Name: union_sc_burgess -- Joseph Burgess of Union Co SC

Updated: 08-03-2020 18:08:68. Owner: Aimee Burgess


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  1. Lemuel Burgess: Birth: ABT 1812 in Union Co SC.

  2. Burgess: Birth: 1816/1820.

  3. William Burgess: Birth: ABT 1820 in Union Co SC.

  4. Hiriam Burgess: Birth: ABT 1821 in SC.

  5. Green Burgess: Birth: ABT 1823 in Union Co SC. Death: 11 OCT 1896

  6. Burgess: Birth: ABT 1821/1825.

  7. Burgess: Birth: ABT 1826/1830.

  8. John M. Burgess: Birth: ABT 1831 in Spartanburg Co SC.

  9. Lucinda Burgess: Birth: ABT 1832 in Union District,SC. Death: in Gilmer Co GA

  10. Calvin Burgess: Birth: ABT 1833 in SC.

  11. James Burgess: Birth: ABT 1834 in SC.

  12. Marcus Burgess: Birth: ABT 1837 in Buncombe Co NC.

  13. Sarah Burgess: Birth: ABT 1840 in Buncombe Co NC.

  14. Cordelia Burgess: Birth: ABT 1848 in NC.


Notes
a. Note:   onaship between John and Emanuel has not been established. The most likely is that they were brothers, both sons of Joseph Burgess, although probably from different mothers. John Burgess claims to have been born in Hancock Co GA. Joseph Burgess appears in early Hancock Co GA tax and land records. Joseph Burgess appears in the Union Co SC census in 1820, the same year John Burgess makes his first appearance there. Joseph Burgess is the only male appearing in both places of sufficient age to be John's father. Other possibilities do exist, John could be a nephew, cousn or even much younger brother.
  John Burgess served in the War of 1812. He enlisted in Capt. Samuel Faucett's (Fossett) Company at Lipsey's Old Field in Union Co SC Oct 31 1814. The company was posted at Charleston, SC for the duration.
 By about 1812, John Burgess had married Sarah Frances Pruitt of Union District, SC. They appear in the Union District census of 1820 and 1830. In 1840, they are found in Buncombe Co NC. By 1850, they have moved to Cherokee Co NC where they remained. Sarah Frances Pruitt died before Mar of 1861 when he married Elvira Laughter Young. John Burgess died Dec 14 1882.
 John Burgess applied for a pension for his service in the War of 1812. He lists Hancock Co GA as his place of birth there and in the 1860 census. Hancock County was not formed until John Burgess was about 5 years old, but was probably his earliest memory.
 I believe John to be a son of Joseph Burgess, most likely by an unknown first wife. John identifies Germany as the place of his mother's birth in the 1880 census. A large group of immigrants from Germany and Switzerland settled in an area known as Dutch Fork in the mid 1700's. Dutch Fork was located between the Broad and Saluda Rivers from Columbia to the Newberry area of South Carolina. This area is just south of the Union District. It is very possible John Burgess's mother was part of this group.
  There are two unidentifed males in John Burgess' 1840 household. They are between 10 and 15 years of age (born from 1826/30). There are no males in this age catagory in John's 1830 household or his 1850 household.
Note:   Mar 26 2010-- DNA testing has linked this family to that of Emanuel Burgess. The exact relati

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