Union troops from confiscating them. After the war William continued farming cotton. He died in December 1871 and left his two surviving children, Laura and Walter, in the guardianship of his maternal uncle, Henry Lilly, a merchant in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC. Copies of his will are on file in Cumberland County, NC and Pulaski County, AR.
William and Laura had 7 children; only two - Laura and Walter - survived to adulthood:
1)Stillborn daughter, b. bef 1850 in Center (Norwood), Stanly Co., NC
2)James Craig Pemberton, b. 1850, d. c1851
3)Laura Frances Pemberton, b. 30 May 1852 in Center (Norwood), Stanly Co., NC, d. 12 Jan 1921 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR
4) William Pemberton, b. 1853 d. infant
5) John Hammett Pemberton b. 1854 d. 2 Jan 1858 in Pulaski County, AR of smallpox
6) Walter Henry Pemberton, b. 31 May 1857 in Pulaski Co., AR, d. 8 Jun 1928 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR
7)Mary Lilly Pemberton, b. 31 Aug 1860 in Marengo Co., Alabama, d. Sept 1865 in Montgomery County, NC.
In about 1857 William and Laura Pemberton (along with William's brother Calvin) moved to Arkansas, where they owned a sizable cotton plantation. They reported having 28 slaves in 1860, seventeen of whom were aged 18 and younger. The plantation adjoins the current location of Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park.
When the Civil War came, the Pemberton children were in Alabama visiting their maternal grandmother. Their mother had died there in 1860 after giving birth to the youngest child, Mary Lilly. During the war William retrieved the children and took them to North Carolina, where they lived with his parents for a time. Mary Lilly died there at the age of 5.
According to his daughter Laura's memoirs, William S. Pemberton burned two cotton crops during the war to prevent Union troops from confiscating them. After the war William continued farming cotton. He died in December 1871 and left his two surviving children, Laura and Walter, in the guardianship of his maternal uncle, Henry Lilly, a merchant in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC. Copies of his will are on file in Cumberland County, NC and Pulaski County, AR.
William S. Pemberton was the son of Thomas Pemberton (1792-1850) and Frances Lilly (1796-1878). He was born in either Stanly or Montgomery County, NC, near Cheek's Creek. On 26 Oct 1848 he married Laura James Craig, daughter of Dr. James W. Craig (1785-c.1830) and Laura Norwood.
William and Laura had 7 children; only two - Laura and Walter - survived to adulthood:
1)Stillborn daughter, b. bef 1850 in Center (Norwood), Stanly Co., NC
2)James Craig Pemberton, b. 1850, d. c1851
3)Laura Frances Pemberton, b. 30 May 1852 in Center (Norwood), Stanly Co., NC, d. 12 Jan 1921 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR
4) William Pemberton, b. 1853 d. infant
5) John Hammett Pemberton b. 1854 d. 2 Jan 1858 in Pulaski County, AR of smallpox
6) Walter Henry Pemberton, b. 31 May 1857 in Pulaski Co., AR, d. 8 Jun 1928 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR
7)Mary Lilly Pemberton, b. 31 Aug 1860 in Marengo Co., Alabama, d. Sept 1865 in Montgomery County, NC.
In about 1857 William and Laura Pemberton (along with William's brother Calvin) moved to Arkansas, where they owned a sizable cotton plantation. They reported having 28 slaves in 1860, seventeen of whom were aged 18 and younger. The plantation adjoins the current location of Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park.
When the Civil War came, the Pemberton children were in Alabama visiting their maternal grandmother. Their mother had died there in 1860 after giving birth to the youngest child, Mary Lilly. During the war William retrieved the children and took them to North Carolina, where they lived with his parents for a time. Mary Lilly died there at the age of 5.
According to his daughter Laura's memoirs, William S. Pemberton burned two cotton crops during the war to prevent Union troops from confiscating them. After the war William continued farming cotton. He died in December 1871 and left his two surviving children, Laura and Walter, in the guardianship of his maternal uncle, Henry Lilly, a merchant in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC. Copies of his will are on file in Cumberland County, NC and Pulaski County, AR.
William and Laura had 7 children; only two - Laura and Walter - survived to adulthood:
1)Stillborn daughter, b. bef 1850 in Center (Norwood), Stanly Co., NC
2)James Craig Pemberton, b. 1850, d. c1851
3)Laura Frances Pemberton, b. 30 May 1852 in Center (Norwood), Stanly Co., NC, d. 12 Jan 1921 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR
4) William Pemberton, b. 1853 d. infant
5) John Hammett Pemberton b. 1854 d. 2 Jan 1858 in Pulaski County, AR of smallpox
6) Walter Henry Pemberton, b. 31 May 1857 in Pulaski Co., AR, d. 8 Jun 1928 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR
7)Mary Lilly Pemberton, b. 31 Aug 1860 in Marengo Co., Alabama, d. Sept 1865 in Montgomery County, NC.
In about 1857 William and Laura Pemberton (along with William's brother Calvin) moved to Arkansas, where they owned a sizable cotton plantation. They reported having 28 slaves in 1860, seventeen of whom were aged 18 and younger. The plantation adjoins the current location of Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park.
When the Civil War came, the Pemberton children were in Alabama visiting their maternal grandmother. Their mother had died there in 1860 after giving birth to the youngest child, Mary Lilly. During the war William retrieved the children and took them to North Carolina, where they lived with his parents for a time. Mary Lilly died there at the age of 5.
According to his daughter Laura's memoirs, William S. Pemberton burned two cotton crops during the war to prevent Union troops from confiscating them. After the war William continued farming cotton. He died in December 1871 and left his two surviving children, Laura and Walter, in the guardianship of his maternal uncle, Henry Lilly, a merchant in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC. Copies of his will are on file in Cumberland County, NC and Pulaski County, AR.
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