Missing facts

I have been searching for a while trying to find out where Major Brumfield died and how to connect Major Brumfield and his son William.

The genealogy is supposedly this.

James Brumfield married to Peshee Sutton
his son
James Brumfield married to Elizabeth Watson
his son
Major Brumfield married to Ann.  Some say Cobb or Cobbs, but I have not found proof of her last name.
his son
William Brumfield married to Polly Butler
his son
Isaac Brumfield married to Letitia Mayhew
his son
Vincent Brumfield married to Mildred Bobbitt
his son
John Foreman Brumfield married to Eliza Dalton
his daughter
Velma Brumfield married to Ira Lee Dalton

I have no documentation for the first two Brumfield's connection.  I have a  copy of a deed connecting Major as James's son which was recorded in Amelia County.  I have no documentation proving that William is Major's son.  I have no documentation proving that Isaac is William's son.  Everything is proved after Isaac.  I have all the proof of Vincent, John and Velma.  This looks pretty pitiful, but there has to be proof out there somewhere.  It just will take longer than I thought.   All this information has been documented in several family stories, but I will need the right documents not just heresay.  I think that I will back track and start with Isaac.  I know that he is buried in Pittsylvania County.  I believe that there may be a chance that both William and Major moved to Kentucky or Tennessee.  Several members of their family had moved there earlier and Major may have sold all his property in Pittsylvania County before moving away.

More later.

More Amelia County, Virginia Deeds

Amelia County Deed Book 11 Page 144

This indenture made this twenty seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty nine between Henry Yarborough of the County of Buckingham of the one part and Major Brumfield of the County of Amelia of the other part. Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of forty pounds current money of Virginia to be paid in hand to the said Henry Yarborough and his heirs the receipt whereof he the said Henry Yarborough and his heirs hath bargained and sold and by these present doth bargain sell confirm and forever make over unto the aforesaid Major Brumfield and his heirs forever one certain Tract or parcel of land containing one hundred acres more or less situate and being in the County of Amelia lying on the Branches of Sandy Creek bounded as follows beginning at a corner White Oak at William Farley’s line, thence along Seays line to the head of the Spring Branch, thence along Sowel’s line down the said Branch as it meanders to Sandy Creek, thence along Holt’s (could be Hall) line up Sandy Creek as it meanders to Forster’s line thence along Forsters line to Jarrett Johnson’s line, thence along Johnson’s line to Farley line, thence along Farley’s line to the Beginning.  To have and to hold to possess and enjoy the said land and premises in fee simple and all the appurtenances  there unto belonging and he the said Henry Yarborough and his Heirs forever the said land and premises to the said Major Brumfield and his Heirs forever doth warrant and defend from the claim of any person or persons whomsoever to the said Major Brumfield and his Heirs.  In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day and year above written.

Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presents of William Pillow, Gerrard Johnson and Peter Farley  Signed  Henry L Yarborough

Memo that on the twenty seventh day of November 1769 peaceable and quiet possession of the within land and premises were given by the within named Henry Yarborough to the within mentioned Henry Brumfield  (I believed that this was in error and should have said Major.  Maybe there is a chance that his name was Major Henry Brumfield.  I don’t know. Signed Henry L. Yarborough his mark in presence of William Pillow, Gerrard Johnson and Peter Farly. 

At Court held for Amelia County the 22^nd Day of March 1770 this indenture and the memorandum thereon endorsed were proved by the solemn affirmation of Gerrard Johnson a Quaker and the oath of Peter Farley two of the Witnesses thereto and at another court held for the said county the 28^th day of June following the same was fully proved by the oath of William Pillow another witness thereto and ordered to be recorded.

Test John Pride DC

Thomas Henry Brumfield

This is a picture of Thomas Henry Brumfield.  My Aunt Judy sent this to me.  It was given to her by Virginia Brumfield and by the article (I don't know what publication.)  it was contributed by Dean Ab-Hough of North Carolina.

He is buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, but I don't know where.  Apparently his wife is buried in the same place.  He is the brother of Vincent Brumfield.  They are the sons of Isaac Brumfield.  He married Eliza Ann Midkiff.  I checked the census of 1850 and he was at home with his mother Letty and his sisters and brothers which included Vincent and Henry.  I can't find him in the 1860 census.  He would have been 24.  Could he have moved with his family to Ohio.  I will check and see.  He is the younger brother of Vincent.
I found a Thomas H. Brumfield and Byrd Brumfield that enlisted in the US Army during the civil war.  They were living in Russian River, Northern District of California.  I don't think this is him.  I found a 1860 Federal Census for a George Brumfield living with his wife Ann in California.  They had two older boys that were Thomas and Byrd Brumfield.  I think these are the two that enlisted in US Army.  They may have been cousins.  George Brumfield was from Virginia and his wife Ann was from Ohio.  You can't beat that coincidence.

Major Brumfields and others

This week I went to Culpeper County Va Courthouse to look for information about Major Brumfield's marriage to Ann Cobbs.  I am sorry to say I could not find a thing.  I looked in will books, deed books, minute books.  If there was an old book out there I looked at it.  So I think it is safe to say that I will have to look elsewhere for Major Brumfield's marriage.  I just hope I can find it.  I also visited the Culpeper County Museum and the Culpeper County Library.  I didn't find any information at the Museum, but I did buy three books.   The books were An 18th Century Perspective:Culpeper County Compiled and Edited by Mary Stevens Jones, Early Churches of Culpeper County, Virginia: Colonial and Ante-Bellum Congregations by Arthur Dicken Thomas Jr, and Angus McDonald Green and Culpeper A Virginia County's History through 1920 by Eugene M. Scheel.  While they might not help with my Brumfield family genealogy; hopefully, they will help with another.
Culpeper County was cut off from Orange County in 1748.  There is a possibility that he might be there.  But first I want to visit Amelia Courthouse where I know he lived for several years.

James Brumfield

It has been quite a long while since I last wrote, but it is my intention to write three posts a week for the next few months and hopefully more.  I began searching my Brumfield relatives this spring.  In my past posts I was working my way backwards, but now I would like to begin with my first direct Brumfield relative James Brumfield that settled in the New World.  Now this does not mean that there were no Brumfields before he came.  This only is the one that I believe to be a direct descendant.  There was a young James Brumfield that came to Jamestown in 1607, but there is no positive proof as to what happened to him.

1.  James Brumfield married to Peshee Sutton.  Immigrants from England to Virginia on March 17, 1672.  They were transported here by Robert Taliaferro to Old Rappahannock County.
Lived in Gloucester County.
Possible Children:
Robert, Martha, Isabel, James, Ann, William

Can I prove these facts, I don't know.

First I went to the Library of Virginia in their Digital Memory Collection.  I found the land patent given to Robert Taliaferro March 17, 1672 conveying acreage to him for transporting colonist to the new world.  Lo and behold, they named  the colonist and in it was the name Peshee Sutton and below her name was James Brumfield.  Another Brumfield is also listed.  I could not distinquish the first name, though.
You can find this patent in the Digital Memory Collection Virginia Land Patents.

So here we have proof that James Brumfield and Peshee Sutton knew each other and they were here in 1672.
The Land was located in Rappahannock County.  There is a possibility that James and Peshee lived in Old Rappahannock when they first arrived.  That county is now extinct and the records are held at Essex County, Virginia.  Old Rappahanock was formed from Lancaster County in 1656 and became extinct in 1692

https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/(Old)_Rappahannock_County,_Virginia_Genealogy
I looked on this page for information about the Brumfield family and did not find their name listed.

While searching for family ancestry I also looked for the history of the era.  I have attached a link for 1672 below.
http://www.brainyhistory.com/years/1672.html
During that year England and France declared War on the Netherlands.

George W Brumfield notes

Last year a member of the Brumfield family passed away.  He was George William Brumfield 93.  A native of Jessamine County, Kentucky.  Below is his obituary.

 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kentucky/obituary.aspx?n=george-william-brumfield&pid=153134358&fhid=7344

He use to write my Aunt Judy all the time and he would always talk about the Brumfield Genealogy.  She has generously given me his letters and I am going to transcribe them to the best of my ability.

From George Brumfield Letter

John born 1740 son of William left Virginia in 1789 and came to Fayette County, Kentucky with him was the balance of his and Elizabeth Morton's(Elizabeth Morton was the daugher of Samuel and Delphia Morton that lived near Farmville, Va, somewhere around Round Pond.   children:  Obediah  1774,  Sarah Elizabeth 1777, Moses 1783, and John Jr. 1786.  Their two older sons William 1769 and Joel 1771 had already come to Fayette County, Kentucky in 1787.  Only two of the family died here Joel died 1850 and Moses died 1860.  Sarah had married J Gritton.  She died 1806 in Mercer County, Kentucky.

Only Moses' grave is known all the others are buried in unknown graves.

Mercer County, Kentucky

Robert Brumfield's family and descendants.

Obediah b 1785 and wife Nancy Crowe bried in old union graved at Doctor's Fork   near Perryville.  His son James born 1806 buried in Perryville, Kentucky.  These are the cousins to Abraham Lincoln the President the the William 1778 and Nancy Lincoln marriage 1780   of 1801 in Mercer County, Kentucky.

It is believed that Thomas Brumfield came to Jamestown, Virginia in search of his uncle James Brumfield born 1592, who stole his way on Capt John Smith's boat in 1609.  This James(1592) is known as the Cabin Boy and in Jamestown, Capt. John and James applied  for a land grant.  James(1592) was killed by an Indian in 1640

In another letter he stated that the family started in 1672 in Jamestown, Virginia.  James Brumfield born 1647 married Patience Sutton born 1651 in Jamestown and Thomas Brumfield was their only witness to the wedding.  There is no date of death or location.  Robert Brumfield married Susannah Coatran and  James Brumfield married Elizabeth Watson.  Daughter of John watson of Virginia.   John Watson died 1742 and Robt. Brumfield died 1745.  James Brumfield died 1755 near Farmville, Virginia on Sailor Creek.

James and Elizabeth Watson Brumfield had four sons William  (1718-1799) James (1722-1803)  West Virginia, Robert (1724-1794) in Mercer Kentucky and Major Brumfield (1730-1815) Virginia.

More Next Week

More Brumfield information

More about the Brumfields

Well, I have been searching for Vincent Brumfield in the Civil War and I have got to say that we probably have already found him
http://www.53rdvacompanyh.org/

I found a Vincent Broomfield in the following site http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm and I have been
researching the 53rd at the following sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd_Virginia_Infantry
http://www.victorianvilla.com/sims-mitchell/local/war/cw/roster/53/g/01/  This is Company G.  There is no mention of a Brumfield or Broomfield in this list.
http://www.victorianvilla.com/sims-mitchell/local/articles/phsp/012/  This article refers to Company I and a notebook kept by Robert Ferguson and some information on Chatham Greys.
http://www.victorianvilla.com/sims-mitchell/local/war/cw/53/I/
While looking for the 53rd information, I found a list of the dead from Pittsylvania County and Danville, Va.  It a terrible long list. http://www.victorianvilla.com/sims-mitchell/local/war/cw/cas/index.htm

I must admit that I may be spending too much time on this.  If anyone should know for certain what confederate   regiment Vincent Brumfield served, please write.

Also, I am attaching a photo of James Brumfield and his wife.  He went to Ohio and returned, but she did not.

Vincent Henry Brumfield

Vincent H Brumfield was the son of Isaac Brumfield.  He was born around 1834 and he married Millie Bobbitt.  During the 1850's Vincent and his wife moved to Indiana where they lived until 1860.  In 1860, they moved back to Pittsylvania County and there they lived and died.

He served in the Confederacy, but I am having a problem finding him.  I believe that his name could be misspelled.  I have tried Brumfield, but I have not found a Vincent in the list.  I have also tried Bromfield and Broomfield.  The only Vincent I found was Vincent Broomfield that enlisted in the 53rd Virginia Regiment.  I found him at this link http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm.  I also looked in this website http://www.victorianvilla.com/sims-mitchell/local/war/cw/roster/53/g/01/.  He wasn't in Company G of the 53rd.  There were many men from Pittsylvania County in that regiment, but he wasn't on the website list.
I also looked at http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/genealogy/ancestorcomments.aspx?id=708&state=Virginia&type=4&rid=2689.  No mention on that website either.  As I keep plodding through different websites, I keep getting shot down.  I looked up the Pittsylvania County, Virginia genealogy website and it had nothing about a Brumfield in the Civil War.  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/civilwar.html

Could I have been mistaken about their residence during the Civil War.  Everyone said that he fought in the war.  Could it be that he fought for the North?  I really don't think so.  It was told to me that he was back in Virginia before 1861.  However, the 1860 census has him living in Ohio.

Okay.  So I went to the Library of Virginia Digital Collection and looked under the confederate disability pension collection.  I found no Vincent Brumfield, Broomfield or Bromfield located in that collection either.
http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/9CVL5DP7H524CPPLF8FR1HD8BRNA8PQN24Y16JVH59UTSIMLJC-52539?func=scan&scan_start=bromfield&scan_code=SUB&x=14&y=13. http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/PNYH6NDNV6H8JH8JFIFFFFNI48B8QEVXQGJ6RVAB8RNVYFULK9-65938?func=scan&scan_start=bromfield&scan_code=SUB&x=23&y=10
And for good measure I also searched the Digital Collection and came up empty.

Now I must move on the Ancestor.com.  Someone else may have found something that I have been unable to locate.  Now remember I have found a Vincent Bromfield in the 53rd Va Regiment.  This could be our relative, but I am not sure.  So far I have had no luck finding anyone that has Vincent Brumfield's military record in their tree.

I suppose I should try Fold 3 and Mocavo next.  More tomorrow.

More Pictures for Brumfield Grave Markers

 John Foreman Brumfield and Eliza Dalton Brumfield above
Children of John Foreman and Eliza

 David McDowell Brumfield

 Annie M Brumfield

Ollie R and Ruby D Brumfield

More Brumfield Pictures from the Past

 Carrie Brumfield Pillow and Opie Pillow

 Velma Brumfield

 John Foreman Brumfield

My Aunt Judy provided me with these pictures and I hope that you enjoy them.  I had written down their names in a notebook and then left it behind in Virginia.  I will contact Judy later on to get all the names.  Hopefully I now have a picture of all of John Foreman Brumfield's children.

Brumfield Ladies

Below is a picture of some of the Brumfield ladies of the present.   They are enjoying a mini break together. Above is Atha Bailey, Judy Dalton and Marguerite Finch.  They are double first cousins.  Judy and Atha's mother was Velma Brumfield.  Marguerite's father was Oscar Brumfield.    Oscar and Velma were brother and sister.  Velma married Ira Dalton and Oscar married Ethel Dalton.  Ethel and Ira were sister and brother.  They certainly are a wonderful trio.

More Brumfield news

I am checking out the Pension Applications for the Revolutionary War for any Brumfields that I might find and abstracting them.

Robert Brumfield of King William County, Virginia   National Archives Catalogue No. 300022
He was eighty years old at the time of the application on January 28, 1832
He first enlisted in 1776 or 1777.  He doesn't remember exactly which year.  The first time he enlisted at Major Burheel's Mill under Captain William Quarles of King William County, Virginia.  They started out a Little York, then New Kent County, Virginia and then Hillsborough, NC.  He was present at Gate's defeat and marched back to Little York.  He was discharged after that and he returned home, but he was drafted again in to the militia under Captain Richard Dabney on January 5, 1781.  They marched to Holt's Ferry, Williamsburg and then Portsmouth.  He returned home after a few months and was drafted again on May 5, 1781 under Captain William Quarles.  They marched to Four Mile Creek below Richmond City, Malvern Hills on the James River then Charles City.  He then went home again and was drafted again under Captain Abrahams.  They met at Frazier's Ferry went on to New Kent County and then Ware Church in Gloucester County.  He served under the following Major and Colonels.  Major Armistead, Colonel Holt Richeson, Colonel Taylor, Colonel Ennis and Colonel Dabney.
He states that his brother William enlisted before he did, but they served in the same regiment together.  Robert was born in Cumberland County, Virginia and moved to King William County, Virginia when he was six years old.
Pension Application witnessed and notarized by Richard Willeroy who was also the Justice of the Peace of King William County, Thomas W. S. Gregory and Robert Myrick.

More Brumfield Marriages

I found in the book Marriages of Pittsylvania County, Virginia  1806-1830 compiled and published by Kathleen Booth Williams the following:

December 5, 1818 Isaac Brumfield and Letty Mayhue.  Sur.  Henry Mayhue.  Married by the Reverend Griffith Dickinson. page 65

July 8, 1823 James W Brumfield and Tallithecum Hoskins, who writes her own consent.  Sur.  Isaac Brumfield.  Married July 10 by the Reverend Griffith Dickinson.  page 77

June 21 1827  Thomas H. Brumfield and Ludey Mayhew.  Sur.  Henry Mayhew. page 87

May 27, 1817  William B. Brumfield and Susanna Oakes.  Sur.  John Williams.  Page 62.


In the book Marriages of Amelia County, Virginia  1735-1815  compiled and published by Kathleen Booth Williams the following:

November 27, 1792  Brumfield, William and Polly Butler, Sur.  William Butler.  P. B-6

Isaac Brumfield War of 1812

Isacc Brumfield was born in Halifax County, Virginia.  He married Letitia Mayhew on December 5, 1818 in Chatham, Virginia by Griffin Dickinson.  She was the daughter of Henry Mayhew Sr. and Sallie Mayhew.
Isaac Brumfield was five feet eight inches tall with blue eyes, black hair and dark complexion.  He served in the War of 1812.  He was a private under Captain Edward Holt's command of the Sixth Regiment, Virginia Militia of the U. S. Army commanded by Henry E. Coleman.  He was drafted on June 18, 1812 and received an honorable discharge on October 18, 1814.
Source:  Military Records, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

More Brumfield Information

Children of Vincent and Millie Brumfield

William Henry Brumfield     Age:  4
Thomas A. Brumfield          Age:  3
Isaiah Jake Brumfield          Age:  2
Herbert Brumfield               Age:  2 months
The above children were born in Ohio.
I found them in the 1860 census.

In the 1870 census we find William Henry, Thomas A, Isaiah Jake, but there is no mention of Herbert.
The next child in the 1870 census is:
John Foreman Brumfield     Age:  8
Robert:                               Age:  6
James G                             Age:  4
Samuel H.                          Age:  3

One of the family stories that I have heard is that John Foreman was born in a covered wagon on their way back to Virginia.  So if he is 8 in the 1870 census, then they must have returned around 1862.

In the 1880 census, William Henry, Thomas A and Isaiah are no longer living in the household.  At this time I do not know whether they have died or moved.  I hope to know more later.
The following children are added in this census.
Virginia Frances                Age:  9
Sarah Alice                       Age:  8
Martha E                          Age:  6
Manta                               Age: 2

Now I don't know about the name Manta, but that is what it looks like in the census and that is how they spelled it also.  Manta is a son.

There is no 1890 census so for 20 years there is no record.  In the 1900 census all the above children are no longer  in the household with Vincent and Millie and there is a  George Walton age 21.  Also Millie states in the census that she has had fourteen children, but only nine survived.  I found names for thirteen children, but that twenty year gap could have had one more at some time.
So to recap here are the following children I have found in the 1860,1870,1880 and 1900 census.
William Henry
Thomas A
Isaiah Jake
Herbert
John Foreman
Robert
James G
Samuel H
Virginia Francis
Sarah A
Martha E
Manta
George Walton

Children of John Foreman Brumfield and Eliza Dalton

Children of John Foreman Brumfield and Eliza Dalton

David McDowell Brumfield born February 19, 1885  Died September 27, 1945

His grave marker is on my site the Brumfield Grave Matters.  He was married to Mary Dalton.

 James Morgan  Brumfield born September 16, 1889 Died January 4, 1963.  He was married to Cecil Dove.  She was the daughter of George Dove and Lelia Forlines Dove.  Lelia Forlines Dove was George Dove’s second wife.  His first wife was Cornelia Ward.  One of George and Cornelia’s children was Rose Dove.   She married Albert Lee Dalton.  Rose and Albert had a son Ira Lee.   Ira Lee married James Morgan Brumfield’s sister Velma. In the 1900 census  Henry Ward, Daniel Dalton and Jarratt Dalton family were neighbors of John Brumfield.

Annie Mildred Brumfield born November 6,1892 Died April 17, 1960.  Her grave marker is on the Brumfield Grave Matters site.   She was married to Robert Ward.  He was one of the son’s of Henry Ward and Susie Adams Ward.  Henry Ward was the son of Elizabeth Adams Ward and the brother to the above Cornelia Ward.  In the 1900 census the Henry Ward family are neighbors to the John Brumfield family.  Annie Mildred was named for both of her grandmothers.  Mildred Bobbitt Brumfield, John Foreman’s Brumfield’s mother and  Anne Dalton, Eliza Dalton’s mother.

Carrie Brumfield born June or January, 1895.  In the 1900 census she is five years old and the census was taken on June 16, 1900.  The census says that her birthday was June or January, 1895.  I could not decipher  the month except to say that it was June or January.  She died on October 11, 1964.  She married Opie Pillow.  They lived in Roanoke, Virginia.   They were married for forty nine years. I do not remember Carrie, but I do remember Uncle Opie.  He was always nice and friendly.  He would do this little trick where he kicked his back side with his foot.

Lundy  Brumfield born May, 1888 according to the 1900 census.  He died on May 3, 1960.  He was married to Janie Worley.  They lived in several places, but mainly in Richmond, Virginia.

Albert Clyde Brumfield born September 29,1900.  Died March 24, 1966.  I do not have a picture of his grave site, but he is buried at Weatherford Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Sycamore, Virginia.  His grave is also mentioned in Find a grave.  He was married to Ruth Vassar.

Dewey Winchester Brumfield born March 30, 1903 Died April 1, 1961.  His grave site is at the Weatherford Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.  You can find this gravesite at Findagrave.com.  He was married to Roberta Worley.

Ollie R. (Doc) Brumfield born July 3, 1905 and died March 29, 1979.  You can find his grave site at Brumfield Genealogy Astounding Past Brumfield Grave Matters.  He was married to Ruby Dalton.   They were married for fifty three years.

Oscar Brumfield born possibly 1908.  According to 1910 census he was 2 years old at the time.  He died on January 19, 1964.  He was married to Ethel Dalton.  She was the daughter of Albert Lee Dalton and Rose Dove.  Her brother Ira Dalton married Velma Brumfield, Oscar’s sister.

Odell Brumfield  born February 22, 1911 Died November 19, 1984.  He married Adell Dove.  They were married for forty nine years.  She was the daughter of Charles Dove.  Charles Dove was the brother of Rose Dove.

Velma Olvis Brumfield born August 6, 1913.  Died November 3, 2001.  She was married to Ira Lee Dalton for 69 years.  She was a wonderful wife and mother.  

So these are all of the children of John Foreman Brumfield and Eliza C. Dalton.  According to the 1900 census, they had six children, but one of them did not survive.  All total they had eleven children to survive out of twelve.   As before, if anyone has any corrections or additions, please let me know.   

All of my information comes from the following sources:

Atha Bailey

Judy Dalton 

Billy Wayne Brumfield

Ancestry.com

Findagrave.com

My research at grave sites.

Brumfield Marriage License Information

Brumfield Marriage License Information

Vincent and Milly Brumfield

To the Clerk of the County Court of Pittsylvania County in the State of Virginia

I hereby certify that the following is a correct statement of a marriage solemnized by me in the county afore. 

Date of Marriage 25 day of January, 1855

Place of Marriage  Thomas Bobbett Pittsylvania

Names of Parties married Vincent Harris or Hans( actually not readable)  Brumfield , Millie Bobbett.

Age of Husband 21 years Age of Wife 21 years.  They were both single.  Both born in Pittsylvania County.

He was the son of Isaac and Leticia Brumfield.

She was the daughter of Thomas and Mildred Bobbett.

He is a farmer and both reside in Pittsylvania.

Given under my hand as a minister legally authorized to solemnize marriages.  This lst day of February, 1855.  Samuel F. Shelton

John and Eliza Brumfield

Marriage License

Virginia Pittsylvania County, to Wit

You are hereby authorized to join in the Holy State of Marriage according to the rites and ceremonies of your Church or denomination and the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia John Brumfield and Eliza Dalton.

Given under my hand a Clerk of the County Court of Pittsylvania, this the 15^th day of October, 1883.

Certificate to Obtain a Marriage License

Time of Marriage:  1883  October 18^th

Place of Marriage:

Full Names of Parties Married:  John Brumfield and Eliza Dalton

Color:  White

Age of Husband:  22 years old

Age of Wife:  14

Condition of Husband widowed or single:  single

Condition of wife widowed or single:  single

Place of Husband’s birth:  Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Place of Wife’s birth:  Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Place of Husband’s Residence:  Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Place of Wife’s Residence:  Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Name of Husband’s Parents:  Vincent and Milly Brumfield

Name of Wife’s Parents:  Winchester and Annie Dalton

Occupation of Husband:  Farmer

Given under my hand this 15^th day of October, 1885.  W. B. Shepherd, Clerk

Ira and Velma Brumfield Dalton

Marriage License

Virginia Campbell County, to Wit

You are hereby authorized to join in the Holy State of Marriage according to the rites and ceremonies of your Church or denomination and the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia Ira L. Dalton and Velma O. Brumfield

Given under my hand a Clerk of the County Court of Campbell.

Certificate to Obtain a Marriage License

Time of Marriage:  August 31, 1929

Place of Marriage:  Rustburt, Va

Full Names of Parties Married:  Ira L Dalton and Velma O. Brumfield

Color:  White

Age of Husband:  23    single

Age of Wife:  16  single

Husband’s place of Birth:  Pittsylvania County  Mailing Address:  Altavista, Virginia

Wife’s place of Birth:  Pittsylvania County  Mailing Address:  Altavista, Virginia

Names of Parents:  Husband:  Albert L. Dalton and Rosa L. Dove

                                   Wife:  John Brumfield and Eliza Dalton

Occupation of Husband:  Public Work

Given under my hand this 31^st day of August 1929.  C. W. Woodson, Clerk

I Cecil L. Boggs, a minister of the M.E. South Church a religious order of that name, do certify that on the 31^st day of August, 1929 at Rustburg, Virginia, under authority of the above license, I joined together in the Holy State of Matrimony the persons named and described therein.  I qualified and gave bond according to law authorizing me to celebrate the rights of marriage in the County of Campbell, State of Virginia.  Cecil L. Boggs.

V. H. Brumfield Obituary

More Brumfield Information

Last week my Aunt Judy sent me Brumfield information that she had collected.  It’s a lot of good stuff.  I now have my mother’s marriage license, Ira Dalton and Velma Brumfield Dalton’s license,  John Foreman Brumfield and Eliza Dalton Brumfields license and Vincent Henry Brumfield  and Matilda Bobbitt Brumfield’s statement from the minister that was also recorded in Pittsylvania County.  Counting me that makes five generations of proof, but that is still not good enough to get me to the Revolution.  I have two more to get me to that  which is Isaac Brumfield and his wife and William Brumfield and his wife.  Can I do it?  I sure hope so.

Now back to Aunt Judy’s information.  She sent me John Foreman Brumfield’s marriage license and she also sent me his death notice which was in the paper.  Now if you will notice, I posted Vincent and Millie’s gravestone   in Brumfield Grave Matters on February 9, 2012.   They both have the same birth year which is probably wrong, but we will examine that further on, but the date of death is March 30^th for Millie and March 31^st for Vincent.  For years I have heard the story about Millie dying and then Vincent dropping dead while he shaved himself for the funeral on the next day.    Below is what was reported in the Times Dispatch on April 3, 1905.

Chatham, Va.,   April 3, 1905 Obituary

Vincent Brumfield of Brights, this county, died suddenly Saturday night from heart disease.  He retired for the night. In a short while his daughter was aroused by his peculiar breathing and going to his bed found him in a dying condition, death resulting in a few minutes.  Mr. Brumfield was a farmer and seventy-three years old.  On Friday, his wife, who was of the same age, died of pneumonia.  Six sons and two daughters survive them.

Now let’s examine this obituary.  First of all the tombstones  are inscribed with the following:  V.H. Brumfield born 1836 died March 31, 1894.  Millie Brumfield born 1836 died March 30, 1894.  If these dates are correct then why did they put the obituary in the Times Dispatch eleven  years later.  I looked at the calendar for 1905 and March 31^st falls on a Friday and April 1^st is a Saturday.  I also looked at the calendar for 1894 and Friday is the 30^th of March and Saturday is the 31^st.   Now I have a statement  from the Minister Samuel L. Shelton stating the he solemnized a wedding between Vincent and Millie Bobbitt in 1855 and that they were both 21 years old.  That would make their birthdate 1834.  Well, the tombstones were not far off or they could have lied about their age.   The obituary states that they were 73 years old at the date of their death.    I have also gone back to look at the census.  I didn’t look for a 1900 census because I thought they had already been dead for six years, but I went back and found a 1900 census report for Vincent H. Brumfield age 66 born January, 1834 living with his wife Mildred 65 years old born November 1834 in the Pigg River District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  They had been married 45 years.  They had had fourteen children and nine of them were still surviving in 1900.  They also had a son George W living with them.  He was 21 years old and he was born June, 1878.  I also went back and checked other census years.  In 1850 Vincent’s birth year would have been 1834; in 1860 it would have been 1837; in 1870 it would be 1834 and in 1880 it would have been 1835.

I believe that I can say with certainty that Vincent and Mildred were probably born sometime between 1832 and 1834.  His birth month in January and hers in November.  They married in 1855 and both of them died within a day of each other in 1905.  I was wrong about their birth years not being the same year.  It looks like they may have been separated in age only by ten months, but the same year.   I still am baffled about why they put 1894 on the tombstone.  

More Census Records

Isaac Brumfield Census Records in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

1820 Census Pittsylvania County

Head of Household   Isaac Brumfield

Males under the age of 10: one

Males 16-25:      one

Females 16-25:   one

Number of people living in household:  three

Number of the above three people engaged in Agriculture  - one

1830 Census Pittsylvania County

Head of Household  Isaac Brumfield

Males from 10-14:  one

Males from 30-39: one

Females under  5:  two

Females 5 to 9: one

Females 20 to 29: one

Number of people living in household:  six

1840 Census Pittsylvania County

Head of Household  Isaac Brumfield

Male under the age of 5:  one

Male 5 to 9:  one

Male 15-19:one

Male 20-29: one

Male 40-49:one

Female 5-9: one

Female 10-14: two

Female 30to39: one

One male slave from 24-35: one

Number of people in the household:  ten

Number of people employed in agriculture: three

1850 Pittsylvania County Census

Head of Household  Letty Brumfield  45

Martha    20

Polly   18

Vincent  16

Thomas  14

Susan  8

Brumfield Grave Matters

Vincent Henry Brumfield  and Millie Brumfield and their children


As I find pictures of the Brumfield grave sites I will be posting them right here.  This should help someone trying to prove the descendants for revolutionary, confederacy and union.

These two grave sites are located at Weatherford Primitive Baptist Church in Gretna, Va.
Millie Brumfield  Born 1836  Died March 30, 1894 and V. H. Brumfield Born 1836 and Died March 31, 1894.