Jacob Sumrall (abt. 1804 - 1865)

Born about 1804 in Clarke county, Mississippi

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Biography

The Sumrall’s were among the early settlers in south Mississippi. Patriarch Thomas Sumrall was born in South Carolina in 1740 and died in Marion County in 1821. He was the great-grandfather of Elisha Sumrall, Nancy’s first husband. (This line descended from son Levi Sumrall and his son Jacob Sumrall, who was Elisha’s father.) He was also the great-grandfather of Carney Slay Sumrall. (This line descended from son Moses Sumrall and his son Howell Sumrall, who was Carney’s father.) Thus Carney was a second cousin of Nancy’s first husband. There may have been a closer connection linking the couple: some genealogies give the maiden name of Carney Sumrall wife as Catherine (‘Kitty’) McCary. This matches the name of Nancy’s older sister on the 1850 census.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Part 4: Ed Payne on Jones County Civil War Widows: Nancy McCary Sumrall Holyfield Sumrall