George J. Burgess

Birth Date

1840

Death Date

1890-12-02

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Greene County, Illinois, native. Son of William S. Burgess and Quintilla LaForce Burgess. Married to Amanda Powell Burgess in Scott County, Kentucky, on June 10, 1861. Father of Nancy E. Burgess. Attended school in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from September 22, 1862, to April 15, 1864. Resigned on account of disability on April 15, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 429B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 848.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Downingsville Precinct, p. 523B-524A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0106.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 276.
Michael Burgess and Mary Wickizer, The House of Burgesses: A Genealogical History of the Burgess Family, 2nd edition (San Bernadino, CA: Borgo Press, 1994).

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