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View Tree for Thomas Burris, Sr.Thomas Burris, Sr. (b. 1722, d. 01 Mar 1789)

Thomas Burris, Sr. was born 1722 in King William County, Virginia, and died 01 Mar 1789 in St. Thomas, Orange County, Virginia. He married Frances Tandy on 1750 in Orange County , Virginia.

 Includes NotesNotes for Thomas Burris, Sr.:
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1. Will dated 2 Dec 1788 and probated 23 Mar 1789 in Orange county,
Virginia.
2. Served as a private (before the battle of the Meadows) in George
Mercer's company (Company M) during the Fort Necessity campaign of the
French and Indian War (Col. Wm. Washington's regiment). He was wounded
by an Indian tomahawk (in the head) as reported in the Maryland Gazette
(Annapolis) 2 Oct 1755. T. Burris fought at Braddock's defeat in 1755.
He later was to exasperate George Washington by "some sharp practices"
in horse-dealing. Evidently T. Burris rode a mare which had originally
belonged to an officer who was killed, Washington wanted to sell the
horse and give the money to the officers family; the horse was
eventually taken to Washington's Bullskin Plantation. Burris had ridden
the horse from "Alexandry" to Fort Loudoun. In 1757 T. Burris was paid
ten pounds by the Colony of Virginia as a "recompence for the loss of
his arm in the service of his country (J.H.B. 1752-1758, page 478). In
1757-1758 Burris was a messenger or courier who delivered letters to and
from George Washington and members of his command.
3. Thomas Burris served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt.
William Washington's company, 3rd Virginia Regiment of Foot. He
enlisted 23 Feb 1776 and his name appears on the muster rolls of that
organization to July, 1777. His name appears with the rank of corporal
with the following: Captain John Francis Mercer's Company of this
regiment to and including May, 1776; Capt. Robert Powell's Company,
3rd and 7th Virginia (consolidated) regiment from May, 1778 to September,
1778. Capt. Robert Powell's company, 3rd Virginia Regiment for October,
1778; Capt. John F. Mercer's company, 3rd Virginia Regiment, to April,
1779, and Capt. Valentine Peyton's company, 3rd Virginia Regiment, to
November, 1779.
4. Thomas Burris received two grants of land in Kentucky: #549 and #552.
Each was for 1,000 acres in Fayette county, KY on 2-mile Creek and both
were dated 1 Mar 1784.
5. If Frances Tandy's birth date is correct--1735--then it is quite likely
that Thomas Burris was probably married twice for Frances Tandy would
have only been 13 years old at the birth of the first child, Fanny, in
1748. But, perhaps the birth date of Frances Tandy is in error because
the first childs name, Fanny, or Frances? may have been for her mother,
Frances Tandy. However, on page 42 of the Baker Family material it is
suggested that Frances Tandy was the second wife of Thomas Burris--
"When "Our Frances Tandy Burrus" was still a very young woman she
married as his second wife Thomas Burrus, born about 1720 who was with
George Washington in 1756 at Braddock's Defeat and there lost an arm.""
6. The birth place of Thomas Burris has also been seen as Norfolk, VA.
7. NOTE: There is no actual proof that this Thomas Burris was the son of
Edmund Burris. William E. Brockman, in his books concerning Orange co.,
VA first speculated about the Burris family of JOHN BURRIS (Burrows) who
came to Jamestowne in 1608 and died there on 1 Jan 1628 > JOHN BURRIS,
JR. (c1623-c1703, d King William co., VA) > EDMUND BURRIS (d bef 1783
King William co., VA) > THOMAS BURRIS (who married Frances Tandy). The
uncertainty of this lineage is clearly stated in the Burris/Burrus book
by John W. Burris.

SOURCES INCLUDE: DAR Patriot Index, page 104.
Reg. KY Hist. Soc. Mag. 24 (No. 71):182-190 (1926).
Orange County Virginia Families, III, page 109 (copy of
will) and page 132.
Brockman Scrapbook, pages 48, 54, 58, and 307.
Genealogical Memoranda of the Quisenberry Family and Other
Families by Anderson Chenault Quisenberry (1897).
The Baker Family of England and of Central Virginia: Their
Many Related Families and Kin by William Thompson Baker,
Sr. page 317.
Pamunkey Neighbors by Ruth and Sam Sparacio, page 542.
Hays County (Texas) Hist. & General. Soc. Quart.,
11(4):149-150.
Master Index, Virginia Surveys and Grants, 1774-1791 by
Joan E. Brookes-Smith, page 27.
The Dairies of George Washington, Vol. 3:389, 391, 4:424,
5:436, 6:4-5,25.
The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series 2,
page 62.
Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, page 478.
VA Hist. Mag. 1:279 (1894).
Orange county, Virginia Will Book C, pages 190-191.
Christian county, Kentucky Will Book C, pages 83-84.
American Revolution Patriots and Descendents by Mary
Carter, page 40.
History of the Haggard Family in England and America, 1433
to 1899 to 1938 by Jennie Haggard Ray (1938), pages
141-142.
DAC 1:157; 2:95; 5:71, 87; 6:69, 222; 10:106.
DAR 48:407-408 (1904); 56:342 (1906); 65:234 (1907);
76:282 (1909); 99:310-311 (1913); 133:253-254 (1917);
136:305 (1917).
Burris, John W. 1993 Burris/Burrus Research Book, Two
Hundred Years, 1608-1808. Woodlake, CA. (This book
represents a collection of research results of many
people and was compiled by John W. Burris).

More About Thomas Burris, Sr.:
Date born 2: , King William, VA.
Died 2: 01 Mar 1789, St. Thomas Par., Orange, VA.
Record Change: 14 Nov 2002

More About Thomas Burris, Sr. and Frances Tandy:
Marriage 1: 1750, Orange County , Virginia.
Marriage 2: Abt. 1750, St. Stephen Par., Caroline, VA.

Children of Thomas Burris, Sr. and Frances Tandy are:
  1. +Mildred Burris, b. Abt. 1750, Orange County , Virginia, d. Jul 1788, Clark County, Kentucky.
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