Re: Canonsburg Burgess Line
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Re: Canonsburg Burgess Line
William Perry 6/03/13
William, you are SO good at this. You should become a certified genealogist, if you aren't already.
I have a puzzle. You have a puzzle-solving kind of brain.
I'm doing this genealogy for my friend at work, "C". So, on her father's side, the name is Burgess, and they are mainly in Chartiers, PA -- I can go back as far as a John Burgess in the 1700s. It says he came from VA. I believe he was a slave.
Then, on her mother's side, all of that line is in NC and they are in Cherokee County and part black, part Indian. The surnames are Mauney/Mooney, Angel, and BURGESS, with minor spelling variations. I think that these two BURGESS lines were somehow connected, because I think the odds are too great that she would have BURGESS lines, both Afr Am, back in the 1800s. I think her Burgess, well, not sure where it started, but definitely in the south, during slavery times -- ended up in North Carolina, Cherokee County region, and then some headed north into PA and Ohio, with her father's branch ending up in Chartiers. Her mother's side of the family goes to the Mooney/Mauney name, slaves owned by the Mauney family, and I believe a more distant ancestor a slave from the Siler Family of western NC. Researching Julius Mauney who was the son of Abraham Angel but raised by Old Uncle Nels (Nelson) who was a slave and his wife Kate who was a slave, washerwomen, said to live to be 100. I found the big Mauney reunion info on the web already and have just found some info on Abraham Angel through Fold3, father Bucknell Ray and mother Reeva Angel. I believe this family is combination black and Native American with descendants in both NC and Oklahoma Western Cherokee. We are currently looking at Rolls and also Freedman info. I would really like to trace her dad's side further back and if I can find a connection in NC, that would be awesome. OK, all for now. Thank you for your great tips and research info.
Teresa