James Benjamin Cummings

  General Notes:

Notes for James Benjamin Cummings:
Source: Mom's notes; Bible of J.T. Cummings
1860 Census shows James Benjamin Cummings and Matilda A. in Kinston with son Joseph Theodore age 10.

Mom was also source of children.

She also mentioned an ad in 1899 for shoes, clothes, groceries, etc. in Industrial Issue of Kinston Free Press, p.54.


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Could this be James Benjamin's father?
From: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/craven/land/deedbk17-20.txt

p 362 - l0 June l77l - John Cummings (or) for love and good will to my son Benjamin Cummings (ee) - All my estate and if he dies without heirs then to my grandson John West - WIT Thos Cook, John Masters Jr., Thomas Parsons

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See "Research" for possible missing Cummings

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From microfilm of NBDJC newspaper in Kellengberger Library in New Bern, NC

MASONIC FUNERAL. --St. John's Lodge yesterday buried Mr. J. B. Cummings, of Kinston, at Cedar Grove Cemetery, with Masonic Honors.

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Mary Waller [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Thursday, January 5, 2006 4:09 AM
Re: [NCLENOIR] Roll Cal
Jane, thanks for the information. We do seem to have a connection.

There seem to be several generations of James Benjamin Cummings. As best I can tell, the J. B. who lived from 1828 - 1869 had a son who was Joseph Theodore Cummings. Joseph Theodore's death certificate dated 15 Aug 1928 in Lenoir County, states that Matilda Singletary of Bladen Co. was his mother. The informant was J. B. Cummings who I think was Joseph's younger brother.

The 1850 census for Lenoir Co. has Joseph Cummings (this is Joseph S. Cummings), Maria Cummings, and James Cummings living in a boardinghouse run by William C. Loftin. There is a mention of this in the book "The Story of Kinston and Lenoir County" by Talmage C. Johnson that states that they were brothers.

Joseph S. Cummings lived with his wife and daughter in Brooks County, GA from about 1859 to 1872. I believe that Joseph T. Cummings was also in Brooks Co., GA in the 1870 census.

I haven't been able to determine Joseph S. and J. B.'s parents, although I expected them to be in Craven Co. I had seen the census information with Holland as the stepmother, but I didn't have her maiden name or the name of John Cummings.

I hope we can continue to share information as we continue our research efforts.

Mary

  Research Notes:

LENOIR COUNTY, NC - Military, Civil War - Captain Croom's Company.

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CAPTAIN CROOM'S COMPANY
North Carolina Local Defense
(Kinston Guards, Kinston Provost Guards)

Captain Croom's Company, North Carolina Local Defense, was known as the
Kinston Guards or Kinston Provost Guard. The unit was formed from
Greene and Lenoir Counties for local defense and special service, and
for Provost duty in defense of Kinston, North Carolina. An article
about the unit is being prepared by William S. (Chip) Pate, Jr., Ph.D.,
who compiled this roster from United States Archives microfilm. Chip is
the great, great grandson of Thomas W. Hart, Private, Capt. Croom's
Company, and resident of Greene County near Hookerton. Anyone who has
any information about this unit or its activities, including any
corrections, is asked to contact Chip at [email protected].



CUMMINGS, WILLIAM A., Sergeant Born in Greene County where he resided
prior to enlisting on July 10, 1863. Appeared on a muster roll dated
August 7, 1863.

Greene County, NC - NC Confederate Soldiers & CSA Government Employees

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Greene County,North Carolina Confederate Soldiers and CSA Government Employees
Compiled by Mike Edge 1999.


This roster was compiled from the Confederate military service records,pension
applications,and presidential pardon applications on file at the N.C. Dept. of Archives
and History, Raleigh,N.C. An effort was made to ensure that all these men were from Greene
County,N.C. Names were compared against the 1850 and 1860 Greene County,N.C.Census records
and in many cases trips were made to cemeteries in Greene County to obtain Confederate
service information on headstones. Many of these men served in more than one Confederate
organization during the war. For detailed information on any soldier listed please see
their complete service record. Please contact submitter if you have names to add to this
roster or if you discover errors. Note: DIS denotes Died In Service.

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Cummings, William A. Loc.Def. Croom's Co. Sgt.

James married Matilda A. Singletary in 1850. (Matilda A. Singletary was born on 22 Feb 1826, died on 1 Dec 1901 and was buried in 1901 in Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston, NC.)