Frederick Stump (1724-1820), founder of Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania came to settle in Whites Creek by way of Georgia. He was a Revolutionary War soldier who is said to have killed five British officers during this war. Married to Anna Snavely, they had numerous children several of who were killed by Indians during the French and Indian War while they still lived in Pennsylvania. After the Stump Massacre of 1768, where Frederick killed and scalped a small group of Indians, he was jailed for a few days but released by sympathizers and fled to Georgia with a bounty on his head.
In 1779, Frederick was captured and sent to prison in Florida. Having built great wealth in Georgia through owning valuable land, two mills, and a number of slaves he was able to bribe his way out of prison and return home. However, his mills had been burned and the slaves confiscated and there was a reward on Frederick to be taken dead or alive.
Joining James Robertson’s party, he and his family escaped once again forging a new settlement on Whites Creek near the Cumberland River. Stump became prosperous again owning 2,400 acres of land, building a distillery, operating a tavern and inn, and buying and selling land. Indian attacks burned the distillery but those attacks ended in 1795. Corn and cotton were raised by slaves on his farm. Anna died in 1804 and Frederick continued to be active in the militia beyond the age of eighty-five. He remarried at age 93 to one of his barmaids, Catherine, age 27. After his death in 1820, his estate was divided by his heirs. The tavern eventually became the property of Cornelius Waggoner and served as his farmhouse.
More information can be found at The Past Remembered Volume 1 by Paul Clements, Clearview Press, 1987.
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