Davis Brumfield

1795 - 1863  (68 years)

• Name	Davis Brumfield
  Birth	1795	York, York Co., SC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	1CCC420C13A928418C2C4E5354B528755A27
  Death	23 Apr 1863	Pike Co., MS
  Person ID	I55874	sorrells
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	John B. Brumfield,   b. 1768, Orange Co., NC d. 1835, Franklinton, Washington Parish, LA (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Margaret Kelly,   b. 1777, Wake Co., NC d. 1840, Franklinton, Washington Parish, LA (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F20916	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cynthia Holmes,   b. 12 Dec 1804, Lincoln Co., GA d. 10 Jul 1884, Pike Co., MS (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. John Davis Brumfield,   b. 8 Nov 1830, MS d. 25 Mar 1896, Walthall Co., MS (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F20915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  1850 United States Federal Census Name: Davis Brumfield Age: 55 Birth Year: abt 1795 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1850: Police District 2, Pike, Mississippi, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 117 Davis Brumfield 55 Cynthia Brumfield 44 Elijah Brumfield 24 John Brumfield 20 William Brumfield 17 Emily Brumfield 16 Eveline Brumfield 11 Angeline Brumfield 11 Elisha Brumfield 10 Isaac K Brumfield 7 Jesse Brumfield 5 Louisa Brumfield 3 Jan 5th, 1854, John "Davis" Brumfield, was awarded 40 acres in section 27, NE¼NW¼, for his participation in the War of 1812. He was a private in the Company of Captain Beckham, Louisiana Militia. Later that year, Dec, 1st, he bought 3 tracks of land, 40 acres each, and contiguous to each other. (1) NW¼NW¼ section 26; SE¼NW¼ section 27; NE¼NE¼ section 32. Again in 1859, he bought 4 contiguous tracks of land in sections 22, 23 and 27 totaling 200 acres. A grand total of 360 acres, just before the start of the Civil War.