William was born in 1816 in White, Tennessee. He was the son of Thomas Burgess and Mary Hunter. He enlisted in the Army at the age of 19. It is unclear when, but he moved to Washington, Arkansas or if he was serving in the military here, but it is where he passed away in 1843 at the young age of 27. It is believed he never married or had children.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: