John Burgess of Union Co., South Carolina
[Haplotype R - Z30600]
Note: this family is genetically related to:
Thomas Burgess Sr. of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia
John Burgess was born about 1769 in Virginia. He is not the same man as the John Burgess (born 1761) who was the eldest son of Timothy Burgess of the Kershaw District, South Carolina. He married firstly Catherine Draper, daughter of Thomas Draper, about 1789, and secondly Sarah __. He is listed in the 1790-1800 censuses for the Union District, South Carolina (in 1790 with no children), and from 1810-50 in the Spartanburg District and Co., South Carolina. He reportedly died on 1 April 1859 in Union Co., South Carolina, having had two sons, both by his first wife:
*1. Thomas Burgess (1790-1850+) of Spartanburg Co., SC
*2. William Burgess (1798-1861) of Pickens Co., AL
First Branch: Thomas Burgess
Thomas Burgess was born about 1790 in the Union District, South Carolina. He may have married twice, firstly to Mary “Polly” Kirby about 1815, and secondly to Eleanor __ about 1857. He is listed in the 1830-60 censuses for Spartanburg Co., South Carolina; in 1830 he has three sons under the age of 5 and one aged 5-10, and in 1840 one son aged 5-10 and one aged 10-15. He apparently died there between 1860-70, having had at least three sons, two by his first wife, and one by his second:
1. John Burgess I (1819?-1850+) of Benton Co., AL
*2. Marcus Burgess (1828?-1880+) of Chickasaw Co., MS
3. Thomas C. Burgess (1858?-1860+) of Spartanburg Co., SC
Second Son of Thomas
Marcus Burgess was born about 1828 in Spartanburg Co., South Carolina. He married Elizabeth Melton about 1849 in Spartanburg Co. He is listed twice in the 1850 census, on 28 October 1850 in Spartanburg Co. (near his father and older brother, John), and also on 19 February 1851 in Benton Co., Alabama, where he had obviously moved in the interim. He is listed in the 1860 census in Calhoun Co., Alabama, in 1870 in Noxubee Co., Mississippi, and in 1880 in Chickasaw Co., MS. He apparently died in Chickasaw Co. between 1880-1900, having had seven sons:
1. John Burgess III (1850-1870+) of Noxubee Co., MS
2. William Terrie Burgess (1852?-1910?) of Noxubee Co., MS
3. Joseph Burgess (1854?-1900+) of Lauderdale Co., MS
4. Lafayette Burgess (1856?-1870+) of Noxubee Co., MS
5. Charles W. Burgess (1860-1900+) of Lauderdale Co., MS
6. Wade Burgess (1868-1951) of Chickasaw Co., MS
7. Ross Burgess (1871?-1910+) of Lauderdale Co., MS
Second Branch: William Burgess
William Burgess was born about 1798/1800 (he is not listed in the 1800 census with his father) in the Union District, South Carolina. He married Martha E. Easterwood about 1820. He is listed in the 1830-60 censuses for Pickens Co., Alabama; his widow is listed as head of the family in 1870-80. He died there in 1861, having had seven sons (an eighth son, James [born about 1820] is listed by some researchers):
1. Thomas Bush Burgess (1822- ); he married firstly Jane Varner and secondly Martha McGahey
2. John Burgess II (1822/24-1863) of Calhoun Co., AL
3. William N. Burgess (1826-1888) of Calhoun Co., AL
4. Robert Burgess (1829-1907) of Pickens Co., AL
5. Joshua Burgess (1831-1877) of Calhoun Co., AL
6. David Burgess (1833-1880+) of Pickens Co., AL
7. Andrew J(ackson?) Burgess (1839- )
Wade Burgess is the ancestor of J. L. Burgess;
Robert Burgess is the ancestor of E. D. Burgess.
Test results received from two representatives in this line match each other; they have a common male ancestor, John Burgess I. They also match the numbers of descendants of Thomas Burgess Sr. of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.
John Burgess is too young to have been a son of Thomas Burgess Sr. of Orange and Pittsylvania Cos., Virginia, and he could only be a son of Rev. Thomas Burgess Jr. if Thomas Jr.’s date of birth is moved back at least six years earlier than presently believed. Descendants of this family match the Western Atlantic Modal Haplotype (WAMH).