BURRIS, Thomas {I82} (b. ABT 1720, d. 1 MAR 1798)

Given Name: Thomas

Note: Burris is another form of the names Burrows, Burroughs, Burraceand Burys. The Burris' are of English descent and were among theearliest settlers in Virginia. Thomas Burris.....was a verywealthy man for his time and as his will shows, and he wasdescended from a family who had been in Virginia from the earliesttimes. Thomas Burris served in the French and Indian War, inCaptain George Mercer's Company of Virginia Regiment, commanded byCol. George Washington, and fought at the battle of the Meadows in1754, and was one of the number "who received the present of a
Pistole from the Country as an acknowledgement of their gallantbehavior upon that occasion" [Washington Papers, State Dept.,Washington City]. He was one of the detachment that marched toAugusta some time after the defeat. He also fought at the disastrousBraddock's Defeat, in 1755. For his services in this war hereceived a share of the 200,000 acres of land granted under Gov.Dinwiddie's pro- clamation.
He appears to have been a born warrior for he also fought in theRevolution and was granted lands for that service. The followingcertificate of his services furnished by the Chief of Records andPension Office, Washington: "It appears from the records of thisoffice that Thomas Burris enlisted February 23, 1776, as aprivate in Capt. William
Washington's Company, 3d Virginia Regiment of Foot,Revolutionary War, and his name appears on the muster rolls, asfollows: Capt. Francis Mercer's company of this regiment to andincluding May, 1778; Capt. Robert Powell's company, 3d and 7thVirginia (consolidated) regiment from May 1778 to September, 1778;Capt. Robert Powell's 3d Virginia regiment for October, 1778;Capt. John F. Mercer's company, 3d
Virginia regiment to April, 1779; Capt. Valentine Peyton's company,3d Virginia regiment to November 12,1779."

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Title: BROCKMAN'S SCRAPBOOK
Author: William Everett Brockman
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Probate: Date: 23 MAR 1798
Place: Orange Co., VA

Event: Type: Military
Note: Burris is another form of the names Burrows, Burroughs, Burraceand Burys. The Burris' are of English descent and were among theearliest settlers in Virginia. Thomas Burris.....was a verywealthy man for his time and as his will shows, and he wasdescended from a family who had been in Virginia from the earliesttimes. Thomas Burris served in the French and Indian War, inCaptain George Mercer's Company of Virginia Regiment, commanded byCol. George Washington, and fought at the battle of the Meadows in1754, and was one of the number "who received the present of a
Pistole from the Country as an acknowledgement of their gallentbehaviour upon that occasion" [Washington Papers, State Dept.,Washington City]. He was one of the detachment that marched toAugusta some time after the defeat. He also fought at the disastrousBraddock's Defeat, in 1755. For his services in this war hereceived a share of the 200,000 acres of land granted under Gov.Dinwiddie's pro- clamation.
He appears to have been a born warrior for he also fought in theRevolution and was granted lands for that service. The followingcertificate of his services furnished by the Chief of Records andPension Office, Washington: "It appears from the records of thisoffice that Thomas Burris enlisted February 23, 1776, as aprivate in Capt. William
Washington's Company, 3d Virginia Regiment of Foot,Revolutionary War, and his name appears on the muster rolls, asfollows: Capt. Francis Mercer's company of this regiment to andincluding May, 1778; Capt. Robert Powell's company, 3d and 7thVirginia (consolidated) regiment from May 1778 to September, 1778;Capt. Robert Powell's 3d Virginia regiment for October, 1778;Capt. John F. Mercer's company, 3d
Virginia regiment to April, 1779; Capt. Valentine Peyton's company,3d Virginia regiment to November 12,1779."

Will: Date: 2 OCT 1788
Place: Orange Co., VA
Note:
Some sources show that he was born in Orange county, Virginia,others show he was born in
King William, Virginia.
Hamlin "They Went Thataway"
Letters from Mrs. Lloyd Brown
Brockman Scrapbook
Quisenberry Family Notes

Thomas was a soldier in the French and Indian War.
In Capt. George Mercer's Co. of Va. Regt., Col Geo. Washington.
At Braddock's defeat, 1755.
Served also at Yorktown, et cet., in Revolution.
For complete history, see "Register of Kentucky HistoricalSociety Magazine", May 1926, Vol
24, No. 71, Pg 182-190 at Historical Society of Penna.

Thomas is said to have lost an arm for which he received a pistolfrom Gen. Washington, in
memory of his service in the French and Indian Wars.
(There appears to be some confusion here whether all of the aboveis this Thomas and
whether some may be his son Thomas.)

"Orange County Virginia Families" by W.E. Brockman, published byBurgess Publishing Co.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
Pg 166
"Will of Thomas Burrus, 2 Oct., 1788, of County of Orange andParish of St. Thomas."
Mentions Grandson Thomas Burrus, son of Thomas Burrus; gives andbequeaths to his
daughter, Sarah Tribble one negro girl named Agnes, et cet.;mentions his daughter Francis
Tandy Bush; and to his beloved wife Francis (Tandy) leaves hisestate real and personal. This
will was presented in Court in Orange County on Monday, 23 Mar.,1789, by Francis Burrus,
Henry Tandy and Thomas Burrus, executors.

Death: 1 MAR 1798 Orange Co., VA

Given Name: Frances

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Probate: Date: JAN 1817
Place: VA

Death: 1816 VA

Given Name: Thomas

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Death: AFT 1798

Given Name: Samuel Burris

Note: Samuel Brockman brought his family from western Virginia to Kentuckyby boat. They probably came ashore at Maysville, KY. and traveledoverland to Green Co., KY. He purchased 106 acres in Green Co., KY onAugust 8, 1810. A deed dated January 5, 1835 to Samuel Richersonnames Samuel Brockman's children.

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Occupation: planter

Event: He bought 106 acres of land
Type: Misc
Date: 8 AUG 1810
Place: Green Co., KY

Event: Type: Moved From
Date: 1799
Place: WV

Death: ABT 1832 Green Co., KY

Given Name: Nancy

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Death: ABT 1850 Green Co., KY

Given Name: Joel

Note: Joel Durrett was born either in Caroline or Albemarle Co., Va. Herendered patriotic service by giving beef and by collecting"beeves" for use by the colonial army. Joel paid taxes in CarolineCo., Virginia until 1786, then he moved to Louisa , Orange andpossibly Albemarle Co., Virginia. Joel Durrett sold his land inLouisa Co. in 1806 and moved to Kentucky. He is listed as living inGreen Co., KY. in 1810. He owned land on the waters of Pitman Creekin Green Co. (now Taylor Co.), which was near the old GreensburgRoad in the Shiloh area.

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Title: BROCKMAN'S SCRAPBOOK
Author: William Everett Brockman
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Probate: Date: 26 SEP 1814
Place: KY

Occupation: Farmer

Death: 1814 KY

Given Name: Bartholomew

Note: The Durrets are of French origin, the name having been originallyspelt Duret. The family traditions extend back to Louis Duret, aneminent physician who flourished in France during the last half of thesixteenth century. Some curious old books, published by him and hisdescendants, have been preserved all those years in the family.Early in the seventh century, some of the Durets of theProtestant faith, smarting under the effects of the massacre of St.Bartholomew, crossed the channel and established themselves inEngland. In 1644 Christopher Duret was prominently connectedwith the Baptist Church in London, and his name appears to theaddress accompanying the Confession of Faith put forth that year.In England the French sound of the letters making Duret as ifwritten Duray, was lost, and the name pronounced as it was spelled.In the course of time this pronunciation was emphasized, by doublingthe "r" and the "t", thus making the name Durrett. About 1730. JohnDurrett left England, and making his way across the ocean toVirginia, settled upon a tract of land which he purchased inSpotsylvania County. A few years later he was followed by BartholomewDurrett and Richard Durrett, both of them likewise purchasinglands and settling in Spotsylvania County.

Bartholomew Durrett was in Virginia before 1737 when he patented268 acres on Pretty's Creek in Hanover Co., Virginia. In 1739John Durrett acknowledged a lease to Bartholomew Durrett.

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Death: 1762 Caroline Co., VA

Given Name: Sarah

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Death: ABT 1830 KY

Given Name: Samuel

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Death: 1816 Caroline Co., VA

Given Name: Isabel LONG

Note: In 1784 Isabel Shipp & her son's Ambrose, Richard, John, and Thomasmoved to Green Co., KY They went down the Ohio River (the mostdangerous route) in a flat bottomed boat with three or
four other families. Two or three times they narrowly escaped beingkilled by Indians. They landed at the falls of the Ohio River whereLouisville now stands. There was only one house in the place and thatwas a cabin. The immigrants were living in tents and shanties and werevery much afflicted with chills and ague. The family stayed closetogether on farms north of present day Campbellsville and near thevillage of Saloma. In 1796 a church called Pittman Creek and RobinsonCreek was organized. By 1802 there was a 30x30 foot building with aground floor. This building was located just north of the Pittmanschool in the middle of a field. Among the charter members who signedthe constitution were: Isabel Shipp, Richard Shipp, Thomas Shipp,Ambrose Shipp, Ruth Shipp (wife of Thomas) and Elenor Shipp (wife ofAmbrose).

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Death: APR 1817 Green Co., KY

Given Name: Ambrose

Note: In 1784 Ambrose Shipp with his mother and brothers left Virginiafor Kentucky. According to a letter written by Joseph PeoplesShipp, They went down the Ohio River in a flat bottom boat withthree or four other families, Two or three times they narrowlyescaped being killed by Indians. They landed at the falls of theOhio River where Louisville now stands, there was only one house inthe place and that was a cabin. The immigrants were living intents and shanties and very much afflicted with chills and ague. InGreen County, Kentucky the family stayed close together on farmsnorth of present day Campbellsville and near the village ofSalome. In their district the Church of Christ on Pittman's Creek,a pred- estonarian Baptist faith, was organized in 1796. It was alsoknown as Pittman's Creek and Robinson's Creek Church. Among thecharter members who signed the constitution were: Isabel Shipp;Richard Shipp;
Thomas Shipp; Ambrose Shipp; Ruth Shipp widow of Thomas and EleanorShipp, daughter of Ambrose. John Milkey was one of the earlypastors.

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Event: moved to
Type: Misc
Date: 1784
Place: Green Co., KY

Death: KY

Given Name: Eleanor "Nellie"

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Death: 20 OCT 1830 KY

Given Name: Thomas

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Probate: Date: 21 JAN 1828
Place: KY

Death: 19 OCT 1827 Green Co., KY

Burial: Shiloh Cem., Taylor Co., KY

Given Name: Elizabeth "Betesy"

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Death: APR 1885 Taylor Co., KY

Burial: Palistine Bapt Ch Cem, Taylor Co., KY

Given Name: Thomas

Note: Thomas Wright was born 1754 in Culpeper County, Virginia where heenlisted as a private in the Virginia Line in the Regiment of Col.Morgan in the Company of Gabriel Long; was in the Battle of
Trenton and other scouting parties; discharged at Pumpkin Plains, NewJersey, in 1781. In Culpeper County in 1784 he married Mary ______and moved to Green County, Kentucky on the waters of Pittman Creek,probably in the Saloma area. Thomas died 16 March 1836.

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Event: Type: Military
Date: Continental Army
Note:
THOMAS WRIGHT (1755-1836)

Morgan's Rifle Regiment - Continental Troops


When 21-year-old Tom Wright left his Culpeper County,
Virginia, farm in 1776 to enlist as a private in theAmerican
Army, he began a military career that was to lead him
across the icy Delaware River with George Washington to
the Battle of Trenton, through the decisive Saratoga
Campaign, and the long, cold winter with Washington at
Valley Forge.

During his three-year enlistment Tom served in one of the
country's most colorful and famous fighting units - Colonel
Daniel Morgan's Rifle Regiment.

Morgan, tested and tempered as a frontier fighter, had
been selected in the fall of 1775 to head one of the two
companies of light infantry from Virginia, which had been
authorized by the Second Continental Congress.

The legislators were not thinking of the traditional
European light infantry of the eighteenth century. They
desired, said Richard Henry Lee, men who were known for
their "amazing hardihood" gained through "living so long in
the woods."

Morgan schooled his men in wilderness warfare. They were
armed with the famous Kentucky long rifles. These long,
slender weapons, designed by German gunsmiths, allowed
the sharpshooters to hit targets 200 yards away.
Musketmen were ineffective at half that distance. The
Kentucky rifle, as it was called, was a deadly weapon in
the hands of an expert. Spiral grooves inside the barrel,
making the bullet rotate in flight, gave it range and
accuracy. And since it was not possible to attach bayonets
to the rifles, Morgan's tactics were to fire, fall back,
reload, then fire again. The sharpshooters often fought
from trees or ambush, scoring many hits on officers by
sighting for soldiers who wore emphalets.

Their dress was distinctive. Their outside garment was a
hunting shirt, or loose open frock, made of earth-colored
cloth or dressed deerskins. Leggings of the same material
covered the lower extremities, to which was appended a
pair of moccasins for the feet. The collar of the shirt and
the seams of the leggings were adorned with fringes.
Undergarments were of coarse cotton. A leather belt
encircled the body; on the right side was suspended the
tomahawk, to be used as a hatchet; on the left the hunting
knife, powder horn, bag and other appendages
indispensable for the hunter.

On December 26, 1776, the two Virginia rifle companies
were among the 3,000 American troops who crossed the
Delaware with Washington and participated in the Battle of
Trenton.

Since he had arrived from Boston in April, Washington had
lost skirmishes and battles, forts and cities. His army was
down to 3,000 and they were on the run. Five thousand of
his men were prisoners. He needed a victory.

Washington's plan included a Christmas night crossing of
the icy-choked Delaware River, and an attack on the town
of Trenton, New Jersey; which was held by Hessian troops.

A regiment of blue-jacketed fishermen from Marblehead
who had rowed the American Army to safety after the
defeat on Long Island was again at the oars. Once across
the Delaware River, despite raw cold and wild snow
storms, the troops, as General Knox wrote his wife,
"marched with the most profound silence and good order."

The Hessian colonel, Johannes Rall, and his men had been
over-celebrating Christmas with rum and wine. The
American attack roused their sentries from drunken sleep.
Rall was killed. In 45 minutes almost 1,000 prisoners were
taken. There were only five American casualties. The
victory at Trenton had an electric effect on all America.

In June 1777 Colonel Morgan built his 11th Virginia
Regiment around the five Virginia companies from the
Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment. Tom was in the
company commanded by Captain Gabriel Long.

In September and October 1777, Morgan's rifle corps
played a critical role in the Saratoga victories. Here,
Morgan's Rifle Regiment was part of the American force
defending Albany, New York, from advancing General
Burgoyne's British army.

Morgan's sharpshooters attacked Burgoyne's flanking
division near a place called Freeman's Farm on September
19, 1777, where a furious fight developed.

The first half of the battle ended with the Americans
suffering only half as many casualties as the British.

Morgan's Virginia rifleman

Two weeks later Burgoyne struck again. Morgan's riflemen
and General Enock Poor's brigade threw themselves
against the British column. Both ends of the British line
were thrown back. A week later, Burgoyne surrendered.

Saratoga is one of the decisive battles of history. Afterit,
the British gave up hope of a successful invasion of the
colonies from Canada. More important, France, who had
been helping America secretly, now came openly to her
aid.

THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

The coming winter of 1777-1778 was a historic one for
Tom and other members of Morgan's rifle corps. They
were among the ranks of Washington's army that wintered
at Valley Forge.

Valley Forge became a legend -- an incredible tale of not
only physical suffering but of mental heroism. Since the
camp had to be fortified before huts could be built, the
men froze in tattered tents until well into January.

As Washington wrote to Congress, they "occupy a cold,
bleak hell and sleep under frost and snow."

Most serious however, were the ravenges of disease,
particularly typhus. During that terrible winter nearly
3,000 soldiers died of starvation, exposure, or disease. It
is amazing that the army held together at all under these
dreadful conditions. That it did was due solely to the
influence of Washington's strength of character, will and
determination and the affection that bound officers and
soldiers to this austere man.

Remarkably, by the end of February, despite deaths and
desertions, Washington still had 6,000 troops in the Valley
Forge encampment. Of these, some 4,000 were fit for
duty.

While at Valley Forge, the army became a more
formidable instrument, thanks to the labors of Prussian
drillmaster Baron von Steuben and Quartermaster General
Nathaniel Greene.

During 1778, Morgan's rifle corps stayed with the Northern
Army and participated in several skirmishes with the
British, who changed their grand strategy. They decided to
hold New York City but attack in the South, conquer the
Carolinas, then move into Virginia.

The 1lth Virginia Regiment was reorganized and
redesignated May 12, 1779 as the 7th Virginia Regiment.

After Tom's discharge August 10, 1779 at Pumpkin Plains,
New Jersey, he went back to Virginia. In December, 1784,
he married a 19-year-old Culpeper County girl, Mary
Story.

Like many other young Virginia men who returned home
after the war, Tom found that little opportunity awaited
him. Many were migrating west to a new land.

George Rogers Clark's campaign through the county called
Kentucky had opened up this new land for settlement. By
1780 immigration from Virginia and other colonies was far
greater that it had ever been before. (Kentucky became a
independent state in 1792).

Virginia land surveyors aided the flow of immigration by
laying out a new road over the Cumberland Mountains,
leading toward "the open country of Kentucky, "so as to
give passage to pack horses." Over it, or down the Ohio
River, population poured in at a rate of from 8,000 to
10,000 a year.

As a reward for his three years of service in the Virginia
Continental Line, Tom received a bounty land warrant for
200 acres of land in Kentucky in 1784.

TOM MOVES TO KENTUCKY

Before their first child, Nancy, was born in 1787, Tom and
Mary moved to Kentucky. Their choice -a farm on the
waters of Pitman Creek in the Saloma section of what is
now Taylor County.

There, they had six other children. Sampson was born in
1788, Sarah in 1793, Elizabeth in 1796, Eleanor in 1801,
Washington in 1804 and Louisa in 1816.

Tom and Mary's third daughter, "Betsy" would grew up to
marry Thomas Shipp of Taylor County on November 10,
1814, and become the ancient grandmother of the
compiler of this journal.

Elizabeth Wright Shipp died at the age of 89 in April 1885
and was buried with other members of her family in the
Palestine Cemetery in Taylor County.

Two years after his last child was born, Tom applied for a
military pension, which he drew, at the rate of $8 per
month, until his death in 1836 at the age of 82. After Tom
died his widow applied for his pension. She lived to be 88
years old and died May 18, 1864 in Taylor County. Both
she and Tom are buried there.

THE WAY THEY LIVED

When Tom and Mary migrated to Kentucky over 200 years
ago, their home life was quite different to that which we
enjoy today.

All of their cooking, baking and heating was done by
means of a fireplace. Their illumination came from tallow
candles, often made by themselves. They raised corn and
hauled it to a mill where it was ground into meal for
making bread and mush.

They raised a few sheep, sheared them of their wool, then
washed, carded, spun and wove it into cloth or blankets,
and used the yarn for knitting stockings for the entire
family.

Their house was made of logs. They kept a few cows,
which provided them with milk and butter. They grew
corn, sweet potatoes, tobacco and sugar cane. They kept a
few hogs to kill or sell, and tapped the trees for molasses
when the sap was running.

They made their own hats of a straw that was native to
the country, raised broom corn and made their own
brooms, dyed their own cloth by gathering roots and
berries, and made preserves from wild fruits. The water
they used was usually carried in buckets from a spring.
This is the way they lived.

ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THOMAS WRIGHT


Nothing is known of Thomas Wright's parents or ancestors.

One military document from Culpeper County, Virginia,
states that Mary Story was Tom's second wife. This cannot
be verified.

Nothing is known of Mary Story's parents or ancestors. Her
brother, John, made an affidavit in 1839 in Anderson
County, Kentucky, in conjunction with Mary's application
for her late husband's military pension.

Morgan's Rifle Regiment, known as the "elite" unit of the
American Army, was considered an independent unit (not
attached to any state line) and was excused from all
regular duties of the camp.

Morgan used a wild turkey call to summon his sharp
shooters and give directions. Here is how one historian
describes an incident of the Battle of Saratoga:

A strong infantry picket in faded scarlet coats poured Out
of the woods, took open order near the Freeman cabin,
and nosed eagerly ahead. There was motion under the
trees to the south where vaguely seen men in fur caps and
long rifles were gliding.

Somewhere among the dense boles an unearthly, horrible
gobbling sound broke out, thick, throaty, and yet
somehow carrying. Then the south woods echoed to the
sharp crack of rifles. Every officer in the picket wasstruck
down. Sergeants and privates toppled and the clearing was
suddenly dotted with lithe men in hunting shirts, rifles
ready. Daniel Morgan's men had struck the first blow."

In his letters published after the war, Richard Henry Lee
stated of Morgan's sharpshooters: " In shooting matches
they desired targets at least 200 yards distant, preferably
no larger than an orange."

Death: 16 MAR 1836

Given Name: Mary

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Death: 18 MAY 1864

Given Name: Henry

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Occupation: PLANTER

Death: ABT 1743 St Peters Hill, MD

Given Name: Mary

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Given Name: Henry

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Occupation: planter

Death: 1795 MD

Given Name: John Baptist

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Death: 1794 Nelson Co., KY