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Brumfield Long was a soldier in Culpeper county, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War. [1] Brumfield is honored by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolutionary War as DAR Ancestor # A071238. DAR Records indicate that Brumfield died before April 21, 1823, in Allen county, Kentucky and that his wife's name was Elizabeth Mitchell. Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of their son, Samuel Long, who married Nancy Whaley and of their daughter, Mary Lon, who married Willis Mitchell, Jr. [2]
Brumfield/Bromfield Long (Brumfield Long II) was born abt 1750 in Culpeper County, Virginia, the son of Benjamin Long (Jr.) and Mary Bond, He married Elizabeth Mitchell Bond. [3]
Brumfield and Elizabeth may have become the parents of as many as a dozen children [4]
Caution should be used with the descendants of Brumfield Long, born circa 1686, in St Mary's Parish, Richmond county, Virginia, a son of Henry Long and Anne Churchill. He has many descendants named for him. For example, THIS Brumfield has a cousin, Brumfield Long, born circa 1752, a son of William Long and Ann Durrett, [5] who also appears on Census records of Culpeper county, Virginia. His wife is Letitia Roach: Adams-16917 13:03, 20 March 2018 (EDT)
More information about this family is found here: http://wvancestry.com/ReferenceMaterial/Files/The_Long_Journey_West_-_The_Long_Family_of_Old_Rappahannock_Virginia.pdf Written by a descendant of "Brumfield Long" this dissertation has interesting accounts of his descendants, accompanied by maps and explanations of their Westward travels
"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLC-BR6 : accessed 20 March 2018), Brumfield Long, Culpeper, Virginia, United States; citing p. 243, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 133; FHL microfilm 193,692.
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