William H. Burress (abt. 1832 - aft. 1883)

Born about 1832 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Elizabeth (Pack) Burress — married 10 May 1860 in Tazewell County, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1883 after about age 51 in Tazewell County, Virginia

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Biography

Billy Burress served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1864
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 36th Cavalry Battalion

William was born in 1832. He married Sarah E Pack in 1860^[1][2]. He served in the Thirty-Sixth and Thirty-Seventh Cavalry Battalions for the Confederacy in the United States Civil War^[3]. He passed away in 1883.

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3M-M3N : 29 January 2020), Wm H. Burrip, 1860.
2. ↑ "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DDXS-Y2W2 : 27 October 2020), Wm H Barnap, 10 May 1860; citing Marriage Registration, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
3. ↑ "Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3H7-3DT : 5 December 2014), William H Burress, 1864; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Thirty-sixth Battalion AND Thirty-seventh Battalion, Cavalry (Dunn's Battalion, Partisan Rangers), NARA microfilm publication M324 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 195.

See also

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DT-ST3 : 23 December 2020), Wm Burress in household of Jas Burress, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGD-L4H : 29 May 2021), William Burrass, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRC-T4V : 20 February 2021), William H Burriss, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 90, sheet 278C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,393.

Acknowledgements

First-hand information as remembered by Michelle Burress, Sunday, January 5, 2014.

Unsourced family tree handed down to Barbara Harmon.