Burns Family Submitted by Betty Erickson John BURNS b. May 12, 1873 N. C. d. July
18,1867 on farm
owned by Perry Barnhart, bur. Campground Cem. mar.
abt 1813 S. C. +Barbary (WYRICK?) Burns b.Jan 13, 1793,
S. C. d. April 7, 1859 bur. Campground Cem.(oldest
tombstone in cemetery, and made by W.P. Handley,
California, Mo.) Children: Henry BURNS b Feb. 26, 1814. S.C. d. June
16, 1891. bur. Campground Cem. (Stone inscribed:
Masonic emblem, Aged 77 Ys. 3 Ms. 19 Ds. "Perfect be
thy silent slumber - Peaceful is the grave so low. Thou no
more will join our number - Thou no more our sorrow
know) + Malinda J. (Taff, dau. of Peter Taff)
BURNS b. May 4, 1822 d. Mar. 22 1879. bur Campground
Cem. (stone inscribed; A loved wife has gone from
our circle - On earth we shall meet her no more. She has
gone to her home in Heaven and all her afflictions
are o'er. WIFE
OF HENRY BURNS) Lucinda BURNS b. 1817 d. Taney Co., Mo Ransom BURNS b 1819 mar. Rhonda Boyd May
15, 1846 Tuscumbia, Miller, Mo. = Livinia BURNS b.1821 mar John Wilson June
23, 1842 Rolan (aka Rolen) BURNS b. 1823
S.C. d. June 23, 1865 Demopolis, Ala.(on special
detail to Fort Gaines near Mobile, Ala.) bur.
Demopolis, Ala.
mar. Sept 7, 1852, Osage Co., Mo. in home of
Henry and Malinda (Taff) Burns by. George Morris. + Matilda Jane "Milly" (ASHER) BURNS. b
1833 - 1835 Sequatchee Valley, Tn d. June
7, 1879 Re. U.S. Pension Agency, Saint Louis, Mo.
dated Feb. 7, 1880 cert. # 175.764 (Act of Congress
July 14, 1862) Julian BURNS b.1828 Tn. d.abt 1880 Taney
Co. Mo. mar. May 14, 1855 Osage Co., Mo. + Frances "Frankie" Grady BURNS (no
dates on file) John BURNS b.1839 Mo. d. (no dates) mar.
July 1, 1860 Tuscumbia, Miller, Mo. + Ellender Hilburn BURNS. no dates Notes: Rolen BURNS and Matilda Jane "Milly"
Asher were my gggrandparents. Mary Ann (BURNS)
BARNES, WATTERS, was my great grandmother. She
married first Isaac Barnes in Miller Co, Mo. and
Second Elmer Marion Watters in Camden Co., Mo. Rolen
BURNS was drafted Mar., 8, 1865 at St. Louis, Mo
77th Reg't Inf. Vols. Co. D.under Capt. Henry. d.
Jun 23, 1865 at Demopolis, Ala.: When Milly applied
for her widow's claim she was denied because the
records showed Rolen Burns was absent without leave
in Mar and Apr of 1865. Her file contains a treasure
of Gen. Forms of Affidavits from Maries Co., Mo
citizens, and letters from Adjutant General's
Office, Washington D.C. Milly persisted for years to
clear her husband's record and rec. the widow's
claim due her.
A letter from T.W. Benjamin, Asst. Adjutant
Gen., dated May 18, 1876 states; The
Muster Rolls of Co. D. (of the 11th Reg't) contain
the following evidence of service. It is
stated that he was drafted March 2,1865 at St Louis,
Mo. to serve 1 year........April 6, 1865 the charge
of absence without leave is REMOVED. He was
absent on detached service at Fort Gaines and
Mobile, Ala. from April 6, 1865 to May 20, 1865. Roll for
May and June 1865 reported he died June 23,1865 of
pneumonia at Demopolis, M.O.R. dated June 15, 1866
reports he died of pneumonia at Demopolis, Ala. June
23, 1865. #189.552 Perhaps a reason for the discrepancy is
the second application filed (dated July 25, 1866)
placed Rolan BURNS in Co."A" commanded by Capt.
(can't read) in the Eleventh Regiment
of Missouri Infantry Vol. commanded by Col Boyer. This
report states Rolen died of "Breast complaint" or
consumption. The above records were obtained by Mary Ann Blackburn, gggrandaughter of Rolen BURNS. Mary Ann Blackburn is the great granddaughter of Nancy M. Burns, youngest dau. of Rolen Burns, married James Green Blackburn. Mary Ann resides in Birmingham, Al. Other descendants of JOHN & BARBARY BURNS are James K. SHELTON (shel2@ipa.net), Frank Hatton (papafrank@aol.com) and Bob and Lois Davidson. Sorry I have lost the Davidson e-mail address.(per msmiller@cal-net.net using GenBBS 1.14) |
