The
Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers
Sharing & preserving the history of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1861-1865
The
Online Archive of 
Christopher Columbus Littlefield
October 5, 1838 - July 5, 1911
Born at Gibson County, TN on October 5, 1838.
Resided with parents and 3 siblings in Belmont, Gonzales County, TX.
Occupied as a stockraiser.
Mustered in with Company E in Houston, TX on September 12, 1861.
Elected 3rd Seargent.
Left near Manchester, TN to tend wounded brother C.
E. Littlefield, Co. E, from about August 29 to at least September 1862.
Promoted to to 1st Seargent by April 1863.
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant by May 1863.
Listed as 3rd Lietenant in January 1864. lt
Present in June 1864.
Married Lucy A. Bratton in 1866 in Gonzales County, TX.
Married Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" Bratton on December 21, 1874 in
Gonzales County, TX.
Died July 5, 1911 at Gonzales County, TX.
| Also Identified As: |
||
| Unidentified | ||
Family Members & Researcher Contacts: |
||
| Unidentified | ||
| Parents: |
||
|
||
| Siblings: | ||
|
||
| Spouse(s): |  |
|
|
||
| Children: | ||
|
||
| Gravesite: | ||
| Unlocated | ||
| 1850 Census - MS, Panola County, District 13, Page 349, Dwelling 604, Family 604, (image 85/125) | |||||||||
| Name | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation | Real Estate | Nativity | Student? | Illiterate? | |
| Z M Littlefield | 40 | M | Farmer | 1,400 | SC | ||||
| Mary Littlefield | 34 | F | SC | ||||||
| Christopher C. Littlefield | 12 | M | TN | ||||||
| Charles C. Littlefield | 11 | M | MS | ||||||
| Z M Littlefield | 5 | M | MS | ||||||
| Littlefield | 3 | M | MS | ||||||
| Littlefield | 1 6/12 | M | MS | ||||||
| 1860 Census - TX, Gonzales County, Belmont, Page 73, Dwelling 36, Family 36, (image 3/8) | ||||||||||
|
Name
|
Age
|
Sex
|
Race
|
Occupation
|
Real Estate
|
Personal Estate
|
Nativity
|
Student?
|
Literate?
|
|
| Z Littlefield | 52 | M | Planter | 4,000 | 20,000 | SC | ||||
| Mary Littlefield | 47 | F | SC | |||||||
| Columbus Littlefield | 21 | M | Stock raiser | 2,000 | TN | |||||
| Chas E. Littlefield | 19 | M | Student | MS | ||||||
| Clemens M. Littlefield | 12 | M | MS | |||||||
| Wm W. Littlefield | 10 | M | MS | |||||||
| 1870 Census - TX, Gonzales County, Precinct 4, Page 491, Dwelling 265, Family 267, (image 34/47) | |||||||||||
|
Name
|
Age
|
Sex
|
Race
|
Occupation
|
Real Estate
|
Personal Estate
|
Nativity
|
Parentage
|
Student?
|
Literate?
|
|
| Mary Littlefield | 54 | F | W | Keeping house | 1800 | 2885 | SC | ||||
| Charles Littlefield | 30 | M | W | Farming | MS | ||||||
| Clemons Littlefield | 23 | M | W | Farming | MS | ||||||
| William Littlefield | 21 | M | W | Farming | MS | ||||||
| 1870 Census - TX, Gonzales County, Precinct 4, Page 491, Dwelling 266, Family 268, (image 34/47) | |||||||||||
|
Name
|
Age
|
Sex
|
Race
|
Occupation
|
Real Estate
|
Personal Estate
|
Nativity
|
Parentage
|
Student?
|
Literate?
|
|
| Columbus Littlefield | 31 | M | W | Farmer | 500 | 1320 | MS | ||||
| Lucy A. Littlefield | 22 | F | W | Keeping house | MS | ||||||
| Zacharia Littlefield | 2 | M | W | TX | |||||||
| Braxton B. Littlefield | 1 | M | W | TX | |||||||
| 1880 Census - TX, Gonzales County, Precinct 3, Page 481B, Dwelling, Family, (image 50/73) | ||||||||||||
|
Name
|
Race
|
Sex
|
Age
|
Rel.
|
Mar. St.
|
Occupation
|
Health
|
Education
|
Nativity
|
Father's Nativity
|
Mother's Nativity
|
|
| Columbus Littlefield |
W
|
M
|
41
|
M
|
Farmer
|
MS
|
TN
|
TN
|
||||
| Sarah Littlefield |
W
|
F
|
32
|
Wife
|
M
|
Keeping House
|
MS
|
TN
|
TN
|
|||
| Zachariah Littlefield | W | M | 12 | Son | S | At School | TX | MS | MS | |||
| Braxton B. Littlefield | W | M | 11 | Son | S | At School | TX | MS | MS | |||
| Virgil Littlefield | W | M | 8 | Son | S | At School | TX | MS | MS | |||
| Lucy L. Littlefield | W | F | 4 | Daughter | S | TX | MS | MS | ||||
| Louisa Littlefield | W | F | 1 | Daughter | S | TX | MS | MS | ||||
| Emeline Dilworth | W | F | 30 | None | S | Servant | MS | --- | --- | |||
| 1900 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Street Address, Dwelling, Family, (image) | |||||||||||||||
|
Name
|
Rel.
|
Race
|
Sex
|
D.O.B.
|
Age
|
Mar. info.
|
Children
|
Nativity
|
Father's Nativity
|
Mother's Nativity
|
Citizenship
|
Occupation
|
Education
|
Home Ownership
|
|
| 1910 Census - TX, Gonzales County, ED #90, 4 J-PCT, Page 152B, Street Address, Dwelling 55, Family 55, (image 8/22) | ||||||||||||||
|
Name
|
Rel.
|
Race
|
Sex
|
Age
|
Mar. info.
|
Children
|
Nativity
|
Father's Nativity
|
Mother's Nativity
|
Citizenship
|
Occupation
|
Education
|
Home Ownership
|
|
| Columbus C. Littlefield | Head | W | M | 71 | D | 1 | MS | SC | SC | |||||
| Zachary Littlefield | Son | W | M | 42 | M1 | 11 | MS | MS | MS | |||||
| Minne E. Littlefield | Daughter-in-law | W | F | 32 | M1 | 11 | TX | AL | SC | |||||
| John Green | B | M | 21 | M1 | 1 | TX | TX | TX | ||||||
| Related Links: | ||
| "Terry's Texas Rangers,"
Confederate Veteran, May
1902, p. 208. (Reunion) (offsite) Glenn Gohr's Some Littlefield Families in the U.S. and England Gedcom (offsite) Larry & Elaine Blackman's Blackman - Farmer Roots Gedcom |
||
| Sources: |
||
|
Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis. |
||
| Research Links: |
||
|
(offsite) Glenn Gohr's Littlefield
Genealogy Website |
||
| This page contains our biographical notes. These notes are continually updated as new or more reliable information becomes available. It should not be assumed that our notes are wholly complete or accurate. They are shared here in order to provide a starting place from which to begin researching a specific individual. If you have additional or conflicting information we urge you to contact us that this resource may continue to grow and develop. |
©1995-2003 HTML Encoding by