(Last updated 15 December 2019)
Father |
George Lumpkin was born 3 July
1800 in Guilford county, North Carolina. Based on circumstantial evidence
George's parents appear to be Richard Lumpkin
and Elizabeth "Betsy" Smith. [Find-A-Grave] George Lumpkin died 10 Feb 1881 in Cass county, Texas and was buried in Law's Chapel cemetery, Atlanta, Cass county, Texas. Mary Witcher Lumpkin died 22 Nov 1879 and was also buried was also buried in Law's Chapel cemetery, Atlanta, Cass county, Texas. [Find-A-Grave] Much of this information is initially from Jeanette P. Tabb (descendant of Robert B. Lumpkin) with updates and additions. The source of Mary's last name of Witcher in unknown. |
Census Records: 1830 GA, Newton county, p. 25 1840 GA, Floyd co., p. 248 1850 GA, Floyd co., p. (141) 1858 TX, Rusk county ? 1860 TX, Rusk county ? 1870 TX, Cass co., p. 25 (94) 1880 TX, Cass co.? (In 1870 Cass county was called Davis county) |
Mother |
Abigail Cleghorn was born about
1803 in Rutherford county, North Carolina. Abigail was the daughter of
John Cleghorn and Abigail Scott. Abigail died 1833 to 1839 possibly in
Floyd county, Georgia. After Abigail died George remarried to Mary Witcher in 1839 in Paulding county, Georgia not far from Floyd county. |
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Children by Abigail Cleghorn: |
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| Son |
Elijah R. Lumpkin was born 8 Nov 1821 in
Madison county, Georgia. He married Helen M Kyle (1828-1916) on 7 Nov 1844
in Floyd county, Georgia. Elijah died 9 Sep 1895 in Rome, Floyd county, Georgia and was buried in Myrtle Hill cem., Rome, Floyd County, Georgia. |
1860 GA, Floyd co., p. 176 (305) 1870 GA, Floyd co., p. 106 1880 GA, Floyd co., ED 12, p. 6 |
| Son |
Hiram Pittman Lumpkin was born 27 May 1824 in
Madison county, Georgia. He married Julia Ann Cornett
on 18 Dec 1845 in Rome, Floyd county, Georgia. Hiram died 15 Jan 1887 in Cherokee county, Georgia [unverified] and was buried in Greenwood cemetery, Cedartown, Polk county, Georgia. |
1850 GA, Floyd co., p. 210 (106) 1860 GA, Floyd co., p. 176 (305) 1870 GA, Floyd co., p. 106 (301) 1880 GA, Polk co., ED 166, p. 23 |
| Dau. |
Elizabeth B. Lumpkin was born 11 Jun 1826
in Madison county, Georgia. She married Benjamin Pearce. Elizabeth died 6 May 1903 in Rome, Floyd county, Georgia and was buried in Pleasant Hope Cem., Rome, Floyd County, Georgia. |
1850 GA, Coosa co., p. 169 (85) 1860 GA, ?? 1870 GA, Floyd co., p. 107 (301) |
| Son |
John Roberson Lumpkin was born 7 Sep 1827
in Newton county, Georgia. He married Evaline Cornett. John died 4 Feb 1902 in McLennan county, Texas and was buried in Mart cemetery, Mart, McLennan county, Texas. |
1860 TX, Milam co., p. 53 (50) 1870 TX, Milam co., p. 35 (226) 1880 TX, Limestone co., ED 94, p. 44 1900 TX, Limestone co., ED 55, p. 18a |
| Dau. | Martha J. Lumpkin was born about 1833 in Newton county, Georgia. She married Hugh Henshaw. | 1850 GA, Floyd co., p. |
Mother |
Children by Mary "Witcher" Smith: |
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| Dau. |
Susan Helen Lumpkin was born 13 Nov 1840 in Floyd county, Georgia.
She married James Andrew Pearce. Susan died 30 Dec 1923 in Linden, Cass county, Texas and was buried in Law's Chapel cemetery, Atlanta, Cass county, Texas. |
1850 GA, Floyd co., 280 (141) 1860 TX, Rusk co., p. 159 (287) 1870 TX, 1880 TX, Cass co., ED 16, p. 25 1900 TX, 1910 TX, Cass co., ED 37, p. 2a 1920 TX, Cass co., ED 42, p. 8b |
| Son |
Robert Donald Lumpkin was 22 Mar
1843 in Rome, Floyd county, Georgia. He married Martha "Mattie" Ann Bass in
1865 in Cass county, Texas. Robert died 31 Mar 1919 in Linden, Cass county, Texas and was buried in Law's Chapel cemetery, Atlanta, Cass county, Texas. Robert was a doctor. |
1850 GA, Floyd co., p. (141) 1860 TX 1870 TX, Davis (Cass), p. 36 1880 TX, Cass co., ED 65, p. 6 1900 TX, Cass co., ED 19, p. 5b 1910 TX, Cass co., ED 29, p. 9a |
| Son |
Benjamin Franklin Lumpkin was born 4
Oct 1846 in Rome, Floyd
county, Georgia. He married Martha Alice Law on 30 May 1867 in Cass county,
Texas. Benjamin died 8 Jan 1929 in Atlanta, Cass county, Texas and was
buried in Law's Chapel cemetery, Atlanta, Cass county, Texas. |
1850 GA, Floyd co., p. (141) 1860 TX 1870 TX, Cass co., p. 25 (94) 1880 TX, 1900 TX, Cass co., ED 29, p. 3b 1910 TX, Cass co., ED 37, p. 5a |
| Page | Line | Head of house | Household members by age groups | Notes: |
| p. 894 | line 10 | Rich'd Lumpkins | [blank] | The only blank line on page. Maybe family not at home? |
| Page | Line | Head of house | Household members by age groups | Notes: |
| p. 937 | line 26 | Richard Lumpkins | 4 males 0-9, 2 males 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 26-44 |
Richard Lumpkin on 1817 tax roll for Madison co., GA |
| [Dickerson 0, Robert 3, Thomas 5, George 9+, Lewis 16?, Elijah 18, Richard 35+, Mary Ann 10, Nancy 15, Elizabeth 35+] |
| Page | Line | Head of house | Household members by age groups | Notes: |
| p. (280) | line 9 | Betsey Lumpkin | 3 males under 10, 3 males 10 and under 16, 1 female under 10, 2 females 16 and under 26, 1 female 45 & over | |
| [John H 8?, Dickerson 9+, Robert 13?, Thomas 15, Elizabeth? 9+, Mary 20, Nancy 25, Betsy ??] | Where is Elijah and Lewis? | |||
| p. (280) | line 29 | John Cleghorn | 3 males under 10, 1 male 45 & over, 2 females 10 and under 16, 1 female 26 and under 45 | |
| p. (280) | line 30 | William Cleghorn | 1 male under 10, 1 male 10 and under 16, 1 male 45 & over, 1 female 10 and under 16, 1 female 45 & over |
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| p. 25 | line 4 | Thomas Lumkin | 1 male 0-4, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 10-14,
1 male 15-19, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 40-49 1 female 15-19, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 60-69 | |
| p. 25 | line 5 | George Lumkin | 1 male 0-4, 2 males 5-9, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 0-4, 1 female 20-29 | |
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| p. (248a) | line 21 | G. Lumpkin | 1 male 5-9, 2 males 10-14, 1 male 40-49, 1 female 5-9, 1 female 10-14, 1 female 30-39 | |
| p. (249a) | line 12 | S. Overby | 2 males 0-4, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 0-4, 1 female 40-49 | |
| p. (249a) | line 13 | T. Lumpkin | 1 male 0-4, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 0-4, 1 female 20-29 | |
| p. (251a) | line 5 | E. Lumpkin | 2 males 0-4, 2 males 10-14, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 40-49, 3 females 5-9, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 30-39 | District 923 |
| County | Name | Name | Date | Notes |
| Madison county | George Lumpkin | Lucinda Cleghorn | 19 January 1821 | |
| Madison county | Martha Lumpkin | Larkin G. Hardeman | 22 July 1834 | |
| Madison county | Jane Cleghorn | William Bowens | 23 Dec 1823 | |
| Madison county | Jane Cleghorn | Drewry W. Bowen | 23 Dec 1823 | [1870 lived near Hiram Lumpkin. Son Francis Bowen went to Texas with Lumpkins] |
| Madison county | Mary Cleghorn | Abner G. Jenkins | 18 Feb 1827 | |
| Madison county | Melinda Cleghorn | Joseph Moore | 19 Feb 1828 | |
| Madison county | Mary M. Cleghorn | Oliver Russom [Bussom?] | 16 Dec 1834 | [1860 GA, Paulding county] |
| Madison county | John H. Cleghorn | Martha Perry | 15 Oct 1835 | |
| Madison county | William R. Cleghorn | Mary Fitzpatrick | 20 Dec 1837 | [William died before 1850] |
| Madison county | Milton P. Cleghorn | Margaret Sailor | 4 Feb 1839 | |
| Newton county | Thomas Lumpkin | Margaret Johnston | 1 January 1833 | |
| Newton county | Dickerson Lumpkin | Elizabeth Johnson | 17 February 1833 | |
| Newton county | Robert D. Lumpkin | Martha C. Dameron | 22 September 1833 | |
| Newton county | Nancy Lumpkin | Samuel B. Overby | 29 July 1835 | |
| Oglethorpe county | Mary Ann Lumpkin | Milton Wright | 12 August 1822 | [1850 Milton Wright was living in Floyd county, GA] |
| Oglethorpe county | Elijah Lumpkin | Barbary Ann Brown | 14 September 1823 | or 13 |
| Oglethorpe county | Jane Lumpkin | Mathew Houghton | 20 January 1825 | |
| Oglethorpe county | Angela Lumpkin | William Davis | 26 December 1827 | |
| Oglethorpe county | Frances Lumpkin | Sylvanus Bell | 16 September 1828 | |
| Bartow county | Ann Lumpkin | John Jeter Miller | 3 January 1838 | |
| Greene county | Pittman Lumpkin | Susan Lumpkin | 24 March 1831 | |
| Paulding county | George Lumpkin | Mary Smith | 18 December 1839 |
| Rome Weekly Courier - July 13, 1875 RETURN OF OLD ROMANS. They Return to Rome after an Absence of Nearly a Quarter of a century. Mr. George Lumpkin, of Cass county, Texas, and his son, Mr. Jno. R. Lumpkin, of Milam county, of the same State, and both formerly citizens of Floyd county, arrived in Rome on Friday night last to visit their relatives, The father is 75 years old and has been in Texas more than twenty-four years, and the son over twenty-three. This is the first return of both to their old home. These gentlemen inform us that the crops of all kinds are very fine in Texas, and wheat is exceedingly fine, and that there will probably be a surplus of 2,000,000 bushels made this year. Mr. J. R. Lumpkin says his corn crop is nearly matured, ready to be stripped of the fodder, and will average about forty bushels to the acre. To show Georgians what fine cotton the Texans cultivate, Mr. J. R. Lumpkin has brought a stalk with him from home pulled up Tuesday last, the 6th inst. This stalk is some where between four and five feet in height, and contained when pulled up one hundred and forty bolls, blooms and forms. The bolls are very large and well developed, and the cotton is of the golden prolific kind, raised upon upland — the stalk being a fair average sample of a hundred acre farm, and will average about one bale to the acre. Mr. George Lumpkin came to Floyd county in 1835, where he remained until going to Texes. After an absence of nearly a quarter of a century, he finds Rome very much changed in appearance, and sees but few people comparatively he used to know. When they arrived at the residence of Mr. E. R. Lumpkin, of South Rome on Friday night, coming in on the Rome train, the two brothers did not know each other from the personal appearance. Mr. E. R. Lumpkin says he would have known his father, but not his brother. These gentlemen say agriculture here looks like starvation as compared to Texas. They like that State far better than Georgia as an agricultural country. While the memories of Georgia are dear to them they have no inclination to return except to visit their friends. We trust the Messrs. Lumpkin will have a most agreeable visit to their old home, and that they may find many friends of auld lang syne. |
Many Ancestry "trees" repeat George Lumpkin's parents as William Lumpkin and
Mary Winstead but offer no direct evidence or explanation of the supposed link. Just
because things are repeated in a multitude of Ancestry trees does not make it
more valid. It's my experience anything not verified with real documents or
circumstantial evidence should be dismissed until proven.
Given that on the 1820 Census a "Betsy Lumpkin" was living close to George Lumpkin's future
father-in-law John Cleghorn it's more likely this Betsey Lumpkin is a close relative of
George Lumpkin. A Richard Lumpkins married a Betsey Smith in 1790 in
Guilford county, North Carolina. [marriage
record]
Many Ancestry trees have George's death date
wrong.
The source of Mary Witcher's last name is unknown to
me but I am repeating it because early researchers have that name but I have yet
to see what the source is. The marriage record says Smith.