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The sumpter Surname

sumpter Name Meaning and History

English: occupational name for a carrier, from Middle English sum(p)ter ‘(driver of a) pack animal’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The sumpter name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the sumpter family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of sumpter Families in the US in 1920
Number of sumpter families
 34-65
 12-33
 1-11
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 241 - Messages: 558
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African American Sumpters Ccsumpter 2
William Simpson Sumpter Betty 6
Birdie M. Lovelace Obituary woodlandsgal 0
John and Sally Hobbs Sumpter Jim Landrum 7
Henry Sumpter jwhis411 1
GEORGE SUMPTER (1785-1840 appx.)&NANCYPOWERS p/o GEORGE SUMPTER/MO stacey995 0
JAMES H. SUMPTER/MO/CIVIL WAR stacey995 4
Mary Jane Goggin/Sumpter/Kennedy stabrown1 0
Calip/Caleb Sumpter morepat 1
SUMPTER, Jesse bsump0103 5
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