Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 29 Aug 1850, Hays County, Texas, USA

Notes:

Joseph R. Burleson voted on 23 Feb 1861 against Texas seceding from the United States.

Census:
in or about San Marcos

Joseph married Eleanor Elizabeth BAUGHN on 8 Jan 1854 in Hays County, Texas, USA. Eleanor (daughter of Samuel Harrison BAUGHN and Nancy (BAUGHN)) was born on 1 Jun 1834 in Tipton County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Mahulda BURLESON was born on 14 Nov 1855 in Hays County, Texas, USA.
2. Nancy Rogers BURLESON was born on 30 Dec 1857 in Hays County, Texas, USA.
3. Elizabeth BURLESON was born on 18 May 1860 in Hays County, Texas, USA.
4. Gracie BURLESON was born on 9 Jul 1862 in Hays County, Texas, USA.
5. John Crockett BURLESON was born on 16 Jun 1865 in Hays County, Texas, USA.
6. General Edward BURLESON was born on 18 Jun 1867 in Texas, USA; died on 20 May 1932 in Gouldbusk, Coleman, Texas, USA; was buried on 21 May 1932 in Gouldbusk Cemetery, Gouldbusk, Coleman, Texas, USA.
7. Mary Medline BURLESON was born on 16 Dec 1870 in Hays County, Texas, USA; died after 1969.
8. Joseph Robert BURLESON was born on 16 Oct 1873 in Purgatory Springs, Hays, Texas, USA; died on 26 Nov 1876.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Military: War of 1812 - Private in Perkins' Mississippi Militia. He was listed on the muster roll of Capt. James Burleson's Mississippi Territory Militia against hostile Creeks in 1813. He later served in Fleming H. Hodges' Tennessee Militia. He also commanded a company of militia in Howard County, Missouri, then served as Colonel of First Regiment in Saline County, Missouri. Edward also served in the Texas War of Independence from Mexico. He was elected colonel of the only regiment organized under Stephen F. Austin at Gonzales on 10 Oct 1835. When Austin was sent by the provisional government as commissioner to the United States, he took over the command. On 18 Dec 1835, as the army was encamped outside Bexar, he was elected to succeed Philip A. Sublett as colonel of the infantry. Edward was elected colonel of the 1st Regiment of Texas Volunteers at Gonzales on 12 Mar 1836. He commanded that unit at the Battle of San Jacinto. In 1837, he was elected brigadier general of the militia. The following year, he was appointed colonel of the first regiment of infantry of the regular army. In Jul 1839, he commanded the regular army in the Cherokee War against Chief Bowles. In 1840, he raised a volunteer company to pursue Indian raiders, arriving too late to participate in the Battle of Plum Creek on 12 Aug 1840.
• Census: 29 Aug 1850, Hays County, Texas, USA

Notes:

Edward Burleson arrived in Texas from Tennessee in 1830, receiving title to a league of land in Stephen F. Austin's second colony in present-day Bastrop County. He served as a delegate to the Convention of 1833 at San Felipe, representing the Mina Municipality.

He was a member of the House of Representatives from Bastrop County in the Republic of Texas' Second Congress in 1837 and 1838. He was a member of the Senate during the Third Congress of 1838-1839. Edward was elected vice-president of the Republic of Texas on 6 Sep 1841, being inaugurated on December 10. He lost the election for president to Anson Jones in 1844. He served as a senator in the State of Texas' First and Second Legislatures from 1846-1849, being elected president pro tempore. After moving to Hays County and settling near the spring which is the source of the San Marcos River, he represented the Sixteenth District in the Third and Fourth Legislatures, serving as president pro tempore, until his death in 1851 at the home of N. C. Raymond in Austin.

The Austin Masonic Lodge conducted his funeral services. Guy M. Bryan delivered the eulogy.

Burleson County, Texas was named in his honor on 24 Mar 1846.

Census:
in or about San Marcos

Edward married Sarah G. OWEN on 25 Apr 1816 in Madison County, Mississippi Territory, USA. Sarah was born on 23 Nov 1796 in South Carolina, USA; died on 4 Apr 1875 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 29 Aug 1850, Hays County, Texas, USA

Notes:

Census:
in or about San Marcos

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]

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.

Aaron married Rachel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rachel’s maiden name may have been Hendricks.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Jacob Shipman served as a Private from North Carolina during the Revolutionary War.

Jacob married Sarah GAGE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Baptist

Notes:

Sarah married George Sailing in 1800 at Warren County, Kentucky. She was a member of Spring Creek Baptist Church in Jackson County, Tennessee in the early 1800s. She applied for a letter of dismissal on the first Sunday in November, 1806.