Data source is Sarah Jane Moomau Doughty. E-mail janedoughty814@gmail.com
Recent discoveries by Jane Doughty of documents relating to the estate of Rudolph Moomau in Kingston, Roane Co., Tennessee have led to the determination of his parents and his siblings. Copies of these documents, transferred to pdf format by Jane Medefessor, are available on the Mumma web site archives at
http://www.mumma.org/archives. With the aid of census and other documents, including family histories, we are able to attach the various children to Christian Mummer and Elizabeth "Betsy" Haupt of Augusta County, Virginia. When viewing the different documents, a wide variety of name spellings are found. When referring to a specific document, the spellings found in the document are shown. For each individual, the name which that individual primarily used during his life time and would have been placed on their tombstone is used as their "primary" surname. One should note that West Virginia did not become a state until 1863 during the Civil War and places of birth may list Virginia, whereas that location may now be located in West Virginia.
A birth date is not known for Rudolph, but in 1820 he owned buildings and property in Tennessee. It is likely he was the oldest child for him to accumulate property by the time of his death. If he was born early in 1790's, then he would have been in his late 20's when he wrote his Will 24 July 1820. His Will and estate settlement papers are critical to the reconstruction of this family because all of his siblings are mentioned and identified. A birth estimate of 1792 is used. His death was likely a few days prior to 23 April, 1821 when an inventory of his estate was filed as it was the common practice to take such inventories within a few days of death. From the records thus far found, there is no evidence that Rudolph ever married or had children.