Register Report for Jordan Dunfield

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1. Jordan Dunfield-1. He was born 1802 in VA. He died on 01 Aug 1862 in Sperryville VA, Typhoid
Fever. Fact 2 in Page #: 227 [1]. Fact 3 in Year: 1840 [1]. Fact 4 in State: Mason Co., VA (County)
[1]. Fact 5 in Year: 1840. Fact 10 in State: Mason Co., VA (County) [2]. Fact 12 in Year: 1830 [2].

Notes for Jordan Dunfield:

General Notes:
Adjutant General's Office, Washington DC
Oct. 15, 1863

Sir:

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from your Office of application for Pension No. 31931,
and to return it herewith, with such information as is furnished by the files of this Office.

It appears from the Rolls on file in this Office, that Jordan Dunfield was enrolled on the 26th day of
Oct., 1861, at Buffalo in Co. "D" 8th Regiment of VA. Volunteers, to serve Three years, or during
the war, and mustered into service as a Private on the10th day of Nov. 1861, at Charleston VA in
Co. "D", 8th Regiment of Va. Volunteers, to serve Three years, or duing the war. On the Muster
Roll of Co. "D" of that Regiment, for the months of July & August 1862, he is reported "Died in
Regt. Hospital at Sperryville Va. August 1, 1862. Cause of death not stated.

I am, Sir, very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

__________________

The Commissioner of Pensions

Washington, D.C.
Memoranda.
Name of Applicant William Burch
Address, Buffalo, Putnam Co., Va.

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Capm near Beverly
Randolph County, West Virginia
October the 1st, 1863

I, John Reynolds, Capt. commanding company "D" of the Eighth Regiment of Virginia Volunteers.
Commanded by Col. Lucien Loesndo do certify on Honor, that Jordon Dunfield who was a Private
in my said company died at Sperryville in the State of Virginia. In the first day of August 1862 of
Typhoid Fever.

Which said decease contracted while he was such soldier in the service of the United States and
in the line of his duty.

John Reynolds, Capt.

Commanding Company
"D" 8th Regt Va. Vols.
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Pension claim No. 31-931. Additional evidence to be filed
in the claim of Wm. Burch Guardian
of the heirs of Jordon Dunfield Co. "D" 8th Regt Va. Vols. Inft.
Address Mollohan
Gallipolis, Ohio
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Address Mollohan
Gallipolis, Ohio
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Civil War Division

Min. Ctf. 18,642
Minors of Jordan Dunfield
Co. D 8 Va. Inf.

April 20, 1915.

The Postmaster
Buffalo,
West Virginia

Sir:
Inclosed herewith is a letter by a patron of your office
who claims to be a son of Jordan Dunfield, the above named
soldier, who died while in the service, stating that he now
lives on the old homestead where he was born, but he fails to
sign his name, and therefore, this Bureau cannot reply to his
letter. If you can locate the writer, kindly return to him
his letter with this letter to inform him that if he desires
to continue the correspondence he should return both letters
to this Bureau with his name and state definitely for what
purpose he writes as he apparently has no title to pension.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

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Virginia
At a term of the County Court of Putnam County began and held at
the Court House thereof on Monday the 25th day of May 1863.

The Court doth assign William Burch guardian to Alphonso Dunfield and
Matilda Dunfield orphans of Jorden Dunfield deceased; and thereupon the
said William Burch with William H. Shaw his security entered into and
acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $300 with condition according to law
and thereupon he took the oath prescribed by law. Witnessed my signature
& seal of said Court. Geo. R. Montague Clerk
May the 26th 1863.

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State of Virginia
County of Putnam SS
On this 26th day of May AD 1863 personally
appeared before me George R. Montague Clerk of
the County Court in and for the County and State
above named, William Burch aged 57 years
who being first duly sworn according to law
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above named, William Burch aged 57 years
who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following declaration
as guardian of the minor children of Jordan
Dunfield deceased in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the Act of Congress
approved July 14, 1862, granting Pensions to
minor children under sixteen years of age of
deceased officers and soldiers, that he is guardian
of Alphonso Dunfield & Matilda Dunfield whose
father was a private in Company "D" commanded by Captain Rucker--------in the Eighth
Regiment of Virginia Volunteers in the war of
1861, and that the said Jordan Dunfield
died at Camp Sperryville Virginia on the first
day of August 1862 of disease contracted
while in the service of the United States and
in the line of his duty that the mother of the said children died on the day of
18 and that the date of the birth
of the said children are as followeth:
1. Alphonso Dunfield born October 13th 1846
2. Matilda Dunfield Born December 5, 1848
that they are all of the children of the said
Jordon Dunfield and Rachel E. Dunfield, father
and mother as aforesaid who are under
the age of sixteen years.
He further declares that the parents of
the said children were married in the
County of Jackson, in the State of Virginia
on or about the 10th of April in the year
1828, that he has not been engaged in or
or abetted the rebellion in the United States, that his Post
Office, is Buffalow Putnam County Virginia, that Charles
Mollohein is appointed his attorney to prosecute
this claim and receive the certificate when it issues.
William Burch
Also personally appeared John W. Harrison
and A.G. Montague residents of the County of Putnam
and State of Virginia. Persons whom I certify to
be respectable and entitled to credit, and
who being by me duly sworn say they were
present and saw William Burch sign the
foregoing declaration, that they reside as above
stated and are disinterested in this claim
John W. Harrison
A.G. Montague
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day
of May A.D. 1863, and I hereby certify that I have
no interest; direct or indirect in the presecution of
this claim, that the declarant is the person he represents
himself to be,
In Testimony whereof I have here unto sub-
scribed my name and affixed the sear of
said Court on this 26th day of May 1863
Geo. R. Montague Clerk

Seal
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State of West Virginia
County of Putnam SS
On this 10 day of September A.D. 1863 before the under
signed authority personally came William Burch and
B.S. Oldaker residents of the said County and State
persons to me well known to be respectable and entitled to
credit, who being by me duly sworn as the law directs
upon them doth say that they were well acquainted
with Jordan Dunfield late of this County who was a
soldier in the service of the United States in Co. D, 8th Regt,
Va. Vols. Inft. and who died in the service, we were
also well acquainted with Rachel E. Dunfield his wife
who died in this said County on or about the month
of January A.D. 1859. That we were also acquainted
with their children born of them during their marriage
whose names are as follows-Elizabeth, Mary A., Catherine,
Amanda F, John, Susan A., Carolina, Riley L., Alphonso &
Matilda Dunfield, and that all of the said
children are now living except, John, Susan A & Caroline,
who departed this life in this said County with
out issue, and the said Elizabeth, Mary A., Catherine,
Amanda F., Riley L., Alphonso, & Matilda re all and the
only living children & heirs of the said Jordon Dunfield dec.'d &
that Alphonso and Mathilda are minors under sixteen years old. That Elizabeth
married a man by the name of Summers, Mary A. married
Bird, Catherine, married Blake, Amanada married
Blake, all these facts we state of our own knowledge
having been well acquainted with the family, for at
least twenty eight years lived their neighbors and
often been at their house was at the burying of Mrs.
Rachel E. Dunfield, and their children, and that we
have no interest in the claim in which this deposition is to be
filed. They further say that the said Jordon Dunfield
and Rachel E. Dunfield cohabited together
as husband and wife down to the death of
the said Rachel E. Dunfield and were respected
as such by all who knew them and that ____ _
_______________of under sixten years were made before signing.
William Burch
B.S. Oldaker

Sworn to and subscribed before me in my said

County on this 10th day of September 1863
that the said deposition was read and its contents
fully explained to them before they were sworn to and
subscribed by them, and that I have no interest
in this claim.
Zachariah Priddy J.P.
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State of West Virginia

Putnam County SS
I George R. Montague Clerk of the County Court within &
for the County and State above named do certify that
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I George R. Montague Clerk of the County Court within &
for the County and State above named do certify that
Zachariah Priddy, Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits
were made and who has signed his name to the
above certificate was at the tim eof so doing a Justice
of the Peace within and for said County duly Commissioned
and sworn and that full faith and credit is due to
all his official acts as such.
In witness whreof I have hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed the seal of said Court at the
Court House of said County on this 30th day of September
1863.
Geo. R. Montague Clerk

Rachel Flesher is the daughter of Andrew S. Flesher and Elizabeth Bibbee. She was born 1809.
She died Jan 1859 in Putnam Co., WV.

Notes for Rachel Flesher:

General Notes:
Rachel is said to have drowned in the Kanawha River while trying to rescue a girl who was
helping her wash some clothes. "The Descendants of John and Susanna Bibbee of WV and Ohio
1736-1996" by Clark Blake, p258

Jordan Dunfield and Rachel Flesher. They were married on 10 Apr 1828 in Mason Co. WV. They
had 11 children.

2. i. Elizabeth B. Dunfield. She was born 1829 in Putnam Co., WV. She married
Harvey E. Summers. They were married on 09 Jul 1846 in Mason Co. WV.

3. ii. Mary A. Dunfield. She was born on 05 Mar 1831 in VA. She married Hillary Bird.
They were married on 27 Dec 1854 in Putnam Co WV, Jordan Dunfield's. She
died on 30 Sep 1878 in Mason Co. WV.

iii. Catherine Dunfield. She was born 1833.

4. iv. Amanda Dunfield. She was born on 03 Feb 1835 in Mason Co., WV. She
married Jackson Blake. They were married on 15 Jun 1855 in Putnam Co., WV.

v. John Dunfield. He was born 1838 in Putnam Co., WV.

vi. Susan Dunfield. She was born 1840.

5. vii. Riley Dunfield. He was born 1843.

viii. Alfonzo Dunfield. He was born on 13 Oct 1846 in Mason Co., VA. He died 1919
in Cross Creek Cemetery, Buffalo, WV.

ix. Caroline Dunfield. She was born 1848 in Putnam Co., WV. She died 1899 in
Cross Creek Cemetery, Buffalo, WV.

x. Sarah Dunfield. She married Andrew Hazlett Blake. They were married on 25
Jun 1861.

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xi. Matilda Dunfield. She was born on 05 Dec 1848 in Mason Co. VA. She married
Thomas A. Bays. They were married on 22 Apr 1869 in OH.

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2. Elizabeth B. Dunfield-2 (Jordan Dunfield-1). She was born 1829 in Putnam Co., WV.

Harvey E. Summers is the son of Francis Summers and Betsy Payne. He was born on 23 Oct
1821 in Mason Co., WV.

Notes for Harvey E. Summers:

General Notes:
During 1883, family was farming near Grimms's Landing, Mason Co., WV. Harvey and Elizabeth
are buried near their farm on 16 Mile Creek in Mason Co.

Harvey E. Summers and Elizabeth B. Dunfield. They were married on 09 Jul 1846 in Mason Co.
WV. They had 12 children.

i. Elmira Summers. She was born on 27 Dec 1848.

ii. Jordan Summers. He was born on 07 Nov 1855.

iii. Samantha Summers. She was born on 18 Feb 1858. She married George W.
Lanham. They were married on 24 May 1891 in Mason Co., WV.

6. iv. Amanda L. Summers. She was born on 07 Sep 1860 in Mason Co., WV. She
married Charles I. Blake. They were married on 24 Dec 1880 in Mason Co., WV.

v. Clark Summers. He was born on 26 Jan 1863.

vi. Louis Summers. He was born on 26 Jan 1863.

vii. Mary Summers. She was born on 20 May 1866.

viii. Harvey E. Summers. He was born on 07 Feb 1869.

ix. Noah W. Summers. He was born on 08 Aug 1871.

x. Virginia Summers. She was born on 02 Aug 1847.

xi. Albert L. Summers. He was born on 15 May 1851. He died on 19 Mar 1853 in
Buffalo Baptist Cemetery, Putnam Co., WV.

xii. Henry F. Summers. He was born on 19 Oct 1853. He died on 04 Aug 1854.

3. Mary A. Dunfield-2 (Jordan Dunfield-1). She was born on 05 Mar 1831 in VA. She died on 30
Sep 1878 in Mason Co. WV.

Hillary Bird is the son of Elijah Bird and Celia Gordan [3]. He was born on 01 Oct 1821 in Hertford
Co. NC. He died on 28 Dec 1892 in Mason Co. WV, Bird Cemetery.

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Notes for Hillary Bird:

General Notes:
Hardesty's History, WV ..... quoted as saying the walked from North Carolina with one dollar in his
pocket.

Hillary Bird and Mary A. Dunfield. Death Of One Spouse on 27 Dec 1854. They were married on
27 Dec 1854 in Putnam Co WV, Jordan Dunfield's. They had 8 children.

i. John T. Bird. He was born on 28 Sep 1855. He died on 28 Jan 1880.

ii. Susan A. Bird. She was born on 15 Jan 1858. She died on 11 Feb 1859.

7. iii. Elizabeth Bird. She was born on 19 Dec 1859 in Mason Co. WV. She married
James Allen Adams. They were married on 27 Sep 1881 in Mason Co. WV. She
died 1885 in Mason Co. WV, Bird Cemetery.

8. iv. Sarah D. Bird. She was born on 14 Feb 1862 in Mason Co. WV. She married
Anthony Wayne Asher. They were married on 23 Mar 1890 in Mason Co., WV.
She died on 26 Dec 1940 in Beckley WV, Lone Oak Cemetery.

v. James H. Bird. He was born on 20 Jul 1864.

vi. Fannie Catherine Bird. She was born on 29 Aug 1868. She married Charles
Cera Hill. They were married on 29 Aug 1889 in Mason Co., WV.

vii. William Henry Bird. He was born on 27 Jul 1870. He died on 19 Nov 1892 in
Mason Co. WV, Bird Cemetery.

viii. Edward Bird. He was born on 21 Nov 1872. He died on 13 Dec 1872.

David Lewis is the son of William H. Lewis and Sarah Enochs. He was born 1831 in VA. He died
1854 in VA.

David Lewis and Mary A. Dunfield. They were married Abt. 1850 in Mason Co., WV. They had 1
child.

i. David Lewis. He was born 1851.

4. Amanda Dunfield-2 (Jordan Dunfield-1). She was born on 03 Feb 1835 in Mason Co., WV.

Jackson Blake is the son of Robert Blake and Jane Auther. He was born on 17 Dec 1830 in
Fayette Co., WV.

Notes for Jackson Blake:

General Notes:
Listed as merchant and cooper in History of Putnam Co., WV

Jackson Blake and Amanda Dunfield. They were married on 15 Jun 1855 in Putnam Co., WV.
They had no children.

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Jackson Blake is the son of Robert Blake and Jane Auther. He was born on 17 Dec 1830 in
Fayette Co., WV.

Notes for Jackson Blake:

General Notes:
Listed as merchant and cooper in History of Putnam Co., WV

Jackson Blake and Amanda Dunfield. They had 8 children.

i. Albert C. Blake. He was born on 02 Mar 1856.

9. ii. Charles I. Blake. He was born on 27 Jan 1859. He married Amanda L.

Summers. They were married on 24 Dec 1880 in Mason Co., WV.

iii. Rachael Janette Blake. She was born on 31 May 1863.

iv. Octavo C. Blake. She was born on 31 Mar 1867.

v. Eliza B. Blake. She was born on 14 Aug 1869.

vi. Luella F. Blake. She was born on 04 Dec 1871.

vii. Linnie E. Blake. She was born on 04 Feb 1876.

viii. Alfred C. Blake. He was born on 06 Jan 1857. He died on 11 Aug 1857.

5. Riley Dunfield-2 (Jordan Dunfield-1). He was born 1843.

Mary.

Riley Dunfield and Mary. They had 1 child.

i. William Henry Garnet Dunfield.

Generation 3
6. Amanda L. Summers-3 (Elizabeth B. Dunfield-2, Jordan Dunfield-1). She was born on 07 Sep
1860 in Mason Co., WV.

9. Charles I. Blake is the son of Jackson Blake and Amanda Dunfield. He was born on 27 Jan 1859.

Notes for Charles I. Blake:

General Notes:
Listed as wagonmaker in 1883.

Charles I. Blake and Amanda L. Summers. They were married on 24 Dec 1880 in Mason Co.,
WV. They had 1 child.

i. Eula Myrta Blake. She was born on 07 Oct 1881.

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7. Elizabeth Bird-3 (Mary A. Dunfield-2, Jordan Dunfield-1). She was born on 19 Dec 1859 in
Mason Co. WV. She died 1885 in Mason Co. WV, Bird Cemetery.

James Allen Adams is the son of Nathaniel Watson Adams and Semysames McCoy. He was
born on 24 Oct 1858 in Mason Co. WV. He died on 13 Feb 1913 in Mason Co. WV.

James Allen Adams and Elizabeth Bird. They were married on 27 Sep 1881 in Mason Co. WV.
Death Of One Spouse 1885. They had 1 child.

10. i. Lillian Elsie Adams. She was born on 14 Jan 1883 in Mason Co. WV. She
married Julius Ceaser Handley. They were married on 21 May 1909 in Mason Co.
WV. She died on 28 Sep 1968 in Sacramento CA, Memorial Lawn Cemetery.
Height was 5 ft. 7 in.. Cause Of Death was old age.

8. Sarah D. Bird-3 (Mary A. Dunfield-2, Jordan Dunfield-1). She was born on 14 Feb 1862 in Mason
Co. WV. She died on 26 Dec 1940 in Beckley WV, Lone Oak Cemetery.

Notes for Sarah D. Bird:

General Notes:
Siloam School Teacher, first Bird School 1879.

Anthony Wayne Asher.

Anthony Wayne Asher and Sarah D. Bird. They were married on 23 Mar 1890 in Mason Co., WV.
They had 4 children.

i. Lillian Asher.

ii. Marguerite Asher.

iii. Leon Asher.

iv. A.L. Asher.

9. Charles I. Blake-3 (Amanda Dunfield-2, Jordan Dunfield-1). He was born on 27 Jan 1859.

Notes for Charles I. Blake:

General Notes:
Listed as wagonmaker in 1883.

6. Amanda L. Summers is the daughter of Harvey E. Summers and Elizabeth B. Dunfield. She was
born on 07 Sep 1860 in Mason Co., WV.

Charles I. Blake and Amanda L. Summers. They were married on 24 Dec 1880 in Mason Co.,
WV. They had 1 child.

i. Eula Myrta Blake. She was born on 07 Oct 1881.

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10. Lillian Elsie Adams-4 (Elizabeth Bird-3, Mary A. Dunfield-2, Jordan Dunfield-1). She was born on
14 Jan 1883 in Mason Co. WV. She died on 28 Sep 1968 in Sacramento CA, Memorial Lawn
Cemetery. Height was 5 ft. 7 in.. Cause Of Death was old age.

Notes for Lillian Elsie Adams:

General Notes:
Lillian Adams Handley moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1913 where she operated a boarding
house (for men only). I'm not sure if she owned the building. She lived close to her sister-in-law
Jennie Handley Thomerson. My Mother, Virginia Bird Handley Pettett, remembered living there
and remembered Aunt Jennie. Mother was 8 years old when her Mother, Lillian, married Chester
Davis of Chesapeake, Ohio. He had three children by a previous marriage, Oral, Harold and
Verta.

Julius Ceaser Handley is the son of Samuel Chase Handley and Mary Jane Jordan. He was
born on 07 Jul 1871 in Putnam Co. WV. He died on 04 Sep 1910 in Putnam, Co. WV, Methodist
Church Cemetery, Frazier's Bottom, WV. Will in Will of Mary Jane Handley, listing granddaughter
(Virginia) of Jule Handley, her son. Height was 6 ft. 4 in.. Cause Of Death was Killed by gunshot
wound.

Notes for Julius Ceaser Handley:

General Notes:
"Jule" Handley was shot and killed by Lillie Chapman on September 4, 1910. Two trials were held,
convicted of involuntary manslaughter, sentenced to two years at Women's prison in Moundsville
WV.

He is buried in Frazier's Bottom, Putnam County, WV.

Julius Ceaser Handley and Lillian Elsie Adams. They were married on 21 May 1909 in Mason Co.
WV. Death Of One Spouse on 04 Sep 1910 in Putnam Co WV. They had 1 child.

i. Virginia Bird Handley [4, 5, 6]. She was born on 03 Mar 1910 in Pliny WV [7]. She
married Philip Wayne Pettett. They were married on 22 Oct 1929 in Cincinnati,
Oh [5]. She died on 20 Jul 1992 in Peebles, Oh. Will in Peebles OH. Height was 5
ft. 7 in.. Cause Of Death was Congestive Heart Failure. Medical Condition was
Arthritis, allergies to many medicines. Macular degeneration, legally blind,
developed in 1970s..

Notes for Virginia Bird Handley:

General Notes:
Will of Mary Jane Handley, listing granddaughter (Virginia) of Jule Handley, her
son

Chester Aubrey Davis. He was born on 18 Mar 1881 in Chesapeak, OH. He died on 20 Feb
1962 in Sacramento CA, Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

Chester Aubrey Davis and Lillian Elsie Adams. They were married on 23 Apr 1918 in Columbus,
Oh. They had 1 child.

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i. Hazel Irene Davis. She was born on 02 Mar 1918 in Cincinnati, Oh. She married
Elton William Davis. They were married on 30 Jul 1935 in Cincinnati, Oh. She
died in Sacramento CA, Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

Sources
1 Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of
Import: Jul 16, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.3448.20
2 Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of
Import: Sep 19, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.2696.124
3 Hardesty's History, Walked to West Virginia from North Carolina with one dollar in pocket.
4 Birth Certificate.
5 Marriage Certificate.
6 Death Certificate.
7 Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit
Records, Surnames Beginning with P, Date of Import: Apr 11, 1996, Internal Ref.
#1.112.3.38715.141

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