{"id":3753,"date":"2013-12-29T16:50:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T16:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pasqualefamily.net\/web\/?page_id=3753"},"modified":"2020-05-09T22:12:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T22:12:21","slug":"davis-brumfield-1795-1863","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.pasqualefamily.net\/web\/brumfield\/davis-brumfield-1795-1863","title":{"rendered":"Davis Brumfield 1795 \u2013 1863"},"content":{"rendered":"

Davis Brumfield <\/strong>was the third son of John B. Brumfield and Margaret Kelly.<\/a>[i]He was born 1 January 1795.<\/a>[ii]He served in the War of 1812 as a private in Captain Bickham\u2019s Company of the 12\/13 Consolidated Regiment of the Louisiana Militia. He enlisted 23 December 1814 in Franklinton, Louisiana. He was involved in the Battle of New Orleans and was discharged 10 March 1815.<\/a>[iii], <\/a>[iv], <\/a>[v], <\/a>[vi]<\/p>\n

On 23 November 1823 he married Cynthia Holmes<\/a>[vii], daughter of Elisha Warren Holmes and Sarah Stovall and sister of Nancy Virginia (Holmes) Brumfield who married Davis\u2019 brother, Willis. Their children were: Elijah, John, William, Emily, Eveline, Angeline, Elisha, Isaac, Jesse and Louise.<\/a>[viii]<\/p>\n

His name can be found in several land records. On 1 September 1829 Davis acquired a land patent for 80 acres in Walthall County, Mississippi.<\/a>[ix]In February 1851 he filed a soldier\u2019s bounty land claim.<\/a>[x]As a result of that claim he received 40 acres of land on 5 January 1854. That land was also in Walthall County.<\/a>[xi]Davis continued to purchase land in the county. In December 1854 he acquired 40 acres in Section 26<\/a>[xii], 40 acres in Section 27<\/a>[xiii]and 40 acres in Section 32 of Township 2N.<\/a>[xiv]Those records described Davis as being from Pike County, Mississippi.<\/p>\n

The 1850 U. S. Census supports the claim that Davis and his family lived in Pike County. His land, at that time was valued at $800. His son, Elijah, was helping on the farm. John and William were students. Davis and Cynthia\u2019s children ranged in age from 24 to 3 three years old.<\/a>[xv]That year they had three sons and three daughters in school in Pike County.<\/a>[xvi]<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Although living in Pike County, Davis continued to purchase land in neighboring Walthall County. In February 1859 he purchased 200 acres in Sections 22, 23 and 27.<\/a>[xvii]At the same time he purchased 119.4 acres in towns 2N and 3N.<\/a>[xviii]<\/p>\n

In 1860 the family was in Holmesville. His land was then valued at $20,000 and his personal estate at $2,000. Four children were still at home.<\/a>[xix]<\/p>\n

Three of Davis and Cynthia\u2019s sons served in the Civil War. Elisha Kelly Brumfield, <\/a>[xx], <\/a>[xxi], <\/a>[xxii]and John Brumfield<\/a>[xxiii]enlisted on 26 April 1862. They served as privates in Company K, Brent\u2019s Rifles, in the 38th<\/sup>MS Regiment of the MS Volunteers. Elisha became a prisoner of war and was paroled at Baton Rogue. Both were discharges 12 May 1865. Their brother, Isaac K. Brumfield, was a private in Company K, Wingfields, of the 3rd<\/sup>Regiment of the Louisiana Calvary. Isaac also became a prisoner of war, paroled at Baton Rogue.<\/a>[xxiv], <\/a>[xxv], <\/a>[xxvi]<\/p>\n

While the brothers were fighting for the Confederacy, their father died. Davis died 23 April 1863 in Pike County, Mississippi.<\/a>[xxvii], <\/a>[xxviii]After his death Cynthia filed for a pension based on his service in the War of 1812. She received eight dollars a month, starting 30 October 1878.<\/a>[xxix]<\/p>\n

Cynthia died 10 July 1884.<\/p>\n

Cinthia [sic] Brumfield was born in the state of Georgia on Dec. 12, 1804 and moved to Pike County, Miss. at the age of 8 years and remained there until death. She married Davis Brumfield in 1824 and reared a large family. He died in 1864. She united with the Union Church in June 1850 and remained a faithful member of that church until her death. She died July 10, 1884. She leaves 7 children, 1 brother, 2 sisters, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren<\/em>.<\/a>[xxx]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>[i]Conerly, Luke War, Source Records from Pike County, Mississippi, 1798 \u2013 1910 (SC: Southern Historical Press, 1989) 105.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[ii]Stewart, Charlotte J., Brumfield<\/em>(Ocean Springs, MS: Blossman Printing, Inc., 1972).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[iii]Soldier\u2019s Bounty Land Claim; digital image, fold3 <\/em>(fold3.com: accessed June 2017). Davis Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[iv]War of 1812 Application Files Index, 1812 – 1815; Ancestry<\/em>(ancestry.com<\/a>: accessed August 2017) Davis Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[v]Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812; digital image, fold3 (fold3.com: accessed June 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[vi]Service Pension, War of 1812, Widow\u2019s Brief, claim #20259; digital image, fold3 (fold3.com: accessed June 2017) Cynthia Brumfield, widow of Davis Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[vii]Randolph, Ruth Brumfield, and Nell Brumfield Jacobs Smith. Brumfields Revisited: Ancestors and Descendants of George Y. and Martha Penny Brumfield. <\/em>(Privately printed, 1995).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[viii]Stewart, Charlotte J., Brumfield<\/em>(Ocean Springs, MS: Blossman Printing, Inc., 1972).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[ix]Land Patent; 9\/1\/1829; Accession # CV0128.205; General Land Office Records, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior; digital image (glorecords.bim.gov: accessed October 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[x]Soldier\u2019s Bounty Land Claim; digital image, fold3 <\/em>(fold3.com: accessed June 2017). Davis Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xi]Land Patent; 1\/5\/1854; Accession # MW0747.146; General Land Office Records, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior; digital image (glorecords.bim.gov: accessed October 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xii]Land Patent; 12\/1\/1854; Accession # MS0520.161; General Land Office Records, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior; digital image (glorecords.bim.gov: accessed October 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xiii]Land Patent; 12\/1\/1854; Accession # MS0520.162; General Land Office Records, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior; digital image (glorecords.bim.gov: accessed October 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xiv]Land Patent; 12\/1\/1854; Accession # MS0520.163; General Land Office Records, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior; digital image (glorecords.bim.gov: accessed October 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xv]1850 US Census, MS, Pike, Police District #2; digital image, Ancestry<\/em>(ancestry.com: accessed 2017) Davis Brumfield family.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xvi]Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892, Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Jackson, Pike Co., MS; digital image, Family Search (familysearch.org: accessed March 2016) Davis Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xvii]Land Patent; 2\/1\/1859; Accession # MS0550.054; General Land Office Records, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior; digital image (glorecords.bim.gov: accessed October 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xviii]Land Patent; 2\/1\/1859; Accession # MS0560.070; General Land Office Records, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior; digital image (glorecords.bim.gov: accessed October 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xix]1860 US Census, MS, Pike, Holmesville; digital image, Ancestry<\/em>(ancestry.com: accessed 2016) Davis Brumfield family.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xx]Booth, Andrew Bradford,Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands <\/em>(New Orleans, 1920) Genealogy Gophers (gengophers.com; accessed 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xxi]38th Mississippi Infantry\/Mounted Infantry; Muster Roll (38thms.50megs.com: accessed August 2017.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xxii]Sons of Confederate Veterans, Confederate Graves Registry Public Interface (cgr.scv.org: accessed August 2017.)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xxiii]Sons of Confederate Veterans, Confederate Graves Registry Public Interface (cgr.scv.org: accessed August 2017.)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xxiv]National Park Service, US Civil War Soldiers, 1861- 1865; Ancestry<\/em>(ancestry.com; accessed 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xxv]Booth, Andrew Bradford,Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands <\/em>(New Orleans, 1920) Genealogy Gophers (gengophers.com; accessed 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xxvi]Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana; NARA; Fold3 (fold3.com: accessed 2017).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xxvii]War of 1812 Application Files Index, 1812 – 1815; digital image, Ancestry <\/em>(ancestry.com<\/a>: accessed August 2017) Davis Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xxviii]War of 1812 Application Files Index, 1812 – 1815; digital image, Ancestry <\/em>(ancestry.com<\/a>: accessed August 2017) Davis Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xxix]Service Pension, War of 1812, Widow\u2019s Brief, claim #20259; digital image, Fold3 <\/em>(fold3.com: accessed June 2017) Cynthia Brumfield, widow of Davis Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xxx]Williams, E. Russ. Abstracts of Obituaries from the Minutes of the Magee’s Creek Baptist Association (Mississippi and Louisiana), 1882 – 1924<\/em>. (Monroe, Louisiana: Privately printed, 1978) 6.<\/p>\n

1 Davis Brumfield b: 1795 in York, SC, d: 23 Apr 1863 MS
\n… + Cynthia Holmes b: 12 Dec 1804 GA, m: 23 Nov 1823 MS, d: 10 Jul 1884 MS
\n……2 Elijah Brumfield b: Abt. 1826 MS
\n……2 John Brumfield b: Abt. 1830 MS
\n……2 William Brumfield b: Abt. 1833 MS
\n……2 Emily Brumfield b: Abt. 1834 MS
\n……2 Angeline Brumfield b: Abt. 1839 MS
\n……2 Eveline Brumfield b: Abt. 1839 MS
\n……2 Elisha Brumfield b: Abt. 1840 MS
\n……2 Isaac K. Brumfield b: Abt. 1843 MS
\n……2 Jesse Brumfield b: Abt. 1845 MS
\n……2 Louise Brumfield b: Abt. 1847 MS<\/b><\/p>\n

Selected Sources:<\/b><\/p>\n