Brumfield & Alford

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. 

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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.

John Brumfield was born c 1768. John's father was Charles Brumfield. John Brumfield married Margaret Kelly. They had 13 children born in South Carolina and Louisiana. On 8 Nov 1811 Mr. John Brumfield with his wife and 11 children from York, SC were issued a passport by Georgia to travel through 'the Indian Nations to the Western Country'. They were moving to Louisiana.

1 John Brumfield

...... + Margaret Kelly

............2 William Brumfield

............2 Lucy Brumfield

............ + Barksdale Statham

............2 Willis Brumfield

............ + Nancy Virginia Holmes

............2 David Brumfield

............ + Cynthia Holmes

............2 Charles Brumfield

............ + Harriet Knight

............2 Ridley Brumfield

............ + Susanna Statham

............2 Isaac Brumfield

............ + Elizabeth Holmes

............2 James Brumfield

............ + Leah

............2 Elijah Brumfield

............ + Charlotte Temple Ott

............2 Jesse Brumfield

............ + Hannah Youngblood

............2 Alexander Brumfield

............ + Anna

............2 Nathaniel Brumfield

............ + Charlotte Temple Ott

............2 John Wilson Brumfield

............ + Cindyrella

Sources:
Potter, Dorothy Williams. Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770 - 1823. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1990.
 "the Brumfield Family" by Alma Dell Clawson
 Luke Ward Conerly, SOURCE RECORDS FROM PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1798-1910; 1798-1910; South Carolina, Southern Historical Press, 1989
Potter, Dorothy Williams. Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770 - 1823. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.

Nathaniel Brumfield was born in 1813 in Louisiana. He married Charlotte Temple Ott.

 Nathaniel was a farmer in 1850. By 1860 he had died and Charlotte was married to Nathaniel's brother, Elijah Brumfield.

..... 1 Nathaniel Brumfield b: 1813 LA
..... + Charlotte Temple Ott b: 1815 LA
........... 2 Martin Penn Brumfield b: 15 March 1837 LA
........... 2 Jessie Alexander Brumfield b: 27 Sept 1838 LA
........... + Martha Elizabeth Alford b: 08 August 1846 MS
................. 3 Martin Ellis Brumfield b: Sept 1865 MS
................. + Dollie King b: June 1877 Louisiana, USA
................. 3 Rose Ella Brumfield b: 18 July 1867 MS
................. + Jasper Pascal Brown b: 15 May 1865 MS
................. 3 John Edward Brumfield b: Nov 1869 MS
................. + Ada Beatrice Fortenberry b: 1893
................. 3 Fletcher Boyd Brumfield b: 28 June 1875 MS
................. + Mattie Burmfield b: MS
................. 3 Lily E. Brumfield b: 1876 MS
................. + Julius Alford b: 25 October 1869 LA
................. 3 Daisy L. Brumfield b: July 1879 MS
................. + Cornelius Alford
................. 3 Lucy May Brumfield b: 12 April 1881 MS
................. 3 Sallie Joy Brumfield b: 31 May 1884 MS
................. + Joseph Ed Brumfield b: Abt. 1873 MS
........... 2 John D. Brumfield b: 29 July 1842 LA
........... + Zadie Martin
................. 3 John D. T. Brumfield b: Sept 1890 LA
................. 3 James H. Brumfield b: July 1892 LA
........... 2 Sarah Lucy Brumfield b: 21 Nov 1845 LA
........... + Isaac Roberts
........... 2 Laura Brumfield b: 19 April 1851 LA
........... + Needham Alford

Sources:
1850 US Census, Louisiana
1860 US Census, Washington County, Louisiana, Page 3.
Clawson, Alma Dell Magee.  Fields of Bloom.  Privately printed. 1972.
Wallis, Ruth Temple. Descendants of Jacob Ott of South Carolina and Louisiana. 1967. Bogalusa, Louisiana. Privately printed.

Jessie Alexander Brumfield

Jessie Alexander Brumfield was born 27 September 1838 in Louisiana. he married Martha Elizabeth Alford. They had eight children. He was a farmer. He died after 1910.

..... 1 Jessie Alexander Brumfield b: 27 Sept 1838 LA

..... + Martha Elizabeth Alford b: 08 Aug 1846 MS

........... 2 Martin Ellis Brumfield b: Sep 1865 MS

........... + Dollie King b: June 1877 LA

................. 3 Lola Brumfield b: Sept 1890 LA

................. 3 Jewel Brumfield b: Abt. 1901 LA

................. 3 Jesse Alton Brumfield b: Abt. 1905 LA

................. 3 Ayleen Brumfield b: Abt. 1908 LA

................. 3 Dora Lee Brumfield b: Abt. 1915 LA

................. 3 Lola Brumfield b: Abt. 1891 LA

........... 2 Rose Ella Brumfield b: 18 July 1867 MS

........... + Jasper Pascal Brown b: 15 May 1865 MS

................. 3 Lucy Viola Brown b: 16 Oct 1888 MS

................. + Tate Edward Fortenberry b: 14 Jan 1885 MS

................. 3 Ina Lucille Brown b: 29 Dec 1890 MS

................. + Dewitt William Alford b: 29 Oct 1874 LA

................. 3 Junius Earl Brown b: 12 May 1892 MS

................. + Armetha Brown

................. 3 Hubert Allen Brown b: 01 Oct 1894 MS

................. + Freddie Smith b: 19 Nov 1899

................. 3 Mavis Marie Brown b: 18 Aug 1897 MS

................. + Denny Herbert Smith b: 03 March 1892 MS

................. 3 Lyda Mearl Brown b: 24 Dec 1900 MS

................. + Arlie Pierce b: 27 Jan 1898 MS

................. 3 Roy Jesse Brown b: 08 March 1902 MS

................. + Ivy Regina Mark b: 08 June 1908 Ohio

................. + Mary Thelma Ellzey b: 22 Feb 1906 MS

................. 3 Mildred Olga Brown b: 23 June 1904 MS

................. + James Alton Ball b: 22 March 1902 LA

................. 3 Thelma Lady Brown b: 27 Feb 1908 MS

................. + Reynolds

........... 2 John Edward Brumfield b: Nov 1869 MS

........... + Ada Beatrice Fortenberry b: 1893

................. 3 Baxter Edwin Brumfield b: 13 June 1912

................. 3 Fannie Chelottie Brumfield b: 28 Aug 1913

................. 3 James Albert Brumfield b: 28 Dec 1914

................. 3 John Edward Brumfield b: Feb 1915

................. 3 Claudia Martha Brumfield b: 27 Dec 1917

................. 3 Selwyn Alex Brumfield b: 31 Oct 1919

................. 3 Olgee Shelina Brumfield b: 07 Aug 1921

................. 3 Oliver Wendell Brumfield b: 21 Aug 1923

........... 2 Fletcher Boyd Brumfield b: 28 June 1875 MS

........... + Mattie Burmfield b: MS

................. 3 Mead Brumfield b: Abt. 1913 MS

................. 3 Francis Brumfield b: Abt. 1916 MS

................. 3 Courtney Jane Brumfield b: Abt. 1919 MS

................. 3 Ed H. Brumfield b: Abt. 1924 MS

........... 2 Lily E. Brumfield b: 1876 MS

........... + Julius Alford b: 25 October 1869 LA

................. 3 Lillian Alford b: 1900 LA

................. + William Archie Simmons b: 1897

........... 2 Daisy L. Brumfield b: July 1879 MS

........... + Cornelius Alford

........... 2 Lucy May Brumfield b: 12 April 1881 MS

........... 2 Sallie Joy Brumfield b: 31 May 1884 MS

........... + Joseph Ed Brumfield b: Abt. 1873 MS

................. 3 Alex Brumfield b: Abt. 1906 MS

................. 3 Philip Brumfield b: Abt. 1909 MS

................. 3 Donald Brumfield b: Abt. 1912 MS

................. 3 David Brumfield b: Abt. 1915 MS

Sources:
1870 US Census, Osyka, Pike, MS
1880 US Census, Pike, MS
1900 US Census, Pike, MS
1910 US Census, Pike, MS
Certificate of Death for Rose E. Brumfield Brown, File #16010; MS State Dept of Health, Vital Records.
Clawson, Alma Dell Magee.  Fields of Bloom.  Privately printed. 1972.
Conerly, Luke Ward and E. Russ Williams. Source Records From Pike County, Mississippi 1798 – 1910. South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1989.
Criminger, Adrianne Fortenberry. The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi. South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1984.
Wallis, Ruth Temple. Descendants of Jacob Ott of South Carolina and Louisiana. 1967. Bogalusa, Louisiana. Privately printed.

Jasper & Rose (Brumfield) Brown

Rose Ella (Brumfield) Brown was the daughter of Jessie Alexander & Martha (Alford) Brumfield. She was born 28 July 1867 in MS. She married Jasper Pascal Brown. (See more about Jsaper on the Brown Page). They married 21 December 1887 in Pike, MS. They had nine children.

..... 1 Rose Ella Brumfield b: 18 July 1867 MS
..... + Jasper Pascal Brown b: 15 May 1865 Pike, MS
........... 2 Lucy Viola Brown b: 16 October 1888 MS
........... + Tate Edward Fortenberry b: 14 Jan 1885 MS
........... 2 Ina Lucille Brown b: 29 Dec 1890 MS
........... + Dewitt William Alford b: 29 Oct 1874 LA
........... 2 Junius Earl Brown b: 12 May 1892 MS
........... + Armetha Brown
........... 2 Hubert Allen Brown b: 01 Oct 1894 MS
........... + Freddie Smith b: 19 Nov 1899
........... 2 Mavis Marie Brown b: 18 Aug 1897 MS
........... + Denny Herbert Smith b: 3 March 1892 Tylertown, MS
........... 2 Lyda Mearl Brown b: 24 Dec 1900 Pike, MS
........... + Arlie Pierce b: 27 Jan 1898 Walthall, MS
........... 2 Roy Jesse Brown b: 8 March 1902 Osyka, Pike, MS
........... + Ivy Regina Mark b: 08 June 1908 Medina, Ohio, USA
........... + Mary Thelma Ellzey b: 22 February 1906 Pike, MS
........... 2 Mildred Olga Brown b: 23 June 1904 MS
........... + James Alton Ball b: 22 March 1902 Angie, LA
........... 2 Thelma Lady Brown b: 27 February 1908 MS
........... + Reynolds

Sources:
1870 US Census, Osyka, Pike, MS Jessie Bromfield family
1880 US Census, Pike, MS Alek Brumfield family
1900 US Census, Beat 1, Pike, MS  Jasper P Brown family
1910 US Census, Pike, MS Jasper Brown and family
1920 US Census, Pike, MS Jap P Brown family
Death Certificate State File #16010, Registrar's # 264, MS."Rosa Ella Brown" White Female. Aged 81 Years, 2 months, 13 days.  Born 18 July 1867. 
"Descendants of Jacob Ott of South Carolina and Louisiana by Ruth Ott Wallis.
Family interviews, hand drawn trees & papers.


James Alford was the son of John Alford (1645 – 1710). James was born in New Kent, Virginia c 1687.

..... 1 James Alford b: Abt. 1687 in New Kent, Virginia, d: Abt. 1730 in New Kent, Virginia
........... 2 Julius Alford b: 04 Sept 1717 in New Kent, Virginia, d: Nov  1771 in Butte County, NC
........... + Lucy Newton b: 1720, d: 1790
........... 2 Goodrich Alford
........... 2 Lodwick Alford
........... 2 Warren Alford

Sources:
"My Alford Heritage" by Carolyn Alford Saunders, 2005.  Printed by Morgan Printing, Texas.  Limited Edition. 
AAFA ACTION, Volume X, #3, Winter 1998 (Publication of the Alford American Family Assoc.)

Julius Alford was the son of James Alford. He was born 1717 in Virginia. He married Lucy Newton.

..... 1 Julius Alford b: 04 Sept 1717 in New Kent, Virginia,d: November 1771 in Butte County, NC
..... + Lucy Newton b: 1720, d: 1790
........... 2 John Alford b: Abt. 1747 in Butte County, NC, d: Aft. 1830 in Greene, Alabama
........... + Chloe Pope b: 1756
........... 2 Isaac Alford b: 1748 in Butte County, NC
........... 2 Goodrich Alford b: Abt. 1750 in NC
........... 2 Polly Alford b: Abt. 1753 in NC
........... 2 Sarah Alford b: Abt. 1756 in NC
........... 2 Jacob Alford b: 15 Aug 1761 in Butte County, NC, d: 16 July 1824 in Washington Parish, LA
........... + Elizabeth Bryant b: 20 June 1765, m: Abt. 1785 in NC, d: Abt. 1793
........... + Frances Seaborn b: 29 Sept 1766 in Virginia, m: Abt. 1792 in Cumberland, NC, d: Abt. 1860 in Washington Parish, Louisiana
........... 2 Job Alford b: Abt. 1763 in NC

Sources:
29 National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, THE PARISH REGISTER OF ST. PETER'S PARISH NEW KENT COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1680-1787, 1904. Reprinted 1988 Heritage Books, Inc. 78
"My Alford Heritage" by Carolyn Alford Saunders, 2005.  Printed by Morgan Printing, Texas.  Limited Edition. 

Jacob Alford was the son of Julius and Lucy (Newton) Alford. He was born 1761 in North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Bryant c. 1785. They had three children. He married Frances Seaborn c. 1792. They had six children.

..... 1 Jacob Alford b: 15 August 1761

..... + Elizabeth Bryant b: 20 June 1765

........... 2 Needham Judge Alford b: 12 July 1789

........... + Martha Waddell Alford b: 15 May 1798

........... 2 Sarah Alford Pierce b: Abt. 1791

........... + Rubin Pierce b: 1780

........... 2 Edwin Barksdale Alford b: 25 November 1792

........... + Martha P. Smith b: 25 March 1802

..... + Frances Seaborn b: 29 September 1766

........... 2 Lucy Alford b: Abt. 1796

........... + William Maines

........... 2 Julius C. Alford b: Abt. 1798

........... + Elizabeth Waddell

........... 2 William Alford b: 1800

........... + Eveline Ginn b: 1808

........... 2 Seaborn John Alford b: 11 October 1807

........... 2 John Seaborn Alford b: 11 October 1807

........... + Margaret Brumfield b: 09 February 1819

........... 2 Martha Alford b: Abt. 1819

Sources:

Luke Ward Conerly, SOURCE RECORDS FROM PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1798-1910; 1798-1910; South Carolina, Southern Historical Press, 1989.

Alford American Family Association

"My Alford Heritage" by Carolyn Alford Saunders.

Heard, Ruby Alford, Gil Alford. "Early Mississippi Alfords." AAFA Action: The Official Publication of the Alford American Family Association III (1990):p. 35

Clawson, Alma Dell Magee.  Fields of Bloom.  Privately printed. 1972.

Criminger, Adrianne Fortenberry. The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi. South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1984.

Fortinberry, G. K. Abstract History of the Fortinberry Family. Privately Printed. 1942. Family History Center microfilm #1036152.

Edwin Barksdale Alford was the son of Jacob Alford. It is uncertain which of Jacob’s wives was the mother of Edwin.  He was born 1792 in North Carolina. He married Martha P. Smith in 1818 in Mississippi. They had thirteen children.

..... 1 Edwin Barksdale Alford b: 25 November 1792

..... + Martha P. Smith b: 25 March 1802

........... 2 Rev. Warren Jackson Alford b: 12 September 1819

........... + Celia Ann Lewis

........... 2 Cynthia Ann Alford b: 11 December 1820

........... + Jesse Ball b: 15 November 1808

........... 2 Ira Payne Alford b: 22 January 1822

........... + Elizabeth Hope b: 15 January 1826

........... + Mary Hughes Parker

........... 2 William Harmon Alford b: 03 August 1823

........... 2 Harriet Jane Alford b: 22 March 1825

........... + Tyra Jennings Tynes

........... 2 Lacey Alford b: 24 September 1828

........... + James Michael Ball

........... 2 Jeptha Josephus Alford MD b: 02 August 1830

........... + Fanny Roberts

........... + Corinne Edwards

........... 2 Julia Ann Alford b: 21 March 1832

........... + John Ratliff McEleveen

........... 2 Seaborn S. Alford MD b: 15 August 1834

........... + Anice Ball

........... 2 Elijah Hayden Alford b: 1836

........... 2 Juluis Newton Alford b: 14 November 1838

........... + Mary Marguerete Brumfield b: June 1846

........... 2 Martha Elizabeth Alford b: 08 August 1846

........... + Jessie Alexander Brumfield b: 27 September 1838

........... 2 Julia Ann Alford b: 30 August 1856

Sources:

Luke Ward Conerly, SOURCE RECORDS FROM PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1798-1910; 1798-1910; South Carolina, Southern Historical Press, 1989.

'Cemetery Inscriptions Pike County, Mississippi 1750 - 1978' Ray & June Sartin Parish.

Photographs of grave site

Heard, Ruby Alford, Gil Alford. "Early Mississippi Alfords." AAFA Action: The Official Publication of the Alford American Family Association III (1990):p. 36.

Heard, Ruby Alford, Gil Alford. "Early Mississippi Alfords, Part 2." AAFA Action: The Official Publication of the Alford American Family Association IV, Nummber 1 (1991): p. 22.

AAFA Action Volume VI, Number 1, June 1991, p. 41. 

1820 U. S. Census, Pike County, Mississippi.

1840 U. S. Census, Pike County, Mississippi.

1850 U. S. Census, Pike County, Mississippi.

1860 U. S. Census, Slave Schedule, Pike County, Mississippi.

1870 U.S. Census, Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi, Page 2.

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