Mary (Cody) Lumpkin (abt. 1726 - bef. 1800)

Born about 1726 in County Kilkenny, Ireland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of George Moore Lumpkin — married 25 Sep 1748 in Halifax, Virginia

Descendants

Died before 8 Sep 1800 before about age 74 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, United States [uncertain]

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Mary (Cody) Lumpkin was born in Ireland.

Descendant of James Archdekin of Cody I.

Mary (Cody) Lumpkin migrated from Ireland to America.

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Mary (Cody) Lumpkin lived in Virginia.

Mary (Cody) Lumpkin was a Georgian.

Biography

Mary was born about 1726 possibly in Ireland to James Archdeacon Cody II (mother unknown). She had at least 5 siblings: Elinor Agnes, Edmund, James III, Alice, and Margaret. (See below: Research Notes).

Mary married George Lumpkin on 25 Sep 1748 in Virginia.^[1] They had at least 4 children:

1. George Lumpkin Jr m. Ann Rutledge
2. Mary Lumpkin m. Col John Wilson
3. Robert Lumpkin m. Druseller Hendrick
4. Capt. John H. Lumpkin m. Lucy Elizabeth Hopson

• Fact: Residence (1748) Amelia County, Virginia - her husband, George, received a land grant of land on the south side of the Appomotox.

• Fact: Residence (1756) Granville County, Province of North Carolina - her husband, George, was appointed a Justice of the Peace. There are records that Mary and George conveyed land in Halifax County, and had grants of land in 1761. He bought a number of grants that been taken out by others in 1756.

Mary is named in the will of her father, James Archdeacon Cody II, dated 10 Dec 1759 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He leaves "One Shilling to her and her Heirs forever".

DAR Lineage publications recognize her husband, George, as a Capt. serving in the Virginia Line during the American Revolutionary War.

• Fact: Residence (23 Sep 1784) Wilkes County, Georgia - land granted by Gov of Georgia (125 acres) - See Candler's Revolutionary Records of Georgia, 1908, II:912.

The History of Warren County by Virginia Wilhoit suggests that Mary and George migrated to Oglethorpe County, Georgia in 1784. Oglethorpe County was originally part of the Creek and Cherokee lands surrendered to the Colony of Georgia in 1773 and was founded in 1793. They may have settled in the area during this time. This area is now known as Wilkes County.

• Fact: Residence (17 Aug 1790) Pittsylvania, Virginia - Mary relinquished "power" to an unknown.

• Fact: Residence (21 Mar 1792) Wilkes County, Georgia - her husband, George of Wilkes County, signed a power of attorney to his son, Robert of Virginia, possibly Pittsylvania County.

She passed away after 17 Aug 1790 but before 8 Sep 1800 in Georgia at about the age of 70. It is not known where she is buried or the exact location of her death, possibly in Wilkes County (now Oglethorpe County), Georgia.

from: "The Lumpkin Family of Georgia" by L.L. Cody, Macon, GA, 1928

"The maiden name of my grandmother Lumpkins was Cody, and she like all the rest of those days, was a most excellent woman; just what the best of women should be. The Cody family of Warren County were her near relations; and upon investigation you will find them to be a highly respectable and meritorious family of people. Signed: Wilson Lumpkin" ^[2]

About Wilson Lumpkin: He was one of the grandsons of Mary and George. He served as a legislature from Oglethorpe County at age 21 and was re-elected several times; elected as Governor of Georgia in 1831 and re-elected in 1833; served as a U.S. Senator for Georgia from 1837-1841.

Research Notes

All of the DAR records indicate that she is the daughter of James Cody and Sarah Womack; however, that appears to be an error. The date timelines do not matchup if she was born in the late 1720's or early 1730's. The children of James and Sarah were born in the 1750's in Virginia. James Archdeacon Cody II, father of Mary, names her in his will as his daughter; and she would have been 20 years older than the children of James and Sarah.

Most family researchers suggest that she was born in Virginia, which is a slight possibility. Her father appears to have migrated from Ireland to America sometime around the 1730's. However, the Boaz History suggests that she was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland.^[1] The timeline could be more likely she was was born in Ireland.

There are multiple versions of her death location: Lexington, Kentucky; Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia; and Wilkes County, Georgia. There are no records to indicate Mary and George lived in Kentucky. Lexington, Oglethope County, Georgia was created in 1800 from Wilkes County, Georgia. If she died between 1790 and 1800, then it would be Wilkes County, and after 1800, Oglethorpe County. Her husband's will, dated 9 Sep 1800 in Greene County, bequeaths his entire estate to his grandson, William Lumpkin, oldest son of John Lumpkin.

Links

FamilySearch PID: LKGZ-TBG
Find A Grave: Memorial #86292602 Headstone Photo: No

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Boaz Family, Ancestors and Descendants by Robert V. Boaz, 1999, pg. 235.
2. ↑ "The Lumpkin Family of Georgia" by L.L. Cody, Macon, GA, 1928.

• History of Warren County, Georgia, 1793-1974 (Wilhoit, Georgia, 1976), pages 39-44, record for James Cody and Sarah Womack.
• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. record for Mary Cody and George Lumpkin, 1748.
• "A History of Our Irish American Cody Family" by William Howard Wright
• Cody Rogers of Georgia, by L. L. Cody, 1915
• The Boaz Family, Ancestors and Descendants by Robert V. Boaz, 1999, pg. 235.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 August 2019), memorial page for Mary Cody Lumpkin (1729–1800), Find A Grave Memorial no. 86292602, ; Maintained by Robert Dunbar Austin Jr (contributor 47388087) Unknown.
• The Abridged Compendium of America Genealogy, Vol II, Lineage Records, edited by Frederick A. Virkus, page 210 (not a credible source due to possible errors in lineage)
• Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia Vol 1, compiled by Mrs. Howard H. McCall, 1941, page 112. (not a credible source due to errors in lineage)
• Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Vol 1, compiled by Mrs. Howard H. McCall, 1941, page 211.
• Genealogy of the Ragland Families, Ragland Genealogy, Womack by Margaret Miriam Strong (Mrs. Philip H. Hale), 1928, page 41. entry for Mary Cody and George Lumpkin in the record of William Womack. (not a credible source due to errors in dates)
• Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. entry of Mary Cody and George Lumpkin in the record of Mary Lumpkin, and gr-gr-granddaughter Mrs. Lucy B. Lea Scruggs.
• Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. entry of Mary Cody and George Lumpkin in the record of Mary Lumpkin, and gr-gr-granddaughter, Mrs. Winifred Calhoun Green.
• Rand, Hale, Strong and allied families: a genealogical study with the autobiography of Nettie Hale Rand: Cody, 1940, page 122. record for Mary Cody. (not a credible source due to errors in dates)
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. entry for Mary Cody and George Lumpkin in record of Robert Lumpkin, 1955.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. entry for Mary Archidecknie Cody and George Lumpkin in the record of George Lumpkin.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. entry for Mary Cody and George Lumpkin in the record of Robert Lumpkin.

See Also

• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 Aug 2019), profile for Mary Archdeacon Cody.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 Aug 2019), entry for Mary Archdeacon Cody https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKGZ-TBG (PID LKGZ-TBG); contributed by various users.

Acknowledgement

This profile was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Cody-216 was created by Matthew Gerke through the import of GerkeFam.ged on 14 Jun 2012. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Matthew and others.