William Lumpkins
William Lumpkins born in Newport, the son of Burwell and Susan
Lumpkins, enlisted in the 29th US Colored Troops Infantry on 24 Apr 1864 in
Wisconsin. He fought at the Petersburg VA battle on 30 July, 1 Oct, 4 Oct
and 12 Oct. William fought at Hatcher's Run on 30-31 Mar, and then again
at Petersburg on 2 Apr. He fought along side with his brother Beverly.
Cincinnati Enquirer, Wednesday, 4 February 1874,
page 5
JOHNNIE REIL announces himself as a candidate for Assessor in the Third
Ward, Newport. William Lumpkins had been mentioned as his opponent. By
the way, Mr. Lumpkins was the first colored citizen that voted
under the Fifteenth Amendment.
The occasion was a very special election in the Third Ward to fill a vacancy in the City Council a day or two after the Amendment had been ratified. Lumpkins would make a lively race.
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Cincinnati Daily Star, Wednesday, 26 May 1880, page 6
Last night about 9 pm a colored man named William Lumpkins was accidentally shot by Harry Pemberton at the old Bailey's Barracks on Taylor street, Newport. They were fooling with a pistol, when the weapon accidentally went off and the ball entered Lumpkins neck on the left side and circled around the windpipe and lodged in the back of his neck. He was taken to Dr. Dameron, who dressed the wound, but failed to find the ball. The wound is considered dangerous but not necessarily fatal.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, Monday, 4 February 1889, page 7
The submission in the Lumpkins case was set aside in the Chancery Court Saturday. This is a suit to recover twenty-five acres of ground under the will of General Taylor, Newport. When he died in 1848, one of the provisions of his will was that each of his slaves were to be set free and receive twenty-five acres of land when they became thirty years of age.
Lumpkins, who was one of his slaves, is trying to recover the land under the provision of the will and wants the will construed.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, Monday, 3 October 1892, page 7
John Kirby, William Lumpkins and Louis Gill will answer to the Mayor this morning for disorderly conduct.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, Wednesday, 5 October 1892, page 2
In the Police Court yesterday Squire Bodkins occupied the bench. William Lumpkins, Newport, disorderly conduct, dismissed.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, 19 August 1899, page 15
William Lumpkins, colored, was arrested yesterday morning on complaint of his stepdaughter who charged him with abusing her mother. Later this warrant was withdrawn and a peace warrant was issued. Lumpkins was placed under a bond of $200 and the case will be heard this morning. All of the parties concerned live on Southgate street, Newport.
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William Lumpkins and his family