Barnabas Burch (abt. 1798 - 1862)

Born about 1798 in Surry, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (McConnell) Burch — married 18 Apr 1839 in Scott, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1862 at about age 64 in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States

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Biography

Barnibus was born about 1795 according to the 1860 census but some other sources say 1798, which makes more sense in terms of his father's age. He was the son of James Burch and Salley Gillespie. He passed away in 1862. Buried on the Marvin Cason Farm in an unmarked grave on a fence row. ^{[1] [2]}

Info on his parents:

• Name: James Burch
• Spouse: Sarah Gillespie
• Parents: William Burch, Mary
• Birth Place: Surry Co, NC
• Birth Date: 14 Oct 1777
• Marriage Place: Surry Co, NC
• Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1801
• Death Place: Greene Co, IN
• Death Date: 14 Dec 1855 ^[3]

Barnibus was the son of James Burch and Sarah Gillespie; he married (2) Mary McConnel on 18 Apr 1839 in Scott Co., IL; they had the following children: David Austin Burch b: 1840 in Missouri; Elizabeth Ann Burch b: 16 AUG 1842 in Neosha, Missouri; Catharine Burch b: 1844 in Missouri; Rosetta Burch b: 1846 in Missouri; Lynetta Burch b: 1848 in Missouri; Elzetta Burch b: 1850 in Missouri; Lucinda Burch b: 1851 in Missouri; Angeline Burch b: 1853 in Missouri.

1860 US Census for Hill, Texas:

• Barnabas Birch M 65 North Carolina
• Mary Birch F 51 Indiana
• David A Birch M 20 Missouri
• Elizabeth Birch F 17 Missouri
• Catharine Birch F 15 Missouri
• Rosetta Birch F 13 Missouri
• Lunetta Birch F 11 Missouri
• Elizetta Birch F 9 Missouri
• Lucinda Birch F 8 Missouri
• Angeline Birch F 6 Missouri ^[4]

Barnibus was hanged in the "Great Hanging" at Gainesville, Texas; he had enlisted in the company of volunteers organized in Gainsville on 5/23/1861. Other victims were:

• John Mansill Crisp
• Curd Goss
• David Miller Leffel
• Henry Cockrum
• Rama Edward Dye
• Hudson John Essman
• Henry Field
• Arphaxad Dawson

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John Crisp's relationship to other men who died in the Hangings: John’s niece, Elizabeth Martha Crisp, the daughter of his brother Samuel Crisp, married Hudson John Essman who was hanged by the Citizens Court. Through his mother’s side of the family, the Matthews and Box families, John was connected to the David Miller Leffel family.

Barnabas was born about 1798. He passed away in 1862.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11255043/Barnibus-Burch
2. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/burch/3110/
3. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000; Birth year: 1777; Birth city: Surry Co; Birth state: NC
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFF-TWM : 26 July 2017), Barnabas Birch in entry for N A Mc Phaul, 1860.
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanging_at_Gainesville
6. ↑ https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jig01
7. ↑ http://gainesvilletx1862.blogspot.com/2011/04/barnabus-burch.html

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZC-V8S : 4 April 2020), Barnabas Birch, Hickory county, Hickory, Missouri, United States; citing family 243, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: ...