Grade School of Fort Cobb Schools Grades 1-3 listed in �The Gay Forties�, the 1940 Yearbook Fort Cobb, Caddo County, Oklahoma SECOND GRADE Gibson Sumpter FOURTH/FIFTH GRADE: Florine Sumpter ------ WHITE ROSE CEMETERY, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Located 2 Miles South and 1/2 mile East of Reydon, Oklahoma in NE 1/4 of 12-13-26 Chisum, Virginia Ann Sumpter, Born 0-2-25-1952 Died 06-12-1972, Wife of Tony Joe Sr. Payne, Joy D. Sumpter, Born 01-04-1921 Died 10-20-1977 Sumpter, Baby, Born no dates Died 12-1984, Inf of Tony & Lois Sumpter, Jewel A. White, Born 12-12-1910 Died 10-31-1985 Sumpter, Myrtle May, Born 03-03-1892 Died 03-24-1976 Sumpter, V.O. "Buster", Born 06-24-1904 Died 05-26-1980, Hus of Jewel ------ LINCOLN COUNTY, INDIAN TERRITORY OKLAHOMA ORIGINAL LAND RECORDS NORTH CIMARROW TOWNSHIP SOUTH HALF OF TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST G.W. Sumpter ------- Partial list of individuals who made the Run of 1889 (*Oklahoma Land Rush ?) Based on gathering of Sons and Daughters of the Original '89ers at the 100th anniversary of the Run (Includes names of those whose descendents were registered at the anniversary. Horn, Frederick Sumpter ------

Dr. Brian Leverich's message regarding RootsWeb's Search Engine Server is forwarded for your information. Please try-out the search engines at your earliest opportunity. Happy Huntin' Jim Young List Moderator and RootsWeb Donor -------------------------- Resent-Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 21:05:07 -0700 (PDT) To: ARCHIVES-L@rootsweb.com, LISTOWNERS-ANNOUNCE@rootsweb.com, rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com, USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com Reply-to: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> Subject: Online: The New Search Engine Server Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 21:01:00 -0700 From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> Resent-Message-ID: <"PLHDBC.A.Qb.TdRW1"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> To: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com The new search engine server is now online and can operate at the speed of a full T1 connection. Courtesy of hacks by Dale Schneider, you can search the USGenWeb Archives, now with *headlines* and *updated* to within the last 24 hours, at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm Courtesy of hacks by Karen Isaacson, you can search the archives of any mailing list (except those withdrawn by the listowner), now with nicer *formats* and *updated* to within the last 24 hours, at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl I'd also like to explicitly thank the folks who provided the resources that have made this new facility possible: o RootsWeb's Patrons, Donors, Sponsors, and Members. o Palladium Interactive, developers of the Ultimate Family Tree software for genealogists. Folks interested in helping RootsWeb provide new facilities can become Members by using the Web form at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html By the way, the next server we'll be bringing online will be a box dedicated to supporting Marc Nozell's HTMLized versions of the mailing list archives. We should have that box online within 48 hours, though it's reasonable to expect Marc to need a little time after that to get his software installed. (: Projects after that include a dedicated IRC server, upgrading the mail hub, upgrading the main Web server, building a NT-based FrontPage server, and bringing a third ordinary list server online. No rest for the wicked, I suppose ... Cheers, B. -- Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com

Jim Landrum submitted an interesting theory on 5 May concerning the possibility that George Sumpter, the 1721 immigrant, might be the father of Henry Sumpter who married Agnes Dillon. As Jim wrote, Alexander Sumpter, Jr., in his notebook said his gggrandfather was George, an Englishman, who came to America with his brothers. Yes, I believe it is very possible that George the immigrant was the father of Henry (Agnes Dillon) and husband of ElizabethGross. A George Sumpter of Montgomery Co, VA, left a will dated 31 Sep 1800. His wife was Elizabeth and his sons were Richard b 1767, Edmund b 1770 and George, Jr., b 1780. George, Sr., died 1806. Records indicate that this George Sumpter of Montgomery Co is the George who married Elizabeth Gross. If George and immigrant and George of Montgomery Co are the same man, then the Claiborne Co, TN 1800 family and the Floyd Co, VA, family descend from the same man. However, I do not believe that Elizabeth Gross could be the mother of Henry (Agnes Dillon) born about 1740 and also of George, Jr., born 1780. Thanks for whatever help and ideas the rootsweb subscribers have. Jane Sumpter Malone-George

To anyone interested in the Alexander Sumpter family son of George Washington Sumpter who moved to Oregon in the 1850's. He received a Military Pension for his service in the Black Hawk War. The numbers are SA-3537 and SC-2743. It was filed in November of 1892. Also for those of you who have received the information from his notebook and the notebook of Alexander Sumpter Jr. I have spent only about a month following up on their info and believe it to be pretty factual. This has helped in my line that ended up in White County< Illinois after leaving Tennessee. Alexander Jr. mentions that Abraham, son of G.W Sumpter and Alexander's Uncle was married down on the Wabash to a Nancy. Abraham was married to Nancy Ridley in White County, Illinois, which the Wabash separates from Indiana. The brother of George Washington is John Sumpter the father of my Henry who both are in White County, Illinois by 1819. The two families obviuosly were in touch. Also mentions that Henry Sumpter and wife Agnes Dillion ( his Great grandparents) lived in East Tennessee which we know to be true. Alexander Jr's line would be I believe be Alexander Sumpter Sr. George Washington Sumpter Henry Sumpter and Agnes Dillon George Sumpter. He says his gr gr grandfather was the above George an Englishman after the king. Could this be the George Sumpter married to Elizabeth Gross. Jim Landrum

Recently I picked up some information on Sumpters of Burke County NC. I thought I would post it to the list and maybe somebody can use it. The information came from the following: Burke County, North Caroline, Land Records (1778) Volume I Abstracted, Compiled and Indexed By Edith Warren Huggins Page 72 #772, p. 258, 300 acres on branch of Lower Creek, called Brumleys, including improvements said SUMPTER lives on, up and down for complement. Entered 18 Sept. 1778. #773, p. 259, 200 acres Brumleys Creek of lower Creek including improvement purchased from JOHN BALDWIN, JUN. to be run. Entered 18 Sept. 1778. #774, p. 259, 400 acres Avingtons Creek between PETER FORDS two surveys joining above for complement. Entered 18 Sept. 1778. Fees paid to WHITE. Transferred to SIMON RAMSEY. Page 89 #957, p. 317, JOHN SUMPTER, 200 acres both sides of Gun powder Creek, beginning at marked hickory on south side of creek, down for complement. Entered 26 Oct. 1778. Transferred to JOHN JONES. Super Numery as above. #958, p. 317, WILLIAM SUMPTER, 200 acres on Lower Creek, beginning at DAVID JACKSONS on west side of creek, running FREDERICK CRIDERS, up creekfor complement. Entered 26 Oct. 1778. Warrant Issued. Transferred to THOMAS ISBELL and from ISB<bold>I</bold>ILL to JOHN HORTLEY. Page 125 #1352, p. 446, JOHN SUMPTER, 300 acres on branch of Gunpowder Creek, beginning FREDRICK GRIDERS JUNIOR line, down creek including improvements JOHN MURRY lives. Entered 29 Dec. 1778. Discontinued. Warrant Ordered. To be settled by WM. SUMPTER. #1353, p. 446, JAMES SUMPTER, 200 acres beginning husbands Creek, both forks not intercepting any line, about a mile from VEESEY HUSBANDS. Entered 30 Dec. 1778. Warrant Ordered. To be paid by WM SUMPTER. #1358, p. 448, JOSEPH STAPE, 150 acres on lower line of WM. (or Mr?) SUTHERDS line between WILLIAM and THOS. STAPES lines conditionally made including own plantation. Entered 29 Dec. 1778. To JOHN SUMPTER, SEN. to be paid by WILLIAM WHITE. #1539, p. 448, THOMAS RANDOLE, 100 acres on Lower Creek, beginning at WILLIAM SUMPTERS, between FREDRICK GRIDERS sand WILLIAM JAXONS for complement. Entered 29 Dec 1778. Warrant ordered. Transferred to George Tucker. Hope this helps somebody. Walt Pollock

Hope this fills some squares for someone! Susan Cade Ada Sumpter - Month: Feb Year: 1872 Age: 28 Birthplace: Tenn County: Washita Enumerated with: Biggs, A.A. (Daughter) Albert J. Sumpter - Month: Aug Year: 1868 Age: 31 Birthplace: Missouri County: Dewey Other Members of family: Mary C. Sumpter (W) Birth: Dec 1869, Age: 20 Birthplace: Missouri Guy A. Sumpter (S) Birth: Apr 1890, Age: 10 Birthplace: Kansas Maudie E. (D) Birth: Feb 1892 Age: 8 Birthplace: Kansas Cela G Sumpter (D) Birth: Mar 1894 Age: 6 Birthplace: Kansas Lela M. Sumpter (D) Birth: Mar 1894 Age: 6 Birthplace: Kansas Riley E. Sumpter (S) Birth: Mar 1898 Age: 2 Birthplace: Oklahoma Loid L. Sumpter (S) Birth: Apr 1900 Age: 1/12 Birthplace: Oklahoma Arley Sumpter Month: May 1875 Age: 25 Birthplace: Kansas County: Dewey Living Alone George W. Sumpter Birth: Sep 1863 Age: 36 Birthplace: Missouri County: Dewey Other member of family Ray W. Sumpter (S) Birth: Feb 1892 Age: 8 Birthplace: Kansas Ema H. Sumpter (W) Birth: Mar 1868 Age: 32 Birthplace: Missouri James S. Sumpter (S) Birth: Aug 1882 Age: 17 Birthplace: Kansas Mamie V. Sumpter (D) Birth: Jul 1885 Age: 15 Birthplace: Kansas Lulu J. Sumpter (D) Birth: Jul 1887 Age: 12 Birthplace: Kansas Frankie J. Sumpter (S) Birth: Jun 1889 Age: 13 Birthplace: Kansas Henry C. Sumpter Birth: Sep 1868 Age: 31 Birthplace: Missouri County: Cleveland Other members of family: Nora A. Sumpter (W) Birth: Feb 1872 Age: 28 Birthplace: Missouri Claude Sumpter (S) Birth: Nov 1888 Age: 11 Birthplace: Kansas Rosa Sumpter (D) Birth: Aug 1892 Age: 7 Birthplace: Oklahoma Dolphine Sumpter (D) Birth: Nov 1895 Age: 4 Birthplace: Oklahoma Mabel Sumpter (D) Birth: Dec 1896 Age: 3 Birthplace: Indian Territory James Sumpter Birth: Jan 1841 Age: 59 Birthplace: Missouri County: Dewey Other members of family Elizabeth Sumpter (W) Birth: Oct 1841 Age: 40 Birthplace: Tenn Zana Sumpter Birth: Sept 1891 Age: 8 Birthplace: Texas County: Washita Enumerated with: A.A. Biggs Relationship to above: Granddaughter John Sumpter Birth: Aug 1876 Age: 23 Birthplace: Kansas County: Dewey Other members of family Jennie Sumpter (W) Birth: Apr 1884 Age: 16 Birthplace: Kansas John R. Sumpter Birth Oct 27 1845 Age: 54 Birthplace: Indiana County: Kay Other members of family Belle G. Sumpter (W) Birth: July 11, 1866 Age: 33 Birthplace: Kentucky James H. Sumpter (S) Birth: Dec 6, 1887 Age: 2 Birthplace: Kansas Henry L. Sumpter (S) Birth: Oct 21, 1889 Age: 7/12 Birthplace: Oklahoma Sallie Lyon (Mother of wife) Birth: July 5, 1833 Age: 66 Birthplace: Ohio Mozelle (Mozella) Sumpter Birth: Jun 1893 Age: 7 Birthplace: Texas County: Washita Enumerated with: A.A. Biggs Relationship to above: Granddaughter

William and Elizabeth Patience SUMPTER of Louisa County, VA have descendants named: Jeptha Wylie (Wiley) SUMPTER, b. 1883; Jep Morris SUMPTER, b. 1894; Morris Jep SUMPTER; and, Jeptha Louis SUMPTER. The latter two are probably still surviving. The Draper research indicates that these Jeptha descendants descend from Captain William SUMPTER and Judith RANDALL; where as, COFFEY / COFFEE researchers indicate that they descend from John SUMPTER and Catherine VAN PELT. Both Captain William and John SUMPTER are sons of William and Elizabeth Patience SUMPTER. Since I have an ancestor, Jeptha SUMPTER alleged to be born 1805 in VA, I would like to pursue the origin of the name "Jeptha" in this SUMPTER line; therefore, I would like to collect information on the descendants of Captain William and John SUMPTER to about 1880. Anyone willing to work on this project and/or share your data, please consider sending me an attached GEDCOM or a descendants report file including research notes on the descendants of Captain William and John SUMPTER. I will gladly share my database with anyone expressing an interest. AOL members are requested to use my AOL address for sending attachments. I hope to hear from everyone descending from Captain William and John SUMPTER. Best regards, Jim Young RR 3, Box 329-A McAlester, OK 74501 (918) 423-4788 Email: myoung@icok.net Email: young74501@aol.com

Edward D. Sumpter was born Apr 1799 VA. He married Mariah Flury in Wrightsville, PA, 1834. By 1840, the family was living in Vernon, Jennings Co, IN, where they remained and can be traced through the 1860 Federal Census. Mariah died in 1859. Edward is listed with children Scott age 11, Mary Ellen age 8 and Jacob age 6 on the 1860 census. No further data about Edward D. Sumpter. Scott b 1849 d 1916 Boone Co, IN, married Mary Isabel Hurt in 1873. They had four sons: Larkin Bunnell b 1877,(my grandfather), William Taylor b 1880, Harry Finis b 1882 and Clay b 1889. Mariah Louisa Sumpter, daughter of Edward D. and Mariah Flury Sumpter, was born 1842. In 1862, she married William Starr in Warren Co, Ohio. No further information. on Mariah Louisa or on Mary. Jacob D. Sumpter, son of Edward D. and Mariah Flury Sumpter, moved to Oklahoma where he married Nancy Gibson in 1879. They had the following children: John b 1881, Amanda Isabella b 1886, Jim Andy b 1889, Scott Taylor b 1892 and Dixon D. b 1895. When Scott b 1849 passed away in 1916, his obituary listed Jacob living in 'lower California' and a sister, Lillie McCracken, living in Austin, Texas. I would appreciate any and all help with this family. Who were Edward D. Sumpter's parents and sibblings? Which daughter became Lillie McCracken - Mariah Louisa or Mary? Thanks. Jane Sumpter Malone-George jmgeorge@dubuque.net

Jeptha SUMPTER, born about 1806 in VA, is my "brickwall". If anyone has a suggestion on who his parents may be, please contact me. I'll gladly exchange research notes with anyone researching this line. Thanks, Jim Young RootsWeb Donor ========================= Descendants of Jeptha SUMPTER - 11 Apr 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - FIRST GENERATION 1. Jeptha SUMPTER was born about 1806 in VA. He was married to Margaret JORDON on 8 May 1828 in , Sangamon CO, IL. Margaret JORDON was born in 1810. Jeptha SUMPTER and Margaret JORDON had the following children: +2 i. John W. SUMPTER. 3 ii. Marian SUMPTER was born about 1830 in (probably) Tazewell Co., IL. He was married to Eliza Ann ASHER (daughter of Charles ASHER and Barbary OLLIS) about 1840. Eliza Ann ASHER was born about 1826 in TN. Jeptha SUMPTER and Eliza Ann ASHER had the following children: +4 i. Caleb SUMPTER. 5 ii. Jesse SUMPTER was born about 1843 in , , MO. 6 iii. Abraham SUMPTER was born in 1845 in , , MO. 7 iv. Henry SUMPTER was born in 1848 in , , MO. SECOND GENERATION 2. John W. SUMPTER was born on 28 Apr 1828 in Athens, Menard Co., IL. He died on 16 Mar 1922 in Flora, Clay Co., IL. He was married to Angaline BRACHEAR in 1851 in IL. Angaline BRACHEAR was born about 1835 in IL. She died on 26 Sep 1893 in Beatrice, Gage Co., NE. John W. SUMPTER and Angaline BRACHEAR had the following children: +8 i. William Robert SUMPTER. 4. Caleb SUMPTER was born about 1841 in , , MO. He died about 1863 on the Civil War Battlefield. He was married to Lucinda BURKE (daughter of John D. BURKE) on 7 Aug 1860 in Barry Co., MO. Lucinda BURKE was born on 20 Apr 1844 in TN. She appeared on the census in 1870 in Cedar Township, Carroll Co., AR. She appeared on the census in 1880 in Freedom, Polk Co., AR. She appeared on the census in 1900 in Montague Co., TX. She died on 11 Feb 1904 in Montague Co., TX. She was buried in Mount Tabor Cemetery, Montague Co., TX. Caleb SUMPTER and Lucinda BURKE had the following children: +9 i. James William "Bill" SUMPTER. -----------------end-----------------------------

Hello SUMPTER List Members. PLEASE, do not click on the "Reply" button of this message unless you wish to send a personal response to me. A new message must be created to send a message to the SUMPTER list. For the benefit of new subscribers and those who may have forgotten the SUMPTER list address for posting queries, the address is: <SUMPTER-L@rootsweb.com> We have 56 members subscribed to the SUMPTER List. Surely, all of the SUMPTER / SUMTER "brickwalls" haven't been hurdled. I would imagine that there are many SUMPTERs / SUMTERs on the "Genealogy Most Wanted" list. <grin> Some subscribers may be thinking that the RootsWeb SUMPTER list has died based the lack of activity... only one message in the last 10 days. Please consider using the SUMPTER list for finding a cousin who may have information on your "Most Wanted" SUMPTER / SUMTER ancestor. Also, as a help to other researchers, please consider posting two or three descendant generations of your earliest known SUMPTER / SUMTER ancestor. Come on... help get the SUMPTER ball rolling!!! Later on, additional generations can be submitted. Normally, two or three generations of data will not exceed the 20KB limit established by RootsWeb. In the subject line, please consider entering the earliest ancestor's name, birthdate, birthplace and death if known, for example: John SUMPTER; b. 1720 VA; d. 1800 KY. Please consider sending a copy of any query response to the SUMPTER list. Please remember, when a query is answered by clicking on the "Reply" button, you must manually insert <SUMPTER-L@rootsweb.com> in the "Cc:" address line in order to also send a copy of the response to the SUMPTER list . PLEASE consider submitting any SUMPTER / SUMTER data discovered while researching your ancestors. If anyone wishes to discuss any aspect of the SUMPTER list, please feel free to call on me via my personal email address: <myoung@icok.net> Happy Huntin' to All, Jim Young List Moderator and RootsWeb Donor

ETTA ANN SUMPTER was born 1872 in Lenior, NC. I do believe her parents were John & Elizabeth Davis Sumpter born in NC. Etta is to believed a full blood Cherokee by her family. Does anyone know of my Etta? She married a James Henry Estes . She died in Radford, VA in 1950 Thanks in advance for any help. Kathleen Estes

Looking for the parents and descendants of these children: William, Opal, Nellie, Emma, Roy, V?, Sylvia. They were living in Osage/Tulsa Co OK 1934. Thanks for all your help.

Dr. Brian Leverich on Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:22:34 -0800 (PST) writes: This note is going to tell you that RootsWeb set a new record level of service to the genealogical community last month, but a more important message that I'd like to convey first is just how important your support has been. RootsWeb wouldn't be here without you. In February, without your support we couldn't have purchased a generator to keep the servers up during the El Nino storms, a new search engine server for the USGenWeb and mailing list archives, and a new server to host Cyndi Howells' Website and the USGenWeb query systems. Your continued support is essential to us: just to keep up with demand, in the next few weeks we're going to have to upgrade the main Web server, upgrade the mail hub server, and start preparing to add a third list server. All that costs money. And beyond those inescapable upgrades, we really want to be building a kitty for buying genealogical datasets and bringing more new services online for the whole community. If you can spread the word and help us find more Members, Sponsors, and Donors, you'll be helping us keep up with demand and bring new data and services online. *** AND NOW FOR THE REPORT *** February was an incredible month: El Nino storms repeatedly caused us to lose power, and I wound up having to 4-wheel- drive off the mountain in a snowstorm to find and buy a generator to keep RootsWeb online. Because of our batteries and our generator, we were down only minutes even though the power was off for days. Also, Cyndi Howells' Website moved to RootsWeb right in the middle of the storms and the USGenWeb query system needed more CPU cycles and bandwidth, so we added a server and load balanced our T1 connections to the Internet right in the midst of all the snowfalls and power outages. We had about 11% absolute growth during just the month of February, but that's deceptively low because February is a short month. Our actual *daily* load increased about 20%: o 29,372,613 Web files (27,751,946 in Jan) from 2,488 Websites (2,400 in Jan). - 8,602,112 were HTML pages (not images or cgi-bin) (8,308,561 in Jan). - 3,446,096 were cgi-bin database searches and such. (3,574,701 in Jan). - 17,248,967 were GIFs (15,850,655) or JPEGs (1,398,312) (15,784,790 in Jan were GIFs (14,529,204) or JPEGs (1,255,586). o 644,950 FTP file downloads from the USGenWeb Archives and the ROOTS-L Library (618,762 in Jan). o Thanks to a neat hack by Tim Pierce, we know we shipped about 82,150,000 pieces of mail (88,649,000 in Jan) pieces of mail to the 3,050+ (2,600 in Jan) mailing lists we host. (The 82 million is probably low; we had to archive a significant amount of mail before the count because of a disk space crunch on one of the mail servers ... ) o 60,000 alt.g and s.g.* Usenet News articles to hosts on three continents (same as Jan). o Approximately 505,361,000,000 bytes in total (451,786,000,000 in Jan). And that's what RootsWeb did in February. Let me thank you once again for supporting RootsWeb -- none of this would be available to the community without your help, and your continuing support can help us grow and provide even more service to the community. Thank you, B. -- Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com

In response to Jim Young's 7 March 1998 request for information and descendants of the sons of Jeptha Sumpter, Jesse, Abraham and Henry, the following family is found in the 1880 Douglas Co, MO, Soundex Census: Vol 11 ED 27 Sheet 17 Line 15 Sumpter, Jesse P White Male 35 Born MO Francis E Wife 27 MO William C Son 13 MO Henry A Son 11 MO Jessie A Daughter 7 MO Charles A Son 5 MO Ann E Daughter 3 Ark Edwin A Son 4/12 MO I am not positive this is Jesse, son of Jeptha since the 1880 age is not the same as the 1850 age. I cannot find anyMissouri Soundex reference to either of Jeptha's sons Abraham or Henry. Can anyone help with this family? Thanks. Jane Sumpter Malone-George jmgeorge@dubuque.net

Hello to all. This is mainly directed to Sumter cousins tied to Henry and Agnes Dillon Sumpter. Cumberland County was formed from Goochland in 1749. These records are from the Memphis Public Library and they do not have the earliest records from Goochland. Goochland County Order Book 1735-1737 Aug 18, 1736 William Dillon Jr. received 60 pounds of Tobacco for being a two day witness for William Lawson against Hugh Boston. Deed Book 4 Goochland County Nov. 20, 1745 William Dillon Jr.proves a deed between Richard Parsons and Nicholas for 80 acres on Muddy Creek in Goochland on the South side of the James River. Among the witness are Nicholas Davies and John Creasie. (Notice the Junior, surely his father William also) Cumberland County Order Book June 1749 to May 1756. June 1749 Nicholas Davies Gentleman, be appointed Surveyor of the road from Muddy Creek Bridge to the Upper end of Widow Dillon's fence, (She is probably the widow of Thomas Dillon, see below) June 1749 Ordered the Church Wardens of Southam Parish to bind out Littlebury Dillon orphan of Thomas Dillon to Nicholas Davies, Gentleman. 26/Feb/1750 William Dillon is on the list to appraise the slaves and property of John Creasie deceased. 26/Mar/1754. Ordered that Robert Carter's hands and his son Robert Carter, William Dillon and Henry Dillion, the inhabitants on Deep Run and its branches, Nicholas Davies hands on the upper side of Muddy Creek and William andJames Tyrell do work on the road Robert Carter is surveyor. Note: I think this shows that the Dillons were in Goochland by 1735 and that they did not move into Cumberland County, but were there when the County was formed in 1749. June Court 1763 (All the rest is Cumberland County) AGNES Dillon was a witness for WIliam Dillon against John Elliot and was paid 175 pounds of tobacco for seven days attendance. Could this be our Agnes Dillon Sumpter?? Note: The Dillons are involved in many court cases in the next 20 years in Cumberland County. Other Dillons are another William Dillon and his wife Joyce. Henry Dillon and his wife Mary.Susanna Dillon. Benjamin Dillon. Mary Dillon the Elder. She is involved a land sell with Henry Dillon and his wife Mary. The sale was proved by a William Dillon Jr in 1772. 27/Oct/1766 Thomas Nunn Plaintiff Henry Sumpter Defendant Case continued on the motion of the plaintiff. (This is the first appearance of Henry. No Sumpter's in Goochland.) 28/Sept/1767 Henry Sumpter and his wife Agnes Plaintiff Francis Amos Jr. Defendant Assault and Battery Case Note: Could not find any disposition of this case. Onec again Henry is involved in many cases until he leaves for Henry County. Most of them he is a defendant with debts owed. However, one from 1772 23/March/1772 Peggy a Negro girl belonging to Henry Sumpter is by the court adjudged to be ten years old. Jim Landrum

I received this email today and I hope that someone can help this person. I do not know all of the Sumpters so I am of little help. Hope you all can help this person. HI I am looking for a William Thurber, living in PA in 1995. ( Father was Henry Amyot died in FL in 1995.) Or for his sister named Patricia HUBER living in PA in 1995 Or (Henry's granddaughter:) Karen SUMPTER. Can you help me? Thank you Theresa from GA. This comes from Thegiroux@aol.com Thanks DdHober@aol.com

Hi Everyone: Am forwarding this message as I thought it might be interesting to some of the Sumpter family. I know that I have a Sumpter ggrandfather in the CSA and I suspect a lot more people would be happy to check out this site. Take care... Beverley Sumpter

Early American Trails and Roads... Continued. See "Early American Trails and Roads: Part 1" for details. THE MOHAWK (IROQUOIS) TRAIL The Mohawk Trail of New York, also known as the Iroquois Trail, extended from Albany west to the eastern end of Lake Erie, where Buffalo is now located. This was the most northerly route through the Appalachian Mountains, leading from New York's Hudson Valley along the Mohawk River on to the Great Lakes. It was used heavily by New York's early emigrants and was much involved with the state's early history. Today's maps show the travel route as the New York Thruway (I-90) from Albany west. From about 1680 the French-Iroquois Country was a major stronghold. A wagon trail reached from Albany to Lake Erie after the French and Indian War and became a part of the route followed by Loyalists into Upper Canada, later to become Ontario. The Mohawk Turnpike opened as far as Utica by 1793. In the 1820s this route became that of the Erie Canal, and in 1845 it became the route of the New York Central Railroad. THE MORMON TRAIL The Mormon Trail stretched nearly 1,400 miles across prairies, sagebrush flats, and steep mountains. Each had its challenges for the early wagon trains and the later handcarts. The Mormon Trail originated in Nauvoo, Illinois, and extended westward to Utah where they established Salt Lake City. In 1845, to allay violence and night-riding, Brigham Young and the Twelve agreed to leave Illinois "as soon as grass grows and water runs." From Nauvoo, the Saints crossed Iowa. Their first real way-station was at Garden Grove, where 170 men cleared 715 acres in three weeks, for the purpose of providing shelter for those coming behind. In 1846, they crossed the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, setting up Winter Quarters on Indian lands, at what is now an Omaha suburb. While 3,483 Saints waited there for spring, more than 600 perished. As spring 1847 approached, approximately 10,000 Mormons were encamped along the trail in Iowa and at Winter Quarters. Brigham Young and the Council of the Twelve organized the Pioneer Company to go ahead to mark the trail and lay the cornerstone of the new Zion. The first group of Mormons passed through Echo Canyon, over Big Mountain and Little Mountain and down Emigration Canyon, coming into full view of the Great Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. During the period from 1846 to 1869, about 60,000 Mormon pioneers crossed the prairies. They came from existing American states and also from many European countries. THE NATCHEZ TRACE The Natchez Trace has a colorful history. By 1785, there were traders from the Ohio River Valley (called "Kaintucks") arriving in Natchez with flatboats and rafts filled with products and crops. But of course it wasn't possible to return upriver against the currents. Instead, they would walk or ride horses northward on the Trace to their homes. Often they were attacked and robbed of the riches so recently gained. The Trace gained the nickname "Devil's Backbone." You might be able to locate the book which relates to that name. It is by Jonathan Daniels, "The Devil's Backbone, the Story of the Natchez Trace." The U.S. never owned the public lands of Tennessee through which about 100 miles of the Trace ran. In Alabama, it went only 40 miles, touching only two counties. 300 miles of it lay in Mississippi. The coming of steamboat traffic spelled the end of the dominance of the Natchez Trace. Andrew Jackson made a lot of trips up and down the Trace. In 1813 when he walked it with his army, he acquired the name "Old Hickory" because his volunteers considered him as tough as the hickory trees around them. Another significant name connected to the Trace is that of Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The question still lingers--was his death on the Trace suicide or murder? THE NATIONAL ROAD The National Road was originally called the Cumberland Road because it started in Cumberland, Maryland. By 1825, it was referred to as the National Road because of its federal funding. The enabling act for admission of Ohio to the Union in 1803 contained provisions for construction of a road linking the East and West. Congress then passed "An Act to Regulate the Laying Out and Making a Road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio." In 1811, contracts were signed for construction of the first ten miles west of Cumberland. The road reached Wheeling in 1818. It entered Columbus in 1833, and Congress made its last appropriation for the road in 1838. During the 1830s, Congress had begun to turn the road over to the states for administration and maintenance. Construction was suspended in the early 1840s because of lack of congressional appropriations. Indiana completed its intrastate segment in 1850. The road then continued on to Vandalia, Illinois, but it did not continue on to Jefferson City, Missouri, as had been planned, the idea being that the road was to go through state capitals as it moved westward. The old National Road became part of U.S. 40 in 1926. THE OREGON TRAIL The Oregon Trail extended from the Missouri River to the Willamette River. It was used by nearly 400,000 people. The trail's starting points were Independence, Westport, St. Joseph, and Ft. Leavenworth. Alternate routes included Sublette's Cutoff and the Lander Cutoff. After 1846, there was also a choice at The Dalles between rafting down the Columbia River or taking the new Barlow Road across the Cascades. Each part of the journey had its set of unique difficulties. During the first third of the journey, emigrants got used to the routine and work of travel. Approaching the steep ascent to the Continental Divide, water, fuel, grass for the livestock, fresh meat, and food staples became scarce. The final third was the most difficult part of the trail. The major fears of the pioneers following the trail were Indians, disease, and the weather. THE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD The Great Conestoga Road, completed in 1741, and the later Lancaster Pike (opened in 1794) went from Philadelphia to Lancaster. After the Lancaster Pike was completed, the Pennsylvania Legislature granted charters to extend it westward to Pittsburgh, following closely the route of the Forbes Road. Faced with the need to build a road to move troops during the French and Indian War, General Forbes' troops constructed a road from Harrisburg to Ft. Duquesne which he renamed Fort Pitt, after his commanding general. Today, we know it as Pittsburgh. Years later, the Pennsylvania Legislature granted charters that extended the Lancaster Pike on westward to Pittsburgh, subsidizing this "Pennsylvania Road" by subscribing to stock in some of the companies. Migration moved westward through Fort Pitt as settlers trekked from eastern Pennsylvania and New England west to new lands and opportunities. The river-canal system which opened in 1834 between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh reduced traffic on Pennsylvania's turnpike. Heavy freight traffic diverted to the canals although stagecoach lines continued to prosper. THE SANTA FE TRAIL This trail from Missouri to Santa Fe was the oldest and the first over which wagons were used in the westward expansion beyond the Mississippi River. It was primarily a commerical route, carrying a stream of merchants' wagons until it was replaced ty the coming of the railroad in 1880. In 1821 a mule pack train had left from Franklin, Missouri, to travel to Santa Fe on what is later known at the Mountain Route. The next year's expedition avoided the mountains, leaving the Arkansas River and heading across the arid plains for the Cimarron River; this route became known as the Cimarron cutoff. During the early years of commerce, much of the route was within Mexican territory. Not until 1848 when the Mexican War ended was the entire trail officially within American territory. THE UPPER ROAD The Upper Road branched off from the King's Highway at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and went southwest through Hillsboro, Salisbury, and Charlotte in North Carolina, then on to Spartanburg and Greenville in South Carolina. The road generally followed the old Occaneechee Path which went from Bermuda Hundred on the James River, and Old Fort Henry (now Petersburg) southwest to the Indian trading town of the Occaneechi which existed by 1675 on an island in the Roanoke River at about the location of today's Clarksville, Virginia, close to the present Virginia and North Carolina state line. From that location the trading trail went both north and south. The Trading Path divided at the Trading Ford of the Yadkin River, one branch turning toward Charlotte, the other through Salisbury to Island Ford on the Catawba, to the north of present Lake Norman. DeSoto and his cavaliers were perhaps the first white men to use portions of the great Occaneechi Path (1540). Some of the people associated with Fort Henry were Col. Abraham Wood, Thomas Batts, Robert Fallam, James Needham, Gabriel Arthur, and John Lederer. From 1700-1750, active trading was carried on by white emigrants with Indian villages. After 1740, the proprietary governor of the Granville District began to issue grants to Quakers and others from the tidewater counties of North Carolina and Virginia, attracting them into the northern half of North Carolina. By 1750, the Upper Road became an important wagon route for southbound migrations into that portion of North Carolina. During the Revolutionary War, the road was used extensively for troop movements in the South--relating to the battles at Guilford Courthouse, King's Mountain, and Cowpens. THE WILDERNESS ROAD The road through the Cumberland Gap was not officially named "the Wilderness Road" until 1796 when it was widened enough to allow Conestoga Wagons to travel on it. However, by the time Kentucky had become a state (1792), estimates are that 70,000 settlers had poured into the area through the Cumberland Gap, following this route. The Cumberland Gap was first called Cave Gap by the man who discovered it in 1750--Dr. Thomas Walker. Daniel Boone, whose name is always associated with the Gap, reached it in 1769, passing through it into the Blue Grass region, a hunting ground of Indian tribes. He returned in 1775 with about 30 woodsmen with rifles and axes to mark out a road through the Cumberland Gap, hired for the job by the Transylvania Company. Boone's men completed the blazing of this first trail through the Cumberland Mountains that same year, and established Boonesborough on the Kentucky River. The Wilderness Road connected to the Great Valley Road which came through the Shenandoah Valley from Pennsylvania. Some suggest the origin of the Wilderness Road was at Fort Chiswell (Ft. Chissel) on the Great Valley Road where roads converged from Philadelphia and Richmond. Others claimed the beginning of the road to be at Sapling Grove (today's Bristol, VA) which lay at the extreme southern end of the Great Valley Road since it was at that point that the road narrowed, forcing travelers to abandon their wagons. ZANE'S TRACE In 1796 Colonel Ebenezer Zane petitioned Congress to authorize him to build a road from Wheeling to Limestone (Maysville). Congress awarded him a contract to complete a path between Wheeling and Limestone by January 1, 1797. The contract required him to operate ferries across three rivers as soon as the path opened. His only compensation was to be three 640-acre tracts, one at each river crossing, to be surveyed at his own expense. Zane rounded up equipment and a crew of workmen; with axes, they cut trees and blazed a trail. At first, Zane's Trace was merely a narrow dark path through the forest, between a wall of ancient trees. Only horsemen could travel over it. For many years, it was not wide enough for wagons. In 1804 the Legislature appropriated about fifteen dollars a mile to make a new twenty-foot road over Zane's route. But by modern standards, it was still a poor road because they left tree stumps whenever they were under one foot high. The Trace was used by hundreds of flatboatmen returning on foot or horseback to Pittsburgh and upriver towns from downriver ports as far away as New Orleans. The road also became the mail route from Wheeling to Maysville, and eventually it went on to Lexington and Nashville. =============end===============

I have found a very interesting website entitled "Early American Trails and Roads" and it can be found at: http://members.aol.com/RoadTrails/roadtrai.html It lists 16 trails representing the most significant routes in pioneer America. I'm sending the contents of the website to this list in case the website is disabled in the future. This way the information will be archived forever. Please visit the website for future updates. Happy Huntin' Jim Young List Moderator and RootsWeb Donor ========================== Early American Trails and Roads ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beverly Whitaker, your Genealogy Tutor, is located in Kansas City, Missouri. My e-mail address is: GenTutor@aol.com This page was last updated on February 10, 1998. Living here where major trails to the Far West began is what stirred my interest in this subject. My genealogical studies and research show me how important it is to try to determine the migration trails of our ancestors. So that's what led to this page! ~Introduction~ Expansion by Americans from the Atlantic to the Pacific took many years, often spanning generations. During the colonial years, travel was largely North-South. Following the Revolutionary War, citizens of the new nation began to forge westward and were often joined by newly arriving immigrants. Expansion occurred by different paths and a variety of transport means. Among the trails and roads of special interest to genealogists and historians are the sixteen described here in capsule form. These brief sketches are based on information contained in the author's set of "American Trails and Roads Reference Cards." Audiotapes have been prepared for a number of the trails and roads, along with one titled, "Leaving Home: Reasons for Migration." Recently, the author has made available a number of program kits which genealogical and historical societies are using to present programs at their meetings about some of the most significant migration routes in pioneer America. Here is a list of the trails for which I provide summary paragraphs on this web page: The Boston Post Road Braddock's Road The California Trail The Fall Line Road The Great Wagon Road The King's Highway The Mohawk (Iroquois) Trail The Mormon Trail The Natchez Trace The National Road The Oregon Trail The Pennsylvania Road The Santa Fe Trail The Upper Road The Wilderness Road Zane's Trace I welcome comments and suggestions for books and articles to read about early American migration routes, particularly the major ones. Or if you need information about one of the trails or roads (beyond what is shown on this page), send an e-mail inquiring about products on this subject. E-mail to Beverly Whitaker: GenTutor@aol.com ~How to Cite References~ If you include any of the information here in your own compiled genealogy or history sketches, you should cite as your reference: "American Trails and Roads Reference Cards, Kansas City, Missouri: Genealogy Tutor, Beverly Whitaker, 1995." THE BOSTON POST ROAD A crude riding trail was created in 1673 to carry mail from New York to Boston. It became known as the Boston Post Road. The first postrider's round trip, a journey of over 250 miles, took four weeks, following the Upper Northern Route. The Middle Route was a bit shorter, the Southern Route a bit longer. All went from Boston to New York City. The first stagecoach in service (1772) made the trip in just one week. During the Revolutionary War, the King's Highway (which included the Boston Post Road) became the mustering point for several of the Revolutionary War battles, including the final battle at Yorktown. The Post Roads were used for maneuvering soldiers and equipment. Stagecoach service and the mail took second place. Following the War, the Post Roads became important links between the states of the new nation and sections were improved. BRADDOCK'S ROAD The predecessor of this military road was called Nemaolin's Path, named for the Delaware Indian who assisted Colonel Thomas Cresap in blazing a path from Cumberland, Maryland to a trading post of the Ohio Company of Virginia at present-day Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Soon after Virginia's governor sent Major George Washington in that direction to expel the French from British territory. To accommodate his supply wagons, it was necessary to widen the trail, and that portion became known as Washington's Road. Washington went with Britain's Major General Edward Braddock during the French and Indian War. A company of 600 soldiers set out from Ft. Cumberland to widen Washington's old road through Maryland, past the ruins of Fort Necessity on into western Pennsylvania, moving toward the French stronghold at the Forks of the Ohio, site of present-day Pittsburgh. Braddock's road was the first road to cross overland through the Appalachian Mountains. He insisted that the road be 12 feet wide so that horse-drawn wagons could travel on it to haul the necessary supplies for his advancing army. As the years advanced, Braddock's Road became impassable. Pioneers who trekked into western Pennsylvania usually preferred to depend on packhorse trails, traveling in caravans. When construction began on the new Cumberland Road, it roughly followed this old road. The Cumberland Road and its extension West became known as the National Road and now U.S. Highway 40. CALIFORNIA TRAIL Following the discovery of gold in California, President James Polk's Message to Congress on December 5, 1848, set off a raging epidemic of gold fever. 40,000 gold seekers came to California by sea. An almost equal number came overland on the California-Oregon Trail, making the 2000-mile journey by covered wagon, horseback, or on foot. Around 10,000 came by the Santa Fe Trail into southern California. The most frequently traveled overland route to the gold fields was the one that followed the Oregon Trail from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains, and from there down the California Trail to Sutter's Fort. St. Joseph, Independence, Council Bluffs, and other frontier towns were jumping-off points to start this main trail overland to California. The trail coincided with the Oregon Trail until it crossed the Rockies. Then, some went north of the Great Salt Lake, others south, before coming together at the Humboldt River. Gold-seekers heading for California included city people who were inexperienced with outdoor life. Many were without experience at handling mules or oxen; they couldn't fix wagons; they didn't know how to hunt. They didn't anticipate the dangers of the trail and relied too heavily on guidebooks which were frequently misleading. Those who failed to join companies with experienced outsdoorsmen ran great risk of being stranded or lost in the wilderness. Nevertheless, many preferred to travel on their own. Some rode horses or mules, used ox-drawn wagons, or walked. THE FALL LINE ROAD The Fall Line Road ran parallel to and between the King's Highway and the Upper Road. The road broke off from the King's Highway at the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia. By 1735, it carried traffic into the interior of Virginia and the Carolina and across into Georgia. The road followed the fall line, a geographical feature caused by erosion, a separation line stretching from Maryland all the way to Georgia, running between the river tidelands and inland elevations on the Atlantic coast--it defines an east and west division between the upper and lower elevations. Persons traveling from Pennsylvania to Maryland to the inland areas of Carolina before 1750 probably followed this road because it was an easier road to travel than the Piedmont road (called the Upper Road). The road was of particular importance to the Carolinas because it connected them to their neighbors. North Carolina's local laws called for building roads only "to the nearest landing," which created a haphazard system of major roadways which led only to water routes. The result had been that although the major towns in North Carolina soon had roads, they didn't lead to each other! The road saw heavy use during the Civil War and afterwards, and was gradually improved. THE GREAT WAGON ROAD including THE GREAT VALLEY ROAD Hordes of early German and Scotch-Irish settlers used what became known as the Great Wagon Road to move from Pennsylvania southward through the Shenandoah Valley through Virginia and the Carolinas to Georgia, a distance of about 800 miles. Beginning first as a buffalo trail, a great Indian Road (the Great Warrior Path) ran north and south through the Shenandoah Valley, extending from New York to the Carolinas. The mountain ranges to the West of the Valley are the Alleghenies, and the ones to the east constitute the Blue Ridge chain. The Second Treaty of Albany (1722) guaranteed use of the valley trail to the Indians. At Salisbury, North Carolina, the Great Warrior Path was joined by the Indian's "Great Trading Path." By the early 1740s, a road beginning in Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as the Lancaster Pike) connected the Pennsylvania communities of Lancaster, York, and Gettysburg. The road then continued on to Chambersburg and Greencastle and southward to Winchester. In 1744, the Indians agreed to relinquish the Valley route. Both German and Scotch-Irish immigrants had already been following the route into Virginia and on to South Carolina, and Georgia. After 1750 the Piedmont areas of North Carolina and Georgia attracted new settlers. From Winchester to Roanoke the Great Wagon Road and the Great Valley Road were the same road, but at Roanoke, the Wagon Road went through the Staunton Gap and on south to North Carolina and beyond whereas the Valley Pike continued southwest to the Long Island of the Holston, now Kingsport. The Boone Trail from the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin joined the road at the Long Island of the Holston. THE KING'S HIGHWAY >From Boston to Charleston on the King's Highway was about 1300 miles. It was possible to travel this road by wagon, averaging about 20-25 miles per day. A traveler making the entire journey would have taken at least two months. Conestoga freight wagons, drawn by four to six strudy horses, were especially designed for mud with iron-rimmed wheels nearly a foot wide. The road's origins are traced to the old Delaware Indian trail (across Jersey) which Peter Stuyvesant used to force out the Swedes in 1651. Then in 1673, in response to King Charles' wish that communication be established between his colonies, the first crude riding trail was created for mail service between Boston and New York. Named the "Boston Post Road," it eventually expanded into "the King's Highway." By 1750, a continuous road existed for stagecoach or wagon traffic from Boston to Charleston, linking all thirteen colonies, but the road was a difficult one to travel. During the Revolutionary War, the King's Highway as a link between the colonies helped them to coordinate their war efforts. However, the name was looked upon with such disfavor by American patriots that many began once again to use the name "Boston Post Road." ----------------See Part 2----------------------------