1878. Jackson Monroe Gathings Sr.-10407
In the 1850 census for Monroe Co., Mississippi, Jackson M. Gathings is listed having his own property, he's 23 years old and apparently unmarried at this time; no family is with him. He is next household to his brother James.
1880. John Sebrey Burch-13338
1850 Census Chesterfield District, South Carolina
Burch, John S. 28 M NC
Burch, Lucy H. 24 F NC
Burch, William P. 4 M NC
Burch, Susanna T. 1 F SC
Beard, Vanimon Z. 12 M NC1880 District 31, Rockwall Co., Texas
Burch, John W M 59 farmer NC SC SC
Burch, Lucy W F 57 wife keeps house NC NC NC
Burch, Joseph W M 11 son at school SC NC NC
Smith, Perry B M 20 servant farm labor SC SC SC
Porter, Fannie W F 14 boarder servant IL SC NCFrom Bart Morgan: "John and Lucy had 10 children and moved to Texas after the civil war."
Janie: An assumption can be made that this family was considered fairly well to-do as there is a slave census for 1860 that counts 3 slaves over age 55; 9 between the ages of 18 and 55; and the other 17 must be children of the adults. John's parent's home and buildings were burned when Sherman's army came through Chesterfield County. I don't know about John and Lucy's home, but the whole family had to be affected and thus the move to Texas.
It should be noted that in both census above John has indicated that he was born in North Carolina; even his son Joseph says his father was born in North Carolina.
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According to the Burch Family Book by W. Bernette Burch, "They moved to Texas after the war."
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From Find A Grave:
John S. Burch
Birth: Jun. 9, 1821
North Carolina, USA
Death: Jun. 24, 1886Co I, 34th AL Infantry
Burial: Heath Cemetery
Rockwall, Rockwall County
Texas, USARecord added: Jun 1 2007
By: Texas CSA
3910. William Preston Burch-13359
Note from Kathy Burch Williams: William Preston Burch is said to have been a "horseracer", and possibly lived in the Washington, DC area. He apparently never went to Texas to live." The Burch book also said he lived in DC.
Article below found at
William P. Burch's lengthy career covered the late 19th century and the early 20th century. He was the first of three generations of Hall of Fame trainers from the Burch family. Born in 1846 in South Carolina, Burch served as a courier under Gen. Wade Hampton's command in the Confederate army. After the war Burch raced Quarter Horses at southern fairs and gradually shifted to Thoroughbred racing.Burch's first good horse was named Wade Hampton; he won the 1872 Monmouth Sequel and the Saratoga Sequel Stakes. Burch trained his own horses until the 1890's when he began training for Francis Hitchcock.
Among the horses W.P. Burch trained for Hitchcock were Decanter, Gen'l. Mart Gary, and Grey Friar, winner of the 1902 Matron and Grand Union Hotel Stakes. Prior to his death in 1926 Burch also trained Adm. Cary Grayson's My Own, winner of the 1923 Saratoga Cup, Uncas and Maryland Handicaps, and 1924 Saratoga Handicap.
[Picture] William P. Burch, right, with his son Preston Burch, left - ©C.C.Cook
Burch brought other significant horsemen into the sport of Thoroughbred racing, including: apprentice jockey George Odom, A.J. Joyner, Burch's stable foreman and another future Hall of Fame trainer, and his son trainer Preston Burch.
William P. Burch was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1955.
3911. Susanna Theresa 'Minnie' Burch-13360
According to the Burch Family Book by W. Bernette Burch, they went to California.
1880 Dist 88, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
Ingram, G. D. W M 32 head NC NC NC
Ingram, Minnie W F 32 wife SC NC NC
Ingram, Marshall W M 7 son TX NC SC
Ingram, Ruell W M 5 son TX NC SC
Ingram, Irene W F 3 dau TX NC SC
Ingram, Aldeman W M 2 son TX NC SC
Burch, Thos W M 14 bro-in-law SC NC NC
G. D. Ingram is a house carpenter
3913. Margaret Anna 'Nannie' Burch-13922
According to the Burch Family Book by W. Bernette Burch, "They moved to Texas."
3914. Sarah Elizabeth 'Betty' Burch-13920
According to the Burch Family Book by W. Bernette Burch, "They moved to Texas." Sarah E. 'Betty' was found with her husband living next door to her sister Mary 'Mollie' in the 1880 census for Rockwall Co., Texas.
3915. Mary Rebecker 'Molly' Burch-13926
According to the Burch Family Book by W. Bernette Burch, "They moved to Texas." Sarah E. 'Betty' was found with her husband living next door to her sister Mary 'Mollie' in the 1880 census for Rockwall Co., Texas.
3916. Lucy Harrison Irene 'Lou' Burch-13924
According to the Burch Family Book by W. Bernette Burch, "They moved to Texas"
Julius Whitfield McLendon-13925
The Birch book, pg 5, gives his surname as McLenand and says he went to Texas. He and Lucy were found in the Rockwall Co., Texas 1880 census, but his name was McLendon.
3918. Jesse Thomas Burch-20569
Note from Kathy Burch Williams: "According to Sara Walker Powell's mother, Jesse Thomas Ingram Burch moved to California . . . she thought Los Angeles and was a policeman. She said he brought his family to Texas once to visit. She didn't know the names of the children."
1881. Joseph Jackson Burch-10526
1860 Census Chesterfield Co., South Carolina
Joseph J Burch 36
Elizabeth Burch 33
Susanna Burch 16
James Burch 15
Cealy Burch 14
Ann Burch 13
Lucy Burch 12
Ina Burch 11 * see below
Sarah Burch 9
Andrew Burch 8
Charles Burch 7
Joseph Burch 5
Moultrie Burch 4
Jesse Burch 2
Unnamed male Burch 1
All born in South Carolina1880 Census Mount Croghan, Chesterfield, South Carolina
Jos. BURCH Self M Male W 58 SC Farmer SC NC
Eliz BURCH Wife M Female W 54 SC Keeping House SC SC
Julus BURCH Son S Male W 19 SC Laborer On Farm SC SC
Ugenia BURCH Dau S Female W 18 SC At Home SC SC
Agustus BURCH Son S Male W 17 SC Laborer On Farm SC SC
Irline BURCH Dau S Female W 13 SC At Home SC SC****
Janie: According to the Burch Family Book by W. Bernette Burch, "They had 17 children." On page 5 is a listing of the children of Joseph and Lizzie Johnson Jackson which includes a John Burch who married Molly Johnson and went to Mississippi. Thomas Stanley's rootsweb chart says that this is John Sebrey Burch who was born in Nov. 1849. But I do not find John Sebrey listed on the 1860 census. Instead, there is the above Ina, female, born abt 1849. I did find a John S. Burch and Mollie in the 1870 census in Sunflower County, Mississippi. They had been married in Dec, 1869 and Mollie was from Mississippi.But without a 1860 census record for John tying him to Joseph, I cannot say for sure that this John S. is Joseph's child. Instead, when I include the daughter, Ina, that completes a list of 17 children and there is no John in that list. I have not found any other record of Ina except in this 1860 census and it clearly says she was a female. It is possible the Burch book was in error saying there were 17 children. It does say John was a son and it leaves out Ina. I will include John as a son, using info found on a chart at rootsweb as further proof that Joseph Jackson had a child John who was probably named for an uncle with the same name; John Sebrey Burch. It seems unlikely that Ina (female) could be John on the 1860 census, so I am recording 18 children, but would like to have further documentation.
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Graves Johnson-13340
From Bart Morgan: "They had sixteen children."
3922. Celia Elizabeth 'Betty' Burch-13393
She was called Elizabeth in the 1850 census and Cealy in the 1860 census. Page 5 of the Burch book calls her Betty.
3925. Ina Burch-13396
Janie: According to the Burch Family Book by W. Bernette Burch, "They had 17 children." On page 5 is a listing of the children of Joseph and Lizzie Johnson Jackson which includes a John Burch who married Molly Johnson and went to Mississippi. Thomas Stanley's rootsweb chart says that this is John Sebrey Burch who was born in Nov. 1849. But I do not find John Sebrey listed on the 1860 census. Instead, there is the above Ina, female, born abt 1849. I did find a John S. Burch and Mollie in the 1870 census in Sunflower County, Mississippi. They had been married in Dec, 1869 and Mollie was from Mississippi. But without a 1860 census record for him tying him to Joseph, I cannot say for sure that this John S. is Joseph's child. Instead, when I include the daughter, Ina, that completes a list of 17 children and there is no John in that list. I have not found any other record of Ina except in this 1860 census and it clearly says she was a female.
Martha Burch is shown with Andrew Jackson Burch on the 1870 Sunflower, Mississippi census. She has two sons with her, Frank Crossline and Willie Crossline. At ancestry.com these boys are indexed as 'Croslin'. So it appears that Martha is a widow and has married Andrew J. Burch.
Email from Mary Dixon Nov. 2008: I have a copy of a letter from a descendent of Mary Sutton, my g.g. grandmother, Anne Sutton Johnson's older sister. They found my name on the Sunflower County, Miss. web site. This letter was a recent find by these descendants. The letter was written to Mary Sutton Fraisure, dated April 12, 1875, from Martha (Mattie) Sutton Burch. The address she gives Mary, that she might answer her letter is, "Leigh's Landing, on the Sunflower River". This is Sunflower County, Miss. near the plantation of their sister and brother-in-law, Anne (Nan or Nancy) and Captain Francis (Frank) Johnson. Mary Sutton Fraisure along with her family, were still in Texas after the war.
What one gleans from the letter, is Martha, had moved to Mississippi to be near to her older sister, Anne (Nancy) Elizabeth Sutton Johnson's plantation in Sunflower County after the war.
Also living nearby was their other sister, Sarah Anne Sutton Eidom, along her husband, John Eidom;
their brother, Jesse Sutton, married to Captain Johnson's oldest daughter, from his deceased first wife, (not Anne, Jesse's sister), Ellen Johnson Sutton.
The letter is signed, Mattie Burch. She makes the statement, "I hope she (Betty??) has got as good a man as I have but that one is hard to find."Mary Dixon's email continues:
I also found this marriage recorded in Sunflower County;
CROSSLINE, Martha BURCH, Andrew J 1873-Dec-28
As you can see from the 1880 Sunflower County, Miss. census, the family of Martha Burch and Andrew, along with her children from her marriage to (Frank I believe) Crossline, are all living with Frank and Anne Sutton Johnson's daughter and son-in-law, Mary Lee Johnson Burch and John S. Burch. The 1870 census shows the families of Joseph Jackson Burch and wife, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Graves Johnson Burch living near by, along with their large family. In the 1880 Census Joseph Jackson Burch and family have moved back to Chesterfield County, S.C., leaving John and Andrew in Mississippi. There was a major outbreak of yellow fever in 1878. The Delta area is unhealthy, suffering several outbreaks that caused many area deaths. I am not absolutely sure about Andrew's marriage, due to the age difference. Maybe she looked esp. good for her age, or he was a very kind soul.
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3933. Rev. William 'Henry' Burch-13404
Marvin Carnes lists 14 children for this couple. See sources.
3934. Julius Adamiga Burch-14196
Julius and Mary were found in the 1900 census for White Store, Anson Co., North Carolina. The couple had had 6 ch and all 6 were living and listed: Bessie, Marthy E., May S., William B., Jasper J. and Benjamine K.
3936. Eliza Eugenia 'Genie' Burch-14498
Sisters 'Genie' and Irene married brothers.
Robert Jeptha 'Gep' Gaddy-14269
Gep is brother to Walter Francis Gaddy.
3937. Irene Cadell Burch-14198
Sisters 'Genie' and Irene married brothers.
Walter is brother to Robert 'Gep' Gaddy.
1882. Elizabeth Thomas Burch-13344
Bart Morgan: her birth was 20 Mar 1829 even though her grave stone says 1820.
The Burch book gives her birth date as 20 Mar 1826. Perhaps that grave stone was difficult to read.
Kathy Burch Williams has birth date of 20 Mar 1826 and date of death 16 Nov 1888.
3939. Frank Johnson-13931
From Kathy Burch Williams: Frank and C. Hurst Johnson moved to Texas.
1883. Col. James Clothier Burch-13341
Bart Morgan said they had fifteen children. The Burch book, pg 5, lists ten children but with no dates. I have been unable to find the family on any 1860 or 1870 census. In the 1900 Census for Collin Co, Texas, it is recorded that the couple have 9 children and they are all living.
1850 Census Chesterfield District, South Carolina
Burch, James C 21 M SC
Burch, Celia 19 F SC
Burch, Martha 3 F SC
Burch, Eliza 2 F SC
Burch, Joseph 1/12 M SC1880 Census Precinct 4, Collin County, Texas
Burch, James C 52 SC SC NC
Burch, Celia A 50 SC SC SC
Burch, Joseph S. 30 SC SC SC
Burch, Mary E. 24 SC SC SC
Burch, Susanna H. 21 SC SC SC
Burch, Francis J. 19 SC SC SC
Burch, Rebecca 13 SC SC SC
Burch, Emma I. 12 SC SC SC
Burch, Virginia C. 8 SC SC SC1900 Census Precinct 4, Collin County, Texas
Burch, James C W M Mar 1828 72 M 53 SC SC NC
Burch, Celia A W F Mar 1831 69 M 53 9 ch; 9 lvg SC SC SC
Burch, John F. W M Jan 1861 29 S SC SC SC (this has to be Francis J.)
Burch, Virginia C W F Dec 1871 28 S SC SC SC (based on the 1880 census above, the age is an error.)****
According to the Burch Family Book by W. Bernette Burch, "They moved to Texas after the war."
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Find-a-grave memorial by Thomas Stanley: He served as a Colonel in the CSA Army.
John Williams 'Jack' Watson-13937
Civil War, CSA, Co. K, 5th Miss. Regt., 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Division of the 2nd Army Corps of the Army of Mississippi.
Note from descendant, B. Morgan: "I noticed you have my great grandfather John Williams (Jack) Watson's name listed as John William. Not a big deal but I thought you would like to know. He was known as Squire Watson in his community."
3949. Anna 'Eliza' Burch-13361
ALT birth day from Jack Hendrick: 1 Nov 1848.
John William 'Will' McBride-13938
Part of a note from Jack Hendrick: "The Farmer Guards were recruited in Union Parish and arrived at Camp Moore in July 1861. . . John W. McBride, who had enrolled as company 1st Sergeant at Camp Moore and been elected 1st Lieutenant in the May 1862 election, was promoted to Captain and led the company for the next 18 months."
3950. Joseph 'Joe' Burch-13362
Twelve children are listed for Joe and Minnie Burch on the rootsweb chart here:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=1595031
3951. Albert Mize 'Abe' Burch-14439
And ALT place of death is given by Jack Hendrick: 1910 in Oklahoma.
3953. Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Burch-13354
The Birch book, pg 9, says that Lizzie married a Hurst and that her sister Sue H. also married a Hurst. The rootsweb chart of Thomas D. Stanley Jr. has the names of the two Hurst men. This chart says that Hossey Hurst married a Mary Ellen Burch. I have found Mary E. on the 1880 census and am making the assumption that her name was Mary Elizabeth, not Mary Ellen. This would fit with the nickname of Lizzie.
Email from Jack Hendrick verifies that her name was Mary Elizabeth, and gives the following dates:
birth: 9 Feb 1855 death: 27 Sep 1897
Find-a-grave site has her birth unknown and death 27 Sep 1897. This site also says the inscription on her stone (not shown) is died 42yrs, 7 mos, 20 days which would give a calculated birth date of 7 Feb 1855.ALT dates given to me by Kathy Burch Williams:
birth 7 Feb 1855 death: 17 Sep 1897
3956. Francis Johnson 'Johnie' Burch-14358
John Francis (Johnnie) never married per Karthy Burch Williams' research.
His gravestone at Chambersville Cemetery reads F. Johnson Burch.
He was listed on the 1880 census as Francis J. Burch.
3958. Rebecca Burch-14490
1910 Census Dist 53, Dallas Ward 7, Dallas Co., Texas
Helms, J. T. head M W 53 M1 23yrs VA VA VA
Helms, Rebecca wife F W 44 M1 23yrs 3ch/1 lvg SC SC SC
Helms, J. B. son M W 18 S OK VA SCI did not find Rebecca, James T. or their son in the 1900 census.
ALT birth date as given by Jack Hendrick is 5 June, 1865.
3959. Emma Ingram Burch-13941
From note by Thomas Stanley at find-a-grave site; "She was very petite and known as "Money" to her grandchildren. She married (c.1886) Isaac Lee Smith in Weston and had two daughters. She died at the home of her older daughter, Minnie Lee (Mrs. John E. Wheeler). She had been a long-time resident of Celina."
Note from Tomas Stanley at the find-a-grave website: "My maternal great grandfather. He was born in TN and brought to TX as an infant (c.1868) just after the Civil War. His family settled on a farm near Weston. We called him "Big Daddy" because he was over 6ft tall. He died at the home of his daughter, Minnie Lee (Mrs. John E. Wheeler). He and his wife, Emma, had lived in Celina for many years."
3961. Virginia Clothier Burch-13939
1930 Census, Dist 41, Van Alstyne, Grayson Co., Texas
Robinson, George head M W 60 M @31 Missouri Irish Free State New York
Robinson, Virginia C. wife F W 58 M @29 SC SC SC
1884. Sarah Jane Burch-13346
Burch Book lists Sarah Jane Burch Streater's birth date as 11 Oct 1830.
Burch Book lists Sarah Jane Burch Streater's date of death as 05 Jul 1850.The memorial listing at find-a-grave website lists birth 17 Oct 1830 and death as of 3 Jul 1850 but there is no image of the gravestone to verify that.
Page 3 of the Burch book says that Jim Streeter was killed in Mexico, but on page 7 is a correction: "Jim Streeter was not killed in Mexico, but it was Joe Streeter, his only son."
Note from Kathy Burch Williams: "The will of Emeline Streater in Anson County, North Carolina, Dated 24 August 1864 and probated January 1865: 'To J. C. Barringer, son of William D. Barringer; to Elizabeth Hinson, daughter of Thomas; to brother James Streater and nephew Joseph Streater, son of James *age 21 years of age.' Witnesses Jesse Edwards and James Threadgill. from the genealogy of Sara Walker Powell"
3963. Joe Streater-13909
Page 3 of the Burch book says that Jim Streeter was killed in Mexico, but on page 7 is a correction: "Jim Streeter was not killed in Mexico, but it was Joe Streeter, his only son."
1887. Jesse Edward Burch-13350
1860 Census Chesterfield Co., South Carolina
Next door to Joseph is:
Jesse Burch 21 M SC
Mary A. 21 F SC
Ida 3 F SC
Harriet 1 F SC****
According to the Burch Family Book by W. Bernette Burch, "They went to Pauls Valley, OK."Jesse and Mary Ann were found on the 1910 Census for Ward 3, Pauls Valley, Garvin Co., OK. They stated they had been married 53 years and had 11 children, 7 who were living at the time.
1888. William Meador Burch-13352
1880 Census Mount Croghan, Chesterfield, South Carolina
William BURCH Self M M W 40 SC Farmer SC NC
Henretta BURCH Wife M F W 37 SC Keeping House SC SC
Willie BURCH Son S M W 18 SC Laborer On Farm SC SC
Lula BURCH Dau S F W 15 SC At Home SC SC
Henry BURCH Son S M W 13 SC Laborer On Farm SC SC
Benjimon BURCH Son S M W 11 SC Laborer On Farm SC SC
Blakeney BURCH Son S M W 10 SC Laborer On Farm SC SC
Roxanner BURCH Dau S F W 7 SC SC SC
Cristopher BURCH Son S M W 3 SC SC SC
BURCH Other S F W 10M SC SC SC (on the actual image this is listed as infant with no first name; born in July, 1879 and the relationship to William is left blank.)Family History Library Film 1255225
NA Film Number T9-1225
Page Number 369B
Henrietta Frances Jackson-13353
From Bart Morgan: They had ten children.
1890. Tristam Thomas Burch-14434
From Bart Morgan: They had nine children.
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Confederate Veteran Crosses Over River
Special to the State
Chesterfield, July 31, 1927Tristram Thomas Burch died at his home, near Chesterfield, Wednesday evening, July 20. Mr. Burch had been in bad health for years, in bed for about a year and practically helpless for months. He was 83 years of age July 4 of this year. He was the youngest of a family of 12 children and the last to pass away, was a great grandson of Gen. Tristram Thomas, of Revolutionary fame, for whom he was named. (Gen. Thomas is buried a few miles east of Cheraw.)
At the time of the Confederate war Mr. Burch was one of the first volunteers from Chesterfield County. He and his brother, Jess Burch, went to Camden in September, 1861, and joined the Sixth Cavalry Regiment of Kirkwood Rangers and were in the troop of Capt. William Shannon. They marched directly to Richmond, where they remained two or three weeks and were sent on to Manassasor Bull Run, arriving there just after the first battle. The Rangers were sent there to join a Georgia regiment but on account of being so well trained and equipped were chosen by General Whiting as body guards. They were changed after a short time and became General Longstreet's body guards.
From Manassas they marched down upon the peninsula between James and Potomac rivers. They had no regular engagements here but engaged in many skirmishes. It was at New Kent Court House that Mr. Burch saw his first man killed in action.
They were with Johnston when near the close of May, 1862, he deserted Yorktown and attached McClellan as he attempted to cross Chickahominy river. Some of Mr. Burch's company carried Johnston from the field after he was wounded during the battle of Seven Pines.
Longstreet fought under Lee during the Seven Days' Battles beginning June 21 and ending at Malvern Hill when the Federals escaped the fleet upon James River. During this time Mr. Burch was made Gen. R. E. Lee's courier.
Lee next marched upon Pope at Manassas. Mr. Burch's troops had only enlisted for 12 months. While here they reinlisted and elected Jim Daby captain. Mr. Burch's horse was water-founded during the Second Battle of Manassas and he was sent back to a rest camp while Lee went on into Maryland. He rejoined him on his retreat and was present at the Battle of Fredericksburg on the hill with Lee and Longstreet when "Second Land Tom" broke into three pieces. That night Mr. Burch was placed as courier with a signal corps. He caught cold and become very ill, was sent to a hospital in Richmond. Smallpox broke out here and he was sent over James river to a hospital at Manchester, remained there about a week and then joined the Army at Fredericksburg. They engaged in several skirmishes before his company was sent across James river where Mr. Burch did picket duty.
While out on a scouting expedition with Colonel Haskell Mr. Burch was sent with a dispatch for General Chilters. On the way he captured three Federals.
He next joined Lee on the northern side of James river and was sent with the supply wagons of Longstreet near Winchester while Lee marched into Pennsylvania during the Battle of Gettysburg. He rejoined Lee when he retreated into Virginia and was on the northern side of James river and heard the blow-up at Petersburg.
When Longstreet was sent west in the autumn of '63 Mr. Burch's company was annexed to the Seventh regiment, but he was only with them a short time, being in the hospital most of the time suffering with infected toes acquired when the doctor attempted to cut out ingrowing nails, until he ______ one of 100 men _______ was sent home for horses. He was at home when Lee surrendered. Sherman marched through Friday and Saturday and he reached home Sunday.
During the days of Reconstruction Mr. Burch was captain of a Red Shirt company and was instrumental in the election of Wade Hampton as governor and the routing of the carpetbaggers and the Negro units(?) and officers in South Carolina.
Mr. Burch married Miss Adella L. Sellers in September, 1866, and is survived by his widow and seven children: H.S. Burch of Royston, Ga., T.H. Burch and Mrs. W.T. Edgeworth of Ruby, Miss Mary Burch, Miss Linnie Burch and Mrs. G.L. Moore of Chesterfield and J.S. Burch of Cheraw.
He was laid to rest at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, July 21, in the Sellers family Cemetery near Ruby. The Rev. A.B. Smith, a lifelong friend and neighbor of the family conducted the funeral services.
The above was hand copied by Laverne Moore and given to her niece, Barbara Burch James, who shared with Elizabeth Ratliff Goins, October, 2006.
Source: Kathy Burch William Research
Mrs. T. T. Burch
Special to the State
Chesterfield May 25, 1928Mrs. Adella Lavinia Burch, 78, died about 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, May 11, at her home near Chesterfield. Mrs. Burch had been in failing health for almost a year. Her husband, Tristram Thomas Burch, died last July 20. September 19, 1928 they would have celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary and they had been sweethearts since childhood. Mr. Burch was a Confederate veteran and a member of Lee's bodyguard during the war. His death was a great shock to Mrs. Burch and one from which she never recovered. Worry and grief bringing a gradual softening of the brain, or central paralysis, caused her death.
Mrs. Burch joined old Elizabeth Baptist Church early in life and was a faithful member there until recent years when she moved her membership to Thompson Creek Baptist Church, which was nearer her home. Hers was a beautiful Christian life of service.
Mrs. Burch was laid to rest Saturday afternoon, May 12, in the Sellers Cemetery, the family burying ground near Ruby. The funeral services were held at the grave. The pallbearers were her grandsons and the music was furnished by her granddaughter. They sang her favorite hymn, "Majestic Sweetness", and other hymns she loved. The service was conducted by her friend and former pastor, the Rev. A. B. Smith. The floral tributes were beautiful and profuse, attesting to the high esteem and love borne her.
Mrs. Burch was the elder daughter of Hardy H. and Mary Sinclair Sellers. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. D. H. McGregor, of Ruby, and seven children, H. S. Burch, of Royston, GA; T. H. Burch and Mrs. W. T. Edgeworth, of Ruby, Mrs. G. L. Moore and Misses Mary and Linnie Burch, of Chesterfield, and J. S. Burch, of Cheraw, also many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Source: Kathy Burch Williams' Research
3989. Hardy Sellers Burch-13958
Notes from Kathy Burch Williams:
1880 Census - Farm laborer in Mt. Croghan, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
1920 Residence - Manley, Franklin, Georgia
Hardy Sellers Burch and Lillie Vick Burch moved to Royston, Georgia and are buried there.
1892. John Jackson-10382
John is found on the 1870 Census 2 households from his widowed mother, Charlotte Blakeney Jackson.
1870 Census Belmont, Sumter Co., Alabama
Jackson, John 34 AL
Jackson, Eliza 27 SC
Jackson, William 2 AL
Jackson, George 1 ALAlabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 at ancestry.com
Name: John Jackson
Spouse: Eliza M Blakeney
Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1866
County: Sumter
State: Alabama
Performed By Title: Minister
Performed by Name: A R Scarborough
Source information: Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research