From: "David Whitwell" <davidwhitwell@msn.com> 

Subject: Re: [BRUMFIELD] Anne Brumfield b.1715 VAmar.Johnston/Tankersley/Alday 
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:00:56 -0500 
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Before continuing, it is necessary to introduce in more detail the Brumfield family which became inseparable from the next generation of Whitwells. There were more than twenty separate Brumfield families[1]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn1> which emigrated to America before the revolution and among these was a James Brumfield who was transported to Rappahannock Co., VA, by a Robert Taliapero[2]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn2> [Taliaferro] together with his brother, Thomas Brumfield and Patience Sutton, whom James married.[3]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn3> The earliest documentation to James Brumfield (I) is found in land records in James City County, VA, of other people who refer to his land. We find Brumfield's land mentioned in documents of Nov. 18, 1655 (John Lingo), Sept. 6, 1665 (Wm. Broadlib), Oct. 23, 1690 (Mr. Eggleston), April 29, 1692 (John Stith, Jr.) and April 21, 1695 (Capt. John Styth).[4]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn4> 

Records of James Brumfield, and his wife, are also found in Gloucester and Amelia Counties.[5]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn5> They had six children, all born in Gloucester Co., VA. The Abingdon Parish records[6]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn6> list the children of "James & Pessie Bromfield," as follows,

Robert Brumfield, born January [date missing], 1678.

Martha Brumfield, born Sept. 27, 1680

Isabel Brumfield, born Dec. 20, 1682

James Brumfield (II), bapt. March 29, 1685

Ann Brumfield, bapt. June 12, 1687 [died 1687]

William Brumfield, bapt. July 21, 1689 [died 1689, Gloucester, Co., VA[7]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn7>).

Before leaving Gloucester County we must mention some documents that may become important pending future research. In addition to the more familiar instance of criminals being transported to the New World from England, there was a parallel practice in Virginia of landowners paying for the transportation of persons from England who were not criminals. In these cases the right of 50 acres, called Headrights, was granted to the land owners for every person whose transportation to the colony was paid for by the landowner. In this regard we notice that a list of such Headrights granted in Sept. 25, 1679, includes one Job Whitnell. On April 25, 1702 a P. Kingstone obtained vacant land, which had been the Headright of Thomas Whitnall, "near the head of the Eastermost River" in this county.[8]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn8> These references attract our attention due to the frequent confusion in reading early manuscript versions of the "w" and "e" in the end of our name. This last named person, for example, is likely the same person as a Thomas Whitnoll who arrived by ship in Virginia in 1702. No subsequent references in this county can be found for anyone named Whitnell, Whitnall or Whitnoll. 

In addition, relative to these people, we have discussed in another volume the fact that there were a number of Whitwells who came to Virginia between 1650-1700, including a Francis (1678), an Elizabeth (1653), a William (1679), a Barneby (1664), an Edward (1677), a Thurston (1679) and possibly a John whom we lose track of in Barbados in 1675. We have assumed that our Thomas Whitwell (d. 1775) came from England, but he may have been born in one of these lines in Virginia.

To return to the family of "James & Pessie Bromfield," their son, James [II] married a girl named Elizabeth Francis Watson,[9]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn9> b. 1696 in Accomack County, VA, in 1716 and died after 1755. He patented 100 acres of land in King William Co. in 1719. An Amelia County deed dating March 21, 1739, exists for the sale of land from a Hance Hendrick to James Brumfield, Sr. [II], with his son William appearing as a witness.[10]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn10> 

Hans Hendrick to James Brumfield for 9 pounds, 200 acres on Mayes Branch of Flat Creek, being part of 400 acres patent to said Hans Hendrick.[11]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn11> 

Later this year, in the Court meeting of Nov. 16, 1739, James Brumfield is fined for not attending church.

An Amelia Court Order of Feb. 19, 1741, assigns James Brumfield, Jr. and his son William to a survey crew. A similar Amelia County court order of May 17, 1745, adds James Broomfeild, Sr. [II] and Jr. [III] to a gang paid to clear roads.[12]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn12> 

There is one reference to his buying another 380 acres in Amelia Co. in 1743. In 1745 he sold 190 acres in Amelia Co., between Saylor's Creek of Dawson Branch Creek, on both sides of the road, "Where my son William Brumfield now lives," to Charles Johnson of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County.[13]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn13> In the following year, on Nov. 22, 1746, he sold additional land to this same Charles Johnson and this document reveals interesting details.

James Brumfield of Rawley Parish to Charles Johnson of St. Pauls Parish, Hanover County, for 25 Pounds, 190 acres [Saylors & Dawson] bounded in part by Brumfield's line, being part of a Patent to said James Brumfield, and is part of [his] plantation whereon William Brumfield, the son of James Brumfield, now lives.[14]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn14> 

On Dec. 18, 1749, he sold another portion of this land.

James Brumfield of Rawley Parish sells to James Renolds of Rawley Parish 190 acres in Nottoway Park [Saylor's Creek of Dawson Branch Creek].[15]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn15> 

Additional references to other land as being adjacent to the land of James Brumfield can be found for the dates of Nov. 9, 1747; Sept. 16, 1748; July 15, 1749; and Nov. 1751 (identifying the land as "Flat Creek").[16]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn16> 

While there is some indication that James Brumfield moved to Lunenburg Co.[17]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn17> by 1749, we find continued references to his land in Amelia County. A reference to this land on May 18, 1750, regarding the sale of land to James Renolds orders the deed to be recorded "after Elizabeth, the wife of James Brumfield, relinquished her right of dower."[18]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn18> Additional references to her relinquishing her dower rights are found in Nov. 22, 1746 and May 28, 1750.[19]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn19> 

In another reference to this tract of land, a deed of Dec. 24, 1754, describes land formerly owned by James Brumfield.[20]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn20> There are also other deed references to land as being adjacent to the land of James Brumfield on May 24, 1753; May 23, 1754; and Feb. 7, 1757.[21]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn21> A copy of a deed also exists in Giles Co., VA. 

An order of the Amelia Court of March 16, 1751 informs us that James Brumsfield, his wife, Elizabeth, his son James, Jr. and an Abraham Varsur were sued by William Barnes, but that the suit was dismissed on this date.[22]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn22> 

We find James Brumfield's name in the Lunenburg court records of May, 1752, when he is paid to help survey "Randolph's Road."[23]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn23> In Feb., 1753, he appears as a bondsman regarding the estate of John Francis.[24]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn24> 

On May 5, 1760, James Brumfield sold additional land on Saylors Creek and Dawson Creek.[25]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn25> He apparently retained some land in this area as there is a reference on May 26, 1763, in another deed, to land being adjacent to the land of James Brumfield.[26]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn26> 

In the Amelia County Tax Lists, 1731-1764, we recognize James[27]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn27> and his sons, James,[28]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn28> William,[29]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn29> Major[30]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn30> and Robert.[31]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn31> We find here also the 'extra' persons discussed above, Watson Brumfield,[32]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn32> Jos[33]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn33> and Matthew Brumsfield.[34]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn34> Apparently James Brumfield, late in life, moved to Lunenburg County for we find him as the bondsman "in the matter of the estate of John Francis" in February, 1754.[35]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn35> We find him as a witness in April, 1754.[36]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn36> His name is also found as a witness (signed "I" with a line through the middle) on a deed dated Nov. 4, 1755. In this same month, November, 1755, we find James Brumfield was sued, but luckly the Plantiff died.

James Mitchell late sherif on attachment against James Brumfield defendant; dismissed.[37]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn37> 

A very interesting deed there is dated April 30, 1757, which concerns the sale of 300 acres of land to Clement Read by a Michael Daniel of Antrim Parish, Halifax County. The reference here to the land being adjacent to that of James Brumfield (and Clement Read, whose house still stands) may help identify the exact location of his land.

...along Town's line northeast, along Brumfield's Corner by a branch, along his line Southwest....[38]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn38> 

A court order of August, 1758 confirms that James Brumfield was having financial difficulties.

Henry Farley on attachment against Micajah Francis & James Brumfield, defendants; Plaintiff to recover debt by public sale attachment.[39]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn39> 

A very interesting reference to James Brumsfield, II, is found in a comment in one of the Lists of Tithes of Charlotte Court House (Caldwell's list), which reports that James Brumfield was living with his son, Tom. Since there is no documentation which suggests that James had a natural son named Thomas, one has to believe he was one of the many early persons who took in an orphan. Was he so compassionate a person as to do this, even late in life? The language in one of his land deeds suggests he was, when, in 1755, he speaks of his "fatherly love & affection" for his son, Major.[40]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn40> 

James [II] and Elizabeth Brumfield had six sons and a daughter, who are given below with their descendants:

William Brumfield (who reared the Whitwell orphans)

William Brumfield was born 1718, died Nov. 30, 1799, in Charlotte Court House, VA, and married Mary [...] c. 1744 in Amelia Co., VA. He is found three times in the Amelia Tax Lists.[41]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn41> A deed, of March 21, 1739, detailing the sale of land to his father in Amelia County, VA, is witnesed by William Brumfield.[42]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn42> A similar deed of Nov. 22, 1746, is rich with detail. It tells us that William and his father, James, Brumfield lived in Rawley Parish, Amelia County, on a plantation which was a patent [owned by] James Brumfield and that his son, William, is currently living on this land.[43]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn43> An Amelia Court Order of Feb. 19, 1741, assigns William to a survey crew. 

By 1748 William Brumfield was living in Lunenburg County, VA, or in what is now Charlotte Court House County, VA (when Lunenburg County was divided, the portion in which Brumfield lived became Charlotte County) where he appears regularly on the "List of Tithes," a tax record.[44]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn44> 

1748 William Bromfield 1 Tithe

Matthew Talbot List [see Plate 1-13]

1749 William Brumfield 1 Tithe

William Caldwell List

1750 William Brumfield 1 Tithe

William Caldwell List

The first reference to his land in Lunenburg/Charlotte County is the Land Patents of Sept. 5, 1749.[45]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn45> Here he is identified as the "patentee" of land on the "upper side, Roanoke." It is interesting that his neighbor is listed as Clement Read. For what it is worth, the next two names after William Brumfield on this list are William and David Caldwell who have land on Snow Creek and Chestnut Creek. 

In June, 1749, he is paid by the Court to survey "Randoph's Road,"[46]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn46> and in July there is a court reference which appears to be relative to the branding of livestock.

On the motion of William Brumfield his ear mark, to wit, a crop and a slit in the left ear and a swallow fork and underkill in the right, on his motion is ordered to be recorded.[47]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn47> 

By September 5, 1749, he had acquired legal claim to 404 acres on the upper side of the Little Roanoke River, on the Sycamore Branch. At a Vestry held for Cumberland Parish (Lunenburg County, Cornwell Parish was not created until 1757) on Oct. 1, 1750, at which Clement Read was present, we find the the record,

Wm. Broomfield to be allowed one Parish Levie at Laying the Levy on.[48]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn48> 

This was followed by a parish record of Nov. 22, 1750, in which they noted that he was given "39." In November, 1750 we find another tax record[49]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn49> whose meaning is not clear to us,

A State of the County Levy

William Brumfield for 1 levy over listed 23

William Brumfield for same 6

In 1760 we find William Brumfield as a member of the Lunenburg County Grand Jury.[50]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn50> We next hear of him in October, 1762 when he filed a lawsuit.

William Brumfield petitioner against Jessie Bryant Defendant. The said defendant not appearing although duly summoned, Judgement for the petitioner for two pounds nine shillings and nine pence and costs.[51]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn51> 



In 1764 William Brumfield and his son, John, are found in the tax list for Cornwall Parish, Lunenburg County, owning 400 acres.[52]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn52> In this same year William Brumfield is appointed overseer of the road, in place of Rees Hughes.[53]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn53> 

In June, 1765, William Brumfield's name appears on a similar road order[54]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn54> and in October of that year the court gave him an adjudication duty, to "value improvements of 200 acres belonging to John Flagan."[55]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn55> 

A December, 1768, court order calls for William Brumfield, together with his brother John Brumfield and a William Routhedge, to be paid for patrolling.[56]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn56> 

In the beginning of the following year, in January, 1769, we find the court document quoted above in which Brumfield states he was in fear for his life, citing the Loggins brothers. He appears again in the November court records of 1769.

Ordered that the Collector pay William Brumfield 240 lbs tobacco out of the deposition in his hands for the said Brumfield's patroling one hundred and forty-four hours.[57]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn57> 

In July, 1770, the court appointed William Brumfield to help appraise the estate of John Worthy.[58]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn58> The following month, August 31, 1770, William Brumfield is found as the appraisor of the estate of William Davis.[59]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn59> 

Beginning in the following year we see William Brumfield's name on a number of land deeds. First, on April 5, 1771, he sells some land he still owns back in Amelia County.[60]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn60> 

On March 2, 1773, John Jones of Dinwiddie County, VA, sold to William Brumfield of Charlotte County 224 acres in Charlotte on the branches of Little Roanoke Creek.[61]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn61> Upon his death this land went to his daughter Judith, and her heirs. It was resold by her children in 1806, at which time the location was described as, "lying and being in the County of Charlotte on the branches of Little Roanoke and Wallaces Creek."[62]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn62> This deed included "all houses, out houses, edifices, buildings...." On the same day John Jones of Dinwiddie County, VA, sold to William Brumfield another tract of 178 acres in Charlotte County on the branches of Little Roanoke Creek bounded by Farmer, John Given, Stephen Townes and Lundeman.[63]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn63> 

Chronologically, the next reference we have to William Brumfield is the Charlotte Court House County May Court 1775 order [Plate 1-4], which we will discuss below, in which the orphans of Thomas Whitwell, deceased, are bound out to Brumfield and his son-in-law, William Overton.

William Brumfield also supplied material for the Revolutionary soldiers. He was paid in August, 1781 for "1 beef." On another occasion a John Hill paid William Brumfield "2 Pounds-16-3" for 225 pounds of beef.[64]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn64> Curiously, these payments are recorded under King William County. Recorded in the same place is a payment of 500 Pounds to a Susan Brumfield, whom we are unable to identify, for supplying "2 gallons of Spirits" to the troops. 

During the 1780's we find two additional references to William Brumfield, first his listing in the 1782 tax records as owning 806 acres and his entry in the census of 1785 in which his household is given as 7 white inhabitants. In the 1787 census William Brumfield is credited with having 2 horses and 22 head of cattle.

Thomas and Robert Whitwell, the orphans reared by William Brumfield, left his home in 1795 when they became of age and moved to KY. Once there Thomas Whitwell originated a lawsuit against a person in Charlotte Court House who was supposed to deliver his horse to KY. In a deposition taken relative to this lawsuit, we have a snapshot of William Brumfield in a comment made by his son, Obadiah. Obadiah was asked in whose care the colt was and he answered,

In the care of my Father, and my Father's stock and other things under my care -- he being an old and infirm man not able to attend to his business.

This description of William Brumfield in 1797 seems confirmed in the fact that it was in this year that he decided to write his will, which we quote in the following chapter.[65]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn65> As a general principle William Brumfield apparently decided not to include in his will any family members who had moved to KY. Thomas and Robert Whitwell, having been gone two years, are not mentioned at all and even his own son and daughter are only mentioned in a somewhat negative characterization.

At the end of the following year, 1798, William Brumfield began to dispose of his farm land. Three deeds are dated December 15, 1798:

William Brumfield of Charlotte sold to William Williams Sen'r, of the same county, 108 acres bounded by Leroy Lambert on road that leads to the Courthouse, Eli Robey's line to the main creek and thence up a small branch to Robey's line to Mitchell's line. Witnesses: Little Joe Morton, John Biggs, James Middleton.[66]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn66> 

William Brumfield of Charlotte sold to James Inge 26 acres in Charlotte County on Little Roanoke Creek bounded by James Inge, Lambert's line, Robey's line to a branch, thence to the creek and down the creek to Inge's corner. [signed with an "X" by William Brumfield] Witnesses: Little Joe Morton, John Biggs, James Middleton.[67]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn67> 

William Brumfield of Charlotte County sold Eli Robey of Charlotte 42 acres on the waters of the Little Roanoke bounded by James Inge, Lambert's line, Lesley's corner, Lesley's line to William's corner, William's line to Robey's line to Inge's corner. Witnesses: Little Joe Morton, John Biggs, James Middleton.[68]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn68> 

Five months later, on May 18, 1799, William Brumfield sold a larger tract.

December, 1798. William Brumfield of Charlotte County sold to John Daniel 404 acres in Charlotte on upper side of Little Roanoke whereon Brumfield now lives. Beginning at Read's, now Carrington's line on Sycamore Branch thence...to a branch...agreeable to a patent bearing the date Sept. 5, 1749. Witnesses: Little Joe Morton, Nathan Buckley, Polly Buckley.[69]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn69> 

William Brumfield died on November 30, 1799. The natural children of William and Mary Brumfield were:

Mary Brumfield, born c. 1750, married a man named Hall, and moved to Kentucky before 1790.

John Brumfield, married Elizabeth Morton, and appears on the Cornwall Parish, Lunenburg County tithes list (Thomas Bedford's list) with his father, William in 1764, as owning 400 acres. He moved to Kentucky before 1790. Their children were:

William Brumfield, b. 1770-1774 in VA.

James Brumfield.

Obadiah Brumfield, married Catherine Thornton (b. 1786 in IL).

Moses Brumfield, 1783-1865, m. Rachel Quimby.

John Brumfield, b. 1786, married Cathey Orgon in KY.

Obadiah Brumfield, b. 1744, d. 1825 in Montgomery Co., TN, m. Nancy Whitfield. Obadiah Brumfield may have married a second time, to Nancy Davis in Rowan Co, NC. She is listed in her father, John Davis', estate of 1806.[70]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn70> This is of interest as Rowan County, NC, is apparently the 'home' of Collier's Regiment, NC Militia which included John Whitwell.

Obediah Brumfield was a witness, signing with an "X," to the will of Owen Sullivant, dated Oct. 12, 1768.[71]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn71> The will deals primarily with land on Twitty's Creek. The following year, Obadiah, his sister Judith and a Jermima Brumfield were witness to the purchase of land by Paul Carrington, lawyer and family friend, on Jan. 6, 1769, from James Foster.[72]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn72> 

In the Charlotte County census of 1787 Obediah is credited with having three slaves and three horses.

Judith Brumfield, b. 1750, d. April 1, 1806. In 1772 Judith married William Overton, who was descended from Edward I and Henry III of England. A sergeant in the infantry, he died in 1779 in the Revolutionary War. Judith married Reuben Traynum Jan. 2, 1783. The children of William Overton and Judith were:

Moses Overton m. a person named Milly

Anne Nancy Overton, d. c. 1842, Pittsylvania Co., VA. Susannah Overton

Sarah Overton

Gilley Brumfield, d. 1797, married Corulus Featherstone 21 Nov. 1782. Their children were:

Robert Featherstone

Elizabeth Featherstone

John Brumfield[73]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn73> 

For some reason there is very little documentation for John Brumfield. In 1764 he is found on a tax list in Cornwall Parish, Lunenburg, together with his brother, William.[74]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn74> In 1768, again with his brother, he is paid for patrolling a road.[75]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn75> Later he is apparently found in Halfax in 1782-1785 and in Pittsylvannia Co. in 1810-1811. On Jan. 26, 1778, John Brumfield was a witness in the wedding of "Matterson Powers and Elizabeth Attkerson, daughter of Wm Attkison."[76]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn76> 

James Brumfield [III]

James Brumfield [III], b. c. 1722, died c. 1803 in Giles Co. VA. He is found six times in the tax records of Amelia County[77]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn77> and later is mentioned in the vestry book of Antrim Parish, Halifax County on Oct. 18, 1752, as follows,

For Reasons appearing to this Vestry it is ordered that James Brumfield be exempted from the payment of Parish Levys for the future.[78]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn78> 

In c. 1756 he married Mary (Polly) [...], born c. 1730. Soon after his marriage he acquired, on April 2, 1757, 406 acres on the North Fork of the Bull Creek in Halifax County.[79]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn79> 

In the Halifax County Court Orders Book for the May Court, 1768, we find a judgment against James Brumfield for money he owes David George. The court finds James Brumfield in debt and cannot pay. In the April Court, 1770, this case was dismissed, indicating perhaps that this debt was paid. The lawyer representing Brumfield was Paul Carrington, of Charlotte Court House County, a family friend. A reference in the Charlotte Court House County account of the estate of one, John Carter, in 1780, mentions that Carter owed a "James Brumfield for shoemaking."[80]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn80> 

James Brumfield [III] appears on the Amelia Co. tax lists, then moved to Luneburg/Halifax, then to Montgomery/Giles Co.[81]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn81> In 1776 he settled near the mouth of Big Stoney Creek, on what is known as the David J. L. Snidow place, where the Hatfields erected a fort. He served in the Revolutionary War. The children of James Brumfield [III] and Mary were:

Humphrey Brumfield (known as Umphrey) born 22 June, 1752, died 1849, married Sarah Sartin.[82]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn82> He served in the Battle of Point Pleasant and in the Revolutionary War, and received a wound in his breast from a musket

shot.

Sarah Brumfield, born c. 1757. Married first to John Hurt and second to Murdoch Mckenzie, whose name is on the Revolutionary War Plaque at

Pearisburg, Giles County, VA, together with the names of James Sr,

James Jr and Humphrey Brumfield.

Levinia Brumfield(Louisa) born c. 1759, died before 30 July 1822. She married Garland Burgess on March 21, 1787, in Montgomery County.

James Brumfield [IV], born c. 1760, died 1825 in VA. Married Susannah [...], born c. 1760. James [IV] served in the Revolutionary War.

Joel Brumfield, born c. 1762, died in 1782.

Celly Brumfield, born c. 1764, married Joseph Tomblin.

Micajah Brumfield, born c. 1766 and married Eleanor Hartwell on Nov. 4, 1793 in Montgomery Co.

Fanny Brumfield, born 1768, married Patrick Napier, Jr. in Montgomery Co. on June 11, 1788

Mary Brumfield, born 1770, married Thomas Hugh Napier, Jr.

Major Brumfield

Major Brumfield, b. 1730, Amelia Co., VA, and died in Fincastle, VA, 1815. There is presumed to have been a first marriage to a person unknown. He married Ann Cobb 25 Sept. 1755, the daughter of Robert Cobb who was living in Halifax Co, VA in 1785 with 7 white souls.[83]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn83> The father, James, gave the young couple 200 acres on the branch of Flatte Creek as a wedding gift.[84]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn84> He first lived in Amelia Co., VA, where he appears six times in the tax records,[85]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn85> and later in Pittsylvania and Halifax. He apparently owned land in Amelia in 1763, for a deed of Oct. 3 in that year mentions land as being adjacent to the land of Major Brumfield. 

A deed of Oct. 26, 1769, tells us that Major Brumfield and his wife, Ann, of Amelia County sold 100 acres of Flat Creek to William Jones. He retained some land for another deed of July 26, 1770, refers to land as being adjacent of that of Major Brumfield.

His father gave him additional land in Amelia County in an interesting deed dated Sept. 25, 1775.

...for the consideration of the fatherly love and affection that the said James Brumfield bears to his well beloved son does confirm unto the aforesaid Major Brumfield 200 acres being part of a 400 acre tract patent by Hans Hendrick lying on the branches of Flat Creek in Amelia.[86]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn86> 

His signature appears on a Jan. 4, 1776 petition of officers and men of Amelia Co. militia to put overseers into uniform.[87]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn87> The Halifax County Court records for 1780-1783 report that he was reimbursed "20s - 6" for his supplying eight pounds of bacon and a quart of brandy for the Revolutionary troops. Later he moved to KY. The names of ten children are known.[88]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn88> 

Joshua Brumfield, 1784-1814, killed in the War of 1812, m. Susannah Keeling in 1810 in Halifax Co.

William R. Brumfield,[89]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn89> b. c. 1764, married Mary Polly Butler in Nov, 1792.[90]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn90> It is probable that it is this William Brumfield who appears in 1792 as the bondsman in the wedding of Barnat Handcock and Mary Scates, in Halifax County.[91]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn91> He died c. 1850.

Sarah Eda Brumfield, b. c. 1760

Elisha Brumfield, b. c. 1763, d. 1846

Jerusha Brumfield, m. Anderson Hancock in 1791 in Halifax County.

Joseph Brumfield, b. c. 1765, d. June 24, 1816

James G. Brumfield, b. before 1775

Humphrey Brumfield b. c. 1781

Nancy Brumfield

Mary Brumfield

Robert Brumfield

Robert Brumfield, b. 1724, in Amelia County, where he is found five times in the tax records.[92]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn92> He married Susannah Love.[93]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn93> A deed of Nov., 1751, for 400 acres on Flat Creek, for 20 Pounds, sold to a William Keys of Rawley Parish, Amelia County, tells us that Robert Brumfield was also a resident of the parish, as was his father, and that his land being sold was adjacent to his father's land.[94]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn94> 

By Jan. 4, 1752, he had moved to Lunenburg/Charlotte County for we find a deed of that date in which he buys 237 acres, for 23 Pounds, from a William Pickens. It is interesting that this land is adajcent to that of Joseph Morton's land and that it was witnessed by both William Caldwell and David Caldwell.[95]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn95> This transaction is mentioned in another document in April where we read, "William Pickens to Robert Brumfield, indenture Feoffment."[96]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn96> 

In September, 1752 he is sued by the county clerk, and neighbor of his father,

Clement Read, assignee for Elizabeth Lee against Robert Brumfield defendant; dismissed.[97]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn97> 

His name appears as a member of a Grand Jury there in November, 1753.[98]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn98> There is an extant document dated April 12, 1764[99]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn99> in which the court orders Robert Brumfield to appraise the estate of Abraham Lunderman, decd., and another document of June 12, 1764, in which Robert Brumfield agrees to do this.[100]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn100> The completed inventory, dated 1764, but with no specific date, was witnessed by Robert Brumfield ("X") and sworn before David Caldwell. We also find his name as the witness of the will of William Adams, filed in Charlotte County on Feb. 18, 1769.[101]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn101> 

He purchased 400 acres, for 50 Pounds, on the Bates Branch in Halifax County, from William Hill, of Halifax, on March 18, 1773. On April 15, 1773, he bought another 120 acres in the same location, for 15 Pounds, from a Joseph Smith.[102]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn102> 

He fought in the Revolutionary War, for which he received land grants (Nr. 1376 and 1377, dated 1781) and resulted in his move to KY in 1780. At about the time he left for KY he apparently sold a large holding in Halifax Co.

[re an indenture between Robert Bromfield and John Drinkard, wherein] Bromfield sells to Drinkard for the sum of two thousand pounds, "paid in hand," a parcel or tract of land, five hundred acres, lying on both sides of Bates' branch. the said tract of land being now in the possession of Robert Bromfield and Peter Cruze, they both having plantations on the said tract, and the said premises are adjoining plantations and tracts of lands, to-wit: A tract of land formerly in the possession of Captain Epaphroditus White; a plantation or tract of land now in the possession of Richard North; a tract of land belonging to Simeon Holt and a tract belonging to John Hill, who sold and conveyed the same by proper deed of conveyance to the said Robert Bromfield, who conveyed to John Drinkard, his heirs....[103]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn103> 

He received a deed for 50 acres of land on Dec. 27, 1782.[104]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn104> He died Oct. 1794 in Kentucky[105]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn105> and his will [as written in 1790] indicates that he had added an additional 20 acres. He had ten childen:

William Brumfield, who appears in a tax list for Mercer Co., KY, for 1792- 1794, where he is credited as having 2 black slaves, 5 horses, 17 cattle and 225 acres of "third-rate" land. He married Sarah ?, died c. 1818- 1820. He was deeded land from a Jacob Crow in 1794.

Job Brumfield [variously, Jobe], Where he first appears in a tax list of 1792 for Mercer Co., KY. In the tax list for 1794 he is credited with 4

horses, 5 cattle and 50 acres of "second-rate" land. In the 1795

tax list his land has increased to 126 acres. He married Elizabeth

Latimore on Jan. 1, 1788, in Mercer Co., KY, appears on a list of

"Removables" from Mercer Co. in 1797, indicating his intention to move

to Green Co., KY, which is adjacent to Barren County where Robert

and Thomas Whitwell would move soon after. He died in 1798 in KY, at

which time Thomas Whitwell, Jr., was a witness to his will. After his

death, the guardian of his children was John Latimore. His childen were:

Jobe Brumfield, died June, 1839, in Green Co., KY. He married Nancy Hazard on Dec. 24, 1824[106]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn106> 

Barnes Brumfield, d. 1831 in New Orleans.

Polly Brumfield, married to James B. Brumfield on Dec. 28, 1819.[107]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn107> 

Betsy Brumfield, died May 13, 1859, Taylor Co. KY. 

He also took in a child named Mary McCaslin, whom he found after

her family was scalped by the Indians in KY. Jobe raised the girl who then

had a daughter named Tabitha who married John Holland. Their house

still stands.

James Brumfield, b. 1754, died 7 Jan. 1796 in Washington Co., KY. He married Joannah Berry, born in 1760. In 1791 his name appears on a land deed in Mercer Co., KY, together with a Jacob Minor.

William Brumfield, born 15 June 1778, married Nancy Ann Lincoln, aunt to President Lincoln[108]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn108> on Feb. 3, 1801 in Washington Co., KY. 

Obadiah Brumfield born 1785, married Nancy Crow in Feb. 10, 1808, in Mercer Co., KY, and died on Feb. 23, 1836. His grave stone exists in the Old Union Church cemetery, Brumfield, Boyles County, KY (which is adjacent to Mercer County).

Samuel Brumfield, born c. 1785, married his first cousin, Polly Pitman, a sister to Joannah Berry, wife of James Brumfield, on Aug. 21, 1806, in Lincoln Co., KY. Samuel died in June 14, 1814 in Washington Co., KY, killed in an engagement with Indians.

Robert Brumfield, who, in a Mercer Co., KY, tax list of 1794, is credited with 4 horses, 11 cattle and 70 acres of "second-rate" land. He married Elizabeth Bilboe on Nov. 26, 1802 and died c. 1825-1826.

James Brumfield, married Elizabeth Averit. 

Richard Brumfield, married Polly Pyburn on Jan. 11, 1798, in Washington Co., KY.[109]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn109> 

Tabitha Brumfield, married John Latimer [Latimore] on April 23, 1798, in Mercer Co., KY.

Edith Brumfield,[110]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn110> b. 1757, Cumberland Co., VA, married Isham Prewitt in 1774 in Cumberland Co.[111]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn111> 

Susan Brumfield, married John Richardson before 1785.

Mary Brumfield, b. 1757, Cumberland Co., VA, married David Prewitt in Feb. 19, 1778, in Cumberland Co.[112]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn112> 

Elizabeth Brumfield, married James Mitchell in 1787, in Mercer Co., KY. She had seven children and died in Robertson Co., TN, Sept. 11, 1828.[113]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn113> 

Sarah Brumfield, married Jacob Lattimore in 1791, in Mercer Co., KY, and died in Green Co, KY, before 1809.[114]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn114> 

Rachel Brumfield, married Larkin Minor in 1788[115]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn115> in Virginia and died before 1807 in Green Co., KY.[116]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn116> 

Elizabeth Brumfield

William Brumfield (1718-1799) appears in the Lunenburg County records beginning in 1748 and after Charlotte County is created out of Lunenburg in 1764 he is found in the Charlotte Court House area until his death in 1799. It seems clear that William Brumfield and his immediate family were residing in Charlotte Court House at the time Thomas Whitwell, Sr., arrived on the scene.

We know John Brumfield, a brother to William, was also present in Charlotte Court House at this time. Another brother, Robert Brumfield, was either present or soon arrived, for his name appears as a witness to a will of a William Adams on Feb. 18, 1769.[117]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn117> It has attracted our attention that Robert Brumfield sold his land in Charlotte Court House in 1770 and apparently did not return until 1775.[118]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn118> We have noted above that there is also an absence of records for Thomas Whitwell, Sr., in Charlotte Court House during these same years.

Although some explorers were in Kentucky in the 1760's, the settlement of white people there only occurred during the 1770's. Harrodsburg, in Mercer County, became the first permanent Kentucky settlement in 1774. It was soon after this date, in any case by 1782, that the entire Robert Brumfield family, together with the Shipley, Mitchell and Prewitt families from Charlotte Court House, had moved to Mercer County, KY, where the orphans, Robert Whitwell and Thomas Whitwell, Jr., followed as soon as they became of age.[119]<mailhtml:mid://00000452/#_ftn119>