born:  1760-1770
died:  aft 1830

1820 Emanuel County Georgia Census: Lemon Worsley with 1 male 18-25, 1 male over 45, 1 female 10-16, 1 female over 45, 2 male slaves. He
is living 3 households away from Eli Yates. Eli Yates also owned land in Montgomery County, and later moved to Fayette County.

Warrant dated the 3rd day of July 1826, Emanuel County; surveyed the 24th day of October 1826 for Lemons Wesley who resides in this State a tract of two hundred acres of pine land bounded on all sides by vacant land. Advertised the 28th October 1826; surveyed by John Love C.S. (Emanuel County, Georgia, Superior Court Land Plats Book B, 1818-1837, p 196. This land was on Crooked Creek. 

1830 Emanuel County Georgia Census: Lemon Wesley with one male 15-20, one male 60-70, and one female 60-70. Next door is Evans Wesley. In the near vicinity is Steven Swain, probable father of Mary Swain, Lemon's second wife. 

Matthew Yates was the administrator of the will of Evans Wesley. Matthew's brother William Yates married Elizabeth Wesley. Elizabeth was undoubtedly Lemon's daughter -- she named a son James Evans Yates, and a daughter Margaret. Matthew Yates' wife Martha may have been Lemon's daughter as well. 

1850 Fayette County Georgia Census: Matthew Yates, 48, wife Martha, 54, children Lacy 21, Augustus N. 19, living near Margarett Wesley.  John Youngblood and wife Martha (Wesley) were in Fayette County living next to George M. Yates, age 25, wife Martha 22, and daughter Sophrony 2. Matthew Yates, b 4 February 1801, is crediting with discovering the Yates Apple, once widely grown in Fayette County. 

WESLEY, EVANS - 1830 Emanuel 55th p. 166.
WESLEY, LEMON -  Landowner, 55th Mont. Co., 1811/2, 1830 Emanuel 55th p. 166, Montgomery, p. 78.

Father: possibly Thomas Wesley or James Wesley
Mother: 

Spouse: 

Children:
1.  Evans Wesley
2.  Martha Wesley? (m Matthew Yates) 
3.  Elizabeth Wesley (m William Yates)

Spouse: Mary Swain
Married: 23 December 1810 in Montgomery County, Georgia