James Palmer or Parlmore

- 1826

• Name	James Palmer or Parlmore
  Gender	Male
  Death	1826	of, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
  Person ID	I3757	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Adair,   b. of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States d. Bef Aug 1818, of, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
  Marriage	Bef 1800	of, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
  Family ID	F1899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES; 1. Censuses: 1779 South Carolina Census, 96 District, no township: James Palmer This is the only James Palmer/Parlmore listed. Data from Ancestry.com "South Carolina Census, 1790-1890." No other census results for any James or Elizabeth Palmer/Parlmore for Laurens Co., SC. 2. Is there a relationship between the Rev. Joseph Palmer and our James Palmer? "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 13, pp. 213-218, "Memories of Laurens County,' contributed by Mary A. Seyle, CGRS: John Duncan who was the first settler in Laurens is said to be responsible for the first Presbyterian Church in the county. Hi is the man form whom the area Duncan's Creek is named, having settled there about 1751. As early as 1764, he erected a 'brush arbor' where those who wished to worship could assemble for their services. Later he had a meeting house erected. The arbor was actually used before the church itself was built, and that is said to date from 1764. Hazel Crowson Sellers of North Carolina in her book on 'Old South Carolina Churches; says that John Duncan was joined by his friends Joseph Adair and Robert Long, both of whom were Revolutionary War soldiers, and that Hezekiah Balch held services at Duncan's Creek as early as 1752. Joseph Palmer, a minister, is also said to have been a friend of John Duncan, and was so popular that when he went to Indiana in 1828 a number of the old friends followed him.