Capt. William Plummer, Sr.

Not the same as William Plummer

DAR Ancestor # A089854

WILLIAM PLAUMMER was the finest type of the old Virginia Gentlemen (Bishop Meade). He lived on his plantation near Mobjack Bay; was appointed by Gloucester Co., a member of the Committee of Safety 1775; Captain the First Regiment of the Continental Dragoons with command of Theoderick Bland, of the Revoltution War: Major of Gloucester Co. Militia 1777. (P134, "The kWillis of Virginia" by Maud Potter. Capt Wm Plummer died in Glucester Co, about 1779.

DAR ancestor A089854

NOT a son of Thomas Plummer (III) of Prince George's, Maryland.

Marriage
25 Aug 1768 • Episcopal Church,Kingston Parish,Gloucester,Virginia
Margaret Hayes

Payroll of the 6th Troop First Regiment Light Dragoons commanded by Theodorick Bland for the month of April 1778

May be connected to the Kemp Plummer family of the lower South.

Captain George William Plummer was a member of Theodorick Bland's Light Dragoons in 1777. He was a farmer and an Episcopalian, serving as vestryman at Kingston Parish from 1756-1771. When he died, he left 16,000 pounds to his wife Mary. Mary and the children moved to Warren County, NC where she purchased 300 acres of land for 800 pounds on the SW side of Possum Quarter Creek. Captain George William is buried in Virginia, but many of his descendants are buried in the Plummer Cemetery in Warrenton, N.C.

• Reference: in-familysearch-family-tree FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Feb 16 2019, 21:15:13 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Plummer-4583
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/K2J3-KPF
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LH5F-KBS/george-william-plumm...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120578546/william-plummer