William B. Burford Sr. (abt. 1733 - abt. 1796)

Born about 1733 in King William, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Grissell (Clements) Burford — married about 1755 in Louisa County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 25 Oct 1796 at about age 63 in Greene, Georgia, United States

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Biography

William Burford born ca 1735 married Grissel Clement in 1756^[1]

Name: William Burford Gender: Male Birth Place: VA Birth Year: 1725 Spouse Name: Grissell Clements Spouse Birth Year: 1725

Burford, William Greene County, 1789, GRESHAM District

William Burford Number 66 District: TWELFTH DISTRICT, SECOND SECTION, CHEROKEE Residence: Berry's County: Butts Comment: revolutionary soldier.; granted previous to the first day of January, 1838

Note: See comments pertaining to this information in the Sources section. This is very likely a misattribution to William Burford, Sr; the land lottery drawing almost certainly was his son's, William, Jr.

William Burford Old Bethel Ch Cem 3 MI N of Jackson, Butts Co GA 33

Will

Abstracted Wills of Greene Co., GA.

• WILLIAM BURFORD 4/2/1795:9/4/1797, p. 31 33.
• Wife: Grissel. Sons: Daniel, Mitchell, Leonard. Daus: Nancy Comer, Lucy Brassfield, Agatha Peek, Christian Stephens. Exrs: Friends, William, Daniel, Solomon, Mitchell and Leonard Burford.
• Wits: William Daniel, William Dobbins, John Sanders..

Will of William Burford. Greene Co., GA, WB 2, pp. 31-33, w. 7 Apr 1795, p. 25 Sep 1798. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://preview.tinyurl.com/r5fpfnx

wife Grissel Burford
daughter Nancy Comer
sons Solomon Burford, Mitchell Burford and Leonard Burford
son Daniel Burford
daughter Lucy Brassfield
my five sons namely William Burford, Daniel Burford, Solomon Burford, Mitchell Burford & Leonard Burford
daughter Aggatha Peek
heirs of my daughter Christian Stephens decd.
Exrs: my trusty friends William Burford, Daniel Burford, Solomon Burford, Mitchell Burford & Leonard Burford
Wit: Wm Daniell, William Dobbins, John Sanders

4 Sep 1797 - The probate was objected and a caveat entered by Ellis West, John Comer, Peek & William Browning.
Undated - The jury found that William Burford was of sound mind & judgement at the time the will was executed and they “established” the will. s/ Jas. Nisbet, foreman.

Notes

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180005906 William Burford, Sr Birth 1733 King William County, Virginia, USA Death 25 Oct 1796 (aged 62–63) Greene County, Georgia, USA Burial Burford Family Cemetery Greene County, Georgia, USA

William married Grissell Clements about 1755 Louisa county Virginia.

Parents Daniel Burford Sarah Miles Burford 1684–1756 1688–1762 Siblings John Burford 1710–1766 Miles Burford 1712–1794 Daniel Burford 1714–1787 Susanna Burford 1717 – unknown Luke Burford 1722–1758 Phillip Burford 1723–1796 Elizabeth Burford 1725–1761 Sarah Burford 1735 – unknown

Children William Burford 1757–1841 Solomon Marion Burford 1763–1837

William was born about 1733 in King William County, Virginia. He was the son of Daniel Burford and Sarah Miles.^[2]

Marriage

William married Grissell Clements about 1755 Louisa county Virginia.^[2]

Death

William died 25 Oct 1796 (aged 62–63) in Greene County, Georgia, and is buried in the Burford Family Cemetery in Greene County, Georgia.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 January 2024), memorial page for William Burford Sr (1733–25 Oct 1796), Find A Grave: Memorial #180005906, citing Burford Family Cemetery, Greene County, Georgia, USA; maintained by Larry Burford (contributor 47136206).

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 27 January 2024), "Record of William Burford", Ancestor # A017177.

• Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832

Note: This reference citation, which appears on many internet family trees, is likely in error. The Georgia Land Lottery was first held in 1805 and ceased in 1833. The record often cited is the drawing of 1832 as follows: "Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832," database, Original data: Smith, James F. The Cherokee Land Lottery, Containing a Numerical List of the Names of the Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery. New York, USA: 1838, Ancestry Record 4242 #5259 (accessed 26 January 2024), Name: William Burford; Number: 66; District: Twelfth District, Second Section, Cherokee; Residence: Berry's; County: Butts; Comment: revolutionary soldier; granted previous to the first day of January, 1838.

William B. Burford, Sr, and his wife Grissella were both deceased over three decades by the time of the 1832 land lottery. This reference almost certainly pertains to William B. Burford, Jr, who had settled in Butts County, Georgia, in 1828 and died November 1841. Leaving the information on this profile for informational purposes, and adding the land lottery citation to the profile of William, Jr.

• "Georgia, U.S., Tax Index, 1789-1799," database, Page: 33, Ancestry Record 3467 #1490 (accessed 26 January 2024), Name: William Burford; Year: 1789; Residence Place: Greene County, Georgia, USA; District: Gresham.

• "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992," database with images, Wills, 1798-1914; Author: Georgia. Probate Court (Greene County); Probate Place: Greene, Georgia, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #831277 (accessed 26 January 2024), Will of William Burford of Greene, Georgia, granted probate on 7 Apr 1795. Document images in repository include a cover page and pages 2 through 5 of related papers.

• "Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890," database, Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Virginia Census, 1607-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes, Ancestry Record 3578 #32441674 (accessed 26 January 2024), William Burford in Amherst, Virginia, residence year 1783.

• "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots," database, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 1; Serial: 9787; Volume: 5, Ancestry Record 4110 #8004 (accessed 26 January 2024), William Burford burial in Old Bethel Church Cemetery, located 3 miles north of Jackson, Butts County, Georgia.

• Peyton Clements, of Granville County, NC (c 1715 - 1774); Website: peytonclements.tripod.com/hypotheses_nf.htm

• WikiTree profile Burford-166 created through the import of Martin_Cleaned.ged on Apr 3, 2012 by Donna Drury. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Donna and others.

• https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/4282/miusa1775a_113660-00528?pid=53008&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D4282%26h%3D53008%26ssrc%3Dpt%26tid%3D51356503%26pid%3D13352169807%26usePUB%3Dtrue&ssrc=pt&treeid=51356503&personid=13352169807&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true (Note that this is a possibly broken or deprecated link; it was brought into this profile from a merge conducted in February 2020.)