Sumter Land

Family

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~fljackso/Riley.html#Part

Further evidence of this story is taken from an Application for Pension by Sarah Moore Richards Land for the service of her husband Sumpter Land in the War of 1812. According to an 1878 transcript of a family bible dated 1824 that Sarah included in her pension application, these are the children of Sumpter and Sarah:

1. Thomas Jefferson b. 7 Jan 1820 in GA?; m. Mary Catherine Narcissus Clark 1850; d. 27 Sept 1864.
2. Elizabeth Majors b. 21 July 1821 in GA or AL; m1--William Riley in 1840?; m2--Daniel Wyse in 1860 or 1861; [d. 20 Feb 1899 and is buried in Milton, FL.]
3. Elisha Sumpter b. 18 Dec. 1823 (apparently died young)
4. John W. b. 25 Mar 1826 (also died young)
5. James Calvin b. 17 Feb 1828 in Jackson Co., FL; m1--Mary Elizabeth Register 1857; m2--Elizabeth Jane Merriman 1865; [d. 12 May 1906; buried in Fidellas Cemetery, Santa Rosa Co., FL.]
6. Jehu R. b. 18 Feb. 1831 in Jackson Co., FL(?); m. Angeline (one source gives her last name as Whittington-- Jehu R. Land, age 50, was found in Refugio Co, TX as a stockraiser, born in Florida with father born in NC and mother born in GA married to Elizabeth, age 24, born in Texas, with three children: Rosilla, 9; Franklin, 4; and Thomas, 2;(all born in Texas).
7. Henry G. b. 30 Dec. 1834 in Calhoun Co., FL; m. Mary Kent 6 Mar. 1862; [d. 30 July 1905; buried in Kynesville Cemetery, Jackson Co., FL.]
8. Benjamin F. b. 7 Sept. 1836 in Calhoun Co., FL; [ m. Octavia 3 Aug. 1879; d. 23 Nov. 1896.]
9. Stephen W. b. 31 Aug. 1839 in Jackson Co., FL(?); m1--Cornelia A. Stewart 26 July 1866; [m2--Victoria L. Brown 5 Sept 1887; m3--Janie E. Tanner 2 Oct. 1915; d. 23 Dec. 1916; buried in Kynesville Cemetery, Jackson Co., FL. ]

According to the application, Sumpter Land was killed on 18 May 1840 by renegade Indians at home in Calhoun Co., FL.)

• * The information in brackets was added from records accumulated later.**

GEDCOM Note

Land Bible
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=56ea8184-55b9-46c2-ad...
Sumpter Land gravestone
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=63347b62-5aa4-4531-8f...
Sumter Land Headstone
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=13673336-2944-4c6d-aa...
Bible Transcript
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=d23d60d4-d82d-4096-ab...