Rev. William Burgess of Franklin Co., Alabama

[Haplotype R - M269]

Note: This family is affiliated with that of:

William Burgess of Ninety-Six District, South Carolina

Rev. William Burgess Sr. was born 5 October 1742, possibly in Surry Co., Virginia. He married firstly an unknown wife about 1772, and secondly (Mary) Agnes Partain about 1781. He served in the Revolutionary War from the Edenton District, North Carolina. He was a Methodist Episcopal minister. He moved successively to the Ninety-Sixth District, South Carolina, by 1784, to North Carolina by 1792, to Giles Co., Tennessee by 1798, and to Franklin Co., Alabama about 1813, but has not been found in any census record. He died in Franklin Co. on 5 October 1838, having had seven sons, one by his first wife, and six by his second:

*1. Joshua Burgess (1773-1849) of Greenville Co., SC
2. Richard Burgess (1782?-1850) of Jackson Co., AR
*3. Benjamin Burgess (1784-1864) of Franklin Co., AL
4. William Burgess Jr. (1785?-1862) of Alabama
5. Rabon Ellis Burgess (1792-1862) of Franklin Co., AL
6. Charles Noah Burgess (1795-1855) of Itawamba, MS
7. Partain Burgess (1811?-1882) of Franklin Co., AL

First Branch: Joshua Burgess

Joshua Burgess was born about 1773 in South Carolina. He married Margaret Holeman about 1808. He is listed in the 1820-40 censuses for Greenville Co., South Carolina. He died there on 29 July 1849, having had five sons:

1. William Rugless Burgess (1809-1869) of Pickens Co., SC
2. Simeon Ellis Burgess (1811-1888) of Pickens Co., SC
3. Benjamin Edward Burgess (1812-1864) of FL
4. Joshua D. Burgess (1816-1845) of Pickens Co., SC
5. John DeMarcus Burgess (1820-1911) of Gilmer Co., GA

Third Branch: Benjamin Burgess

Benjamin Burgess was born about 1793 in South Carolina. He married Lydia Ramsey about 1824. He is listed in the 1830-60 censuses for Franklin Co., Alabama. He died there in 1864, having had at least two sons:

1. Richard Franklin Burgess (1826-1865) of Franklin Co., AL
2. Lewis Wesley Burgess (1829-1860+) of Scott Co., AL

Simeon Ellis Burgess is the ancestor of W. H. Burgess;
Richard Franklin Burgess is the ancestor of J. E. Burgess.

Test results received from two representative of this line match each other; they have a common male ancestor, William Burgess Sr. These results prove that Joshua Burgess, suspected by some researchers of being unrelated to this line, is in fact genetically connected to it. They also match the numbers of a descendant of William Burgess of Ninety Six District, South Carolina; they have a common male ancestor, name unknown.