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Morgan County, Illinois, farmer. Tennessee native. Son of Harvey Burns and Jane Burns. Resident of Carter County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1860. Attended school in Morgan County in 1860. Killed by Robert Pulliam in Morgan County on July 24, 1864.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Carter County, District 7, p. 196B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Franklin Precinct, p. 646.

KYR-0001-006-0040.

Citation

Burns, James L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201711 (November 12, 2026).

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Jeremiah Pierson, Warrant
1864-07-29

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