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Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5               Generation 6         Generation 7

                                           +-- [unknown]
                                           |   (????-????)
                      +-- George Plummer --+ 
                      |   (1820-????)      |               
 Sarah Jane Plummer --+                    +-- [unknown]
 (1844-1912)          |                        (????-????)
                      +-- Nancy A. Hodge
                          (~1820-????)    

Sources: ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Children

(children with Nancy A. Hodge)

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, Sugar Creek Twp., Mecklenburg Co., NC. Census date: 17 Aug 1850. Page 47A, lines 22-26 : Geo Plummer, 30, married to Nancy Plummer, 30. They live with three children: daughter Sarah Plummer, 5; son Robert Plummer, 3; and son Joseph Plummer, 2. George is an overseer. All were born in NC.
2	1860 United States Federal Census, Western Division, Mecklenburgh Co., NC. Date of census: 28 Jul 1860. Pg 98, line 40, & pg 99, lines 1-8: George Plummer, 40,farmer; married to Nancy Plummer, 40. Children: Sarah Plummer, 16; Robert Plummer, 14; Mary Plummer, 12; Minerva Plummer, 10; Martha Plummer, 7; George Plummer, 5; James Plummer, 3. All were born in NC.
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Long Creek Twp., Mecklenburgh Co., NC, pg 35. Date of census: 30 Aug 1870. Lines 28-36: George Plummer, 50,farmer; married to Nancy Plummer , 50. Children: Josephine Plummer, 22; Martha O. Plummer, 20; Minerva Plummer, 17; George Plummer, 15; Monroe Plummer, 13; Charles Plummer, 11; Theodore Plummer, 8. All were born in NC. The elder George, Josephine, and Martha are illiterate.
4	1880 United States Federal Census, Western Division, Mecklenburgh Co., NC, Enumeration District 122. Date of census 14 June 1880. Pg 18, Lines 4-7:George Plummer, 59, farmer; married to Nancy Plummer , 59; son E. Charles Plummer, 18; and a male of unspecified relation, (T.?) Newton Plummer, 16. All & all parents born in NC.
5	1900 United States Federal Census, Long Creek Twp., Mecklenburgh Co., NC, Enumeration District 63. Date of census 14 Jun 1880. Pg 3A, lines 1-2: widower George Plummer, 79, born July 1820, farmer, illiterage; son Dare Plummer, 30, born May 1870, laborer. All & all parents born in NC except George's father born in Maryland. Note: "Dare" is possibly "Dore", a shortened form for Theodore. The age is not in agreement with the previous census.
6	Source: North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 Name: George Plumer Spouse: Nancy Hodge Marriage Date: 25 Sep 1843 Marriage County: Mecklenburg Marriage State: North Carolina Source Vendor: County Court Records - FHL # 0546461-0546466 Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT
7	1910 United States Federal Census, District 118, Steel Creek Twp, Mecklenburg Co. NC, page 35. Census dated 3 May 1910. Lines 45-50: John E. Brandon, head, age 30, married 6 years, farm laborer, owns house & farm, b. SC, father b. SC, mother b. NC; Bell, 24, wife, married 6 years, 2 children born, both living; Connie N., dau, 4, b. NC; Myrtle E., dau., 1 month, b. NC; Dory Plummer, uncle, age 40, single, farm labor, b. NC as were parents, can read, write and speak English; Josephine Torrence, dau., age 4, b. NC, father b. NC, mother b. SC. The family lives on Wright's Ferry Road. Notes: The notation seems to indicate that Josephine Torrence is Dory's daughter; possibly Torrence was her mother's last name (?).Dory is listed as single rather than widowed or divorced; apparently a single parent. The residence number differs from that of the Brandon family, but has been X-ed out, so possibly Dory & Josephine had an apartment with the Brandons. Dory's relationship to head of household is marked as uncle; John E. Brandon, or possibly his wife Bell, was then a child of one of Dory's siblings. Dory's age in 1910 agrees with the 1900 census for Dare Plummer; it varies by 6-8 years from the 1980 and 1970 census for Theodore.

Research

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Source notes

• The names Dory, Dare, Theodore, and possibly T. Newton Plummer appear to apply to one person. The father George Plummer was illiterate, so the age given at census varies by about 8 years, the birth date thus calculated as being between 1862 and 1870.
• The data suggest strongly that the George Plummer in the census shown here is the same person, but he seems to have moved from Long Creek to Steel Creek. However, the Ancestry.com indexing for the 1900 census lists George Plummer as b. 1853, which would be more consistent with the son of George Plummer born in 1820 . This suggests that there is some uncertainty about whether George Plummer senior lived as long as 1900.

Conjecture

• 1840 census: In looking for evidence of George Plummer in 1840, I located a Plummer family in Southern Davidson Co. with a male in the appropriate age category (20's). The family is that of Philemon Plummer: 2 males 20-30, 1 female 20-30.
• 1850 census: Philemon is in Davidson Co., with wife and children; the other male in his 30's is no longer in the household. Philemon is 38, indicating that he would be the older of the two (brothers ?) who appear in the 1840 census. It is possible that George Plummer lived with his older brother in 1840, then moved to Western Mecklenburg Co. prior to 1850.
• 1820 census: A Philemon Plummer is found for Caroline Co., MD. (In the 1900 census George Plummer's father is listed as born in MD; this is not noted in the 1880 census.)

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