Edward Brownfield

ID: I10165

Name: Edward BROWNFIELD

Sex: M

Birth: ABT 1734 in Virginia

Death: AFT 8 FEB 1805

Note:

Edward Brownfield settled upon a tract of land at the same time his father did, and adjoining that of his father, which contained 250 acres, and was called "Mount Pleasant." [1769 in Fayette County, PA] Several years later, when the general exodus from the settlers to Kentucky took place, he removed with his family to the place called "Bear Grass," where John Brownfield, a son of his brother Benjamin, now lives.

In 1772 & 1773 he appeared on the Bedford Co, PA tax list.

He owned property at 41 Elbow St in Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA in 1776.

Edward received a 400-acre land grant in Jefferson Co, KY on 21 Dec 1784 on the Nolinn watercourse.

He appeared on the tax lists of Nelson Co, KY in 1785, 1787, & 1788.

He appeared on the 1793 tax list of Hardin Co, KY as the only male over 21 in his household with 5 horses, 16 head of cattle, & 200 acres of land.

Probably died in KY.

1

Father: Charles BROWNFIELD b: ABT 1713 in Scotland

Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" BIRD b: 15 SEP 1718 in New Castle, Delaware

Marriage 1 Mary

Married:

Children

Charles BROWNFIELD

Richard BROWNFIELD
John BROWNFIELD
Elizabeth BROWNFIELD
Theron Edward BROWNFIELD b: ABT 1788
Mary BROWNFIELD
Ellen BROWNFIELD
Robert BROWNFIELD
Marriage 2 Elizabeth FRIEND

Married:

Sources:

birth, death, spouses from worldconnect.rootsweb.com, database = "jeanray"

children from worldconnect.rootsweb.com, database "cahbd"

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~beeson/utownplat.html

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/bedford/taxlist/1773-tax.txt

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/huntingdon/taxlist/1772taxl... (

History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (1882) from Ancestry.com

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/nelson/taxlists/taxes/nelso...

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/hardin/taxlist/1793tax.txt

THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS, Volume 1, Part 1, CHAPTER II VIRGINIA GRANTS (1782-1792) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY, page 27 at Ancestry.com