Individual Details
Samuel Alexander Burns
(20 Jun 1850 - 6 Aug 1889)
Events
| Birth | 20 Jun 1850 | Alabama | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 23 Oct 1850 | (William Alexander "Billy" Burns and Margaret Greer) Tallapoosa County, Alabama |  |  | |
| Census-shared | 22 Jun 1860 | (Margaret Greer) Desoto, Tallapoosa County, Alabama | | | |
| Marriage | 7 May 1879 | Lee County, Alabama - Narcissa James Burks | | ||
| Census (family) | 11 Jun 1880 | Bethel, Lee County, Alabama - Narcissa James Burks | | | |
| Death | 6 Aug 1889 | Alabama | |||
| Burial | Roxana Cemetery, Lee County, Alabama | |
Families
| Spouse | Narcissa James Burks (1854 - 1939) |
| Child | Salmon Holmes Burns (1880 - 1936) |
| Father | William Alexander "Billy" Burns (1812 - 1887) |
| Mother | Margaret Greer (1814 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Martha Ann Burns (1835 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Salmon W. Burns (1838 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Hilliard Burns (1840 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Rachell Evalina Burns (1842 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret K. Burns (1843 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Aldora J. Burns (1853 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Ophelia Priscilla E. Burns (1852 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Mary Lewella G. Burns (1857 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
A Burns M 38 South CarolinaMargarrett Burns F 34 South Carolina
Martha Ann Burns F 15 Alabama
Salmon Burns M 12 Alabama
Williard Burns M 10 Alabama
Rachell Burns F 8 Alabama
Margarett Burns F 6 Alabama
Samuel Burns M 2 Alabama
Watts Moon M 24 Georgia
Census-shared
1860 US Census, Beat No. 5, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama, Roll 25, Page 37.Alexander has apparently died within three years of this census. Margaret is left with a sizable holding mostly in slaves. This census lists eight slaves by age with no names. They generally fit the list in the probate record within a year or two:
1 male 60, 1 female 32, 1 male 13, 1 female 12, 1 male 8, 3 females 6, 3, and 1.
Margaret Burnes 47 f Farmer $500 $4458 South Carolina
Hilliard 19 m Alabama
Evalina 17 f Alabama
Margaret 14 f Alabama
Samuel 12 m Alabama
Aldora 7 f Alabama
Ophelia 5 f Alabama
Luella 3 f Alabama
Census (family)
Samuel A Burns Self M 30 Alabama - Farmer & MerchantNarcissa J Burns Wife F 24 Alabama
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH5H-Q4N : accessed 12 Sep 2013), A Burns, 1850..
2. "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHDN-CCX : accessed 25 Oct 2013), Margaret Burns, , Tallapoosa, Alabama; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 39, family 257, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803025..
3. "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQVL-KQX : 9 February 2018), S. A. Burns and N. J. Burks, 07 May 1879; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,287,153..
4. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JR-WT8 : 24 December 2015), Samuel A Burns, Bethel, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 92, sheet 110C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0019; FHL microfilm 1,254,019..
5. Find A Grave Memorial# 99322811.