Leonard married Cora H. BALCOMB on 10 Dec 1895 in Worth County, Georgia. Cora was born on 16 Dec 1881 in Worth County, Georgia; died on 17 Nov 1957 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ The Marchant family by MARY BETH MARCHANT <>

A. Hospitalied with "ulcer of jaw" 3-19-1863 to 5-13-63.
B. Furloughed for 30 days 9-8-1863 due to "convalesing from Typhoid Fever"
C. Admitted to CSA Hospital in Farmville, Va on 8-2-1863 for "scurvy".
D. Wounded and in Richmond, Va. CSA Hospital May & June 1864
E. In October 1917, widow Elizabeth Jane Sumner applied for widow's
CSA pension. (he left her $1200 when he died in 1913)

NOTE 2./ Joseph Milton Sumner served in the Civil War, 10th Ga. Regiment. July 1862 enlisted as a private with "Worth Rebels" Company B, 10th Battalion, 1863 promoted to sergeant, wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, June 22, 1864, was disabled from further service in the Confederate Amry: Source: History of Worh County, Page 508. He served as Representative from Worth County, Ga. in the State Legislature, 1880-1881

CSA married Elizabeth Jane YOUNG on 13 Dec 1858 in Sumner, Worth County, Ga. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob C (Fat Jake) YOUNG and Laney Elizabeth MARCHANT) was born on 15 Feb 1841 in Sumner, Worth County, Ga; died on 01 Mar 1930 in Sumner, Worth County, Ga; was buried in Sumner Cemetery, Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ The Marchant family by MARY BETH MARCHANT <>

Joseph Sumner, Jr. served in the war of 1812, while living in Emanuel Co., Ga. He married in Emanuel Co., Ga, and in 1825 he moved to Irwin Co., Ga. and settled near Rebecca, Ga. In 1830 he moved and settled about 1 mile south of Little River near Chula, Ga. Later he moved again settling about 3 miles northeast of Sumner, Ga. In 1854, Worth Co. Ga, was created and this cut his plantation into Worth Countuy, Ga. This is where he died and is buried in the family cemetery near his home.

Notes for Joseph Chestnutt Sumner Jr:
Born in Burke County, Georgia, son of Joseph Sumner, Sr, R.S. He served in the War of 1812 as a Private in the Militia Detachment under command of Lieut. John Griffis, Jan.12,1814 to Mar. 13, 1814, and was stationed at Fort Chancey on the frontier in Tattnall County. He moved in 1825 from Emanuel to Irwin county and located near the present town of Rebecca. About five years later, he moved again and settled what became known as the Calvin Land place about one mile west of Little River on the Albany-Irwinton Road. He sold out there and settled the farm in more recent years known as the Joe M. Sumner place three miles northeast of Sumner, Ga. He and his wife died there; he died June 13, 1880, and his widow died March 30,1882. They were buried in the family cemetery on the home place. They were cut out of Irwin county into Worth County in 1854. Mr. Sumner served as the Justice of the peace in the 867th district, Irwin County, 1833-1841, and was Justice of Worth Inferior court, 1854-1856.

("History of the Sumner Family" by William S. Sumner updated 1977 by Sumner
History Book Committee Rose Printing Company, Tallahassee FL.pp.7-9,309. )

("History of Wiregrass" Folks Huxford.)

NOTE 2./ BIOGRAPHY:
Mr. Sumner served as the Justice of the peace in the 867th district, Irwin County, 1833-1841, and was Justice of Worth Inferior court, 1854-1856.

NOTE 3./ Historical Note: The Year Was 1818

The year was 1818 and the Convention of 1818decided the northern boundary of the United States and the southern boundary of Canada as being the 49th parallel, between the Lake of the Woods in Minnesota and the Rocky Mountains. The land west of the Rockies was under joint control of the U.S. and Britain. That boundary was settled in 1846 with the Oregon Treaty.

South of 49th parallel, Illinois was admitted as the twenty-first state. Initially the northern boundary was set just below the southern end of Lake Michigan, but at a population of around 36,000, Illinois was short of the necessary 60,000 minimum required for statehood. Illinois Congressional delegate, Nathaniel Pope, suggested that it would make better sense to move the boundary northward to include the City of Chicago and the area upon which the I & M Canal would be built, connecting the Great Lakes with the Mississippi River, and from there the Gulf of Mexico.

In the South, the First Seminole War resulted from the escalation of conflicts between the Seminoles and settlers who were moving into Seminole territory. The Seminoles provided a sanctuary for escaped slaves and this provided additional fuel for the fire. Andrew Jackson pursued the Seminoles into Florida, which was then under Spanish control. His victory led to the accession of Florida to the U.S. the following year.

In the Ohio River Valley, an epidemic of what was commonly called "milk sick" broke out and in October it claimed Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. At the time, the illness was attributed to many things, but only a few suspected the real culprit. It wasn't until the early 1900s that it was determined that milk from cows that had eaten snakeroot caused the illness. By then it had claimed many other victims, the majority of them infants.

In literature, a young Mary Shelley's most famous book-- Frankenstein--was published. 1818 also marked the first time the Christmas hymn Silent Night was sung in the small Austrian village of Oberndorf.

1812 married Mahala SMITH on 19 Apr 1813 in Emanuel County, Georgia. Mahala was born on 11 Oct 1799 in Emanuel County, Georgia; died on 30 Mar 1882 in Sumner, Worth County, Georgia; was buried in J. Sumner Cemetery, Worth, Ga. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Laney Elizabeth MARCHANT on 08 Jan 1821 in Jefferson County, Georgia. Laney (daughter of Isaac MARCHANT, Sr and Mary Rachel CONNELL) was born in 1801 in Jefferson, County, Georgia; died in 1865 in Worth County, Georgia.; was buried in Family cemetery near Sycamore, Ga-now abandoned. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]