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Mayfield Families Listed in the 1800 Federal Census for South Carolina

By Phil Norfleet

 

Chester District:

Pg # Name M <10 M 10-16 M 16-26 M 26-45 M = >45 F   <10 F 10-16 F 16-26 F 26-45 F = >45 Slaves Remarks
84

Abraham Mayfield

2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1

Abraham is a son of Jonathan Mayfield (d. 1818).

84 Elisha Mayfield 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 Elisha is probably a son of Robert Mayfield (d. 1816).
84 Jonathan Mayfield 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 Jonathan Mayfield (d. 1818) is probably a brother of Robert Mayfield (d. 1816).
88 Abraham Mayfield 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 This man may be Abraham or A. B. Mayfield who later resided in Maury County TN and subsequently in Monroe County MS, where he died in 1849. The female under age 10 may be his eldest child, Elizabeth (born 1799). The female in the 16-26 age group could be his wife Susannah.  The older female in the above 45 age group could be his widowed mother-in-law.

 

Fairfield District:

Pg # Name M<10 M 10-16 M 16-26 M 26-45 M = >45 F <10 F 10-16 F 16-26 F 26-45 F = >45 Slaves Remarks
230

Robert Mayfield

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4

Robert (d. 1816) is the father of many of the Mayfields of Chester, Fairfield and Pendleton Districts SC; the female in the 45 and over age grouping is probably Robert's wife, Sarah.

231 Edmund Mayfield 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Edmund is a son of Robert Mayfield (d. 1816).
231 Shugar Mayfield 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 Shugar (Sugar) is a son of Robert Mayfield (d. 1816).

 

Greenville District:

Pg # Name M<10 M 10-16 M 16-26 M 26-45 M = >45 F <10 F 10-16 F 16-26 F 26-45 F = >45 Slaves Remarks
250

Jesse Mayfield

2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3

Jesse is the brother of Isaac, Micajah and Randolph Mayfield who removed to KY in the late 1790's.  Jesse removed to McMinn County TN in about 1820.

261 Abraham Mayfield 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 Abraham (1763-1850) is the son of Thomas Mayfield (d. 1803).
261 John Mayfield 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 John (1773-1852) is the son of Thomas Mayfield (d. 1803).
261 Thomas Mayfield 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Thomas Mayfield (d. 1803) is the father of Abraham (1763-1850) and John (1773-1852); Thomas and his sons seem to have come to SC in about 1787 from Warren County NC.

 

Pendleton District:

Pg # Name M<10 M 10-16 M 16-26 M 26-45 M = >45 F <10 F 10-16 F 16-26 F 26-45 F = >45 Slaves Remarks
14

John Mayfield, Sr.

0 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0

John, Sr., John Jr. and Ambrose Mayfield appear to have removed to Rutherford County TN before the year 1810.  All three lived on land that was adjacent to each other; they are probably closely related. It is likely that John, Jr. is a son of John, Sr.

14 John Mayfield, Jr. 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 John, Jr. is probably the son of John Mayfield, Sr.
15 Ambrose Mayfield 3 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 Ambrose is probably the brother of John Mayfield, Sr.
15 Elijah Mayfield 2 0 0 1 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 Elijah Mayfield (1762-1843) is a son of the James Mayfield (d. 1780) who was killed by Indians in the Cumberland River settlements.
15 Jacob Mayfield 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 I don't know the identity of this person; probably he is a son of either John Mayfield, Sr. or Ambrose Mayfield.
38 Molly Mayfield 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 I don't know the identity of this person.
52 Abraham Mayfield 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 Abraham (d. 1826) is the son of Robert Mayfield (d. 1816) of Chester District SC.

 

Union District:

Pg # Name M<10 M 10-16 M 16-26 M 26-45 M = >45 F <10 F 10-16 F 16-26 F 26-45 F =  >45 Slaves Remarks
218

Richard Mayfield

1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0

Richard is probably a son of John the Tory (d. 1781) of Browns Creek SC.  He is the only son that did not remove to GA with John's widow, Mary Mayfield, in about the year 1800.

247 Samuel Mayfield 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 Samuel (1759-1837), a Revolutionary War Veteran, is the son of Robert Mayfield (d. 1816) of Chester District SC.
249 William Mayfield 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 William is probably a relative of those Mayfields (Isaac, Micajah, Randolph, etc.) who, in 1790, lived on the Branches of the Saluda River in Greenville County; William lived near the residence of Daniel Brumit in the northern part of Union County.

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