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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