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Aaron B Burleson (b. October 10, 1815, d. January 13, 1885)
Notes for Aaron B Burleson:BURLESON, AARON
Born in Tennessee, October 10, 1815, one of the fourteen children of James Burleson. In the Headright Certificate issued to him January 22, 1838 for one-third of a league of land by the Bastrop County Board it is stated that he came to Texas in 1831.
Mr. Burleson was a member of Captain Jesse Billingsley's Mina (Bastrop) Volunteers at San Jacinto and on May 25, 1838, he was issued Donation Certificate No. 63 for 640 acres of land for having participated in the battle. He was issued Bounty Certificate No. 4400 for 640 acres of land for haying served in the Army from February 28 to November 1, 1836. In Comptroller's Military Service Record No. 8316 it is certified that he served in Captain Billingsley's Company from February 28 to June 1, 1836 when he was discharged at Mina and that he enlisted in Captain John J. McGehee's Company of Rangers June 1, and served until December 27, 1836.
Mr. Burleson returned to Tennessee to marry Minerva J. Seaton. Returning to Texas they settled at the mouth of Walnut Creek in what is now Travis County. There Mrs. Burleson died in 1855. Their children were (1) Nannie, (2) John, (3) Betty, (4) Jefferson W. (5) Maggie, (6) Volley Burleson and two who died in infancy.
On May 15, 1856 Mr. Burleson was married to Jane Tannehill, daughter of J. C. and Jane (Richardson) Tannehill who came to Texas from Tennessee in 1829. Mr. Burleson died at Govalle, two miles from Austin, January 13, 1885, while a member of the Texas Veterans Association. Mrs. Burleson, born March 6, 1833, died April 18, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Burleson are buried in marked graves in the Rogers Cemetery in Travis County.
Children of Mr. Burleson by his second marriage were (7) Edward, (8) Neeley (9) Lillie, (10) Jane, (11) Rufus, (12) William (13) Libbie, (14) Tinnie and (15) Mattie Burleson.
Aaron's Revolutionary War pension was # 1870.
Aaron raised 3 of his brother Jacob's children after he was killed by indians. He also raised 2 of his brother James Children, and 3 from a TN. family. He had 11 children of his and Minerva's union. Out of his 11 children, five died at birth or in early infancy.
BURLESON, AARON B. (1815-1885). Aaron B. Burleson was born in Alabama on October 10, 1815, the youngest son of James and Elizabeth (Shipman) Burleson. His father was a captain under Andrew Jackson at the battles of Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans. The Burlesons returned to the old family home in Hardeman County, Tennessee, and from there, in 1827, they moved to Bastrop, Texas. Aaron was raised on the frontier and was a frequent companion of his elder brother Edward Burleson on campaigns against Indians. Aaron served under his brother's command during the siege of Bexar and saw action at the battle of San Jacintoqv as a member of Capt. Jesse Billingsley's Company C of Edward Burleson's First Regt., Texan Volunteers. He was one of the party that captured Antonio López de Santa Anna.
After the Texas Revolution he lived on the upper Colorado, approximately equidistant between Bastrop and Waterloo, which became the city of Austin. His nearest neighbors on this exposed frontier were his sister Nancy Rogers, his sister and brother-in-law Rachel and James Rogers, and his brother Jacob. On February 25, 1839, Burleson, again under his eldest brother's command, took part in the battle of Brushy Creek, a decisive defeat of Comanche raiders in the upper Colorado settlements. In this fight Jacob Burleson was killed and his body badly mutilated.
In 1838 Aaron returned to Tennessee to marry Minerva J. Seaton. The couple immediately returned to Texas and settled at the mouth of Walnut Creek in Travis County. They had six children before Minerva's death in 1855. Burleson was married again, on May 15, 1856, to Jane Tannehill and with her eventually had six children.
In 1842 Burleson again served under his brother Edward, then the vice president of the Republic of Texas, in repulsing the raid of Rafael Vásquez on San Antonio. In December 1860 Governor Sam Houston commissioned Burleson to raise a company of rangers for frontier defense. Burleson amassed a considerable fortune before his death at his home near Govalle, some two miles east of Austin, on January 13, 1885. He, both of his wives, and several of his children are buried in the Burleson Cemetery, on the Blanco River near Kyle.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution (Austin, 1986). Frank W. Johnson, A History of Texas and Texans (5 vols., ed. E. C. Barker and E. W. Winkler [Chicago and New York: American Historical Society, 1914; rpt. 1916]). Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. Amelia W. Williams and Eugene C. Barker, eds., The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863 (8 vols., Austin: University of Texas Press, 1938-43; rpt., Austin and New York: Pemberton Press, 1970).
Thomas W. Cutrer
BURLESON, AARON
Born in Tennessee, October 10, 1815, one of the fourteen children of James Burleson. In the Headright Certificate issued to him January 22, 1838 for one-third of a league of land by the Bastrop County Board it is stated that he came to Texas in 1831.
Mr. Burleson was a member of Captain Jesse Billingsley's Mina (Bastrop) Volunteers at San Jacinto and on May 25, 1838, he was issued Donation Certificate No. 63 for 640 acres of land for having participated in the battle. He was issued Bounty Certificate No. 4400 for 640 acres of land for haying served in the Army from February 28 to November 1, 1836. In Comptroller's Military Service Record No. 8316 it is certified that he served in Captain Billingsley's Company from February 28 to June 1, 1836 when he was discharged at Mina and that he enlisted in Captain John J. McGehee's Company of Rangers June 1, and served until December 27, 1836.
Mr. Burleson returned to Tennessee to marry Minerva J. Seaton. Returning to Texas they settled at the mouth of Walnut Creek in what is now Travis County. There Mrs. Burleson died in 1855. Their children were (1) Nannie, (2) John, (3) Betty, (4) Jefferson W. (5) Maggie, (6) Volley Burleson and two who died in infancy.
On May 15, 1856 Mr. Burleson was married to Jane Tannehill, daughter of J. C. and Jane (Richardson) Tannehill who came to Texas from Tennessee in 1829. Mr. Burleson died at Govalle, two miles from Austin, January 13, 1885, while a member of the Texas Veterans Association. Mrs. Burleson, born March 6, 1833, died April 18, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Burleson are buried in marked graves in the Rogers Cemetery in Travis County.
Children of Mr. Burleson by his second marriage were (7) Edward, (8) Neeley (9) Lillie, (10) Jane, (11) Rufus, (12) William (13) Libbie, (14) Tinnie and (15) Mattie Burleson.
More About Aaron B Burleson:
Burial: Unknown, Webberville, Travis, Tx, Burleson Cem.
More About Aaron B Burleson and Minerva J. Seaton:
Marriage: August 23, 1838, Hardeman, Tennessee.
More About Aaron B Burleson and Jane C. Tannehill:
Marriage: May 15, 1856, Travis, Texas.
Children of Aaron B Burleson and Minerva J. Seaton are:
- Nannie Burleson, d. date unknown.
- John Burleson, d. date unknown.
- Betty Burleson, d. date unknown.
- Jefferson Burleson, d. date unknown.
- Maggie Burleson, d. date unknown.
- Volley Burleson, d. date unknown.
Children of Aaron B Burleson and Jane C. Tannehill are:
- Rufus Burleson, d. date unknown.
- William Burleson, d. date unknown.
- Edward A Burleson, b. February 26, 1857, d. date unknown.
- Cornelus Burleson, b. June 06, 1859, d. date unknown.
- Lillie Burleson, b. May 15, 1861, d. date unknown.
- Libbie Burleson, b. May 15, 1861, d. date unknown.
- Jane B. Burleson, b. April 28, 1863, d. date unknown.
- Tinne Burleson, b. January 18, 1872, Travis County, Texas, d. date unknown.