My great grandmother was Rose Ella (Brumfield) Brown. Through Rose & her father, Jessie Alexander Brumfield I am connected to the Brumfield family. This family also links to the Alford & Ott families. The best source for information on the Alford family is the The Alford American Family Association.
I will start here with John Brumfield & his father, Charles, as the furthest back in this tree that I can document at this time. I have found, on Ancestry.com’s family trees, steps further back in the family history. Those trees show Charles’ father as Watson Brumfield, b. c. 1720 in Virginia and his father, Moses Brumfield, b. c. 1700 in Virginia. Wives and other children are given. The only source citation given is other people’s trees. One tree traces the family back to a Thomas Brumfield born 1613 in England. I would love to link those men with our family but would like to find reliable sources first: published histories, church records, a family Bible, original documents,… If you have knowledge of any of these sources please contact me. Until then we will start from here.
Read about the Brumfields:
- Charlotte Temple (Ott) Brumfield 1815 – 1895
- Jessie Alexander Brumfield 1838 – c. 1910
- John Brumfield 1768 – 1834
- Martha E (Alford) Brumfield 1846 – c1910
- Nathaniel Brumfield b. 1813
- Rose Ella (Brumfield) Brown 1867 – 1948
Resources for Brumfield family research:
- Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Pike County, Mississippi. Deluxe. Norman, Oklahoma: Arphax Publishing Co., 2005. [Other counties available]
- Haymon, Serena Abbess. Pike County, Mississippi School Census, 1885. Greenwell Springs, LA.
- Holcomb, Brent H. York County, South Carolina Will Abstracts 1787 – 1862 [1170 - 1862]. Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 2002. 975.743
- Holcomb, Brent H. York Co, South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1786 – 1801 [1772 - 1801]. I. Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 2008.FHL 975.743
- Houston, Martha Lou. Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970.
- Williams, Jr., E. Russ. History of Washington Parish, Louisiana 1798 – 1992. I. 1994. 976.311
- Williams, Jr., Ernest Russ. A Potpourri of Historical Data concerning the Founding Families and Individuals of Washington Parish, Louisiana, 1798 – 1860. Monroe, LA: Northeast Louisiana University, 1990. FHL 976.311
Websites:
- Brumfield Surname genealogy
- Guild of One Name Studies, Brumfield
- Orangeburg County Historical Society, South Carolina
- Orangeburg County Library, South Carolina
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