Willis Brumfield 1794 – 1833

Willis Brumfield was the son of John Brumfield and Margaret Kelly. He was born in York, SC. About 1813 John, Margaret and children moved to Washington Parish, LA. In 1818 Willis Brumfield was in Pike, MS where he married Nancy Virginia Holmes.

1 Willis Brumfield b: 1794 York, SC, d: 16 Oct 1833
… + Nancy Virginia Holmes b: 1797 GA, m: 25 Jan 1818 Pike, MS
……2 Margaret Brumfield b: 9 Feb 1819 Washington, LA, d: 8 Sep 1885
…… + John Seaborn Alford b: 11 Oct 1807, d: 15 Nov 1891 LA
……2 John Griffin Brumfield b: 1820 Washington, LA, d: Sep 1849
…… + Louisa Bullock
……2 Elisha Brumfield b: 23 May 1822 Washington, LA, d: 1860
…… + Salena Arvozena Jane Warner m: 15 Jan 1845 Amite, MS
……2 Charles Dawson Brumfield b: 27 Mar 1823 Washington, LA
……2 Isaac Nelson Brumfield b: 10 Nov 1823 LA, d: 6 Oct 1909 MS
…… + Sarah J. Smith b: 23 Nov 1836 Pike, MS, m: 1854 MS d:1 Aug 1929 MS
……2 Josiah Brumfield b: 2 Mar 1827 Washington, LA, d: 4 Aug 1897 MS
…… + Margaret Burch
……2 William Brumfield b: 5 Jan 1829 in Washington, LA
…… + Sarah Lewis
……2 Axa Brumfield b: 02 May 1831 in Washington, LA
……2 Willis Nathaniel Brumfield b: 31 Mar 1834 LA, d: 21 Dec 1895 MS
…… + Nancy E. Haley
……2 Sarah Brumfield b: 09 Apr 1824 LA
…… + Calvin Smith b: 22 Sep 1812 MS, m: 1843, d: 22 Jan 1843 MS

Selected Sources:

• Conerly, Luke Ward, Source Records from Pike County, Mississippi1798-1910; 1798-1910; South Carolina, Southern Historical Press, 1989.
• Randolph, Ruth Brumfield, and Nell Brumfield Jacobs Smith. Brumfields Revisited: Ancestors and Descendants of George Y. and Martha Penny Brumfield. Privately printed, 1995.