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Personal data John Burns 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of John Burns

He is married to Margaret Wilson.

They got married on October 10, 1811 at Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, United States, he was 22 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. William Burns  1816-1901
  2. Joseph M Burns  1828-????
  3. John Foster Burns  1814-1850 
  4. Elihu Dennis Burns  1833-1890 
  5. Sarah Malinda Burns  1824-1913
  6. Robert W Burns  1818-1866 


Notes about John Burns

Served in the war of 1812. He served in the 1st Regiment (Scot's) Kentucky Volunteers and the 16th Regiment (Porter's) Kentucky Militia. He was in the Battle of New Orleans, and his commanding officer was Andrew Jackson. John apparently spoke often about the cannon fire during this battle. He received 200 acres of land grants for his service. He and his wife moved to Cooper Co., MO in the early 1820s.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Burns

Laird Burns
1716-1784
Jennet Pock
1720-1756
James Burns
1746-????
unknown
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John Burns
1788-1863

1811
William Burns
1816-1901

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    Sources

    1. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    2. 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 71, Polk, Missouri; Roll: M432_411; Page: 22B; Image: 50 / Ancestry.com
    3. Web: Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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    5. 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Mooney, Polk, Missouri; Roll: M653_641; Page: 173; Image: 172; Family History Library Film: 803641 / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    • The temperature on November 4, 1788 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1788: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
      • January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
      • April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
      • April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
      • June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
      • July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
    • The temperature on October 10, 1811 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent betrokken. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1811: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 8 » An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes in the north American settlements of St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
      • May 5 » Peninsular War: In the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, the British-Portuguese Army repels an attempt by the French Army of Portugal to relieve the besieged city of Almeida.
      • May 16 » Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
      • May 18 » Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
      • July 5 » The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence is adopted by a congress of the provinces.
      • November 5 » Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado, rings the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement.
    • The temperature on June 28, 1863 was about 17.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
      • May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
      • July 13 » New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
      • July 26 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
      • September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
      • November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
    

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