Levi Sumrall (1772 - 1857)

Born 1772 in Edgefield, Saluda, South Carolina

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Died Oct 1857 at about age 85 in Clarke, Mississippi, United States

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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]

Levi Sumrall, son of Thomas and Ann Sumrall, married Agnes Gibson in 1792 Richmond County North Carolina. Agnes Gibson Sumrall daughter of Thomas and Agnes William Gibson. Sister of Sarah “Sally" Gibson Sumrall the wife of David Sumrall.

Sources

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

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (Q29K-RY2W: 11 March 2016), Levi C Simmerell, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 190; FHL microfilm 882,708.
• 1840 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Clarke, Mississippi; Page: 129. amb 02:40, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
• 1841Clarke County, State Census Index. Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. amb 02:51, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
• 1853 Clarke County, MS State Census Index. Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. amb 02:47, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #180456149

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