William
Bennett
Burns
Born in Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Nancy Hannah (Burns) Wilhite and William Martin Burns
Husband of
Amy (Wallis) Burns
— married
21 Apr 1821 in Lawrence County TN
Descendants 
Died after
after age 60
in Arkansas or Mississippi
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Feb 2016
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Biography
Company H Roster
William Burns served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: June 15 1861
Mustered out: Feb 10 1863
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
Enlisted: June 15 1861
Mustered out: Feb 10 1863
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
Enlisted age 57 Capt. Reids Company Arkansas Infantry, Tyro Ark. Mustered Lynchburg Virginia, 5 July 1861. Designated Company H.
- July-Aug 1861 - Present.
- 10 Feb 1862 - Discharged. Age and infirmary. Bounty and pay due.
Tishomingo County MS Census 1850
- Household # 153
- William B Burns M 48 Geo
- Anny Burns F 48 Tenn
- Martha Burns F 18 Tenn
- Isham L Burns M 17 Ala
- Elizabeth Burns F 15 Ala
- Mildred M Burns F 13 Tenn
- Mathew J Burns M 11 Miss
- Nancy Burns F 7 Miss[2]
Children
- Bennett Washington b: 1822 in Lawrence County, Tennessee
- John R Burns b: 1823 in Tenn
- Martha Burns b: 1832 in Tenn
- Isham L b: 1833 in Ala
- Elizabeth b: MAR 1835 in Ala
- Mildred M b: 1837 in Tenn
- Mathew James b: 9 NOV 1839 in Miss
- Nancy b: 1843 in Miss
Sources
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3WF1-32K : accessed 2016-01-14), entry for William Bennett /Burns/.
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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 Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Bill Burns
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 46 markers, haplogroup R1b
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~3.12%
Dovie (Burns) Thompson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LZ1198163 [compare]
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~1.56%
Kenneth Isbell :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Jake Hibbard :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Ashley Calaway :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Thesmashley
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