Jesse Burgin (1753 - 1802)

Born 22 Jan 1753 in Shrewsbury Parrish, Kent, Province of Maryland

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Died 1802 at about age 48 in Warren, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Jesse Burgin was the son of John Burgin and Martha Davis and was born 22 January 1753 in Shrewsbury Parish, Kent Maryland. ^[1]

Jesse Burgin is found in Georgia Tax Records:

1794 Warren County, Georgia; Burgin, Jesse^[2]

1798 Washington County, Georgia; Burgin, Jesse

1798 Warren County, Georgia, Burgen, Jesse^[3]

Research Notes

I have placed information that I've gathered from Peggy Silver's book Echoes in the Mist within this section. Gary Burgin

Peggy Silvers in her book, Echoes in the Mist, has Jesse (nephew of Pioneer Ben and brother of James) married to Ben's daughter Martha in 1810. This Jesse Burgin is the son of Jesse Burgin and Mary Williams. Thus the connection between Jesse Burgin and Martha Burgin (Martha was born in 1791, daughter of Pioneer Ben Burgin, not the wife of Jesse Burgin, this profile). ^[4]

Jesse Burgin, born January 22, 1753, in Kent County, Maryland, the son of John and Martha Burgin.

Jesse is also as elusive as John. After his birth, I found no trace of him until he began to turn up in early Burke County court and land records. He first appears in a court case set for January 1783: Jesse Burgin versus John Russell. Richard Singleton provided bail. Henry Williams and Abraham Waters were subpoenaed as witnesses. Henry evidently was Jesse's witness. Later that same year while the case was dragging on (records of case itself did not survive).

Jesse was again on the court docket. This time versus Robert Johnson and again Henry Williams was his witness. Several times in the next year he appeared in court. He also acted as bondman twice for Henry Williams in the next year. He went to court again December 19, 1786. This time it was James Greenlee versus Robert Adams and Jesse Burgin (two counts on Jesse). William Kelly was bondsman. Jesse’s trouble with James Greenlee seemed to have developed into an ongoing battle. In April of 1787 Jesse was tried "for perfain swearing of four oaths" The "Jewers" consisted of no less than fourteen men: George Walker, William Proffit, John Baker, Martin Davenport, Pat O'Neil, William Paine, Thomas Hays, Alex Bailey, Jos. Hawkins,Zach. Downs, John England, James Cornbull, Jacob Eberhart and Robert Flemmens. Once again Henry Williams was Jesse's witness. On June 3, 1787, Jesse was again in court versus James Greenlee. Again, Henry Williams was the witness. On August 20, 1787, Henry Williams gave a deposition concerning James Greenlee and Jesse, also named in the deposition were Robert Johnston (probably the same Robert Johnson mentioned in earlier case) and John Cooper.

Later that year Henry Williams and John (?) McDowell were Jesse’s witnesses against James Greenlee. His final appearance in court records was a case scheduled for April 1789. This time it was the State versus Jesse. I found no further records of this case, or of Jesse in any North Carolina record after that. He had contracted for 200 acres on Cane Creek. Then he turned it over to Elizabeth Birchfield. I do not know who wound up holding it. It appears that James Greenlee was disputing the claim. It would appear that Jesse left North Carolina when the state brought charges against along with his friend Henry Williams. On January 1, 1789, Jesse witnesses a deed for John McMurrin to William Rousau in Richmond County, Georgia. He witnessed another deed in Hancock County in 1790. Then there was no trace of him until he showed up on a Warren County, Georgia tax list in 1794.

The spelling (from Georgia archives) is Burgin. He is taxed for 75 acres, on White’s Creek in Captain Steel’s district. He lists Childrea and Williams as joining him. On this same tax list Henry Williams and Thomas Childrea are joining him. Childrea listed Burgamy and Williams as joining him. On July 24 of that year Jesse witnessed another deed in Warren County. This time for Jeremiah Duckworth of Warren County to Jacob Duckworth of Hancock County and in September 1 yet another deed. This time Henry Williams was also a witness Lightfoot Williams of Columbia County, Georgia bought land from Cornelius McCardeon of Wilkes County. In 1796 he was listed in the tax digest of Hancock County, Georgia.

His next appearance was February 12, 1800, in Warren County Georgia when he witnessed a deed for John Watson of Columbia County to Robert Stanford of Warren County for 75 acres on White’s Creek in Warren County (remember Jesse was listed in the tax digest of 1794 with 75 acres on White’s Creek). John Watson and Robert Stanford have close ties to Daniel Burgin and Joseph McGee (Daniel's father-in-law as you will see further on under Daniel). Jesse served in the military in Columbia County He was a private in Captain Samson Steel district serving from March 28, 1793, until September 20, 1794.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995" "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGF-82N2 : 12 February 2020), Jesse Burgin, 1753.
2. ↑ Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, Page 186, Database GA 1792-1819 Tax Lists Index
3. ↑ Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892
4. ↑ Silvers, Peggy. “Echoes in the Mist”, Nebo, North Carolina, 1989, Page 17
5. ↑ Silvers, Peggy. “Echoes in the Mist”, Nebo, North Carolina, 1989, Pages 358-359

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Burgin-177 created through the import of HHenderson Family Tree.ged dated Jul 24, 2011 by Herb Henderson.