Don't know if this helps, but my Burns family all come from Montgomery County, Maryland. Would love to find a connection with someone. I have not been able to find out much about my William (don't even know where he was born). Note that I have photos of headstones on anyone listed showing buriel and would be happy to share info. Descendants of William Burns Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM1 BURNS was born Abt. 1778, and died Abt. 1832. He married ANN aka NANCY DARBY July 23, 1804 in (License) Montgomery County. She was born Abt. 1782, and died Aft. 1860. Children of WILLIAM BURNS and NANCY DARBY are: 2. i. JOHN H.2 BURNS, b. 1804; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870. ii. ELIZABETH BURNS. iii. VERLINDA BURNS, b. Abt. 1812; m. EDWARD WOODFIELD, April 20, 1847; b. Abt. 1822. iv. MARY BURNS, m. JOHN H. THOMPSON, March 03, 1832. v. ANN BURNS. 3. vi. NELSON BURNS, b. February 23, 1815; d. April 03, 1875, Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. 4. vii. ELEANOR "ELLEN" BURNS, b. Abt. 1818. 5. viii. WILLIAM BURNS, b. November 15, 1819; d. December 20, 1883, Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. 6. ix. DARIUS BURNS**my line**, b. August 27, 1821; d. December 09, 1891, Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. x. OWEN BURNS, b. 1825. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN H.2 BURNS (WILLIAM1) was born 1804, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870. He married MATILDA THOMPSON April 21, 1829 in (License) Montgomery County, daughter of CLEMENT THOMPSON and SARAH ?. She was born 1805, and died Aft. 1870. Children of JOHN BURNS and MATILDA THOMPSON are: 7. i. SYLVESTER3 BURNS, b. 1833; d. Aft. 1900. ii. SARAH A. BURNS, b. 1835. iii. THOMAS BURNS, b. 1837. iv. JOHN T. BURNS, b. 1839. v. AMANDA BURNS, b. 1840. vi. CATHERINE W. BURNS, b. 1848. 3. NELSON2 BURNS (WILLIAM1) was born February 23, 1815, and died April 03, 1875 in Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. He married CATHERINE INGLEHART January 16, 1837 in (License) Montgomery County. She was born April 05, 1815, and died December 13, 1884 in Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. Children of NELSON BURNS and CATHERINE INGLEHART are: 8. i. RICHARD R.3 BURNS, b. 1839; d. June 05, 1881, Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. 9. ii. ANN VIRGINIA BURNS, b. 1840. iii. WILLIAM C. BURNS, b. Bet. 1841 - 1845; m. CATHERINE M. BURNS, January 18, 1868, (License) Montgomery County. iv. MARY E. BURNS, b. 1845. v. NICHOLAS W. BURNS, b. Bet. 1845 - 1847. vi. JESSE LEE BURNS, b. October 21, 1847, Listed in 1860 census as 11 yrs old (1849?); d. April 06, 1920, Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.; m. LOUISA H. BAKER, September 20, 1876; b. May 01, 1848; d. May 07, 1901, Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md... vii. SARAH F. BURNS, b. June 19, 1850; d. January 15, 1925, Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County,Md. viii. FRANCIS BURNS, b. 1851. 10. ix. GEORGE W. BURNS, b. July 04, 1852; d. January 28, 1929, Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. 11. x. BASIL R. BURNS, b. 1856. 4. ELEANOR "ELLEN"2 BURNS (WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1818. She married NICHOLAS RAY DARBY January 30, 1837 in (License) Montgomery County. He was born January 03, 1808 in Woodfield, Montgomery County Md., and died Bet. 1860 - 1870. Children of ELEANOR BURNS and NICHOLAS DARBY are: i. ZACHARY TAYLOR3 DARBY, b. November 1847. ii. AGNES M. DARBY, b. Abt. 1855. 5. WILLIAM2 BURNS (WILLIAM1) was born November 15, 1819, and died December 20, 1883 in Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. He married ROSANNA GLAZE, daughter of WILLIAM GLAZE and SARA ?. She was born August 21, 1843, and died January 24, 1913 in Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. Children of WILLIAM BURNS and ROSANNA GLAZE are: i. CLINTON3 BURNS, b. 1867; d. May 1898; m. HATTIE A. CRAWFORD, February 06, 1889, (License) Montgomery County; b. October 18, 1868; d. March 03, 1954. ii. IDA E. BURNS, b. 1868; m. THOMAS O. KING, November 14, 1886, (License) Montgomery County. 12. iii. WILLIE MINA BURNS, b. January 1871. iv. THOMAS E. BURNS, b. 1873. v. WILLIAM T. BURNS, b. 1875. vi. JOHN V. BURNS, b. 1877. **my line**6. DARIUS2 BURNS (WILLIAM1) was born August 27, 1821, and died December 09, 1891 in Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. He married ELIZA ANN BEALL January 21, 1860. She was born March 26, 1835, and died June 23, 1910 in Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. More About DARIUS BURNS: Occupation: Farmer (in 1860 census, listed as Shoemaker) Religion: Methodist Children of DARIUS BURNS and ELIZA BEALL are: 13. i. ANNIE BELL3 BURNS, b. August 09, 1860; d. June 14, 1928, Wesley Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Woodfield, Md.. ii. JOHN W. BURNS, b. January 27, 1862; d. July 24, 1885, Damascus Methodist Cemetery, Montgomery County, Md.. iii. RUFUS T. BURNS, b. 1863. Notes for RUFUS T. BURNS: Never Married 14. iv. LEONARD C. BURNS, SR., b. April 02, 1865; d. June 09, 1917, Wesley Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Woodfield, Md.. v. FRANCIS M. BURNS, b. 1867. **my line**15. vi. DARIUS WOODWARD BURNS, b. December 30, 1868, Montgomery County, Maryland; d. September 17, 1922, Buried: Jennings Chapel, Florence, Howard County, Md.. vii. CATHERINE R. BURNS, b. 1870. 16. viii. JAMES OSCAR BURNS, b. May 18, 1874; d. April 14, 1944, Wesley Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Woodfield, Md.. 17. ix. WALTER WEBSTER BURNS, b. April 04, 1877; d. October 19, 1952, Woodfield, Buried: Wesley Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Woodfield, Md.. Marcia Coan wrote: > To - Chaser 06--noticed you had BURNS in Maryland. Could you share time frame and possibly county of your BURNS in Maryland? > I'm looking for BURNS, circa 1795-1810, Hagerstown, Maryland, then to Ohio. > Thanks > Marcia > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp