Cummings Family Files

Cummings Family Files

John Blair Cummings

 

John Blair Cummings                                                       Martha Miller

Born ca. 1790                                                                    Born?

Birthplace:  Stokes Co NC                                                   Birthplace?

Death date:  shortly after 16 Apr 1861                                Death date:  probably ca. 1827

Burial place:  Unknown                                                      Burial place:  Unknown

John B. Cummings & Martha Miller were married 24 December 1818 in Madison County Alabama

(information provided by Elaine Myers, a descendant of this couple)

M.  George Washington Cummings 15 Apr1820-26 May 1876 Married Hulda Barrett
M.  Newton A. Cummings 1822-after 16 Mar 1878 Married Nancy J. Davenport???  

John Blair Cummings                                               Martha Miller

      Father:  CPT John C. Cummings                            Father:  Unknown

      Mother:  Jane Blair                                              Mother:  Unknown  

Contributed by Dick Wood


John Blair Cummings (2nd marriage) & Eunice Hunter Family

 

John Blair Cummings                                             Eunice Hunter

Born ca. 1790                                                       Born 25 Jul 1796

Birth place:  Stokes Co., NC                                   Birth place:  South Carolina

Death place:  Marshall County TN                           Death Place:  Dyer, Gibson Co TN

Death date:  Unknown but after 16 Apr 1861           Death date:  19 Feb 1867

Burial place:  Unknown                                          Burial place:  Bobbit Cemetery                                                                                             Gibson County 

John Blair Cummings and Eunice Hunter were married date unknown but probably 1827 in Bedford County Tennessee.

M.  Thomas Ebaneezer Cummings   7 Jan 1828-1 Sep 1864 m. Narcissa Smiley

John Blair Cummings                                      Eunice Hunter

Father:  John C. Cummings                             Father:  Robert Hunter

Mother: Jane Blair                                          Mother:  Rebecca McNickle 

Notes:    John Blair Cummings & Eunice Cummings separated when son, Thomas,              was 3 or 4 years old.  Neither ever remarried.  Eunice was a school teacher who taught classics such as Greek and Latin.


 

John C. Cummings & Jane Blair Family

John C. Cummings                                                  Jane Blair

Born ca. 1742  Born 20 Aug 1746

Birthplace:  Probably PA                                         Birthplace:  At Sea

Death date:     Unknown ca. 1800-1816                  Death Date:  21 Apr 1839

Burial place:  Unknown, NC                                    Burial Place:  Round Hill Cemetery                                                                                 near Belfast

Military Service:  RW CPT, NC Milita,

John C. Cummings & Jane Blair Were Married after Aug 1778, but before 9 Feb 1779. Probably in Surry Co. NC.  

  1. M. Hugh Cummings*                    ca. 1779-before 4 Jan 1847
  2. M. George Cummings*                 ca. 1780-before 6 Feb 1843
  3. M, Thomas Cummings        15 May 1781-18 Oct 1868 m. Isabel Lowry
  4. F.   Sarah Cummings            1 Oct 1782-21 Sep1853  m. Samuel McCuiston
  5. M.  John Blair Cummings    ca. 1790-after 16 Mar 1861 m. 1st Martha Miller                                                                                               2nd Eunice Hunter

Parents of John C. Cummings:                           Parents of Jane Blair:

    Father:  John Cummings                                    Father:  Hugh Blair

    Mother: Unknown                                              Mother:  Mary Dawson

The placement of Hugh and George Cummings is not proved, but highly likely. The genealogical record of their Mother, Jane Blair (Endsley) Cummings is well known and so is that of her Cummings children, Thomas, Sarah and John Blair Cummings.  That there was a son, George Cummings, is proved by his being named a co-executor of Andrew Endsley’s will in Stokes County, NC in 1816 and by his being referred to as “my brother, George Cummings” in Andrew Endsley’s will.  What is not generally known is what became of George Cummings after he completed his duties as co-executor of the will in Stokes County, NC.

Hugh Cummings has never been mentioned in any Family Group Record of the John C. Cummings & Jane Blair known to date, yet close study of the 1830 Bedford and 1840 Marshall County Censuses, coupled with land plat maps of the area settled by other members of the extended Cummings/Endsley/Lowry families present an overwhelming amount of circumstantial or indirect evidence supporting the inclusion of Hugh Cummings within this Family Group Record.

An article researched and written by Donald C. Jeter with an accompanying land plat map also prepared by Mr. Jeter was especially helpful in understanding the relationships, both proved and probable among these extended families.  The article is “Land Between Head Springs and Petty’s Cave – Mt. Zion,” beginning on page 36 of the Summer 1986 issue (Vol. XVII, NO. II) of the MARSHALL COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Published by Marshall County Historical Society, Lewisburg, TN  37091.

Hugh, George and John Blair Cummings all died in Marshall County TN.  Their exact death dates and burial places are not known.  There are records of estate settlements for Hugh and George Cummings in Marshall Co, TN.  There are deed records of two deeds of gift from John B. Cummings to his sons in Marshall County TN deed records.

Thomas Cummings and his wife, Isabel,  were buried at Round Hill Cemetery.

Sarah (Cummings) McCuistion and her husband, Samuel,  migrated from Bedford Co TN to Ray Co, MO.

                                                      

 

 

 

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