James BURROUGHS

Birth:
30 Oct 1794
Loudoun or Amherst, Virginia
Death:
1861
Hales Ford, Franklin, Virginia
Marriage:
2 Aug 1818
Bedford, Virginia
Sources:
Ancestry World Tree Project
"Bedford Villages Lost and Found," Vol. III, p. 187,Compiled by Peaks of Otter Chapter for Dau. of American Revolution
Notes:
                   NOTE:  James Burroughs, son of Joseph and Mary Pierce Burroughs, enlisted in the Virginia Militia at Amherst C.H. September 9, 1814 just before his twentieht birthday.  he was a private in Captain Cornelius Sales' Company, 8th Regiment, 4th Brigade, Virginia Militia.  He was discharged February 18, 1815 at Norfolk, Virginia after serving a six months tour of duty at Camp Carter under command of General John H. Cocke.
Elizabeth ROBERTSON
Birth:
15 May 1802
Buckingham, Virginia
Death:
21 Dec 1895
Franklin, Virginia
Children
Marriage
1
Mary Hill BURROUGHS
Birth:
9 Sep 1819
Staunton, Bedford, Virginia
Death:
14 Jul 1853
Bedford, Virginia
John Merriman AYERS 
Marr:
12 Nov 1839
Bedford, Virginia 
2
Joseph Nicholas BURROUGHS
Birth:
21 Apr 1821
Bedford, Virginia
Death:
4 Feb 1899
Bedford, Virginia
Sarah Anthony MORGAN 
Marr:
25 Jan 1847
Staunton, Bedford, Virginia 
3
Sarah BURROUGHS
Birth:
Abt 1823
Staunton, Bedford, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
James Benjamin BURROUGHS
Birth:
Abt 1825
Staunton, Bedford, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
Thomas Robertson BURROUGHS
Birth:
8 Feb 1827
Stone Mount, Bedford, Virginia
Death:
19 Feb 1902
Bedford, Virginia
Julia Benson BOND 
Marr:
25 Sep 1857
Bedford, Virginia 
6
Martha Frances BURROUGHS
Birth:
1829
Bedford, Virginia
Death:
7
Lucinda Katherine BURROUGHS
Birth:
Jul 1832
Bedford, Virginia
Death:
Ferdinand PRICE 
Marr:
6 Sep 1847
Bedford, Virginia 
8
Ann Elizabeth BURROUGHS
Birth:
Abt 1834
Bedford, Virginia
Death:
9
John William BURROUGHS
Birth:
2 Jul 1835
Franklin, Virginia
Death:
17 Mar 1863
Kelly's Ford, Culpeper, Virginia
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   William was killed in the Civil War.
10
Christopher Frank BURROUGHS
Birth:
1838
Franklin, Virginia
Death:
11 Nov 1864
South Carolina
 
Marr:
 
11
Eliza Jane BURROUGHS
Birth:
15 Feb 1840
Bedford, Virginia
Death:
15 Jan 1918
Bedford, Virginia
David O. WITT 
Marr:
1 May 1877
of Bedford, Virginia 
12
Laura Angeline BURROUGHS
Birth:
1842
Franklin, Virginia
Death:
13
Edwin Newton BURROUGHS
Birth:
27 Jul 1844
Bedford, Virginia
Death:
28 Sep 1922
Bedford, Virginia
14
Ellen America BURROUGHS
Birth:
8 Aug 1848
Franklin, Virginia
Death:
William Judson GOGGIN 
Marr:
6 Sep 1871
Bedford, Virginia 
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James Burroughs - Elizabeth Robertson

James Burroughs was born at Loudoun or Amherst, Virginia 30 Oct 1794. His parents were Joseph Burroughs and Mary Pierce.

He married Elizabeth Robertson 2 Aug 1818 at Bedford, Virginia . Elizabeth Robertson was born at Buckingham, Virginia 15 May 1802 daughter of Nicholas Robertson and Sarah Walthall .

They were the parents of 14 children:
Mary Hill Burroughs born 9 Sep 1819.
Joseph Nicholas Burroughs born 21 Apr 1821.
Sarah Burroughs born Abt 1823.
James Benjamin Burroughs born Abt 1825.
Thomas Robertson Burroughs born 8 Feb 1827.
Martha Frances Burroughs born 1829.
Lucinda Katherine Burroughs born Jul 1832.
Ann Elizabeth Burroughs born Abt 1834.
John William Burroughs born 2 Jul 1835.
Christopher Frank Burroughs born 1838.
Eliza Jane Burroughs born 15 Feb 1840.
Laura Angeline Burroughs born 1842.
Edwin Newton Burroughs born 27 Jul 1844.
Ellen America Burroughs born 8 Aug 1848.

James Burroughs died 1861 at Hales Ford, Franklin, Virginia .

Elizabeth Robertson died 21 Dec 1895 at Franklin, Virginia .