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The Genealogy of Robert and Christina Barritt
Robert KYLE
1851 - 1908 (57 years)1. Robert KYLE was born on 27 Feb 1851 in Texas, USA (son of Felix C. KYLE and Grace BURLESON); died on 20 Oct 1908; was buried in Kyle Cemetery, Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1 Oct 1870, Hays County, Texas, USA
Notes:
Census:
Precinct 2, P.O. San Marcos
2. Felix C. KYLE was born on 18 Apr 1829 in Tennessee, USA; died on 12 Oct 1903; was buried in Kyle Cemetery, Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Farmer
- Military: Private, Capt. Giddings Cavalry, Confederate States Army
- Census: 29 Aug 1850, Hays County, Texas, USA
- Census: 1 Oct 1870, Hays County, Texas, USA
- Census: 18 Jun 1880, Hays County, Texas, USA
- Census: 5 Jun 1900, Caldwell County, Texas, USA
Notes:
Felix married Martha Keyser on 24 Jan 1861 in Hays County, Texas.
Birth:
1900 census: Apr 1828
Census:
in or about San Marcos
Census:
Precinct 2, P.O. San Marcos
Census:
Precinct 1
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Justice Precinct 4Felix married Grace BURLESON on 27 Mar 1850 in Hays County, Texas, USA. Grace (daughter of Edward BURLESON and Sarah G. OWEN) was born on 4 Jul 1832 in Texas, USA; died on 8 Jun 1860; was buried in Kyle Cemetery, Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Grace BURLESON was born on 4 Jul 1832 in Texas, USA (daughter of Edward BURLESON and Sarah G. OWEN); died on 8 Jun 1860; was buried in Kyle Cemetery, Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Gracy
- Census: 29 Aug 1850, Hays County, Texas, USA
Notes:
Census:
in or about San MarcosNotes:
Hays County, Texas Marriage Records as recorded in BFB p. 684 gives a date of 26 Mar 1850.
Children:
- 1. Robert KYLE was born on 27 Feb 1851 in Texas, USA; died on 20 Oct 1908; was buried in Kyle Cemetery, Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA.
- Emma KYLE was born about 1853 in Texas, USA.
- Edward Wiley KYLE was born about 1855 in Texas, USA.
- Jefferson Marion KYLE was born on 27 Dec 1857 in Texas, USA; died on 22 Mar 1885; was buried in Kyle Cemetery, Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA.
- Felix KYLE was born about 8 Jun 1860; died on 8 Jun 1860; was buried in Kyle Cemetery, Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA.
Generation: 3
6. Edward BURLESON was born on 15 Dec 1799 in Mississippi, USA (son of James BURLESON and Elizabeth SHIPMAN); died on 26 Dec 1851 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Farmer
- Military: War of 1812 - Private in Perkins' Mississippi Militia. He was listed on the muster roll of Capt. James Burleson's Mississippi Territory Militia against hostile Creeks in 1813. He later served in Fleming H. Hodges' Tennessee Militia. He also commanded a company of militia in Howard County, Missouri, then served as Colonel of First Regiment in Saline County, Missouri. Edward also served in the Texas War of Independence from Mexico. He was elected colonel of the only regiment organized under Stephen F. Austin at Gonzales on 10 Oct 1835. When Austin was sent by the provisional government as commissioner to the United States, he took over the command. On 18 Dec 1835, as the army was encamped outside Bexar, he was elected to succeed Philip A. Sublett as colonel of the infantry. Edward was elected colonel of the 1st Regiment of Texas Volunteers at Gonzales on 12 Mar 1836. He commanded that unit at the Battle of San Jacinto. In 1837, he was elected brigadier general of the militia. The following year, he was appointed colonel of the first regiment of infantry of the regular army. In Jul 1839, he commanded the regular army in the Cherokee War against Chief Bowles. In 1840, he raised a volunteer company to pursue Indian raiders, arriving too late to participate in the Battle of Plum Creek on 12 Aug 1840.
- Census: 29 Aug 1850, Hays County, Texas, USA
Notes:
Edward Burleson arrived in Texas from Tennessee in 1830, receiving title to a league of land in Stephen F. Austin's second colony in present-day Bastrop County. He served as a delegate to the Convention of 1833 at San Felipe, representing the Mina Municipality.
He was a member of the House of Representatives from Bastrop County in the Republic of Texas' Second Congress in 1837 and 1838. He was a member of the Senate during the Third Congress of 1838-1839. Edward was elected vice-president of the Republic of Texas on 6 Sep 1841, being inaugurated on December 10. He lost the election for president to Anson Jones in 1844. He served as a senator in the State of Texas' First and Second Legislatures from 1846-1849, being elected president pro tempore. After moving to Hays County and settling near the spring which is the source of the San Marcos River, he represented the Sixteenth District in the Third and Fourth Legislatures, serving as president pro tempore, until his death in 1851 at the home of N. C. Raymond in Austin.
The Austin Masonic Lodge conducted his funeral services. Guy M. Bryan delivered the eulogy.
Burleson County, Texas was named in his honor on 24 Mar 1846.
Census:
in or about San MarcosEdward married Sarah G. OWEN on 25 Apr 1816 in Madison County, Mississippi Territory, USA. Sarah was born on 23 Nov 1796 in South Carolina, USA; died on 4 Apr 1875 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Sarah G. OWEN was born on 23 Nov 1796 in South Carolina, USA; died on 4 Apr 1875 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 29 Aug 1850, Hays County, Texas, USA
Notes:
Census:
in or about San MarcosChildren:
- James BURLESON was born on 29 Nov 1817.
- Mahulda BURLESON was born on 13 Mar 1820.
- Mary Jane BURLESON was born on 13 Jan 1822; died on 3 Dec 1861.
- John BURLESON was born on 6 Feb 1824; died on 11 Nov 1847 in Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas, USA.
- Edward G. BURLESON was born on 30 Nov 1826 in Tipton County, Tennessee, USA; died on 12 May 1877 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Kyle Cemetery, Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA.
- Joseph Rogers BURLESON was born on 20 Sep 1830 in Tennessee, USA; died on 29 May 1889.
- 3. Grace BURLESON was born on 4 Jul 1832 in Texas, USA; died on 8 Jun 1860; was buried in Kyle Cemetery, Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA.
- David Crockett BURLESON was born on 6 Sep 1837 in Texas, USA; died on 17 May 1911 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Live Oak Cemetery, Buda, Hays, Texas, USA.
- Elizabeth Shipman BURLESON was born on 14 Oct 1840 in Texas, USA; died on 14 Jul 1896.
Generation: 4
12. James BURLESON was born on 4 May 1775 in North Carolina, USA (son of Aaron BURLESON and Rachel); died on 3 Jan 1836 in Bastrop County, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: James Burleson is listed on the 1803 Jackson County, Tennessee Tax List.
- Military: War of 1812 - Served in Capt. William Russell's Company of Tennessee Militia. He was Commisary for Andrew Jackson and fought in the Battle of New Orleans. He served as Captain in Peter Perkins' 7th Battalion of Mississippi Territory (Madison County) Militia. He volunteered for service at Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. James entered the volunteer Army of Texas on 1 Oct 1835 and was honorably discharged on 13 Dec 1835. He served under his son, General Edward Burleson, in the Grass Fight (a part of the Siege of Bexar) on 26 November 1835.
Notes:
James Burleson received a land grant after his move to Texas. The land was located on the east bank of the Colorado River below present-day Bastrop.
James married Elizabeth SHIPMAN on 24 Dec 1791 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob SHIPMAN and Sarah GAGE) was born about 1770 in North Carolina, USA; died in prob 1817-1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Elizabeth SHIPMAN was born about 1770 in North Carolina, USA (daughter of Jacob SHIPMAN and Sarah GAGE); died in prob 1817-1830. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: Baptist
Notes:
Elizabeth Shipman Burleson was a member of Spring Creek Baptist Church in Jackson County, Tennessee in the early 1800s. She is first listed in the church minutes in 1802. She applied for a letter of dismissal on the first Sunday in November, 1806.
Children:
- James BURLESON, Jr. was born about 1792; died on 13 Jan 1848 in Travis County, Texas, USA.
- Volley BURLESON was born about 1795 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1868 in Bastrop County, Texas, USA.
- Sarah BURLESON was born on 16 Mar 1795 in North Carolina, USA; died on 11 Jul 1875 in Arkansas, USA.
- 6. Edward BURLESON was born on 15 Dec 1799 in Mississippi, USA; died on 26 Dec 1851 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA.
- Joseph BURLESON was born on 30 Mar 1800 in White County, Tennessee, USA; died on 24 Dec 1877 in Birdston, Navarro, Texas, USA; was buried in Burleson Family Cemetery, Streetman, Navarro, Texas, USA.
- Jacob Shipman BURLESON was born in 1803 in Tennessee, USA; died on 20 Feb 1839 in Texas, USA.
- Rachel BURLESON was born on 27 Jan 1803 in Tennessee, USA; died in 1873 in Travis County, Texas, USA; was buried in Fiskville Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA.
- John Shipman BURLESON was born in 1806 in Tennessee, USA; died on 31 Mar 1874 in Williamson County, Texas, USA; was buried in Burleson-Rogers Cemetery, Travis County, Texas, USA.
- Nancy BURLESON was born about 1806 in Tennessee, USA; died on 29 Feb 1860 in Texas, USA.
- Jonathan BURLESON was born on 10 Oct 1812 in Tennessee, USA; died on 3 Dec 1879 in Bastrop County, Texas, USA; was buried in Blakey Family Cemetery, Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas, USA.
- Aaron B. BURLESON was born on 10 Oct 1815 in Missouri, USA; died on 13 Jan 1885 in Govalle, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Rogers Hill Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA.
- Mary Jane BURLESON died on 6 Mar 1877 in Italy, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried in Italy, Ellis, Texas, USA.