FCO 27 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. "What I Know About the Fields Family" by Phillip H. Fields, 1932 2. FIELD (and Allied Family) Marriages of Louisa Co. VA 3. Helpful Web Page for Allied Family Research (KIMBROUGH) 4. The Bravery of Zillia (CORDELL) FIELDS during the Civil War 5. FIELDS & Allied Families from Colonial NC 6. Joseph FIELD & Reuben FIELD References in "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen E. Ambrose 7. Theophilus FIELD of Warren Co., NC 8. Query ****** >From _Fields Family Findings_ Vol. 2, #6 pp. 8-9: "What I Know About the Fields Family" by Phillip H. Fields (1932) "All I know about the Fields in Kentucky is what my grandfather and great-grandfather told me. Therefore, I can only give a brief sketch, but I hope it will be of value to the present and future generations. "My great-grandfather's name was Stephen Fields. He was born and raised in Tennessee according to my information. He married there and had a family, when he got the idea in his head to move to Kentucky. Sometime about the year 1818/1820, he armed himself with a flintlock rifle and a chopping axe, and as much provisions as he could handy carry, and started out alone across the mountains to locate a new home for himself and his family. "After days of travel on foot over the hills and through the narrow valleys, he came to Macy's Creek in Perry County. There he chose to build his future home. So, he built a one-room, round log cabin. He did this all alone, with no tools save the axe he carried with him. At that time he had never seen a nail, so of course the house didn't have a nail in it. The roof? Why, he split out boards, using the axe blade as a frow, laid them on the ribs and weighted them down with poles and heavy stones. That used to be the way all houses were covered here in the mountains. After great-grandfather had his house finished he returned to Tennessee for the family. "At the time of the moving to Kentucky my grandfather, Mahleon Fields, was only two years old. It was decided that he had better be left behind with his grandparents, I guess, until such a time as the family was settled in their new home. Seems strange that a father and mother would leave their two-year-old child and strike off into the wilderness across hundreds of miles, not knowing if they would ever see him again. But that is what they say they did. "Anyway, they started for their new home with just what they wore, could carry on their backs and what little stuff they crammed in their budgets which the womenfolk had made by whipping up some bed sheets and the menfolks tying them on the backs of the one horse, cow, and calf, which they had brought along. That must have been a strange cavalcade! "They arrived safely on Mace's Creek. There great-grandfather spent the rest of his life. Four years after they had settled in Kentucky, great-grandfather went back to Tennessee and brought little Mahleon home. That was the last trip great-grandfather ever made to his native state. "By his first wife, Stephen Fields had a large family of children. The boys were James, George, and Mahleon; the girls were named Sally, Rebecca, Minerva, Polly, and Winnie. After the death of his first wife, Stephen married Susie Thomas and had one son by her. His name, Cornelius. "James Fields married and settled on Big Creek, in Perry County and raised a large family. George joined the Confederate army and was never heard of again. Mahleon, my grandfather, married Mary Setser and settled on Mace's Creek, about one mile above his father. He, too, raised a large family. "The girls, daughters of my great-grandfather, all married. Sally married William Standifer and raised a large family. A few of her children are still living in Perry County near where they were born. Rebecca married William Miller and moved to Clark County. They had a large family. Minerva married Benjamin Collins and they raised a large family. Winnie married Aaron Collins; they also raised a large family. "My grandfather, Mahleon Fields, was one of the first settlers of Perry County. He told me how he raised his family. He liked to talk about the old times. He could not write a line, but he was well read for his day. "People will probably wonder why folks wanted to pull up and come to Kentucky to live, when they were doing pretty well where they lived. But that is easy to explain. At that time the Upper Kentucky River country was a paradise for the hunter, abounding in deer, bear, and wild turkeys. "Grandfather said the worst trouble was making corn meal, which was the only sort of bread they had in those days. He had to beat the corn into meal. He told me how he would get up early in the mornings and commence to beat his corn. While he was at it he could hear hundreds of turkeys gobbling, answering the sound of his mortar. But with all these hardships to contend with, he raised a large, strong and healthy family. "The oldest son, Anderson Fields, was my father. He married Clarinda Hall, daughter of Philip W. Hall, whose life sketch was published in The Cumberland Empire for April of this year (1932). I am their oldest child and named for my grandfather Hall. "Grandfather Fields had other sons besides my father. Their names were Jason, Davis, Hiram, Henry and Dock. He named his girls Martha, Hulda, Matilda, Clarissa and Mary. "I remember my great-grandfather very distinctly. I have often heard him tell about comming to Kentucky and some things about the family. He said he had six brothers, all of who but one came to Kentucky about the same time he did. One of his brothers named Esau came with him and lived with him all his life, never marrying. "The other brothers settled in different parts of Kentucky, all but one who settled in West Virginia. One--maybe two--settled in Carter County, Kentucky. One settled in Letcher County, KY. They never knew much about one another after coming to Kentucky, as the country was wild and no roads over which to travel and there was no mail service. I believe all the Fields' in east Kentucky belong to the same family." ----------- Additional information taken from newspaper article: THOUSANDSTICKS NEWS 23 June 1983 "In 1829 Stephen Fields filed a claim calling land, located on Mudlick Branch. As years passed, Stephen filed more claims and secured more land on Mudlick Branch. Because he owned so much land on Mudlick Branch the name was changed to Fields Fork. Stephen and Elizabeth (BAILEY) Fields' children: Mahlon b. 1818 Sallie b. 1820 Rebecca b. 1822 Winnie b. 1824 Polly b. 1825 Nancy b. 1830 James b. 1834 Eliza b. 1836 George b. 1838 Minerva b. 1840 Rachel b. 1842 Cornelius b. of second marriage" ****** Cousin Kim Sweeney (SWEENEY@ssc.wisc.edu) says, "Here's what I have gleaned from the two Marriages of Louisa County volumes." >From _Marriages of Louisa County, Virginia 1766-1815_ compiled and published by Kathleen Booth Williams: These marriages were copied from the Marriage Registers for Louisa County, 1766-1861, found in the Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA as well as from the Douglas Register. 21 March 1767 John Moss and Sarah Kimbrow (widow). sur. William Snelson, Jr. [Sarah was the widow of William Kimbrough and the daughter of John Field (d. 1789 Louisa Co., VA.) -MMLA] 1 Mar. 1775 Thomas Chiles and Susanna Kimbrow. Robert Kimbrow, her brother, makes affidavit Susanna is of age. sur. John Lipscomb. wit. Joseph McGehee and Robert Kimbrough. (note two different spellings of Kimbrough/Kimbrow) [Susanna was d/o Sarah Field and William Kimbrough. -MMLA] 5 Jan. 1785 Joseph Kimbrough and Elizabeth Yancey, dau. of Charles Yancey. sur. John Poindexter, Jr. wit. Unity Yancey and Rose Yancey. Married 6 January by Rev. William Douglas. [Joseph was s/o Sarah Field and William Kimbrough. -MMLA] 5 Jan. 1786 Robert Kimbrough and Sarah Smith (Sally). sur. John Poindexter, Jr. wit. John Lipscomb and Richard Paulett. Married 11 January by Rev. William Douglas. [Robert was s/o Sarah Field and William Kimbrough. -MMLA] 14 Jan 1793 John Kimbrough and Jane Smith (Jean), dau. of Barnet and Jean Smith. sur. Joseph Kimbrough. wit. John Moss. Married 20 January by Rev. Andrew Broaddus. [John was s/o Sarah Field and William Kimbrough and Nelson Moss was Sarah's son by her second husband, John Moss. -MMLA] 11 June 1795 Robert Kimbrough and Elizabeth Yancey. sur. Charles Yancey. [It is unlikely that this Robert was the same man as the s/o Sarah Field and William Kimbrough supra. -MMLA] 21 Oct. 1803 Samuel Waddy, Jr. and Patsey Homes Kimbrough, dau. of Robert Kimbrough. sur. William Garrett. wit. William Smith. Married by Rev. Richard Ferguson. Returned 1 May 1804. 19 Feb. 1805 William Kimbrough and Salley Smith. sur. William Cooke. wit. William S. Smith and Nelson Moss. Married 21 February by Rev. William Cooke. [William was s/o Sarah Field and William Kimbrough. -MMLA] 26 Nov. 1805 Isaac Wood and Anna R. Bagby. sur. Nelson Moss. wit. William Kimbrough. [The Wood family intermarried frequently with the Field family in Albemarle Co., VA. and the Bagbys intermarried with the Fields in Barren Co., KY -MMLA] 15 Dec 1806 Peter S. Barrett and Sally F. Kimbrough, niece of Robert Yancey, who is her guardian. sur. Charles Barrett. wit. D. Yancey. [Sally was d/o Joseph Kimbrough and Elizabeth Yancey supra. -MMLA] 8 Feb 1808 Edmund Pendleton and Unity Y. Kimbrough. R. Yancey is Unity's guardian. sur. Peter Barrett. wit. John Edwards. [She was also d/o Joseph and Elizabeth. -MMLA] 19 June 1810 Bickerton Winston, Jr. and Maria Dean Kimbrough. Charles Yancey is Maria's guardian. sur. William Fleming. wit. John Edwards. Married 20 June by Rev. William Cooke. [Another d/o Joseph and Elizabeth. -MMLA] 15 Apr 1811 Nicholas J. Winston and Louisa C. Kimbrough. sur. Charles Charles Yancey. Married 18 April by Rev. William Cooke. [Another d/o Joseph and Elizabeth. -MMLA] >From _Marriages of Louisa County, Virginia 1815-1861_ (compiled by William H. Kiblinger and Janice L. Abercrombie) Central Virginia Newspapers, Inc. 1989: These records were taken from the volume marked Marriage Register No. 1 prepared by the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library and Archives and is in the Louisa County Clerk's office. 27 Nov. 1815 John Kimbrough and Catharine S. Boxley, dau. of John S. Boxley. sur. Benjamin Boxley. wit. William Boxley. Married 30 November by Rev. William Cooke. [John was s/o John Kimbrough and Jane Smith supra. -MMLA] 11 Nov. 1817 Nelson Moss and Mildred Cosby, dau. of Wingfield Cosby, dec'd. sur. William Kimbrough. 15 July 1819 Dr. Littleberry Ligon and Elizabeth C. Kimbrough, dau. of Joseph Kimbrough, dec'd., guardian William Crawford. sur. Charles Y. Kimbrough. wit. John Woods, C.Y. Kimbrough. mins. William Crawford returned 22 Sept. 1819. 14 Aug. 1820 Samuel Sale and Jane Kimbrough. sur. William Kimbrough. mins. Wm. Y. Hiter 24 Aug. [Jane was d/o John Kimbrough and Jane Smith supra. -MMLA] 26 Sept. 1825 Robert H. Anderson and Mary Susan Kimbrough, dau. of Joseph Kimbrough. sur. Charles Y. Kimbrough. wit. Elizabeth C. Ligon. 24 Oct 1828 Charles Y. Kimbrough and [Mrs.] Mary P. Honyman. sur. John Hunter. wit. E.V. Sandidge, Nathaniel Thompson, Jr. mins. Wm. Crawford 30 Oct. [Charles was s/o Joseph Kimbrough and Elizabeth Yancey supra. -MMLA] 17 Dec. 1840 Samuel M. Kimbrough (over 21) and Martha S. Henderson (over 21), dau. of James H. Henderson. sur. James W. Henry. mins. James M. Bagby, 23 Dec. 13 Mar 1843 Charles G. Dickenson and Salley Ann Winston, dau. of William S. Winston, dec'd. sur. Charles Y. Kimbrough. 12 May 1849 Dr. Matthew A. Anderson and Ella Kimbrough, dau. of Charles Y. Kimbrough, dec'd. and mother Mary P. Kimbrough. sur. John B. Anderson. wit. George William Kimbrough. [George William was Ella's brother. -MMLA] 28 Jan 1850 Robert B. Winston and Eugenia F. Hope, dau. of Frances W. Hope. sur. Carter M. Kimbrough. wit. Thomas W. Hope. 29 Aug 157 Charles J. Kemper and Mary B. Pendleton, dau. of Dr. Joseph W. Pendleton. sur. J.B. Anderson. wit. G.W. Kimbrough, M.D. 24 Nov 1857 Abner N. Harris and Mary Caroline Kimbrough, dau. of Mary P. Kimbrough. sur John A. Waddy. 9 Apr. 1860 Dr. Frederick H. Sims and Maria L. Kimbrough. [Maria was d/o Charles Yancey Kimbrough and Mrs. Mary Pottie Honyman -MMLA] ****** For much more Kimbrough information visit Cousin Sarah Sharpless' Web site at and see FCO 6. ****** Our new cousin, Averill Abbott (Averill_Abbott@cocc.edu), contributed the following story. "Ike" Issac Fields b. in KY abt 1850s md. Zillia C. Cordell b. in GA. They lived in the South but were fighting for the Union. Her brother was captured and held in the South. Zillia and her girlfriend double dressed, went into the prison and dressed her brother up as a woman and got him out. Zillia's mother was Indian - her father and several brothers were shot when they tried to come back home to visit, again they were fighting for the North and a neighbor heard they were coming home. Later Zillia loaded up the surviving children (not the mother) and took them to Tenn. There she married Issac Fields. All their children were born in Cumberland Co., Tenn. Connecting line to this family is Hyder in Tenn. ****** >From _Colonial Records of North Carolina_, collected & edited by Wm. L. Sanders, published 1890, Wilmington, NC. Reprinted Broadfoot & Co., 1993. [Italics, designated by asterisks, are ours, otherwise verbatim.] Vol. 8 pp. 154-155: [N.C. Letter Book S.P.G.] To His Excellency William Tryon, Esquire, Captain, General Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina, The Honorable Members of His Majesty's Council and the Gentlemen of the lower House of Burgesses for said Province in General Assembly Met-- We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the County of Rowan members of the established church of England labouring under many burdens in mind and body, both for ourselves and children, in having no Gospel ordinances among us, until your Excellency was (out of your wonted goodness) pleased to appoint the Reverend Mr. Drage clerk Rector of this our parish of St. Luke, we humbly pray the further assistance of your goodness in getting a Vestry and that John Ford, John Kimbrough, Morgan Bryan, James McCoy, *William Fields*, Samuel Bryan, George Magoun, John Cowan Sen. may be appointed to serve as Vestrymen until there shall be an act of Assembly passed for choosing a Vestry, on the same footing as in England and put it out of the Dissenters power to evoke the Law and thereby prevent there being of a Vestry. And your Petitioners in duty bound will ever pray. [Signed by upwards of two hundred] Vol. 9 pp. 138-139: November 20th 1771. On Motion ordered Mr. Ashe and Mr. James Blount wait on the Council and desire them to send some of their Members to see the Members of this House qualified. The Hon. John Rutherford and Samuel Cornell Esq. two of His Majesty's Council came to the House when Mr. Maurice Moore, Mr. Harnett, Mr. Ashe, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Shepard, Mr. Howe, Mr. Davis, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Edward Hare, Mr. Moses Hare, Mr. Jacob Blount, Mr. Christopher Neale, Mr. James Blount, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Woodhouse, Mr. White, Mr. Dickson, Mr. Gray, Mr. Sugg, Mr. Nash, Mr. McSwain, Mr. Latham, Mr. Polk, Mr. Cray, Mr. Ward, Mr. Evans, Mr. Thos. Neill, Mr. William Moore, Mr. Willie Jones, Mr. McRee, Mr. Slade, Mr. Locke, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Picket, and Mr. Ferquard Campbell, took the Oath of Abjuration as altered by the late Act of Parliament, and Mr. John Harvey, Mr. James Moore, Mr. Hugh Waddell, Mr. Isaac Brooks, *Mr. William Field*, and Mr. John Kimbrough, were qualified of Public Officers, and repeating and Subscribing the Test. The order of the day being read, on Motion ordered, That Mr. Maurice Moore, Mr. Samuel Johnston, and Mr. Abner Nash, be a Committee to prepare an Address, in Answer to His Excellency the Governor's Speech, and report the same to the House for approbation. Then the House Adjourned till Tomorrow Morning 10 o'clock. p. 137: Wednesday November 20th 1771. The House met according to Adjournment. Mr. John Dunn the Member of Salisbury, Mr. Matthew Locke and Mr. Griffith Rutherford, Members for Rowan County, Mr. Ferquard Campbell one of the Members of Cumberland County, and Mr. James Picket, one of the Members of Anson County appeared. *Mr. William Field* and Mr. John Kimbrough, the two Elected Members for Guilford County appeared... p. 113: Friday Morning 6th December 1771. Received from the Assembly by Mr. Lanier and *Mr. Field* the following Bills viz:... p. 40: [From MS. Records in Office of Secretary of State.] To his Excellency Josiah Martin Esquire his Majestys Captain General, Governor, Commander in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina &c The Humble petition of *Jeremiah Fields* one of the unfortunate persons who are out Lawed for being active in the late Riots and Insurrections Which happened in this province Humbly Sheweth That his Ignorance of the Nature of government the Springs Causing Regularity and good order among men and Being unacquainted with the Blessings I Enjoyed under a British Constitution was the Reason I Joined With other Misguided men in the late Insurrection or Riot, your petitioner being Now Sensible and with Sincerity truly penitent for my Errors Committed and the Sin I was guilty of in being Instrumental in putting a Stop to the peace Tranquility and good order of government thus humbly begs leave to offer to your Excellency some few Reasons flattering my hopes that they will Exsite your pitty and Compassion towards your Misguided and Deluded petitioner. Your petitioner acknowledges he was one of these men who Called them Selves Regulators that among them he assembled at Hillsborough when the Court of Justice was Interrupted and the officers belonging to it abused that I made use of aprobius Language Which occasioned your petitioners outlawry tho Not Instrumental in the acts of vilence offered to Either the persons or properties of Men but endeavored to persuade others from Committing such unwarrantable actions, and the better to ascertain the Same Begs your Excellencys Lenity Compassion and Mercy towards your unfortunate Supplicant Who is the husband of an unhappy Woman and father of five Small Children, Thus Humbly presumes to throw his Case at your feet imploring the Royal pardon for a Life that hearafter shall be employed in Loyalty to his Sovereigns Submission to Government Obedience to its Laws and officers promoting peace and at all times While Life lasts for your Excellencys Temporall and Etarnall Wealfare Actuated By principles of Gratitude with unfeigned Zeal Pray October 25 1771 his Jeremiah X Fields mark Vol 10 pp. 1018-1019: Advertisement. This is to give notice to all persons that may have any exclaim against George Mabry come to John Kimbrough's the first Friday in January and you will oblige your friend John Bryan. December 6th 1770. Mr. George Mabry sir I understand that you have wronged Robert Jackson greatly, for in that fray you had a the race you was the first that struck as I understand and the mare that you got from Jackson he is obliged to work for by day work, instead of working for his family and the mare you let him have in favour of pretendingly is not worth ten shillings, and I did not think a man of your ability would go to use any such a poor man so villidly [villainously] as you did him and now my desire is to you, for to take Jackson his mare home again or six pounds. Take back you ten shilling mare again and deliver him up his note and I desire that all this may be compleated by this day three weeks or you may expect what will follow. This is from your friend. John Bryan January --th, 1771 The judgment of the committee is, that George Maybry is to pay Robert Jackson the sum of six pounds ten shillings proc. which money the said Jackson paid Mabry for abuse. And likewise to pay James Garran four shillings proc. the money which Garran paid Mabry for feeding his mare. And likewise, the judgment of the committee is, that George Mabry shall in twenty days from the above date, that he the said Mabry shall bring in four sufficient freeholders, and give in to John Bryan as security for his good behavior and if the said Mabry shall fail or neglect so to do, then the said Mabry shall leave the province in twenty-four days after that without fail. *William Field*, *John Field*, Joseph Robins, John Bell, Alexander Smith, William Thornsbury, Edward Thorsbury. A true copy of the Judgment of the Regulators certified by me John Bryan, Capt. of the regulators. The genuinenness of this copy of the judgment of the committee has been proved by the oath of John Kimbrough, who seen the above named sign it, and who saw John Bryan certify it as above; and by the oath of George Mabry, who in his oath farther declares, he was obliged to pay the money as by them awarded; they threatening to whip him and burn his house in case of his refusal. ****** >From cousin Eric James (ericjames@re4sale.com): I just finished reading _Undaunted Courage_ by Stephen E. Ambrose (Simon & Schuster) regarding the Lewis & Clarke expedition. There are numerous references to Joseph FIELD & Reuben FIELD, members of the expedition. The references are found on the following pages: 149, 153, 168, 220, 221, 223, 235, 237, 239, 243, 255, 293, 311, 313, 314, 356, 367, 371, 375, 377, 414. ****** Cousin Sarah Sharpless, (SarahS1924@aol.com) says: I'm on the BURT mailing list and the message below was recently posted: In a message dated 7/28/97 1:04:35 AM, BURT-SOUTHERN-USA-L@rootsweb.com wrote: From: _Warren County, North Carolina Records Vol I: Abstracted Records of Colonial Bute County, North Carolina 1764-1779_ by Mary Hinton Kerr: DB-1, p. 22 12 May 1765 Agreement between Matthew Wills, of Bute Co., and Robert Alexander, of Mclinburg [sic] Co., VA. Both sign agreement in which Matthew Wills deeds, for 5 shillings: slaves, livestock, furniture, and 300 acres in Lunenburg Co., VA on the Horse Pen Branch and adj. Roland Ward, William Tisdale, Wm. Embro, Matthew Burt, and Thomas Edwards - to Robert Alexander, for him to sell to pay debt owed by Matthew Wills to Theophilus Field and John Spead, Robert Alexander being security on bond for payment. Wit: Will. Martin, Sam'l Hopkins, John Coleman. Proved by William Martin, Bute Jan Ct 1766. ****** Cousin Bob Field (rfield@erols.com) is looking for: 1. Any information about Henry Field b. 1814 in Petersburg later moving to Alabama and Mississippi. m Mary Jane Bates in Alabama ca1835 with seven children, four born in AL and three in Canton, MI. Died in Canton, MI in1850 where he was a Doctor. His four male children served in the war between the states and three, William Bates Field, Harry Field and Scott Field survived and moved to Calvert, Texas in Robertson County where William died in the yellow fever epidemic and Scott and Henry went on to found families. I would like information about the three female children and what happened to them and any information about Henry's mother or father. 2. Any information about Thomas Field of Petersburg, editor and publisher of the Petersburg Republican from 1799 to 1807 and husband of Winfield Scott's sister (probably Susan Scott, but some sources say Martha Scott. However, other sources in the Va Mag. of History and Genealogy indicate Martha married a man who later became U.S. Senator from Alabama). I believe that this is the same Thomas listed in Pierce as the son of Henry Jr. of Culpepper. I need any information I can get about his wives (He married at least twice Tabithia, died in 1804 and Susan, died at age 18 in 1895) and particularly children. I believe he left Petersburg in about 1815 and moved to Alabama, but need some confirmation.