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Rebecca Wilkins Hyde m. May 16, 1801 Davidson Co. TN b. Jun 22, 1780 d. Jan 16, 1853 Adams Co. MS |
John b. 1803 Davidson Co. TN d. 1854 Davidson Co. TN |
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Father Frederick likely marched over land with his family toward the mountains after
the British destroyed is home in Augusta GA and joined the Amos Eaton party that
left the NC mountains in Dec 1779 for the Cumberland Settlement. The Eaton
party arrived at the beginning of 1780, just a week after the leading James Robertson
party of men, horses and dogs. Frederick received one of the Cumberland
Settlement's 1,410
Pioneer
Land Grants. This part of Washington Co. is now Middle Tennessee. |
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Frederick was in his fifties when he came to the
Cumberland Settlement in Washington Co. NC. He was thought to have famously
killed 10 Indians in his native Pennsylvania in Jan 1768, and had been jailed for
killing British soldiers in Georgia. After he escaped, he joined the Amos Eaton
expedition to Cumberland and claimed land on Whites Creek and helped build Eaton's
fort (also called Heaton's Station). He later started a distillery and an inn and
tavern, helped improve local roads, and was granted more land in the Whites Creek
area. Map of
the Cumberland Settlement in 1780. |
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The land that father Frederick Stump claimed bordered that of
William White, the eldest son
of John White and a private on the
Continental Line, thereby receiving an original land claim in the Cumberland
Settlement in Washington Co. NC, but may never have actually settled on the land.
This may be why
John Holloway was there in 1780.
The claim John Holloway attempted with a James Scott the year before on Long "Glady"
Creek (shown on
Map)
appears to be the same as Whites Creek which ran through the lands claimed by
Frederick Stump, William White,
Joshua Howard and Absalom Hooper, before reaching
the Cumberland River. See
Topolographical Map
showing Whites Creek area Land Claims [Drake, p. 23 and map E7].
James Scott did receive a land grant but John Holloway never did. |
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By May 1780, Frederick was with his family in the new Cumberland Settlement in
Washington Co. in western NC territory (now TN). Frederick and his son Jacob, along
with about 250 other men over the age of 16, signed the Cumberland Compact created
May 1, 1780. It was finalized on May 13 and established a provisional government
for the isolated area; provided for the election of twelve representatives from
the eight stations or forts; provided for a Sheriff, a Clerk, a Militia that
required service by all men over age 16, and for the adjudication of causes, the
administration of estates, and the awarding of executions.
Image of
page 2 of the original Compact. The signature, in dutch or german, of
"Frederick Stumpf" is tenth down from the top, just below that of
"John Holloday".
His son Jacob Stump, and William Hood signed after him. Hood was killed by Indians
in 1780 or 1781, and by winter of 1780, Jacob Stump was killed while out with his
father near their home along Whites Creek. |
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Washington Co., previously Washington District, was formed by North Carolina in
1777 and extended west to the Mississippi River, mostly containing land inhabited
by five different tribes of Native Americans, but mostly Cherokee. In 1779, the
Cumberland Settlement was created by the granting of land by the NC government.
In 1783 this settlement was mostly contained in the newly formed Davidson Co. and
surrounded by Indian Lands, and Virginia and Kentucky to the North.
Map of
the Cumberland Settlements showing Forts, known as Stations, in present-day counties. |
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In late 1780 sister Anna married Jonathan Gais
[sometimes spelled Guice or Guise] (1746-1826), possibly after brother Jacob
Stump was killed by Indians. Jonathan and Anna moved to the Natchez District
sometime between the birth of their sons Jacob (Jun 1, 1789) and Jessie (Dec 1791). |
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Father Frederick's neighbor, Joshua Howard,
arrived in the Cumberland Settlement from the Natchez District
by the beginning of 1781. He eventually was assigned Captain of the Freeland's
Station on Mar 15, 1783 [Clayton, p. 37]. |
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Joshua Howard owned 200 acres on Second Creek
in the Natchez District. His petition to the British West Florida Government for
the land was dated Nov 6, 1776.
The receipt for surveying fees was dated Jan 22, 1777. After the Spaniards took
possession of the territory, Howard left the Natchez District for the Cumberland
Settlement in an area of far western North Carolina that later became Nashville
TN. He returned to Natchez at the end of 1788. |
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On Dec 31, 1788, "Joucha Hayward" arrived in Natchez from "Cumberland/Tennessee",
not listed among the flatboats and without family. In a letter dated Mar 2, 1790,
from Carlos de Grand Pre, Natchez, Mar 2, 1790 to Governor Don Estavan Miro, the
amount of tobacco was reported by growers of Natchez. A "Joshua Houvard" reported
producing 5000 pounds of tobacco [MS Dept of Archives & History, website]. |
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According to the 1792 Spanish Census for Natchez District, a Joshua Howard was
a head of household in the District of Second & Sandy Creek, as was
"Juan Holladay", both single white males
without blacks or slaves. A different translation has a Tonio Howard with 6 whites
and 5 blacks on 400 arpents (336 acres) of land in the same area, which was east
and south of Natchez. |
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In Oct 1792, the Stump distillery was burned down by one of the area tribes.
Frederick was the first to distill whiskey in the region. By 1795 the rebuilt
distillery along Whites Creek was producing up to 600 gallons of whiskey per year. |
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Map of
the Natchez District as it may have looked between 1779 and 1799. |
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In Apr 1799, 32 year old brother Frederick became a victim of the outlaw
cousins known as the Harpe Brothers, Wiley Harpe
and Micajah Harpe. |
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Micajah Harpe (known as "Big Harpe") was
captured on Aug 24, 1799 by bounty hunters in KY and he was killed there by
the husband of one of his victims. His severed head was hung on the Wilderness
Trail in Warren Co. KY, where Frederick Stump Jr. and his wife, Anna Maria ("Mary")
lived. Photo of the historical marker at the location. |
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On May 16, 1801 John married Rebecca Wilkins Hyde (1780-1853) in Davidson Co. TN. |
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On Mar 24, 1804 John claimed a lot in Natchez in the Mississippi Territory.
Lot no. 4, Square no. 26 in the town of Natchez was originally granted by
occupancy on Oct 3, 1795
to Louisa Higdon, the wife of
John Wylie. On Mar 30, 1795 the lot was
settled upon and John Stump
recorded the deed
(Vol. 4, Page 321) on Jun 12, 1807 "without the payment of any purchase money"
[American State Papers, vol. 1, register B, p. 896]. Louisa and
John Wylie deeded the lot to John Stump "of Davidson Co. Tennessee" [McBee, p. 450].
A niece of John Stump was named Louisa Guice when she was born Sep 1, 1807. |
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John's son John and sister
Anna Guice's daughter Louisa were both born after
John Wylie and his wife,
Louisa Wylie, deeded a Natchez lot to John
Stump after the outlaw
Wiley Harpe was captured and the reward of
over $2,000 claimed. The brothers of
John Wylie and John Stump may have been
two of his victims. |
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Niece Priscilla was married to Nathan? King and died in 1833 in Concordia Parish
LA, just across the Mississippi River from Natchez. |
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Sister Nancy was married to Isiah Mobley (1782-1821). |
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Sister Barbara married Phineas Grundy Cox (1764-1842). |
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Franklin Co. MS was founded in 1809
(see present day map
for location). |
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Sister Anna and her husband Jonathan Guice raised a
large family that was counted in the 1810 and 1816 Franklin Co. MS Census. |
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In the 1816 Franklin Co. MS Census,
page 4
(line 17), there is a household headed by "Jonathan Guice" with: 2 males over 20 [Jonathan], 1 male under 20 [son Nathaniel], 1 female over 20 [Anna Stump], 4 females under 20 [daughters Salome, Elizabeth, Barbara, Louisa], and 10 slaves. |
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Brother Christopher married Rachel Shute (1787?-1859?). They may have had four children. |
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Brother Christopher was stabbed on Jul 4, 1821 by a "George Conelins" and died eight
days later
[1821
Nashville Gazette Death Notice]. |
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Sources: American State Papers, Documents, ... of the Congress of the Unitied States, ... 1789-1809, vol. 1, Gales and Seaton, Washington DC, 1832, register A, p. 868, register B, p. 896. Cumberland Compact, original document signed May 13, 1780, Washington County NC, website. Clayton, Prof. W.W., History of Davidson County Tennessee, reprod. 1971 by Charles Elder, Nashville TN. Drake, Doug, Jack Masters and Bill Puryear, Founding of the Cumberland Settlements, The First Atlas, 1779-1804, Warioto Press, 2009, pp. 23, map E7. Imbert, J. Leopold, map maker, Carte des Possessions Angloises... 1777, reprinted by the Museum of the American Revolution from map image at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. McBee, May Wilson, comp., "Land Claims", in Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Book F, p.21, Book D, pp. 450, 458. McBee, May Wilson, comp., Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Greenwood MS, 1953, v. 2, p. 450, 541. MS Dept. of Archives & History (MDAH), Jackson MS, rootsweb, Americans Arriving in Spanish-Held Natchez 1780-1790. MSGenWeb, Natchez District 1792 Census Index, comp. by Ellen Pack, website, transcribed and translated from Spanish. North Carolina Land Grants, vol. 2, at Morganton NC Library, p. 6, #1476, transcribed by Lisabeth M. Holloway Oct 9, 1987. Rowland, Dunbar, "1816 Census for Franklin Co. Miss.", taken from The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi,Centennial Edition, 1917, rootsweb website. Wells, Carol, Natchez Postscripts 1781-1798, Heritage Books, pp. 101, 144-5, 151, |
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