Philip Gresham Granddison Burford and Tabitha Tankersley
Husband Philip Gresham Granddison BURFORD
Born: 4 Feb 1800 - Kershaw Dist, South Carolina 1 Died: 3 Aug 1852 - Drew Co, Arkkansas Buried:
Father: Dr., Lt. Phillip Terrell BURFORD (1763-1834) Mother: Rebecca CLACK (1763-1820)
Marriage: Abt 1822 - Bedford Co, Tennessee
Other Spouse: Martha SINCLAIR (1807- ) - 12 Aug 1849 - Drew Co, Arkansas 2
Events in his life were:
• Occupation, Chief Deputy Sheriff, Madison Co, Alabama, 1828
• Will, Drew Co, Arkansas, 1852
• Property, Lincoln Co, Arkansas, 1857
Wife Tabitha TANKERSLEY 1
Born: Abt 1805 - Tennessee? Died: Between 1848 and 1849 - Drew Co, Arkansas Buried:
Father: Rowland TANKERSLEY (1759-1832) 1 Mother: Clarissa WADE (Abt 1761- ) 1
Children
1 M Jasper M BURFORD 1
Born: 1827 - Tennessee 3 4 Died: Abt 1861 1 Buried:Spouse: Lydia ROGERS (1831- ) Marr: 19 Jul 1851 - Drew Co, Arkansas 2
2 M Roland Tankersley BURFORD 1
Born: Abt 1823 Died: Abt 1893 1 Buried:Spouse: Caroline NEWTON (Abt 1820- )
3 F Mary BURFORD
Born: Abt 1825 Died: Deceased Buried:
4 F Frances E BURFORD
Born: Abt 1827 Died: 1904 - Arkansas Buried:Spouse: Charles BARFIELD (Abt 1822- ) 1Spouse: Jacob A BULL (Abt 1822- ) 1
5 M James BURFORD
Born: Abt 1829 Died: Deceased Buried:
6 F Tabitha BURFORD
Born: 17 Mar 1831 Died: Deceased Buried:Spouse: William Gardner WOOD (1827- ) Marr: 8 Jun 1848 - Drew Co, Arkansas 2
7 M James BURFORD
Born: Abt 1833 Died: Deceased Buried:
8 F Sarah BURFORD
Born: Abt 1835 Died: Deceased Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
Federal Land Records, Lincoln Co, Arkansas
L Name F Name MI Sec No T R Acres Date Warrant Name Remarks
BURFORD PHILIP G 6 10S 5W 39.8 1854/05/01
BURFORD PHILIP G 6 10S 5W 0 1857/04/02 ASSIGNEE OF LOW AH TE MAH
BURFORD PHILIP G 7 10S 5W 0 1857/04/02 ASSIGNEE OF LOW AH TE MAH
BURFORD PHILIP G 8 10S 5W 0 1857/04/02 ASSIGNEE OF LOW AH TE MAH
BURFORD PHILIP G 8 10S 5W 160 1857/04/02 ASSIGNEE OF LOW AH TE MAH
Winston Co, Alabama
BURFORD PHILIP G 10 9S 8W HUNTSVILLE 80.2 1824/10/02
My reference is Betty Loftiss' book, the Elder Daniel Burford. Phillip was b 4 feb 1800 Warren Co NC, d 3 Aug 1852 Drew Co AR. He mar Tabitha bef 1823(date of oldest ch) as his first wife. He also was mar to Martha Sinclair. Tabitha died bef Aug 1849 in AR, prob Drew Co.
[Philip's] Children were: Ronald Tankersley Burford 1823-1893 mar Caroline Newton(11 ch); RebeccaClack Burford abt1827-1850 mar WDC Hankins(3 ch);Jasper M Burford abt 1827- abt 1861 mar Lydia Rogers(4 ch); Tabitha Burford b abt 1830-???? mar William Gardner; Mary Burford b 1833- ????;Frances E Burford b abt 1835-1904 AR mar 1 Charles Barfield (div)2 Jacob A Bull(4 ch);Nancy Burford ?- ?;James M Burford b abt 1839- ????; Sarah Burford b abt 1843-????. Larry McCruthen, Box 15165, Oklahoma City, OK 73155 or scottsbo12 @aol.com is a descendant & probably can give you more inf. Tyrrell
General Notes (Wife)
Although I can't document this, I think your Tabitha was probably the daughter of Rowland Tankersley and Clarissa Wade, whose family had apparently moved from South Carolina to Tennessee between 1810 and 1820. Rowland and Clarissa are said to have had a daughter Tabitha who was born about 1793, and Rowland also had an older sister named Tabitha. (I also wonder whether the Ronald Burford in your lineage could actually have been Rowland Burford.)
Contrary to the widely accepted (but incorrect) version of the Tankersley lineage, which claims that Rowland was the son of an earlier Rowland Tankersley, Tabitha's father Rowland was the son of Richard Tankersley and his wife Winnifred. This is the same Richard Tankersley who is identified in the traditional lineage as the husband of Elizabeth Fountain. The original source (an 1893 genealogy by Charles W. Tankersley) claims that Richard died in 1748, but in fact I've been able to trace his journey through Virginia and into upper South Carolina, where he was still alive as late as 1797.
As I said, I can't prove it, but it might be worth further research.
Madera Co. Calif. 1880 Great Register of Fresno County (Madera Precinct) showing uncancelled names of registered voters remaining on the Great Register as of Oct 4 1880...LDS Film #0976461...
Burford, Roland Tankersley...55...Al...Farmer...Crane Valley...<registered> 1878, Sep 11...
This is Philip GG's son and pretty much confirms Tabitha as dau of Rowland and Clarissa Wade Tankersley...take care. [Larry McCutchen]
1 McCutcheon, Larry.
2 Book B, Drew Co, AR Marriage Records (http://backwardbranch.com/ardrew/dcm1.html), Book B.
3 1850 Desha Co, AR Census, 63b.
4 Book B, Drew Co, AR Marriage Records (http://backwardbranch.com/ardrew/dcm1.html).
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