Our Family History
The Genealogy of Robert and Christina Barritt
Mary Dallas ROGERS
1864 - 1926 (62 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Mary Dallas ROGERS was born on 17 Mar 1864 in Texas, USA (daughter of Edward Houston ROGERS); died on 29 Sep 1926; was buried in Hornsby Cemetery, Hornsby Bend, Travis, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Farmer
Mary married Aaron Edward HORNSBY on 26 Mar 1882 in Travis County, Texas, USA. Aaron (son of William Watts HORNSBY and Lucinda BURLESON) was born on 1 Jun 1857 in Texas, USA; died on 17 Dec 1898; was buried in Hornsby Cemetery, Hornsby Bend, Travis, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- HORNSBY was born on 28 Dec 1882 in Hornsby Bend, Travis, Texas, USA; died on 28 Dec 1882 in Hornsby Bend, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Hornsby Cemetery, Hornsby Bend, Travis, Texas, USA.
- Everett HORNSBY was born in Aug 1884 in Texas, USA.
- Emory HORNSBY was born on 18 Sep 1885 in Texas, USA; died on 10 Jul 1925; was buried in Hornsby Cemetery, Hornsby Bend, Travis, Texas, USA.
- William Wallace HORNSBY was born on 26 Sep 1887 in Texas, USA; died on 29 May 1917; was buried in Hornsby Cemetery, Hornsby Bend, Travis, Texas, USA.
- Margaret HORNSBY was born in Aug 1889 in Texas, USA.
- Rogers HORNSBY was born on 27 Apr 1896 in Winters, Runnels, Texas, USA; died on 6 Jan 1963 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried in Hornsby Cemetery, Hornsby Bend, Travis, Texas, USA.
2. Edward Houston ROGERS was born on 1 May 1837 in Texas, USA (son of James ROGERS and Rachel BURLESON); died on 16 Apr 1908; was buried in Rogers Hill Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military: Edward served with the rank of Private in Co. B, 21st Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army.
Children:
- 1. Mary Dallas ROGERS was born on 17 Mar 1864 in Texas, USA; died on 29 Sep 1926; was buried in Hornsby Cemetery, Hornsby Bend, Travis, Texas, USA.
Generation: 3
4. James ROGERS was born about 1806 in Tennessee, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Farmer
James married Rachel BURLESON in 1827 in Tennessee, USA. Rachel (daughter of James BURLESON and Elizabeth SHIPMAN) was born on 27 Jan 1803 in Tennessee, USA; died in 1873 in Travis County, Texas, USA; was buried in Fiskville Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Rachel BURLESON was born on 27 Jan 1803 in Tennessee, USA (daughter of James BURLESON and Elizabeth SHIPMAN); died in 1873 in Travis County, Texas, USA; was buried in Fiskville Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. Children:
- Mary Elizabeth ROGERS was born about 1830 in Tennessee, USA.
- Nancy L. ROGERS was born about 1835 in Texas, USA.
- 2. Edward Houston ROGERS was born on 1 May 1837 in Texas, USA; died on 16 Apr 1908; was buried in Rogers Hill Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA.
- Joseph ROGERS was born about 1840 in Texas, USA.
Generation: 4
10. James BURLESON was born on 4 May 1775 in North Carolina, USA (son of Aaron BURLESON and Rachel); died on 3 Jan 1836 in Bastrop County, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: James Burleson is listed on the 1803 Jackson County, Tennessee Tax List.
- Military: War of 1812 - Served in Capt. William Russell's Company of Tennessee Militia. He was Commisary for Andrew Jackson and fought in the Battle of New Orleans. He served as Captain in Peter Perkins' 7th Battalion of Mississippi Territory (Madison County) Militia. He volunteered for service at Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. James entered the volunteer Army of Texas on 1 Oct 1835 and was honorably discharged on 13 Dec 1835. He served under his son, General Edward Burleson, in the Grass Fight (a part of the Siege of Bexar) on 26 November 1835.
Notes:
James Burleson received a land grant after his move to Texas. The land was located on the east bank of the Colorado River below present-day Bastrop.
James married Elizabeth SHIPMAN on 24 Dec 1791 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob SHIPMAN and Sarah GAGE) was born about 1770 in North Carolina, USA; died in prob 1817-1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Elizabeth SHIPMAN was born about 1770 in North Carolina, USA (daughter of Jacob SHIPMAN and Sarah GAGE); died in prob 1817-1830. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: Baptist
Notes:
Elizabeth Shipman Burleson was a member of Spring Creek Baptist Church in Jackson County, Tennessee in the early 1800s. She is first listed in the church minutes in 1802. She applied for a letter of dismissal on the first Sunday in November, 1806.
Children:
- James BURLESON, Jr. was born about 1792; died on 13 Jan 1848 in Travis County, Texas, USA.
- Volley BURLESON was born about 1795 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1868 in Bastrop County, Texas, USA.
- Sarah BURLESON was born on 16 Mar 1795 in North Carolina, USA; died on 11 Jul 1875 in Arkansas, USA.
- Edward BURLESON was born on 15 Dec 1799 in Mississippi, USA; died on 26 Dec 1851 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA.
- Joseph BURLESON was born on 30 Mar 1800 in White County, Tennessee, USA; died on 24 Dec 1877 in Birdston, Navarro, Texas, USA; was buried in Burleson Family Cemetery, Streetman, Navarro, Texas, USA.
- Jacob Shipman BURLESON was born in 1803 in Tennessee, USA; died on 20 Feb 1839 in Texas, USA.
- 5. Rachel BURLESON was born on 27 Jan 1803 in Tennessee, USA; died in 1873 in Travis County, Texas, USA; was buried in Fiskville Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA.
- John Shipman BURLESON was born in 1806 in Tennessee, USA; died on 31 Mar 1874 in Williamson County, Texas, USA; was buried in Burleson-Rogers Cemetery, Travis County, Texas, USA.
- Nancy BURLESON was born about 1806 in Tennessee, USA; died on 29 Feb 1860 in Texas, USA.
- Jonathan BURLESON was born on 10 Oct 1812 in Tennessee, USA; died on 3 Dec 1879 in Bastrop County, Texas, USA; was buried in Blakey Family Cemetery, Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas, USA.
- Aaron B. BURLESON was born on 10 Oct 1815 in Missouri, USA; died on 13 Jan 1885 in Govalle, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Rogers Hill Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA.
- Mary Jane BURLESON died on 6 Mar 1877 in Italy, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried in Italy, Ellis, Texas, USA.