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, April 11, 2013
Life
I have not made a recent post. I have been dealing the with problems that can occur in the garden of life. Life's complications can prevent the tending of genealogy trees. I have spent years in research of the roots of these trees. It is now time for me to continue to share information.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Ervin, Irvine, Irving, Irvin Part Three
In July, 2010 I had the opportunity to attend the
Caston-Brumfield family reunion in Atlanta, Georgia. Some of the descendants of Louis Brumfield, Calvin Caston and Liddie
were present. Calvin and Liddie
Caston children descendants’
Eliza, Rosann, Isham, Jessie and Monroe Caston were not located at that time. I was present at the reunion as a descendant of Irvin Brumfield.
After
the reunion, I had the opportunity to do additional research. There is another Irvin Brumfield! At the Mississippi Department of Archives
& History Library, the enumeration of Pike County Educable children records are available. These records can also be found on FamilySearch.com. The records are divided into white and black children. These
records have great information because they give a record of relationships during non-federal census years. The 1878 school lists include the name of the child,
age, sex, race, and election district or ward. In the 1878 school records, I found black Irvin Brumfield 7 years old( born about 1871 ) and Tom Brumfield 9 years old( born about 1869) in Pike County the Holmesville Precinct. Another black Irvin Brumfield is 5 years old (born about 1873) in Pike County the Holmesville Precinct. In the Review of MDAH Mf# 14646 for 1900 the
following are listed for 1916
Black race Township 2 Range 9 Pink Hill Parent
or Guardian Irvin Brumfield Name of Children : Jessie 18 , Beulah 17,
Rosa 15, Alexander 13 , Albert 10, Little 7 , Emma 5
This Irvin Brumfield could possibly be related to Louis Brumfield and Liddie. Irvin Brumfield who is 5 years old is probably the descendant of my ancestor Irvin Brumfield Sr. Irvin Brumfield Sr. (my ancestor) a neighbor and counterpart of Calvin Caston.
------The Tree Gardener
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Ervin, Irvine, Irving, Irvin Part Two
In July, 2010 I had the opportunity to attend the Caston-Brumfield
family reunion in Atlanta, Georgia. At that reunion, another branch and
connection was identified to me. I had an opportunity to meet fellow genealogist and family historians Roger Wilson and Belinda “Gail” Howard. They have been doing reseach on the Caston and Brumfield families.
From the information presented by Roger, Louis Brumfield and Liddie were married and
had the following children : Richard
Brumfield, Frank Brumfield, Irving
Brumfield, Tom Brumfield, Eliza Brumfield, Rosann Brumfield and Isham
Brumfield. It is not known what happen to
Louis Brumfield.
Liddie latter married Calvin Caston. In the 1900 Federal census they
are listed as married for 28 years with
a calculated marriage date of 1872. They had a second set of children: Green Caston, Silas Caston , Jesse Caston, Adline Caston and Monroe Caston.
It is documented that Irvin
Brumfield Sr. knew Calvin Caston because he verified residence of Irvin (Ervine) Brumfield’s homestead
application. According to the 1900 Federal census, the birth date of Irvin
Brumfield Sr. is 1854 and for Liddie Brumfield is December, 1825 . It is
possible that she could be his mother.
------The Tree Gardener
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Ervine, Irvine, Irving, Irvin Part 1
It is sometimes difficult to find individuals within a
family and their friends. The clues that have been helpful to me have been time
period, location and family member names.
Freedmen may have the first name of a parent, grandparent a person they
admire or of the former slaveholder. Most freedmen could not read or write and the spelling of their
names may have not been consistent.
The time period I began
the research started in 1817 which is the year the Mississippi became a state
in the United States. The locations I
focused on were Pike County, Mississippi and Washington Parish, Louisiana which
where the Caucasian Brumfield family and descendants settled from South
Carolina recorded in Brumfield Histories by Albert R. Brumfield and Alma Dell Clawson. Family
member names were identified from family stories, vital records, census, and
school records. It is not always clear
from records the race of the individuals. The first ancestor I began my initial
research was Irvin (Ervine) Brumfield. There are however more than one Irvin.
Irvin Brumfield Sr.
born abt. August, 1846 and died abt 1900 in Mississippi. He married Louisa
McEwen (possibly Ellzey) born abt. 1849 died July 20, 1935
They had the following children:
Martha Ann 14 December 1872 - 2 February 1954
Sherman 24 February 1873 - unknown
Irvin May 1874 -unknown
William 02 January 1875 -22 Feb
1959
Louis 28 May 1878 - 1965
Isom 27 December 1880 -3 September
1963
George January 1882-21 February 1959
Mamie 23 August 1885-15 April 1972
Daisy 1889- December 1964
Mattie 06 Sep 1894- 30 January
1959
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Putting the Pieces Together Part 3
Isham Brumfield Family
Hope Smith, Bob Magee, Isham Brumfield, Eli Brumfield, Jacob Ellezy, George Lundy, Green Smtih, Casander RimeJames McDaniel Richard McDanie |
In the homesteader
records in 1883, Isham property is near Walker’s Bridge and he states he has
three children but no mention of a wife.
Charlotte has probably died. I know that Charlotte was the wife of Isham because I found
an two important pieces of information. In the 1865 Labor Contract, Charlotte is
listed and grandchildren Keziah,Wade and Charlotte are also listed. Eli had a child named Keziah. Eli Brumfield died in June 2, 1933 in Pike
County, Mississippi and his parents are listed as Isom Brumfield and Charlotte
Brumfield on the death certificate.
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