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John De Rosset Toomer
Born: 13 Mar 1784 Wilmington, New Hanover, NC
Married: 9 Dec 1805 Wilmington, New Hanover, NC
Died: 27 Sep 1856 Pittsboro, Chatham Co., NC
Buried: Saint Bartholomews Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, Chatham Co., NC
FATHER
MOTHER
WIFE
Mariah J. Rhett Swann
b. 13 May 1787
CHILDREN
1. Henry Toomer b. 21 Apr 1807
2. Sarah Ann Toomer b. 05 Jan 1809
3. Mary Ivy Toomer b. 12 May 1811
4. John Swann Toomer b. 19 Mar 1813
5. John L. Toomer b. 1815
6. Eliza Toomer b. 1816
7. Alexander Duncan Toomer b. 1824
8. Lucy J. Toomer b. 1825
9. Catherine D. Toomer b. 19 Oct 1826
10. Frederick Toomer b. 1832
11. Caroline Toomer b. 1838
Source: Dictionary of North Carolina Biography by William S. Powell, 1996
"Toomer, John De Rossett (13 Mar 1784 - 27 Sep 1856), attorney, legislator, and
superior court judge, was born in Wilmington, the son of Henry and Magdalene
Mary De Rossett Toomer. Henry Toomer, who moved from South Carolina to
Wilmington with his father, Joshua Toomer, in 1747. was a member of the
Wilmington Safety Committee in 1775 and 1776. Magdalene, his third wife,
was the daughter of Dr. Moses John and Mary Ivy De Rossett. After
attending The University of North Carolina, John D. Toomer began to practice law
in Wilmington. In 1815 he was county attorney. He moved to
Cumberland county and was living in Fayetteville in 1824.
The General Assembly elected Toomer a superior court judge on 18 Dec. 1818 to
fill a vacancy created when several superior court judges were sent to the state
supreme court, but he resigned in 1819. Eight years later, in 1827, he was
elected to the General Assembly to replace Robert Strange, who had resigned.
Appointed an associate justice of the supreme court by the governor on 8 May
1829, Toomer resigned on 1 December of the same year. In June 1835 he was
a delegate to the constitutional convention.
He was elected a judge of the superior court on 7 Jan. 1837 and served until
1840, when he resigned because of ill health. Sometime after this he moved
from Fayetteville to Pittsboro, where he died.
In Wilmington on 9 Dec. 1805 Toomer married Maria J. Rhett Swann, who was born
on 13 may 1787 in New Hanover County to John and Sarah Moore Swann. Sarah was
the daughter of Brigadier General James Moore. The children named in
Toomer's will were John, Henry, Duncan, Frederick, Lucy, Eliza (m. Thomas Hill),
Sarah Ann (m. Albert Torrence), and Mary (m. Warren Winslow).
Both Toomer and his wife were buried in Pitttsboro.
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