THE BRAZIL MIGRATION

  Following the Civil War, many southern families - maybe as many as 20,000 migrated to Brazil.

 

Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1653 - Os Confederados

Washington Post Article on the Confedarados
The Edgefield Colonization Society
Families to Brazil

 

Below is a partial list of the surnames we have found of those who made this migration. Many of these were from South Carolina, but all southern states - particularly Texas were represented.

ABNEY Joseph, Major (Edgefield, SC)
ANDERSON
ARMSTRONG
ASHEE
AYERS
BAGBY
BAIRD
BANKSTON
BARNSLEY
BARR
BAUJAHN
BEASLEY
BENTLEY
BERNEY

Dr. James Berney, b. Charleston Sep 15, 1812; m. dau of Chief Justice Reuben Saffold of Ala; he was only in Brazil a short time, d. Jul 9, 1880, Montgomery, Ala.

BLACKFORD
BLOXOM
BLUE, John H.
BOERINGER
BOOKWALTER
BOWEN, William
BOYD
BRAXTON
BRITT
BROADNAX
BROOKS
BROWN, Robert L. - plantation owner (AL)
BROWNLOW
BRUCE
BRYANT
Bryce, Campbell R.
BUCHANAN
BUDD
BUFORD
BUHLOW
BULFATIN
BUNNEL
BURNS
BURRAND
BURTON
BYINGTON
CAMPBELL
CAPPS
CARLTON
CARR
CARRINGTON
CARSON
CARTER
CENCIR
CENSON
CHAFFIE
CHAMBERLAIN
CHERRY
CLARK
CLAYBURN
COACHMAN

Dr. John Coachman, a Dentist from Montgomery, Ala; m. Eula Hentz Keyes; he was appointed dentist to the Royal Family; both buried at Rio.


COBB
COGBURN
COLE
COLTER
COOK
COMBS
COTTINGHAM
COULTER
COWLEY
DRAWLEY
CROVEY
CRISP
CULLEN
CURRIE
DAGUERRE
DANIEL
DASCOMB
DARVILE
DAVIS
DEMARET
DEYAMPERT

Dr. Thomas DeYampert of Marengo County, Alabama brother in law of Willam A. Gunter; both married Misses Poellnitz of the French Colony at Demoplis, Ala.

DICKIE
DICKSON
DILLARD
DIRE
DOBBINS
DODSON
DOHERTY
DOMM
DOWDS
DOZIER
DRAIN
DRESBACK
DUMAS
DUNN, Ballard, Rev.
DYER
EASTON
ELLIS
EMMETT
EMERSON
EXELLE
FALWOOD
FAHAY
FARLEY
FEAGIN
FENLEY
FERGUSON
FIELDER
FIFE
FLETCHER
FIELDER
FOSTER
FOX
FRELEIGH
GAMMON
GANNON
GARLINGTON
GARNER
GASTON, James McFadden, Dr. - surgeon (Columbia, SC)
GATES
GERMAN
GILL
GILMORE
GULLET
GLENN
GODFREY
GOTTSCHALK
GRADY
GRAHAM
GREEN
GUNTER, Charles

Anna Gunter, daughter of Charles Gunter, m. Capt. Dozier of Florida while in Brazil.

Basil Manly Gunter, Consular Agent of the US to Victoria, Espirito Santo, apptd Jul 11, 1889.

HALL
HANNY
HANSON
HANDEMAN
HARDIS
HARGROVE
HARRIS
HARRISON
HARVEY

HASTING
	Warren
HAWTHORNE
	A. T., General
HEINSMAN
HENDERSON
HENINGTON
HICKMAN
HOGAN
HOLLAND
HOWARD
HOWELL
HOWES
HUNTER
ISAACS
JACKSON
JAMES
JENNINGS
JOHNSON
JOHNSTON

Dr. Sam and Capt James Johnston were brothers from Louisville, Ky; both former Confederate soldiers; operated a large plantation in Brazil; both back in Louisville by 1871 and in Florida by 1873.

JOINER
JONE
JUDKINS
KEESE
KEEPS
KEITH
KEMPER
KENNEDY
KENNERLY
KERNAN
	W. C. (FL) - architect
KERR
KEYES

David Rebel Keyes, b. during the war; returned, resided at Powder Springs, GA 30127, Fla in 1930.

KING
KIRK
KNUSE
KOGER
KOLB
KOLLINGER
KRAMER
LANDERS
LANE
LE CONTE
LINDEN
LINN
LLOYD
MCALPINE
MCCANN
MCDADE
MCDONALD
MCEACHIN
MCFADDEN
MCINTYRE
MCGEE
MCKNIGHT
MCMULLAN (EN)
	Frank
MCNABB
MCSWAIN
	M. S., Colonel

MALONE
MARCHANT
MASON
MASSEY
MASTIFF
MASTON
MATHEWS
MAXWELL
MENDENHALL
MERIWETHER
	Robert, Maj. (Edgefield, SC)
MILLER
MILLS
MINCHIN
MONCREIF
MOORE
MORGAN
MORRISON
MORTON
MURPHY
MYERS
NATHAN
NELIUS
NETTLES
NEWMAN
NICHOLS
NOLLENS
NORRIS
NORTHRUP
ODELL
OLIVER
OWEN
PAINE
PATCHER
PARKER
PARKS
PATTERSON
PEACOCK
PENN
PERKINS
PETER
PETERSON
PETTIGREW
PHILIPS
PICHOWSKI
PIERCE
PINKNEY
PITTS
PLATT
PORTER
PRESTRIDGE
PROSTON
PROVOST
PYLES
QUILLEN
QUILLY
RADCLIFF
RADER
RAIDIG
RAINEY
RALSTON
RANSOM
RAST
REAN
RHOME
RIKER
RITTER
ROUSSEL
ROWE
RUSSELL
SAMPSON
SANDERS
SCHOFIELD
SCURLOCK
SEAWRIGHT
SEXTON
SEYMOUR
SHARES
SHARPLEY
SHAW
Hugh G., Dr. (SC)

Dr. H.A. Shaw of Aiken, SC; newspaper publisher in Brazil

SHIPPEY

Dr. Frank Shippey of Fla m. Lizzie Freligh of Memphis, Tenn; she living in Long Beach, Calif in 1930.

SLAUGHTER
SMITH
SNELL
	Henry
SPARKS
SPENCER
STAMPLY
STEAGALL
STEELE
STEWART
STIEL
STONE
STORRS
 Maj George S. - CS Artillery, Staff Officer to Gnl S.G. French; back in Tex before 1930.

STOW
STREET
	Ernest, Major - civil engineer
STRONG
STUK
SWAIN
TANNER
TARVER
TAYLOR
TERRELL
THATCHER
THOMAS
THOMPSON
TILLY
TOBIN
TOVAMJER
TOWNSEND
TRIGG
TURNER
VAUGHN
VELAKY
VINCENT
WADDELL
WADE
WALLACE
WARD
WAME
WARNER
	James H. Surgeon (TN)
WARSON
WATSON
WATTS
WEAVER
WEBSTER
WEINGEUTTER
WEISSINGER
WELLS
WESSON
	J. P. - Dentist (TN)
WHARTON
WHITMAN
WHITAKER
WRIGHT
WILLIAMSON
WINGETER
WISE
WIGGINS
WOOD
	William Wallace, General (MS) - lawyer and editor of the Natchez Free Trader.
WRIGHT
YANCEY
	Ben and Dalton Yancey; lived at Linhares; sons of William L. Yancey.
YOUNG

REF: Harter, Eugene C., The Lost Colony of the Confederacy. Jackson, MS, University Press of Mississippi 1985. pg. 126-28.
Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol VII, No 2, May 1927
EMAIL from CWBSLocator@webtv.net (Homer JONES)

 

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