Mississippi County Map
Researching the African-American genealogy of the following surnames Bearden, Brumfield, Bullock, Caston, Conerly, Downs, Bridges, Edwards, Gatlin, Goff, Hill, McEwen, Power, Raybon, Leonard, Smith, Stacher, & Wynn. From the following states Georgia, Mississippi, Illinois, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee & Louisiana.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
What Is In A Name?
One of the reasons genealogy research is interesting to me
is trying to find the history of my ancestors which helped shape me. When
researching black African American genealogy, the search has many elements to
consider. The surname may be from a
slave master at the Emancipation Proclamation, former slave master or an
adopted name. Frederick Augustus
Washington Bailey was a famous former slave. He changed his name to Frederick Douglass. Araminta "Minty" Ross is
known as Harriett Tubman. Booker T.
Washington took the surname Washington from his mother’s husband Washington Ferguson. These famous former slaves could not verify
with certainty the exact year of their birth or biological fathers. I am however optimistic that my efforts to
discover linage will be good. We now
have DNA testing and the Internet which can record, search and shared family
history stories.
http://brumfieg.tripod.com
My starting point I have made several assumptions concerning
my ancestors that 1) predominately of African ancestry 2) they were slaves 3) their
surname is the name of the former slave owner 4) the emancipated slaves lived in the same geographic area as their former masters 5) emancipated slaves with the same surname are related.
None of these assumptions maybe true.
None of these assumptions maybe true.
My research of African American Brumfield ancestors and
related trees has focused predominately in Pike, Amite, Marion, Walthall,
Lincoln counties in Mississippi and Washington Parish, Louisiana.
In an attempt to trace the origin of the surnames in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana, I initially referred to a detailed genealogy of the ancestors of Glenn Brumfield http://brumfieg.tripod.com/ and the book Source Records from Pike County, Mississippi 1798 - 1910 by Luke Ward Conerly. www.lukewardconerly.com These sources describe the early family settlers with listed surnames I have researched. These sources mention the Caucasian families who migrated from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. In the Luke Conerly's book, he mentions geneologies, church records, census, military records , individuals who own slaves and a few black people who lived in these communities. Are there any other available sources? Post let me know. ------- Tree Gardener
In an attempt to trace the origin of the surnames in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana, I initially referred to a detailed genealogy of the ancestors of Glenn Brumfield http://brumfieg.tripod.com/ and the book Source Records from Pike County, Mississippi 1798 - 1910 by Luke Ward Conerly. www.lukewardconerly.com These sources describe the early family settlers with listed surnames I have researched. These sources mention the Caucasian families who migrated from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. In the Luke Conerly's book, he mentions geneologies, church records, census, military records , individuals who own slaves and a few black people who lived in these communities. Are there any other available sources? Post let me know. ------- Tree Gardener
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Trees in the garden
I have been involved in genealogy research for almost 20 years. The first tree that I began my initial investigation was the
black African American Brumfield family of Pike County, Mississippi. From this
research, it has lead to other branches of the Brumfield tree and neighboring
trees. No family lives in isolation having friends and neighbors whose lives intertwine
together which shape personal history. I have included other family trees on my
research journey which have had an influence on my ancestors and me. My personal goals are to learn about the history
of the United States, share information, tear down brick walls and include
others in my research journey.
I have been researching the genealogy of the following surnames
Barnes, Bearden, Brumfield, Bullock, Caston, Donnell, Edwards, Gatlin, Goff, Power, Raybon, Smith, Stacher, Strickland,
Thomas, Watkins & Wynn. These trees are in the following states Ohio, Tennessee,
Georgia, Mississippi, Illinois, South Carolina, Texas, New York, Tennessee & Louisiana. These surnames have been selected because they are connected or related to the Brumfield family. -------- Tree Gardener
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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