Individual Details

Said to have served in the Civil War, bought land in Tarrant Co, 1873. He was a Primitive Baptist preacher.

1870 Census. Fannin Co, TX, Hh 68
Delphus Bolen, 29, Farmer, b. North Carolina
Martha L., 26, b. Georgia
Thomas B., 9, b. AL
Delphes 8, b. AL
Fannie, 6, b. AL
William S., 4, b. AL
George W., 1, b. TX

Buried Bourland Cemetery, Keller, Tarrant Co, TX.

Found on FindAGrave.com was a picture of his stone
In Memory of
Eld. A. D. Bourland
Mar 20, 1840 Aug 1, 1904
A servant of God who believed and preached that salvation is of the Lord
and the God is a soverign and worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.

Bourland Cemetery
Bourland Rd., Keller, TX, USA
Bourland Cemetery Historical Marker
Aurelius Delphus Bourland (1840-1904), a North Carolina native and a veteran of the Civil War, bought land here in 1873. A farmer and Primitive Baptist preacher, he first used this site as a family cemetery. The earliest marked grave is that of his grandson A. Delphus White, who died in 1886. In 1899 Bourland sold 2.5 acres, including the grave sites, to the residents of Keller (1.5 mi SW) for use as a public burial ground. Additional land was given by the families of Bourland in 1947 and A.B. Harmonson (1891-1967) in 1977. The gateway was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1935. (1981)

Message Board Post, 13 Jan 2005
According to "The Bourlands in America," published by The Bourland Society, Inc. in 1978: Aurelius Delphus Bourland was born in Caswell County, North Carolina on 20 or 22 March 1840; his parents names are unknown; after his father died he moved with his mother to Calhoun County, Alabama before the start of the Civil War; he enlisted in 1861 and served until the end of the war; he settled in Texas in Fannin County by 1867, and finally moved to Tarrant County by 1873. This information was obtained from "Mrs. A. B. Hamonson of Keller, TX, who is preparing a history of the Keller community..."

Birth	20 Mar 1840	North Carolina
Marriage	16 Nov 1859	Calhoun County, Alabama - Martha L. Ray
Marriage	1 Jul 1872	Fannin County, Texas, Fannin County, Texas - Martha Elizabeth White
Death	1 Aug 1904	Tarrant County, Texas

Spouse	Martha Elizabeth White (1848 - 1936)
Child	Andrew Martin Bourland (1874 - 1964)
Child	James Edward Bourland (1876 - 1947)
Child	Louis P. Bourland (1879 - )
Child	John Hiram Bourland (1885 - 1954)
Child	Elijah Bourland (1887 - 1954)
Child	Elisha Green Bourland (1889 - 1954)

Spouse	Martha L. Ray (1844 - 1880)
Child	Thomas Bogard Bourland (1860 - 1947)
Child	Aurelius Delphus "Bud" Bourland Jr. (1862 - 1931)
Child	Harriett Frances "Fannie" Bourland (1864 - 1936)
Child	William S. Bourland (1869 - )
Child	George W. Bourland (1871 - )

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