Editing Thomas Sumter (section)

==Family==
{{Anchor|Thomas Sumter Jr.}}
Thomas' son, Thomas Sumter Jr., served in [[Rio de Janeiro]] from 1810 to 1819 as the [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Portugal|United States Ambassador to the Portuguese Court]] during its exile to [[Brazil]]. Thomas Jr.'s wife, [[Natalie De Lage Sumter]] (''{{Nee}}'' [[Natalie De Lage Sumter|Nathalie de Lage de Volude]]), was a daughter of French nobility, sent by her parents to America for her safety during the [[French Revolution]].<ref name=Tisdale>{{cite book | last=Tisdale |first=Thomas |title=A Lady of the High Hills: Natalie Delage Sumter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9oJWbRFHgsC |year=2001 |publisher=Univ. of South Carolina Press |isbn=978-1-57003-415-2 }}</ref> She was raised in [[New York City]] from 1794 to 1801 by Vice President [[Aaron Burr]] as his ward, alongside his own daughter [[Theodosia Burr Alston|Theodosia]].<ref name=Schachner>{{cite book | title=Aaron Burr: A Biography |year=1961 |first=Nathan |last=Schachner |url=https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20140826/html.php |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180117131332/http://www.fadedpage.com/books/20140826/html.php |archive-date=January 17, 2018 |publisher=[[A. S. Barnes]] |orig-year=1937 }}</ref><ref name=Burr>{{cite book | last=Burr |first=Aaron |title=Memoirs of Aaron Burr: With Miscellaneous Selections from His Correspondence |url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsaaronbur02davigoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/memoirsaaronbur02davigoog/page/n397 387] n.1 |year=1837 |editor-first=Matthew Livingston |editor-last=Davis |location=New York |publisher=[[Harper (publisher)#Harper & Brothers (1833–1962)|Harper & Brothers]] }}</ref>  His grandson, Colonel [[Thomas De Lage Sumter]], served in the U.S. Army during the [[Second Seminole War]], and later represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives.<ref>Gilbert, Oscar E. and Catherine R.; ''True for the Cause of Liberty: The Second [[Spartan Regiment]] in the American Revolution''; p. 194; ISBN 978-1-61200-328-3</ref>

Sumter's older brother, William Sumter, was a captain in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref>{{Cite news | date=1907-08-21| title=General Thomas Sumter and Brother William Sumter| pages=2| work=The Watchman and Southron| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65663165/general-thomas-sumter-and-brother/| access-date=2020-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=The North Carolina Patriots – Capt. William Sumter| url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/patriots_nc_capt_william_sumter.html| access-date=2020-12-20| website= www.carolana.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last=Sumter| first=Joel| date=1 August 1874| title=Thomas Sumter Papers, Draper Manuscripts, Statement from Joel Sumter to Lyman Draper| url= https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/| journal=Draper Manuscripts| volume=8VV344-349 [268-269]| pages=344–349| via=Wisconsin Historical Society}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kent |first=A.A. |date=27 Apr 1897 |title=General Thomas Sumter, A Brother and Other Members of the Family that Lived in Caldwell Co, NC |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116868386/general-thomas-sumter-and-family/ |access-date=20 Jan 2023 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Lenoir Topic, Lenoir, North Carolina |page=1}}</ref>