George W. Plummer

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	24 Jul 1820	NC
Marriage	25 Sept 1843		To Nancy Hodge
Death	20 Feb 1907
Burial	21 Feb 1907	Trinity Methodist Church, Charlotte, NC

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5               Generation 6         Generation 7

                                             +-- [unknown]
                                             |   (????-????)
                      +-- George W. Plummer --+ 
                      |   (1820-1907)        |               
 Sarah Jane Plummer --+                      +-- [unknown]
 (1844-1912)          |                          (????-????)
                      +-- Nancy A. Hodge
                          (~1820-1891)    

Sources:

Children

(children with Nancy A. Hodge)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Sarah Jane Plummer	F	~1844		William John A. King	Direct line
Robert Plummer	M	~1846
Josephine Mary Plummer	F	~1848
Minerva Plummer	F	~1850 or ~1853			Birth order between Minerva and Martha uncertain.
Martha Plummer	F	~1850 or ~1853			Birth order between Minerva and Martha uncertain.
George Plummer, Jr.	M	~1855
James Monroe Plummer	M	~1857
E. Charles Plummer	M	Feb 1862		Unknown McCree
Theodore Newton Plummer	M	~1864

|}

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
1850	Sugar Creek
1860-1900	Long Creek
1907	"Five miles northwest of Charlotte"

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, Sugar Creek Twp., Mecklenburg Co., NC. Census date: 17 Aug 1850. Page 47A, lines 22-26 : Geo Plummer, 30, married to Nancy Plummer, 30. They live with three children: daughter Sarah Plummer, 5; son Robert Plummer, 3; and son Joseph Plummer, 2. George is an overseer. All were born in NC.
2	1860 United States Federal Census, Western Division, Mecklenburgh Co., NC. Date of census: 28 Jul 1860. Pg 98, line 40, & pg 99, lines 1-8: George Plummer, 40,farmer; married to Nancy Plummer, 40. Children: Sarah Plummer, 16; Robert Plummer, 14; Mary Plummer, 12; Minerva Plummer, 10; Martha Plummer, 7; George Plummer, 5; James Plummer, 3. All were born in NC.
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Long Creek Twp., Mecklenburgh Co., NC, pg 35. Date of census: 30 Aug 1870. Lines 28-36: George Plummer, 50,farmer; married to Nancy Plummer , 50. Children: Josephine Plummer, 22; Martha O. Plummer, 20; Minerva Plummer, 17; George Plummer, 15; Monroe Plummer, 13; Charles Plummer, 11; Theodore Plummer, 8. All were born in NC. The elder George, Josephine, and Martha are illiterate.
4	1880 United States Federal Census, Western Division, Mecklenburgh Co., NC, Enumeration District 122. Date of census 14 June 1880. Pg 18, Lines 4-7:George Plummer, 59, farmer; married to Nancy Plummer , 59; son E. Charles Plummer, 18; and a male of unspecified relation, (T.?) Newton Plummer, 16. All & all parents born in NC.
5	1900 United States Federal Census, Long Creek Twp., Mecklenburgh Co., NC, Enumeration District 63. Date of census 14 Jun 1880. Pg 3A, lines 1-2: widower George Plummer, 79, born July 1820, farmer, illiterage; son Dare Plummer, 30, born May 1870, laborer. All & all parents born in NC except George's father born in Maryland. Note: "Dare" is possibly "Dore", a shortened form for Theodore. The age is not in agreement with the previous census. Also on this page is the family of Charles Plummer, b. 1862. He lives with four children and his mother-in-law.
6	Source: North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 Name: George Plumer Spouse: Nancy Hodge Marriage Date: 25 Sep 1843 Marriage County: Mecklenburg Marriage State: North Carolina Source Vendor: County Court Records - FHL # 0546461-0546466 Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT
7	1910 United States Federal Census, District 118, Steel Creek Twp, Mecklenburg Co. NC, page 35. Census dated 3 May 1910. Lines 45-50: John E. Brandon, head, age 30, married 6 years, farm laborer, owns house & farm, b. SC, father b. SC, mother b. NC; Bell, 24, wife, married 6 years, 2 children born, both living; Connie N., dau, 4, b. NC; Myrtle E., dau., 1 month, b. NC; Dory Plummer, uncle, age 40, single, farm labor, b. NC as were parents, can read, write and speak English; Josephine Torrence, dau., age 4, b. NC, father b. NC, mother b. SC. The family lives on Wright's Ferry Road. Notes: The notation seems to indicate that Josephine Torrence is Dory's daughter; possibly Torrence was her mother's last name (?).Dory is listed as single rather than widowed or divorced; apparently a single parent. The residence number differs from that of the Brandon family, but has been X-ed out, so possibly Dory & Josephine had an apartment with the Brandons. Dory's relationship to head of household is marked as uncle; John E. Brandon, or possibly his wife Bell, was then a child of one of Dory's siblings. Dory's age in 1910 agrees with the 1900 census for Dare Plummer; it varies by 6-8 years from the 1980 and 1970 census for Theodore.
8	Obituary for George Plummer from the Charlotte Observer, February 21, 1907, page 2. "AN AGED CITIZEN PASSES AWAY, Mr. George Plummer, Aged 82 Years, Passes Away at His Home in the County--One of Charlotte's First Policemen, DEATH OF AN AGED CITIZEN, Mr. George Plummer, one of the oldest citizens in the county died at his home five miles northwest of Charlotte yesterday morning at 2 o'clock. Mr. Plummer was 82 years of age and is survived by five sons and two daughters, namely, Messrs. Robert, Charles Monroe, George, and Theodore Plummer, and Mesdames Sara King and Frank Shumaker. The funeral will take place at Trinity Methodist church this morning at 11 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. J. H. Bradley. The internment will be in the church yard. Mr. Plummer was one of the first policemen ever employed on the Charlotte force. He was highly esteemed by a host of friends." This source contributed by E. Hyland.
9	Charlotte Police Department 1866-1991 "In 1827 Charlotte got it's first constable, a position which required great versatility since the job description required the constable to supervise the town guards, oversee the jail, collect taxes, and supervise street maintenance. During the 1850's the town guard increased to 10 people who were paid $15 per month for their services. Two of the earliest guards were George Plummer and James Gray. Their duties required them to patrol the streets from 9 p.m. until daylight and every hour cry out "all is well" and give the current time in a loud voice. Failure to perform this duty or to clean and wash the street lamps on their beat once a month during the dark of the moon resulted in a fine of $1.00. By 1861 Charlotte's population had increased to 1500 people so it was necessary to add more guards and increase their hours from sunup to sundown. However, the guards received a salary increase to the princely sum of $30 per month." This source contributed by E. Hyland.
10	Obituary for Nancy Hodge from the Charlotte Democrat newspaper dated 20 Oct 1891. Lists the date of death for Nancy Hodge as 3 Oct 1891. This source contributed by E. Hyland.
11	Gravestone at Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery. It reads: Geo. W. Plumer, Born July 24, 1820. Died Feb. 20, 1897.

Source notes

• The names Dory, Dare, Theodore, and possibly T. Newton Plummer appear to apply to one person. The father George Plummer was illiterate, so the age given at census varies by about 8 years, the birth date thus calculated as being between 1862 and 1870.
• The obituary is missing a comma between the names of sons Charles and Monroe. It explicitly states that there are five living sons and then only lists four, one of which is given as "Charles Monroe" Plummer.
• The obituary lists the age at death as 82 (twice), and infers a date of death as Feb 20, 1907. This suggests a birthday somewhere in the 1824-1825 range. This is 4-5 years off of the consistent results from the census data, which place his birthday around 1820. However, the children's names match too closely for this to be the wrong George.

Conjecture

1: Source: United States Federal Census for 1840 and 1850:

• 1840 census: In looking for evidence of George Plummer in 1840, a Plummer family was located Davidson Co., Southern Division, with a male in the appropriate age category (20's). The family is that of Philemon Plummer: 2 males 20-30, 1 female 20-30.
• 1850 census: Philemon Plummer is in Davidson Co., with wife and children; the other male in his 30's is no longer in the household. Philemon is 38, indicating that he would be the older of the two (brothers ?) who appear in the 1840 census. It is possible that George Plummer lived with his older brother in 1840, then moved to Western Mecklenburg Co. prior to 1850.
• 1820 census: A Philemon Plummer is found in Caroline Co., MD. (In the 1900 census George Plummer's father is listed as born in MD; this is not noted in the 1880 census.) This Philemon Plummer head of household would be an older individual than the one living in Davidson Co, NC in 1840 and 1850. At this time there is no way to make a clear connection between George Plummer and this Maryland family.