John Sumpter War of 1812 & Pension Records
A number of Sumpter family members are buried in Slaughter Cemetery, Jasper County, Iowa. http://www.iagenweb.org/jasper/cemeteries/slaughter/http://www.iagenweb.org/jasper/cemeteries/slaughter/
Supposedly John Sumpter and his wife Sally Hobbs Sumpter are also buried here but there are no tombstones.
Other family resources say John was in the War of 1812 and received bounty lands and a pension, but I cannot find this record.
IF someone can either send me his military information OR a copy of his discharge papers, I will order a military marker for John and place it in this cemetery.
Barbara Hug,
Clerk of township in care of this cemetery.