Person:Robert Bumpass (3)

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Robert Davie Bumpass, Sr.
Facts and Events
Name Robert Davie Bumpass, Sr.
Gender Male
Birth? 10 Jul 1797 Person County, North Carolina, USA
Marriage 20 May 1828 Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USAto Nancy Marietta Davie
Occupation? slave owner
Death? 30 Jan 1879 Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USA
Burial[1] Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USA
References
  1. Find A Grave
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6729064.

    "Marriage: 5/20/1828 in Granville Co., NC.

    Nancy and Robert had 12 children in NC before moving to TX.

    Robert D. Bumpass was a planter with large acreage near Mill Creek in Person Co., NC. He was the owner of more than 100 slaves. Each of his children had a personal body servant, and each child was given specific responsibilities in a particular phase of plantation activities. . . farming, livestock, commercial affairs for the sons, and household duties such as sewing, cooking, weaving for the daughters."