Eli Triplett Shumate (1817 - 1876)

Born 22 Sep 1817 in Monroe, Alabama, United States

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Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1876 at age 58 in Kemper County, Mississippi, USA

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Biography

Eli was born in 1817. He was probably the son of Daniel D. Shumate and Nancy Jane McDavid. He moved to Kemper count before 1850.

Between 1850 and 1858 Eli purchased slaves for his plantation. Some of those slaves may have been purchased from Hiram Daniel Mahan.

Between 1854 and 1858, Eli moved his family and slaves to Texas. They moved back to Kemper Co., Mississippi before 1860. They may have remained there for as little as six weeks.

Eli passed away in 1876. ^[1]

Slaves

• female b. ca. 1825
• Martha Barnes Shumate
• female b. ca. 1795
• Solomon Shumate
• male b. ca. 1839
• female b. ca. 1842
• female b. ca. 1847
• female b. ca. 1847
• female b. 1850
• Mary Ellen Shumate Burton
• female b. ca. 1853
• male b. ca. 1855
• Nancy Shumate Dunklin
• male b. ca. 1859
• male b. ca. 1859
• Annie Shumate Lee
• Adam Shumate

Research Notes

Based on the birth years of his children James (born in Mississippi in 1854) and Edward (born in Texas in 1858), Eli moved his family to Texas for a short time.

I have not found conclusive evidence that Eli owned Martha Barnes Shumate, her husband and her children, however, the census information, family lore and Martha's Choctaw application information is a strong indication that the family lore is accurate.

Name:Eli T Shoemak Age in 1860:43 Birth Year:abt 1817 Birthplace:Alabama Home in 1860:Not Stated, Kemper, Mississippi Household Members:NameAge Eli T Shoemak43 Mary A Shoemak38 James T Shoemak17 John M Shoemak14 Mary A A Shoemak11 Susan A Shoemak8 Thomas Shoemak5 Edward H Shoemak3 _____________________________________ Kemper County Land Records SHUMATE, DANIEL D 02/27/1841 19439 MS1210__.334 SHUMATE, ELI T 04/01/1847 31841 MS1470__.274 SHUMATE, ELI T 12/05/1850 33829 MS1510__.116 SHUMATE, ELI T 12/05/1850 33943 MS1510__.234 SHUMATE, JESSE C 12/05/1850 33942 MS1510__.233 SHUMATE, JONATHAN G 12/01/1848 31870 MS1500__.086 SHUMATE, JONATHAN G 09/01/1848 33259 MS1500__.034 SHUMATE, JONATHAN G 12/05/1850 33827 MS1510__.114 SHUMATE, TOLIVER 09/01/1848 31546 MS1460__.288

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Scott Merrell, Jan 8, 2013

• 1850 U.S. census, Kemper County, Mississippi, population schedule, Location not stated, p. 152 (stamped), dwelling 180, family 180, Ely F. Shumate in the Ely F. Shumate household, digital image 26 of 172, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 11 October 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 374
  • Ely was 32 years old and was born in Alabama. He was a farmer. His wife, Ruth, was 26 years old and was born in Alabama. James Wooten, age 14, lived with them.

• 1860 U.S. census, Kemper County, Mississippi, population schedule, Location not stated, p. 89 (penned), dwelling 617, family 617, Eli T. Shoemate in the Eli T. Shoemate household, digital image 89 of 153, FamilySearch.org ([2]: accessed 12 October 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 584
  • Eli was 43 years old and was born in Alabama. He was a farmer. His wife, Mary A., was 38 years old and was born in Mississippi.

• 1860 U.S. Slave Census, Kemper County, Mississippi, slave schedule, Location not stated, p. 1 (penned), slaves in the Eli T. Shumate household, digital image 2 of 75 FamilySearch.org ([3]: accessed 11 October 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll xxx
  • Eli owned 16 slaves.

• 1870 U.S. census, Kemper County, Mississippi, population schedule, Location not stated, p. 94 (penned), dwelling 660, family 660, Eli Shoumate in the Eli Shoumate household, digital image 94 of 324, FamilySearch.org ([4]: accessed 12 October 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 733
  • Eli was 52 years old and was born in Alabama. He was a farmer. His wife, Mary, was 47 years old and was born in Alabama.

• 1876, March 7 , The Baptist Page 6 obit of daughter Mary Ann Adda Jackson http://media2.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/tbarchive/1876/TB_1876_Mar_07.pdf Note: She lived one hour longer than her father.

• 1876 Find a Grave Memorial. FindaGrave.com, database and images ([5]: accessed 11 October 2022), memorial page for Eli Triplett Shumate (1818–7 Mar 1876), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67267045, citing Blackwater Baptist Church Cemetery, Blackwater, Kemper County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 48115733).
  • Eli was born in 1818 and died on 7-Mar-1876. He is buried in Blackwater Baptist Church Cemetery.

• 1901 Choctaw Indian Tribe Application. Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, " Applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914", Martha Shoemate, 16 April 1901, digital images, Fold3.com ([6]: accessed 7 October 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M1301, roll 106.
  • Martha was a girl when she was brought to Mississippi with her mother Rebecca. Martha remembered lived in Texas for a short time. Her master took her to Texas for six weeks, then they returned to Mississippi. Martha's husband, Solomon Shoemate, died before 1901.

• Titus, Anderson, "Shumate Foster Family Reunion", 27 August 2008, ([7]; accessed 10 October 2022)

• First-hand knowledge of Scott Merrell.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SP41-GDN : accessed 2015-10-20), entry for Eli Triplett /Shumate/.

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Scott Merrell for starting this profile.