Notes
Note for: Almeda W. Burson, 23 Oct 1848 - 28 May 1880 Index
Burial:
Place: Sorrells Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Walton Co., Georgia
Notes
Note for: Elizabeth Potts, 30 Oct 1699 - 1776 Index
Note: "On 8 mo. 15, 1719, a double wedding took place at the house of JonasPotts, at which two of his daughters were married. In one of theCertificates, Jonas Potts is said to be of Gilberts Manor, and in theother, of Perqueoman Creek. It is said that after the festivities of thisdouble wedding, the newly married young couples left for their respectivehomes on horseback, each bride mounted behind her husband."
Historical Collections Relating to The Potts Family in Great Britian andAmerica, Published by the Compiler, Canonsburg, PA, 1901, Thomas MaxwellPotts, p.225.
-Richard A. Clark II
Notes
Note for: Jonas Potts, ABT. 1716 - 1814 Index
Occupation:
Place: Blacksmith
Burial:
Place: Phillips Island, Ohio River, near Georgetown, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania
Note: "He removed to Loudoun County, Virginia, where he purchased 270 acresfrom David Potts, his half brother, as it appears on the deed dated, May8, 1759. Jonas is discribed as "smith" in the deed. On August 20, 1761,Jonas Potts obtained a patent from "the Proprietors office of thenorthern neck of Virginia," for a tract of land on or about Round Hill.How long Jonas Potts continued to live in Loudoun County is not clear. Heand all his children seemed to have removed to western Pennsylvania oreastern Ohio before the close of the century, or shortly after. Hisdescendants say that Jonas Potts settled at Georgetown, Beaver County,Pennsylvania, where he died at a great age."
-Richard A. Clark II
Notes
Note for: Seaborn C. Burson, 1852 - Index
Event:
Type: Fact # 1
Date: 1882
Place: J.P. of Walton Co., Georgia
Note: 1880 LINDLEYS, WALTON COUNTY GEORGIA CENSUS
S. C. BURSON JR. Self M Male W 27 GA FarmingGA GA
M. A. BURSON Wife M Female W 25 GA Keeping HouseGA GA
J. D. BURSON Son S Male W 1 GAGA GA
Jon OGLESBY Other S Male B 19 GA Work On FarmGA GA
Nancy HARIS Other S Female B 8 GAGA GA
Source Information:
Census Place Lindleys, Walton, Georgia
Family History Library Film 1254169
NA Film Number T9-0169
Page Number 431D
Notes
Note for: David Washington Burson, 28 Apr 1854 - 17 Oct 1917 Index
Event:
Type: Census # 2
Date: 1880
Place: Broken Arrow, Walton Co., Georgia
Burial:
Place: Mount Vernon Christian Church Cemetery, Walton Co., Georgia
Note: "David and Mary are buried in the Mount Vernon Christian Church Cemetery(it's across the road from the church...well kept) on the east side ofWalton Co. going toward Athens on U.S. 78."
-June Anderson
Notes
Note for: Emma Burson, 1857 - Index
Event:
Type: Census # 2
Date: 1880
Place: Brantleys, Walton Co., Georgia
Notes
Note for: Estelle Sorrells, 1867 - Index
Event:
Type: Census # 2
Date: 1880
Place: Brantleys, Walton Co., Georgia