Harrietta Harriet (Hall) Breland (1832 - 1872)

Born 23 Feb 1832 in Pike County, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Armstead Hall and Rachel (OQuinn) Hall

Wife of Leroy Breeland — married 29 Jan 1846 in Pike, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Mar 1872 at age 40 in Pike County, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

According to her grave marker and the transcribed Hall Allen Family Bible, Harietta was born the 23rd of February 1832.^[1] Luke Ward Connerly in his book Pike County Mississippi 1798-1876, shows " Jane and Harriet, twins, who married James Thornhill and Leroy Breland respectively" are the daughters of Armstead Hall and Rachel O'Quinn.^[2] Jane's grave marker also shows birth 23 Feb, 1832. Harrietta would have been one of the two females age 5 to 10 in the household of Armstead Hall on the 1840 Census.^[3]

Harrietta married Leroy Breland, son of Hillary Breland and Ailey Brown. Harriet Breland was enumerated as age 18 on the 1850 Census for Pike County in the household of 27 year-old Leroy Breland with children, Sarha A. age 3, and Hugh age 11 months.^[4]

By 1860, 27 year-old Harriett and Leroy Breland had six children in the household:^[5]

• Sarah A., age 12
• Hughey, age 11
• Aly, age 8
• Hillrey, age 6
• Milly F., age 2
• Gracy A., age 9 months

Three more children were born before 1870 when 38 year-old "Harret" and Leroy Breland's household was enumerated in Pike County with:^[6]

• Hillery, age 14
• Frances, age 13
• Gracy Ann, age 11
• Elisha, age 6
• Newel C., age 3
• Easther, age 2 months

She died in 1872, and was buried in the Breeland Cemetery in Tylertown, Mississippi.^[7]

Children:

1. Sarah Ann Breeland born 1848, married Dier
2. Hugh H. Breland 1849–1899, he married Amanda Midana Dunaway 1845–1922
3. Aly Breeland 1852–1915, she married Evan Emmett Parson 1849–1933
4. Jesse Warren Breland 1853–1860 died young
5. Hillery Breland 1854–1897
6. Millie Frances Breeland 1857–1899, she married Jessie Warren Rushing 1852–1936
7. Gracie Ann Breeland 1859–1905​, she married Obed Kirkland Rushing 1855–1933^[8]
8. Elisha B. Breland (1864-1928)
9. Newey C Breland 1867–1933, he married Caledonia (Callie) McPherson-Breland

Research Notes

Marriage records for Pike County, Mississippi are not available until 1882. Since an exact date is used for the marriage date, looking for any descendants who might have a document.

Sources

1. ↑ Hall Allen Family Bible. Copied by Mrs. Billy Joe Ann Hammons (Reid, Jr.) Estess. Currently in possession of Mrs. Nelson Brumfield, Silver Creek, Miss. Includes names and births, of children of Armistead Hall from 1803 to 1832. Digital images: USGenWeb Archives. Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society. Volume III, Bible Records 1962: Pages 61-120, citing Page 84, Hall Allen Bible Record. http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/state/bible/lghsbible/bible3-2.txt Accessed 15 April 2023.
2. ↑ Conerly, Luke Ward, Pike County Mississippi 1798-1876 - Pioneer Families and Confederate Soldiers Reconstruction and Redemption. Nashville, Tennessee, Brandon Printing Company 1909. Page 87, citing Armistead Hall, Harriet Hall. Digital images: Internet Archive.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (24 August 2015), Mississippi > Pike > Not Stated > citing Armstead Hall; image 13 of 48; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (9 April 2016), Mississippi > Pike > Pike county > 2nd Police District, page 22, 20 September 1850, household 139, line 4-7, citing Hariet in the household of Leroy Breland. image 22 of 104; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (24 March 2017), Mississippi > Pike > Not Stated > Page 65, 6th July 1860, household 496, line 22-29, citing household of Leroy Breland. image 65 of 156; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (13 June 2019), Mississippi > Pike > Township 2 Range 11 > Page 10, 25 Aug 1870, household 69, line 15-23, citing household of Breland Leroy. image 10 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ Harrietta “Harriet” Hall Breland (1832-1872) on Find A Grave: Memorial #93219409 retrieved 27 November 2017.
8. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LTLD-FL2/details?spouse=LTLD-HRR

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Brenda Breland Shaffer and L.O’Q. her fourth cousin descendant of Parmelia Barsheba W. Hall parent of Armstead Newton OQuinn parent of Adrian Eldridge OQuinn. Their most-recent common ancestor is their third great grandfather, Armistead Hall. Predicted relationship: fourth cousins; Shared DNA: 61 cM across 5 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

• 1850 United States Federal Census, Police District 2, Pike, Mississippi; Roll: M432_380; Page: 11B; household 139, line 5, 20 September 1850, Image: 27. Ancestry.com. [database on-line], image 13 of 19, citing Hariet in household of Leroy Breland. Provo, UT, USA; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• 1860 United States Federal Census, Pike, Mississippi;Roll: M653_589; Page: 393, household 496, line 23, 6 July 1860; Family History Library Film: 803589; City: Not Stated; Ancestry.com. [database on-line] image 65 of 158, citing Harriett in household of Leroy Breland. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

• 1870 United States Federal Census, Township 2 Range 11, Pike, Mississippi; Roll: M593_745; Page: 174B, household 69, line 15-22, 25 Aug 1870; Family History Library Film: 552244; Ancestry.com. [database on-line] image 10 of 16, citing Hariet in household of Leroy Breeland. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.