Walter Burris (abt. 1765 - 1839)

Born about 1765 in South Carolina [uncertain]

Husband of Unknown Unknown — married about 1785 in Laurens county, South Carolina [uncertain]

Husband of Lydia (Barnes) Burris — married 28 May 1807 in Clark co., Kentucky

Descendants

Died 1839 at about age 74 in Jackson, Missouri, United States

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Basic Biography

Walter was born 1761-1770 (per Census) probably about 1765 likely in South Carolina. New research places his family in Laurens County, South Carolina [then South Carolina Colony] as early as 1769 but they have not been documented there earlier. More research is need. His likely father William Burrows [Burris] may have been related to a Jacob Burroughs [Burris] of Virginia but that is speculative. A Laurens county, South Carolina Land Memorial entry proves that "William Burrows" is the exact same person as "William Burris". A biography of a great grandson (Luke Burris) states the family name was originally Burroughs (Burrows).

New research in Clark County, Kentucky proves the close association of Walter Burris, David Burris (1770s SC), Isaiah Burris (1776 SC) and Thomas Burris (1770s) and also a close connection to the Box family. David Burris and Isaiah Burris are both known to be from South Carolina and the Box family is from Laurens county, SC.

Walter Burris would have been a farmer which was the dominant occupation at the time. Walter Burris does not appear in any deed records only the Census and his will likely written by his son Henry. Walter Burris was most likely illiterate. His younger brother David appears to have had some proper education because of the various deed records he is part of.

This writer thinks it's possible Walter and David, Thomas, Isaiah were half siblings given their age difference (10 years) and the relative weakness of DNA matching between descendants.

Walter Burris died in late 1839 probably in Jackson County, Missouri where his will was probated. His estate was administered by his son Henry Burris who was a Cass County judge.

Two Walters conflated as one

Many Ancestry trees based on old information and no other facts merge our Missouri Walter Burris with a different Walter Burrus of Albemarle county. This conflation requires the Virginia Walter Burrus leaving an established farm in Albemarle County, Virginia after the 1810 Census, traveling 900 miles with no established roads and by winter 1811 landing in a completely undeveloped location in central Missouri and quickly building a log house with only the tools they brought and trees they can cut. Without alternative information this scenario is possible despite being nonsensical.

Today though, we NOW have a vast amount of new information about both the Virginia Walter and the Missouri Walter which completely debunks this scenario. The new facts definitively prove that these two Walters are in fact separate men who always lived far a part with unique families.

1. The Virginia Walter Burrus lived his entire life in Albemarle county, Virginia (per yearly tax rolls) and died there in April or early May 1836 (per probate records). His wives were Mary Lively (md. 1787) and Lucy Shekell (md. 1819). This Walter NEVER in fact left Albemarle County, Virginia.

2. The Missouri Walter Burris is now proven to have been a resident of Clark county, Kentucky from 1800 [1796] to 1808. This Burris family migrated to Kentucky from Laurens County, South Carolina in or about the mid 1790s.

These Walters were literally two different men with two different families living very far apart. Apparently no known researcher attempted to research them independently to see if they could be found before and after 1810/1811 in the same or different places which would disprove the conflation. New research in 2015 definitively proved they were different men.

Commonly repeated misinformation

Walter Burris - Birth: Abt 1765 in Virginia

No. Walter was likely born in South Carolina. The Albemarle County, Virginia Walter Burrus was a different man who never left Virginia and died there around April 1836 a full three and half years before our Walter Burris died in Missouri.

Our Burris family was in Laurens County, South Carolina as early as 1769 when William Burris [aka William Burrows] received a land grant. The Albemarle County, Virginia Burris family is unrelated (at this point) and there is no reason to conflate the two obviously different Walters because it just creates serious NEW problems it doesn't actually resolve anything.

Walter Burris' first wife was Mary Lively

No. Because previous researchers didn't realize there were two different Walter Burris living around the same time they believed the Walter Burris seen in Boonville, Missouri in 1811 was the same Walter Burrus living in Albemarle County, Virginia in 1810 and before. Apparently no one attempted to research either of them further to see if there was negative evidence for this assumption such as either them being documented in the same place before and after which would have instantly disproven they were the same person. This then led to people to believe Walter's older children were by Mary Lively (of Albemarle County, Virginia.) and that the younger children were by his second wife Lydia "Cole" [actually Barnes]. The division of the first and second wives was drawn between children Mary Burris (1814) and Thomas Burris (1816) because of a misinterpretation of his 1836 will.

Walter's actual first wife and mother of John and Henry is still unknown. At the time the South Carolina Colony did not require marriages to be recorded in the courthouse. Researchers might consult the court records for references to a possible dower for his wife BUT Colonial research is very difficult.

Walter Burris - Death: 17 Dec 1839 in Cole County, Missouri

No. Walter died in late 1839 in Jackson county, Missouri. Walter's exact death date is UNKNOWN and there is NO record that states it. People keep repeating a fictitious death date. The two dates repeated are probably the dates of probate court filings. The existing probate file contains no date of death. There is NO legitimate reason a specific death date should be repeated in trees.

Earliest research (1990s and before)

The earliest research in Missouri indicated that Walter Burris had a close connection to David Burris (1770s-1849+) and Thomas Burris (1770s-1845+). Walter and David were pioneers of Boonville, Missouri. The "History of Cooper County, Missouri" 1919 tells us "In the latter part of the year 1811 some more adventurous spirits moved to the south side of the river and began to settle around and near the present site of Boonville. They were Joseph Jolly, Joseph Yarnell, Gilliard Rupe, Mike [Muke] Box, Delaney Bolin, William Savage, John Savage, Walter and David Burriss and families. They settled near one another, so that in time of danger they could readily gather at one place."

Eventually both Walter Burris and David Burris migrated west to Jackson County, Missouri. Walter's son Henry Burris became a judge in neighboring Cass [Van Buren] County, Missouri. Henry was later named as the Executor in the will of Thomas Burris (1770s-1845+) but it appears both Thomas and Henry died shortly after. It was known that several of Walter, David and Thomas' offspring were associated with each other in Parker, Wise and Collin counties, Texas. Because of their similar ages, residences and interconnections they were assumed to have been brothers.

David Burris' son Mastin Burris (1812-1888) had a biography printed in "History of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri" published 1883. In the biography we learn his father David Burris was from South Carolina and he married Eleanor [Ellender] Lackey in 1808 in Madison County, Kentucky. The book also tells us that Mastin Burris [misprinted as Martin] was a "cousin" of Henry Burris. This Henry could only be Walter Burris' own son Henry Burris who was a Cass County judge. Taken at face value this identifies Walter Burris and David Burris as brothers. confirms their close connection as pioneers of Boonville, Missouri in late 1811. Walter's 2nd oldest daughter Nancy Vernon was born in 1809 in Kentucky per four consecutive census records. Many trees inexplicably give her a birth year of around 1795.

So, right from the beginning without speculation or conflation we have evidence of a South Carolina origin and an 1808-1809 Kentucky residence for both Walter and David.

Keeping them together as possible siblings should be have been the basis of any investigation and any new timeline should have included all of them together. Unfortunately later researchers did not do this and gave them all totally different parents and origins and conflated them with similar named men. Our Walter Burris was conflated with a Walter Burrus of Virginia. David Burris was conflated with a different David Burris of Surry County, North Carolina. Thomas Burris was conflated with a different Thomas Burris born in Orange County, Virginia but also lived in Clark County, Kentucky [tax rolls sort them out]. New research in 2015 in Clark County, Kentucky added a new likely brother Isaiah Burris (1776-1850+). Isaiah eventually also moved west to Cass County, Missouri per the 1848 tax roll and the 1850 Federal Census.

In 2017 Y-DNA evidence from male-line descendants confirmed that Walter, David and Isaiah indeed share paternal ancestry. They all had the same Y-DNA haplogroup of R-BY65736.

1790 Federal Census

The 1790 Federal Census records not one but TWO Walter Burris, one in Virginia (not our Walter) and one in South Carolina (our Walter)

1790 Federal census, South Carolina, Laurens County, page 431, line 30

William Burress, head of house, [surname mis-transcribed as "Burick" on Ancestry]

4 males aged 16 and up,

2 males aged under 16 years,

7 females

1790 Federal census, South Carolina, Laurens County, page 431, line 31

Walter Burress, head of house,

1 male aged 16 and up [Walter Burris],

2 males aged under 16 years [Henry? and John?],

1 female [unknown wife]

The two other Burris men who can be directly associated with Walter Burris and were likely his younger brothers, David Burris and Isaiah Burris, are both known to be born in South Carolina. David's son Mastin had a biography in the 1880s and he states his father David was from South Carolina. Isaiah lived long enough to be recorded in the 1850 Federal Census and that entry says he was born in South Carolina. Walter's son Henry was born about 1790 (average of 1830 and 1840) and Henry's son William Burris said his father was born in South Carolina per the 1880 census. Taken at face value that means Henry was born about 1790 in South Carolina.

The existing evidence indicates this Burris family was from South Carolina verifying the 1790 Census listing above. The 1790 Census was an important lead that was missed or just disregarded by previous researchers. New research has now validated the Laurens County, South Carolina connection.

Kentucky migration

In late 1795 William Burris (wife Rachel) sell land in Laurens County, South Carolina. Around that same time William Burris gives David Burris (son) power-of-attorney to handle his land in Laurens County. William Burris also had land in Cumberland County, Kentucky which David handled.

In 1796 we see William Burrows [aka William Burris] recorded in the Clark County, Kentucky tax roll. The next person listed in the tax roll was James Box who was a neighbor back in Laurens County, South Carolina. The tax roll reveals they paid taxes on the same day which indicates proximity. Because the tax ledger was loosely alphabetical (page for each surname letter) each person the tax collector visited their name was put on an appropriate page with the collection dated noted. Rearranging the tax roll by collection date let's us reconstruct the tax collector's path and figure out who was living close to each other. The proximity of the Burris family and the Box family is confirmed with a later court order for road work.

The Box family is also important to the Burris story. When James Box died in early 1808 it was Isaiah Burris (Walter's brother) and David Green who witnesses the recording of his will in the new Estill County, courthouse. The Box family also migrated with the Burris family to Loutre Island, Missouri around 1809. James Box's son Muke Box (born 1790s) is also directly associated with Walter Burris in 1814 and 1815. All these people knew each other intimately. Is there a familial connection? Was Mary Box a Burris sister?

1800 Walter Burris and Isaiah Burris

An 1800 marriage bond for Thomas Burgin [Burgan] to Nancy Owens [Oings] filed in neighboring Madison County lists Walter Burris and Isaiah Burris as a surety and a witnesses. Isaiah was witness for the consent of Nancy's mother Prudence Oings [not Owens]. It was common for people to get a bond in a neighboring county if it was easier travelling. This is the earliest record of Walter Burris in Kentucky and directly ties him with Isiah Burris. Note that the Oings family is yet another Laurens County, South Carolina connection. In 1830 we see a John Burgin (b. 1810) living next to David Burris in Jackson County, Missouri. Fast forward to 1860 and we have John Burgin again next to David Burris (son of Henry Burris, grandson of Walter) in Tulare County, California. Is there a familial connection? Was Prudence Oings a Burris sister?

Thomas Burris

From that initial research (1990s) until the new research (2015) it was NOT known where the other brother Thomas resided before appearing Cass County, Missouri by the mid 1840s when he made a will. It was also NOT known the first names of the husbands of his three eldest daughters or where/when they married. We only had the married names from Thomas' will. Eventually though as new research finally proved where Thomas Burris lived before Missouri the marriage records were discovered.

The revealed timeline is that Thomas Burris stayed behind in Clark County, Kentucky after Walter and David Burris migrated to Missouri in 1809/1810. He lived in southern part of Clark County that was cut off to make part of the new Estill County, Kentucky in early 1808. Consequently after 1807 we find Thomas Burris listed in Estill County in the tax rolls and on the the 1830 Census. In late 1830 he sells his 50 acres and his entire family moves to Cass County, Missouri exactly where the others lived. The "History of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri" even specifically mentions three sons-in-laws as new residents of Grand River Township arriving 1830-1832.

This Thomas Burris should not be confused with Thomas Burris Sr and Thomas Burris Sr (Orange County, VA line) who lived more north in Clark County and had land along 2 Mile Creek, 4 Mile Creek and Stoner Creek.

Clark County, Kentucky Tax Rolls

While all the Burris men appear in the Clark County and neighboring Madison County tax rolls at some point there never all appear at the same time in the same roll. In Clark County they had no land to be taxed but were taxed on horses. This may indicate they were sharing a farm or working a farm owned by someone else. Were the working the James Box plantation nearby with one or two horses and alternated paying the taxes on it? This would explain the spotty tax roll appearances in Clark County.

It appears David may have stayed behind a few years in Laurens County, South Carolina before finally fully moving to Clark County, Kentucky to join the others. In 1808 the southern part of Clark County was cut off and incorporated into the new Estill County. After that brother Thomas Burris is listed as a resident of Estill County because the borders changed.

An Estill County, Kentucky court order dated 17 July 1809 says "Isaiah Burress surveyor of road from Flatwood's Meeting House to the Red River Ironworks to cross road of the Woodward's Creek near Widow Boxes..." This court order puts Isaiah Burris within proximity to "Widow Box" [Mary], widow of James. Google maps shows a Woodward Creek and Ironworks Road north of Ravenna, Estill County, Kentucky.

On 25 Sep 1830 Thomas Burris sells his 50 acres lying south side of the south fork of the Kentucky River to Thomas McQueen and moves to Cass County, Missouri. Did Thomas own the original Burris land? Can this 50 acres be traced to a modern tract?

1801, 1807, 1808 Clark County, Kentucky Marriages

Clark county, Kentucky marriage bonds [LDS file of typed doc]:

Walter Barnes [Burrus] to Lidia Barnes, April 27, 1807, surety William Barnes

Clark county, Kentucky marriages (Ancestry):

Name:Walter Burns [Burrus]

Marriage Date:28 May 1807

Marriage Place:Clark, Kentucky, USA [borders Madison county]

Spouse: Lulia [Lidia] Barnes

Previous researchers assumed Walter and Lydia must have been married after 1814 in Missouri but a marriage record supporting this was never found despite good marriage records still existing for this time and area. Because of this assumption no one had followed the actual evidence for their marriage which indicated they were married in Kentucky before 1810 because their oldest daughter Nancy was born in 1809 in Kentucky (per four consecutive census records). In 2015 this writer simply searched the Ancestry marriage database looking for marriage of a Walter Bur* to any Lydia. The wildcard search method was used because "Burris" often gets mistranscribed as Burns or other.

This search quickly produced a marriage record of a Walter "Burns" to a Lidia Barnes in 1807 in Clark County, Kentucky. This was interesting because for decades it was already known that Walter's presumed brother David Burris married Elender "Nelly" Lackey in Dec 1808 in neighboring Madison County. Walter and David were always know to have be closely related because they were part of the small group that first landed at what became Boonville, Missouri in 1811/1812. Having both Walter and David marrying and residing in the same area at the same time was a huge discovery.

To verify the actual marriage record this writer then made a trip to the genealogical section of the Fort Worth Library to look at the published transcript of Clark County marriages which indeed had the names correctly as Walter Burris and Lidia Barnes. Finding Walter and Lydia's marriage when and where predicted was a validation the new research was on the correct path. Also Walter's brother Thomas Burris married Margaret "Peggy" Tincher on 12 Nov 1801 in Clark County, Kentucky and Isaiah Burris married Rachel Barker on 22 Oct 1801 in Clark County, Kentucky. At this point we now have all the Burris brothers documented in Clark County, Kentucky [not Virginia] from at least 1800 to 1808 Previous to this new data no one knew where they resided before Missouri. David's 1808 marriage in Clark County, Kentucky was not just a random stop on the way to Missouri from wherever.

Currently it's not known when or where Walter's still unknown first wife died (if not divorced). Descendants of Henry Burris may have to use extensive DNA research to figure out who she was. David's marriage to Nelly Lackey was his second marriage. His first wife Mary is seen later with his older children in Texas. In South Carolinia divorce was not legal so they would have needed to travel to a border state to get a divorce. There should be a court record somewhere.

1809 Missouri migration

Between June 1809 and July 1810 Walter Burris and David Burris migrated from Clark County, Kentucky to the Loutre Island community of Montgomery, County Missouri. This is proven by the fact that David Burris last taxed in Clark County in June 1809 and in July 1810 there was some sort of altercation between David Burris, Nelly Burris and John Snethen with charges being filed in the St Charles County Missouri Court. Mary Box (a close neighbor back in Clark County, KY) was called as a witness. It's possible they all migrated together with the Thorp family who migrated between Aug and Sept 1809.

In winter 1811 (late 1811/early 1812) Walter Burris and David Burris settled in what would become Boonville, Missouri. They were part of the original dozen or so families to move to the south side of the Missouri River. It's not known if they came straight from the Loutre Island community or were already living on the north side or the river.

The obituary of a great grandson gives Walter Burris the credit for building the first house in Boonville, Missouri.

1814 Indian troubles

14 Dec 1814 "... Samuel McMahan, who had been staying in McLain's Fort since Indians had burned McMahan's Fort, was on his way to Cole's Fort to drive up some cattle which he had corralled there. He chanced upon a group of pioneers, including Muke Box, Walter Burriss and Gilead Rupe who were cutting a bee tree beside the trail, less than three miles from Cole's Fort. It was supposed afterwards that savages were sneaking up on these settlers, when McMahan came riding along. Instead of attacking the bee hunters, they fired on McMahan. He was shot through the body and his horse was killed. McMahan jumped up and ran towards the river, but redskins overtook him and killed him with three spear thrusts in his back. Then, they scalped him, cut off his head and disemboweled the body.

Hearing gunfire, Rupe and Burriss ran to Fort Cole and gave the alarm. Box climbed a tree and shot one of the murderers as they were returning — in great glee — with McMahan's scalp. Greatly confused, the savages caught up their companion's body and bore it away, limp and lifeless. It was found later in a ravine, a mile away.

The next day, men of Cole's Fort, reinforced by some militia, went out and retrieved McMahan's mangled remains. James Cole, then a boy of 14, carried the body on the pommel of his saddle, and David McGee brought the head, wrapped in a sheepskin..."

[Quoted from "Tales of Black Hawk the Red Head and Missouri Rangers" by Perkin 1974.]

Muke Box was the son of the Mary Box (widow of James) who was called as a witness in 1810 in the David Burris and John Snethen case. In 1815 Muke Box testified for Walter Burris in his Indian Depredations claim. David McGee and Samuel McMahan were also associates from Clark County, Kentucky. When James Box died in early 1808 his will was filed in the newly established Estill County (previously part of southern Clark County) and Isaiah Burris and David McGee witnessed the filing. So, all these people knew each other back in Clark County, Kentucky. David McGee and Samuel McMahan were brothers-in-law.

1830 Federal Census

1830 MO, Cole county, p 194, line 9

Walter Burriss head of house

1 males aged 5-9 [Walter Jr]

2 males aged 10-14 [Zachariah 10, Thomas 14]

1 male aged 60-69 [Walter]

1 female aged 5-9 [Prudence 6]

1 female aged 10-14 [Rachel 12]

1 female aged 15-19 [Mary 16-17]

1 females aged 20-29 [Rebecca 19-22]

1 female 40-49 [Lydia 40]

This may have been in what is now Moniteau County, Misosuri. The Ancestry transcription was done from a very faded copy of the microfilm and is missing two females.

1840 Federal Census

1840 MO census, Jackson co., p 63

Lydia Burris, head of house

1 male 15-19 [Walter Jr 15]

1 male 20-29 [Zachariah 22]

1 female 40-49 [Lydia 49+]

1850 Federal Census

1850 MO census, DeKalb co., p 431

Lidia Burris, 60, born SC

Walter B Green, 15, born MO [grandson]

Walter's Will

Walter Burris' will, dated 3 Oct 1836, and filed in Jackson Co., MO, reads as follows:^[1]

In the name of God Amen

1st I will and desire that my wife, Lydia Burriss, should she outlive me, have all and every species of property of any description whatsoever of which I may die seized during her natural life or widowhood after the payment of all my Just debts, and at her death or marriage, to be equally divided between my five children, Thomas Burriss, Rachel Burriss, Zechariah Burriss, Prudence Burriss, and Walter Burriss, the children of my wife Lydia.

2nd As I have given to each my children Henry Burriss, Rebecca Green, Nancy Vernon, William B. Burriss, Alice Crabtree, Polly Crabtree when they were married and left me all I intend for them, and as much as will fall to my other children I will and bequeath that they receive nothing more of my estate, but that it be disposed of to my wife Lydia, and my children Thomas, Rachel, Zachariah, Prudence and Walter Burriss as above stated.

3rd I hereby nominate constitute and appoint my son Henry Burriss, Executor of this my Last Will and Testament and desire that he see the Conditions of this my Last Will and testament fully executed.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this 3rd day of October AD 1836.

Will mis-interpretation

Previously many assumed that because Walter places his children in two paragraphs he is saying one group is by Lydia and the other is by a different wife. Actually Walter is simply dividing his children between the older married children who left the house and the younger dependent children still at home. He mentions his wife to solidify that she is an heir as well and related to the children he's wanting to give to. This leaves no doubt who the intended heirs are. It was not meant to be a statement of who was NOT the mother of the older children.

Clark County, Kentucky marriage records give us Walter Burris and Lydia Barnes' actual marriage record from May 1807. Walter Burris is proven to have been living in Clark County, Kentucky from 1800 [1796] to 1808.

With Mitochondrial DNA testing it's now possible to prove if the older children in Walter's will have a different maternal line than the younger children in his will...

Mitochondrial DNA

In early 2019 Mitochondrial haplogroup DNA testing proved that female-line descendants of daughters Mary (older group) and Prudence (younger group) in fact have the same Mitochondrial DNA. That means they share a maternal line ancestor in this case Lydia Barnes (1789), assumed daughter of Zachariah Barnes. There is NO difference in the maternal lineage of Walter children's except the much older John (est. 1788) and Henry (c. 1790) who were about the same age as Lydia.

The two tester's haplogroup was K1a15. This would be Lydia Burris' Mitochondrial haplogroup also. Haplogroup K1a15 is dominant in Ireland and Scotland and certainly not a Native American haplogroup.

Autosomal DNA testing has also now shown that Walter Burris descendants heavily DNA match to Zachariah Barnes descendants. Zachariah Barnes was another resident of Clark County, Kentucky at the same time Walter Burris was there. Currently it's believed Lydia was Zachariah's daughter by an earlier still unknown wife (so not Hannah Hatton).

The two testers matched using the "Full Mitochondrial Sequence" and according to the FamilyTreeDNA website such a match indicates there is a 50% chance the common ancestor was within 5 generations (125 years) and a 95% chance the common ancestor was within 22 generations (550 years).

Walter's correct children

Marriage 1 unknown wife md. 1780s Laurens Co., SC.

1. John Burris b: Est. 1788 in Laurens County, SC.
2. Henry Burris b: c. 1790 in Laurens County, SC.

Marriage 2 Lydia Barnes (born c. 1789) md. 28 MAY 1807 Clark Co., KY.

1. Rebecca Burris born 1808-1810 in Clark County, KY
2. Nancy Burris born 1809 in Clark County, KY
3. Alice Burris born 1810-1815 in MO
4. William B Burris born 1811 in MO
5. Mary Burris born 1814 in Howard co.?, MO
6. Thomas Burris born c. 1816 in Cole County, MO
7. Rachel Burris born c. 1818 in MO
8. Zachariah Burris born c. 1820 in MO
9. Prudence Burris born 1822-1824 in MO
10. Walter Burris born c. 1825 in MO

Children LINKED on Find-a-Grave

1. Henry Burris (1790 - 1847)*
2. Nancy Burris Vernon (1809 - 1880+)*
3. Mary Polly Burris Williams (1813 - 1892)*
4. Thomas Burris (1816 - 1897)*
5. Prudence Burris Flanery (1824 - 1870)*
6. Walter Burris (1825 - 1864)*

Burial:Unknown

1. There was a Delaney Burris was born 29 Feb 1818 and died Feb 1834 who was buried in the Union Baptist cemetery, Cass County, Missouri which is 2 miles east of Henry Burris' land. There might be other members the Burris family buried there.

Created by: Lance Hall

Record added: Feb 29, 2016

Find A Grave Memorial# 158739043

Sources

1. Walter's will recorded Oct. 3, 1836 wit: John Swearingen, Joseph Bradin. Will probated 1839.
2. rootsweb TREE
3. 1830 Missouri census (listed above)
4. Find A Grave: Memorial #158739043
5. Walter Burris (Burrus) of South Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri
6. David Burris of South Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri
7. Thomas Burris of Estill county, Kentucky
8. Burris and Vernon notes

1. ↑ Walter's will recorded Oct. 3, 1836 wit: John Swearingen, Joseph Bradin. Will probated 1839.