Rufus Porterfield: Difference between revisions

Pre-pro Baseball
	Add a Ballgame
	Add a Predecessor Game
	Add a Field
	Add a Club
	Add a Player
	Add a Game Official
	Base Ball Firsts
	Add a Base Ball First
	About Pre-pro
	Waff's Game Tabulation
	Bob Tholkes RIM Tabulation
	Awaiting Review

Latest revision as of 19:15, 27 January 2015

Date of Birth
Date of Death

Biography

A Rufus Porterfield was born about 1845 in Tennessee. He is listed in the 1880 census as a "porter."
In 1910 a black man named Rufus Porterfield (son of Charles Porterfield) died in Nashville, but his birth was listed as 1851, which would have made him 15 at the time of the incident. This same man (also a porter by profession) is listed in 1872 Freedman's Bank Records as being 19 years old, which would have put him as 13 years old in 1866.

Sources

"Recorder's Court." Daily Union and American [Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866: 3. Web, Chronicling America. 11 Apr. 2014. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/

"The Five B's C Stars." Daily Union and American [Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866: 3. Web, Chronicling America. 11 Apr. 2014. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/

"A Freedman's Club." Republican Banner [Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866.

1880 Federal Census. Davidson County, TN.

Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: M-14

"United States Freedmans Bank Records, 1865-1874," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSB7-NRH : accessed 28 January 2015), Rufus Porterfield, ; citing bank Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 928,590.

Comment

It is not clear whether BBBBBC was an actual club, or merely an informal group of players saddled with a sarcastic moniker in a local newspaper. He was fined $5 for playing base ball on the sabbath (September 16, 1866).

Edit with form to add a comment

Query

Edit with form to add a query

Clubs

Club	Years	Roles	Edit Association with Player
Brownlow's Black Boys Base Ball Club	1866

Add a Club Association

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 |First Name=Rufus
 |Last Name=Porterfield
-|Type of Date of Birth=Circa
+|Type of Date of Birth=Day
-|Date of Birth=1845/01/01
 |Type of Date of Death=Day
-|Description=<p>A Rufus Porterfield was born about 1845 in Tennessee. He is listed in the 1880 census as a "porter."</p>
+|Description=<p>A Rufus Porterfield was born about 1845 in Tennessee. He is listed in the 1880 census as a "porter."<br />In 1910 a black man named Rufus Porterfield (son of Charles Porterfield) died in Nashville, but his birth was listed as 1851, which would have made him 15 at the time of the incident. This same man (also a porter by profession) is listed in 1872 Freedman's Bank Records as being 19 years old, which would have put him as 13 years old in 1866.</p>
-<p><br />In 1910 a black man named Rufus Porterfield (son of Charles Porterfield) died in Nashville, but his birth was listed as 1851, which would have made him 15 at the time of the incident.</p>
 |Sources=<p>"Recorder's Court."&nbsp;<em>Daily Union and American&nbsp;</em>[Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866: 3. Web,&nbsp;<em>Chronicling America.</em> 11 Apr. 2014.&nbsp;<a class="external free" href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/" rel="nofollow">http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/</a></p>
 <p>"The Five B's C Stars."&nbsp;<em>Daily Union and American&nbsp;</em>[Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866: 3. Web,&nbsp;<em>Chronicling America.</em> 11 Apr. 2014.&nbsp;<a class="external free" href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/" rel="nofollow">http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/</a></p>
@@ Line 12: / Line 10: @@
 <p><br />1880 Federal Census. Davidson County, TN.</p>
 <p>Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; <em>Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959</em>; Roll #: <em>M-14</em></p>
+<p>"United States Freedmans Bank Records, 1865-1874," index and images, <em>FamilySearch</em> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSB7-NRH : accessed 28 January 2015), Rufus Porterfield, ; citing bank Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 928,590.</p>
+<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 |Comment=<p>It is not clear whether BBBBBC was an actual club, or merely an informal group of players saddled with a sarcastic moniker in a local newspaper. He was fined $5 for playing base ball on the sabbath (September 16, 1866).</p>
 }}