Individual Details
Thomas Castillo Barfield
(30 Apr 1805 - 17 Jun 1890)
Thomas Castillo Barfield, b. 3 Apr. 1806, d. June 1890 and his wife Mercia Louisa White, b. 14 Apr. 1819, d. 16 Feb. 1881 came to Yazoo County prior to 1840 and lived in the Pearce Crossroads Community. His father, Lewis Barfield, b. 8 Dec. 1767, d. 6 May 1854, lived with or near him.
Thomas' wife, Mercia Louisa White, was the daughter of Nathan White, b. ca. 1792 d. 1835 and Rebecca Harmon, b. 1790, d. 1857. They owned the Paradise Plantation near Dover.
Thomas and Mercia had at least 10 children, with four dying in early childhood. This included twin girls who died at 12 years of age. Their children were raised in a very religious atmosphere as Thomas was a deacon and one of the founders of Rocky Springs Baptist Church. According to family tradition, he would call family and servants together each night to read the Bible and pray. It is said he banished one of his sons from home for, what Thomas thought, was a defiance of God. He would not bring the wrath of God down on the household for the evil in one.........
From: Telephone conversation with Earl Barfield
Thomas was one of the original 5 members of Rocky Springs Baptist Church in Yazoo County, MS
"Uncle Thomas Barfield lived and reared his family in Yazoo County. He sometimes, with members of his family, would return for visits to this part of the state, but these visits were rare. I saw him only once. One of his daughters, Cousin Rebekah McCormack, was living in Yazoo City when I was in that part of the state in 1911. I spent several days very pleasantly in her home there. Through failure to continue correspondence, I've lost sight of these relatives, too, as well as those who lived in Texas." Betty Hughes
Events
| Birth | 30 Apr 1805 | Duplin, North Carolina, United States |  | ||
| Tax List | 1834 | Yazoo, Mississippi, United States |  | | |
| Property | 28 Sep 1835 | Yazoo, Mississippi, United States | | | |
| Marriage | 1 Oct 1835 | Yazoo, Mississippi, United States - Mercia Lousia White | | ||
| Census | 12 Oct 1850 | Yazoo, Mississippi, United States | | | |
| Census | 1860 | Yazoo, Mississippi, United States | | | |
| Census (family) | 25 Jul 1870 | Yazoo City PO, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States - Mercia Lousia White | | | |
| Census | 1880 | Midway, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States | | | |
| Death | 17 Jun 1890 | Yazoo, Mississippi, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Mercia Lousia White (1819 - 1881) |
| Child | Rebecca White Barfield (1838 - 1925) |
| Child | Mary Craig Barfield (1840 - ) |
| Child | Nathaniel Lewis "Nathan" Barfield (1842 - 1927) |
| Child | John Barfield (1845 - 1913) |
| Child | James McCulloh Barfield (1847 - 1849) |
| Child | Louisiana Barfield (1850 - 1854) |
| Child | Frances Elizabeth "Bettie" Barfield (1853 - 1865) |
| Child | Ann Eliza Barfield (1853 - 1866) |
| Child | Emily Barfield (1855 - ) |
| Child | Huella (Hugh Ella) Barfield (1858 - 1890) |
| Father | Lewis Barfield (1767 - 1854) |
| Mother | Catherine McCulloh (1775 - 1852) |
| Sibling | James Barfield (1792 - 1822) |
| Sibling | Jesse Barfield (1795 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry M. Barfield (1798 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Alfred Barfield (1801 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Mary Barfield (1803 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Sarah Barfield (1808 - ) |
| Sibling | John Pugh William Barfield (1811 - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Barfield (1814 - ) |
Notes
Tax List
The tax list of 1834 lists a Thomas C. Barfield.Property
NamesPatentee: THOMAS C BARFIELD
Survey
State: MISSISSIPPI
Acres: 81
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 9/28/1835
Land Office: Mt. Salus
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Numbers
Document Nr.: 11071
Accession/Serial Nr.: MS0290__.341
BLM Serial Nr.: MS NO S/N
Legal Land Description
S½W½NE 3/ 10-N 1-W No Choctaw MS Yazoo
S½E½NW 3/ 10-N 1-W No Choctaw MS Yazoo
Census
294, 301, Thomas C. Barfield, 45 male, North Carolina. PlanterMercy L. 33, female, Mississippi
Rebecca 12, female, Arkansas, in school
Mary 10, female, Arkansas, in school
Nathan L. 8, male, Mississippi, in school
John 6, male Mississippi
Louisiana 6/12, female, Mississippi
pg 497 MS Yazoo
Census
T.C. Barfield - 55 years old - male - Planter - Real Estate 6400 - Personal Property - 4000 born N.C.Mercy - 41 years old - female - born Mississippi
Rebecca - 20 years old - female - born Mississippi
Mary - 18 years old - female - born Mississippi
Nathan - 17 years old - male - born Mississippi
John - 15 years old - male - born Mississippi
Bettie - 7 years old - female - born Mississippi
Ann - 7 years old - female - born Mississippi
Emily - 5 years old - female - born Mississippi
Drucilla - 2 years old - female - born Mississippi
Census (family)
District No. 3Barfield, TC, 65, MW, Farmer, 1920, 560, North Carolina
ML, 52, FW, Keeping house, Mississippi
E, 15, FW, Farm Labor, Mississippi
H, 12, FW, " " "
Slurrach?, R, 50, FB,
Census
Thomas C. BARFIELD Self M Male W 75 NC Farmer NC NCMercie BARFIELD Wife M Female W 60 MS MS MS
John BARFIELD Son S Male W 35 MS Laborer NC MS
Emily BARFIELD Dau S Female W 25 MS NC MS
Huella BARFIELD Dau S Female W 25 MS NC MS
Mary JOHNSON Dau S Female W 39 AR NC MS
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Source Information:
Census Place Midway, Yazoo, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254670
NA Film Number T9-0670
Page Number 534B
Endnotes
1. Barfield family email from a descendant of Thomas Castello Barfield. (Lavon Lockwood
2. Genealogy of Thomas Castillo Barfield. (Kathy Adams.
3. Barfield Bible of Thomas Castillo and Mercia Louisa White Barfield near Benton, Yazoo Co., MS. Dates, not locations, were given. Genealogical Publications of The Mississippi Genealogical Society. Vol. IV, pg 35 - 38. (Shared by Kathy Adams, tadams186@home.com, Jan 2002).
4. Dates taken from the Barfield Bible of Charles and Pauline Hughes. Current whereabouts of this Bible is unknown. (Typed page mailed by Kathy Adams Jan 2002.).
5. Betty Couch Wiltshire., Tax list from "Yazoo County, Mississippi Pioneers" pg. 3. (Reference shared by Kathy Adams, tadams186@home.com, Jan 2002.).
6. Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records, online [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/], accessed 2007.
7. Barfield family email from a descendant of Thomas Castello Barfield. (Lavon Lockwood
8. Genealogy of Thomas Castillo Barfield. (Kathy Adams.
9. Barfield Bible of Thomas Castillo and Mercia Louisa White Barfield near Benton, Yazoo Co., MS. Dates, not locations, were given. Genealogical Publications of The Mississippi Genealogical Society. Vol. IV, pg 35 - 38. (Shared by Kathy Adams, tadams186@home.com, Jan 2002).
10. Barfield family email from a descendant of Thomas Castello Barfield. (Lavon Lockwood
11. Roos, Diane Fyans., "1850 Yazoo County, Mississippi Census and Marriages" pg 32. (Compiled and transcribed by Diane Fyans Roos. 1989.
Reference shared by Kathy Adams,
12. 1860 Yazoo County, Mississippi Census, pg 71 (Reference shared by Kathy Adams, tadams186@home.com, Jan 2002.).
13. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > MISSISSIPPI > YAZOO > NO TWP LISTED Series: M653 Roll: 594 Page: 999.
14. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > MISSISSIPPI > YAZOO > YAZOO CITY P O Series: M593 Roll: 754 Page: 351.
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002).
16. Barfield family email from a descendant of Thomas Castello Barfield. (Lavon Lockwood
17. Genealogy of Thomas Castillo Barfield. (Kathy Adams.
18. Barfield Bible of Thomas Castillo and Mercia Louisa White Barfield near Benton, Yazoo Co., MS. Dates, not locations, were given. Genealogical Publications of The Mississippi Genealogical Society. Vol. IV, pg 35 - 38. (Shared by Kathy Adams, tadams186@home.com, Jan 2002).