This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burfitt Burfit Burfoot Barfoot Barefoot Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/1752 Message Board Post: I am researching the BURFITT family of New York and Virginia. My ancestor, Thomas G. BURFITT, married Mary Ellafair Adline Finklea. They settled in Alabama. They had at least 3 sons, Godfrey, Frank Edward and Robert H. I believe Thomas was born about 1829. I believe he may be the uncle or older brother of Charles Edward BURFITT of Columbia County, New York. I believe Anna T. BURFITT Jerdone of New York and, later, Virginia to also be related. My Thomas BURFITT named one of his sons Godfrey and another son was named Edward. Charles Edward BURFITT named a daughter Leila R. Godfrey Burfitt. According to another Burfitt family researcher, various Alabama census records give Thomas' birthplace as England, New York and Michigan. I am very interested in Thomas BURFITT of New Lebanon, Columbia County, NY on the 1840 Federal Population Schedule and also Edward BURFIT of New Lebanon, Columbia County, NY on the 1860 Federal Population Schedule1860. I would also be interested in Holeman BURFITT who married Frances L. McCarter on 22 October 1833 in Nelson Co., VA. Does anyone know where Nelson County, VA is and how close it may be to New Kent Co., VA and Louisa Co., VA? I wonder how and if Holeman BURFITT is related to Anna T. BURFITT Jerdone? I have found BURFITTs in Maine and Massachusetts, but not Michigan. Thanks for any leads. Fredreica speyer@bellsouth.net Charles Edward Burfitt Sources: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General. (NYRoster) Published in 1894-1906 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 17 September 1861 in Albany, NY at the age of 21Enlisted in Company B, 44th Infantry Regiment New York on 30 September 186. Received a disability discharge on 27 October 1862 in Albany, NY The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 72 page 98 Miss Leila R. Godfrey Burfitt. DAR ID Number: 71268 Born in Columbia County, N. Y. Descendant of Capt. John Bull. Daughter of Charles Edward Burfitt (b. 1840) and Francis Eliza Bull (b. 1844), his wife, m. 1865. Granddaughter of Hampton Champlain Bull (1814-97) and Frances L. de Lano (1818-79), his wife, m. 1843. Gr-granddaughter of John Bull, Jr. (1777-1847), and Anne Fitch (1785-1842), his wife. Gr-gr-granddaughter of John Bull and Dorcas Smith (1746-1831), his wife. John Bull (1749-1839) was lieutenant in Col. Henry Knox's Continental artillery, 1776, and while at Ticonderoga he was appointed director of the laboratory for the northern department, with rank of captain. His company put up the ammunition which was used at Saratoga. He applied for a pension, 1818, and it was allowed for service in the Massachusetts Continental Line. He was born in Hartford, Conn.; died in Lebanon Springs, N. Y. BURFITT, Thomas of Columbia County, NY on page 34 in New Lebanon Township on Federal Population Schedule 1840 BURFIT, Edward of Columbia County, NY on page 621 in New Lebanon beat on Federal Population Schedule1860 BURFITT, Thomas G. (a/k/a Burfitt, Thomas J.) Company A, 44th Alabama Infantry, CSA Private (Note: The Confederate Military Record lists birthplace as Virginia, New Kent County.) BURFITT, Holeman married McCarter, Frances L. on 22 October 1833 in Nelson Co., VA Compilation © 1995 by the Virginia Historical Society Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations >From the Revolution Through the Civil War Series L: Selections from the Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Part 2: Jerdone Family Papers, 1736-1918 Biographical Note Francis Jerdone, 1720-1771, was a Scottish factor who immigrated to Virginia and lived in Hanover County, Yorktown, and Louisa County. His wife was Sarah (Macon) Jerdone, 1731-1818, who was born in Virginia. Their sons included Francis Jerdone II, 1756-1841; John Jerdone, 1764-1786; and William, 1769-1772. Their daughters included Mary, b. 1754; Sarah, 1757-1793; Elizabeth, 1759-1830; Isabella, 1761-1825; Anne, 1763-1794; and Martha, b. 1767. Elizabeth was the wife of Alexander Macauley, a merchant of Yorktown, Virginia. Francis Jerdone II was a planter of Louisa County, Virginia. His wife, Mary "Polly" Byars Jerdone, died in 1821. His sons included John, b. 1800, a planter of Spotsylvania County; Francis III, b. 1802, a planter of Orange County; and William, b. 1805, a planter of New Kent County, Virginia. Daughters of Francis Jerdone II included Sarah Jerdone Coleman and Mary Jerdone Toler. A cousin, William Douglass, and his sister, Mary Douglass, managed properties owned by Francis Jerdone II in Charles City and New Kent counties, Virginia. William's first wife, who died in 1834, was survived by a daughter named Maria. In 1848 William married Anna T. BURFITT, d. 1878, a much younger woman from the North who arrived in Louisa County, Virginia, in 1845 as a teacher in the home of his sister, Sarah Coleman, at Jerdone Castle. Their children included William M. Jerdone, Maud Jerdone, and Frank Jerdone. Correspondence, 1753-1890 and Undated This series documents four generations of the Jerdone family in Virginia. A full listing of the documents in this series is provided in the Introductory Materials on Reel 1 and partial listings appear at the beginning of each folder in the collection. Earliest letters are those of Francis Jerdone I. This correspondence consists of letters from Francis to his wife, Sarah (Macon) Jerdone. Letters to Sarah continue past the death of Francis in 1771, including letters from her sons and daughters in Virginia and England. There is extensive correspondence among the sons and daughters of Francis Jerdone II. These letters detail their work as planters, as well as family and social life in Virginia. Particularly noteworthy is correspondence of William Jerdone and his future wife, Anna BURFITT, with their friends and relatives in Virginia and the North. The final generation of Jerdones in this collection includes William's daughter, Maria, by his first wife Maria, and his sons Frank and William M. by his second wife. Accounts, 1750-1879 and Undated Accounts on Reel 7 include those of John Jerdone, Francis Jerdone III, William Jerdone, Anna (BURFITT) Jerdone, Maria Jerdone, and other individuals. These include overseer's accounts and other items documenting the purchase and sale of produce and supplies of plantations, as well as blacksmiths, household items, postage, estate papers, and medical visits. Manuscript Volumes, 1736-1877 Volumes are arranged by the name of the originator. Persons documented include Anna (BURFITT) Jerdone, Francis Jerdone I, Francis Jerdone II, Francis Jerdone III, and William Jerdone. Volumes 1-5 document Anna (BURFITT) Jerdone, including her education at the Troy Female Seminary in New York, 1844-1845, and her life in Virginia, 1847-1866, as the second wife of William Jerdone. Four notebooks from Troy Female Seminary, volumes 1-4, include analyses of Lord Henry Home Kames, Elements of Criticism, and Dugald Stewart, Philosophy of the Active and Moral Powers of Man and Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind. A fifth notebook, volume 5, dates from her days in Virginia and contains poetry, comments, copies of letters, and recipes. Jerdone, William M. of Albemarle County, VA on page 508 of Howardsville Beat on Federal Population Schedule VA 1870 Jerdone, William of Gloucester County, VA on Rent Role VA 1779 MARRIAGE NOTICES FROM THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1867-1878 Issue of May 31, 1871 By Rev. William M. Jerdone, April 1, 1871, in the M. E. Church, South, in Ocala, Mr. Joseph H. Sears, of Plymouth, Mass., and Miss Emilie C. Stowe, of New Haven, Conn. A NATIONAL REGISTER OF THE SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. WILLIAM JERDONE PETTUS, Fortress Monroe, Va. (8744). Son of John Cosby and Maria Coleman (Jerdone) Pettus; grandson of James G. and Eudora (Wicker) Pettus; great-grandson of Harte and Barbara (Cosby) Pettus; great-grandson of William Cosby, Sergeant Virginia Line; great-grandson of William Wicker, served in Virginia Line. VMI Class of 1871 - Jerdone, William Macon. William M. Jerdone papers (MS #0231) Biographical note: William Macon Jerdone, b. 1848, Charles City Co., VA; VMI Class of 1871; lawyer and Texas state legislator; d. 1900, Galveston, TX. Descriptive note: Papers consist of Jerdone's handwritten mathematics examination essay (64 pages) submitted to Professor James W. Massie; the topic is "Analysis of Analytical Geometry," dated 1868 Dec 28. Also 25 drawings completed as class assignments at VMI. Galveston, Texas City Directories, 1888-91 Name Occupation Location City State Year William M. Jerdone attorney rooms over N.E. corner 22d, Postoffice GalvestonTX 1888, 1889 William M. Jerdone attorney office over S.E. corner 22d, Mechanic Galveston TX 1890, 1891