Carter and Thomas Burgess of Greenville Co., South Carolina
[Haplotype I- S7753]
Note: This family is genetically related to:
John Burgess of Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Carter Burgess and Thomas Burgess can be found in the Greenville SC census of 1820 and 1830. Members of the family can also be found in the Brushy Creek Baptist Church minutes around the 1830 timeframe. The father of Thomas and Carter is unknown, although Matthew Burgess found in the 1810 Greenville County SC census is a strong candidate to be their father. Both brothers moved to Dekalb County Alabama in the early 1830s. Thomas and Carter married 2 daughters of George Ross. Four descendants of these lines have matched to each other.
Unknown Burgess (possibly Matthew Burgess)
1. Carter Burgess (1781-1851)
2. Thomas Burgess (1790-1834)
3. James Burgess 1775 (not proven)
First Branch
Carter Burgess (1781-1851)
1. Mourning Burgess (1814-1866) m. Richard Ramsey
2. * George Riley Burgess (1815-) m. Patience Raines, then Samantha Ashmore
3. Mary Polly Burgess (1820-1850) m. Thomas McBrayer
4. Richard Burgess (1820-1850) m. Elizabeth Gray (could be Thomas' son)
5. Sarah J Burgess (1825-) m. George W Countryman
6. Alexander Burgess (1826-1873) m. Evaline Malone
7. Elizabeth A Burgess (1830-1871) m. Robert Countryman
8. William Burgess (1833-1901) m. Emily Daugherty
George Riley Burgess (1815-)
1. Francis Marion Burgess (1840-1907) m. Sarah Hughes
2. George Washington Burgess (1847-1913) m. Nancy Baker
2nd wife Samantha Ashmore
3. James T Burgess (1877-)
Second Branch
Thomas Burgess (1790-1834)
1. * William Burgess (1813-1880+) m. Emily Hawkins, then Jane Roper
2. Thomas Jesse Burgess (1815-1895) m. Martha Anton Webb, then Rhoda Littlefield
3. Gilla Burgess (1816-) m. Levi Smith Littlefield
4. James Burgess (1819-1893) m. Mary C Cox?
5. * David Burgess (1823-1898) m. "Norma" Rebecca Littlefield (could be Carter's son)
6. Ada Audrey Burgess (1828-1898) m. Mahlon Stafford
7. George G Burgess (1832-)
8. Charles Burgess (1834-) m. Lucy Coleman, m. Rutha Callaham
William Burgess (1813-1880+)
1. * Thomas H B Burgess (1836 - 1914)
2. Jesse Burgess (1838-)
3. William W Burgess (1845-)
2nd wife Jane Roper (Jane Anderson ? widow of Lemuel Roper) m. Oct 12, 1858
4. Charles Burgess (1872-) m. Epsey Bell
David Burgess was born about 1823 in Spartanburg Co., South Carolina. He married Nora “Norma” Rebecca Littlefield about 1844 in DeKalb Co., Alabama. He is listed in 1850 census in Tippah Co., Mississippi, and from 1860-80 in Hardeman Co., Tennessee (in 1880 he indicates that both parents were born in South Carolina). He died in Hardeman Co. in 1898, having had six sons.
1. Albert B. Burgess (1849-1910+) of Tippah Co., MS
2. Asa Burgess (1849-1896+) of Tippah Co., MS
3. Charles Henry Burgess (1853-1929) of Hardeman Co., TN
4. * Allen Kendall Burgess (1854-1910+) of Hardeman Co., TN
5. * Abraham Lincoln Burgess (1862-1924) of Shelby Co., TN
6. Ulessis Burgess (1864-1885) of Hardeman Co., TN, died childless?
Francis Marion Burgess is the ancestor of Donald Burgess.
Thomas H B Burgess is the ancestor of Charles Burgess.
Allen Kendall Burgess is the ancestor of J. B. Burgess.
Abraham Lincoln Burgess is the ancestor of B. D. Burgess
Test results received from representatives of this line match those of a descendant of John Burgess of Rutherford Co., North Carolina, a nearby county; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown. However, they do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.