Samuel Burns
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Samuel William Burns (abt. 1834 - 1911)

Samuel William Burns
Born about in Tennessee, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , and [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 9 Dec 1867 in Jones County, Alabama, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died at about age 77 in Lamar County, Alabama, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Private Samuel Burns served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: November 14 1861
Mustered out: December 31 1861
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 2nd Mississippi and Alabama Calvary Company G

1850 - living with his parents and siblings in Fayette County, Alabama. Age 17; farmer.[1]

1862 - enlisted in Co. G, 2nd Mississippi and Alabama Calvary in October, at Columbus, Mississippi. Discharged at Columbus in August, 1863.[2]

1867 - married Harriet L.Holladay on December 9 in Jones County.[3]

1870 - living in Sanford County, Alabama with Harriet and three children. Age 36; farmer; born in Alabama.[4]

1880 - living in Lamar County, Alabama, with his (second?) wife Hattie, and five children. Age 46; farmer; both parents born in South Carolina.[5]

1900 - living in Lamar County, as a lodger in the household of John & Toby Blalock. Widower, farm laborer. Birthdate given as February 1836.[6]

1911 - Samuel died on April 11, and is buried in Wofford Cemetery, Lamar County, Alabama.[7]

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP1-K91 : 9 November 2014), Lemuel Burns in household of George L Burns, Fayette county, Fayette, Alabama, United States; citing family 733, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Original data: Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2M-G5S : 7 June 2019), Samuel W Burns, 1870.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JG-5RX : 13 August 2019), Samuel Burns, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 130, sheet 585D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0017; FHL microfilm 1,254,017.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DS-NDN : accessed 28 December 2020), Samuel W Burns in household of John R Blalock, Precinct 9, Moscow Sulligent, Lamar, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 16B, family 264, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,023.
  7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216399807/samuel-william-burns : accessed 27 January 2022), memorial page for Samuel William Burns (unknown–1 Apr 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 216399807, citing Wofford Cemetery, Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by JbrdHolldy (contributor 47229111) .




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Lambert-1995 Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Burns-6164 and Burns-1310 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife, children, birthplace, residences.
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