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Dedication Ceremony for Marker of Isaac
(JR) and Catherine Burleson’s Grave
Scheduled for November 14, 2004
Everyone mark your calendars for this important event.
Who
is Isaac Burleson Jr. and what do we know about him?
In
the next two issues of the Recollections
I want to publish all the information the BFRG has gathered on Isaac Burleson
Jr. and his family.
Isaac Jr. was born in 1784, the first son born to Isaac and Martha Clay
Burleson. He married Catherine Castle, daughter of Thomas Castle. Isaac
was a true family man and his name appears several times in court records
as guardians of his brother, Joseph, ophans. Isaac and Catherine had eight
children, five sons and three daughters.
Descendants of ISAAC BURLESON JR
1. ISAAC
BURLESON4 JR (ISAAC BURLESON3 SR, ? JOHN2 BURLESON, AARON1) was born 1784,
and died July 4, 1863 in ALMOND CEMETERY, MARKER ON PARKER RD, STANLY
CO, NC. He married CATHERINE CASTLE 1810, daughter of THOMAS CASTLE and
ELIZABETH COLTER. She was born 1789, and died April 28, 1867 in ALMOND
CEMETERY, MARKER ON PARKER RD, STANLY CO, NC.
More About ISAAC BURLESON JR:
Fact
1: 1810, Census Mont Co NC male 1, 16-26, females 1, under 10, 1 16-26
Fact
2: 1830, Census Mont Co NC male 1under 5, 1, 5-10, 3 10-15, 1, 40-50
Fact
3: 1830, females 1, under 5, 1, 5-10, 1,10-15, 1, 30-40
Fact
4: 1850, Stanly Co NC 430/431, page 28 shows Isaac Burleson age 66 Catharine
age
60, Nathan, age 18, Sarah Cassel age 6, and John Moss, age 50
Fact
6: 1860, Stanly Co NC Isaac Burlyson, age 76 & Catherine age 71 Page
240
Children of ISAAC JR and CATHERINE CASTLE are:
i. WILLIAM (BILLIE)5 BURLESON, b. January 29, 1812, MONTGOMERY CO
NC (NOW STANLY CO, NC); d. November 27, 1896, FRIENDSHIP METH CHURCH CEM,
STANLY CO, NC; m. (1) SARAH HARWOOD; b. 1810; d. October 1855, SUSIE HARWOOD
CEM, #1228 ROWLAND RD. DOWN FARM RD TO BRANCH; m. (2) RHODA
SPRINGER; b. 1836; d. BEAR CREEK BAP CH STANLY CO, NC.
Notes for WILLIAM (BILLIE) BURLESON:
GrandPa Billie as he was known on Canton Road was quite a character. Almost
all the older Burlesons remember him and they all have stories passed
down about him. He raised two families. His first wife was Sarah Harwood.
They raised seven known children, two girls and five boys. Sarah died
October 1855.
William (Billie) Burleson was conscripted on April 10, 1864 into the 34th NC, part of Scale's Brigade. Billie had three sons already in the service:
Absolem in the 10th Artillery, Ebin in the 28th NC, and Isaac in the 42nd NC. Howell would follow in June 1864, He was a 51 year old widower with seven children when he was taken prisoner on 6 May 1864 in the opening battles of the Wilderness Campaign. Billie returned home at the end of the war to be united with his four oldest sons, all hardened veterans of the war. He married Rhoda Springer and raised seven more children. By JD Burleson
Men of the William "Billie" Burleson Family That Served North Carolina
William
"Billie" Burleson was born in 1812 on the Little Bear Creek
in the Western part of Montgomery County that is now known as Stanly County.
Billie's grandfather, Isaac, was given this land for his service in the
fight for American Independence. Isaac received 100 acres for serving
as an infantryman for North Carolina.
The leaders of Stanly County anticipated the War Between the States. They
raised a company of infantry for State Service two weeks before North
Carolina seceded. Billie's two younger brothers, Lee and Nathan, would
join the first day and both would die in the war. Before the war concluded
at Appomattox, every Burleson listed as "Head of Household"
in the 1860 census from Stanly County and their sons of age served our
Confederate States of America.
In February 1862, Billie's third oldest son Isaac, age 20, volunteered
in Company C 42nd Infantry. He would serve North Carolina and the Army
of Northern Virginia.
In March of 1862 Billie's second oldest son Ebin, age 22 volunteered for
Company K of the 28th Infantry. In August 1862 the oldest son Absalom,
volunteered for the Artillery.
Billie himself was conscripted in April 1864 to Scales Brigade. The fourth
oldest son, Howell, age 16, was conscripted in June 1864 into the 70th
Regiment of Junior Reserves.
Billie's two daughters were both married to husbands who served our South.
William Hatley enlisted at age 22 years in March 1862 into Company C 42nd
Infantry. Daniel Bowers was conscripted into Company F 5th North Carolina.
This left only the youngest son William Jr., age 13, at home to protect
and provide for the seven families whose heads of household were gone
to war. by: John Hoyle Burleson
ii. JONATHAN BURLESON, b. 1814, NC; m. (1) PERMELIA; b. 1814, NC; m. (2)
JANE RICHARDS, December 10, 1865, HARDIN CO TN.
iii. DOVIE BURLESON, b. 1818; m. ABSALOM HARWOOD, 1832; b. June 6, 1812;
d. December 23, 1885.
iv. CHRISTINA (TENY) BURLESON, b. January 20, 1820, MONTGOMERY CO NC;
d. October 19, 1901, JOHN ALMOND CEM STANLY CO NC; m. ACHELLIS CALVIN
(JR) ALMOND; b. 1823; d. March 1863, JOHN ALMOND CEM STANLY CO NC.
More About CHRISTINA (TENY) BURLESON:
Fact 1: SEE STANLY CO GEN SOC VOL XVI #3 1997 FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ACHELLIS
ALMOND
Fact 2: 1880, CENSUS SHOWS LIVING WITH JONAH ALMOND
v. JOSEPH BURLESON, b. October 17, 1822, MONTGOMERY CO, NC; d. February
24, 1902, FRIENDSHIP METH CH CEM; m. (1) LUCY B. ALMOND; b. September
25, 1823; d. September 29, 1892, FRIENDSHIP METH CH CEM, STANLY CO, NC;
m. (2) JANE WHITLEY; b. 1844; d. December 2, 1922.
Notes for JOSEPH BURLESON:
Joseph Burleyson Private Company K 57th North Carolina
Jubal Early's Division
Joseph Burleyson was the son of Isaac Jr. and Katherine Castle Burleyson.
He was a life-long resident of Stanly County and made his home in the
Little Bear Creek area. Joseph and his wife, Lucy Almond, raised three
sons that fought for the Confederate Army. The oldest son, William, was
a member of Company C 42nd Regiment and died as a prisoner at Elmira,
New York. The middle son, John, died from disease while a member of Company
H 14th Regiment, according to the pension records of Stanly County. Dennis
was conscripted at age 16 into the 70th Regiment, but survived the war.
Joseph, age 41, was conscripted in March1864 into Company K 57th Regiment,
General Jubal Early's Division, but on August 31 at Winchester, he was
shot through the hip and captured. After hospitalization in Baltimore
and Yankee prison at Point Lookout, Joseph returned to Stanly County after
he was released. He raised a large family.
My records show that Joseph was never paid his eleven dollars a month
pay as a private because of his wounding and capture, but he surely paid
a high price for the Southern Cause. He lost his brothers, Lee and Nathan,
and his two oldest sons, William and John.
Years later, he was active in Stanly County's reunions of Confederate
Veterans. He died at age 80 on February 24, 1902, and was buried at Friendship
Methodist Church in Plyler, where this soldier rests today. by: John Hoyle
Burleson
Fact 1: August 1995, BFB VOL.XV, NO 2 PAGE 2228 LAST WILL & TESTIMENT
vi. LEE BURLESON, b. 1826, Montgomery Co NC; d. October 15, 1864, Weldon
NC; m. ELIZABETH ALMOND, 1846, STANLY CO NC; b. 1824, Montgomery Co, NC
(NOW STANLY); d. November 29, 1903, CANTON BAP CH STANLY CO, NC.
Lee Burleyson Company H 14th North Carolina 1826 – 1864
Lee was the son of Isaac Jr. and Katherine Castle Burleyson and joined
the first company raised in Stanly County. Lee survived his service in
the Army of Northern Virginia for his one-year enlistment in Company H
14th North Carolina. While he was in Virginia he was refused re-enlistment
because of being over aged at the age of 35. Lee believed in our Southern
cause and later enlisted in a Virginia Artillery unit. This unit would
later become part of the 13th North Carolina Light Artillery. Serving
with the 13th in Weldon, North Carolina, Lee became ill and died on October
15, 1864 of fever. This warrior served a year in the thickest of battle
and was discharged, but wanted to get back in the fight. He was a true
warrior who gave his all!
Back home, the oldest son of Lee and Elizabeth Almond Burleyson, Adam,
was conscripted into the Junior Reserves. Adam was stationed at Weldon
as part of the 1st Junior Reserves during the same time his father, Lee,
died in the Weldon hospital. On this day Adam enlisted at the age of 17
into the 28th Lane’s Brigade that was in action in Virginia. He
would fight until forced to surrender at Appomattox.
Lee and Elizabeth’s children grew up and raised families of their
own in the Endy Community.
Fact 1: October 15, 1864, Died IN CIVIL WAR at a field hospital in Weldon
NC
vii. ELIZABETH BETSY BURLESON, b. 1828; m. LARKIN SR ALMOND, Bef. 1847;
b. 1829.
viii. NATHAN BURLESON, b. 1835, MONTGOMERY CO NC; d. June 16, 1863, RICHMOND
VA; m. (1) MARTHA J. HATLEY; b. July 4, 1835; d. June 4, 1918; m. (2)
MARY (POLLY) ALMOND
vii.
ELIZABETH BETSY BURLESON, b. 1828; m. LARKIN SR ALMOND, Bef. 1847;
b. 1829. Catherine Castle’s, (Isaac’s wife) father, Thomas Castle, was also a Revolutionary War Patriot. Thomas Castle’s family was also connected to the Burleson family in several different ways Catherine’s brother William Castle married Isaac’s sister Jane and they moved to Mississippi. Catherine’s sister, Mary Jane Castle, married Isaac’s brother, David, and they moved to Mississippi. |
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Major Milestones
Isaac Jr.’s wife,Catherine’s brother, William Castle
