Samuel Oxsheer and Sallie Wilson
I have just discovered this board. I sure hope someone is reading it! I am continuing a 40+ year search for the parents of my gggrandfather, John Crocket Burriss. My Mom spent over 30 years and I have been looking for almost 10 years. Through the magic of the internet, I have discovered that JCB was always living near one or more members of Greenberry Wilson's clan. He named his only son William Wilson Burriss and left his son and daughter in the care of "an aunt whose sir name was Wilson" when he had to travel to see about his properties around Texas. (The mother of the children died in child birth when the kids were 2 and 4. JCB never remarried.) Through lots of reading census reports, land transactions, etc., I narrowed my choices down to one of Greenberry's kids. Now for the question...does anyone know the names of the husbands of Samuel's and Sallie's oldest 2 or 3 girls? JCB was born in Tennessee in 1810, his father was born in Virginia about 1787 and his mother was born in North Carolina. My Mom is 97 years old and still asks me every so often if I have found our folks. It sure would be fun to give her some news. Thanks for reading my note and I sure hope someone can give me a hand.
More Replies:
-
Re: Samuel Oxsheer and Sallie Wilson
Lynne Hill 4/02/11
-
Re: Samuel Oxsheer and Sallie Wilson
Sarah Dorn 4/10/11
-
Re: Samuel Oxsheer and Sallie Wilson