This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yAH.2ACIB/194.2 Message Board Post: Source of the following: WHO WAS WHO AMONG THE SOUTHERN INDIANS 1698 - 1907, written by Don Martini, published 1998. pages 80, 81, 82, 83 In this book there are three David Burney listings; BURNEY, DAVID - A white resident among the Choctaws, was born in North Carolina on January 26, 1756, the son of John Burney ( who died in Orange Co. N.C. in May of 1761), and his wife Elizabeth Cheek ( born in Virginia 1721, died in Georgia about 1765). He first married Sally Frazier, a Choctaw, in Lawrence County, Mississippi, and by her , he had one son named Simon, who eventually settled among the Chickasaws and married Margaret "Peggy" Allen, the grand daughter of James Colbert, a trader among the indians. In 1784 David married Jane Noylan, and they were the parents of : 1 Sarah born Oct. 22, 1793, died Mar. 12, 1839, married Jordan Johnson. 2 John 3 Joseph 4 Elizabeth , married David Mitchell 5 Jane, married Nathaniel Hoggett 6 Mary M. , married Perry Cohea 7 Margaret M. , married David Hobert 8 Delilah , married 1st a Burns, 2nd Joseph Pendleton 9 Mariah , married Barker Larkin 10 David C. , married Pamela Mullin, then Mary Robertson *********************************************************************** BURNEY, DAVID Chickasaw Indian, also called David Calhoun Burney, was born about 1818, the son of Simon and Peggy Allen Burney. In 1836 had a land reserve in Chickasaw County, Mississippi in 1836. He died at Linn ( I.T.) in 1870. In 1835 he sold some land in Monroe County. In September 1840, he and five members of his family, as well as 18 slaves were scheduled to go west, but did not go. He remained in Chickasaw County until December 1843, when he, his family, and his mother, headed west. They took a circuituous route that carried them through Shrevesport, Louisiana where a son, Benjamin, was born on January 15, 1844. Later on in the year, David filed a claim for emmigration expenses. The 1847 census lists him as half white, head of household that consisted of one male under 18, one male over 18, four females under 16, and two females over 16. He then owned 19 slaves. In 1855 he lived in the Chickasaw District, his household including Emily, Mary, Wesley, Margaret, Frances, Benjamin, Susan, and Rebecca. He was married twice. First to Lucy James who died in 1845. He and Lucy had children : 1 Susan D. Burney,born 1836, married 1st to John Duke 2nd to William Burks. 2 Amanda Burney, married Benjamin McLaughlin 3 Rebecca Burney ,married James Jackson McAlister 4 Benjamin Crooks Burney, married Louisa Eliza Anderson David then married Emily Love Roark, the daughter of Isaac Love. She and their children lived in Pickens County in 1878. David and Emily were the parents of: 1 Mary C. Burney married Albert Gaines, Benjamin Overton 2 Wesley Brownng Burney married Mary Eliza Gaines 3 Margaret E. Burney married A.H. Law 4 Frances Ellen Burney married Laban Woods 5 Edwin Sehon Burney married Ada Cross 6 Nancy Jane Burney married John W. Archerd Jr. 7 Emily Burney married Benjamin Vaughn ******************************************************************* BURNEY, DAVID - Choctaw, voted in Wade County in 1872, and at Pleasant Hill in 1898. He was dead by 1901. Charels Burney was the administrator of David's estate and a claim was made by Lee Burney. David was the father of Abigail ( who was dead by 1904), Rosa,and Mary. He is probably the same David Burney that married Elizabeth Anderson. ********************************************************************** Some info is further given to some of the children of all three David Burney's, but it is not included here because of the length.