"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDB-42Y : 9 November 2014), Martin Burrus in household of Reuben Burrus, Overton county, Overton, Tennessee, United States; citing family 303, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Texas Certificate of Death, Brown County, Texas, died 17 Nov 1922 in Brownwood. Martin Howard Buris, married, age (84), born in TN. No parents are listed. Informant is (son) Luther Buris. Image Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013, Provo, UT, USA.
Find A Grave, Martin Howard Buris, headstone M. H. Buris, born 10 Sep 1838, died 16 Nov 1922. Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA. [1].
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Martin, age 9 (born 1841) is in the household of Reuben Burrus in the 1850 census. Martin Howard Buris, in other census records, references his birth date of 1841 and born in Tennessee. Even though his headstone and death certificate list his birth in 1838, his birth year was likely 1841. YDNA matches provide strong evidence of descendants sharing Reuben Burrus as a common ancestor. A number of autosomal DNA matches of a great-grandson of Martin Howard Buris provide supporting evidence that Martin is the son of Reuben Burrus and Mary Ann Johnson. These matches show common ancestors in Burrus, Martin, Johnson, Holman and other families in the Burrus and Johnson family lines.
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