ROBERT J. BROWNFIELD was born 04 Jun 1760 in Cumberland County, PA, and died 17 Jun 1841 in
Somers Township, Champaign, IL. He married SUSAN NANCY RAMSEY Abt. 1782 in PA.
She died Abt. 1812 in Harrison County, KY.
Notes for ROBERT J. BROWNFIELD:
Robert served as a war supply wagon train guard during the Revolutionary War, in the
Pennsylvania Rangers. He and other Revolutionary War veterans that were early settlers of Illinois in the Danville-Champaign area and died in Illinois are commemorated in the court yard of the Federal Courthouse at Danville. Robert's name is engraved on a paving stone. His grave near the "Big Grove" in the Rhinehart Cemetery has been lost [Rinehart Cemetary in Effingham County, Illinois, which is south of the Champaign-Danville area?].
Children of ROBERT BROWNFIELD and SUSAN RAMSEY are:
i. JAMES BROWNFIELD, b. Abt. 1784, Washington County, PA; d. 07 Oct 1835, Champaign County, IL; m. MARY ANN CONOWAY, 03 Mar 1808, Pendleton County, KY; b. 09 Apr 1785; d. 02 Apr 1842, Champaign County, IL.
ii. JOHN BROWNFIELD, b. 07 Oct 1785, Washington County, PA; d. 12 Jul 1863, Somers Township,
Champaign, IL.
iii. MARY ELIZABETH BROWNFIELD, b. Abt. 1794; d. Abt. 1830, Short Creek, Campbell, KY; m.
GREENSBERRY BERKSHIRE SR., 14 Feb 1811, Harrison County, KY; b. 1763; d. Abt. Nov 1813, Harrison County, KY.
