Priscilla (Timbers) Burden (1757 - aft. 1800)

Born 19 Mar 1757 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1800 after age 42 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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Priscilla (Timbers) Burden is a part of US Black heritage.

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Feb 2021, DNA discovery, which may be a lead to Priscilla's ancestry: 'I wonder why so many are matching Trees that have William McClanahan and Martha Smith in them, and his father William McClanahan, I have seen a couple of others with John McClanahan the son of William's father William or the younger William's, brother. But, Priscilla, is living with William and his wife Martha, and her mother Sarah." source: a descendant of Priscilla and Thomas, who noticed many DNA matches to the McClanahan family , and other descendants also who were tested match the same couple.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McClanahan-119

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McClanahan-125

1. 125 above is the EMPLOYER of Sarah Timbers, a white indentured servant, who while in his employ gave birth to Priscilla Timbers. The 2 families remained together in VA and SC.

https://books.google.com/books?id=JcF6E75ZAeUC&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=%22Sarah+Timbers%22&source=bl&ots=hSoXGbLNEY&sig=ACfU3U2mMl5B9skuPKkHA9Ed0EHPJ01F3w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh8pL72qPoAhUHxIUKHUGnChgQ6AEwEnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Sarah%20Timbers%22&f=false

This states the source for the birth of Priscilla is: page 189, of the book: Overwharton Parish Register, 1724-1774.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/372828?availability=Family%20History%20Library

This states the source of the children of Priscilla, is the 1805 statement by Mary McClanahan (wife of John, s/o William) who stated the kids are: David, Thomas, Lewis , James, John, Patsy, Charlotte. The source is Greenville County, South Carolina, DEED BOOK Volume R, page 162.

added by Lilly Martin, July 27, 2019:

John Mcclanahan United States Census, 1800

residence: 1800 Greenville, South Carolina, United States William Mcclanahan United States Census, 1800

residence: 1800 Greenville, South Carolina, United States John Mcclanahan Jr United States Census, 1800

residence: 1800 Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Name Rev. William McClanahan

Birth 23 February 1728 Westmoreland, Virginia, United States

Death after 15 May 1802 Greenville, South Carolina, United States Virginia Baptist Historical records, Culpeper County, Virginia and Revolutionary War Rehe was a Baptist minister and Captain of Minutemen in Culpepper, VA. He moved will all of his family except old son Thomas, (Marshall) Devil Tom, to Greenville, South Carolina in 1790.

The Upstate - The Upstate is also known as The Upcountry and comprises the states: Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Pickens, Cherokee, Oconee, Union, Laurens, Greenwood, and Abbeville.

Procilla Timbers United States Census, 1800 Name Procilla Timbers Event Type Census Event Date 1800 Event Place Greenville, South Carolina, United States Page 262 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch Note: on the census page she is on the middle, and all her neighbors are white folks, and she is the only listing which is no white males or white females, and on the single number of 9 is listed as "Other Free People". She and 8 persons are al free, but not white.

In 1828 Pickens County was formed from the Pendleton District. This area had been Cherokee Indian territory prior to the Revolutionary War.

In 1815 in Greenville Co Sc. John McClanahan and his wife Mary made specific staments in court, recorded, that they knew Sarah, and her daughter Priscilla, and named the children of Priscilla by name, that they had lived together in Virginia.

I am researching Thomas Burden b. abt 1760 in Virginia, and his wife Priscilla Timbers b. 1757 Virginia.

Priscilla was a Free Mulatto woman, the daughter of Sarah Timbers, who was a Free White woman of Virginia.

Priscilla and her mother Sarah lived with the John McClanahan family in Virginia, prior to coming to Greenville District, SC prior to 1800.

John McClanahan (m. Mary) s/o William Smith McClanahan b. 1729 VA d. 1802 Greenville District, SC.

John Marshall McClanahan b. 1765 VA d. 7-14-1849 Versailles, Morgan Co Missouri. He was living in Greenville District, SC at least from 1815 to 1832, as per court records.

The McClanahan family were WHITE and did not own Sarah or Priscilla Timbers, who were always FREE, but the 2 ladies did live with them in Virginia prior to moving to Greenville District, SC. The 2 ladies were servants of the family presumably.

1800 census Greenville Co., SC: 758. Procilla Timbers 00000/00000, 9,0

p.67 #224 Vol.Q p.85: Greenville Dist., SC- Personally appeared REUBEN HARRISON before me the subscribing Justice and made oath that he was well acquainted with PRESILLA BURDINE a free woman of colour and that (it) is generally understood and known that she was a free woman of colour and that he(r) daughter PATSY BURDINE is also a free woman who is the refuted daughter of the sd PRESILLA BURDIN and that she is entitled to all the privaleges and freedom as a free person of colour. Sworn today 17 Apr 1829 before me. (S) Reubin (X) HARRISON, J.H. GOODLETT, CCP and JQ

pp.74-5 #240 Vol.R p.38: Greenville Dist, SC- Personally came before me the subscribing Justice JOHN McCLANAHAN and being duly sworn saith on sd oath that he was well acquainted with PRESILLA TIMBERS and that the sd PRESILLA had lived with him the sd JOHN in the state of VA and that a free white woman by the name of SARAH TIMBERS lived with him at the same time and that the sd SARAH TIMBERS claimed the sd PRESILLA as her own daughter and that no person had ever doubted the same to his knowledge and that DAVID BURDIN, THOMAS BURDIN, LEWIS BURDIN, JAMES BURDIN and JOHN BURDIN were claimed by the sd PRESILLA to be children begotten of her own body. 27 Jan 1832 (S) Richd Thurston, CCP and JQ, ExOff Rec. 28 Jan 1832 (S) JOHN McCLANAHAN

p.79 #254 Vol.R p.162: same as p.64 #213 Vol.P p.266, but has added children: PATSY BURDEN and CHARLOTTE BURDEN. Signed John YOUNG, JP and recorded 9 Jul 1833

pp.83-84 #268 Vol.R p.279: I certify that JOHN BURDIN, the reputed son of PRESILLA TIMBERS, a man of colour is as it appears from the record of my office a free man of colour, who is the descendant of the sd PRESILLA, who is a free white woman formerly of Greenville Dist.

1. 269: I certify that JAMES BURDIN, the grandson of PRESILLA TIMBERS, whose freedom has been proven and recorded, who is the reputed grandson of the sd PRESILLA is a free man of colour as it appears from the records of my office ...

1. 270: I certify that JAMES SMITH the grandson of PRESILLA TIMBERS, ...

1. 271: I certify that SILAS BURDIN, grandson of PRESILLA TIMBERS, ...

All dated 23 Jan 1835 (S) J McDANIEL, CCP rec. 23 Jan 1835

African American Life in South Carolina's Upper Piedmont 1780-1900, by W. J. Megginson

page 53: Priscilla Timbers, mother of Free Mulatto Burdines. Levina Sizemore, mother of Fanny Sizemore, both White, although Fanny's kids were not. page 441: Priscilla Timbers, at Greenville, SC.

On another trip to the library, I discovered the book, "Abstacts of Some Greenville County, South Carolina, Records Connecting Black People Free and Slave 1791 - 1865" by Anne K. McCuen. This book verifies through court records that David Burden, Thomas Burden, Lewis Burden, James Burden, John Burden, Patsy (Nancy ) Burden, and Charlotte Burdin are the children of Prisilla Timbers whose white mother is Sarah Timbers. I gave this information to Paul Heinegg. Paul's book. Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina, From the Colonial Period to About 1820, can be found online through Cyndislist.com. (email from Rosemary Burden Clemmons, 2011)

In 1691 the Assembly prohibited the manumission of slaves unless they were transported out of the colony. It also prohibited interracial marriages and ordered the illegitimate, mixed-race children of white women bound out for 30 years [Hening, Statutes at Large, III:86-87].

In 1723 the Assembly prohibited the freeing of slaves except in cases where they had rendered some public service such as foiling a slave revolt. Also in 1723, the Assembly amended the 1705 taxation law to make female free African Americans over the age of sixteen tithable [Hening, Statutes at Large, IV: 132-3]. (Note 2) Despite the efforts of the legislature, white servant women continued to bear children by African American fathers through the late seventeenth century and well into the eighteenth century. From these genealogies, it appears that they were the primary source of the increase in the free African American population for this period. At least sixty-five of the families in this history appear to be descendants of white women. Many of these white servant women may have been the common-law wives of slaves since they had several mixed race children. (Note 3) Thirty-six families appear to be descended from freed slaves. (Note 4) It is likely that the majority of the remaining families were also descendants of white women since they first appear in court records in the mid-eighteenth century when slaves could not be freed without legislative approval, and there is no record of legislative approval for their emancipations.