Notes:
David's name and birth date are identified in his brother's bible (Abraham Mumma). He is further identified in his mother's Will, showing that he was alive in 1813 when it was written.
It is very likely that David Mumma, b. 19 Feb 1791, the youngest son of Christian Mumma, is the same person as the David Mumma, b. abt 1791 who appears in Franklin County, PA census record of 1810 and is identified as unattached line, 2124. Unfortunately no proof currently exists for this connection. DNA testing shows that this connection is quite likely since we have DNA fingerprints for the descendants of Franklin County "David Mumma" and for the descendants of Christian Mumma of Rapho County, PA. There is insufficient precision in the results to make a postive connection.
Anyone with additional information about either David Mumma please contact Doug Mumma at doug@mumma.org and/or Pamela Mumma at mumma6@yahoo.com
The following research was done by Pamela Mumma July 2001. Please contact her at mumma6@yahoo.com
Data researcher is doug@mumma.org
David Mumaugh shows up in the 1810 Franklin County Federal Census in Guilford Township p 126.
He is listed as being between the ages of 16-26; there is a female in his household who is also between the ages of 16-26. This would place his birth between 1784 and 1794.
Marriage date is approximate (pamela mumma)
David Mumma signed up for the War of 1812 in Franklin County in 1814. Info found in the Franklin County History War Records, p 242. Military Service Records pulled at the National Archives, Washington, D.C. by Pamela Mumma March 2002. It showed that he was paid $6.88 for 22 days of service. He was mustered in to Capt. William Young's Company of Infantry, Battalion Pennsylvania Vols. commanded by Lieut. Col. John Findlay. The record indicates that his service was for Aug 27 to Sept 17 1814. At the bottom of the Company Muster Roll is the remark : The company will be allowed five days for traveling from Baltimore where they were discharged to Greencastle, Pa., place of residence, distance eighty miles." There are no records showing that he filed for a pension or for the free land that was granted to veterans of this war.
David is not recorded in the 1820 Franklin County Census. There are other Davids in surrounding counties but research has not been done to confirm one of them to be him.
In 1828 David appears in a local Franklin County census in Peters township.
David is in the 1830 Federal Census of Franklin County, Peters Township, PA. Page 369, line 20. He is not noted to be living with a woman of wife age. There are two younger boys living with him and an older woman between the ages of 50 - 59. The ages of the boys fit his two younger sons, George and David. I am assuming his first wife died and his mother, mother-in-law, or a housekeeper is living with him to help care for his two sons.
In 1840 the Federal Census of Franklin County indicates that David is still living in Peters Township (p 316)
2 males 20 - 29
1 male 40 - 49
2 females 5 - 9
1 female 10 - 14
1 female 20 - 29
1 female 40 - 49
There are all sorts of possibilities.
More than likely the female of 40 to 49 is his wife, Barbara.
The two males 20 - 29 would be sons George (1815) and David (20 Jan 1820.)
The female 20 -29 could be a helper girl or a stepdaughter or even another relative (unlikely to be David Jr.'s wife since she would only be around 14 years old nor George's since he is still single in 1843 and 1847.)
The 3 younger girls could be step-children or other relatives (grandchildren unlikey, Jacob had his own household, George's first child was born around 1853, David's first child was born around 1847.)
In 1842 David is in a local Franklin County Census. He is listed as Sr. There is also a George and David Jr. listed.
In 1843 David Sr. is taxed on 15 acres, 5 horses, 5 cows and a home at a value of 490 dollars in Peters Township, Franklin County,PA.
There are no court documents that show David selling or buying property yet he is taxed on 15 acres. I found a neighbor's property deed that lists a David Mummaugh's property as a shared boundry line. Is it possible that the 15 acre property belonged to his wife's family and was in a different name? This needs further research in the Franklin Courthouse.
His youngest son, David, married sometime before the birth of their first child in 1847. Is this the time that David, Sr. moves to Fulton County? Who takes over the 15 acres? David, Jr. moves to Illinois a couple years later.
In 1847 David is found in Bedford County Licking Creek township (Assessment Books.) He is taxed on the value $5 for his 1 cattle by the state and county and $1 on his yearly income.
In 1850 David is not shown to have owed any taxes. Perhaps his cow died or he sold it; therefore, he did not own any property to be taxed.
The 1850 Licking Creek township, Fulton County, PA census indicates that he is 59 years old and born in PA. He is living with a Barbara Mumma 59, George Mumma 32, Elizabeth 4, and Elizabeth Straits 22 within a few lines from Jacob (22 MAR 1811), Jacob's wife Sarah and their children. At this point we do not know who Elizabeth age 4 is. She could be their granddaughter (Jacob's daughter)
The 1860 census indicates that he is 72 years old born in PA and now living with Jacob and Sarah Mumma's household. I believe the 1850 census would speak closer to his age since he, more likely, would have been the one to answer the questions for the census taker.
He is not in the 1870 census. Assume he died some time between 1860 - 1870. No tombstone has been found for him. No deed or will has been found for him in the Franklin or Fulton County courthouses. I looked in every issue, from dates 1865 to 1869, of the Fulton County Republican for an obituary without success. (microfiche found in the Fulton County Historical Society)
Possibilities:
Family 1 unknown.
Offspring Jacob, George, and David
Family 2 Barbara; marries her after 1830 census
No offspring, possibly David raised her daughters.
(Interesting fact, there is a Barbara Lighter noted in the 1830 census (name is really Leyter) living next door to David in Peters township with no husband and 3 young children in the 1830 census. Her husband, Jacob Leyter died in Sept 1826 according to court documents. He has a beautiful will in the Franklin Court house (Franklin County Will Book C, pg 815) which notes he has 6 children (cannot determine their ages). Jacob's property (4 acres) was sold to John Lichty in March 30,1829. Franklin County Deed Book 14, pg 546. Yet, Barbara is still living in the home at the time of the 1830 census.)
Please assist with sorting out this man's life, contact Pamela Mumma, mumma6@yahoo.com.