Brief Life History of George
When George Shumate was born in 1771, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States, his father, Bailey Shumate, was 25 and his mother, Mary Dodson, was 19. He married Rosanna Graham on 1 October 1789, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 3 May 1838, in Nicholas, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Carlisle, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States.
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- George Summet, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- George Summitt, "Find A Grave Index"
- "Shumate Family in Stafford, Prince William and Fauquier County, Virginia"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of French Chaumette: topographic name for someone who lived on a chaumette, a high, arid plateau with very little vegetation, derived from a diminutive of chaume ‘bare land’ (from a specialized sense of Latin calmus ‘calm, unruffled’); or a habitational name from La Chaumette, the name of several places in the central part of France. See also Delashmutt , compare Shoemate .
History: Jean de la Chaumette from Rochechouart in Haute-Vienne became a wealthy colonist in Martinique and subsequently (1722) a tobacco planter in VA. In North America his surname was changed to Shumate. He was the brother of Pierre de la Chaumette (see Delashmutt ). Jean de la Chaumette is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America, while his brother Pierre is listed in the similar register of the (US) National Huguenot Society.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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