Finding Aid of the Wilson Hargett Jumper Family Papers, PC.7035
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Wilson Hargett Jumper Family Papers
- Call Number
- PC.7035
- Creator
- Jumper, Wilson Hargett
- Date
- 1768 - 2001
- Repository
- Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
The Wilson Hargett Jumper Family Papers consist of letters, documents, photos, military materials, and ephemera.
Arrangement Note
The Wilson Hargett Jumper Family Papers consist of 8 boxes. Boxes 1-7 are organized
by series and subseries, alphabetical and chronological as required. Box 8 contains
oversized materials including photographs, diplomas, military flight records, and
a 1768 ship indenture.
Biographical/Historical
This collection, donated by Wilson Hargett Jumper, relates to his three North Carolina
family lines--the Wilson, Hargett, and Jumper families.
The Wilson family emigrated from Belfast, Ireland in 1767, seeking land and opportunity. Samuel Wilson, his wife, and five children sailed aboard the ship EARL OF DONEGALL. The earliest record in the collection is the indenture for this passage. The family arrived in Charleston, South Carolina and made their way to what is now Gaston County, North Carolina.
The Jumper family immigrated to the United States, and family lore contends that the original settler was Johannes Conrad Schombert who came to Charleston in 1756 and settled on 200 acres on the north side of the Congaree River opposite the Saxa-Gotha township. Later, the family farmed land in the Sandy Run section of Lexington County, South Carolina.
The Hargett family of Sheffield, Alabama has roots in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The family emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania aboard the ship JACOB in 1749. From there, they travelled down the Great Wagon Road into the Mecklenburg and Anson County region, and later moved to Franklin County, Alabama.
Mary Kirkpatrick Wilson (1898-1967) married William Clifton "Cliff" Jumper Sr. (1886-1936) on June 11, 1919. The two met while working in construction management at the army installation Camp Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. Cliff was the sole proprietor of the Columbia Transfer Company. After Camp Jackson was deactivated, he worked as a construction superintendent with the Phillips water purification company. The couple relocated several times for work projects such as in Murphy, North Carolina where Cliff managed construction of the Hiwassee Dam. They also lived in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Georgia before returning to Gaston County in the early 1930s. Their surviving children were:
Henry "Hink" McClees Jumper, Floy Wilson Jumper, and William "Bill" Clifton Jumper Jr.
Henry "Hink" McClees Jumper attended Clemson University and founded of Champion Filtration in Chester, South Carolina. A horse lover, Hink was heavily involved with the American Saddlebred Association.
Floy Wilson Jumper (1925-1959) was a congressional page for Congressman Alfred L. Bullwinkle. In a letter to his mother, which is in the collection, Floy writes about President Franklin Roosevelt's Day of Infamy speech in the chambers of Congress in Washington, D.C. Floy died reporting on a mill fire in Long Shoals, North Carolina for WLOS television station.
William "Bill" Jumper Jr. (1920-2000) was working for Phillips Filtration building a water plant in Colbert County, Alabama when he met Dorothy Louise Hargett whom he would marry. After Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. Bill and Dorothy wed while he was stationed in California, prior to his deployment. He served as a bombardier in the 5th Army Jolly Rogers bomb group in New Guinea. His bomb flight runs, maps and descriptions, and letters to Dorothy are included in the collection as well as Dorothy's memorabilia from Huntingdon College.
Following his tour of duty, Bill Jr. taught in bombardier school at Pratt Army Airfield Base in Kansas. Bill and Dorothy's first child, Linda Carol Jumper, was born while stationed there. The family moved back to Gaston County where Bill Jr. worked for Lewis Motors. Originally a service manager, he was promoted to general manager and was a well-respected businessman. He worked on a number of community projects.
It was in Gaston County that Bill and Dorothy's two sons, William "Little Bill" Clifton Jumper III and Wilson Hargett Jumper, were born in 1949 and 1951 respectively. Bill Jr. opened the short-lived Bill Jumper Rambler in 1964 but remained in the car business until his retirement in 1997.
The Wilson family emigrated from Belfast, Ireland in 1767, seeking land and opportunity. Samuel Wilson, his wife, and five children sailed aboard the ship EARL OF DONEGALL. The earliest record in the collection is the indenture for this passage. The family arrived in Charleston, South Carolina and made their way to what is now Gaston County, North Carolina.
The Jumper family immigrated to the United States, and family lore contends that the original settler was Johannes Conrad Schombert who came to Charleston in 1756 and settled on 200 acres on the north side of the Congaree River opposite the Saxa-Gotha township. Later, the family farmed land in the Sandy Run section of Lexington County, South Carolina.
The Hargett family of Sheffield, Alabama has roots in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The family emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania aboard the ship JACOB in 1749. From there, they travelled down the Great Wagon Road into the Mecklenburg and Anson County region, and later moved to Franklin County, Alabama.
Mary Kirkpatrick Wilson (1898-1967) married William Clifton "Cliff" Jumper Sr. (1886-1936) on June 11, 1919. The two met while working in construction management at the army installation Camp Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. Cliff was the sole proprietor of the Columbia Transfer Company. After Camp Jackson was deactivated, he worked as a construction superintendent with the Phillips water purification company. The couple relocated several times for work projects such as in Murphy, North Carolina where Cliff managed construction of the Hiwassee Dam. They also lived in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Georgia before returning to Gaston County in the early 1930s. Their surviving children were:
Henry "Hink" McClees Jumper, Floy Wilson Jumper, and William "Bill" Clifton Jumper Jr.
Henry "Hink" McClees Jumper attended Clemson University and founded of Champion Filtration in Chester, South Carolina. A horse lover, Hink was heavily involved with the American Saddlebred Association.
Floy Wilson Jumper (1925-1959) was a congressional page for Congressman Alfred L. Bullwinkle. In a letter to his mother, which is in the collection, Floy writes about President Franklin Roosevelt's Day of Infamy speech in the chambers of Congress in Washington, D.C. Floy died reporting on a mill fire in Long Shoals, North Carolina for WLOS television station.
William "Bill" Jumper Jr. (1920-2000) was working for Phillips Filtration building a water plant in Colbert County, Alabama when he met Dorothy Louise Hargett whom he would marry. After Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. Bill and Dorothy wed while he was stationed in California, prior to his deployment. He served as a bombardier in the 5th Army Jolly Rogers bomb group in New Guinea. His bomb flight runs, maps and descriptions, and letters to Dorothy are included in the collection as well as Dorothy's memorabilia from Huntingdon College.
Following his tour of duty, Bill Jr. taught in bombardier school at Pratt Army Airfield Base in Kansas. Bill and Dorothy's first child, Linda Carol Jumper, was born while stationed there. The family moved back to Gaston County where Bill Jr. worked for Lewis Motors. Originally a service manager, he was promoted to general manager and was a well-respected businessman. He worked on a number of community projects.
It was in Gaston County that Bill and Dorothy's two sons, William "Little Bill" Clifton Jumper III and Wilson Hargett Jumper, were born in 1949 and 1951 respectively. Bill Jr. opened the short-lived Bill Jumper Rambler in 1964 but remained in the car business until his retirement in 1997.