5. Anderson⁵ BURNS (John¹), born 1795 in South Carolina; died 2 February 1845 in South Carolina. (Anderson Burns estate, Anderson County Probate Estate no. 1091, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina.) He married Leah Doyle (R. W. Simpson, History of Old Pendleton District With Some of the Leading Families of the District (1913; reprint, Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1988), 84.)

We know that Anderson is among John Burns’ older sons but we do not know exactly his birth order. He claimed John Burns to be his father on 30 September 1844. (Deed, Book G: 172, Marshall County Clerks’ Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)

Anderson did not live on the property in Marshall County that he inherited from his father, but sold the 38 6/14-acres of land in District Nine to Jason B. Shieffield for $75. It was part of a parcel of land containing about 538 acres owned by the late John Burns and bounded on the east by Mr. Cole; on the North by Mr. Holt and Mr. Fulton’s heirs; on the west by Bary Warren and the Bruces; on the south by Street Holt and the Williamses. Anderson says in the document that he is a son and lawful heir of the 14 heirs. (Deed, Book G: 172, Marshall County Clerks’ Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.) Sibling William Boyd Burns later contradicts the 14 heirs when he says there are 15. (Wm. B. Burns Trust deed. Book F: 364-366, Marshall County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)

Anderson lived his entire life in Pendleton District, Anderson County, South Carolina, although he is purported to have walked to the Republic of Texas three times to visit his brother. (Letter from Samuel Anderson Burns (R.F.D. #2, Talladega, Alabama) to Mrs. W. W. Burley, 214 Townville Street, Seneca, South Carolina, 14 September 1945; copy held in 2001 by Brenda Kellow and provided by Bradley W. Burns of Alabama, <bradley.w.burns@accenture.com>. Samuel Anderson Burns was the grandson of Anderson Burns.) Several of Anderson’s descendants held prestigious government positions in Alabama and South Carolina. (Letter from Samuel Anderson Burns, 1945.)

Anderson died in South Carolina on 2 February 1845 at age 51. (The Pendleton Messenger, Pendleton, SC, issue of Feb. 6, 1846.) He is buried probably in the Old Lebanon Cemetery, located three or four miles south of Pendleton. (Letter from Samuel Anderson Burns, 1945.)

More will appear on this family at a latter posting.

Known children of Anderson⁵ Burns and Leah Doyle were as follows:

23. i. Mary²³ BURNS, born 1824

24. ii. Sarah Ann BURNS, born 1828

25. iii. Harriet BURNS, born 1830

26. iv. Martha BURNS, born 1832

27. v. Elizabeth BURNS, born 1834

28. vi. Thompson “Thomas” BURNS, born 1835

29. vii. Nancy BURNS, born 1836

30. viii. Robert M. BURNS, born 1838

31. ix. Ester BURNS, born 1844

32. x. Maria B. BURNS, born 1845

6. Hays⁶ BURNS (John¹), born 1797 in South Carolina; died 4 February 1882, DeKalb County, Alabama. (Hays Burns obituary, The Gadsden Times, DeKalb, Alabama, 10 February 1882, page 3, column 5. “In DeKalb county (sic), on the 4^th instant, Mr. Hays Burns, father of Sam Burns, aged about 85 years.” Clipping compliments of my colleague Billie Hill Thompson.) He married Nancy L. -?-. Her last name is thought to have been Lovings.

Hays moved to DeKalb County, Alabama after his father died. It was there on 3 October 1843 that he appointed John Bruce and H. Holt as his Powers of Attorney to handle his share of John Burns’ estate. (Power of Attorney, DeKalb Clerk of the Circuit Court, Book F: 202-201, Fort Payne, Alabama.)

Hays sold six year old Ann, a slave from his father’s property, to John Laws on 2 March 1842. (Marshall County Deed, Book E: 142-144, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)

During this time, several of John Burns’ sons were moving into Alabama, and Hays was moving too. In a document written 3 October 1843 in DeKalb County Alabama, Hays Burns appointed John Bruce and H. Holt as his Powers of Attorney to “make settlements with the Administration of the Estate of John Burns Late deceased of Marshall County Tennessee and said Settlement Acts or doing in such settlement shall be as binding if I were presented to do the same myself …” He signed the it, Hays Burns, and his seal is affixed to the document. There was no mention of a spouse. (DeKalb County Deed, Book F: 202-203, Clerk of the Circuit Court Office, Fort Payne, Alabama.)

On 1 May 1845, Hays received his certificate of land from the General Land Office. Hays Burns and James K. Polk, President of the United States, signed it. Hays paid cash for the 159.54 acres, but the amount was not included on the document. (Grant, Certificate number 5989, Serial number AL3080__.444, General Land Office, Lebanon, Alabama.) During the two years following this purchase, Hays marries Nancy L. and sells a portion of the previous mentioned property. On 20 February 1847, Hays and Nancy enter into an indenture with Henry Griffin in DeKalb County. The sale of Hay’s 27.25 acres of land was in the southeast corner of section four, township ten, range six east, joining John Burns’ field, probably his brother John W. Burns.(DeKalb County Deed, Book B: 301-302, Clerk of the Circuit Court Office, Fort Payne, Alabama.)

Known children of Hays⁶ Burns and Nancy L. -?- were as follows:

33. i. Eliza Louise³³ BURNS, born 1842

34. ii. Louisa BURNS, born 1845

35. iii. Cordilia Delila BURNS, born 13 January 1849

36. iv. Samuel D. BURNS, born 16 February 1852, died 26 December 1918.

37. v. Monroe BURNS, born 1854

38. vi. Hays M. BURNS, born 21 January 1855, died 29 September 1927.

7. Merrimon⁷ BURNS (John¹), born ca. 1802 in South Carolina; died after 1850.

8. Cunningham⁸H. BURNS (John¹), born circa 1800 in South Carolina.

C. H. Burns, a.k.a. Cunningham Burns, claimed to be a son of John Burns and a resident of Marshall County, Tennessee on 3 May 1843. (Marshall County Deed, Book F: 121, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.) In this Bill of Sale, both names are written into the document, i.e., C. H. Burns and Cunningham Burns. They are used throughout this document, although it is signed C. H. Burns.

More will be posted on Cunningham in the future.

9. Equilla⁹ BURNS (John¹), born ca. 1804 in South Carolina; died before September 1857 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas. His spouse or spouses are not proven, but it has long been thought he married Elizabeth Griffin of Lawrence County, Tennessee. There is a marriage record in the county of this record that I have long believed is this Equilla, but I cannot prove it at this time. There is a connection between the Burns family and the Griffin families. A spouse with the last name of Bruce has also been speculated, but I have not proven her as a spouse at this time, either. I hope to have more on Equilla’s spouses at a later time and I will post my findings on this site.

He was in Alabama where many of his children were born and when his father died in 1841. It was from there he gave his Power of Attorney to his brother in law, John P. Bruce on 21 September 1842. Equilla signed and sealed the instrument. (DeKalb Deed Book F: 57-58, County Clerk’s Office, Fort Payne, Alabama.)

Equilla came to Texas in 1850 and resided for a short time in Rusk County near the Texas and Louisiana border. So far, there is only one record to prove this statement. While there on 15 January 1853, he bought 240 acres located in Fannin County from Abner B. Speers who was living in Panola County. Witnesses were S. W. Marth and J. A. Burns. (Rusk County Deeds, Book Q: 316-318, County Clerk’s Office, Henderson, Texas.) The land is located north of Bonham between Timber Creek and the Red River separating Texas from Indian Territory.

Equilla Burns died after a short illness on his home place early in the fall of 1857. When Equilla died Intestate at his home north of Bonham, his son William W. Burns became the administrator of his estate. (Equilla Burns Petition of Administration, Fannin County probate file number 3333, September Term 1857, County Clerk’s Office, Bonham, Texas.) As happened time and again with many of the Burnses, William W. Burns sold his father’s property to William’s father-in-law, LeRoy Farmer of Collin County, who in turn sold it to A. J. Stigall for $350.

There is a cemetery a few feet from Equilla’s property where I suspect he is buried. The old tombstones and the cemetery were destroyed when the county built a farm to market road through the area. I only noticed the spot beside the road because there was one conspicuous tombstone about four feet from the edge of the road that I thought was curious. After inspecting the writing on the newly placed stone telling the story of the original stones being totally ignored during the road building process, I became very sad at the way we treat the last remains of our early settlers for the sake of progress. The story is that no one knows what happened to the bodies. I feel reasonably certain that Equilla is buried in that destroyed cemetery and his remains will remain a mystery.

Known children of Equilla⁹ Burns were as follows:

39. i. William³⁹ W. BURNS, born 19 February 1936 in Alabama.

40. ii. Robert L. BURNS, born 1842.

41. iii. Martha Jane BURNS, born 24 August 1843 in Alabama.

42. iv. George W. BURNS, born 1845 in Alabama.

10. Elizabeth¹⁰ Prear BURNS (John¹), born 26 May 1808 in South Carolina; died 28 June 1873 in Marshall County, Tennessee. Elizabeth married John Pennington Bruce on 13 March 1825 in Tennessee. John was born June 20, 1805 and died 24 May 1853. They are buried in Swanson Cemetery, located just south of Chapel Hill and east of 31-A. Next to them is their baby daughter, Livona Bruce. (Marsh, Helen C., Timothy R. Marsh, and Ralph D. Whitesell. Cemetery Records of Marshall County Tennessee. Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1996, p. 62.)

The census gives John’s occupation as a farmer and a blacksmith. Obviously, he was financially successful because he purchased much of the land from his wife’s siblings after her father’s death in 1841.

Known children of Elizabeth¹⁰ Prear Burns and John Pennington Bruce were as follows:

43. i. Martha⁴³ BRUCE, born 1829 in Tennessee.

44. ii. Lucy BRUCE, born 1831 in Tennessee.

45. iii. Elizabeth BRUCE, born 1833 in Tennessee.

46. iv. Arena BRUCE [female], born 1838 in Tennessee.

47. v. John BRUCE, born 1841 in Tennessee.

48. vi. William Gaines BRUCE, born 1844 in Tennessee.

49. vii. Manurby BRUCE [male], born 1846 in Tennessee.

50. viii. Leana BRUCE, born 1849 in Tennessee.

51. ix. Richard Elsay BRUCE, born in Tennessee.

52. x. James Edward BRUCE in Tennessee.

53. xi. Joseph BRUCE in Tennessee.

54. xii. Catherine BRUCE in Tennessee.

55. xiii. Lewis Hickey BRUCE in Tennessee.

56. xiv. Jane BRUCE in Tennessee.

57. xv. Livona BRUCE, born 3 November 1849 in Tennessee; died 1 November 1858 in Tennessee.

11. Leroy¹¹ BURNS (John¹), born in South Carolina. Leroy married Mary -?-.

Leroy was living in Alabama with his brothers at the time of his father’s death. We know this because of his Bill of Sale to John P. Bruce dated 27 January 1842 from DeKalb County. John P. Bruce bought Leroy’s right, title, and interest in John Burns’ estate for $305. (Bill of Sale, Book F: 57-60, Clerk of the Circuit Court Office, Fort Payne, Alabama.)

Known children of Leroy¹¹ Burns and Mary -?- were as follows:

58. i. James⁵⁸ Anderson BURNS, born 1832 in Tennessee.

59. ii. Samuel BURNS, born in DeKalb County, Alabama.

60. iii. John T. BURNS, born 1843.

61. iv. Lucyann BURNS, born March 1850.

62. v. Frances BURNS

63. vi. George C. BURNS.

12. John¹² W. BURNS (John¹), born ca. 1812 in South Carolina; died 17 November 1872 in Shelby County, Texas. He married Elvira Minerva Whitton on 15 February 1851 in Shelby County, Texas.

At the time of his father’s death in 1841, John W. had already left Tennessee for Alabama. A short time later he would move to Texas. On 27 January 1842 John Junior created a Bill of Sale in DeKalb County, Alabama giving John Bruce all right, title and claim to his father’s estate for the sum of $294. (DeKalb County Deed, Book F: 59-60, Clerk of the Circuit Court Office, Fort Payne, Alabama.)

While living in Lowndes County, Alabama, John bought 79.91 acres in Crenshaw County, Alabama located in E ½ NE section 28, township 11-N, range 18-E, dated 10 August 1850. (Alabama Land Grant Number 38494, Serial Number AL1890__. ) John obviously did not stay there long for a deed was filed in Marshall County on 21 April 1851 stating that he was in Texas. This involved a deed of the original tract of 70 acres of John Burns Senior’s land on Caney Spring Creek. It was an indenture between Andrew Patterson and John Burns Junior, whom it states was living in Texas as of the date of the instrument, 21 April 1851. (Marshall County Deed Book ???: 387-388, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)

During the Civil War he served in Company E, 19th Waterhouse regiment from 1861-1863. He was injured and upon partial recovery he returned to Texas.

John was a blacksmith by trade.

Known children of John¹² W. Burns and Elvira Minerva Whitton were as follows:

64. i. Mariah⁶⁴ Catherine BURNS

65. ii. Anderson BURNS

66. iii. William W. BURNS

67. iv. Robert J. BURNS

68. v. Alfred Patrick BURNS

69. vi. Amanda “Mandy” J. BURNS

70. vii. Maryetta “Etta” BURNS

13. George¹³ W. BURNS (John¹), born 1819 in South Carolina; died after 1880 in Texas. He married Jane Billington on 8 November 1843 in Marshall County, Tennessee (Burns-Billington marriage, Marshall County Marriage Book 1: 105, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.), daughter of Elias Billington. (Marshall County Deed Book G: 211-2, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)

Over a year before George married Jane, he sold to John P. Bruce for $350 the right, title, and interest to his father’s estate. (Bill of Sale, Marshall County Book E: 241-242, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)

The couple was still living in Marshall County when they sold Jane’s interest in her inheritance of 117 acres of land belonging to Elias Billington, deceased, to William Billington on 23 January 1844. (Marshall County Deed Book G: 211-2, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)

By 15 July 1854, George and Jane had joined his brothers in Alabama. The property, containing 29 acres, was in Calhoun County, specifically in township 14-S; range 10-E; section 18. The certificate, Number 16324, Alabama Accession Number AL3270__.137. President Franklin Pierce signs the copy in the files of Ms. Kellow. The couple bought a second piece of property in the same county in township 14-S; range 10-E; section 6. This certificate is Number 16323, Accession Number AL3270__.298.

Known children of George¹³ W. Burns and Jane Billington were as follows:

71. i. James⁷¹ BURNS, born 1845.

72. ii. Equilla BURNS, born 1847.

73. iii. John L. BURNS, born 1850.

74. iv. William G. BURNS, born 1851.

75. v. George C. “Cunny” BURNS, born 1856. (twins)

76. vi. Virginia A. “Jenny” BURNS, born 1856. (twins)

77. vii. Mary E. BURNS, born 1858.

78. viii. Samuel BURNS, born 1859.

14. William¹⁴ Boyd BURNS (John¹), born 21 February 1823 in South Carolina; died 30 January 1907 in Trenton, Fannin County, Texas and is buried in the Burns Cemetery. He married Mrs. Margaret (née Squires) Patton on 28 November 1844 at the home of Thomas Andress. James H. Brittain was the Justice of the Peace. William had applied for the bond four days earlier. (Marshall County Marriage Bonds 1: 82, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)

It is likely Margaret saw William Burns on visits to her in-law’s house for Sunday meals and for them to bond with her young child. Margaret Patton’s in-law’s property line joined the property of Holt's corner, John Burns, Caney Spring Creek, and Mr. Arkinson’s property. (Marshall County Deed D: 48, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee. This was four years before she married William Boyd Burns.) Margaret brought into the marriage a son, John Patton Jr. [son of John Patton Sr., deceased] whom William Burns raised as his own. (Wm. B. Burns Guardianship. Marshall County Minute Book, February 1849 Term, p. 65. County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.) John Patton was born in 1843 in either Mississippi or Tennessee; died 1877 in Trenton, Texas; married M.F. -?-. John Jr. and M. F. are both buried in Trenton, Fannin County, Texas in the Burns Cemetery.

William created a guardianship bond binding his interest in his father’s 550 acres estate and one six year old slave named John to Leonard Bullock. (Burns-Fulton Guardianship Bond, Marshall County Deed Book F: 364, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.) The bond, for $1,500, was to secure guardianship of his two sisters, Lucinda Burns and Mary C. Fulton, already a widow at age sixteen (Burns-Fulton marriage, Marshall County Marriage Bonds 1: 33, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.). William’s securities for the bond were his mother and Lawson H. Rickman, husband to Elizabeth Alford (Rickman-Alford marriage, Marshall County Marriage Bonds 1: 1, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.) but who would become Mary C. Fulton’s second husband in 1844 (Fulton-Rickman marriage, Marshall County Marriage Bonds 1: 77, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)

His mother extended his bond for the girls in March of 1844. (Marshall County Minute Book, March 1844 Term, p. 31. County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.) He was caring for his siblings and his mother long before he married Margaret the coming November of that year. William must have been a wonderful person and a consummate caregiver. Even after his marriage to Margaret, his mother continued to live with the family because she appears on the 1850 census. (William B. Burns household, 1850 U. S. census, Marshall County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 9, page 43, family —, dwelling —, National Archives micropublication M432, roll 890.)

William and Margaret appointed D. F. Joyce their Power of Attorney on
2 September 1856 to handle the estate of his father, the late John Burns.

Known children of William¹⁴ Boyd Burns and Margaret (née Squires) Patton were as follows:

79. i. Sarah⁷⁹ BURNS, born 1846.

80. ii. Lucinda BURNS, born 1848.

81. iii. William Boyd BURNS, born January 1850.

82. iv. Mary BURNS, born 1852.

83. v. Margaret BURNS, born 1854.

84. vi. Lulah BURNS

85. vii. Robert BURNS, born 1856.

86. viii. Victoria BURNS, born 1856.

87. ix. Lucy BURNS

88. x. Permelia Frances “Dolly” BURNS, born 1859; died 23 August 1877.

89. xi. Martha Priscella BURNS, born 1861.

15. Mary¹⁵ Catherine BURNS (John¹), born 13 November 1825 in South Carolina; died 8 May 1900 in Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tennessee. She married (1) James C. Fulton on 15 October 1840 in Marshall County (Marshall County Marriage Bonds 1: 33, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee) (2) Lawson H. Rickman on 25 August 1844 (Marshall County Marriage Bonds 1: 77, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee), (3) Jackson Joice/Joyce on 10 March 1853, (4) William W. Vest before 1871 (William Vest household, 1880 U.S. Census, Marshall County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 7, sheet 384D, National Archives micropublication T9, roll 1269.)

Mary Catherine Burns had a full, yet sad life, but typical for a women living in those times. He married at 15 and was widowed at 16, just two years after the death of her father. Because of her young age, she moved back into the household of her family. Actually, her older brother William Boyd Burns became her legal guardian. He was also the guardian of her younger sister Lucinda. Their mother, Mary E. Burns lived in the household also.

Her first marriage on 15 October 1840 was a happy occasion held at the home of her parents. Her father gave her away to James C. Fulton. James H. Brittain had married them. The couple was married barely three years when the young groom died on 6 October 1843 in Marshall County. He is buried in the Brittain-Ezell Cemetery near Chapel Hill.

Mary Catherine married second, a year later, to Lawson H. Rickman on 25 August 1844, also by James H. Brittain, but this time at the home of her widowed mother. She and Lawson were married only eight years before his death on 15 September 1852. He is buried at the Blackwell-Joyce Cemetery near Mary Catherine’s parents. His tombstone says, “Sacred to the Memory of Losson (sic) Rickman who was borned (sic) Oct the 8th 1809 and departed this life Sept. the 15th 1852.”

The court provided for the widowed Mary C. Fulton by giving her one year’s provisions, common for those whose spouses died Intestate. (James C. Fulton Estate, Minute Book B: 326-327, November 6, 1843 session, Marshall County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)

Lawson was an ambitious man, who began acquiring land as soon as he became of age. Lawson H. Rickman's deed for 51 acres of land lying in District No. 12 and executed to him by John W. Burns and received in office 15th and recorded 17 June 1838. I, John W. Burns, have sold unto Lawson W. Rickman for the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars for a tract of land in Marshall County on District No. 12 adjoining Samuel Carr’s original tract of one thousand acres of land and on the south side of he road. This 26th May 1836. Wit: Joseph H. Brittain and Aaron Boyd.

Zachariah Minton's Deed for 105 acres of land lying on Spring Creek executed to him by Lawson H. Rickman and received in office 15th and recorded 16th June 1838. This indenture made 18th April 1838 between Lawson H. Rickman of Marshall County of the one part and Zachariah Minton of same place of the other part for the sum of six hundred and twenty five dollars for a tract of land in Marshall County lying on Spring Creek a north branch of Duck River adjoining John Rickman's corner. (Marshall County Deed Book B: 273, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee)

Lawson H. Rickman's Deed of Trust for “interest in land lying in District No. 9, executed to him by Andrew E. Atkinson for the benefit of Joseph H. Briuttain (sic) and came to office the 9th and recorded the 10th of January 1839. I, Andrew E. Atkison, have this day sold to Lawson H. Rickman for the sum of five dollars for a tract of land in Marshall County and District No. 9 and containing one hundred and fifty seven acres or my interest in said land of four shares out of seven and adjoining a corner of a thousand acre tract purchased by Daniel McClure from Robert Weakley, and by Widow Patton and Lawson H. Rickman's line, and John Rickman's line, and by John Burns' corner, by Nancy Atkinson's land bought of Samuel Radford. This 5th day of January 1839.” (Marshall County Deed Book B: 412, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)

Known children Mary¹⁵ Burns and James C. Fulton were as follows:

90. i. Mary⁹⁰ Elizabeth Fulton, born circa 1842 in Tennessee.

Known children Mary¹⁵ Burns and Lawson H. Rickman were as follows:

91. i. Victoria⁹¹ Rickman

92. ii. John Rickman

93. iii. Loumiza Rickman

Known children Mary¹⁵ Burns and Jackson Joyce were as follows:

94. i. Fannie⁹⁴ Joyce

95. ii. George C. Joyce

96. iii. Sarah “Sally” Joyce, born December 1860 in Tennessee; married J. N. Sherman.

Known children Mary¹⁵ Burns and William W. Vest were as follows:

97. i. Ida⁹⁷ Vest, born 1871.

16. Lucinda¹⁶ BURNS (John¹), born 22 December 1828 in Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tennessee; died 3 March 1914 at age 85 in Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tennessee. She married (1) Doctor F. Joyce/Joice on 15 July 1846 ((Marshall County Marriage Bonds 1: 113, County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.) (2) John Stammer on 28 October 1874.

Lucinda married at age 18, just five years after her father had died. Lucinda, her 16-year-old widowed sister Mary Catherine, and her mother had been living with their older, single brother, William Boyd Burns, their legal guardian.

Her husband Doctor Joyce, doctor was a name not a professional title, lived almost long enough to celebrated their 25^th wedding anniversary. However, her widowhood lasted but four years until she married John Stammer. This marriage was cut short with his death after only a couple of years as noted in the C. H. Lavender Day Book of September 1874-7. Lavender noted that John Stammer’s coffin and box cost $35. Lucinda lived another 37 years before her death in 1914. Lucinda is buried by the side of her first husband Doctor Joyce and in the next row from her parents in the Blackwell Joyce Cemetery. John Stammer’s burial location is unknown to me, but I surmise that since Lucinda is buried next to her first husband, John may be buried either by a previous wife, if he had one, or in an unmarked grave.

Known children Lucinda¹⁶ Burns and Doctor F. Joyce/Joice were as follows:

098. i. Unnamed⁹⁸ Joyce, born 30 October 1847.

099. ii. Unnamed Joyce, born and died 22 November 1851.

100. iii. Lavonia Joyce

101. iv. William T. Joyce, born 27 October 1855.

102. v. John Robinson Joyce

103. vi. Charles Franklin Joyce

104. vii. Hattie Estelle Joyce

No known children born to Lucinda¹⁶ Burns and John Stammer.

¹ The 1880 US federal census for John’s children give the three states as his birthplace. The same inconsistency is true of his wife Mary E. Leroy and Wm. B. give SC as parents’ p.o.b.; George W. gives birthplace of both parents as Virginia; Lucinda gives North Carolina for both; Mary gives Virginia for her father and South Carolina for her mother; and Hays gives Virginia as his father’s p.o.b., but no indication of his mother’s birthplace.

² John Burns tombstone, Blackwell-Joyce Cemetery, Marshall County, Tennessee (a couple of miles off 31A on Blackwell Road); photograph in possession of Brenda Kellow, author.

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