Name: Burris_Thomas_Brown

Updated: 08-06-2020 10:08:37.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Rufus Burris: Birth: abt 1831 in Alabama. Death: 1924 in Caldwell County, Texas

  2. Rena Burris: Birth: APR 1843 in Mississippi. Death: 30 Nov 1929 in Wilson, Texas

  3. Martha Burris: Birth: Apr 1846 in Mississippi. Death: 31 October 1941 in Sunnyside, Waller County, Texas, USA

  4. Lottie Burris: Birth: 16 JUL 1847 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, USA. Death: 20 DEC 1910 in Tilmon, Caldwell County, Texas, United States of America

  5. Handy Burris: Birth: 18 June 1853 in Guadalupe, Texas. Death: 24 Sept 1935 in Guadalupe County, Texas, USA


Notes
a. Note:   f her was when she was being sold on an auction block. We have been told that Rufus and his sisters were the old Master's children. Rufus rode a horse to different parts of Texas until he found each of his sisters:HANDY, MANDIE, LOTTIE, & RENA NOTE: They may be descendants of John Burris who was born in 1785 in South Carolina. In 1811 John and his wife Sarah McDaniel were in Franklin County, Tennessee where their three sons were born: William Henry Burris (1/22/1819), James W. Burris (9/23/1820) and Charles M. Burris (11/5/1824). That family moved from Tennessee to Tishimingo County Mississippi in 1846 and then moved to Gonzales County TX in 1856. In the 1880 census we have found Rena's eight year son Albert Bradshaw working as a farm laborer in the household of Stephen R. Burrows. Stephen and his wife Minnie lived next to his brother Jacob P. Burrows and his wife Ametta. Stephen and Jacob are sons of James W. Burris or Burrows(the spelling appears to be interchangeable). L
 
Note:   In the early years Rufus Burris came to Texas in search of his sisters who had been brought to Texas during slavery. We don't know much about their mother, but Rufus has said that his last memory o

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