Isaac C. Gum (abt. 1750 - 1830)

Born about 1750 in Augusta County, Colony of Virginia

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Died 17 Jan 1830 at about age 80 in Pendleton County, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Isaac Gum is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 171706
Rank: Private

Isaac was born in about 1750.
He was the son of John Gum and Alice Fisher.
He married Martha Jane McBride March 22, 1774.
She died November 24, 1796 in Augusta Co., Virginia
He married Jane Ervine November 24, 1796 in Bath Co., Virginia.
She was born 1760 and died january 18, 1833 in Pendleton Co., Virginia.
He passed away on January 17, 1830.

Isaac Gum is listed in the 1779 Muster Roll of the Company of Captain Peter Hull of the Second Battalion of the Augusta County, Virginia, Militia. His rank served was as a Private. https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/171706

Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
August 18, 1773, John and Alisi Gum to Isaac Gum, land patentedto John Gum, July 14th, 1769, in Gap of North Mountain. (p. 394) (Augusta Co. bond and Security Bk. 19) and (Chalkley, vol III, p. 533)
Name: Isaac Gum
Date: 1773
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Property: In gap of North Mountain.
Notes: This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
Remarks: Patent to John Gum/Guin, 14 Jul 1769.
Description: Grantee
Book: 19 - p. 394 , p. 446, p.533^[1]

Isaac Gum was administrator. 'Isaac Gum, administrator of the estate of John Gum, Senior, deceased, to Henry Buzard both of Pendleton county. For the consideration of $80, 50 acres granted to John Gum, Sr., by patent dated 12 August 1796. On April 8, 1806, a further inventory and appraisal of the estate of John Gum dec'd was returned to court and ordered recorded. John Gum had lived on the Pendleton-Bath County line and many entries for him are found in the Pendleton County records, but, his estate papers are in Bath County. John Gum had died intestate. There were notes due the estate. ^[2]

from Merged profile: Much of the family connections have been difficult to confirm, as names of all family members were not included in census lists at the time.

Sources

1. ↑ "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley, Book: 19: 394, 446, 533. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/202922-chronicles-of-the-scotch-irish-settlement-in-virginia-vol-01?viewer=1&offset=0#page=446&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=Isaac%20Gum
2. ↑ Bath Co.,VA Order Book 11, 1801-1806 3 pg 119 Sept. 14. 1802

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 July 2019), memorial page for PVT Isaac Gum (1747–7 Jan 1830), Find A Grave: Memorial #136501845, citing Walker Wilfong Cemetery, Hightown, Highland County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Kent (contributor 47846556) .
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-HFNT-N?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM9%3A1588791495 : 24 January 2018), Virginia > image 347 of 886; citing various published state rosters, United States.
• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH28-CXC : accessed 5 December 2020), Isaac Gum, Pendleton, Virginia, United States; citing p. 1108, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 70; FHL microfilm 181,430.
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLJ-DBG : accessed 5 December 2020), Isaac Gum, Pendleton, Virginia, United States; citing p. 33, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 140; FHL microfilm 193,699.
• "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQ2-KXM : 29 January 2020), Isaac Gum in entry for Mary Seybert, 1861.
• "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQ2-JJC : 29 January 2020), Isaac Gum in entry for Jno. E. Gum, 1866.
• A History of Highland County, Morton, Oren F., https://archive.org/details/historyofhighlan00mort

• See also: https://www.geni.com/people/Isaac-Gum/6000000001597457976