Pompey King Atwood (1864 - 1933)

Born Mar 1864 in Arkansas, United States

Husband of Annie (Parker) Atwood — married 21 Aug 1883 in Dyer, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1933 at age 69 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Pomp Atwood is a part of US Black heritage.

Pompey Atwood was born in 1864. He was the son of Divern (?) Matson.^[1] His name was originally Rufus King Atwood, but he later began to go by Pomp. He was born enslaved and was about six at the time that slavery ended. Some of the women in the slave owner's family taught him to read and write.^[2]

In 1883, he married Annie Parker.^[3]

In 1900, Pomp and Annie owned a home on Cedar Street in Hickman, Kentucky. Pomp was a day laborer and Annie took in washing. They had seven children at home, ages from infant to 16 years.^[4]

Pomp died on 23 June 1933 at St John's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. A resident of Franklin County, he had been retired for about a year from his employment at a coal yard. He was survived by his wife, His mother's name was given as Divan Matson. The informant was Dr R B Atwood of Frankfort County.^[1][5] and was buried in 1933 in Hickman City Cemetery in Hickman, Kentucky.^[6]

Research Notes

• Census records for mother to create her profile:
  • 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census", Year: 1900; Census Place: Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky; Roll: 521; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0044; FHL microfilm: 1240521, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #2298005 (accessed 8 July 2022), Dive*E Madson (34), widowed, Washing, head of household in Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky. Born in Kentucky, USA.
  • 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census", Year: 1910; Census Place: Short Creek, Fulton, Kentucky; Roll: T624_477; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0062; FHL microfilm: 1374490, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #8573941 (accessed 8 July 2022), Divern Matson (62), widowed, Washer, head of household in Short Creek, Fulton, Kentucky, USA. Born in Kentucky.
• Death certificate & obituary for sister Harriett Upshaw(also in 1900 & 1910 census with their mother) to create her profile:
  • "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N91R-T5S : 2 March 2021), Harrett Upshaw, 1919; citing Death, Fulton, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,952,869.
  • obituary: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105247018/

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Death: "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
   citing Death, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,117.
   FamilySearch Record: NSRD-2XH (accessed 7 July 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TF-F9LW-S Image number 290
   Pomp Atwood death 23 Jun 1933 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.
2. ↑ Son's interview:
   "DIstinguished Kentuckian" series on KET televison, Rufus B Atwood episode, 1976, https://www.ket.org/program/distinguished-kentuckian/rufus-b-atwood/ : accessed 8 Jul 2022.
   Video also available at https://www.kysu.edu/academics/atwood/our-namesake-rufus-ballad-atwood.php : accessed 8 Jul 2022.
   Note: Father Rufus King "Pomp" Atwood discussed at timestamp 1:20-2:00 and 26:30-32:40.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
   citing Dyer, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. p148, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 833,227.
   FamilySearch Record: XZ7M-GH9 (accessed 7 July 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 939J-6W9V-6J Image number 00082
   Pompey Atwood marriage to Annie Parker on 21 Aug 1883 in Dyer, Tennessee, United States.
4. ↑ 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky; Roll: 521; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0044; FHL microfilm: 1240521
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 7602 #2297997 (accessed 28 March 2023)
   Annie Atwood (38), wife, Washing, in household of Pomp Atwood (26) in Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky. Born in Tennessee, USA.
5. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105138849/obituary-for-pomp-atwood/
6. ↑ Burial: "Find A Grave Index"
   citing record ID 48172132, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   FamilySearch Record: QVK2-61DL (accessed 7 July 2022)
   Pomp Atwood burial (died on 23 Jun 1933) in 1933 in Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky, United States of America.

• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
  citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 92; FHL microfilm: 1240521; Record number: 31205;
  FamilySearch Record: M947-713 (accessed 7 July 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6Q4Y-4F Image number 00638
  Pomp Atwood (36), married head of household in Magisterial District 3 Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky, United States.
• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
  citing enumeration district (ED) ED 62, sheet 17A, family 375, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 477; FHL microfilm 1,374,490.
  FamilySearch Record: M2D7-QGH (accessed 7 July 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRVH-TNP Image number 00236
  Pomp Atwood (48), married head of household in Short Creek, Fulton, Kentucky, United States. Born in Arkansas.