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"Tis something akin to the immortals that makes us long not to be altogether
unworthy of the fame of our ancestors, it is certain that if the child respects himself
he must honor his father and mother." 
Elkanah Burson, Memorial Day Speech, April 26, 1879

 

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Through this portal you can enter a truly southern world.  If life in the South interests you...if you love Gardens, Genealogy, Family History and Recipes, you will enjoy this very personal peek  into our Southern Family and our Traditions. 

My favorite thing about this website has long been meeting cousins around the world.  I hope you will enjoy participating in our expanded website. 

Please, send us pictures and information you have of ancestors we share that the rest of us would find interesting.  Take time to visit the Houston county, Alabama, Heritage Pages.
New:  Powhatan Vann Line

Wilcox True Blues

Ramsey /Hawkins

Jamestown    
Reverend Haute Wyatt (Magna Charta Line)
Robert Albritton
   
Samuel Silas Jordan    
New Amsterdam    
Johan Andersson Stalcop    
American Revolution War of 1812 War Between the States
George King Nathaniel Hawthorne David Wardlaw Ramsey
John Ramsey   Thomas Andrew Jackson Hawkins
William Ramsey   Louis Nashwell Adams
William Jordan   Eben Josiah Wells 
William Brackin   Ephraim Oates
Dempsey Dowling        
Robert Dowling    
John Dowling              
Hugh Wardlaw                              
Abel Wilds    
Richard Regan    
John Hawthorne    
Abel Wilds    

Burson/Gillis

Indian    
Powhatan (Winanuske Matatiske)    
Cleopatra (sister of Pocahontas)    
Squirrel King of the Chickasaw    
Mayflower    
John Howland    
John Tilley    
Jamestown    
Roger Mallory (Magna Charta Line)    
Thomas Pettus    
Martin Palmer    
Francis West    
New Amsterdam    
Gerret Cornelisse van Nieuwkirk    
Jan Barentsen Kunst    
Cornelius Barentsen Slecht    
     
     
Huguenot    
Margaret de Bourbon de Conde    
Thomas DeVane    
Theodore Agrippa D'Aubigny    
VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES    
John (Colonel) "The Ranger" TALIAFERRO    
Thomas Pettus    
Roger Mallory    
Bacon's Rebellion    
John Cotton    
     
American Revolution War of 1812 War Between the States
Martin Palmer    Chillian Palmer   Elkanah Burson
Hugh Wardlaw  David Gillis        David Gillis         
William Wardlaw   Abel Barge      Duncan Black Gillis
Abraham Newkirk  Lofton Cotton  Abraham Black
Paul Hartwell       John Jernigan    
Thomas Green Dixon     George Abel Barge
Lewis Barge    Gustavus Adolphus Bronson
James Wilson             
Ezekiel Slaughter    
Samuel Slaughter    
John DeVane    
World War I    
John Patrick Gillis    
     
World War II    
Elkanah George Burson, Jr. , MD    
Jean Bronson Gillis Burson    

Mount Moriah Cemetery List (Butler County, Alabama)
Palmer Cemetery List (Wilcox County, Alabama)

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