Walter
Burris
Born in Albermarle Co Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of William Burris
and Mary (Burgess) Burris
Brother of
Abel Burriss, Matthew Burriss, William Burriss Sr., Zadock Burriss, Ignatius Burriss, John Burriss, Nathan Burriss and Ephraim Burriss
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died before
before age 76
in Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Mar 2018
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Biography
Walter was born about 1768.
Walter married Mary Lively in 1787. Walter was under 21 and needed consent from his father John Burris. Mary died sometime between 1810 and 1819.
Walter remarried to Lucy Shekell on 1 April 1819. Lucy's father Cephas Shekell gave bond.
Walter passed away in early 1836 in Albemarle County, Virginia. He was NOT the Walter Burris that died three years later in Missouri.
Sources
- Virginia, Albemarle County, Tax Rolls 1800-1835.
- 1805 Virginia, Albemarle County, Deeds. - Deed Book 15, Page 87, Robert and Judith Burrus and Walter Burrus and wife Mary sold to Charles Lany 63 acres for $200. "Located on Buck Island Creek, part of a larger tract where Walter Burrus now lives."
- 1810 Federal Census, Albemarle County, St Anne's Parish. - Walter Burrus head of house, 1 male 0-9, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44 [Walter 1766-1784], 3 females 0-9 [Amanda 9?, Matilda 7, Eliza 3] , 1 female 16-25 [Mourning 21, Mary 22], 2 females 26-44 [Mary ?]. The Ancestry transcription is wrong.
- Virginia, Albemarle County, Marriages - Walter Burris married Lucy Shekell.
- 1820 Federal Census, Albemarle County. - Walter Burrus head of house, 1 male 0-9 [?], 1 male 45 and over [Walter], 2 females 10-15 [Eliza 13,? ], 1 female 16-25 [Amanda 16-19], 1 female 26-44 [Lucy]. Living next to father-in-law Cephas Shickles.
- 1830 Federal Census, Albemarle County. - Walter Burrus head of house, 1 male 50-59 [Walter], 2 females 5-9 [Julia 5, Mariah 9], 1 female 10-14 [?], 1 female 40-49 [Lucy]
- Virginia, Albemarle County, Probates
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter 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 Walter:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter 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 Walter:
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~1.56%
Doris (King) Leger
:
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T977647 [compare]
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~0.78%
Justin Burrows :
23andMe, GEDmatch M248359 [compare]
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~0.78%
William Bate :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Loretta (Leger) Corbin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A124004 [compare], Ancestry member loretta_corbin
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A124004 [compare], FTDNA kit #B62233
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~0.78%
Ed Thurman :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T953540 [compare], FTDNA kit #10692
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Walter is 16 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 25 degrees from Carl Sagan, 23 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 31 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 23 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 21 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 14 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 20 degrees from Isaac Newton, 27 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 24 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 16 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
1. Walter Burrus Jr, The 1815 tax roll lists a second male over 16 years (1814 just had one male, Walter) indicating a male became 16 years old in 1815. [Added to this family because of same name and residence in 1824 in Hart county, Kentucky. Other family members were in Hart county at the same time]
2. Mary Jane "Polly" Burrus was born about 1788 in Albemarle county, Virginia. She married David Durham on 19 March 1817 in Albemarle county, Virginia. Mary died after 1870 probably in Albemarle county, Virginia.
3. Mourning Burrus was born 10 Jan 1789 in Albemarle county, Virginia. She married John Durham on 28 Jan 1811 in Albemarle county, Virginia. They moved to Hart county, Kentucky by 1820.
4. Agnes Ann R. Burrus was born about 1790 in Albemarle county, Virginia. She married Thomas M Gillock on 29 Sep 1808 in Albemarle county, Virginia. They moved to Martin county, Indiana.
5. Nancy Burrus was born about 1790 in Albemarle county, Virginia. She married Robert Gillock on 2 June 1806 in Albemarle county, Virginia. They lived in Barren county, Kentucky; Sangamon county, Illinois; and Lawrence county, Missouri. Nancy died after 1870 probably in Missouri.
6. Matilda Lewis Burrus was born about 1803 in Albemarle county, Virginia. She married William Knight on 23 Dec 1819 in Albemarle co., Virginia They moved to Kentucky by 1827 and to Hart county, Kentucky by 1830. Matilda died after 1880 probably in Hart county, Kentucky.
7. Amanda Burrus was born 1801 to 1804 in Albemarle county, Virginia. She married Robert Burgess on 24 May 1828 in Albemarle county, Virginia.
8. Eliza Burrus was born about 1807 [estimated] in Albemarle county, Virginia. She married Edmund T Lacey on 26 May 1828 in Albemarle county, Virginia.
Walter gave bond for many of these marriages but one or more may actually be children of Walter's brothers.
edited by Lance Hall
The Walter Burruss who died in Missouri is from South Carolina and was Loyalist Militia roll, Ninety-Six District. The regiment was raised from Laurens county.
If you need more information to show that there are two Walter Burruss just let me know.
There were TWO men about the same age named Walter Burris / Burrus living at the same time but in completely different areas with completely different families and both are fully documented as such.
One Walter Burrus lived his entire life in Albemarle County, Virginia and died there in early 1836. He was married to Mary Lively and Lucy Shekell.
The other Walter Burris started out with his father in Laurens County, South in the 1760s; moved to Clark County, Kentucky 1795/96; and then moved to Missouri about 1809 with his brother David Burris. This Walter died in late 1836 in Jackson County, Missouri. He married to a still unknown woman in the 1780s in Laurens and then remarried to Lydia Barnes on 28 May 1807 in Clark County, Kentucky.
Somehow people have conflated these two different men into one person and since then every Ancestry tree has repeated the same bogus info. Decades ago everyone just ASSUMED the Walter seen in Boonville, MO in 1811 was the same Walter seen in Albemarle County, VA in 1805 and never did any further research. The most basic genealogical research proves they are not the same person. Both men continue to be documented as separate people going forward and backwards in the local records. I have these extensive records in my Ancestry profile for BOTH and the records appears in the hints at Ancestry.
Please my Ancestry Rootsweb site for the extensive research: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~texlance/genealogy/my/burris/index.htm
You can also just Google search the title "Walter Burris (Burrus) of South Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri" to get there.
Lance Hall [email address removed]
If you have more information on this, it would be helpful. We need to sort out who belongs in which family.
1. Walter Burruss married Mary Lively 1 May 1787 in Albemarle County, Virginia Marriage Bond signed by Walter Burruss and Benjamin Lively. 2. 1788 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 3. 1791 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 4. 1792 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 5. 1793 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 6. Albemarle County Virginia Road Orders 11 Sep 1794 - Order Book 1793-1795 Benjamin Lacy Surveyor: Robert Burruss, Walter Burruss, Peter Burruss, Joshua Burruss, Robert Burruss, Jr., Benjamin Lively, Benjamin Lively, Jr.,Shadrack Lively, Joseph Lively 7. 1794 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 8. Albemarle County, Virginia Road Orders 7 Dec 1795 – Order Book 1795-1798 – Samuel Smithson Surveyor: Thomas Burruss, Peter Burruss, Robert Burruss, Walter Burruss, Joshua Burruss, Robert Burruss Jr 9. 1795 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 10. 1796 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 11. 1797 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 12. Albemarle County, Virginia Road Orders 2 Jul 1798 – Order Book 1798-1800 - Benjamin Lacy Surveyor wit: Robert Burruss, Benjamin Lively, Thomas Burruss, Walter Burruss, and Peter Burruss Lively together w/Benjamin Lacy to keep road repair 13. 1798 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 14. Jul 1799 Albemarle County, Virginia - DBK 13 pg 148, 149 and 150 -John Burruss and wife Mary, Walter Burruss and Joshua Burruss Wit: Benjamin Lacy, Cannon Lively and Thomas Burruss 15. 1799 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 16. 1800 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 17. 1801 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 18. 2 Apr 1802 Albemarle County, Virginia - DBK 37 pg 117-118 Joshua Burruss and Walter Burruss 19. 1802 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 20. 1803 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 21. 1804 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 22. Feb 1805 Albemarle County, Virginia - DBK 22 pg 87, 88 Robert Burruss and wife Judith and Walter Burruss and wife Mary Sold land to Charles C Lacy Wit: Stephen Lacy 23. 1805 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 24. 1806 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 25. Robert Gillock and Nancy Burruss married 2 June 1806 Albemarle County, Virginia Marriage Bond – Walter Burruss 26. 1807 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 27. Albemarle County, Virginia Road Orders 4 Dec 1809 Order Book 1808 -1810 28. 1809 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 29. 1810 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 30. 1810 Census Albemarle County, Virginia 31. 1811 Personal Property Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 32. John Durham and Mouring Burruss married 28 Jan 1811 Albemarle County, Virginia Marriage bond – Walter Burruss 33. Albemarle County, Virginia Road Orders 6 Sep 1813 Order Book 1813-1815 34. 1814 Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 35. 1815 Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 36. 1815 Land Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 37. 1816 Land Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 38. 1817 Land Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 39. David Durham married Polly Burruss 19 Mar 1817 Albemarle County, Virginia Marriage Bond Walter Burruss 40. 1818 Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 41. 1818 Land Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 42. Walter Burruss married second wife Lucy Shekell 26 Mar 1819 Marriage Bond signed by Walter Burruss and Cephas Shekell. 43. 1819 Land Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 44. William Knight and Malinda Burruss married 21 Nov 1819 Albemarle County, Virginia – Marriage bond signed by William Knight and Walter Burruss. 45. 1820 Land Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 46. 1820 Census Albemarle County, Virginia 47. 1821 Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 48. 8 Apr 1824 Albemarle County, Virginia DBK 24 pg 271 Walter Burruss and wife Lucy 49. Robert Burgess married Amanda Burgess 24 May 1828 Albemarle County, Virginia Marriage Bond Walter Burruss 50. Edmund Lacy and Eliza Burruss (my Line) married 26 May 1828 Albemarle County, Virginia Marriage bond Walter Burruss. 51. 7 Dec 1829 Albemarle County, Virginia DBK 28 pg 233-234 52. 1830 Census Albemarle County, Virginia 53. 1830 Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 54. 1830 Land Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 55. 1835 Tax Albemarle County, Virginia 56. 1836 Chancery Case – Walter Burruss and wife vs Edmund Lacy and wife – Land dispute over land the Walter’s father John Burruss sold to Charles C Lacy the father of Edmund Lacy. Other heirs of Charles C Lacy are also listed. 57. Virginia, Albemarle county - Walter Burrus writes will in April 1836. Walter Burris dies in April or May 1836. 58. Feb to Sep 1837 accounts for Estate – 8 July 1837 Paid Edmund Lacy, 18 Aug 1837 paid Eliza Lacy 59. Last entry for Estate is Jun 1842 Albemarle County, Virginia
Walter Burris who died in Missouri (not my line) Information is from Lance L Hall 1. 1782 Walter Burris on South Carolina Loyalist Militia roll, Ninety-Six District. The regiment was raised from Laurens county. 2. 1790 Census, South Carolina, Laurens county 3. 1800 Clark County, Kentucky 4. 1803 Tax Clark County, Kentucky 5. 1804 Tax Clark County, Kentucky 6. 1805 Tax Clark County, Kentucky 7. 1806 Tax Clark County, Kentucky 8. 1807 Walter Burris marries Lydia Barnes Clark County, Kentucky 9. 1813 Boonville, Copper County Missouri - Walter Burris and David Burris suffer property loss by Indians. 10. 1815 Howard county Missouri - Walter Burris gives deposition J.P. Stephen Cole 11. 1816 Howard County, Missouri - Walter Burris serves on jury. Walter's son Thomas born Missouri. 12. 1817 Tax Howard County, Missouri 13. 1820 Census Howard County, Missouri 14. 1828 Jury Cole county, Missouri 15. 1830 Census Cole County, Missouri 16. 1836 Jackson County, Missouri – Walter Burris writes his will
I would also like to take this opportunity to talk about the parents of Martha Cottrell. I see that “trees” have Richard Cottrell and Judith Smith as parents of Martha Cottrell who married Benjamin Lively. First questions I have, does anyone have a married marriage record? I know that that Benjamin Lively and Martha named their first child Cottrell which is probably name after her surname name. In Richard Cottrell “will” he listed the following daughters – Ann Lancaster, Martha Cottrell, Mary Ann dec (some of her Children listed) and Judith Smith Nicholas or Nicholson. If you notice all but one daughter is listed by her married name but Martha. She is listed as Martha Cottrell which would mean she was not married as of the “will”. We do know that Benjamin and Martha first child Cottrell was born 1763 and their last child Mark born 1782. Which means if she was indeed the daughter of Richard Cottrell would she do listed as Martha Lively? I have also notice trees are sourcing family books like “Cottrell Ancestry” by T C Cottrell. On pg 27 the books states, “Martha may also have married Benjamin Livley” Which tells me the author does not have proof that the Martha Cottrell daughter of Richard Cottrell is the same Martha Cottrell that married Benjamin Lively. More research needs to be done.
edited by Michelle Lacy
edited by Lance Hall
I hope other people take the time to contact anyone with the old info and explain it succinctly. Maybe when people get contacted by more than one person they will actually try to fix their trees. Unfortunately it seems most people on Ancestry care more about adding ancestors than actually verifying ancestors. In my independent research on all my lines I have to review other people's trees to see if someone found a relevant record aside from "hints" and it's shocking how many trees just have nonsense, illogical and outright fictional info.
edited by Lance Hall
Here is the Virginia Walter Burrus: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/16975373/person/330074694956/facts
Here is the SC-KY-MO Walter Burris: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/16975373/person/444603300/facts
edited by Lance Hall