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Generation: 2
2. | James Lloyd Burroughs was born 31 Mar 1913, Tazewell Co. VA (son of George Washington Burroughs and Daisy Lou ARNOLD); died 12 Feb 1973, Portsmouth, VA; was buried , Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, VA. Notes:
CENSUS RECORDS
1930 Census
Name Loyd Burroughs
Age in 1930 17
Birth Year abt 1913
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Virginia
Marital Status Single
Relation to Head of House Son
Home in 1930 North Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia
Street Address River Road
Dwelling Number 11
Attended School No
Able to Read and Write Yes
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Able to Speak English Yes
Household Members
Name Age
George Burroughs 49
Daisy Burroughs 43
Virginia Burroughs 20
Paul Burroughs 18
Loyd Burroughs 17
Elizabeth Burroughs 14
Vernon Burroughs 9
OBITUARY
Clinch Valley News
James Lloyd Burroughs of Portsmouth, formerly of Tazewell, died at his home Feb. 12 after a short illness. Surviving are his wife, Edith Booth Burroughs; two children, Mrs. Jimmie Parsons of Deep Creek, Va. and Bobby Lloyd of Birmingham; four grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Virginia Whitman of North Tazewell.
Funeral services were held Feb. 14 at 2pm at the Sturtevant Funeral Home in Portsmouth. Graveside rites were in the Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery.
Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name James Burroughs
SSN 228-07-0594
Born 31 Mar 1913
Died Feb 1973
State (Year) SSN issued Virginia - Before 1951
Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55520425&ref=acom
Plot: Companion, Sec. 1
Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: James Lloyd Burroughs
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 59
Birth Date: 31 Mar 1913
Death Date: 12 Feb 1973
Cause of Death: Coronary occuclusion
Death Place: Portsmouth, Virginia
Registration Date: 13 Feb 1973
Father: George W Burroughs
Mother: Daisy Arnold
Spouse: Ethel Boothe Burroughs
James married Edith Gray Booth. Edith was born 20 Mar 1918, Bluefield, Tazewell Co. VA; died 09 Jul 2001, Prince Edward Co. VA; was buried , Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, VA. [Group Sheet]
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3. | Edith Gray Booth was born 20 Mar 1918, Bluefield, Tazewell Co. VA; died 09 Jul 2001, Prince Edward Co. VA; was buried , Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, VA. Notes:
Birth:
Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Ethel Boothe Burroughs
SSN: 224222914
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1918
Birth Place: Bluefield Ta, Virginia
Death Date: 9 Jul 2001
Father: Raleigh W Boothe
Mother: Nettie E Kinder
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Signature on SSN Card: ETHEL G BURROUGHS
Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH?s name.
Notes: Jan 1941: Name listed as ETHEL BOOTHE BURROUGHS; 02 Oct 2001: Name listed as ETHEL G BURROUGHS
Virginia, Births, 1864-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Ethel Gray Boothe
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1918
Birth Place: Tazewell Co. VA
Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Burroughs&GSiman=1&GScid=50457&GRid=55520424&
Plot: Companion, Sec. 1
Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Ethel Gray Burroughs
Death Date: 9 Jul 2001
Death Place: Prince Edward Co. VA
Social Security Death Index
Name: Ethel G. Burroughs
SSN: 224-22-2914
Last Residence: 23952 Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia
BORN: 20 Mar 1918
Died: 9 Jul 2001
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)
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4. | George Washington Burroughs was born 15 Dec 1881, Tazewell Co VA (son of William H. (Billy) BURRESS and Sarah Elizabeth PACK); died 23 Feb 1948, Tazewell Co VA; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell Co. VA. Other Events:
- _UID: 05C67E69318A4873B1FDA9651A40DD3C57B8
Notes:
CENSUS RECORDS
1910 Census
Name: George W Buress
Age in 1910: 26
Birth Year: abt 1884
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Daisie A Buress
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: Machine Shop
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 1
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Buress 26
Daisie A Buress 23
Omie V Buress 7 months
1930 Census
Name: George Burroughs
Birth Year: abt 1881
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: North Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia
Street address: Car Line
Dwelling Number: 11
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: $8
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 27
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Clerk
Industry: General Store
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
George Burroughs 49
Daisy Burroughs 43
Virginia Burroughs 20
Paul Burroughs 18
Loyd Burroughs 17
Elizabeth Burroughs 14
Vernon Burroughs 9
OBITUARY
George W. Burress, 65 years of age, died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wade Jennings at Adria. He had been in declining health for several years.
He was the son of the late William and Sarah Pack Burress, of Pounding Mill. He had been a resident of North Tazewell for about fifty years. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Daisy Arnold, two daughters and three sons: Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. James Whitman, of North Tazewell; Paul and Lloyd, of Norfolk, and Vernon, of Whiteville, W. Va. A sister also survives, Mrs. Laura Vann, of Huntington WV.
Funeral services were held from the Christian church Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. C.B. Dickenson, of Crumpler, WV., and the Rev. M. E. N. Lindsay in charge.
Birth:
World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: George Washington Burroughs
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1884
Birth Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Residence: Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25593121&ref=acom
Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: George Washington Burroughs
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 65
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1882
Death Date: 22 Feb 1948
Death Place: North Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia
Registration Date: 8 Mar 1948
Father: William Burroughs [Burress]
Mother: Sarah Pack
Spouse: Daisey Burroughs
George married Daisy Lou ARNOLD 3 Feb 1909, Tazewell Co VA. Daisy was born 14 Feb 1887, Washington Co. VA; died 07 Oct 1962, Portsmouth, VA; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]
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5. | Daisy Lou ARNOLD was born 14 Feb 1887, Washington Co. VA; died 07 Oct 1962, Portsmouth, VA; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell Co. VA. Other Events:
- _UID: 17C133A72E264D2E9E8BA8B6FE9C74FC1259
Notes:
CENSUS RECORDS
1910 Census
Name Daisie A Buress
Age in 1910 23
Birth Year abt 1887
Birthplace Virginia
Home in 1910 Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Race White
Gender Female
Relation to Head of House Wife
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name George W Buress
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Native Tongue English
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Years Married 1
Number of Children Born 1
Number of Children Living 1
Household Members
Name Age
George W Buress 26
Daisie A Buress 23
Omie V Buress 0
1930 Census
Name Daisy Burroughs
Age in 1930 43
Birth Year abt 1887
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace Virginia
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Wife
Homemaker? Yes
Home in 1930 North Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia
Street Address Car Line
Dwelling Number 11
Age at First Marriage 23
Attended School No
Able to Read and Write Yes
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Able to Speak English Yes
Occupation Practical nurse
Industry Private House
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker
Employment Yes
Household Members
Name Age
George Burroughs 49
Daisy Burroughs 43
Virginia Burroughs 20
Paul Burroughs 18
Loyd Burroughs 17
Elizabeth Burroughs 14
Vernon Burroughs 9
OBITUARY
Clinch Valley News
Mrs. Daisy Burroughs
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Burroughs, 75, whose death occurred unexpectedly on Sunday while visiting her son Lloyd Burroughs in Portsmouth, Va., whose wife was at the bedside of her mother in a Bluefield Hospital, were conducted at 2:30 pm on Wednesday in the North Tazewell Methodist Church by the Rev. Ray F. Harris, assisted by the pastor, the Rev. Lee Hill. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, in Tazewell.
Survivors are two sons, Lloyd Burroughs and Vernon Burroughs, Parkersburg, WV. two daughters, Mrs. J. P. Whitman and Mrs. Wade Jennings both of North Tazewell. Her husband George W. Burroughs to whom she married in 1909, preceded her in death in 1948, and a son Paul in '51. She also leaves three brothers, R.L and Jack Arnold of Portsmouth, Va. and Fred L. Arnold of Roanoke, Va., eight grand children and three great grandchildren.
Mrs. Burroughs was a native of Saltville and came to North Tazewell while a teenage girl. She was well known locally having been a practical nurse whose services took her to many community homes.
Clinch Valley News October 3, 1963
In loving memory to our darling mother and grandmother, Mrs. Daisy Burroughs, who passed away one year ago Oct. 7, 1962. She left with us a beautiful memory, and a sorrow to great to be told. To use who have lost, your memory will never grow old.
Children and Grandchildren.
Birth:
Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Daisy Lou Burroughs
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1887
Birth Place: Abington Was, Virginia
Father: Loyd Arnold
Mother: Cordelia MacIntyre
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Sep 1952: Name listed as DAISY LOU BURROUGHS
Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25593120
Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Daisy Lu Burroughs
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 75
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1887
Death Date: 7 Oct 1962
Cause of Death: Acute coronary thrombosis
Death Place: Portsmouth, Portsmouth (Ind. City), VA
Registration Date: 9 Oct 1962
Father: Lloyd L Arnold
Mother: Cordelia Mcintyre
Spouse: George W Burroughs
Notes:
Married:
Tazewell County Marriage Register Book 3, Page 193, Line 18
Husband Name: George W. Burress
Husband Age: 26
Husband Birthplace: Tazewell County, Virginia
Husband Residence: Tazewell County, Virginia
Husband Condition: Single
Husband Father: William
Husband Mother: Sarah
Husband Occupation: Wood Worker
Wife Name: Daisy Arnold
Wife Age: 21
Wife Birthplace: Smythe County, Virginia
Wife Residence: Tazewell County, Virginia
Wife Condition: Single
Wife father: L.L.
Wife Mother: Cordelia
Marriage date: 3 Feb 1909
Marriage Place: Tazewell County, Virginia
Performed By: J.H. Bowling
Children:
- Oma Virginia Burroughs was born 30 Sep 1909, Tazewell Co. VA; died 18 Apr 1984, Charlottesvile, Albemarle Co. VA; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell Co. VA.
- Paul Eugene Burroughs was born 13 Apr 1911, Tazewell Co. VA; died 07 Jul 1952, Norfolk, VA.
- 2. James Lloyd Burroughs was born 31 Mar 1913, Tazewell Co. VA; died 12 Feb 1973, Portsmouth, VA; was buried , Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, VA.
- Elizabeth Louise Burroughs was born 01 Sep 1916, Tazewell Co. VA; died 14 Jan 1966, Bluefield, Mercer Co. WV; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell Co. VA.
- Vernon Burroughs was born 18 May 1920, Tazewell Co. VA; died Dec 1968, Lee Co. FL.
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8. | William H. (Billy) BURRESS was born Abt 1832, Tazewell Co VA (son of James Burress and Mary Frances (Franky) Neel); died Bef 28 May 1903, Pounding Mill, Tazewell Co. VA. Other Events:
- _UID: FF5D120070BF475891F3451419133D21A319
Notes:
CENSUS RECORDS
1850 Census
Name: Wm Burress [William Burress]
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 632
Household Members:
Jas Burress 43
Frances Burress 42
Wm Burress 18
Thos Burress 16
Jas R Burress 12
Geo Burress 7
Jno W Burress 2
Rebecca J Burress 6
Julia A Burress 4
1860 Census
Name: William Burriss [Burress]
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1834
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Post Office: Baptist Valley and Knob
Family Number: 1134
Household Members:
Name Age
William Burress 26
Sarah E Burress 17
1870 Census
Name: William Burran [William Burress]
Age in 1870: 43
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
William Burress 43
Sarah Burress 26
John Burress 10
Matilda Burress 8
Mary Burress 6
Cynthia Burress 4
James Burress 1
1880 Census
Name: William H. Burriss [Burress]
Age: 49
Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sarah E. Burriss [Burress]
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
William H. Burress 49
Sarah E. Burress 36
Mary E. Burress 16
James H. Burress 12
Cintha A. Burress 13
Caldona Burress 9
Laura B. Burress 7
Charles P. Burress 3
Olla Burress 11 months
COURT CASES
[Note: Unsure what the case was about, but it was delayed from 29 Aug 1847 to 27 Sep 1849 at which point both sides decided to drop the charges. Given the distance to travel to the court house and/or to the lawyer's office for each of these continuances was more than likely an aggravation for William Burruss and Wysor Adkins. In the end, it was more convenient and less costly for them just to forget the lawsuit.]
Source: Court Records Tazewell County Law books; 1844-1859
Burress VS. Adkins (Case)
Law Book 1844-1859; Page 87
Thursday, August 29, 1847
James Burrass, Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant - Case
On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, it is ordered that the monsciet (?) obtained against him in the office in the cause be set aside, and that he have leave to file his declaration therein, and thereupon he filed the same accordingly; and the cause is remanded to rules for further proceedings to be had therein.
William Burrass, Plaintiff VS. James Burrass, Defendant - Case
On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, it is ordered that the monsciet (?) obtained against him in the office in this cause be set aside, and that he have leave to file his declaration, and thereupon be filed the same accordingly; and the cause is remanded to rules for further proceedings to be had therein.
Law Book 1844-1859; Page 108 and 109
Thursday, September 30, 1847
James Burrass, Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant - Case
On motion of the defendant by his attorney, who pleaded "not guilty" to which the plaintiff by his attorney replied generally, the judgment obtained against him in the office is set aside; and the trail of the issue is deferred till the next term.
William Burrass by &c., Plaintiff, VS. Wysor Adkins, defendant - Case
On the motion of the defendant by his attorney, who pleaded "not guilty" to which the plaintiff by his attorney replied generally, the judgment obtained against him in the office is set aside, and the trail of the issue deferred till the next term.
Law Book 1844-1859; Page 126
Wednesday, April 26, 1848
James Burrass, Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant
This day came again the parties by their attorneys and the defendant by his attorney filed a special plea in writing, to which the plaintiff by his attorney replied generally, and the cause is continued til the next term.
William Burrass, by &c. Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant
This day came again the parties by their attorneys and the defendant by his attorney filed a special plea is writing, to which the plaintiff by his attorney replied generally. And the cause is continued till the next term.
Law Book 1844-1859; Page 143
Wednesday, September 27, 1848
William Burrass, by &c. Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant - Case
On motion of the defendant in these causes, and for reasons appearing to the court, it is ordered that these causes be severally contained till the next term at the costs of the respective defendants.
Law Book 1844-1859; Page 176
Thursday, September 27, 1849
James Burrass, Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant
William Burrass by &c. Plaintiff VS. Same, Defendant
Ordered that these causes be dismissed, the parties having agreed the same.
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FORGERY CASE
William Burress (Forgery) Acquitted
Source: Tazewell County Law Order Book 1844-1859; Page 451
Monday, March 29, 1858
At a Circuit Court of Tazewell County begun and held at the Courthouse on Monday the 29th day of March 1858. Present Samuel V. Fulkerson, Esq. Judge; Henry B. Harman, foreman, Charles F. Tiffany, J. Mosely Davis, John C. Carpenter, Eldred R. Baylor, Robert Neel, Thomas G. Peery, George S. Ritter, Shadrach Steel, Harvey King, Harvey Deskins, Cornelius McGuire, James McBrown, Edward Steel, Jonathon Hurley, David Turley, Josiah W. Wynn, Alexander Scott, Pleasant Murphy and Robert Smith, were sworn a grand jury for the body of this county and having received their charge withdrew to their apartment and after some time returned into court and presented:
An indictment against William H. Burress for forgery - A true bill
An indictment against William H. Burress for petit larceny - not a true bill
Robert Beasley, Josiah Beasley and Joseph Corrin Jr. who stand bonded by recognizance entered into before Harry George a Justice of the Peace of this County on the 1st day of January 1858 in the penalty of $50.00 each conditioned for there appearance here on this day to give evidence in behalf of the commonwealth against William Burress charged with petit larceny, were this day solemnly called but came not.
Law Book 1844-1859; Page 456
Tuesday, March 30, 1858
William H. Burress, who stands indicted for Forgery, was this day led to the bar in the custody of the jailor of this court, thereof arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the indictment and by consent of parties it is ordered that the trail of the cause be continued till tomorrow.
Law Book 1844-1859; Page 458
Wednesday, March 31, 1858
William H. Burress, who stands indicted for forgery was led to the bar in the custody of the jailor of this court and the jurors elected for his trail to wit: Joseph J. Mays, Samuel McGuire, Harvey Claypool, Jeremiah B. Claypool, Chapman A. Spotts, Thomas Barrett, John G. Baylor, Joseph Harrisson, Clinton Barns, Rees T. Bowen, William S. Seabolt and James Thompson appeared in court and were sworn a jury for the trail of the said William H. Burress upon the indictment aforesaid (the counsel for the accused having stricken eight of the jurors from the panel) and the jury sworn as aforesaid having fully heard the evidence were, with the consent of the prisoner, committed to the custody of the sheriff of this county who is directed to keep them together without communication with any other person and to cause them to appear here on tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock whereupon an oath was administered to E.S. Howard, sheriff of this county to the follow effect "You shall and will truly, to the best of your ability, keep this jury, and neither speak to them yourself, nor to suffer any other person to speak to them touching any matter relative to this trail until they return into court tomorrow" and the said William H. Burress is remanded to jail.
Law Book 1844-1859; Page 460
Thursday, April 1, 1858
William H. Burress, who stands indicted for forgery was again led to the bar in the custody of the jailor of this court, whereupon the jury who were sworn for his trail were brought into court by the sheriff of this county and the said jury upon their oath do say, that the said William H. Burress is not guilty of the forgery aforesaid as is alleged against him in said indictment, and nothing further appearing on being alleged against him it is considered by the court that the said William H. Burress be acquitted and discharged of the forgery aforesaid and go thereof without delay.
Law Book 1844-1859; Page 465
Saturday, April 3, 1858
E.S. Howard, Sheriff of this county this day presented in court, an account against the Commonwealth for boarding the jury in the case of the commonwealth against William H. Burress, charged with felony, amounting to $34.00, and the said account being verified by the oath of said sheriff was examined by the court allowed and ordered to be certified to be auditor of public accounts for payment.
Tazewell County Court Order Book; Page 25
This day James W. NEEL, jailer of this county producded to the cour an account against the Commonwealth for keeping William BURRESS amounting to 2.30, charged with grand larceny, which we found to be just by the oath of said NEEL, and was admitted and allowed by the court, and ordered to be certified to the auditor of public accounts for payment.
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FORNICATION CASE
William Burress (Fornication) Guilty, Fined $20
Source: Tazewell County Law Order Book 1859-1878; Page 27
Date: March 26, 1860
The Commonwealth, Plaintiff VS. William H. Burress, Defendant - Indictment for Fornication. This day came the parties by their attorneys and the defendant in the case pleaded "not guilty" to which the attorney for the Commonwealth replied generally, and the trail of the issue is continued till the next term.
Law Book 1859-1878; Page 46
August 28, 1860
The Commonwealth, Plaintiff VS. William H. Burress, Defendant, Fornication.
This day came the parties by their attorneys and thereupon came a jury to wit: John A. Brown, John Necessary, John Woods, James McBrown, John D. Peery, John B. Harman, Solomon C. Turley, John D. Rutherford, Ephraim Claypool, Robert Barrett, and William McGuire (11 by consent) who being elected tried and sworn the truth to speak upon the issue joined on their oaths returned the following verdict. "We the jury find the defendant guilty and assess the fine at $20.00." It is therefore considered by the court that the commonwealth recover against the said defendant, $20.00 the fine aforesaid and the costs of this prosecution.
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MILITARY RECORDS
Name: William Burress
Enlist Date May 10, 1863
Where Enlisted Tazewell County, Virginia
Enlist Rank Corporal
Enlisted By C.C. Pack
Discharge Rank Corporal
State Served Virginia
Company 5
Unit 37 Bat'l Virginia Cavalry (Dunn's Bat'l Partisan Rangers)
Army Confederacy
Enlist Date 10 June 1863
Enlist Place Greenville, South Carolina
Enlisted By Lt. Wallis
Period 2 Years or the War
Last Paid By Captain Dunn
To What Time 31 October 1863
Absent or Present Present
Remarks Pay due him for his horse up to 01 Oct 1864 Entitled to 6% bond
Rank Private
State Served Virginia
Company B
Unit 37 Bat'l Virginia Cavalry (Dunn's Bat'l Partisan Rangers)
Army Confederacy
01 Nov 1863 to 31 Aug 1864 (Dated 30 Dec 1864); Appeared on Register or Payments September 1, 1863 - October 31, 1863. Paid the sum of 24 dollars on October 10, 1864 by P.P. Barbour; Appeared on a report of absentees from Co. K, 37 Batt'n Virginia. Absent on 28 November, 1864, residence, Tazewell Co., Virginia.
37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (also known as Dunn's Battalion Partisan Rangers) was organized about August 2, 1862. Company B was composed of former members of the 4th Regiment South Carolina Infantry, Company F of North Carolinians, and Company K was formerly Captain Pack's Company, 21st Regiment Virginia Cavalry. Company H was transferred to Swann's Battalion Virginia Cavalry by S.O. No. 130, Hdqrs. Dept. W.Va. and E. Tenn, dated December 28, 1864. In November it was changed to regular cavalry. It was assigned to W.E. Jones', McCausland's and W.L. Jackson's Brigade. During April, 1864, it totaled 300 effectives and by June had increased its strength to ten companies. It was involved in various operations in western Virginia and East Tennessee, then saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. The unit disbanded in mid-April, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel Ambrose C. Dunn and Major J.R. Claiborne were in command..
Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958
Name: William H Burress
Application Date: 28 May 1903
Application Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Spouse: Mrs Sarah Burress
Marriage Place: Tazewell County, Virginia
Death Place: Tazewell County, Virginia
Application Type: Widow
Died:
This was the date of Sarah Pack Burress' Confederate Pension application as a widow.
William married Sarah Elizabeth PACK 10 May 1860, Tazewell Co VA. Sarah (daughter of John PACK and Matilda Ann DELONG) was born 15 Sep 1843, Floyd Co., VA; died 15 Jul 1922, McDowell Co. WV; was buried , Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]
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9. | Sarah Elizabeth PACK was born 15 Sep 1843, Floyd Co., VA (daughter of John PACK and Matilda Ann DELONG); died 15 Jul 1922, McDowell Co. WV; was buried , Tazewell Co VA. Other Events:
- _UID: 05B5E402B82B4A27A8348002D86FB2E530E5
Notes:
CENSUS RECORDS
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah Pack
Age: 8
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Gender: Female
Family Number: 1286
Household Members:
Jno Pack 45
Matilde Pack 40
Isham Pack 16
Fleming Pack 14
Cricket Pack 12
Trnsell Pack 10
Sarah Pack 8
Cynthia Pack 7
Wm Pack 5
Elenor Pack 3
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah Pack
Age in 1860: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Gender: Female
Post Office: Baptist Valley
Household Members:
John Pack 47
Matilda Pack 47
Tinsley Pack 20
Sarah Pack 17
Cynthia Pack 15
William Pack 13
Elenor Pack 10
Amanda Pack 7
Otifane Pack 6
Elenor Pack 20
[Note: Sarah was enumerated twice in the 1860 census, in her parent's household and then as a newlywed.]
1860 Census
Name: Sarah E Burriss [Burress]
Age: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Post Office: Baptist Valley and Knob
Family Number: 1134
Household Members:
Name Age
William Burress 26
Sarah E Burress 17
1870 Census
Name: Sarah Burran [Sarah Burress]
Age in 1870: 26
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
William Burress 43
Sarah Burress 26
John Burress 10
Matilda Burress 8
Mary Burress 6
Cynthia Burress 4
James Burress 1
1880 Census
Name: Sarah E. Burriss [Sarah Burress]
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: William H. Burriss [Burress]
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
William H. Burress 49
Sarah E. Burress 36
Mary E. Burress 16
James H. Burress 12
Cintha A. Burress 13
Caldona Burress 9
Laura B. Burress 7
Charles P. Burress 3
Olla Burress 11 months
1910 Census
Name: Sarah E Berress [Burress]
Age: 57
Birth Date: Sep 1842
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 7
Mother: How many children: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah E Burress 57
Allie E Burress 20
George W Burress 15
1910 Census
Name: Sarah Buress
Age in 1910: 67
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Sarah Buress 67
Allie Buress 29 [daughter]
George L Buress 8 [grandson]
Lessie M Buress 5 [grandaughter]
CONFEDERATE WIDOW'S APPLICATION
Sarah Pack Burress Widows Pension
FORM NO. 3 APPLICATION OF WIDOW
I, Sarah Burress, do hereby apply for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, entitled an act to aid the citizens of Virginia who were disabled by wounds received during the war between the States while serving as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, and such as served during the said war as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, who are now disabled by disease contracted during the war, or by the infirmities of age, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia who lost their lives in said service, or whose death resulted from wounds received or disease contracted in said service, and providing penalties for violating the provisions of this act, and I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia resident at North Tazewell, in the County Tazewell in the said State, and that I have been an actual resident of the State for two years, and of the said city (or county) for one year next preceding the date of this application, and that I am the widow of William H. Burress, who was a soldier (sailor or marine) in the service of the State of Virginia in the war between the States, and who was a member of (here state specifically the command and branch of the service to which the husband of the applicant belonged, and, if possible, the names of his immediate superior officers) 37 Battalion Capt. C.C. Pack and S.C. Morgan and who, while in the discharge of his duty in the military or naval service of the State of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, during the said war, lost his life (if the husband of such widow was killed or died during the war as the result of wounds received, state the facts of the case as near as possible, giving the date of the husband's death) died since the war (if husband died after the war, strike out all relating to his death during the war, and then proceed as follows:), and who has since the said war died (here state specifically the cause of the death of the husband of the applicant and the date thereof) died since the war contracted lung ??? which resulted in consumption and that, to the best of my knowledge, during the said war my said husband was loyal and true to his duty, and never, at any time, deserted his command or voluntarily abandoned his post of duty in the said service, and that I was never divorced from my said husband, and that I never voluntarily abandoned him during his life, but remained his true, faithful, and lawful wife up to the date of his death, and that I have never married since his death, and that I am now entitled to receive, under the said act, the sum of forty dollars annually. And I do further swear that I do not hold any position or office, weather national, state, city or county, which pays me in salary or fees one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, nor have I an income from any other employment or other source whatever which amounts to one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I receive from any source whatever money or other means of support amounting in value to the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I own in my own right, nor does any one hold in trust for my benefit or use estate or property, either real, personal, or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the assessed value to five hundred dollars; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and that I am not an inmate of any public institution, and that I am without means of support, direct or indirect; and I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:
What is your age? 60
Where were you born? Floyd County, Virginia
How long have you resided in Virginia? All my life
How long have you resided in the city or county of your residence? Ever since I was 5 years old
What is your husband's full name? William H. Burress
When and where were you married and by whom? Tazewell, by Bird Lockhart
When and where, as near as you can state, did your husband die, and from what cause? Tazewell County, Virginia
Have you been married since the death of your said husband? Never
Where and with whom do you now reside? By myself, one daughter, 20 years old, and one son 18 years old
What property - real, personal or mixed - do you own? Very little ??? need ??? after finances
What assistance do you receive, and what income have you from any source? Nothing
If your husband died since the war, please state where he died, and, if possible, the name and address of the attending physician? Died since the war in Tazewell Co. Dr. Alexander Hufford
Give the names and addresses, if possible of two comrades in arms of your deceased husband. C.C. Pack, Raven Va. Mack (?) Pruett
Give the names and addresses of two persons who are familiar with the circumstances of your husband's death. Reese Peery and Wesley P.W Lilly, North Tazewell, Va.
If your husband died since the war, please state whether his death resulted from wounds received in the war or from disease. Contracted consumption during the war
Give, as near as you can, the nature of the wound or the character of the disease from which your husband died. No answer
Give here any other information you may possess relating to the service of your husband or of his death that will support the justice of your claim for aid. No answer
Is there any camp of Confederate veterans in the city or county of your residence? Yes
Is there any one living, the residence and address of whom is known to you, either comrade or otherwise, who has knowledge of your husband's service and the cause of his death? If so or not, state. C.C. Pack and Mack (?) Pruett
Given under my hand this 28th day of May, 1903 Sarah Burress
I H. Bane Harman, Clerk of the Circuit Court, in and for the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Sarah Burress, whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared before me in my office aforesaid and having the aforesaid application read to her and fully explained, as well as the statements and answers therein made, the said Sarah Burress made oath before me that the said statements and answers are true.
Given under my hand this 28th day of May, 1903
H. Bane Harman Clerk, Tazewell Circuit Clerk
(A)
OATH OF RESIDENT WITNESS
We ________ , do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of ________, in the State, and that we have known personally and well for ________ years ________, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and that the said ________is a resident of the said county, and is a woman of good reputation for truth and honesty, and that we have read the annexed application and the answers to the questions therein propounded, made by the said applicant, and verily believe that the said applicant has been truthful in the said statements and answers, and that from our personal knowledge we verily believe the said applicant is justly entitled to aid under the said act, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.
Subscribed to and sworn to before me, ________ for the County of ________, State of Virginia, this ________19___.
Signed ________
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(B)
AFFIDAVIT OF COMRADES
We, C.C. Pack and ? Gillespie do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, and that Sarah Burress whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, is personally well known to us, and that we have known her for life, and know her to be the widow of William H. Burress, who was a soldier (sailor or marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, and that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) in the said service during the said war, and that we were, with the said William H. Burress, members of (here state the command and the immediate superior officers thereof) 37 Battalion under Col. A.C. Dunn, Major Claiborne and Captain C.C. Pack and that our personal knowledge, on or about the ----------- day of -------- 186- at (here state battle or combat where killed or fatal wounds received) ------------ and that the said ------------------------ during the said war (state here whether killed or died as a result of wounds received, or surgical operation therefore) ------------------------ (if he died after the war, strike out all relating to death during the war and proceed as follows), on or about the 5th day of ???? the said William H. Burress died, and that the said William H. Burress was a true and loyal soldier in the said service, and was faithful in the discharge of his duty as a soldier (sailor or marine) in the said service, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.
C.C. Pack
Subscribed and sworn to before me, ???? for the County of Tazewell, State of Virginia, this 2nd day of August, 1902
W.B. Spratt
Note.-- If only one comrade is living whose residence and address is known to applicant, let him make the above affidavit. If no such comrade is living whose address is known to applicant, then let one or more reputable persons who have personal knowledge of the services of the applicant and of cause of his disability, make the following affidavit.
(C)
AFFADAVIT OF WITNESSES, NOT COMRADES, AS TO WOUNDS
We, _______ of the County in the State of Virginia, do solemnly swear that we personally know, and are well acquainted with _______ whose name is signed to the annexed application, and who is applying for aid under the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and that we have known the said applicant for _______ and that to our personal knowledge she is the widow of _______, who was a loyal and true soldier (sailor or marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, in the war between the States, and that on or about the -------- day of --------- 186-- at (here state battle of combat where killed or fatal wound received) ------------------------------- the said ---------------- during the said war (state here whether killed or died as the result of wounds received, or surgical operation therefore) -------------------- (if he died after the war, strike out all relating to death during the war and proceed as follows), on or about the _______ day of _______, the said _______ died, and that the said _______ and _______ lived as husband and wife up to the date of the death of the said _______ and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.
Subscribed and sworn to before me _______, in and for the County of _______ Virginia this _______ day of _______, 19__.
(D)
CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN
I, C.W. Greever a practicing physician in the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Burress, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and that I attended her husband, did wit attack the said William H. Burress, during his last illness, and that from my professional knowledge of the cause of his death, I verily believe that his death resulted from ??? lung trouble and I have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.
Given under my hand, this 28th May, 1902.
C.W. Greever M.D
NOTE.-- This certificate of physician shall only be required in cases where the husband has died since the close of the war.
(E)
CERTIFICATE OF CAMP OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
The _________ Camp of Confederate Veterans of the County of _________, in the State of Virginia, hereby certifies that it has examined into the merits of the annexed application of _________ for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and being satisfied of the justice of her claim, hereby recommends the said _________ for aid under the provisions of the said act, and that it has no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant?s claim.
NOTE - If there is no camp of Confederate veterans in applicant?s city or county, then the affidavit of two ex-Confederate soldiers residing in said city or county must be obtained, as follows:
(F)
CERTIFICATE OF EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
We, ------------------------------ and ------------------, of the ------------ of --------- State of Virginia, do certify that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) of Virginia in the war between the States, and that we have examined into the merits of the annexed application of ---------------- for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and that we are satisfied of the justice of her claim, and recommend the said -------------------------- for aid under the provisions of the said act, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant?s claim. Given under our hands, this ---------day of--------, 19--
(G)
CERTIFICATE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE.
I, J. N. Johnson, Commissioner of the revenue, in the County of Tazewell in the State of Virginia, do certify that Sarah Burress or her trustee, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, is charged on the land and personal property books of the said County with estate, real, personal and mixed, of the assessed value of $500 (or 100??) dollars. Given under my hand, this ??? day of September, 1902.
J.N. Johnson
STORIES
Note: Georgia Maude Quesenberry Maxfield, an 80 year old Tazewell resident (deceased), has written these recollections of early Tazewell County life as told to her by her great-grandmother and her grandmother. Her Recollections appeared in the Tazewell Newspaper sometime in the early 1980's. Georgia was the daughter of George & Mary Frances Burress Quesenberry.
Grandma Sarah and Grandma Cynthia Pack Quesenberry took turns telling us things. As far as we could tell, they never told us anything that wasn't true, for they were Christians. Grandma Sarah smoked a clay pipe. Mother would let her smoke it till it became strong, and then mother would get her a new one and threw the old one in the stump down by the river. I remember the little boys would slip them out of the stump and try to find tobacoo or cown silk to smoke in them.
One the other hand, Grandma Cynthia liked to sleep. She'd go to bed early and sleep late. When they both stayed together they would argue like small children. Sarah would say, "Cynthia, I don't see how in the world you can lay in bed and sleep so much." Cynthia would answer, "Well Sarah, I don't see how in the world you can stand to puff on that smelly old pipe, either, but you do." Nevertheless, they would go to church together whenever they could.
Grandma said there was once a long rain that was what was to become known as the Jun Flood. Grandma lived at Busthead then, and there was a store there that sat close to the creek. Now there was a man who ran the store whose wife had gone to spend the weekend with her mother. When it became night, he locked up the store, when upstairs where they lived over the store and went to bed. It had been raining for a few days and the water was up some. He said he awakened long into the night by something banging against the house. He got up and raised the window, and lo and behold, the house - store and all, was floating down the creek that had now become a river. He knew the house would eventually turn over, so he dressed and waited at the windown till the house floated near a tree. He reached out, and caught a limb, and hung on. The house floated on downstream until it came to Cedar Bluff. Then it turned over and destroyed everything they had.
At this same time, there was a preacher known as Brother Sheffy, who had been holding services at the church at Busthead. The people gathered at the church that morning for services as usual. After church, some of the people tried to get him to go home with them for dinner, but he said no, he had promised to be at Pounding Mill Branch for prayer meeting that night. They began to tell him he couldn't get across the wather, but he just said he had to try. The people were afraid he would drown, so they stayed and watched him. He climbed on his horse and rode down to the water, then got off, took a sheepskin off his saddle, and untied it, and spread it out on the dry ground. He knelt down and prayed fervently, then got up, rolled up his sheepskin, tied it back on his saddle, and rode across the water. The horse did not walk in the water, it walked on top of it. All the people from the church saw it, and proclaimed it a miracle to themselves. They said nothing outside the community about it, for fear that other people woldn't believe them.
Once he was on the other side of the waters, the water once again became wild and full of sawlogs and other debris. But all the while Brother Sheffy was crossing, it had been calm - no sawlogs or anything else odd went by. Mother wouldn't tell anyone outside the family about it for fear they would think she was crazy, but she said she saw it with her own eyes and knew it to be one of many miracles God had performed for Brother Sheffy.
This was what was to be the June flood. It caused an awful lot of damage and loss of life. There was a swinging bridge you had to cross to get to Pounding Mill, the store, and the post office. A woman named Margie Johnson lived there at that time, and she wanted to go to the store and the post office. Her family begged her to wait until the water went down, but she said the bridge was high up off the water. So she waded into the water and up on the bridge. when she was about half-way acorss, a sawlog hit the bridge and swung it high, throwing her off into the water. She was swept away to her death.
The Hoops family who lived on Pounding Mill Branch had a two part house. Several rooms were on one side of the creek, and a small two room building across the creek was used for a wash house and a dining room in the summer. There was a small bridge from one to the other. Mrs. Hoops always served meals there in summer, for it was too hot to eat in the kitchen. She put the noon meal on the table, then went back across the bridge and got her one year old baby, her teenage daughter, and her sweetheart. All four of them started back across the bridge to eat, when a great wall of water - later known as a cloudburst - came down the hollow and swept all four to their deaths. The water had swept away the samll house and damaged about everything in the other house. When the water began to recede early the next week, the neighbors banded together to search for the bodies. By the end of the week they had found all by Mr. Hoop's wife. My uncle Isam joined the search and he quickly told them they were looking in the wrong direction. They were looking down in the bushes, and he said to look up because the water was over the tops of some of the trees. They searched till they came to a place that was called the horse shoe bend. there they found her body, caught fast by her apron and her long hair, high in the top of a sycamore tree. These were just a few things that happened then. It was time of grave danger, mourning and loss of life and property. They people never forgot the June flood.
[Note to this story from Michelle Burress, this was posted in the Clinch Valley News: July 12 1901 Pounding Mill, Tazewell, Virginia, Mrs. Hoop's baby, about one year old, that was drowned in the flood, was found on the ninth day by Isom Quesenberry, in a bad state of decomposition.]
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Cynthia Gets A Husband
Now as Bill and Amelia Pack's lives went along, Amy found she was expecting a baby. Back in those days, the new monther wasn't allowed to even put her feet on the floor till the the baby was nine days old. There were those that said it was even bad luck to get out of bed until the baby was nine days old, so, you see Amy was going to need help.
So Bill made the long trip from Floyd County back to Pounding Mill to ask his sister Cynthia to come stay with them. Now Cynthia was at the ripe old age of 24, she was more then glad to go - giving her one more chance to meet someone of marrying age, as she was going to stay all summer.
Bill had a neighbor whose name was Fred Quesenberry. One day Fred came over to Bill's and in no time at all he was head over heels in love with Cynthia. He told Bill she bothered him so much that he was going to have to marry her to see any peace. Bill told him he had better do it before she went back to Pounding Mill, because if she did, there wasn't much chance he'd ever see her again. So when the circuit rider came by, Fred and Cynthia were married.
Now, Fred already had a nice big three room cabin on his land, along with the animals they would need to survive. One thing Cynthia didn't know was that Fred had 17 full blood brothers and three sisters - a whole lot of Quesenberry's. He told Cynthia if she would agree to live one year in Floyd County, he would come back to Pounding Mill to live with her, for she was fast becoming homesick. So Fred worked hard and saved everything he could, and in one year's time, they were on their way to Pounding Mill.
Fred had a one horse wagon. On the way over the first mountain, one wheel came loose on the wagon. While he was repairing the wheel, Cynthia said she would get out and walk around a while. Fred said to her, "Don't go far, there are all kinds of wild animals around here." Now it was the time of year for hunkleberries to ripen, and there were plenty along the road. There wasn't much to take along to eat, so she said she'd pick them and some to eat. She was busy picking berries, and in no time she had gone out of sight around the bend from Fred.
Just then, she heard something that sounded like children playing. She listened again, and decided it was an animal. She was just about to panic when Grandpa Fred came in sight "Hurry, Cynthia, get here." he said. "That's a panther with cubs or a bear with cubs. If you don't want to be their Sunday dinner, we'd better make some kind of tracks."
He loaded his big old muzzle loader rifle just as a precaution, and proceeded on down the mountain, just one of several they had to cross coming back to Pounding Mill. It took them two weeks - they very best they could do.
They always tried to find a farm cabin before dark where they might stay the night. They were never turned away. Grandma said, everybody was always friendly. One time they couldn't find a farm, but found where a cabin had burned down, and stayed in the barn for the night. Another time they had arrived at the base of a mountain, and hadn't found a farm. They made camp, not wanting to cross the mountain at night, and slept in the wagon.
The trip took so long because sometimes they had to stop and cut the bushes out of the way, or chop a tree out of the road, but they finally made it to Pounding Mill. They settled down between Cliffield and Pounding Mill, and there they raided their children - four boys and three girls - and lost one boy at a young age. (more but cut off...)
Grandpa had fought in the Civil War. When he got to retirement age, he received a check every month and paid their way with that, as they were very independent. Thirty dollars was a lot of money then, and Fred had been proud of it. When their children were grown with homes of their own and Grandpa Fred was getting old, the couple decided to stay with their children. They went to stay with their boy, Jim Quesenberry, who took care of them until Grandpa Fred died at the age of 84. Then Grandma went to stay with Aunt Martha and Uncle Jim Brewster's house in Pounding Mill. (Aunt Martha was Grandma's second child).
My Great Grandmother was Samantha, the Indian baby found by John Delong [Note from Michelle Burress all records are pretty solid that her great grandmother was Matilda Delong, not Samantha, and that she was not an only child]. My other great grandmother (*Sarah Pack Burress) and grandmother were sisters. They were Great Grandma Sarah and Grandma Cynthia Pack.
One of Cynthia and Fred Quesenberry's several children was George Mansfield Quesenberry, who married Mary Frances Burress, the daughter of Mailda Earls and John Burress. These two were my parents and I was born at Pounding Mill. My mother and grandmother used to tellus about what they thought to be the only real total eclipse. Mother said it was around 1870, or thereabouts, and happened in the later morning hours. She and the girls were getting ready to pick berries, when Grandma Jenny (*would this be Jenny Chambers, John Burress' second wife?) said it suddenly began to grow dark. The cows came back to the barn, and the chickens that were out in the field scratching around all came back. They didn't go back in the henhouse as usual, but instead went under the house and cooed and cawed softly, just as if they were discussing the matter that was taking place.
Grandma said it was more than spooky. Grandpa was out in the fields plowing, and had to come home cause he couldn't see to work. The birds quit singing and the frogs and crickets became very still. There was a hush all around - you could hear a pin drop almost, even if it didn't drop.
She gathered the children around and sat on the porch with Grandpa for what seemed like a couple of hours, till it because bright light again. The old chickens hurried out into the bright sunlight and stretched and carried on as if they had been asleep all night. the other animals did the same. The next day, down at the store, Grandpa said he heard of several people that had tried to kill themselves. They had thought the wold was coming to an end. Grandma Cynthia and Grandma Sarah would come and stay for as much as up to a month at a time together. Talk about fun, we had it. Us kids would ask them to tell us about their lives 79 some years ago, which would be well over 100 now.
Birth:
Info is from her death certificate.
Died:
West Virginia Death Certificate
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1010690&Type=Death
Notes:
Married:
Tazewell County Marriage Register, Book 3, page 11, line 27
Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Wm H. Burrip
Birth Date: 1834
Birthplace: Russell County, Va
Age: 26
Spouse's Name: Sarah E Pack
Spouse's Birth Date: 1841
Spouse's Birthplace: Floyd County, Va
Spouse's Age: 19
Event Date: 10 May 1860
Event Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Father's Name: James Burrip [Burress]
Mother's Name: Mary
Spouse's Father's Name: John Pack
Spouse's Mother's Name: Matilda
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:M01695-4
System Origin: Virginia-EASy
GS Film number: 34214
Reference ID: Page 11 Line 27
Children:
- John W. BURRESS was born 10 Mar 1861, Tazewell Co VA; died 24 May 1929, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Jones Chapel Cemetery, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell Co. VA.
- Matilda F. BURRESS was born Dec 1863.
- Mary Ellen (Mollie) BURRESS was born 1 Jan 1865, Tazewell Co VA; died 22 May 1945, Tazewell Co VA; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Bluefied Tazewell Co. VA.
- Cynthia A. BURRESS was born 13 Mar 1868.
- James W. BURRESS was born 13 Mar 1868, Tazewell Co VA; died Bef 1900.
- Caldona (Callie) BURRESS was born Abt 1871, Tazewell Co VA; died Bef 1900.
- Laura B. BURRESS was born Abt 1873, Tazewell Co VA; died Aft 1900.
- Charles P. BURRESS was born Abt 1877, Tazewell Co VA; died Bef 1900.
- Olla E. (Ollie) BURRESS was born Jun 1879, Tazewell Co VA; died Bef 1920.
- 4. George Washington Burroughs was born 15 Dec 1881, Tazewell Co VA; died 23 Feb 1948, Tazewell Co VA; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell Co. VA.
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