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The elusive McCumsey family has been found in PA and OH in the 1700s and early 1800s. I have found them also in the state of KY as early as 1788. Fayette and Jefferson County, Kentucky were formed out of Kentucky County, VA in 1780. Woodford County came out of Fayette in 1788 and Shelby came out of Jefferson in 1792. In 1788, there was a John McCumsey signing a petition to divide Fayette Co.; in 1790 an appraisement and inventory of Robert McCumsey was given from “Will book of Woodford County”. The 1800 census of Woodford County gives both a John and William McCumsey. The 1810 census gives a William McCumsey in Shelby County. The 1820 census gives a William McCumsey in Jefferson Co.., none in Shelby Co, or Woodford. In 1830 and 1840 a William McCumsey in Jefferson Co. None listed in 1850 So one could surmise that the McCumsey families from KY either died or migrated elsewhere. Does anyone know, or would someone like to volunteer to follow up on this?
Yes there are McCumsey's in Kentucky. I am a descendant of William's Daughter Nanacy. she married a Parris.
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ReplyDeleteCousin Greg,
Nancy is the daughter of William McCumpsey born 1763 and died 1853. He is buried in an old graveyard across from my sister Renay Davis. William was a veteran of the Revolution and Indian Wars. He fought in several battles during the early Kentucky Indian Wars until about 1794 when the Shawnee were removed as a threat to Kentucky. Nancy's younger brother Thomas McCumpsey born 1825 died 1887 is also buried in the same graveyard as William McCumpsey. Today people call it the Risinger Graveyard but many of the McCumpsey family are buried there. Thomas is buried to the left of William McCumpsey and both are unmarked. My great aunt who was in her 90s twenty years ago showed me where the McCumpseys were buried. William being a veteran is eligible for a free tombstone as well as John McCumpsey who was a veteran under George Rogers Clark. John is buried about 10 feet to the right of William McCumpsey. The only tombstone that is marked is the wife of Thomas McCumpsey, Susan Stout McCumpsey who died in the early 1900s. The records of Nancy McCumpsey's birth and parents might be at Penile Baptist Church where some of the McCumpseys went to church. Another church that has McCumpsey records is Mount Holly Methodist Church that has records dating before the civil war. Both churches were attended by McCumpseys. In Shelby County the area that became Spencer County and the Plum Run area of Shelby County was the area where the McCumpseys lived. Another daughter of William was married in Spencer County Kentucky in the 1840s or 50s. The name escapes me right now but it is listed in the Spencer County marriages. My great aunt Lillian was a great historian and she said some of the McCumpseys went west.
Best Regards, Greg