PIONEER FAMILIES OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI
Margaret Austin sent me an updated FGS for this family
He was a Farmer & a Baptist
Note by Margaret Austin:
Heirs of Thomas Summers, Sr., Wayne Co. Ky. Deed Bk. A:l38, dated 29 July l805.Margaret Austin also says, "I spent about l0 days in N.C. in l988 on a research trip and identified five distinct groups of Summers families.The earliest that I can document our family there is l785, but if census reports of birth states of children are accurate, they were there earlier than that. As to where they were before that, it's anybody's guess. Possibly Virginia, but that's nothing more than a wild guess."
Margaret Austin suggest his birthdate as l726. She speculates his disappearance from the tax rolls while yet living was due to the exemption for being over age.
"indenture" (these deed books extracted by June Bork are abstracts of the deeds, by the way) Wayne County, Kentucky - Deed Book A (Bork, 1993) p. 10
1805 Jul 29 - Recorded: 29 Jul 1805 - page 138-140 Indenture: WilliamSummers & Catharine his wife, Thomas Summers & Elizabeth his wife, Richard Summers & Sarah his wife, Isaac Summers & Mary his wife, Evan Right [sic, Wright] & Rebeckah his wife, Abraham Summers & Nancy his wife of Wayne of one part & Jeremiah Summers of other part... All their right, title & interest as heirs & legal representatives of the late Thomas Summers, Dec'd...100 acres in Wayne on both sides of Beaver Creek & on S. side of Cumberland River...died, seized & possessed of...Beg. on E. side of a hollow leading down to Beaver Creek & on the S. side of creek.../s. side of a rocky ridge...crossing the creek...[all signed their names].
His wife could have been pregnant when he died.
They had 12 children. EDWIN & ELENDER HICKMAN, by Hope A. Hilton