More Brumfield Information

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.

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

Possible Isacc Brumfield Service in 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

Brumfield Information Children of John Foreman 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 Licenses

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.

More Brumfield Information

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.