Record book
BURNS FAMILY BIBLE & DAVIS BOOK
by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy
The families of William A Burns and Loulah Arkansas Davis
who married January 24, 1881 at Gravel Hill
Miles Burns decest Oct 12th 1836
Susan Burns decest July 13th 1836 (Biffle maiden name)
Ursuly Ann Burns decest August 4th, 1843
Elizabeth Tyre deceast Sept 9 —
Mary Dasthuley Cock born 10th of November 1843, born of Ursuly
Charles Burns was born Nov 6th 1811 (eldest child of Miles & Susan Burns)
Elizabeth Thompson was born Sept 29th of 1820
Sarah An Susan Burns was born 6th of March 1837
Frances Elizabeth Burns was born 4th of March 1839
---- Newton Burns was born September –1841
Robert Jasper Burns was born on March 11th 1844
Decest 15 Agust in the year 1848
Eliza Virginia Burns born 21 of Sept 1846
Thomas Jefferson was born 25th of December 1848
Tennessee Carline Burns born 8th of Nov 1851
Cersepta Jane Burns born Nov 19, 1854
Ephram T Burns was borned April 8, 1857
Wm A Burns 5th son of Charles & Elizabeth Burns, borned 19th May 1860
Julia C Burns daughter of Charles & Elizabeth Burns borned Apr 5 1864
Robert Thompson deceased Jany 1855 (Elizabeth’s father)
Charles, oldest son of Miles & Susan Burns died August 8, 1888
Of paralisis, age 76 years 9 months 2 days
Charles Burns died Aug 8 1888
Daughter died May 8, 1894 (Cersepta Jane)
BIRTH RECORDS OF JOHN R DAVIS FAMILY
written in his store log book
John R Davis & Louisa Ann Joslin was married July 25th AD 1850
John R Davis was born Dec 5th AD 1829
Louisa Ann Joslin was born July 25th AD 1833
Nancy Jane Davis was born July 10th AD 1851, Thursday
Willie Georgia Ann Davis was born November 25th AD 1852, Thursday
Louisa Adelen Davis was born August 29th AD 1854, Tuesday
Mary Emaline Davis was born September 6 AD 1857, Sunday
Margaret A Dellar Davis was born February 2, 1859
Sarah Bennet Davis was borned February the 2nd 1859, Wednesday
Luelah Arkansas Davis was borned July 19th 1861, Friday
Louisa Adelan Davis died March the 28th 1857, daughter of John A & Louisa Ann Davis
Sarah Bennet Davis Peterson died Aug 21, 1921
Nancy Jane Davis Hurd died June 6, 1924
Mary Emaline Davis Long died (no date)
John R Davis inlisted in the war February the 22nd 1862 for the term of 3 years or during
the war in the 2nd Miss Ridgement in Co — G W Latham
Mr Davis survived only a 55 days in the war. He was never in battle, or at least not a big battle. He got sick and died under a tree in Virginia.
Mrs Davis tried to keep the business and did washing for men working around or military
men. She made entries like: Mr Walker - 1 socks, 1 shirt & drawers - 30¢
This was a very interesting small book concerning John Davis’s business. However
several other little things were written. One was a rcipt for the Each:
1 spoon full soap Do salt
Do tar Do sulphur
Do to baco do ashes
all simpered in lard.
written by William A Burns in the same book:
Luelah Arkansas Davis & W A Burns was married January 24th 1881
The birth of one child December 1, 1881 died December the 3, 1881,
was buried at Mt Vernon
Luelah and William Burns lived south of Gravel Hill and her mother Louisa Ann
Joslin Davis and his mother Elizabeth Thomas Burns lived with them until they
died. William, called Billy Burns wrote lots in the book also. Davis wrote in ink
and Burns wrote with a pencil.
His son Robert Burns worked for him and Mr Burns wrote entries like this
monthly entry:
Problem Robert set in to work
4 lost (didn’t work)
5 lost
6 lost
12 lost hauling corn 1 da
13 lost ½ day doing nothing
16 lost gon to town 1 da
27 lost gon to Jim Prather
11 lost gon to town
15 lost one da foolin round
16 lost gon to Gravel Hill
One of my favorite entries by Burns:
New Year
ma - rain & selt
tues - day was beautiful
Sunday - clow dy no rain ^ snow
tues - day was cold sun shined
wed - in the eve was beautiful
fri - was beautiful beautiful
WILLIAM A BURNS BIBLE
W A Burns was born May 19 1860
L A Burns was born July 18, 1861
One child was born Dec 1m 1881
Robert Lee Burns was born July 6, 1883
Hattie Idellar was born March 9 1885
Sarah Willie was born July 14 1887
Charles Henry was born Jan 9, 1891
Maggie Elizabeth was born Apr 2, 1892
Minnie May Dona was born July 25 1896
Deaths
Louisa A Davis died Apr 26, 1910
Hattie Olive died Nov 4, 1906
Ander Olive died Dec 16, 1923
Willie Prince died Oct 11, 1928
W A Burns died Nov 25, 1947
Louela Burns died Feb 2, 1948
Marriages
W A Burns and L E Davis was married Jan 24, 1881
John Olive and Hattie Burns was married Apr 7, 1904
Marcus Prince and Willie Burns was married July 24, 1904
Robert L Burns and Gola W Armstrong was married Dec 24, 1905
Charlie Burns and Athalee Hopkins was married Nov 21, 1909
Ander Olive and Maggie Burns was married Dec 5, 1909
Elbert Bolding and Minnie Burns was married Aug 7, 1912
Ellen McCoy and Maggie Olive was married June 13, 1926