Raine This is from History of Washington County, Ohio 1788-1881 by H. Z. Williams "The second family in the settlement was that of Benjamin Burris, who came from Grand View in the spring of 1818. His wife was Susan Riggs, and they had no children when they came, but during their residence on Archer's fork, eleven children were born to them, viz: Mary, Johnson, Basil, Jackson, Lemuel, Benson, Elizabeth, Harriet and Lavina (twins), Volney, and Adaline. Two other children were born in Texas, whither the family moved in 1839. About the year 1828 Mr. Burris built the first mill in the settlement, a saw-mill, situated just below the mouth of Coal Run. After the freshet of 1832 he added to it the machinery of a grist-mill. Burris was a lumberman, running his lumber down Archer. The usual destination of the lumber was Cincinnati. He was also a stock raiser and trader. He made a trip or two to New Orleans in the latter business. He was one of the three that built the Templeton mill below the mouth of Archer's Fork. He was a Free Mason. His oldest child, Mary was born in 1818, and was the first person born in the settlement." Will

Will, Looks like these Burris are not my line, at least, not the direct I need, I need some from Tenn. Thanks for your helps anyway. Raine ----- Original Message ----- From: <Twb7776969@aol.com> To: <BURRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [BURRIS] BURRIS, Burress, Burrus, & maybe another spelling? > Raine > > This is from History of Washington County, Ohio 1788-1881 by H. Z. Williams > > "The second family in the settlement was that of Benjamin Burris, who came > from Grand View in the spring of 1818. His wife was Susan Riggs, and they had no > children when they came, but during their residence on Archer's fork, eleven > children were born to them, viz: Mary, Johnson, Basil, Jackson, Lemuel, > Benson, Elizabeth, Harriet and Lavina (twins), Volney, and Adaline. Two other > children were born in Texas, whither the family moved in 1839. About the year 1828 > Mr. Burris built the first mill in the settlement, a saw-mill, situated just > below the mouth of Coal Run. After the freshet of 1832 he added to it the > machinery of a grist-mill. Burris was a lumberman, running his lumber down Archer. > The usual destination of the lumber was Cincinnati. He was also a stock raiser > and trader. He made a trip or two to New Orleans in the latter business. He > was one of the three that built the Templeton mill below the mouth of Archer's > Fork. He was a Free Mason. His oldest child, Mary was born in 1818, and was the > first person born in the settlement." > > Will > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >