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Descendants of Francis de Bourdon

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RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason on 22 Jun 2002 by Sally Brown Taylor <STaylor563@aol.com> "1840 Taney Co Jack 107.13 - m 1112001 - f 2101001 Info from Opal Pool, Ava, MO, desc. of Thomas Randolph Burden"

1228. Louisa Jane Burden

GEDCOM file from Joe Cannon, Bay City, TX in Jul 1998 to T. Mason; NOTES: After the death of Will, Louisa Jane married a Mr. Allen Moody and moved to Rule, Texas. She is buried there. I have not been able to find any issue with Mr. Moody.

1231. Margaret Burden

RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason from Juli Dalton <juli@homeschoolonthenet.com> on 23Feb2002. "Margaret married Eli Freestone, the first sheriff of San Saba County, Texas. They were listed in the 1860 Census of Grimes County, Texas, and then they disappear. They had two children, C.C., who died in 1860, around a year old, and Louisa, who is then found living with her aunt, Sarah Burden and her 2nd husband in the San Saba, Texas, 1870 Census. Her grandmother, Sarah McKinney Burden is living in the same household. Louisa's daughter, Sallie Jane Allison Collins, had a family Bible with Grandmother Burden listed in it, and said that her mother was raised by her Grandmother Burden."

GEDCOM file from Joe Cannon, Bay City, TX in Jul 1998 to T. Mason;
I have conflicting sources for this child. My records taken from the 1850 Texas census indicate that M. Bourden was born in Arkansas in 1841. Information taken fron the Ancestral File (see below) indicate that a Nathaniel BUrden was born to this family in Tennessee in 1841.
Conclusions:
1. There was another child unknown to either source.
2. There were twins, Nathaniel and M..
3. There was an error in the 1850 census and "M." is really Nathaniel.

Until I can confirm, I will do the work for Nathaniel and defer decision on "M." until confirmation.
Records of Edward Charles Suder
3337 Caribbean
Mesquite,TX 75150

1240. Henry Burden

MARRIAGE-MILITARY: Bob Baker Goff, The Burden Family of White County, Tennessee and their Bourdoon-Borden Ancestry; 1380-1980; ; Knoxville, Tennessee; pg 20; EXTRACT: According to White Co. Marriage Records. EXTRACT: Henry Burden enlisted as Private in Company E, 1st Battalion, Tennessee Infantry, to serve as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War, on 4 Jan 1862. He enlisted at Sparta under Captain William Simpson. Pa;y vouchers during the war show he was at Dalton, Georgia and was captured at Fort Donelson. Injuries during the war caused his early death around 1870.
EXTRACT pg 21: White County, Tennessee Deed Book S, p. 295, records, on January 3, 1856, that William Burden, Jr., deeded to Henry Burden, "nephew", a 64 acre tract of land on Cumberland Mountain. On January 5, 1858, Joel Whitley sold land to Henry Burden, in District # 1, "near a house where Richard White formerly lived" (White Co., Tn. Deed Book T).
Henry [15] and Fannie (White) Burden are buried in the Old Bon Air Cemetery, at Bon Air, Tennessee.
Two records of the children of Henry and Fannie Burden are available. A Log Book, handwritten by William Short (son-in-law of Henry and Fanny Burden) in 1887, is in the possession of Ernest Short; and an affidavit taken October 28, 1901, in Dallas, Texas, from Squire Burden, son of Henry and Fannie (White) Burden, is available in the Dallas, Texas courts. The affidavit was taken in connection with the Peck vs. Borden, Borden vs. Peck case regarding the settling of the estate of "Fairfax Ben" Borden, who died in 1743 in Frederick County, Virginia. The affidavit reads as follows:
The State of Texas
County of Dallas
Before me the undersigned authority this day personally appears Squire Borden and being by me duly sworn, upon his oath deposes and says, that Esquire Borden mentioned on page 25 of copy of Report of Com'r John M. Kinney Filed May 11, 1891 Commissioner office Staunton Virginia, in the case of Peck's Admr. vs Borden &c. and John Borden's Admr. vs. John Borden's Distriutees &c. was the Grand-father of Affiant. That said Esquire Borden died intestate leaving the following issue - Martha Ann Borden who married Abna Smith. David N. Borden who died without issue. Henry Borden who died about 1868 near Sparta, Tenn. leaving issue as follows:
John Borden who lives near Sparta, Tenn.
George Borden " II 11 if 11
Squire Borden (the Affiant) Dallas, Texas.
Martha Jane Borden who lives Sparta, Tenn.
William Borden who lives Sparta Tenn.
Sidney Borden 11 11 Sabatha, Texas
He farther says to the best of his knowledge his grand-father Esquire Bourden was the son of William Borden who was the son of Joseph Borden [this is incorrect, Joseph was his uncle, brother to John] the son of John Borden the son of "Fairfax Ben."
Signed: Squire Borden
Notary Public, N. G. Turney
October 28, 1901
The Log Book, written by William Short, records Henry and Fannie Burden's birth dates, Fannie Burden's death date, and births of all of their children; this information is included in the record of their children below.

Fannie White

Possibly born in Tennessee.

1819. John N. Burden

No children

1836. Littlepage Sims Sherrill

This individual stated that he never married. Source is the Sherrill Family History, accessed through the East Tennessee Historical Library in Knoxville, TN

1852. Delila Sherrill

Source record states that she died 29 July 19--. Since the date 19-- won't take in the date field, the specific date is not given.

1853. Rutha Sherrill

There are two dates for her birth given in the book...14 Jan 1852 and 10 Sep 1852 and possibly born in Texas. On pg. 818 of the source record, the date 14 Jan 1852 is given as her marriage date. So, don't know what to make of the 1852 dates.

1253. William W. Overstreet

WIFE-CHLDREN-QUESTION: From Pixy-Lynn Overstreet: The interpretation of the will for William's father has led to a difference of opinion concerning the children and spouses listed on the family group sheet. I do not believe that William W.'s wife was Elizabeth Chilton. I believe her name was Mary Liza (Mary Elizabeth) Chilton, daughter of William and Elizabeth Chilton. See notes for Mary Liza Overstreet to see further explaination.

CHILDREN: After William's death his two daughters could be found in the family listings for the federal census residing with their uncle, George Washington Overstreet.

1867. Thomas Lafayette Overstreet

CENSUS: In the 1900 Clay Co., TN living with his siblings, Sallie and Eula. He does not, however, appear to be included in the 1910 census.

1868. James E. Overstreet

CENSUS: pg. 148 of Clay Co., TN 1880 census has him listed as being 32 years old. That would make him being born in 1848, not 1852.

1869. Sarah E. Overstreet

During the taking of the 1900 Clay Co., Tn. census Sarah, or Sallie, as she was known, was living with her siblings, Thomas and Eula. She does not, however, appear to have been included in the 1910 census. She gave her birthday as Sep 1853. That date, appearing in the IGI information is in error. The date shown matches the information she gave to the census taker in 1900. The IGI date was 1846. Pg. 99 of the Cemetery book also states that she was born in 1846, and she is listed as Sallie E. Overstreet.

1870. John Overstreet

CENSUS: pg. 148 of the 1880 Clay Co., TN census book has him still living with his parents in Clay Co. for the taking of the census.

1871. Eula L. Overstreet

Eula was still single at the time of the 1910 census. She was a boarder at the home of Eugene Marcom's family. She lived near her brother, William and his family. She gave her age as 48 years.
CENSUS: 1900 Clay Co., has Eula living with her siblings, Sallie and Thomas L. Overstreet. Since those two do not appear to be included in the 1910 census, it is possible they were deceased.

1259. William Preston (Press) Overstreet

He was a Justice of the Peace in 1868 in Overton Co., Tennessee.

First known mention of his marriage to Nancy Nevins is: Overton Co., TN Deed Book I, pg. 461. Deed dated 23 Feb 1840.