DEKALB COUNTY, GA - BIO Thomas Jefferson Burdette ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Meredith Clapper http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002801 Thomas Jefferson Burdette son of John Burdette & Deborah Prather. After John's death c. 1832 Wilkes Co., GA, Deborah moved to DeKalb Co., GA. She's there for 1840 census & remarried Thomas Grogan 14 Dec 1845 in DeKalb. Thomas Jefferson Burdette is the brother of Richard Burdette who was also in this troop. Descendants of Thomas Jefferson Burdette Generation No. 1 1. THOMAS JEFFERSON5 BURDETTE (JOHN4, HUMPHREY3 BURDETT, HUMPHREY2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1814 in Wilkes Co., GA1,2, and died 06 March 1875 in Coweta Co., GA2. He married ALMEDIA C. MURPHY Abt. 1838. She was born Abt. 1820 in GA3, and died 06 February 1892 in GA4. Notes for THOMAS JEFFERSON BURDETTE: 1850 Wilkes Co., GA 94th dist. 465 Thos. J Burdett 35 $600 farmer Almeda 31 John 11 Simpson 10 Frances 8 Albert 6 Thomas 3 1860 Meriwether Co., GA p 410 10 July Holly post office #532 Thos J Burdett 43, farming, $1400 real est., $8000 personal est., b. GA Almira 40 Simpson 18 Albert 14 Thomas 12 Lucy L 9 #534 John Burdett 21 farming $1300 real est., $1500 personal, b. GA Sarah 19 1870 Meriwether Co., GA p o Grantville p388 190.191. Burdett, Thomas 60 farmer $2500 $600 b. GA Ameelia 60 k h Simson 29 farm hand Lucy 17 at home Cotton, William 19 black farm hand Burdett, Joseph 14 black farm hand More About THOMAS JEFFERSON BURDETTE: Burial: Providence cemetery, Lone Oak, Meriwether Co., GA aged 61 yrs Census: 1850, Wilkes Co., GA 94th div. p 318 Notes for ALMEDIA C. MURPHY: 1880 Troup Co., GA Hogansville p574C Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace J. G. SIMS Self M Male W 31 GA Farmer GA GA L. A. SIMS Wife M Female W 28 GA Housekeeper GA GA Thomas SIMS Son S Male W 3 GA At Home GA GA Effie SIMS Dau S Female W 1 GA At Home GA GA Almeda BURDETT MotherL W Female W 70 GA Assistant Housekeeper GA GA More About ALMEDIA C. MURPHY: Burial: Providence cemetery, Lone Oak, Meriwether Co., GA aged 79 yrs Census: 1880, Meriwether Co., GA Children of THOMAS BURDETTE and ALMEDIA MURPHY are: 2. i. JOHN GREEN6 BURDETTE, b. 30 September 1839, Wilkes Co., GA; d. 02 January 1923, Lone Oak, Meriwether Co., GA.m. Sarah Frances Sewell c. 1859 Meriwether Co., GA? 3. ii. SIMPSON DAVID BURDETTE, b. 29 April 1840, Wilkes Co., GA; d. 02 April 1917, Randolph Co., AL.m. Sarah Martha Jackson c. 1875 iii. FRANCES C. BURDETTE, b. 10 February 1842, Wilkes Co., GA; d. Abt. 1865, Meriwether Co., GA; m. HIRAM MADISON NALL, 24 December 1857, Meriwether Co., GA; b. 1836, GA5. 4. iv. THOMAS NEWTON BURDETTE, b. Abt. 1848, Wilkes Co., GA. m. Mary Anna Fling 12 Dec 1867 Troup Co., GA v. ALBERT R. BURDETTE, b. 1848, Wilkes Co., GA6. More About ALBERT R. BURDETTE: Census: 1870, Newnan, Coweta Co., GA roll 145, p 231 age 22 Military service: joined up at 16, Civil War Occupation: cotton broker, Mayor of Newnan, Coweta Co., GA; has street named for him 5. vi. LUCY ANNE BURDETTE, b. 11 October 1851, Wilkes Co., GA; d. 24 July 1937, Troup Co., GA. m. Josiah Garr Sims 24 Nov 1874 Meriwether Co., GA