John G. Burris

Birth Date

1828-04-20

Death Date

1881-02-04

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Nicholas county, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster. Fleming County, Kentucky, native. Married to Susan A. Finch Burris in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in February 1858. Father of Lillia Ann S. Burris, Everett M. Burris, and Earnest G. Burris. Merchant in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1860. Merchant and postmaster in Nicholas County in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 20.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 143B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Precinct 2, p. 209B.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Nicholas County, KY, July 1863, p. 21.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252410.
Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval in the Service of the United States on the Thirtieth September 1863(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864), 400.
"John Gilbert Burris (1828-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial #34257234, accessed July 1, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34257234.

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