Individual Details
Reverend Joseph Burson
(Sep 1730 - 28 Oct 1801)
1755 - Joseph left Quakers and served 30 days in Virginia Militia
bef 1767 - Joseph moved to 96th District, SC. Received a land grant April 29, 1768, a tract of land containing one hundred and fifty acres in the fork between Broad and Saluda rivers and on a small branch of Fair Forest Creek called Buffalo Creek bordered on all sides by vacant land. This Berkley County was discontinued in 1769 to old 96th District thence in Union County, South Carolina in 1798.
1767 - Ass't pastor Fairforest Baptist Church
1767 - Received 150 acres in the fork between Broad & Saluda Rivers,
Buffalo Creek Branch of the Fairforest Creek
1783, 7, - first record of Joseph in Wilkes Co., GA
December 18, 1783 Joseph and Mary sold their original land grant of 150 acres in South Carolina to Evan Thomas, planter fo the 96th District, South Carolina, for 400 pounds.
1784 - Joseph received land grant in Wilkes Co., GA
November 1, 1784 Union County, South Carolina, Jonathan Burson was one of four buyers purchasing the Thomas Green Estate (Abstracts of Old 96th & Abbeville District Wills and Bonds).
After moving to Wilkes County, Georgia Rev. Joseph Burson pastored Brier Creek Baptist Church where Jonathan and Isaac helped as associate pastors in the 1790's.
1794 - Tax records show Joseph owned 400 acres along "Ogechee Waters" in Warren Co., GA (Warren Co. formed 1793)
1801,10,28 - Joseph made will
1802, 2, 9 - Joseph Burson Will probated in Warren Co., GA (WB 1798/08 p 51)
Joseph, Jr. was b. in Bucks Co., PA. He resided in VA in 1751. Joseph Burson appears on a list of Freeholder voters polled to determine the Colonel of Fairfax County Militia on December 11, 1755. Also, on the Militia of Fairfax County Roster we find the name of Joseph Burson, a trooper in the Virginia Colonial Militia, March, 1756. He was a Quaker before 1768. Joseph received a land grant and moved to the Old 96th District or what was then Berkley Co., South Carolina. A tract of land containing one hundred and fifty acres was awarded in 1768. He was a Baptist after 1768 in SC.
After the American Revolution, the Burson men took advantage of the land bounty in Georgia for veterans of the conflict. Joseph received a bounty grant dated September 29, 1784. His sons Jonathan and Isaac received Privateer grants of two hundred acres in Wilkes County, Georgia dated July 29, 1785. Joseph owned a land grant of 400 acres in 1794 in Burke Co., Georgia ( This is listed in grant book EEEE p.808, for Burke Co. for Burson, Jos.)
He appeared on the census in 1794 in Warren Co., Georgia. He is listed w/no slaves, 400 acres of land in Warren Co. on the Ogechee waters-- Wadsdon & Parkins tax being 3 shillings 4 3/4 pence. He died Oct. 27, 1801 in Warren Co., Georgia.
All of the above info is from Val ( Valdaya@aol.com)
The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia, Burke County, Page 1
Burke County was created from St. George Parish in 1777. There were three fires in the Burke County Courthouse resulting in loss of early records. There are some records prior to 1856. Headright grants Burke County in the years 1790 through1795 lists Jos. Burson.
From Earl Smith's book: The Burson Bunch---
Joseph was a baptist minister. He and Mary had ten children and raised three granddaughters. Joseph was a Reverend at the time of his will.---
According to J.D. Willis (jwillis@Camalott.com), he was married to Mary Shaw in 1750 in Pa. Mary died in 1811? in Baldwin Co., Georgia.
Joseph was converted to Baptist belief during the big religious awakening under the leadership of Rev. Philip Mulkey. Fairforest is of particular interest as the oldest Baptist Church in the back countryand as a separate Baptist group from North Carolina. The Lawsons Fork branch of Fairforest is described as having a little meeting house in 1772 thirty-five miles northwest of Fairforest where Rev. Philip Mulkey preached for a time, assisted by Joseph Burson. The Revolution took its toll apparantly scattering the congregatiom because reconstitution took place in 1792 and the Burson men had already taken advantage of the Congregational Act for the opening of a land office in the state of Georgia whereby soldiers of the Revolution could receive bounty land for service in the war. The father, Joseph, drew a bounty grant for service in the Colonial Militia and sons, Jonathan and Isaac, received 200 acres each for their service in the Revolution. So they migrated to Wilkes County, Georgia.
bef 1767 - Joseph moved to 96th District, SC. Received a land grant April 29, 1768, a tract of land containing one hundred and fifty acres in the fork between Broad and Saluda rivers and on a small branch of Fair Forest Creek called Buffalo Creek bordered on all sides by vacant land. This Berkley County was discontinued in 1769 to old 96th District thence in Union County, South Carolina in 1798.
1767 - Ass't pastor Fairforest Baptist Church
1767 - Received 150 acres in the fork between Broad & Saluda Rivers,
Buffalo Creek Branch of the Fairforest Creek
1783, 7, - first record of Joseph in Wilkes Co., GA
December 18, 1783 Joseph and Mary sold their original land grant of 150 acres in South Carolina to Evan Thomas, planter fo the 96th District, South Carolina, for 400 pounds.
1784 - Joseph received land grant in Wilkes Co., GA
November 1, 1784 Union County, South Carolina, Jonathan Burson was one of four buyers purchasing the Thomas Green Estate (Abstracts of Old 96th & Abbeville District Wills and Bonds).
After moving to Wilkes County, Georgia Rev. Joseph Burson pastored Brier Creek Baptist Church where Jonathan and Isaac helped as associate pastors in the 1790's.
1794 - Tax records show Joseph owned 400 acres along "Ogechee Waters" in Warren Co., GA (Warren Co. formed 1793)
1801,10,28 - Joseph made will
1802, 2, 9 - Joseph Burson Will probated in Warren Co., GA (WB 1798/08 p 51)
Joseph, Jr. was b. in Bucks Co., PA. He resided in VA in 1751. Joseph Burson appears on a list of Freeholder voters polled to determine the Colonel of Fairfax County Militia on December 11, 1755. Also, on the Militia of Fairfax County Roster we find the name of Joseph Burson, a trooper in the Virginia Colonial Militia, March, 1756. He was a Quaker before 1768. Joseph received a land grant and moved to the Old 96th District or what was then Berkley Co., South Carolina. A tract of land containing one hundred and fifty acres was awarded in 1768. He was a Baptist after 1768 in SC.
After the American Revolution, the Burson men took advantage of the land bounty in Georgia for veterans of the conflict. Joseph received a bounty grant dated September 29, 1784. His sons Jonathan and Isaac received Privateer grants of two hundred acres in Wilkes County, Georgia dated July 29, 1785. Joseph owned a land grant of 400 acres in 1794 in Burke Co., Georgia ( This is listed in grant book EEEE p.808, for Burke Co. for Burson, Jos.)
He appeared on the census in 1794 in Warren Co., Georgia. He is listed w/no slaves, 400 acres of land in Warren Co. on the Ogechee waters-- Wadsdon & Parkins tax being 3 shillings 4 3/4 pence. He died Oct. 27, 1801 in Warren Co., Georgia.
All of the above info is from Val ( Valdaya@aol.com)
The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia, Burke County, Page 1
Burke County was created from St. George Parish in 1777. There were three fires in the Burke County Courthouse resulting in loss of early records. There are some records prior to 1856. Headright grants Burke County in the years 1790 through1795 lists Jos. Burson.
From Earl Smith's book: The Burson Bunch---
Joseph was a baptist minister. He and Mary had ten children and raised three granddaughters. Joseph was a Reverend at the time of his will.---
According to J.D. Willis (jwillis@Camalott.com), he was married to Mary Shaw in 1750 in Pa. Mary died in 1811? in Baldwin Co., Georgia.
Joseph was converted to Baptist belief during the big religious awakening under the leadership of Rev. Philip Mulkey. Fairforest is of particular interest as the oldest Baptist Church in the back countryand as a separate Baptist group from North Carolina. The Lawsons Fork branch of Fairforest is described as having a little meeting house in 1772 thirty-five miles northwest of Fairforest where Rev. Philip Mulkey preached for a time, assisted by Joseph Burson. The Revolution took its toll apparantly scattering the congregatiom because reconstitution took place in 1792 and the Burson men had already taken advantage of the Congregational Act for the opening of a land office in the state of Georgia whereby soldiers of the Revolution could receive bounty land for service in the war. The father, Joseph, drew a bounty grant for service in the Colonial Militia and sons, Jonathan and Isaac, received 200 acres each for their service in the Revolution. So they migrated to Wilkes County, Georgia.
Events
| Birth | Sep 1730 | Gilbert's Manor, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Marriage | 1750 | Bucks Co., Pennsylvania - Mary Shaw | | ||
| Occupation | 1767 | Asst. Pastor Fairforest Baptist Church | |||
| Death | 28 Oct 1801 | Warren Co., Georgia |  | ||
| Religion | Baptist |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Shaw (1732 - 1801) |
| Child | Jonathan Burson (1750 - 1801) |
| Child | Rachel Burson (1751 - ) |
| Child | Isaac Burson (1752 - 1829) |
| Child | Lydia Burson (1756 - 1841) |
| Child | Phoebe Burson (1763 - 1832) |
| Child | Margaret "Peggy" Burson (1767 - ) |
| Child | Rachel Burson (1768 - ) |
| Child | Mary "Polly" Burson (1770 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Burson (1772 - 1851) |
| Child | Jesse Burson (1774 - ) |
| Child | Enoch Burson (1775 - 1801) |
| Child | Alice Burson (1776 - ) |
| Father | Joseph Burson (1689 - 1769) |
| Mother | Mary Rachel Potts (1702 - 1752) |
| Sibling | Mary Burson (1721 - 1790) |
| Sibling | James Burson (1722 - 1792) |
| Sibling | Rachel Burson (1735 - ) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Burson (1733 - 1769) |
| Sibling | Absalom Burson (1735 - 1768) |
| Sibling | Deborah Burson (1737 - 1798) |
| Sibling | Sarah Elizabeth Burson (1727 - 1826) |
Notes
Death
STATE OF GEORGIAWARREN COUNTY
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE present that I, Joseph Burson, now being weak an d low in health but in perfect mind and memory expecting shortly to de part this life and resolved to make this my Will and Testament. First , I recommend my soul into the hands of the Almighty, who gave it and my body to be buried in a Decent and Christian Burial.
WHEREAS, I make this my last Will and Testament that at my decease tha t my Executors first may pay my lawful debts.
SECONDLY, I give and bequeath to my well-beloved Companion, Mary Burso n, all my lands, horse, Creatures, cattle, sheep, hogs and household f urniture with my reasonable debts to be given up by my Executors to he r own benefit and disposal at my decease; that she may enjoy and posse ss during her life.
THIRDLY, that my Executors, at her decease, shall pay themselves out o f my estate for the care and managing and keeeping together the estate .
FOURTHLY, that, at her decease, my Execcutors shall give out of my est ate to my eldest son, Jonathan, or his heirs fifty cents also to my so n, Isaac, fifty cents, to daughter, Lydia, fifty cents, to daughter, P heoba, fifty cents, to my daughter Rachel, fifty cents, to my daughter , Peggy, fifty cents, to my daughter, Polly, fifty cents, and the rema inder part of my estate to be equally divided between my sons, Joseph and Jesse, and my daughter, Alyc (spelling ?), and my grandaughters, P olly, Sally, and Nancy, who now reside with me in my present dwelling house.
NOW, WHEREAS, acknowledging this to be my last Will and Testament, tha t every Will and Testament heretofore made is null and void and of no effect and as this written in my own house and in the presence of God I acknowledge this to be my last Will and Testament this 28th day of O ctober, 1801.
Witnesses: Charles Tharp, William Blooworth, Matthew Bal
Joseph Burson seal
Executors: Mary Burson and Joseph Burson
Endnotes
1. Bursons.ftw, Liz Williams, e-mail: williams2052@msn.com.
2. Bursons.ftw, Liz Williams, e-mail: williams2052@msn.com.