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1. Jean De La Chaumette, 11G Grandfather. Born BET. 1527 - 1572. Jean died BET. 1567 - 1652, he was 40.

Child:

2 i. Pierre (~1556-~1593)

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2. Pierre De La Chaumette, 10G Grandfather. Born BET. 1556 - 1611. Pierre died BET. 1593 - 1646, he was 37.

Pierre married Marie Reynaud, 10G Grandmother, in France. They had one child:

3 i. Jean (~1580-1626)

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3. Jean De La Chaumette, 9G Grandfather. Born about 1580 in France. Jean died in 1626, he was 46.

about 1610 when Jean was 30, he married Suzanne Reynaud, 9G Grandmother. Born BET. 1575 - 1601. Suzanne died BET. 1626 - 1689, she was 51.

They had the following children:

i. Martha, 9G Aunt. Born on October 6, 1613. Martha died in 1626, she was 12.

ii. Jean, 9G Uncle. Born in 1615. Jean died about 1616, he was 1.

iii. Theodore, 9G Uncle. Born in 1616. Theodore died about 1617, he was 1.

iv. Claud, 9G Uncle. Born in 1618. Claud died about 1619, he was 1.

4 v. Daniel (1619-1686)

vi. Josias, 9G Uncle. Born on June 14, 1620. Josias died about 1659, he was 38.

vii. Pierre, 9G Uncle. Born on August 11, 1621. Pierre died about 1658, he was 36.

viii. Louis, 9G Uncle. Born on November 20, 1622. Louis died about 1623.

ix. Suzanne, 9G Aunt. Born in 1623. Suzanne died about 1715, she was 92.

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4. Daniel De La Chaumette, 8G Grandfather. Born in 1619 in Rochechouart, Poiters, France. Daniel died in Rochechouart, Poitiers, France in 1686, he was 67.

On April 30, 1653 when Daniel was 34, he married Marie Au Couturier, 8G Grandmother, in La Suderie, de Confolens, Charente, France. Born BET. 1615 - 1641. Marie Au died BET. 1670 - 1729, she was 55.

They had the following children:

i. Francoise, 8G Aunt. Born on June 5, 1654 in Rochechouart, Poitiers, France. Francoise died about 1655.

ii. Suzanne, 8G Aunt. Born on July 14, 1655 in Rochechouart, Poitiers, France. Suzanne died about 1656.

iii. Pierre, 8G Uncle. Born on September 11, 1656 in Rochechouart, Poitiers, France. Pierre died about 1657.

iv. Isaac, 8G Uncle. Born on December 20, 1658 in Rochechouart, Poitiers, France. Isaac died about 1659.

v. Francoyse, 8G Uncle. Born on April 4, 1662 in Rochechouart, Poitiers, France.

5 vi. Jean (1664-1727)

vii. Daniel, 8G Uncle. Born on May 29, 1666 in Rochechouart, Poitiers, France.

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5. Jean De La Chaumette1, 7G Grandfather. Born in 1664 in Rochechouart, Poitiers, Franch.1 Jean died in Stafford Co, Va in 1727, he was 63.

Jean (John) (Baptist?) De La Chaumette, was born in the town of Rochechouart about 1664. On the modern day map of France, Rochechouart appears as a community of 3952 inhabitants, located some 42 kilometers east of Saint Junien on the route leading through Chalus to Limoges at the junction of the Craine and Vayres Rivers. Jean's (John's) father was Daniel De La Chaumette, an attorney. His mother

was the daughter of another town lawyer, Joseph Fourgeaud. Jean (John) had married, perhaps a local girl. His wife was dead by the time he turns up in London, England.

On September 29,1695, Jean De La Chaumette, widower, married a widow, Elizabeth Bourgeois Bouvet. In 1708, Jean De La Shumate and other well-to-do, French Huguenots sailed to the West Indes, where they remained for several years. His wife died there.

The loss of his wife seems to have impelled Jean (John), with his three young sons, John II, Samuel and Daniel, to leave the homestead they had purchased on Martinique and seek their fortune on the mainland. Their choice of the Virginia Colony seems to have been guided by the fact that Jean's brother, Arnoul, had earlier settled in the Isle of Wight. Jean De La Shumate arrived in Isle of Wight to find that his brother had been dead almost 20 years and that land was pretty well taken up. With money in his pocket and with his three sons, Jean headed

Westward to more hospitable land. In passing through Westmoreland County, Virginia, he found that his brother-in-law, Mark Hardovin, a Norman Emigrant, owned an Inn in Stafford County, Virginia, near where Germantown trail crossed Elks Run. The Hardovins were well-to-do.Hardovin was also spelled Hardin.

Jean De La Shumate arrived in the ELk Run section no later than 1722. Through his brother-in-law, Mark Hardin, he bought some choice bottom land along Elk Run from the biggest landowner in the area, William Allen. The deed is recorded in Stafford County, Virginia, deed book. He bought 200 acres of land, which was in indication that John Shumate I, (as we will hereafter call him), was more than moderately wealthy. John Shumate I died before 1729.

The tax list's of Prince William County, Virginia, for the years 1752-1753 show that Samuel was no longer a resident in the area. But John II and Daniel I had possessions of 100 areas apeice.

About 1803, Daniel V I (son of Daniel I) and his brother Strother D. went to South Carolina by way of North Carolina. He moved into Greenville County after 1804. So far a deed in his name has not been found. In 1805 and 1806, he paid taxes on 100 acres of the land originally granted to Daniel I.

The orginal (De La Chaumette) Shumate Family History was compiled by Mrs. Clyde (Clara Shumate) McWilliams, of DeKalb, Mississippi, and dated September 29,1966. Without her orginal vision, ideas, dreams and endless efforts none of this on going genology works would have been possible.

With continuing research we have been able to make corrections, added additional information, to her data, and with help from others we have been able to add additional families. We hope that someone in the future generations will pickup and carry on our work. Every attempt has been made to correct and amend where the new information has been provided. Where we have failed, please forgive us.No oversight or error is intended.

Mary Elizabeth Shumate Ball

Joe Mac Shumate

Hazel Payne Miley LeBlanc

Margaret (Peggy) Warren Hall

On September 29, 1695 when Jean was 31, he married Elizabeth Bourgeois-Bouvet, 7G Grandmother, in London, England. Born in 1672 in Paris, France. Elizabeth died in Martinique, French West Indies in 1716, she was 44.

They had the following children:

i. Antonie, 7G Uncle. Born in 1705 in France. Antonie died in Martinique, West Indies about 1706, he was 1.

6 ii. John (~1708-1789)

iii. Samuel, 7G Uncle. Born in 1710 in France. Samuel died in Virginia before 1790, he was 80.

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6. John De La Chaumette, 6G Grandfather. Born about 1708 in France.1 John died in Fauquier Co, Va in October 1789, he was 81.

!WILL: dt. 19 May 1783, Fauquier Co., VA Mentions w. Judah, sons: William, John, Joshua, Daniel, Thomas, James and Bailey. Daughters: Lettice and Jemima

In 1728 when John was 20, he married Judith Bailey, 6G Grandmother, daughter of John Bailey & Elizabeth Carr, in Stafford Va.1 Born after 1710 in Westmoreland Co, Va.2,3 Judith died in Fauquier Co, Va about 1789, she was 79.1 They had the following children:

i. William, 6G Uncle. Born in 1728 in Stafford Co, Va. William died in 1787, he was 59.

ii. Richard, 6G Uncle. Born in 1730 in Stafford Co, Va.

7 iii. Joshua (1731-1790)

8 iv. Daniel (1734-1806)

v. Thomas, 6G Uncle. Born in 1736 in Prince William Co, Va. Thomas died in 1815, he was 79.

vi. James, 6G Uncle. Born in 1738 in Stafford Co, Va. James died in 1795, he was 57.

9 vii. John (1740-1814)

10 viii. Jemima (1742-1769)

11 ix. Lettice (1744-)

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7. Joshua Shumate, 6G Uncle. Born in 1731 in Stafford Co, Va. Joshua died in 1790, he was 59.

8. Daniel Shumate1, 5G Grandfather. Born in 1734 in Prince William Co, Va.1 Daniel died in Leeds Parish, Fauquier Co, Va in February 1806, he was 72. about 1750 when Daniel was 16, he married Sarah Ann James, 5G Grandmother, in Fauquier Co, Va. Born in 1738.1 Sarah Ann died in Fauquier Co, Va BET. 1773 - 1833, she was 35. They had the following children:

13 i. Daniel (1751-1826)

14 ii. Samuel (1755-~1801)

15 iii. Mark Hardin (1758-1835)

iv. Diannah, 5G Aunt. Born in 1759 in Fauquier Co, Va. Diannah died in Fauquier Co, Va on May 16, 1829, she was 70.

v. William, 5G Uncle. Born in 1763. William died in 1810, he was 47.

vi. Dinah Deana, 5G Aunt. Born in 1765 in Fauquier Co, Va. Dinah Deana died about 1791, she was 26.

vii. Judith, 5G Aunt. Born in 1770 in Fauquier Co, Va. Judith died about 1801, she was 31.

9. John Shumate, 6G Uncle. Born in 1740 in Prince William Co, Va. John died in Virginia on August 24, 1814, he was 74.

10. Jemima Shumate, 6G Aunt. Born in 1742 in Prince William Co, Va. Jemima died in Harrison Co, WV in 1769, she was 27.  

11. Lettice Shumate, 6G Aunt. Born in 1744 in Prince William Co, Va.

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13. Daniel Shumate4, GGGG Grandfather. Born on June 14, 1751 in Greenbrier Co VA.5,4,1 Daniel died in Monroe Co VA on July 19, 1826, he was 75.1

The Shumates settled at Rich Creek on the New River and migrated steadily down the river and up it's tributaries. Haskell Shumate has reported an excellent histoy stating that Shumate was a French name.

The great-grandson of Jean de la Chaumotte, Daniel Shumate came from Fauquier Co, Va with his wife Millie Callison, and settled at Rich Creek Va, in 1780, being the first settler of Rich Creek.

Revisions of the Shumate home still stand in that community today as a prominent reference point. the original house was log and was gradually added to, and finally a large brick home was built and still stands on the knoll on the east side of town. Daniel and Millie's children were Tollison, Daniel jr, Silas, John, Hardin, Nancy, Margaret, Rhoda Melinda, Rachel, Elizabeth, and Polly. Many of the Shumate descendants interacted with the French family, being near to one another.

Harvey Milton Shumate, son of Anderson Shumate(Tollison's son) bought the William Henderson French mansion and 2,800-acre farmlands near Athens after the Civil War at a delinquent tax estate sale.

Confederate Colonel French undoubtedly had a tough time after the war because of the severe restrictions the new state of WV placed on all citizens who had supported the rebel cause. These new laws made it impossible for southerners to hold important jobs. Also, Colonel French had neither a wife or family, but had the largest home in the area. William Henderson French and and the Harvey Milton Shumate family are buried at the site of the old mansion homeplace.

In 1774 when Daniel was 22, he married Millicent Callison4, GGGG Grandmother, daughter of Issac Callison, in Greenbrier Co VA.4,1 Born on October 5, 1758 in Greenbrier Co VA.4,1 Millicent died in Monroe Co VA on September 11, 1841, she was 82.4

They had the following children:

18 i. Tollison (1775-1861)

19 ii. Daniel Jr (1777-1853)

iii. Elizabeth, GGGG Aunt. Born in 1778 in Monroe Co, Va. Elizabeth died about 1806, she was 28.

On October 12, 1800 when Elizabeth was 22, she married Jacob Peters, in Monroe Co VA. Born BET. 1754 - 1780. Jacob died BET. 1805 - 1867, he was 51.

20 iv. Silas (1780-~1808)

21 v. Hardin (1783-1873)

22 vi. John (1785-1876)

23 vii. Nancy (1788-1886)

viii. Polly, GGGG Aunt. Born in 1792. Polly died about 1818, she was 26.

On August 8, 1812 when Polly was 20, she married John McDaniel. Born BET. 1767 - 1793. John died BET. 1817 - 1880, he was 50.

24 ix. Margaret (1794-1865)

x. Melinda, GGGG Aunt. Born in 1795. Melinda died about 1821, she was 26.

In 1815 when Melinda was 20, she married Larkin Tuggle, in Monroe Co VA. Born BET. 1770 - 1796. Larkin died BET. 1820 - 1883, he was 50.

25 xi. Rhoda (1797-1845)

xii. Rachel, GGGG Aunt. Born in 1800 in Monroe Co, VA. Rachel died in Monroe Co, VA in 1801, she was 1.

14. Samuel Shumate, 5G Uncle. Born in 1755 in Fauquier Co, Va. Samuel died about 1801, he was 46. 

15. Mark Hardin Shumate, 5G Uncle. Born in 1758 in Fauquier Co, Va. Mark Hardin died in Clairborne Co, TN in 1835, he was 77.

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18. Tollison Shumate, GGGG Uncle. Born on February 9, 1775 in Greenbrier Co Va. Tollison died in Rich Creek, Giles Co, Va on May 6, 1861, he was 86.  

19. Daniel Jr Shumate, GGGG Uncle. Born in 1777 in Monroe Co VA. Daniel Jr died in Raleigh Co, WV in 1853, he was 76.

20. Silas Shumate, GGGG Uncle. Born in 1780 in Monroe Co VA. Silas died about 1808, he was 28.

21. Hardin Shumate, GGGG Uncle. Born on December 1, 1783 in Monroe Co, Va. Hardin died on February 22, 1873, he was 89.

22. John Shumate, GGGG Uncle. Born in 1785 in Monroe Co, Va. John died in 1876, he was 91.  

23. Nancy Shumate, GGGG Aunt. Born in 1788 in Greenbrier Co VA. Nancy died in Monroe Co VA in 1886, she was 98.

On July 15, 1813 when Margaret was 19, she married John Stodgill Caperton, GGG Grandfather, son of Hugh Capt. Caperton & Rhoda Stodgill, in Mercer Co VA.4,6 Born on March 30, 1788 in Rich Creek, New River, Mercer Co, VA.4,7 John Stodgill died in Elgood, Mercer Co, WV on March 3, 1865, he was 76.8,9,10,7

They had the following children:

i. Adam Hardin, GGG Uncle. Born on December 9, 1814 in Monroe Co Va. Adam Hardin died in Mercer Co Va on August 12, 1860, he was 45. 

25. Rhoda Shumate, GGGG Aunt. Born on March 21, 1797 in Monroe Co VA. Rhoda died in Monroe Co VA on April 17, 1845, she was 48.

On March 13, 1819 when Rhoda was 21, she married Archibald Burdette, 1C4R, son of William Burdette & Sarah Cornwell, in Monroe Co VA. Born on March 11, 1798 in Kanawha Co Va. Archibald died in Putnam Co WV on January 14, 1860, he was 61.

They had the following children:

i. Rufus, 2C3R. Born on August 1, 1820 in Monroe County, Virginia. Rufus died in Putnam Co, (W)VA on November 22, 1859, he was 39.

On October 25, 1835 when Rufus was 15, he married Matilda Ellis, in Cabell Co, Va.

ii. Claudius, 2C3R. Born on January 18, 1822 in Monroe County, Virginia. Claudius died about 1900, he was 77.

iii. Caroline, 2C3R. Born on December 2, 1823 in Monroe County, VA. Caroline died in Monroe Co, WV about 1910, she was 86.

On December 21, 1850 when Caroline was 27, she married Lewis Stickler, in Monroe County, Virginia.

iv. Mary, 2C3R. Born on July 11, 1825 in Jackson Co, (W)VA. Mary died in Putnam Co, WV on February 9, 1871, she was 45.

v. Martha, 2C3R. Born on March 10, 1827 in Monroe County, Virginia. Martha died about 1915, she was 87.

vi. John, 2C3R. Born on June 14, 1829 in Monroe County, Virginia. John died about 1910, he was 80.

vii. Nancy, 2C3R. Born on December 17, 1831 in Monroe County, VA. Nancy died about 1926, she was 94.

viii. Elizabeth, 2C3R. Born on January 27, 1833.

38 ix. Preston (1835-~1924)

39 x. Lewis (1837-1905)

xi. William, 2C3R. Born on April 7, 1841 in Monroe County, Virginia. William died about 1926, he was 84.

xii. Daniel, 2C3R. Born on October 4, 1842 in Monroe County, Virginia. Daniel died on March 17, 1843 in Monroe County, Virginia.

40 xiii. James Albert (1844-1917)

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Family of Margaret Shumate (24) & John Stodgill Caperton

35. Rhoda Caperton6, GG Grandmother. Born on January 17, 1817 in Greenbrier Co VA.6 Rhoda died in Jackson Co WV on December 13, 1882, she was 65.11

On January 2, 1839 when Rhoda was 21, she married William Madison French, GG Grandfather, son of William French & Elizabeth French, in Mercer Co WV.6 Born on October 20, 1814 in Giles Co VA.12 William Madison died in Jackson Co, WV in 1900, he was 85. They had one child:

44 i. Andrew Jackson (1846-1934)

36. John Stodgill Caperton , Jr, GGG Uncle. Born on December 6, 1823 in Monroe Co Va. John Stodgill died in Elgood, Mercer Co, WV on December 8, 1894, he was 71. 

37. Overton Harrison Caperton, GGG Uncle. Born on December 20, 1825 in Elgood, Mercer Co, WV. Overton Harrison died in Elgood, Mercer Co, WV on March 30, 1888, he was 62. 

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Family of Rhoda Caperton (35) & William Madison French

44. Andrew Jackson French13,14,15, G Grandfather. Born on October 20, 1846 in Mercer Co WV. Andrew Jackson died in Jackson Co WV on July 4, 1934, he was 87.13

Andrew Jackson French was born 10/20/1846 in Mercer County Virginia. He married Nancy M. Miller on 04/25/1867 in Mercer County. I don't know much about his life but he did fight for the Confederacy in the Civil War.

On April 25, 1867 when Andrew Jackson was 20, he first married Nancy M Miller, G Grandmother, daughter of Floyd Miller & Elphirecy Pettry, in Mercer Co WV. Born in 1847 in Mercer Co WV.16 Nancy M died in Jackson Co WV on September 23, 1881, she was 34.17 They had the following children:

i. Lewis, G Uncle.

47 ii. William Asbury (1874-1946)

On January 31, 1882 when Andrew Jackson was 35, he second married Ruth Jane Hill, in Jackson Co WV. Born on May 8, 1864 in Jackson Co WV. Ruth Jane died in Jackson Co WV on August 26, 1935, she was 71.

They had the following children:

48 i. John Matison (1884-1957)

ii. Albert Watson, Half G Uncle. Born on March 24, 1886 in Jackson Co WV. Albert Watson died in Jackson Co WV on February 4, 1972, he was 85.

On December 30, 1911 when Albert Watson was 25, he married Mamie Erlie Unrue, in Jackson Co WV. Born on February 3, 1891. Mamie Erlie died in Jackson Co WV on February 2, 1986, she was 94.

iii. Lydia B, Half G Aunt. Born on March 25, 1889 in Jackson Co WV. Lydia B died in Ohio on November 17, 1980, she was 91.

iv. Della Burke, Half G Aunt. Born on September 14, 1892 in Jackson Co WV. Della Burke died in Jackson Co WV on September 10, 1957, she was 64.

v. Septemeus Andrew, Half G Uncle. Born on April 2, 1894 in Jackson Co WV.18 Septemeus Andrew died in Los Angeles CA on February 14, 1972, he was 77.19

vi. Mark Fitsue, Half G Uncle. Born on July 8, 1898 in Jackson Co WV. Mark Fitsue died in Jackson Co WV on June 10, 1966, he was 67.

1. "The Shumate Family," Theodor-Friedich von Stauffenberg, May 1964; Washington, DC, Book.

2. "Bailey Source# 1," Belinda Upton: bupton@@clnk.com, www.members.clnk.com/bupton/genealogy/, Book.

3. "Bailey Source#2," Susan Wedig: wedigs@@strato.net, www.strato.net/~wedigs, Book.

4. "A New River Heritage," William Sanders, Vol 1, McClain Printing Co., Parsons, WV; @@ 1991, @NS106663@ 91-61807 Book.

5. "History of Middle New River Settlements," David E. Johnston, Commonwealth Press Inc., 1st & Berkley St, Radford, Va, @NS105973@ 76-99218 Book.

6. "Caperton Family," Bernard Caperton, Charlottesville, Va, @NS106913@ 93-88728 Book.

7. "Madison/Stodghill source," Thomas Mitchell Street, 6239 Sourth Mason Ave, Tacoma WA 98409, @NS715553@ Electronic.

8. "Stodghill Source 1," Owen Blevins, 729 C Polo Drive North, Columbus OH Oblevins@@aol.com, @NS530763@ Electronic.

9. "Stodghill/Madison," Deborah Clarkson, 5044 Powell Valley Rd Big Stone Gap, Va 24219, @NS519213@ Electronic.

10. "Stodghill Source 2," Bob Bavis www.tech.kent.edu/schwart, 482 Crickett Drive, Chardon, OH 44024 rbavis@@aol.com, Electronic.

11. "Jackson County WV Death Records," 1853-1949; page 50, Surname of French, @NS106993@ Microfilm, item# 15.

12. "Family History Center," LDS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Branch:Chapel Hill, NC, @NS106553@ Microfiche, IGI: Batch#7915602, Sheet 37.

13. "Andrew J French/Death," Putnam Co Death Certificates; vol 20; # 9813, @NS108223@ Microfilm.

14. "Larry P French," PO Box 181, Liberty, WV 25124, Letter.

@NS115631@

15. "French Family Group Sheets," Marieda Edens, 656 Gordon Dr, Charleston, WV 25314, @NS107853@ Letter.

16. "1850 Mercer Co, WV Census," Miller Family, family # 103, @NS717533@ Book.

17. "Jackson County WV Death Records," 1853-1949; page 50, Surname of French, @NS106993@ Microfilm.

18. Br²derbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with F, Date of Import: Jul 28, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.111.3.72953.24

19. Br²derbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with F, Date of Import: Jul 28, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.111.3.72953.24

20. 1880 Jackson Co WV Census; District# 43 pg 46 item: 600-601, Head of Household- Andrew Jackson French

21. Photo of Tombstone at Miller Cemetery

22. Raleigh Co. WV Marriages vol 1, page 81