Summers, Robert^{[1, 2]}

1807 - 1888  (81 years)

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

  
  

  Father	Summers, Samuel,   b. 21 Oct 1771, , Botetourt, Virginia ,   d. Aug 1847, , Jackson, Alabama  (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Middleton, Nancy,   b. 25 Sep 1777, , Clark, Kentucky ,   d. 23 Aug 1843, , Jackson, Alabama  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	12 Aug 1793	, Clark, Kentucky   [3]
  Notes	MARRIAGE BONDS CLARK COUNTY, KENTUCKY * * * * * 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  [Birth]   2. Summers, Samuel,   b. 1833, , , Tennessee  [Birth]   3. Summers, Ann,   b. 1834, , , Alabama  [Birth]   4. Summers, James Campbell,   b. 10 Mar 1840, , Jackson, Alabama ,   d. 18 Feb 1919, , Jackson, Alabama  (Age 78 years)  [Birth]   5. Summers, Nancy,   b. 1844, , , Alabama  [Birth]   6. Summers, Thomas Jefferson,   b. 19 Mar 1848, , Jackson, Alabama ,   d. 07 Jul 1921, Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico  (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 ,   d. 21 Nov 1903, , , Arkansas  (Age 77 years)
  Married	13 Mar 1853	, Jackson, Alabama
  Children	1. Summers, Joseph Samuel,   b. 1853, , , Alabama ,   d. 1920, , Jackson, Alabama  (Age 67 years)  [Birth]   2. Summers, Rebecca Ann,   b. 19 Nov 1859, , , Alabama ,   d. 11 Mar 1955, Stony Point, Carroll, Arkansas  (Age 95 years)  [Birth]   3. Summers, Jasper Newton,   b. Sep 1861, , Jackson, Alabama ,   d. Jul 1912, Pine Ridge, Montgomery, Arkansas  (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 ,   d. 1870, , Rutherford, Tennessee  (Age 39 years)
  Married	Abt 1865
  Children	1. Summers, Matthew A,   b. 28 May 1866, , Jackson, Alabama ,   d. 29 Dec 1948, , Carroll, Arkansas  (Age 82 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F4794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Headstones

  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

  [S186] GEDCOM file imported on 14 Aug 2002., Shane Symes. [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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Polo, Carroll, Arkansas Family History Library Film 1254039 NA Film Number T9-0039 Page Number 206A [S525] marriage register of clark county, ky.