The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

Children:
2. I. George Wilson,' b. in 1773; m. Sarah Smith. Family 2.
3. II. Ralph,- b. in 1789; was killed by a fall from a wild Choctaw pony.
FAMILY 2.
4- George Wilson' Humphreys [2] (Co/. Ralph^) was bom in 1773. lie married
in 1790, Sarah Smith, daughter of Major David Smith, of South Carohna, a descendant of the
Huguenots, who distinguished himself in the Creek war. In 1791 Mr. Humphreys settled on the
Hermitage Plantation, situated on the bank of the Bayou Pierre, Claiborne County, Mississippi,
where he resided until his death. He raised three sons and three daughters (out of sixteen chil-
dren), who married and had descendants, but were all deceased in 1874, except Gov. Benjamin
Grubb Humphreys, of Vicksburg, Miss. The last-named writes: "My father left Virginia when
a lad about seventeen years old, and never saw any of his kin afterwards. My grand-mother died
while I was away from home at school, consequently I learned but little about any except my
father's immediate family. He often spoke of William Humphreys, John Humphreys, Absalom
Humphreys, David Humphreys, Perry W. Humphreys and Abram Humphreys; some living in
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee. How near they were related I do
not recollect, but David Humphreys and Perry W. Humphreys he always spoke of as cousins.
During our civil war I met with John C. Humphreys, living near Harper's Ferry, in Virginia.
His tradition was very similar to that of William Finley Humphreys, and agreed with that of my
father, except in this—one of the 'three brothers' settled in Virginia or North Carolina, one in
Pennsylvania, and one in Connecticut, according to my father, as I recollect it. I know he
claimed relationship to Col. David Humphreys, aide-de-camp to Washington, as descended from
the Connecticut preacher Humphreys. John C. Humphreys, of Harper's P"erry, told me the name
'Ralph' was a family name."
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Children (besides len who died young)
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