Individual Details
James Burson
(14 Feb 1780 - 1843)
Events
| Birth | 14 Feb 1780 | Bucks Co., Pennsylvania | |||
| Event | 1802 | Greene County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Marriage | 1804 | Ohio - Elizabeth Meyers | | ||
| Death | 1843 | Columbiana Co,Ohio |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Meyers ( - ) |
| Child | Nelson Burson ( - 1900) |
| Father | Edward Burson (1756 - 1841) |
Notes
Event
James Burson floats a boat down the Mohongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, with a load of flour, selling it at New Orleans and realizing a profit of $800.He returned by boat to Philadelphia, then overland to Tenmile.
Taking the $800, he and his brother David walk from Waynesburg to Steubenville, Ohio, where he bought 160 acres of land at $1.25 an acre. he then followed the blazed trail of the surveyors to new land near Lisbon, Ohio.