SUMTER: William [c1700-1752] and Elizabeth [????-????] Sumter were the parents of South Carolina partisan leader General Thomas Sumter, who became known as the "Gamecock." He served from 1776-1778, then retired. After the fall of Charleston, SC, Sumter came out of retirement to command a militia unit that would help General Greene's regular army defeat Lord Cornwallis in the Southern campaign, along with the likes of Francis Marion, Andrew Pickens and Daniel Morgan. After the war, Sumter served as a state senator and assemblyman, as well as US Congressman and Senator. [collateral]
CUNNINGHAM: Irishman Robert Cunningham [????-1791], a sea captain, married Lucinda Morris [1760-c1822]. Their grandson, Robert W. Cunningham was born in NY and resided in southern Indiana, before choosing a career as a riverboat man. He elected to move to Texas in 1835. Robert served with the Texican army at San Antonio de Bejar in December as an artillery sergeant. Cunningham stayed on as a volunteer in Captain Carey's artillery unit at the Alamo, where he gave his life on 6 March 1836. [collateral] Note: Robert's grandmother's 2nd husband was John Simmons Jr. and his mother, Anna Jennison was the sister-in-law of John's son, John William Simmons, who married Dolly Jennison.]
JERRELL: Henry [1821-1884] and Serepta [1823-1862] Jerrell had eight children. The eldest, Henry, joined the Reno Brothers Gang after the Civil War. The gang robbed trains and banks. In 1868. Henry and other gang members were arrested near Marshfield, Indiana. Vigilantes overpowered the posse and took the outlaws. They were lynched. Younger brother, William ended up in New Mexico. He was enlisted as a deputy sheriff to bring in an outlaw. While riding in a stagecoach near San Angelo, Texas, Jerrell and a Texas Ranger foiled a hold-up attempt. Deputy Jerrell was wounded and died in San Angelo. [collateral]
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