1812 JosephJr Chestnutt SUMNER
1793 - 1880 (86 years)-
Name 1812 JosephJr Chestnutt SUMNER Born 15 Sep 1793 Onslow County, North Carolina 
Gender Male Died 14 Jun 1880 Sumner, Worth County, Georgia Buried J. Sumner Cemetery, Worth, Ga Person ID I3387 Bob-Millie Family Tree Last Modified 12 Oct 2022
Father RS JosephSr Chesnutt SUMNER
b. 1761, Onslow County, North Carolina
d. 30 Dec 1827, Swainsboro, Emanuel County, Georgia (Age 66 years) Relationship natural Mother Nancy CHESTNUTT
b. 1765, Halifax County, North Carolina
d. 1840, Emanuel County, Georgia (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Married 1787 Jefferson County, Georgia Family ID F1852 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mahala SMITH
b. 11 Oct 1799, Emanuel County, Georgia
d. 30 Mar 1882, Sumner, Worth County, Georgia (Age 82 years) Married 19 Apr 1813 Emanuel County, Georgia Children 1. CSA Gordon Archibald SUMNER
b. 27 Apr 1814, Emanuel County, Georgia
d. 06 Jul 1870, Worth County, Georgia (Age 56 years) [natural]2. Sallie Sarah SUMNER
b. 27 Feb 1816, Emanuel County, Georgia
d. 1861, Worth County, Georgia (Age 44 years) [natural]3. Matilda SUMNER
b. 27 Jan 1821, Emanuel County, Georgia
d. 27 Sep 1897, Irwin County, Georgia (Age 76 years) [natural]4. Mary Ann SUMNER
b. 27 Feb 1823, Emanuel County, Georgia
d. Died as an infant [natural]5. Eliza SUMNER
b. 03 May 1825, Irwin County, Georgia
d. 20 Nov 1879 (Age 54 years) [natural]6. CSA John Cary "Jack" SUMNER
b. 15 Jan 1827, Irwin County, Georgia
d. 18 Sep 1915, Worth County, Georgia (Age 88 years) [natural]7. CSA Daniel S SUMNER
b. 28 Oct 1828, Near Sumner, Irwin County, Georgia
d. 24 Sep 1899, Sumner, Worth County, Georgia (Age 70 years) [natural]8. Mary SUMNER
b. 29 Sep 1830, Near Sumner, Irwin, Ga
d. 02 Dec 1901 (Age 71 years) [natural]9. Martha SUMNER
b. 20 Aug 1832, Emanuel County, Georgia
d. 13 Aug 1914, Worth County, Georgia (Age 81 years) [natural]10. CSA George Walton SUMNER
b. 21 Apr 1834, Near Sumner, Irwin County, Georgia
d. 01 Oct 1883 (Age 49 years) [natural]11. CSA Joseph Milton SUMNER
b. 16 Aug 1836, Sumner, Worth County, Ga
d. 25 Dec 1913, Sumner, Worth County, Ga (Age 77 years) [natural]12. CSA Thomas Jefferson SUMNER
b. 16 Aug 1838, Irwin County, Georgia
d. 1863, CSA, Jerusalem, Virginia (Age 24 years) [natural]13. Elizabeth SUMNER
b. 27 Feb 1840, Near Sumner, Irwin, Ga
d. 30 Jul 1914 (Age 74 years) [natural]14. Caroline SUMNER
b. 15 Mar 1842, Near Sumner, Irwin, Ga
d. Died as an infant [natural]15. Sophronia A. SUMNER
b. 28 Mar 1844, Near Sumner, Irwin, Ga
d. 17 Aug 1901 (Age 57 years) [natural]16. Sophia SUMNER
b. 30 Dec 1844, Near Sumner, Irwin, Ga
d. Died as an infant [natural]17. Missouri SUMNER
b. 1846, Near Sumner, Irwin, Ga
d. 12 Nov 1898, Worth County, Georgia (Age 52 years) [natural]Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 Family ID F1849 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 15 Sep 1793 - Onslow County, North Carolina 
Married - 19 Apr 1813 - Emanuel County, Georgia 
Died - 14 Jun 1880 - Sumner, Worth County, Georgia = Link to Google Earth
Notes - NOTE 1./ The Marchant family by MARY BETH MARCHANT <<http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mbmjlm2&id=I00335>>
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.