1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 69
Dwelling 53, Household 53
Brizendine, John C., 38, male, farmer, value of real estate $1,300, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Martha, 25, female, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Virginia, 12, female, born in Virginia, in school
Brizendine, Emily, 10, female, born in Virginia, in school
Brizendine, Marinda, 8, female, born in Virginia, in school
Brizendine, Mary, 6, female, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Orville, 5, male, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Churchill, 3, male, born in Virginia
Allen, William, 3, male, born in Virginia
Shearwood, Elizabeth, 76, female, born in Virginia

Brizendine, Orville: Farmer in Essex Co. Light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, 5’6”. Enl. 3/15/62 in Co. G. In hospital 4/28/62-5/62. Present then until admitted to G. H. Farmville, with diarrhoea, 8/21/62. Discharged from the army, while a patient at G. H. Farmville, 10/16/62, aged 16, due to incipient consumption and general disability. [Richard O’Sullivan, 55th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1989), 107.]

Information on Orville Brizendine from Myrle Theimer, letter of 7 December 1993 to Thomas Moore.