Notes for William Richard Borum




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Notes for William Richard Borum

From a letter written by Margaret Howell Perry to the Harry F. Johnson family on October 10, 1996:
"We do know that a land grant was issued to a Charles Borum in the early 1600s - frequently spelled any one of the following ways - Bourham, Borham, Borhum. It was originally thought that they came to this country from Germany; however, Mother [Maria Louise Borum Howell] did some research and the land grant was issued in England. It is thought that they may have left England during the religious uprisings there and then returned. That part is speculation. I took Mother to an old house that was built in the 1740's in what is now Mathews County, on a tributary of the East River that empties into Mobjack Bay. We found an old cemetery on the property. The cemetery was a Borum cemetery and there were a number of Charles Borums. Evelyn Borum and Edmond Borum were also names that were found more than once. The house - Mother had a picture of it - had been sold to a family from Washington, DC; however, they took us on a tour. It was a small house, very low ceilings and doorways. We also know that some time between the 1780s and 1830s, part of the family moved to Amelia County, which later split and became Nottoway County. Your great grandfather's name was Charles Edmond Borum. We know that he had a sister named Evelyn and that his father's name was William Albert Borum, mother - Emily Frances Jeffress. Grandfather [Charles Edmond Borum] inherited the property in Nottoway, outside Burkeville. The records for that area were destroyed in the courthouse that burned between 1815 and 1820. His grandfather was William Richard Borum; grandmother was only listed by her maiden name of Stokes."

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