Terry Mason's Family History Site

39,273 names. Major lines: Allen, Beck, Borden, Buck, Burden, Carpenter, Carper, Cobb, Cook, Cornell, Cowan, Daffron, Davis, Downing, Faubion, Fauntleroy, Fenter, Fishback, Foulks, Gray, Harris, Heimbach, Henn, Holland, Holtzclaw, Jackson, Jameson, Johnson, Jones, King, Lewis, Mason, Massengill, McAnnally, Moore, Morgan, Overstreet, Price, Peck, Rice, Richardson, Rogers, Samuel, Smith, Taylor, Thomas, Wade, Warren, Weeks, Webb, Wodell, Yeiser.

Descendants of Francis de Bourdon

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OCCUPATION: Letter abt McDowell House, Danville, KY; ; Carol Senn, Director; ; in poss of T Mason; NOTES: On Christmas day 1809 Dr. Ephraim removed a 22 1/2 pound tumor from Jane Todd Crawford opening the way for modern abdominal surgery.

1430. Thomas Mitchell

HISTORY: Col Thomas Marshall Green, HISTORICAL FAMILIES OF KENTUCKY; ; 1889, Cincinnati, ISBN 0-8063-7958-8; pg 14-15,78; Family History Library Book 976.9 D2g 1982; NOTE: Thomas was old cashier at Danville. His genealogy is listed & therefore compiled.

Sarah Smith Hale

CHILDREN: Had 12 children.

968. Eli Borden

CHILDREN: Carile Santos, Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI,"Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY by Harry Ferris Johnston 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740 Item 14; NOTE: source lists 6 children.

CHILDREN-BIRTH-DEATH: David E.Harris <harrisd@flash.net> sent the following REFERENCE information by e-mail to T.Mason on 12Jan2001:
1)War of 1812, Jesse Rainey's Tennesse. Vol.
2)Wheeler Cousins Book
3)Benton Co., Alabama Wills
4)Survey of Eli Borden Burying Grounds, Borden Springs, Alabama.
5)Benton Co., Alabama. Marriages
6)1850, 1860 Benton/Cahoun Co, Alabama Census

Eli served in the War of 1812 as a substitute for James Armstrong.

A HISTORY OF THE BORDEN FAMILY; 1883 by Joel Borden & Campbell Borden. "Eli married in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, removed from there to Calhoun County, Alabama."

969. James Hawkins Borden

CHILDREN: Carile Santos, Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI,"Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY by Harry Ferris Johnston 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740 Item 14; NOTE: source lists 3 children.

CHILDREN-BIRTH-DEATH: David E.Harris <harrisd@flash.net> sent the following REFERENCE information by e-mail to T.Mason on 12Jan2001:
1)War of 1812 Records.File #WC14645. Served in Jesse Rainey's Tennessee Volunteers.
2)Walker Co.,Al. Land Records. Warrant #86138-160-55
3)Cemetery Survey, Elizabethtown Cem., Denton Co.,Tx.
4)1850, 1860, 1870 Walker Co., Al. Census
5)1870 Denton Co., Tx. Census Record

RESEARCHER-DESCENDANTS: Information gathered by T.Mason from MyFamily.com site on 15 Jun 2004 of Sherry Tew with additional information from Songia Bruscha.

Buried in Borden Burying Grounds, near Jasper, Walker Co., Al. Was 1st Sheriff of Walker Co., Al. about 1822. His son was the second. Hawkins had black eyes & hair w/ dark complexion. 5'9" tall & 140 lbs weight.

Hawkins came to Walker County from Bledsoe County, TN in 1819. That would make Hawkins one of the first settlers in Alabama before it became the 22nd State on 12/14/1819. According to Land Patent records, Hankins Burdin purchased 80.09 acres in Walker County, AL - 15S, 6W - Huntsville Meridian.

In the census of 1830, Hawkins is actually listed as Haykins Burdon (Burdin). He is listed as age 45, with 1 female over 20, 2 males under 20, and 1 female under 20 living in the household.

He appears in the 1840 Walker County, AL census.

1850 Federal Census for Walker County, Alabama lists a Nancy Burden (56) - Spinster - from North Carolina with: John Burden (28) a farmer, William H. Burden (18) a farmer, and Sarah A. Burden (16). All children were born in Alabama.

A Nancy Burden (Age 60) appears in the 1860 Walker County, AL Census. She is the head of the household - working as a domestic from NC. Listed with her is Sarah A. (Age 23) - also a domestic. Born in AL.

1439. Benjamin Franklin Borden

A HISTORY OF THE BORDEN FAMILY; 1883 by Joel Borden & Campbell Borden. "Last heard of in Denton County, Texas."