Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameNorton Gum 
42612,42613,42614,42615,42616,42124,42617,42351,42618,42619,42125,42620,40443,42621,42622
42612,42613,42614,42615,42616,42124,42617,42351,42618,42619,42125,42620,40443,42621,42622MemoAugusta County, VA? abt 1751 VA
Residenceaft 1748, Rockingham County, VA42125
MemoLinville; aft 1792?
BurialMackey Cemetery, Streator, LaSalle County, IL42638
FatherJacob B. Gum (1714-<1783)
MotherSarah Claypool (1719-1799)
Military
Military Record: 118 days Lord Dunmore's War in 1774, Benjamin Harrison's Payroll26140
Norton Gum served in Lord Dunmore's War under the command of Capt. Benjamin Harrison, and also was sworn in by Isaac Lincoln as Constable of Rockingham Co. in 1783. Norton Gum died in 1789 at his homestead on Linville Creek in Rockingham Co., Va.2482
Norton Gum, b: abt 1748 served in last colonial war before the American Revolution (Lord Dunmore’s War) in a Rockingham Co unit under Capt Benjamin Harrison42641
Pg 330 Norton Gum’s names appears on the payroll of Capt Benjamin Harrison in 1774 in Lord Dunmore’s War
Pg 352 Jehu Gum is on the payroll of Capt. Benjamin Harrison in 1774, Lord Dunmore’s War, when Jehu had served in the company for 119 days. On the same payroll were his brothers: Abraham, Claypool and Norton.26302
Norton Gum served in Lord Dunmore's War under the command of Capt. Benjamin Harrison, and also was sworn in by Isaac Lincoln as Constable of Rockingham Co. in 1783. Norton Gum died in 1789 at his homestead on Linville Creek in Rockingham Co., Va.2482
Norton Gum, b: abt 1748 served in last colonial war before the American Revolution (Lord Dunmore’s War) in a Rockingham Co unit under Capt Benjamin Harrison42641
Pg 330 Norton Gum’s names appears on the payroll of Capt Benjamin Harrison in 1774 in Lord Dunmore’s War
Pg 352 Jehu Gum is on the payroll of Capt. Benjamin Harrison in 1774, Lord Dunmore’s War, when Jehu had served in the company for 119 days. On the same payroll were his brothers: Abraham, Claypool and Norton.26302
Spouses
MemoPA?
MemoLinville Creek; Sep 1797?
MemoLinville Creek Church of the Brethren, Broadway, Rockingham County, VA?
FatherThomas George McElwain (ca1737-)
MotherNancy Rector (ca1737-)
Misc. Notes
Update Jul 2006: Elinor Nellie McElwain abt 1778 Rockingham Co VA d/o Thomas George McElwain and Nancy Rector.38218
Eleanor McElwain married William Bailey as her second husband in 1793.2482
Eleanor McElwain married William Bailey as her second husband in 1793.2482
ChildrenAbraham N. (~1776-)
Nancy (~1778-)
Sarah Ann (~1780-)
Mary Margaret (~1775-1861)
Phoebe (~1784-)
Agnes (1784-1866)
John Jehu (1787-1842)
Norton (1789-1835)
Benjamin (~1792-)