Family/Spouse: Georgia Ann FORD. Georgia was born on 12 Mar 1869 in Worth County, Georgia; died in 1918 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Sarah Josephine THORNHILL on 02 Nov 1865 in Worth County, Georgia. Sarah (daughter of Newell THORNHILL and Mary UNDERWOOD) was born on 03 Oct 1845 in Georgia; died on 20 Mar 1931 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

CSA married Rachel MARCHANT in 1838 in Irwin County, Georgia. Rachel (daughter of Isaac MARCHANT, Sr and Mary Rachel CONNELL) was born on 20 Jan 1812 in Telfair County, Georgia; died on 14 Aug 1889 in Worth County, Georgia; was buried in Isabella Baptist Church Cemetery, Isabella, Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Newell married Mary UNDERWOOD. Mary was born about 1822 in South Carolina. [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]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ In the late 1700's Isaac Marchant, Sr. moved from North Carolina to Georgia. This was around 1790 because in 1794 he was shown as a taxpayer in Warren County. He was listed as a Quaker and owned 400 acres on Big Creek in Washington County and 143 acres on Little Briar Creek in Washington County. He was also shown as a member and deacon in Little Briar Creek Baptist Church, Warren County around the 1800's and before. He must have changed from a Quaker to a Baptist after moving to Georgia.

Isaac married Mary Rachel CONNELL. Mary was born in 1770 in North Carolina; died in 1852 in Irwin County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]