William Carson Mayfield (abt. 1826)

Born about 1826 in Tennessee [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Ann (Cruze) Mayfield — married 12 Sep 1861 in Knox County, Tennessee

Descendants

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Biography

William Carson Mayfield was born about 1826 in TN. ^[1]

Family tradition says that William Mayfield's middle name was CARSON. Here's how the story was told to me. William's son William Anthony Mayfield [b. 1875] and wife Lottie Owens: "had 4 children not 3. They had a son named Carson who died at 9 months old. The story is that Granny Mayfield laid the child on a pallet on the floor and when she went back to see about him, he was dead. She said that the boy was named after Pops (William Carson Mayfield)." - Doug Showalter

The 7 Jun 1880 Agricultural census in the 21st Civil District of Knox Co., TN shows William C. Mayfield as owning 18 acres of tilled land and 5 acres of woodland. His farm was valued at $600, his machinery and implements at $10, and his livestock at $15. The estimated value of all the production of his farm in 1879 was $300.

I strongly suspect that William Carson Mayfield's father was BRADY MAYFIELD, whose household appeared in the 1810 Pendleton District, SC census and in the 1830 Knox Co., TN census. One possible indicator of this is that William and his wife Sarah named their first son, Robert Brady Mayfield - presumably after their respective fathers. - Doug Showalter

• DNA RESEARCH -- TRIANGULATED MATCH -- Doug Showalter

I have discovered that I have a 22.4 cM TRIANGULATED DNA match on chromosome 6 with two people whose Mayfield lines are different than mine--and that surname appears to be the only one we have in common. That match seems to suggest that my Brady Mayfield and their two different Mayfields, all of whom had a connection to the Golden Creek area in Pendleton District, South Carolina, were very closely related, possibly brothers or first cousins. Those three are:

JACOB MAYFIELD (b. abt 1771 VA- 1859 Campbell Co., Georgia) ~ appears in 1800 Pendleton District, SC census, age: 16-25

BRADY MAYFIELD (b. 1770-1780 SC? - aft 1830 Knox Co., TN?) ~ appears in 1810 Pendleton District, SC census, age: 26-44

WILLIAM CAMPBELL MAYFIELD (b. abt 1783 NC -1857 Hall Co., Georgia) ~ appears in 1830, 1840, and 1850 Pickens District, SC censuses ~ in 1828 Pickens Co. was formed out of the northern section of Pendleton District, SC.

That triangulated chromosome 6 match appeared at the following segment location: 135451580 – 153559877.

It seems likely that those three Mayfields were sons of either AMBROSE MAYFIELD or JOHN MAYFIELD, both of whom appeared near each other in the 1790 and 1800 Pendleton District, SC censuses and in the 1810 Rutherford Co., TN census. It also seems likely that Ambrose and John were themselves brothers.

• Phil Norfleet Mayfield Research

Mayfield researcher Phil Norfleet reported the following, which suggests that John Mayfield may have been the father of William Campbell Mayfield:

9 March 1808: John Mayfield conveys a 100-acre tract of land, situated on Goldens Creek, to William Mayfield. [See Pendleton District SC, Deed Book I, page 174]

Norfleet notes that very likely William Campbell Mayfield's father was one of the "early Mayfield settlers of Pendleton County who took up land along one of the creeks (probably Goldens Creek) which feed into Twelve Mile River in northwestern South Carolina." [I will add, that seems to point directly at John Mayfield and Ambrose Mayfield, who appeared near one another in the 1790 Pendleton District, SC census.]

Norfleet also indicated that "William's mother probably was a Cherokee of either mixed or full blood."

• Biographical Sketch of William Campbell Mayfield (1783-1857) of Pickens District SC and Hall County GA, by Phil Norfleet[1]

• William Campbell Mayfield Information

I would note that William Campbell Mayfield married twice, first to PHOEBE KENNEMORE, then to TEMPERANCE KENNEMORE (b. 1799). Phoebe and Temperance were daughters of GEORGE and ELIZABETH (RILEY) KENNEMORE. The household of George and Elizabeth appeared in the 1810 Pendleton District, just 7 houses away from the household of Brady Mayfield.

For more Mayfield research information see the following documents in the Mayfield section of Doug’s Research Pages: [2]

• Early Brady Mayfield Research
• Ambrose Mayfield Research
• Brady Mayfield Family
• Robert Mayfield Family
• Mayfield Given Names
• Mayfield Early TN Censuses [Knox, Blount, Sevier Counties]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: District 15, Knox, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1541; Page: 277A; Image: 391; Family History Library Film: 553040

• Year: 1850; Census Place: District 11, Blount, Tennessee; Roll: M432_871; Page: 88A; Image: 181

• W C Mayfield - S J Cruse; Marriage date: 12 Sep 1861; Marriage Place: Knox, TN; [image 382 of 804] Ancestry.com. Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT; 2008 - Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.

• Year: 1870; Census Place: District 15, Knox, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1541; Page: 277A; Image: 391; Family History Library Film: 553040

• Year: 1880; Census Place: District 21, Knox, Tennessee; Roll: 1265; Family History Film: 1255265; Page: 317A; Enumeration District: 156

• Year: 1880; William C. Mayfield, Agricultural Census; Census Place: Knox, Tennessee; Archive Collection Number: T1135; Roll: Roll 25 - U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 Ancestry.com [database on-line]; Provo, UT: 2010 [3]

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch: accessed 2016-01-10), entry for Sarah Ann Crews, submitted by mthompson2746983.[4] - (Corrections to this source: William's middle initial was not "L," but rather "C" for Carson, as described by a descendant. Also, his birth date was not 1837, but rather about 1826 according to the 1850, 1870, and 1880 censuses - Doug Showalter)