Harvey Jackson Burns

Birth Date

1818-06-23

Death Date

1871-01-20

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Mercer County native. Married to Mary Burns. Father of William W. Burns, James H. Burns, Robert B. Burns, Mary C. Burns, Sirena A. Burns, Phoeba C. Burns, Josephine B. Burns, Elizabeth Burns, and Anna E. Burns. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A) as a captain from August 22, 1862, to September 11, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 301A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 891.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 552.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 243.
“Harvey Jackson Burns (1818-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial # 38305053, accessed April 22, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38305053.

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