Individual Details

Marriage

Married out of unity in the Tohicken reformed church. but by acknowledgement of her error, Elizabeth was granted a certificate to the MM at Frederick, MD on Aug 16, 1781.

Event

came to Tenmile, settled on land purchased by his father.
The first cabin of the pioneer Burson was built at the head of a hollow that runs from Tenmile Creek towards the house later built by Abraham Burson. This hollow was named "Wolf's Den". The cabin had only a blanket for a door.
The cabin was a few hundred yards from the site of the Rofelty massacre, but the only inconvenience the Bursons suffered was the loss of a pot of beans Mrs. Burson fed to the Indians when they left the scene of the murder.

Event

Edward Burson was a very good businessman, and accumulated enough property to settle all of his children comfortably on farms. He borrowed large sums of money 1817-1818, when frost hit the county every month of the year, and only buckwheat could be raised.

Death

his frail and sickly wife lived past 94 years of age, spending her last years with her son Abraham. They are both buried in the Burson cemetary on the Luse farm adjoining the original Edward Burson tract. By Quaker custom, the graves are unmarked.