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Summers, Robert[1, 2]

Male 1807 - 1888  (81 years)


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  • Name Summers, Robert 
    Born 30 Mar 1807  , Barren, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried Nov 1888  Blackjack Cemetery, Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 02 Nov 1888  Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13750  McClure-Harris
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2005 

    Father Summers, Samuel,   b. 21 Oct 1771, , Botetourt, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1847, , Jackson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Middleton, Nancy,   b. 25 Sep 1777, , Clark, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1843, , Jackson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 12 Aug 1793  , Clark, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • MARRIAGE BONDS
      CLARK COUNTY, KENTUCKY


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      Know all men by these presents that we Samuel Summers & Jno H.Middleton are held & firmly bo und unto Isaac Shelby Esqr Governor andChief Magistrate of the State of Kentucky in the su m of fifty poundsTo which payment will duly so be made to the said Governor or hissuccessor s we bind ourselves our Heirs Exors & Admrs jointly &severally firmly by these presents seal ed & dated this 10th day ofJuly 1793.
      The condition of the above obligation is such that, whereas the abovebound Samuel Summers h ath obtained a License to intermarry with NancySummers, if therefore there be no lawful caus e to obstruct the samethen this obligation to be void else remain in full force.

      Sealed & delivered )S/Samuel Summer s /Seal/
      in presents of )
      S/Jn o H. Middleton /Seal/
      D. Bullock


      Copied from handwritten Bond Record
      By: E. D. Rayburn
      Date: 25 June 1996

      Note: The Bond Record shows bride's name as Nancy Summers, whereas itshould have shown Nanc y Middleton. Marriage record confirms NancyMiddleton married Samuel Summers 12 Aug 1793.
    Family ID F4796  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 McKinney, Katie 
    Children 
     1. Summers, Catherine,   b. 1831, , , Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     2. Summers, Samuel,   b. 1833, , , Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     3. Summers, Ann,   b. 1834, , , Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     4. Summers, James Campbell,   b. 10 Mar 1840, , Jackson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1919, , Jackson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  [Birth]
     5. Summers, Nancy,   b. 1844, , , Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     6. Summers, Thomas Jefferson,   b. 19 Mar 1848, , Jackson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Jul 1921, Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2005 
    Family ID F4792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Stewart, Elizabeth,   b. 12 Dec 1825, , Jackson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1903, , , Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 13 Mar 1853  , Jackson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Summers, Joseph Samuel,   b. 1853, , , Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1920, , Jackson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  [Birth]
     2. Summers, Rebecca Ann,   b. 19 Nov 1859, , , Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1955, Stony Point, Carroll, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)  [Birth]
     3. Summers, Jasper Newton,   b. Sep 1861, , Jackson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1912, Pine Ridge, Montgomery, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2004 
    Family ID F4793  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Holcomb, Mary Ann,   b. Abt 1831, , Jackson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1870, , Rutherford, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married Abt 1865 
    Children 
     1. Summers, Matthew A,   b. 28 May 1866, , Jackson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1948, , Carroll, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F4794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 Wright, Elizabeth,   b. 12 Dec 1825, , , Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1903, Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 01 Mar 1870  , Carroll, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2004 
    Family ID F4795  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Summers,  Robert
    Summers, Robert

  • Notes 
    • In July 1838, Robert represented the Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church at an Association he led at Looney's Creek in Marion County,Tennessee. From 1842 to 1844 he must have had some difficulties with the Church since he was invited to attend but apparently did not attend. Then, in June 1844, he was not invited "but came and declared himself no more of us" according to the Mt. Gillead Primitive Baptist Church Minute Book. Then in August 1844 Robert was excluded which means he was kicked out of the church. In July 1869 Robert was restored to membership and in October 1869 he was dismissed by letter.

      Robert served in the Florida War and was a Private in Company I,Jacoway's Company Alabama Volunteers, Snodgrass Regiment of the North Alabama Volunteers. He enlisted November 1, 1837 and was discharged at Wetumpka,
      Alabama, April 1838. He applied for a pension in 1885 and which stated he had fair complexion , black hair, yellow eyes and was 5 feet 7 inches tall.

      Robert had a hard time trying to decide where to live: in Jackson County, Alabama or Carroll County, Arkansas. Before he moved the first time to Carroll County, Arkansas, he lived near the Caperton Trading Post at the original Pleasant Grove, Alabama. He made three trips to Arkansas and came back twice. On his second trip, James took his third wife, Mary Ann who died on the way in Rutherford County,Tennessee, and all of his children except two. The two who stayed behind were James Campbell and Joseph Samuel. Four of his children were married and their families went also. They were Catherine who married Will Holder, Tennessee Annie who married Robert Bolton Gamble, Nancy who married James Lawson Gamble and Sarah Jane who married Thomas Benton Gamble. Robert married almost as soon as he arrived in Carroll County, Arkansas.

      From "The Star-Progress" printed in Berryville, Arkansas in a article called "Your Neighbor and Mine" by Edith (Champlin) McCall dated October 1, 1953 is an account of Robert Summers move to Berryville,Arkansas as told by Robert's youngest daughter, Rebecca Ann (Summers)Standlee who died in 1955. Robert joined a caravan of five families who came to Arkansas to establish new homes. They travelled in oxen drawn covered wagons. On the second day out, Robert's wife, Mary Ann,became ill and a few hours later passed away. The ox-train was weeks in making the trip to northern Arkansas but it finally arrived and Robert located on a farm at Stony Point, north of Berryville, on Kings River. The area is still known as Summers Ford.

      The following was told by Abe Summers, grandson of Robert and son of Matthew Summers, to Dan Summers, a great great-grandson of Robert in1975. In 1877 Robert, his son Matthew, his daughter Tennessee Annie Gamble and her children, and his daughter-in-law Eliza Jane (Gamble)Summers made a trip to Jackson County, Alabama. The purpose of the trip was to bring back Eliza Jane (Gamble) Summers whose husband, Samuel had just died. Eliza Jane brought her step-daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Summers, and her own children, Mary Frances and Talitha with her. Annie (Summers) Gamble had also lost her husband and had decided to move back to Jackson County , Alabama. Robert and Matthew Summers returned to Arkansas. This was Robert's third trip to A rkansas.

  • Sources 
    1. [S186] GEDCOM file imported on 14 Aug 2002., Shane Symes.

    2. [S590] 1880 United States Census, 206A (Reliability: 3).
      Robert SUMMERS Self M Male W 73 TN Farmer TN TN
      Elizabeth SUMMERS Wife M Female W 52 AL Keeping House AL AL


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      Source Information:
      Census Place Polo, Carroll, Arkansas
      Family History Library Film 1254039
      NA Film Number T9-0039
      Page Number 206A


    3. [S525] marriage register of clark county, ky.