Person:Robert Brownfield (1)

Pennsylvania State Archives [1]

http://www.genealogymagazine.com/sompenin17.html

Some Pennsylvanians in 1772: Settlers in Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties

From James Veech's The Monongahela of Old or Historical Sketches of Southwestern Pennsylvania to the Year 1800 (Pittsburgh, 1910 edition)

In 1772, and until Westmoreland County was established in 1773, Bedford County encompassed all of southwestern Pennsylvania.

All of present Fayette County — east of a straight line from the mouth of Redstone to the mouth of Jacob's Creek — consisted of two townships, Springhill and Tyrone. Here, the division line was Redstone Creek, from its mouth to where it was crossed by Burd's Road, and from Burd's Road to Gist's, then Braddock's Road to the Great Crossing. That part of Fayette County, northwest of Redstone to the mouth of Jacob's Creek, was a part of Rostraver Township.

The counties of Greene and Washington, west of Fayette, were evidently included in Springhill.

SPRINGHILL TOWNSHIP ... Robert Brownfield, Edward Brownfield, Empson Brownfield, Charles Brownfield, ...

Stayed in Pennsylvania when his father, Robert Brownfield, and four of his brothers, William, Edward, Richard, and Empson, moved to that part of Kentucky known as Nelson County, now LaRue County, in 1783.

Fought in the Revolutionary War.

About Robert Brownfield
ID: I10167

Name: Robert BROWNFIELD

Sex: M

Birth: ABT 1740 in Virginia

Death: 25 SEP 1821 in Pennsylvania

Note:

Received a 150 acre warrant of land in Bedford County, PA that was surveyed 9 Apr 1771.

Appeared on the 1772 and 1773 tax lists for Bedford County, PA.

Head of household in 1790 census in Georges Twp, Fayette County, PA with 5 males over 15 & 3 females.

Head of household over age 44 in 1800 census living in Georges Township, Fayette County, PA with 1 female over 44, 2 females 16-25, 1 female 10-15, & 1 female under 10.

Head of household over age 44 in 1810 census living in George Township, Fayette County, PA with 1 female over 44.

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Father: Charles BROWNFIELD b: ABT 1713 in Scotland

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

Marriage 1 Eleanor SUTTON

Married: ABT 1759

Children

Robert BROWNFIELD b: 10 OCT 1760 in Winchester, VA
Charles BROWNFIELD b: 10 JUL 1763 in Virginia
Rebecca BROWNFIELD b: 23 APR 1764 in Winchester, VA
Sources:

birth, death, marriage date from worldconnect.rootsweb.com, databases "jhc" ":2533449"

1790 census for PA, Fayette Co, Georges Twp, p 106

1800 census for PA, Fayette Co, Georges Twp, p 544

1810 census for George Twp, Fayette Co, PA, p 177?

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

ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/bedford/land/b-land-b.txt

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

9 Apr 1771 land survey for Robert Brownfield for lands on Yorks Run a Branch of Georges Creek (then)Bedford Co. PA - Pennsylvania State Archives

bounding his lands:
Heirs of Philip Rogers

Robert Brownfield's additional lands

Robert Richey esq.

Jonathan Rees

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I was just in the small Robert Brownfield, Sr. and Eleanor Sutton Family Cemetery in Smithfield, Fayette Co., Pa (off Main Street or Route 119) a week or so ago. It is in surprisingly good shape. Robert Jr. and Mary Bowell's stones are there and barely readable. Also, Charles Brownfield and Ruth Bowell's sons Zadoc (b.1798) and Alexander (b. 1796) and their wive's stones are still visible, as well as a number of grandchildren, etc. The place is kept mowed and there were even flags and veteran's markers on the veteran's graves.
Todd Brownfield, Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 05:23:15 EDT
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Both [Robert, Jr. and his father] had served in the Revolution under the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania. Robert, Jr. was one of the 60 men surviving an Indian ambush on the way to Wheeling, West Virginia. He was taken prisoner and finally got home a year later. Robert, Sr. saw his commander Colonel Crawford, another early settler from east of Uniontown, burned at the stake.