Surname Saturday: Lumpkin
Surname Saturday Post #4
The surname Lumpkin comes from my maternal line. Annie Eliza Lumpkin is the nearest Lumpkin relative to me. Annie is my great-great-grandmother through my Smith line. I actually, wanted to write about the Smiths, but I honestly don't have enough time and I'm already writing this post super late into Saturday! :o
Annie was born in Goodwater, Alabama on June 2, 1856. She married Thomas Stansell on September 17, 1876. Annie and Thomas had 12 children, one of which was my great-grandmother, Annie Nalder Stansell. I think Annie Eliza is so beautiful, you can see her pictured above. Her husband, Thomas, was a soldier in the Confederate Army.
From the Bible of Thomas Stansell... (image not my own)
Their other children were:
Saleta V. (1877-1980)
Lilla C. (1879-1908)
John B. (1882-?)
Claudia H. (1884-?)
William E. (1886-?)
Maggie P. (1889-?)
Thomas B. (1892-1946)
Burton (1894-1894)
Robert (1894-?)
Mary Mabel (1901-1975)
Ola (?)
Annie's parents were Robert D. Lumpkin and Martha C. Dameron. Robert was born in 1808 in North Carolina. Robert and Martha were married in Newton, Georgia on September 25, 1831. Robert owned 150 acres of land in Talladega County, Alabama and was a farmer.
Together, Robert and Martha had 11 children:
Martha C. (1832-1867)
John (1833-?)
Sarah (1839-1898)
George (1842-1862)
William (1844-?)
Mary Ann (1846-1929)
Robert Milton (1851-1940)
Martha Emily (1852-1944)
Nancy J. (1854-?)
Annie Eliza (1856-1928)
James (1858-?)
Robert's father was William D. Lumpkin, sadly, the line dead ends there, for now. Robert was born in Granville County, North Carolina on December 20, 1766 and died in the same county on January 23, 1829. He was married to Mary Polly Winstead on February 5, 1799.
William owned three slaves, according to the 1810 Census. As a genealogist, I'm happy to know something about him other than birth day, death, etc, but it's just odd seeing that someone I'm related to was a slave-owner. One can assume he didn't own a plantation with "only" three slaves, maybe just help for a small amount of land?
Well, that's all of the Lumpkins for now. Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving :)
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