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John BURLESON[1]

Male 1838 - 1865  (27 years)


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  • Name John BURLESON 
    Birth 5 Jan 1838  Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Nov 1865  Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • murdered by robbers
    Burial Burleson Family Cemetery, Streetman, Navarro, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8097  Dyal and Speckels
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2007 

    Father Joseph BURLESON,   b. 30 Mar 1800, White County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1877, Birdston, Navarro, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Mary WARREN,   b. 20 Aug 1799, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1869, Birdston, Navarro, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 21 Feb 1821  Saline County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • by Bartholomew Gwinn, J. P.
    Family ID F3315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Viola BROOKS 
    Marriage 18 Apr 1861  San Augustine County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth BURLESON,   b. 1862
     2. John BURLESON,   b. 1863
    Family ID F5713  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2007 

  • Notes 
    • Shortly after serving for the Confederacy during the Civil War, John Burleson traveled from Navarro County to San Augustine, Texas where he attended to some business. He was confronted by two men whom he helped by paying their fare across the ferry at Wildcat Crossing on the Trinity River. Later that day he was found dead by the side of the road. He was buried by the side of the road near where he was found because noone knew his identity. John’s family later learned that he had not reached his destination and began a search. They learned about the unknown man murdered near the Wildcat Crossing and removed his body from the grave. They were able to identify him by the letters “J. B.” worked into his socks. His body was returned home, and he was buried in the family cemetery in Navarro County. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Helen Burleson Kelso, ed., Burleson Family Bulletin, Vol. XIV, no. 1, p. 2006.

    2. [S490] Ancestry.com, Saline County, Missouri Marriages, 1820-81, Vols. 1-4, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001).

    3. [S1] Helen Burleson Kelso, ed., Burleson Family Bulletin, Vol. XIV, no. 3, p. 2095.