Raleigh "Raul" Hamilton Burress

1880 - 1964  (84 years)

• Name	Raleigh "Raul" Hamilton Burress
  Born	28 August 1880	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
  Raleigh living with new wife Cannie, no children yet. Renting house. Occupation Day Labor, currently working. Can read/write
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 30 183 R H Buress Head Male White 1880 19 Married 0 Virginia Virginia Virginia D Labor 31 183 Connie Buress Wife Female White 1883 17 Married 0 0 0 Virginia Virginia Virginia
  Census	1910	Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
  Wife wife Cana, children Walter (8), Sarah (6), Byrd (4), Emery (3) and Dora (1) Married 10 years. Renting house; coal miner, can read/write
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 6 327 Raleigh Burress Head Male White 1883 27 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia 7 327 Cana M Burress Wife Female White 1885 25 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia 8 327 Walter Burress Son Male White 1902 8 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 9 327 Sarah R Burress Daughter Female White 1904 6 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 10 327 Bird B Burress Son Male White 1906 4 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 11 327 Emry H Burress Son Male White 1907 3 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 12 327 Dora E Burress Daughter Female White 1909 1 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia
  Draft Card	1918	Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia   [1]
  Residence Canebrake, West Virginia Age in Years 38 Birth Date 28 August 1880 Occupation Miner Employed By New River & Pocahontas Coal Company Employed Where Canebrake, West Virginia Nearest Relative Canie May Burress Residence Canebrake, West Virginia Height Tall Build Medium Eye Color Black Hair Color Black Registration Date 11 September 1918
  Census 1920	1920	Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA
  With wife Cannie and children Matilda, Byrd, Emery, Dora, Ernest, Sherman, Georgia and Lola. Renting home, Truck Loyer for coal mine (no idea what a Loyer is, probably misspelled on census) assuming Sarah died, doubt she'd be married yet.
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 40 315 Rollo Baurrass Head Male White 1882 38 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia Truck Loyer 41 315 Kenny Baurrass Wife White 1885 35 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia 42 315 Tilda Baurrass Daughter Female White 1904 16 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 43 315 Bird Baurrass Son Male White 1906 14 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 44 315 Emery Baurrass Son Male White 1908 12 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 45 315 Dora Baurrass Daughter Female White 1909 11 Single West Virginia Virginia Virginia 46 315 Earnest Baurrass Son Male White 1911 9 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 47 315 Chairman Baurrass Son Male White 1913 7 Single West Virginia Virginia Virginia 48 315 Georgia Baurrass Daughter Female White 1916 4 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 49 315 Lola Baurrass Daughter Female White 1917 3 Single West Virginia Virginia Virginia
  Census 1930	1930	Big Creek, Mcdowell, West Virginia, USA
  Street address 255 Berwind-Newhall Road. Renting home $8 month. with 2nd wife Frances, children Georgia, Elise, Perry, Joe S No radio, Miner. (Elsie is Frances daughter, I thought Joe was too until I found his birth info, Ral. & Cana were his parents)
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 67 261 Hamilton Burress Head Male White 1881 49 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia Miner Berwind - Newhall Road 68 261 Francis Burress Wife Female White 1881 49 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia Berwind - Newhall Road 69 261 Georgia Burress Daughter Female White 1915 15 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia Berwind - Newhall Road 70 261 Elsie Burress Daughter Female White 1914 16 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia Berwind - Newhall Road 71 261 Perry Burress Son Male White 1922 8 Single West Virginia Virginia Virginia Berwind - Newhall Road 72 261 Joe S Burress Son Male White 1920 10 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia Berwind - Newhall Road
  CV News	4 Jan 1935	Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia
  In the Clinch Valley Newspaper -Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Burress were visiting children in West Virginia last week
  CV News	31 Jan 1935	Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia
  In the Clinch Valley Newspaper - Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Burress were visiting their uncle (probably Dudley P. Earls) in Cliffield Sunday.
  CV News	22 Mar 1935	Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia
  In the Clinch Valley Newspaper - R. H. Burress was visiting his son (May be Byrd P. Burress) at Canebrake over the weekend.
  CV News	11 Jul 1935	Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia
  In the Clinch Valley Newspaper - Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Burress, Cedar Bluff, were the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Burress here Sunday.
  Deed	24 July 1939	Baptist Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia   [2]
  Deed Between R.H & Frances Burress and J. Ed and Blanche Bandy.
  This deed, made and entered into, this 24th day of July, 1939, by and between J. Ed Bandy and Blanche Bandy, his wife, parties of the first part and R.H. Burress and Francis Burress, his wife, parties of the second part. Witnesseth: that for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) paid and to be paid as hereinafter set out, the parties of the first part do hereby, bargain, grant, sell and convey, with convenants of general warranty of title, unto the said R.H. Burress and Frances Burress, his wife, parties of the second part, all of those certain lots or parcels of land situate, lying and being in Baptist Valley, in Tazewell County, Virginia, together with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and designated as Lots Fifteen (15) and Sixteen (16) as shown a a map identified as "Sub-division of the Gus Payne farm situated in Baptist Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia" which map is attached to and made a part of a deed from J.A. Payne and Ella Payne, his wife, to Kathleen Payne, dated even date herewith and to be forthwith recorded in Clerk's Office for Tazewell County, Virginia, and being a part of the same real estate conveyed to the said Gus Payne by Minervia V. Peery by deed dated June 1st, 1926, and of record in the Clerk's office of Tazewell County, Virginia in Deed Book, No. 105, Page 3, references to said last mentioned deed and map is hereby made. The consideration for this conveyance is the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), as hereinabove stated, of which amount the sum of Thirty-Three and 33/100 dollars ($33.33) is cash in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and the balance of said consideration, being the sum of sixty-six and 67/100 ($66.67), is evidence by three negotiable interest bearing notes, dated April 15th, 1939, executed by the said J. Ed Bandy and payable to the order of J.A. Payne at the Farmer's Bank of Clinch Valley, Tazewell Virginia, in one (1), two (2), and three (3) years, respectively, after date, with interest from date at the rate of six per cent per annum, until paid; the first two of said notes being in the sum of Twenty-two and 22/100 dollars ($22.22) each, and the third and last of said notes being in the sum of Twenty-two and 23/100 dollars ($22.23) These said notes are to be taken over and redeemed by the said parties of the second part. It is understood and agreed between the parties hereto that the parties of the first part do hereby expressly reserve a vendor's lien on the lots of land herein conveyed to secure the payment of the deferred purchase money notes hereinabove described. Witness the following signatures and seals: J. Ed Bandy (seal) Blanche Bandy (seal)
  Deed	15 Feb 1941	Tazewell County, Virginia   [3]
  Deed between R.H. and Frances Burress and Byrd P. and Ella Burress.
  This deed made this 15th day of February 1941 between R.H. Burriss (sic) and Frances Burriss (sic), husband and wife, parties of the first part, and Byrd P. Burress and Ella Burress, husband and wife, parties of the second part: Witnesseth: That for one dollar cash in hand paid by the parties of the second part to the parties of the first part, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledges, and other consideration as hereinafter set forth, the said parties of the first part do hereby grand, sell and convey, with covenants of general warranty of title, unto the said Byrd P. Burress and Ella Burress all those two certain lots or parcels of land, together with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situated and being in Baptist Valley, in Tazewell County, Virginia designated and described as Lots No 15 and 16 on that certain map or plat entitled: sub-division of the Gus Farm situate in Baptist Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia: which said map or plat is attached to and recorded with a certain deed from J.P. Payne and wife to Kathleen Payne, of record in the Office of the Clerk of Circuit Court of Tazewell County, Virginia, reference to which is here made for a more complete description of the property hereby conveyed; and being the same real estate which was conveyed to the grantors herein by J. Ed Bandy and Blanche Bandy, his wife, by deed dated the 24th day of July, 1939 and recorded in the aforesaid Clerk's Office in Deed Book 145 page 306 reference to which is also made for a more complete description of the property hereby conveyed. Reserving, however, unto the grantors, and to the survivor of said grantors, so long as either of said grantors may live, a life estate in said lots or parcels of land hereby conveyed. It is expressly understood between the parties hereto that there is a Vendors Lien subsisting against this property to secure certain deferred installments of the purchase price owing to J.A. Payne as set forth and mentioned in the aforesaid deed from J. Ed Bandy and wife. Of the notes therein mentioned, the last two in the principal sum of $22.22 and $22.23, respectively, are unpaid and outstanding. The parties of the second part, by their acceptance of this deed, do hereby assume the payment of the said unpaid deferred purchase money, as evidence by the notes aforesaid, witness the following signatures and seals. R.H. Burriss (sic) Frances Burriss (sic) T.G Shufflebarger - Notary Public
  Draft Card	1942	Tazewell County, Virginia   [4]
  Draft Card
  Residence RFD #1 Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Va Age in Years 61 Birth Date 28 August 1880 Employed By Self Employed Where Baptist Valley, Tazewell Virginia Nearest Relative Frances Burress Residence Cedar Bluff, Va Height 5'8" Build 135 Eye Color Black Hair Color Gray Complexion Ruddy
  Buried	1964	Earls Family Cemetery, Cliffield, Earls Branch, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
  Earls Cem, Earls Branch, Tazewell Va - There is no stone in the cemetery, but living relatives say that is where he was buried, and Patrica Christian (Raleigh's granddaughter) says she remembers going to the funeral when she was 14.
  Died	12 Oct 1964	Bristol, Virginia   [5]
  Age	84 years
  Siblings	8 siblings
  1. Henry Preston "Bud" Burress           b. 30 May 1883, Clinch River, Tazewell, Co., Virginia           d. 22 Dec 1964, Tazewell County, Virginia
  2. Rosa Cansas "Sis" Burress           b. 30 May 1883, Clinch River, Tazewell, Co., Virginia           d. 07 Oct 1958, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia
  3. Sarah Melvina "Sallie" Burress           b. 23 Apr 1885, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA           d. 13 Mar 1967, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia
  4. Mary Frances Burress           b. 22 Feb 1887, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 24 Nov 1959, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia
  5. John Thomas Burress           b. 11 May 1889, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 15 Oct 1958, Tazewell County, Virginia
  6. Flora Belle "Florrie" Burress           b. 17 Jul 1891, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. Oct 1978, Greenbelt, Prince George, Maryland
  7. Dora Belle Burress           b. 26 July 1893, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 7 July 1972, Jasper, Walker, Alabama
  8. Eugene Newton "Newt" /Burress Burroughs           b. 15 Sep 1895, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 23 Jan 1963, Bristol, Virginia
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  Person ID	P96	Burress Genealogy of Virginia | My Ancestors

  
  

  Father	John Wesley Burress           b. 10 Mar 1861, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 24 May 1929, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Matilda "Tildie" Rose Earls           b. 1861, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 3 Nov 1895, Cavatts Creek, Tazewell Co., Virginia  (Age 34 years)
  Married	9 Sep 1879	Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia
  Family ID	F186	Group Sheet

  
  

  Wife 1	Cana Mae "Cannie" Combs           b. 6 April 1883, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 28 Feb 1927, War, McDowell County, West Virginia  (Age 43 years)
  Married	31 Jan 1900	Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Children	13 children
  1. Raleigh Walter Burress           b. 07 December 1900, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 06 April 1915, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA  (Age 14 years) + 2. Matilda Gladys Burress           b. 7 Sep 1903, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 22 January 1977, Mt. Vernon, Knox, Ohio  (Age 73 years)   3. Sarah R. Burress           b. 1904, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. Between 1911-1920, West Virginia, United States  (Age 16 years) + 4. Byrd Patton Burress           b. 11 Jul 1905, Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA           d. 11 Jun 1971, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 65 years) + 5. Emery "Red" Hamilton Burress           b. 27 Jan 1907, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 26 Sep1961, Lansing, Clinton County, Michigan, USA + 6. Dora Helen Burress           b. 05 Feb 1909, Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia   7. Ernest Arthur Burress           b. 11 June 1911, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 01 June 1985, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States of America  (Age 73 years) + 8. Sherman Woodrow Burress           b. 19 Dec 1912, Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia           d. 27 Mar 1978, Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tn  (Age 65 years)   9. Emerson William Burress           b. 15 Apr 1915, Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia           d. 06 Aug 1915, Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia  (Age 0 years) + 10. Georgia Emma Burress           b. 15 Apr 1915, Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia           d. 23 Jan 2004, Glen Rock, York, Pennsylvania, United States of America  (Age 88 years)   11. Lola Mae Burress           b. 19 Apr 1916, Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia           d. 02 Sep 1921, Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia  (Age 5 years)   12. Joseph S. Burress           b. 09 Feb 1920, Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia   13. Perry Vernon "Jack" Burress           b. 09 Oct 1921, Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia           d. Jul 1978, Baltimore, Md  (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F204	Group Sheet

  
  

  Wife 2	Frances McCoy           b. 5 Dec 1877, Russell County, Virginia, USA           d. 31 May 1957, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 79 years)
  Married	22 Apr 1929	Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia   [7]
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  Family ID	F203	Group Sheet

  
  

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  		Born - 28 August 1880 - Tazewell County, Virginia Census - Raleigh living with new wife Cannie, no children yet. Renting house. Occupation Day Labor, currently working. Can read/write - 1900 - Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA Married - 31 Jan 1900 - Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA Census - Wife wife Cana, children Walter (8), Sarah (6), Byrd (4), Emery (3) and Dora (1) Married 10 years. Renting house; coal miner, can read/write - 1910 - Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA Draft Card - 1918 - Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia Census 1920 - With wife Cannie and children Matilda, Byrd, Emery, Dora, Ernest, Sherman, Georgia and Lola. Renting home, Truck Loyer for coal mine (no idea what a Loyer is, probably misspelled on census) assuming Sarah died, doubt she'd be married yet. - 1920 - Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA Married - 22 Apr 1929 - Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia Census 1930 - Street address 255 Berwind-Newhall Road. Renting home $8 month. with 2nd wife Frances, children Georgia, Elise, Perry, Joe S No radio, Miner. (Elsie is Frances daughter, I thought Joe was too until I found his birth info, Ral. & Cana were his parents) - 1930 - Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA CV News - In the Clinch Valley Newspaper -Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Burress were visiting children in West Virginia last week - 4 Jan 1935 - Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia CV News - In the Clinch Valley Newspaper - Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Burress were visiting their uncle (probably Dudley P. Earls) in Cliffield Sunday. - 31 Jan 1935 - Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia CV News - In the Clinch Valley Newspaper - R. H. Burress was visiting his son (May be Byrd P. Burress) at Canebrake over the weekend. - 22 Mar 1935 - Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia CV News - In the Clinch Valley Newspaper - Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Burress, Cedar Bluff, were the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Burress here Sunday. - 11 Jul 1935 - Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia Deed - Deed Between R.H & Frances Burress and J. Ed and Blanche Bandy. - 24 July 1939 - Baptist Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia Deed - Deed between R.H. and Frances Burress and Byrd P. and Ella Burress. - 15 Feb 1941 - Tazewell County, Virginia Draft Card - Draft Card - 1942 - Tazewell County, Virginia Buried - 1964 - Earls Family Cemetery, Cliffield, Earls Branch, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA Died - 12 Oct 1964 - Bristol, Virginia  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  [S-1444881248] WWI Draft Cards 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, WWI Draft Card, 11 September 1918. [S-1444881222] Tazewell County Deed Book, Tazewell County Deed Book 45 Page 306, 24 July 1939. [S-1444881222] Tazewell County Deed Book, Tazewell County Deed Book 152 Page 286, 15 Feb 1941. [S-1444881218] WWII Draft Registration Cards 1942, Ancestry.com, Draft Registration, 1942. Residence RFD #1 Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Va Age in Years 61 Birth Date 28 August 1880 (Tazewell Va) Employed By Self Employed Where Baptist Valley, Tazewell Virginia Nearest Relative Frances Burress Residence Cedar Bluff, Va Height 5'8" Build 135 Eye Color Black Hair Color Gray Complexion Ruddy [S-1443678083] Burial Location, Burial Location. Earls Cem, Earls Branch, Tazewell Va - There is no stone in the cemetery, but living relatives say that is where he was buried, and Patrica Christian (Raleigh's granddaughter) says she remembers going to the funeral when she was 14. [S-1444881244] Marriage Record, Marriage Certificate, 31 Jan 1900. Husband Name: Roley Burress Husband Age: 19 Husband Birthplace: Tazewell County, Virginia Husband Residence: Tazewell County, Virginia Husband Condition: Single Husband Father: John Burress Husband Mother: Matilda Burress Husband Occupation: Farmer Wife Name: Canny Combs Wife Age: 16 Wife Birthplace: Tazewell County, Virginia Wife Residence: Tazewell County, Virginia Wife Condition: Single Wife father: Richard Combs Wife Mother: Susan Combs Marriage date: 31 Jan 1900 Marriage Place: Tazewell County, Virginia, Brides Residence Performed By: J.R. Sparks [S-1444881244] Marriage Record, Marriage Certificate, 22 April 1929. Husband Name: R.H. Burress Husband Age: 18 Husband Birthplace: Tazewell County, Virginia Husband Residence: Canebrake, West Virginia Husband Father: John W. Burress Husband Mother: Matilda Earls Burress Husband Occupation: Miner Wife Name: Frances Alley Wife Age: 18 Wife Birthplace: Russell County, Virginia Wife Residence: Richlands, Virginia Wife father: William McCoy Wife Mother: Lisa Jackson McCoy Marriage date: 22 April 1929 Marriage Place: Tazewell County, Virginia, Freewill Baptist Church Performed By: S.E. Brooks