{"id":3756,"date":"2013-12-29T17:15:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T17:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pasqualefamily.net\/web\/?page_id=3756"},"modified":"2020-05-09T22:15:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T22:15:11","slug":"charles-brumfield-1796-1870","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.pasqualefamily.net\/web\/brumfield\/charles-brumfield-1796-1870","title":{"rendered":"Charles Brumfield 1796 \u2013 1870"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Brumfield <\/strong>was born 1 January 1796 in York, South Carolina.<\/a>[i], <\/a>[ii]Charles was still a teenager when he served in the War of 1812. He was a private in the 12\/13 Consolidated Regiment of the Louisiana Militia.<\/a>[iii]<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>On 22 August 1820 Charles married Harriet Knight, daughter of John Knight.<\/a>[iv],<\/a>[v]They had seven children: John Brumfield, Margaret Sisley (Brumfield) Bradshaw, Lucy (Brumfield) Sandidge, Thomas Meredith Brumfield, George Davis Brumfield, Oscar Hope Brumfield and Jesse Marion Brumfield.<\/a>[vi]<\/p>\n

Charles purchased land in Yazoo County, Mississippi. In February 1832 he bought 79.84 acres which included a section of Indian Creek<\/a>[vii], <\/a>[viii]and in September 1835 he bought another 80.03 acres which were located adjacent to his original land and south west of the town of Dover.<\/a>[ix], <\/a>[x]The 1850 US Census shows Charles, Harriet and children living in the same county.<\/a>[xi]In 1860 Charles was shown as a planter in Yazoo County with sons, Thomas and George, as overseers and sons, Oscar and Jesse, still at home.<\/a>[xii]<\/p>\n

Oldest son, John Brumfield was Chancery Clerk in Yazoo County in 1859, Clerk of the Probate Court in 1860 and Circuit Clerk 1863 \u2013 1864.<\/a>[xiii]<\/p>\n

All five sons of Charles and Harriet served during the Civil War. John Brumfield enlisted 15 March 1862 in Yazoo City, Mississippi as a Sergeant in Company E, 30 Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry. He became a 2nd Lieutenant on 25 August 1862. However, he had to resign in November 1862 due to illness. He was unfit for duty.<\/a>[xiv]Thomas Meredith Brumfield enlisted 4 February 1862 as a private in the 1st<\/sup>Mississippi Light Artillery. He was discharged 4 May 1865.<\/a>[xv]His brother, Oscar enlisted on the same day. Oscar Hope Brumfield was a sergeant in Company E of the 46th<\/sup>Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry during the Civil War. He enlisted 4 February 1862 and was discharged 4 May 1865.<\/a>[xvi],<\/a>[xvii]George Davis Brumfield \u201cserved as Pvt. Co. E 38th MS Cav. and later as Pvt. Co B 1st MS Lt Art (CSA)”<\/a>[xviii]Their youngest brother, Jesse Marion Brumfield was a private in Company K, 10th<\/sup>Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry. He enlisted 27 February 1862 and was discharged 26 April 1865.<\/a>[xix],<\/a>[xx]<\/p>\n

Charles died 29 July 1870.<\/p>\n

Died at his residence in Yazoo county, on 29th<\/sup>July 1870 Charles Brumfield, a native of York District, South Carolina, for the last 60 years a resident of this state and for the last 40 years of Yazoo county, where he has reared a large and respectable family \u2013 a man of the strictest integrity \u2013 just and true in all the relations of life<\/em>.<\/a>[xxi]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>[i]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>[ii]Vinson, Christopher V, Brumfield Family Research, 2016; email communication with author.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[iii]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>[iv]Upton, Mrs. Robert Chester. Marriage Records Marion County, Mississippi 1812 – 1860<\/em>. 1958.<\/p>\n

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

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

<\/a>[vii]Land Patent, 2\/1\/1832; Accession #MS0200.433; 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>[viii]Boyd, Gregory A., Family Maps of Yazoo County, Mississippi<\/em>(Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing Co., 2010) 298-309, Charles Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[ix]Land Patent, 9\/21\/1835; Accession #MS0250.152; 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]Boyd, Gregory A., Family Maps of Yazoo County, Mississippi<\/em>(Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing Co., 2010) 298-309, Charles Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xi]1850 US Census, MS, Yazoo; digital image, Ancestry<\/em>(ancestry.com: accessed 2016) Charles Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xii]1860 US Census, MS, Yazoo; digital image, Ancestry<\/em>(ancestry.com: accessed 2016) C Brumfield.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xiii]Thomas, Winnie Knight, Earle W. Knight, LaVada Knight Dykes, and Martha Kaye Dykes Lowrey. The Family of John ‘Jackie’ Knight and Zeziah Davis Knight; 1773 – <\/em>1985. (Magee, Mississippi: Robert and Delores Knight Venison, 1985).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xiv]Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers from Mississippi Units, NARA, 39 MS Volunteers;Fold 3<\/em>(fold3.com:accessed October 2017).<\/p>\n

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

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

<\/a>[xvii]12. Sons of Confederate Veterans, Confederate Graves Registry Public Interface (cgr.scv.org: accessed August 2017.)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[xviii]Thomas, Winnie Knight, Earle W. Knight, LaVada Knight Dykes, and Martha Kaye Dykes Lowrey. The Family of John ‘Jackie’ Knight and Zeziah Davis Knight; 1773 – <\/em>1985. (Magee, Mississippi: Robert and Delores Knight Venison, 1985).<\/p>\n

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

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

<\/a>[xxi]Obituary. (Jackson, MS: The Semi-Weekly Clarion, 19 Aug 1870) 3; digital image, Newspapers.com: accessed July 2017.<\/p>\n

1 Charles Brumfield b: 1 Jan 1796 York, SC, d: 07 Aug 1870 MS
\n… + Harriet Knight b: 22 Aug 1804 GA, m: 22 Aug 1820 Marion, MS d: 18 Mar 1870 MS
\n……2 John Brumfield b: Nov 1829, d: 1901
\n…… + Margaret Elizabeth HIgh m: 03 Aug 1858, d: 04 Dec 1867
\n………3 Lucy Brumfield b: 04 Sep 1859 Dover, Yazoo, MS
\n………3 Mary Brumfield b: 18 Dec 1861 Dover, Yazoo, MS
\n………3 Lelia Brumfield b: 02 Dec 1863 Dover, Yazoo, MS
\n………3 Baby girl Brumfield b: 25 Aug 1866 MS, d: 25 Aug 1866 Yazoo, MS
\n………3 Baby Boy Brumfield b: 04 Dec 1867 MS, d: 04 Dec 1867 Yazoo, MS
\n……2 Margaret Sisley Brumfield b: 15 Dec 1832, d: 12 Nov 1904 Yazoo, MS
\n…… + Thomas E Bradshaw b: 18 Mar 1814 VA, m: 7 Jan 1851, d: 19 Jan 1911 MS
\n………3 John Thomas Bradshaw b: 1 Sep 1854, d: 13 Jun 1922
\n………3 William Edward Bradshaw b: 21 Mar 1856, d: 11 Aug 1873 M
\n………3 Oscar Washington Bradshaw b: 25 Nov 1857, d: 05 Sep 1900
\n………3 Jesse Payton Bradshaw b: 05 Jul 1859, d: 05 Aug 1887
\n………3 Charles Davis Bradshaw b: 25 Feb 1861, d: 12 Aug 1914
\n………3 Elizabeth Keturah Bradshaw b: 18 Aug 1862, d: 28 Mar 1933
\n………3 Mary Ann Bradshaw b: 25 Dec 1864, d: 29 Oct 1886
\n………3 Robert Sidney Bradshaw b: 01 Oct 1866, d: 08 Sep 1875
\n………3 James Archer Bradshaw b: 03 Oct 1868, d: 03 Dec 1947
\n………3 Lewis Richard Bradshaw b: 30 Jun 1870, d: 17 Jun 1871
\n………3 Sallie Alberta Bradshaw b: 22 Dec 1871, d: 26 Oct 1872
\n………3 Groege Daniel Bradshaw b: 04 May 1873, d: 06 May 1961
\n……2 Lucy Brumfield b: Abt. 1834 MS
\n…… + Benjamin L. Sandidge
\n………3 Nick Sandidge
\n………3 Hattie Sandidge b: 1860, d: 7 Aug 1935
\n………3 Myrtis Sandidge b: 1874, d: 1940
\n……2 Thomas M. Brumfield b: 13 Jan 1837 MS, d: 20 Nov 1923
\n……2 George Davis Brumfield b: 29 Sep 1839, d: 11 Mar 1870
\n……2 Oscar Hope Brumfield b: Abt. 1841 MS
\n……2 Jesse Marion Brumfield b: 22 Sep 1845 MS, d: 8 Jan 1896<\/p>\n

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