The Luman Family

16 July 2000

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The Four Original Luman Settlers in the Attoyac Area

George Madison Luman was the first of four grandchildren of Zadock Luman who migrated to Texas. His grandson, Charlie Luman, remembers him as a person with no foolishness about him. G-pa George believed that children were to be seen and not heard, but he loved kids and was good to them. Jean Luman says that when Matt and Chloe died within three weeks of each other, Grandpa Luman insisted that the children be kept together. He had himself been orphaned and his siblings separated, and he did not want that to happen to his grandchildren.
        George's father had been murdered because his oldest son had crossed the Confederate lines in Tennessee to join Union forces. He moved his family to Arkansas, but the news followed them there. Soon after Wm. Alfred's death, his wife also died.
        Charlie Luman says that Grandpa Luman was a good man. He had only one by-word, which was "Tutt-Tutt!" He walked on a cane, and the grandchildren were always playing with the cane. Now that Charlie is himself walking on a cane, he sees that children are attracted to that cane just as he was his grandfather's.
        Grandpa George always told Charlie that our Luman immigrant ancestors were three brothers from Germany, one of whom was named Joe. He also added that we still have Luman relatives living in Pennsylavania.

         Don Luman relates the following story about Aunt Ada: "Aunt Ada prepared a special supper with all the trimmings for a crowd of folks. They dined on biscuits, gravy, and sweet potatoes. Many said it was the best squirrel they had ever eaten. But it was not squirrel. Aunt Ada had actually cooked a bunch of wood rats."

         We are descended from Aaron Luman, who was born in Maryland and buried in North Carolina, through his son, whose name is unknown. The unknown son had a son named Zadock Luman, who is buried in Tennessee. Thus, our path of migration has wound from Maryland to North Carolina to Tennessee to Kentucky to Arkansas to Texas. Charlie points out that Grandpa George Madison Luman always told him that the Lumans first settled in Pennsylvania, and that “we still have kinfolks there.” Four grandchildren of Zadock Luman settled in Texas in the tri-county area of Shelby, Nacogdoches, and San Augustine, which is bounded by the Attoyac River. George Madison Luman bought 100 acres of land in Nacogdoches County in 1887. Joseph William Luman followed in 1890 with a purchase of 100 acres. In 1891, Mary Frances Luman Roy and her husband bought 97 acres of land. The last to come was John Henry Luman in 1899 with a purchase of 120 acres. Joseph William, Mary Frances, and John Henry were all children of James Jackson Luman and Martha Campbell. George Madison Luman was a son of William Alfred and a first cousin to these three. (Note: John Henry Luman named a son James Jackson Luman, after his father.)

1818 William Alfred Luman is born in Iredell Co NC {f/o Geo Madison}
1819 James Jackson Luman is born in Iredell Co NC  {f/o John Henry, Mary Frances, Joseph William}
1824 Will of Aaron Luman who dies on Rocky Creek, Iredell Co NC {G-pa of Zadock}
1825 Rebecca Evaline Luman is born in Lincoln Co NC m. a Glover
1826 Jane Luman is born in Lincoln Co NC m. Joseph Penick
1827 Henry Looman is born in Lincoln Co NC {Big Boy’s BBQ, Quitman TX}
1832 Susan Luman is born in NC  m. James Little
1836 Mary Luman is born in NC
         {IN THE SAME YEAR THAT REPUBLIC OF TEXAS WON INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO}
1838 Joseph Newton Luman is born in Hamilton Co TN {Lenny Luman’s g-pa}
1850 Last record of Zadock on Hamilton Co TN Census
          {COMPROMISE OF 1850}

1880 Sep 28 George Madison Luman marries Nancy M. Dearing in Bosque Co TX
1881 Sep 18 Joseph William Luman marries Sarah W. Dearing in Bosque Co TX
1887 May 9  Geo. M. Luman 100 ac $    400  Nac Co TX   {bought from James S. & Josephine Dearing}
1890 Feb 22   Joseph William Luman  100 ac   $    225 Nac Co TX
1891 Aug 11  Phillip Roy    97 ac   Nac Co TX
1892 Jun 29  Phillip Roy      5 ac $    161 Nac Co TX sold
1893 Mar 9  Phillip Roy    10 ac $      50 Nac Co TX sold
1895 Dec 14  Joseph William Luman    70 ac  $    275 Nac Co TX sold
1899 Jan 30  First Luman marriage in Nac Co TX: G. W. Luman & Lou Gray
1899 Nov 15  John Henry   120 ac $   250  San Aug Co TX
1903 Apr 29  John Henry     40 ac $    80  San Aug Co TX
1908 Sep 12  Geo. M. Luman  100 ac $1000  Nac Co TX sold
1909 Nov 30  Joseph William Luman   100 ac   $ 850 Nac Co TX     sold
                        {Joseph was then living in Wilson Co TX, near San Antonio}.
1910 Dec 1  John Henry right-of-way  $     75 San Aug Co TX
1911 Mar 3  John Henry     40 ac $  100  San Aug Co TX  sold
1920 Jan 1  John Henry & kids  120 ac $3000  San Aug Co TX
1999 Aug 31  Doyle Luman celebrates 150th anniversary w/Coca Cola Bottling Co, Center TX

*Pinky Luman was the grandson of  Joseph William Luman. Some of these married into the Koonces.
*Bob Luman was the great grandson of  George Madison Luman. His mother was a Blankenship.
*Nancy M. Dearing, wife of George Madison Luman, was a sister to Wayman Dearing, who married Martha Luman, daughter of John Henry. It is not known whether Nancy and Wayman were related to Sarah Dearing,
who married Joseph William Luman, but both couples were married in Bosque Co TX.
*George Madison Luman, the first on record as a landowner in Nacogdoches County, bought his 100 acre tract from James S. & Josephine Dearing. Click here to go to Dearing Data..