There’s a lot of controversy surrounding the death of James Brock. No known death date, tombstone, or death notice has yet to be found for his demise. On line trees shows his death to be all over the map:
- 26 Sep 1871 Walthall, Mississippi, USA
- 2 Apr 1886 Henry, Georgia, USA
- 2 Apr 1886 Tylertown, Walthall, Mississippi, USA
- 19 Mar 1871 Pike, Mississippi, USA
They also show his name as James Lundy Brock. James Lundy Brock was born 8 Sept 1808; a son of Valentine Brock and Elizabeth Lundy. He died in 1886 in Henry County Georgia. James Brock b. abt 1793 died in Pike County, Mississippi. He married Mary Elizabeth “Betsy “ Purvis daughter of James F. Purvis abut 1819 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
James Brock b. 1793 and James Lundy Brock b. 1808 are two distinct people and James Lundy Brock never married.
NOTE: I have not found a single document other than on-line trees that shows James Brock with a middle initial or name.
James Brock and Mary Elizabeth “Betsy “ Purvis had 11 children. Their firstborn, a daughter arrived in 1820 and was born in Alabama. By 1822, daughter Catherine was born in Mississippi. I first show James and Betsy in Pike County, Mississippi in 1822.
Elizabeth was accepted into the Church in September 1835 and James in September 1839
Sep 1835- Jane Brumfield received by experience. Received Elizabeth Brock, and she was baptized.
Sept 1839-Opened door for reception of members, received Bro. James Brock and Sister Eliza Faust.
The family grew, the children married, grandchildren were born and by 1870 James and Betsey had been married about 51 years and both in their golden years; James age 72 and Betsy age 65
1870 CENSUS: Township 1 Range 9, Pike, Mississippi; Roll: M593_745; Image: 363764; Family History Library Film: 552244, Page 122B (stamped), Line 10, Family 45, Dwelling 45, James BROCK, Farmer, age 72 [Born 1798] South Carolina, Betsy BROCK, age 65, born in SC and Catherine CARTER, age 45, laborer, born in MS.
The 1870 census was enumerated on 6 August 1870 for Pike County, Mississippi; so we know that James Brock, Husband of Betsy Purvis Brock was alive on the 6th day of August 1870.
So when did James Brock die? Our next clue is a land deed in Book 2 of Pike County, Mississippi. The deed starts on page 268 and is dated 17 June 1871. The Title of the Deed is “The Heir of James Brock to William Brock”
Transcription:
Heirs of Jas. Brock To Wm. Brock Deed
This deed of Conveyance made and entered into on this the seventeenth day of June AD one thousand eight hundred and seventy one by and between Elizabeth Brock wife of James Brock deceased., Valentine Brock, Eli Brock, Alex Brock, James Brock, Nancy Miller, Angeline Miller, Elizabeth Dillon,James T. Dillon, Jane Simmons, R. L. Miller, Elizabeth Purvis, T. J. Miller,Willis R. Simmons Thomas Hinston, J. B. Hinston and James Hinston, heirs at law of James Brock deceased of the first part and William Brock, of the second part.
The 1870 Land Deed (6 August 1870) and this Pike County Land Deed (DB 2:268) dated 17 June 1871 shows that James Brock died after 6 August 1870 and before 17 June 1871.
Local research in Pike County, Mississippi may allow a researcher to narrow this date down to a precise death date but as of now, I will stick with the information, data and proof I have at hand about James Brock.
James Brock is my 1st Cousin 5 times removed.
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[1] Bevin J. Creel, Church Minutes: 19th Century Baptist Church Records of Marion and Pike Counties, Mississippi (Mississippi: Bevin J. Creel, 2013), page 11.
[2] 1870 U. S. Census, Pike County, Mississippi, population schedule, Township 1 Range 9, Pike, Mississippi, Page 122B (stamped), Line 10, Family 45, Dwelling 45, Household of James BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 January 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm M593 Roll 745.
[3] DEED BOOK 2, Page 268 & 269, Images 650
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