I seem to recall the view that the General's ancestors in England were adopted and it was not clear if the Sumpter name was theirs or that of the individuals that adopted them. The General also thought his relatives were from Wales. Jim Sumpter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Young" <myoung@icok.net> To: <SUMPTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 2:28 PM Subject: [SUMPTER] Early SUMPTERs > I would like to propose a project to identify SUMPTERs residing or born in > Virginia in the 1700s based on documented records (deeds, wills, probates, > tithes, birth, marriage, death, pension, immigration, bondage, etc.) and > showing their documented ancestor(s), spouse(s) and children. Secondary > sources, as long as identified as such, could be used in identifying some > SUMPTERs. Perhaps, some of this data would show a migration path for some > of our SUMPTER/SUMTER lines. > > At the moment, these documented facts are fragmented among us SUMPTER > researchers; therefore, I suggest that we attempt to consolidate our > findings in order to possibly provide clues on our individual > SUMPTER/SUMTER ancestral line back to our emigrant SUMPTER. > > I also propose that we initiate another project to transcribe public > records and abstract any copyrighted publications and post them, in > addition to the SUMPTER list, on the SUMPTER GenConnect Boards which I > administer. These SUMPTER related public records and copyrighted > publications could range from the earliest to the latest SUMPTER record in > England, USA and elswhere. > > Comments are solicited. > > Jim Young > > > ==== SUMPTER Mailing List ==== > NOTICE !!!! RootsWeb prohibits posting test messages, virus warnings, chain letters, political announcements, current events, missing children reports, flames, etc. (in other words - SPAM) to the list. Such postings could result in your removal from the list for a period of time. For information on virus hoaxes see <http://www.kumite.com/myths/>. > ======================================================= >