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Source: Ollie Summers Monger Silver Spring, MD
Census: 1820 Morgan Co., TN
Family came from SC to Morgan Co., TN abt 1813, Andrew Co., MO in themid 1840's, Benton Co., MO 1860's. Drew up his will 27 Feb 1866 inBenton Co., MO, filed for probate 12 Jul 1869. Grandson, JamesAlexander Summers, Jr. swore affidavit that his grandfather wasGerman/Native American, and that Susan Bannister was part Cherokee.
Source: Goodspeed's Published History in 1887 of "Morgan County TN., &The Cumberland Plateau".
The article states, Nicholas Summers arrived in 1814 w/his family andsettled on Crooked Fork Creek, some three years before Morgan Co.,wasorganized and formed. He, Nicholas Summers and his family no doubtwere in Morgan Co., TN. 1820 census. We next find him and his familyin 1830 Morgan Co., census (Somers as the name was written in thecensus. During the 1840 census of Morgan Co., the Nicholas Summersfamily is listed w/five children in the household, other fours sonspossibly working away from home or in homes of their own. In 1850census, Nicholas w/three children, listed in Andrew Co., MO. Nicholasnot located in 1860 MO., census. Nicholas was in Benton Co.,MO in 1866when he wrote his final will. His widow, Susan is listed in the 1870census as head of household and w/one daughter living at home. 1880census this daughter was listed alone as head of her own household.
EAST TENNESSEE HISTORY, pg 841
The Settlement of Morgan Co began soon after the Indian title to thelands was extinguished..........1807 ...... David Stonecipher enteredland and made a settlement on Crooked Fork. Joseph and BenjaminStonecipher entered land adjoining him, while Ezra Stonecipher locatedon Beach Fork. In 1814 Michael Stonecipher made an entry on Big Emory.During the same year John M Staples settled on the south side of BigEmory, near the crossing of the Cincinnati Southern RR. He had sixsons: John M, A Abner F (my guess is the one who married Melinda Davis),David, William, Thomas, and Benjamin T. The first two removed to otherstates. The last named located near Sunbright, the site of which heowned ...............................Among the other pioneers who cameto the county prior to 1815 may be mentioned the following: MathiasWilliams, Ephraim Davis, and Nicholas Summers who located on CrookedFork. 27 Feb 1866, Benton Co MO
The Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Summer as?..
I, Nicholas Summer, of the County of Benton in the State of Missouri,do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and formfollowing?.that is to say?. I, give and bequeth to my beloved wife,Sally, in the event that she survives me the use of all my estate andefforts to have and to hold during the term of her natural life forthe joint use and benefit of her self and myh daughter, Mary JaneSummer, and at the death of my said wife, I give and dispose of theresidue of my property as below. 1st I give and bequeth unto my son,Wilson Summer, the sum of one dollar.
2nd I give and bequeth unto my son, William Summer, the sum of onedollar.
3rd I give and bequeth unto my son, James Summer, the sum of onedollar.
4th I give and bequeth unto my son, Benjamin Summer, the sum of onedollar.
5th I give and bequeth unto my son, Willis Summer, the sum of onedolla
6th I give and bequeth unto my daughter, Lydia Summer, who hasintermarried with Samuel Parker, the sum of one dollar.
7th I give and bequeth unto my son, Columbus Summer, the sum of onedollar.
8th I give and bequeth unto my son, Hezekiah Summer, the sum of onedollar.
And lastly as to all of the rest, residie and remainder of my estateafter payment of all my just debts. I give and bequeth the same untomy
daughter, Mary Jane Summer. I hereby appoint my son, Hezekiah Summeras executor of this my last will and testament and hereby
revoking all former wills made by me.
In witness where of, I, have here unto set my hand this twenty seventhday of February, A. D. 1866.
Signed by his X mark
Nicholas Summer
Signed and delivered by the named, Nicholas Summer, to be his lastwill and testament in the presence of us, at his request and in hisown
presence. Have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto:
Attest: Saml Neal, Benton County
N. S. Gardner, Warsaw County
Jon N Dunn, Warsaw County
S.E. Price, Warsaw County
State of Missouri
County of Benton
Be it remembered that on this, 12 day of July 1869, there personallyappeared before me, in Open Court, before the Judge of the Probate ofBenton county Missouri, Nicholas S Gardner, one of the subscribers andwitnesses to the above and annexed will of Nicholas Summer andbeingfirst duly sworn according to law, disposes and says, that the saidNicholas Summer, the testator subscribed the same in his presence
and published the said will or instrument of writing as his last willand testament, and that the testator was at the time of publishing thesame of sound mind and over the age of twenty-one years and that heattested said will as a witness thereto by subscribing his name to thesame /s/ N.S. Gardner Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 12th dayof July 1869, A.D. In testimony whereof, I , have set my hand andaffixed the seal of the Probate Court of said County at my office inWarsaw.
/s/??? ???.. Judge
P.C. B.C.
State of Missouri
County of Benton

Be it remembered that on this, 10th day of August 1869, therepersonally appeared before me, Clerk of the Probate Court in and forBenton county and state of Missouri, Samuel Neal, one of thesubscribing witnesses to the annexed will of Nicholas Summer and beingfirst duly sworn according to law, disposes and says, that the saidNicholas Summer, the testator subscribed the same in his presence andpublished the said will or instrument of writing as his last will andtestament, and that the testator was at the time of publishing thesame of sound mind and over the age of twenty-one years and that heattested said will as a witness thereto by subscribing his name to thesame in the presence of the said testator.
/s/ Samuel Neal
Subscribed and sworn before me the 10th day of August 1869. Intestimony where of, I, have here unto set my hand and the seal of saidCourt at my office in Warsaw, the state last mentioned.
Filed 12 July 1869 /s/ D.E. Fields, Clerk.

Nicholas married Susan Bannister in 1808 in South Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Wilson Summer was born in 1810 in Newberry, South Carolina, United States; died in 1891 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Wartburg, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
2. William Summer was born on 13 Dec 1813 in Newberry, South Carolina, United States; died on 22 Dec 1896 in Tom Township, Benton, Missouri, United States; was buried in Dec 1896 in Shady Grove Cemetery, Racket, Benton, Missouri, United States.
3. James Alexander Summer was born on 21 May 1815 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 5 Feb 1897 in Walnut, Crawford, Kansas, United States.
4. Benjamin Franklin Summer was born on 22 Dec 1817 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 3 May 1884 in Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri, United States; was buried in Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri, United States.
5. Willis Summer was born on 17 Mar 1820 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; and died.
6. Lydia Summer was born on 1 Sep 1822 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 2 Feb 1902 in Avery, Benton, Missouri, United States.
7. Christopher Columbus Summer was born on 10 Jul 1828 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 24 Jul 1910 in Vaughn, Benton, Arkansas, United States.
8. Hezekiah Summer was born on 14 Feb 1831 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 31 Aug 1901 in Bloomfield, Benton, Arkansas, United States.
9. Mary Jane Summer was born in 1834; and died.

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Henry was lst Lt. in State Militia during Revolutionary War, servingin Col. Philemon Water's Regiment, along with brother, Capt. John AdamSummer. File #7525 Page 10.

Henry was a blacksmith.

1790 S. Carolina, 96th Dist., Newberry C., in Dutch Fork, shows HenrySummer, Wife, Christina, 3 sons 16 and under listed as John, David andNicholas, daughters, Mary Susannah, Barbara, Maria, and Elizabeth.Census also lists Henry and George. No slaves

Source: LDS records, Film or fisch # 1553603, Patron sheets,1969-1991. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970-1991

Heinrich married Christina Dominick. Christina (daughter of John Dominick and Elizabeth) was born in 1751 in Newberry, South Carolina, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From: NEWBERRY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA; HISTORICAL and GENEALOGICALANNALS, by GEORGE LELAND SUMMER, SR., 1950, reprinted 1980;

Johannes (John) Adam Summer Sr., seeking a new home in America, sailedup the River Rhine and joined a colony of people at Rotterdam where,it is stated, he married a young lady in his colony, Margaret Jostin,just before sailing. That year was 17443. He is listed among thepassengers as "Hanns Adam Sommer." They arrived in the ship, St.Andrew, at Philadelphia on October 7, 1743. The Council Records in theSouth Carolina Archives state that he came on Mr. Russell's Ship withCaptains Brown as master, "and waited on ye God in Council where hewas directed to go unto the country to look for the land whereon hemight settle...and then to apply for a warrant. He settled on a plotof land near Broad River and reported that he had a wife anand threechildren. The children's names were, Adam (age 8), Henry (age 6) andMagdalena (age 4). The Petition for the land near "Crim's Creek" wasdated 31 August 1752, Charleston, S.C. It is said that when Johannes(John) Adam Summer Sr., migrated, he lived in Pennsylvania for aboutseven years. At different times during that period, he went on twoexploration trips; one through Virginia and one through the CarolinaStates. He returned to his family in Pennsylvania and later relocatedthem to the Broad River area in "Dutch Fork near Lexington County nearthe Newberry County line. Once settled in this area, he later becameManager of the Commissary during the Revolutionary War and recievedthe title of Major. He had six sons. All six sons served in theRevolutionary War. The "seat" of the SUMMER family in the UnitedStates is Pomaria Plantation, near Newberry. This Plantation was a 600acre Royal Grant to Johannes by King George III in 1754. Pomaria means"orchard", a feature which surrounded the mansion at one time on threesides: 500 pear trees across the road; 500 peaches and plums on thewest side, and 500 apples on the east side, of the mansion.

The following is part of a letter written by William Summer, Esq.,Horticulturist, of Pomaria, S.C. in the year 1878 to Col. BrantzMayer, of Baltimore, MD.:

"John Adam Summer migrated from the Oberland, in Germany, ....... andremained in Pennsylvania where he lived for about seven years.....Hecame to America to better his condition..... After his term of servicewas up in that state he set out on a trip of exploration, leaving hiswife and children with the family who had given him employment. Aftera trip through Virginia he returned to his family. Later, he obtaineda horse from his former employer, and set out on a second trip ofexploration, extending this trip down into the Carolinas, and waspleased with his discoveries. He returned to his family inPennsylvania and brought them to the place of his selection for asettlement. This place proved to be near broad River, in the "DutchFork", in (Lexington County near Newberry County line)." "On hissecond trip through Virginia while reviewing his first observationsand passing through one of the Indian Tribes, he turned his horse intoa small stream to drink, discovered a young Indian in great agony. Heoffered the Indian the assistance he could, when he made signs by hisfingers that he had been three days there and had been bitten by arattlesnake, and by signs comprehended the course he wished to go--andhe laid him across the back of his horse, walking by his side andholding him on, brought him to the Indian Camp, a distance of severalmiles, where there was great rejoicing as he was the son of the Chiefand they had been searching for him for three days. They aat once gavehim (Summer) an unbounded welcome, settled him in their midst, andheaped around him piles of dried venison beef and everything they hadto subsist upon, and embracing him urged him to remain with them; thathis wishes would be suppliedd. He remained with them about three days,and begged them to suffer him to depart, that he had a wife and familyhe wished to return and see. They then began to pile on his horse morethan he could carry -- he took a small part." "As he went on his wayand he came among other Indian tribes, they received him with unusualwelcome, making him understand he had relieved one of their people."Runners had been sent on ahead of him to tell other tribes of hiscoming so that he would not be molesteted. "When he came to Esvapadeena(Indian name for Broad River), the Indians showed him a ford whichthey said had been made by Buffaloes, originally, and then used bythem; and crossed over and came into the forks of Broad and SaludaRivers where he chose to make a settlement... He said that thisreminded him of Oberland, and here he was content to make his home. Hefound the whole country overrun with the wild pea, the bottoms of thestreams and valleys overlined with cane, affording abundant food forhis cattle and horses." "After he was settled, and in his journeys toGranby he met Rev. Christian Theus, of the Reformed Church, the pasterof the people there, and in conversation with him, he and his wifewished to join his church (having been reared in a Catholic community)and have their children baptized. He had him to visit his family andto preach in his neighborhood; and he encouraged the people of hissection to come and attend to these duties. Here was established on ofofthe first churches, known as St. Johns Lutheran Church. A grand of 100acres was made by King George II, to the German Society, then Reformedand Lutheran." "He was a man of firm will and purpose and gave noencouragement to the idle, but was ever ready to assist and aid thosewho desired to make a home in his settlement.": He brought severalfamilies with him from Pennsylvania to the Dutch Fork. Churches andschools soon sprung up, and in due time the cause of Educationreceived encouragemment, and culture and good society and liberaleducation prevails among the citizens of this community. While many ofthe citizens have sought homes in other portions of the State and theUnited States." As a leader in his community, he at first was aLoyalist as were many others in his neighborhood. But later, when hisadopted country formed their own government on the side of libertywhich seemed the only salvation for the people, he took the side ofGeneral Washington. The others of that community also changed andbecame patriotic citizens. During the Revolutionary War he was Managerof the Commissary of that section and gained the title of Major. Ofhis six sons who became grown and had families, all were patrioticcitizens and soldiers in the Militia during the War.

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Johannes married Margaret Jostin. Margaret was born in 1725; died in 1790; was buried in Pomaria Mansion Family Cemetery, Pomaria, Newberry, South Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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