Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 22:48:31 -0400 (EDT) From: NCreed1@aol.com To: NCreed1@aol.com Subject: Comp 228 - Burnett-Turner-Ross-Via-Etc/Etc 30 Sep 1997 Greetings to Everyone: A big welcome back to Bette. If you know you are going to be unable to check your eMails for some time, I'll be glad to temporarily remove you from the mailing list. Just let me know when you want to stop receiving our compilations. I can put you back on the list as soon as you're ready to receive them again. I know our compilations can fill a mail box rather quickly. Thanks to Chris, you can always download any compilations you didn't receive. Nyla CREED DePauk ================= Subj: Price List Date: 97-09-30 13:14:46 EDT From: jbbork@ix.netcom.com To: NCreed1@aol.com THE BURNETTS & THEIR CONNECTIONS - Vol. 1 (1989) - over 800 pages...$85.00 unbound. Begins with JOHN BURNET (1610-1685) who came to America in 1638 from Aberdeen, Scotland as a Merchant of King Charles I. John's parents and grandparents have now been found: parents: Thomas Burnet and Margaret Johnson; grandparents: John Burnet and Isabell Burnet. John Burnet (1610-1686) married LUCRETIA JOHNSTON and raised their family in Old Rappahannock Co, Va, abolished in 1692, and became Essex Co. where the family continued to live for many years. Includes all Deeds, Wills, Court Order Books, Tax List and many spouse lines. THE BURNETT & THEIR CONNECTIONS - Vol 2 (1993) - 702 pages .. $65.00 bound (have 4 or 5 left). This vol. contains many new lines from their (known) beginnings, including the BURNETTS of North & South Carolina; Plus additions and corrections to Vol. One. The same Index is in Vol 2 & 3 (Bindery had to split books because of size). THE BURNETTS & THEIR CONNECTIONS - Vol 3 (1993) - Over 800 pages... $75.00. Volume begins with Generation 8 from Vol 1 & 2, plus additions and corrections to Vol. 1 & 2. Many pages have been added since completion. The 3 books involve over 35 years of continual research on the Burnetts and their connections. Many spouse lines are included. Many counties were researched thoroughly from beginning to end at a great cost, plus months of work including Patrick Co, Va and Wayne Co, Ky where large migrations of families moved to. The price list of the Wayne Co, Ky books are on my web page: http://www.junebaldwinbork.com 1850 Census of Patrick Co, Va.. $25.00. I will be happy to look your families up and let you know if they are included in any of the above and will be looking forward to hearing from you. June P.S. Thanks Nyla for the invitation to submit the above. Sorry I haven't been much help lately. Just had grandchild #7 and expecting great grandchild #3 fairly soon. Plus my research in Scotland & etc. I have much that needs to be sent to you and will do so as soon as I can. June ================= June, Sorry I didn't extend the invitation earlier. Nyla ================= Subj: Copy of letter sent to A. Hughes Date: 97-09-30 11:03:45 EDT From: ekirkman@swva.net (Eunice B. Kirkman) To: ncreed1@aol.com I will mail you the copies of the Turner/Gilley letters that I got today if you'll send me your address again. I know I have it but... (my brain is old and tired) I tried to scan them but they are copies of copies of copies and the scanner just couldn't pick the letters up for OCR to decipher. Here is a quote from the front page of one. (Letters of A.N. Turner, Ina, Illinois, written to Mr. Gilley in 1947.) He sent carbons of all of his letters written re: genealogy to Mr. Gilley and they were later given to the Bassett Library when Mr. Gilley passed away. "Foote in his 1854 volume, which I saw in the St.Louis City Library said that "Old James" Turner of Bedford County was of English Extraction." You see, that "Old James" had a grandson, James, who was a famous Presbyterian minister. He was the son of Richard(I [Mr. Turner] have the clerk's copy of his 1769 will) Foote says that the oratory of Rev. James Turner took rank with that of Patrick Henry." If it had not been for this famous preacher, Foote never would have told us about "Old James" who came into Bedford, 1755. I think he come from Caroline County, if the early records of this county had not been destroyed by fire, I would know for certain." There are several of these pages and you have to read through them in order to put everything together. Some of them have been mutilated, corners torn off, etc. and some are hard to read. Some with the most relevant info were beyond copying. Many have been lost. A quote from another: "We know now, that Meshack Turner, brother of Shadrick, Sr. and old Ebednego, did not mention his son, Shadrick, in his will..........that;s all we know about him." In other letters, which I was unable to locate, he stated emphatically that the James/Francis Turner line was unrelated to Shadrick, et al. The story that I have pieced together is that the Gilleys, Turners, and Pilsons were all friends and neighbors who moved into this region. They intermarried through several generations. In some families, cousins married. I've looked into this lineage very carefully since I am a descendant of Francis Gilley, Sr. You'll see his name mentioned frequently in the letters. The following is two pages of Gilley History that reinforces the A.N. Turner letters. These are scans of the original documents. History of the old Gilley Settler in Va. 1750 As written by Mrs. R. A. Hairfield Critz, Va. 1950 Francis Gilley, Sr. 1750 to 1791 Francis Gilley, Sr., came to America from England and settled first in Chesterfield or Henrico County, Va. He was living in Buckingham County in 1773-1774. This fact was confirmed in his son Richard's Revolutionary Pension Declaration made in 1833, in which he states he was born in Buckingham County, Va. The 1773-74 accessories of Buckingham County reveals that Francis, Sr., and his sons were there at that time. The 1775 tithables of Pittsylvania County reveals they had moved into that county. In 1776 a portion of Pittsylvania County was cut off into Henry Co. It was in this part that Francis, Sr., had settled, and here he died in 1791. (This is no doubt the place near Ridgeway, Henry County, Virginia, on Turkey Cock Creek now called Big Creek.) He owned 1100 acres of land here. (This information will be found in his will made 1790 - on another page.) Francis Gilley, Sr., took the oath of allegiance in 1778 but refused to swear. Evidently he was a Quaker, for he affirmed. Quakers will affirm but will not swear. Francis Gilley, Sr., and his wife, Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) had four sons and two daughters, namely: I. Richard Gilley, 1756-1839. Probably the oldest son of Francis, Sr., and Elizabeth Gilley. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Fought in the battle at Guilford Courthouse 1781. His name is listed in Col. Abrahamn Penn's list of the Henry County Militia who fought at Guilford Courthouse. We have no record of when he married or how many children he had. We have a record of only one son and one daughter; they are: 1. Francis; "Frank" he was called. 2. Martha - She married Bennett Cox (this information was secured from papers showing that she had taken steps to collect pension money she thought was due her father.) II. Francis Gilley, Jr., son of Francis, Sr., and Elizabeth Gilley, was born about 1759 - was living in 1840. (This information was secured from his second Pension Declaration made Dec. 13, 1840.) Francis, Jr., so he states, was in the battles at the Guilford Courthouse, Kings Mountains, and Eutaw Springs. His name is also listed in Col. Abraham Penn's list of the Henry County Militia. After the war he moved to South Carolina, later to Georgia, and from there to Alabama. His wife was named Nancy. They had a son, Francis III we have no further record of his family. III. Nancy Gilley, daughter of Francis, Sr., and Elizabeth Gilley. No record of birth, death, marriage or family. IV. Elizabeth Gilley, daughter of Francis, Sr., and Elizabeth Gilley. No dates or records of her family. (married Richard "Dickie" Pilson)* V. Charles Gilley, third son of Francis, Sr., and Elizabeth Gilley. He was picked by the Militia of Henry County, but it is likely that he never saw service, as no records have been found to show that he saw active service. He married a girl named Elizabeth. We have no other records of him or his family. VI. George Gilley, the youngest son of Francis, Sr., and Elizabeth Gilley, was born about 1765. The 1830 census of Henry County listed his age 60-70. That means he was between 60 and 70 years of age. Census at that time did not give the exact age. He first married Mary "Polly" Wilson, daughter of Thomas Wilson, about 1792. She died in 1809. He remained a widower until 1818, when he married Lavina "Kitty" Wilson, a sister to his first wife. Lavina died May 8, 1858, at the age of 93, which means she was born in 1770. ~. . . . To George Gilley and Mary "Polly" Wilson were born tnree sons and five daughters, namely: Gideon, Lavina, Elizabeth, Nancy, Lucy, Polly, George, and William. To George Gilley and Lavina "Kitty" Wilson, the second wife, was born one daughter, Rachel. Rachel married a Davis. Rachel was the ninth child of George Gilley. (Read on a later page, George Gilley's will made Aug. 15, 1828, put on record June 10, 1833.) Children of George Gilley by first wife 1. Gideon Gilley, born 1795. He moved to Cannon County, Tenn., sometime in the 1830's - we have no record of who his wife was or of his family. 2. Lavina Gilley, b--- d---. Probably named for her Aunt Lavina Wilson, who later became her stepmother. Lavina Gilley married Azel Bateman. Their children are: (1) Polly married to Robertson. (2) Joe Henry married Hutcherson. (This was my gr-grandfather EBK)* (3) ? (I could fill these in if you want them)* (4) ? 3. Elizabeth Gilley X d----, married Isaiah Turner. Their children are: (1) George Turner (probably the only child) married a Green. (2) ? (3) ? 4. Nancy Gilley, b--- d - 1901. Married Stephen Terry Turner, who died Feb. 1, 1861. He was a brother to Isaiah Turner. To this couple were born the following children, namely: (1) Stephen Turner, called "Tobe".) (2) George Turner, called ~Pomp~ ) They were twins (3) Hardin Turner (4) Monroe Turner, b--- d. Dec. 24, 1862, while in the Confederate Army at Richmond, Va., of intestinal fever. He married Martha Grant. They had a son, Thomas A. Turner, b. Oct. 18, 1856. He is the father of A. N. Turner of Ina, Illinois, and the one to whom we are indebted for most of this material. *my own comments inserted. Eunice B. Kirkman -------- ekirkman@swva.net -=| Virginia - The cradle of the nation |=- ============================ Subj: Re: Comp 227 - Burnett-Turner-Ross-Via-Etc/Etc Date: 97-09-30 08:57:58 EDT From: CarBurCo To: NCreed1 Nyla: In case June misses your inquiry, her webpage URL is http://www.junebaldwinbork.com (then go to page 3) for the book list specifically: http://www.junebaldwinbork.com/page3.html She did not have the answer to my Tennessee Confederate unit question about Capt. William Wiltshire Burnett. Anyone else? Caroline Burnett Cook ======================== The end of this compilation.