George W. Plummer

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	July, 1820	NC
Marriage	25 Sept 1843		To Nancy Hodge
Death	after 1900
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5               Generation 6         Generation 7

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

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Children

(children with Nancy A. Hodge)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Sarah Jane Plummer	F	~1844		William John A. King	Direct line
Robert Plummer	M	~1846
Josephine Mary Plummer	F	~1848
Minerva Plummer	F	~1850 or ~1853			Birth order between Minerva and Martha uncertain.
Martha Plummer	F	~1850 or ~1853			Birth order between Minerva and Martha uncertain.
George Plummer, Jr.	M	~1855
James Monroe Plummer	M	~1857
E. Charles Plummer	M	Feb 1862
Theodore Newton Plummer	M	~1864

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, Sugar Creek Twp., Mecklenburg Co., NC, Page 47A, lines 22-26 lists 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. Everyone was born in NC. This census is dated 17 Aug 1850.
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. Everyone was 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 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, pg 18. Date of census 14 June 1880. 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, pg 3A. Date of census 14 Jun 1880. 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. "Dare" is possibly "Dore", a shorten form for Theodore. The age is not in agreement with the previous census.
6	Source: North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 about George Plumer 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, mar. 6 years, farm labor, house farm, b. SC, father SC, mother NC; Bell, 24, wife, mar. 6 years, 2 children, both living, b. NC as were parents; 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. The notation is unclear on the page as to whether Josephine is Dory's daughter. There seems to be different residences noted for both Dory and Josephine, but it seems unlikely that a 4 year old would be living alone. Dory is listed as single, not as a divorced or widowed man. The age for Dory agrees with the 1910 census for Dare Plummer, but not with the 1980 and 1970 census for Theodore. The implication is that Dee Brandon is a daughter of one of Theodore Plummer's sister, and that Josephine Torrence is a daughter of Dory who bears her mother's last name.

Research

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Source notes

• The relationship between Dory (Dare) Plummer and George Plummer is uncertain. There is no indication of a son born in 1870 on the 1870 or 1880 census, but Theodore, born about 1864 could be the right person. The 1900 census lists Dare as a son of George. The data suggest strongly that the George in these census 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 1820 George Plummer's son. This suggests that there is some uncertainty about whether George Plummer senior lived as long as 1900.

Conjecture

1: Source: United States Federal Census for 1840 and 1850:

• 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 does not agree with the 1880 census.)