Dabney Adair BURLESON

1835 - 1912  (77 years)

• Name	Dabney Adair BURLESON
  Birth	15 Feb 1835	Hartselle, Morgan, Alabama, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1840	Morgan County, Alabama, USA   [3]
  	presumed
  Census	20 Dec 1850	Morgan County, Alabama, USA   [2]
  	Division 10
  Religion	Baptist
  Education	Union University (TN); Baylor University
  Occupation	Merchant, Farmer
  Military	He entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as a member of Colonel Joe Patterson's regiment. He spent some time in the Quartermaster's department in Grenada, Mississippi. He served mostly in General Roddy's command in the Tennessee Valley. Dabney Burleson was a private in Roddy's cavalry, under Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was at the Selma arsenal when the war ended, escaping capture.
  Death	24 Jul 1912	Hartselle, Morgan, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Burial	Bethel Cemetery, Eva, Morgan, Alabama, USA
  Person ID	I1687	Dyal and Speckels
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2013

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Adair BURLESON,   b. 6 Oct 1789, North Carolina, USA d. 24 Sep 1866, Morgan County, Alabama, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth BYRD,   b. 4 Sep 1796, Virginia, USA d. 12 Jul 1839 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1813	Madison County, Alabama, USA
  Family ID	F551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann V. ORR,   b. 22 Aug 1839, Danville, Morgan, Alabama, USA d. 31 Jul 1908, Hartselle, Morgan, Alabama, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	11 Feb 1857	Hartselle, Morgan, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Jonathan Orr BURLESON,   b. 1861, Alabama, USA d. 1929 (Age 68 years)   2. Kittie C. BURLESON,   b. Abt 1868, Alabama, USA   3. Ralph Staten BURLESON,   b. 13 Jan 1870, Alabama, USA d. 3 Jan 1873 (Age 2 years)   4. Mary G. BURLESON,   b. 9 Jun 1872   d. 26 Oct 1873 (Age 1 year)   5. Sallie Bettie BURLESON,   b. 26 Sep 1874, Alabama, USA d. 1962 (Age 87 years)   6. Florence C. BURLESON,   b. Abt 1878, Alabama, USA + 7. Ella Byrd BURLESON,   b. 30 Jun 1879, Hartselle, Morgan, Alabama, USA d. 18 Oct 1969, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2007

  
  

• Notes

  Dabney A. Burleson was the clerk of the Hartsell Baptist Church in Morgan County, Alabama in 1891. Dabney Burleson was a merchant in Danville, Alabama in the years before the Civil War. In the years after the war, he was a successful farmer. He was also an Odd Fellow. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Helen Burleson Kelso, ed., Burleson Family Bulletin, Vol. VI, no. 1, p. 639. [S8] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Morgan County, Alabama, p. 237(b), line 1. [S7] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Sixth Census of the United States, 1840, Morgan County, Alabama, p. 36, line 12. [S1] Helen Burleson Kelso, ed., Burleson Family Bulletin, Vol. VI, no. 4, p. 773.