PLEMMONS, PLEMONS, PLEMONES, PLEMON, PLEMENS REUNION
Back To Where We Got our Start In The USA
Looking for a vacation spot for the year 2001? Asheville, NC is one of the most popular mountain resorts in the East. The city is divided by two rivers, the Swannanoa and the French Broad. It is surrounded by the Great Smoky Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains. In addition to the famous Biltmore Estate there are numerous attractions in the area. For detailed area information contact the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce: 151 Hayweed St., Asheville, NC 28801: phone (828) 258-6101 or (800) 257-1300. There are numerous lodging facilities in the Asheville area. This is the tourist season and they might fill up fast. The Ramada Plaza Hotel located at Exit 44 of Interstate 40 has given us a rate of $65.00 per night. If you wish to take advantage of this rate tell them that you are with the Plemmons/Plemons Reunion and make your reservation early.
22 June = Early Birds = For those that are in the area early Francis and Janet Webb invites you to drop by their house for a little chat and some just plain good fellowship. There will be several of us there. The address is 1242 Crymes Cove Rd, Waynesville, NC. Call Janet for specifics Phone (828) 456-9733.
23 Jun = A covered dish affair starting at about 11:00 am will last till ????? Location: Buncombe County Firefighters Training Center, 180 Erwin Hills Road, Leicester. NC. The building has air conditioning and a handicap ramp for easy access. Janet Webb will speak on the migration of Plemmons/Plemons from NC. Bring your cameras and take plenty of pictures. Directions to the training center from exit 44 Interstate 40: Take 19/23 north about 3 miles to State Hwy 63 (New Leicester Highway). Left on 63 and go about 2 1/2 miles to Old Country Home Road. Turn right and go to red light, Lee Creek Road. Turn right and go to red light, Erwin Hills Road. Turn right and go to Fire Training Center, which is very visible on the left at 180. Parking is inside the grounds to the left of the building but the handicap entrance is from the street in front of the building. The rear of the building has steps. Plenty of room inside. Will seat about 300 at tables.
24 Jun = The Ramada Plaza Hotel located at Exit 44 of Interstate 40 has agreed to reserve a private dining area for us to have a Plemmons/Plemons departure buffet breakfast.
FOREWORD
Below is the foreword that appears in Janet Webb's new book about the Plemmons/Plemons family
Family history is a never ending story, there will always be births, marriages, deaths and other events. There have been a number of individuals who have exerted a great deal of energy, to say nothing about expense, researching the PLEMONS family. We are very grateful to the many, many individuals who have shared their family trees. It would be impossible to mention all of them individually.
Notable amongst those who have made great contributions to knowledge about our family are: Roy Jackson, author of "Plemons Plemmons and related families"; David Reece, author of "The Plemmons Family N.C."; Gladys Plemmons, author of "The Plemmons & West Families of Buncombe County, NC"; Lynn Jordan, author of "Norton/Plemons The Leoma Connection"; Raymond L. Olson, author of "Ancestor and Descendants of Oliver Plemon"; Warren Hale Plemons, Editor of "Branches a Plemmons/Plemons Newsletter"; Janet Webb, author of "Plemons/Plemmons and Kin A to Z" who is also the author of this fine book.
As of the date of the publication of this book there are many questions the answers to which have been a bit elusive.
When did the first PLEMONS family arrive in the United States? It is known that the family was in the United States in the mid 1700s.
What was the port of entry for the first PLEMONS immigrants ? No real evidence of this has surfaced. During these early days ships put in to port, discharged cargo and passengers and departed leaving no record that has survived to this date.Where did the first PLEMONS immigrants come from? The Lucas Plemon family bible states that Levi Oliver Plemon (note no s) was born 1801 in France. Lucas was born 7 Oct 1833 in Hounsfield, New York. Levi entered New York from Canada about 1831 and migrated to Fond De Lac, Wisconsin. It appears that all those in the US spelling their name without the "s" descend from Levi Oliver Plemon.
Consider this as a possibility of the origin of our family. Plymentun, England a town outside of Plymouth was settled by Saxon Raiders in 610 AD. The place is mentioned in the Oxford Book of Place Names and the Oxford Book of River Names. The Saxon Chronicals also mentioned the name and this book is much older than the Doomsday Book. In the marriage and christening records of the Plymentun, England area we find: 1564 Philip PLIMON, 1595 Guilielmi PLEMMYN, 1629 Arthur PLIMMON, 1661 Richard PLEMON along with other spelling variations such as PLIMEMAN, PLYMMING, PLIMEN, PLYMEN.
What is the correct spelling of the name? I spell the name in this foreword as PLEMONS because that is the way my name is spelled and for no other reason. With the exception of the descendants of Levi Oliver Plemon all other spellings that have been traced lead us back to the mid 1700s in North Carolina to what appears to be a common ancestor. As you can see from the logo on the cover there is a variety of ways in which the name can be found spelled in the United States. All of these current spellings are correct because that is the way the individual bearing the name spells it.
It is indeed a great honor to have been selected to write a foreword to this tremendous bringing together of information about our family. I am Joseph (Joe) Plemons born 1929 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a great great grandson of John Plemons born 1772 in North Carolina and Cecilia Hailey born 1772 in Virginia.
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