Individual Details
Elizabeth Aldora J. Burns
(16 Jul 1853 - 16 Apr 1897)
http://www.next1000.com/family/EC/burns.alex.html
Information has Aldora married to Joseph Greer in 1861, which is evidently an error because she was only 8 years old then.
Information has Aldora married to Joseph Greer in 1861, which is evidently an error because she was only 8 years old then.
Events
| Birth | 16 Jul 1853 | Alabama | |||
| Census-shared | 22 Jun 1860 | (Margaret Greer) Desoto, Tallapoosa County, Alabama |  |  | |
| Death | 16 Apr 1897 | ||||
| Burial | McWilliams, Wilcox County, Alabama |
Families
| 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 | Samuel Alexander Burns (1850 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Ophelia Priscilla E. Burns (1852 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Mary Lewella G. Burns (1857 - ) |
Notes
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
Endnotes
1. "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..