Harmon Cummings

1800 - 1860  (60 years)

• Name	Harmon Cummings
  	Also noted was an 1850 Census record for a Harmon Cummins, age 50, born in South Carolina; wife, Dorcas, age 45; Subdivision 1, Lincoln, Tennessee on 28 Aug 1850. Searching the 1840 Census for a Harmon Cummins also revealed a record for Harman Cummins in Lincoln, Tennessee, assumed to be the same Harman Cummins in the 1850 census. Further research is needed to determine which Harmon Cummins is the correct descendant of Harmon Cummings and Mary James. Discovery thus far points to Harmon and Catherine Georgia census record.
  Born	1800	South Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	14 Sep 1850	District 41, Heard, Georgia, USA   [1]
  	Census 1850 Georgia, Heard, District 41, 14 Sep 1850, dwelling 583, family 600 Harmon Cummins, head 50. Catharine, wife 48. Children: Sarah, daughter 26; Jesse, son 21; Mary, daughter 18; Martha, daughter 14; Andrew, (assumed son) 21. Harmon is a farmer; value of real estate is $1,000. Also living with them are Thomas Y. Yates, age 1, and James Watkins, age 40, a laborer. Ditto marks from the census line above the record for the family indicate they were born in South Carolina. The ditto marks, however, are not recorded on every line with consistency.
  	Age: 50
  Died	1860	Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA   [2]
  	Age: 60
  	Cause: Pneumonia
  Will	4 Apr 1860	Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA   [3]
  	Last Will and Testament Probate Date was 14 Jan 1861 Jefferson County, Arkansas, 4 Apr 1860 First my son John Cummins I bequeath and give him the sum of one dollar. Second to my son Andrew Cummins I bequeath and give him the sum of one dollars. Third, my son-in-law William Jordan I bequeath and give him the sum of one dollar. Fourth, my son-in-law Henry Fobbus, Jesse Cummins, Lewis Cummins, Joel Cummins, William Cummins, Thomas Barnes and Lewis Wright I bequeath and give the balance of my estate both real and personal to be equally divided except a negro girl (Mary Ann). I give her to my wife Catharine the term of her natural life together with the benefit of my land where I now reside being situated in the county and state aforesaid known and described as follows (to wit) the East half of the SW quarter of section eleven Township six south of Range Eleven west also west half the south west quarter of section eleven in Township six south of range eleven west in all containing one hundred and sixty acres. But in case my wife Catharine should die before my youngest son William Cummins is twenty one years of age then the William Lewis and Joel aforesaid to have the benefit of the said negro girl and land until the said William Cummins is twenty one years of age after which Henry Fobbus, Jesse Cummins, Thomas Barnes and Lewis Wright aforsaid are to have an equal share the same to be his last will and testament and that each of us respectively subscribed our names thereto in the presence of said testator and in the presence of each ohter and at the request of said testator. Sworn to subscribed before L.F. Fulbright as clerk of the Probate. W. T. Standfield Court of Jefferson county Ar. J.W. Plunket and as on the 16th day of April, A.D. 1860. Signed// John DeBaun Clerk by D.D. Hicksw D.C.
  Person ID	I1108	clanSoren | I103-Ferguson, FRS101
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Harmon Cummings,   b. 25 Mar 1756, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA ,   d. 9 Feb 1851, Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Mary James,   b. 19 Nov 1763, Maryland, USA ,   d. 29 Mar 1847  (Age 83 years)
  Married	7 Sep 1778	Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA   [5]
  	Alternate date of marriage is 7 Sep 1779 in Washington County, Maryland [4]
  Notes	A portion of information that appears for this family was obtained via rootsweb, database d9rdozer, last updated 15 May 2008. Source citations are noted where information and events have been validated. Variations in surname have been recorded as Cumins, Cummings, Commings, Cummins during the research on the family but recorded as Cummings within the database to facilitate searching. The database owner of this site is a descendant of John Cummings.
  Family ID	F403	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Catherine Wood,   b. Abt 1803, North Carolina, USA ,   d. May 1880, Atkins, Pope, Arkansas  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Notes	The following children's names have been extracted for the 1850 Federal Census for Harmon Cummins, age 50, District 41, Heard, Georgia, family 600. Sarah Cummins (26), Jesse Cummins (21), Mary Cummins (18), Martha Cummins (14), Andrew Cummins (21). Per Ancestry Tree (owner pw618), the following children were residing in District 41, Heard, Georgia during the 1850 census with family 345. Per the Family Tree owner, they are residing with Harmon Cummins half sister, Arrena Cummins Cheek and her husband John Creek. Lewis Cummins, (10), Joel H. Cummins (8), and Wm. S. Cummins (6). All other children's names have been extracted from multiple Ancestry Family Trees and have not been verified as the children of Harmon Cummins (1800) and Catharine Wood Cummins (1803).
  Children	01. Sarah Cummings,   b. Abt 1824, South Carolina, USA + 02. Jesse Cummings,   b. Abt 1829   03. Mary Cummings,   b. Abt 1832 04. Martha Cummings,   b. Abt 1836, Georgia, USA + 05. Andrew J. Cummings,   b. Apr 1830, Georgia, USA ,   d. 13 Mar 1912, Newton County, Missouri, USA  (Age ~ 81 years)   06. Lewis Cummings,   b. Abt 1840   07. Joel H. Cummings,   b. Abt 1842   08. William S. Cummings,   b. Abt 1844
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F3263	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S120] 1850 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, District 41, Heard, Georgia; Roll: M432_73; Page: 177B; Image: 255 (Reliability: 3). The census information provided is based on rootsweb database d9rdozer, last updated 15 May 2008 [S52] U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. AIS Mortality Schedules Index. , (Ancestry), 1860; ID#126_2683; Jefferson County, Arkansas (Reliability: 3). urname: Harmon Cummins Year: 1860 County: Jefferson CO. State: AR Age: 60 Gender: M (Male) Month of Death: Mar State of Birth: SC ID#: 126_2683 Occupation: NONE LISTED Cause of Death: PNEUMONIA [S53] Arkansas, Wills and Probate Records, 1818-1998, Arkansas County, District and Probate Courts, (Ancestry), Record of Wills, Vol B, 1849, 1852-1863 (Reliability: 3). [S42] Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850, Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850, (Ancestry) (Reliability: 3). Name: Herman Cumming Gender: Male Marriage Date: 7 Sep 1779 Spouse: Mary James Spouse Gender: Male County: Washington County [S123] Rootsweb WorldConnect Project, (Rootsweb, Ancestry.com), Database d9rdozer, last updated 15 May 2008, 6 Aug 2012. 7 Sept 1778 Marries Mary James in Hagerston, Washington, Maryland 1785-1788