UNMARKED GRAVE
Obit states he 'worked for Sam Burney a confederate veteran during the war'
Obit Ref:
The Daily Herald - Biloxi Miss
Thursday March 16, 1933 - page 2
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CONFEDERATE SERVANT. James "Jim" Burney (b. Jackson County, MS, 1834-d. Jackson County, MS, Beauvoir Confederate Soldier's Home, Biloxi, Harrison County, MS, 1933). James Burney filed a Confederate Servant's Pension application in Harrison County, MS, in 1930, in which he stated that he had been a "Body Guard" [i.e., body servant] for "Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy," during the war, that he entered into this service on April 4, 1863, that he continued in service until "1865," and that he was in Baldwin County, AL, when the war ended.Jim Burney's Confederate Servant's Pension application also contains a picture of an undated Confederate Reunion Registration card, which has boxes to check labelled Veteran, Wife, and Widow, and which reads "Name: James Burne (sic). Wartime Commands: Slave."
In support of James Burney's pension application, an obviously very old man named Sam Burney (1851-1937) (who may have been Jim Burney's master's son) wrote: "[first line illegible] Jim went to Harrison County to the old union [reunion?] Gov. Bilbo he would haftu ['have to'] get an permit from Jackson County. They found his [i.e., James Burney's] name on the Record that he was with Jeff Davis during the war. He [Jim Burney] must of bin with him [Jefferson Davis] because he left his mother. Mr. H.C. Havins wonted him [Jim Burney] to go to the funal [i.e., Jefferson Davis' 'funeral'] when he died. He [Havins] often [i.e., 'offered'] him his fair [i.e., 'fare'] to go to my nowing [i.e., 'knowing']. The Genel [i.e., 'General'] new [i.e., 'knew'] him. He was with him. He has he bage [i.e., United Confederate Veterans reunion 'badge']. Gov. P. ['B.' for 'Bilbo'?] give it to him. (signed) Sam Burney."
Article about Confederate Servant James Burney from the Biloxi Daily Herald, March 16, 1933: "DAVIS' SERVANT DIES. Jim Burney, 100-year-old negro (sic), who was a servant for Jefferson Davis after the War Between the States, died at Beauvoir Tuesday and was buried yesterday at Vancleave. Burney, during the war, worked for a Confederate veteran by the name of Sam Burney, for whom he was named. He was born in Vancleave and was a lifelong resident of the Coast section. A sister, who is 102 years old, resides in Vancleave, where he was buried." [Note: I have been unable to verify the service of presumed Confederate Veteran Sam Burney.]
Buried in the African-American Cedar Grove Cemetery, 30.543065 -88.693614, located on the NE side of the intersection of Burney Road and Omega Road, Vancleave, Jackson County, MS, in an unmarked grave.
Ref:
Jim Huffman
Obit states he 'worked for Sam Burney a confederate veteran during the war'
Obit Ref:
The Daily Herald - Biloxi Miss
Thursday March 16, 1933 - page 2
**
CONFEDERATE SERVANT. James "Jim" Burney (b. Jackson County, MS, 1834-d. Jackson County, MS, Beauvoir Confederate Soldier's Home, Biloxi, Harrison County, MS, 1933). James Burney filed a Confederate Servant's Pension application in Harrison County, MS, in 1930, in which he stated that he had been a "Body Guard" [i.e., body servant] for "Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy," during the war, that he entered into this service on April 4, 1863, that he continued in service until "1865," and that he was in Baldwin County, AL, when the war ended.Jim Burney's Confederate Servant's Pension application also contains a picture of an undated Confederate Reunion Registration card, which has boxes to check labelled Veteran, Wife, and Widow, and which reads "Name: James Burne (sic). Wartime Commands: Slave."
In support of James Burney's pension application, an obviously very old man named Sam Burney (1851-1937) (who may have been Jim Burney's master's son) wrote: "[first line illegible] Jim went to Harrison County to the old union [reunion?] Gov. Bilbo he would haftu ['have to'] get an permit from Jackson County. They found his [i.e., James Burney's] name on the Record that he was with Jeff Davis during the war. He [Jim Burney] must of bin with him [Jefferson Davis] because he left his mother. Mr. H.C. Havins wonted him [Jim Burney] to go to the funal [i.e., Jefferson Davis' 'funeral'] when he died. He [Havins] often [i.e., 'offered'] him his fair [i.e., 'fare'] to go to my nowing [i.e., 'knowing']. The Genel [i.e., 'General'] new [i.e., 'knew'] him. He was with him. He has he bage [i.e., United Confederate Veterans reunion 'badge']. Gov. P. ['B.' for 'Bilbo'?] give it to him. (signed) Sam Burney."
Article about Confederate Servant James Burney from the Biloxi Daily Herald, March 16, 1933: "DAVIS' SERVANT DIES. Jim Burney, 100-year-old negro (sic), who was a servant for Jefferson Davis after the War Between the States, died at Beauvoir Tuesday and was buried yesterday at Vancleave. Burney, during the war, worked for a Confederate veteran by the name of Sam Burney, for whom he was named. He was born in Vancleave and was a lifelong resident of the Coast section. A sister, who is 102 years old, resides in Vancleave, where he was buried." [Note: I have been unable to verify the service of presumed Confederate Veteran Sam Burney.]
Buried in the African-American Cedar Grove Cemetery, 30.543065 -88.693614, located on the NE side of the intersection of Burney Road and Omega Road, Vancleave, Jackson County, MS, in an unmarked grave.
Ref:
Jim Huffman
UNMARKED GRAVE
Obit states he 'worked for Sam Burney a confederate veteran during the war'
Obit Ref:
The Daily Herald - Biloxi Miss
Thursday March 16, 1933 - page 2
**
CONFEDERATE SERVANT. James "Jim" Burney (b. Jackson County, MS, 1834-d. Jackson County, MS, Beauvoir Confederate Soldier's Home, Biloxi, Harrison County, MS, 1933). James Burney filed a Confederate Servant's Pension application in Harrison County, MS, in 1930, in which he stated that he had been a "Body Guard" [i.e., body servant] for "Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy," during the war, that he entered into this service on April 4, 1863, that he continued in service until "1865," and that he was in Baldwin County, AL, when the war ended.Jim Burney's Confederate Servant's Pension application also contains a picture of an undated Confederate Reunion Registration card, which has boxes to check labelled Veteran, Wife, and Widow, and which reads "Name: James Burne (sic). Wartime Commands: Slave."
In support of James Burney's pension application, an obviously very old man named Sam Burney (1851-1937) (who may have been Jim Burney's master's son) wrote: "[first line illegible] Jim went to Harrison County to the old union [reunion?] Gov. Bilbo he would haftu ['have to'] get an permit from Jackson County. They found his [i.e., James Burney's] name on the Record that he was with Jeff Davis during the war. He [Jim Burney] must of bin with him [Jefferson Davis] because he left his mother. Mr. H.C. Havins wonted him [Jim Burney] to go to the funal [i.e., Jefferson Davis' 'funeral'] when he died. He [Havins] often [i.e., 'offered'] him his fair [i.e., 'fare'] to go to my nowing [i.e., 'knowing']. The Genel [i.e., 'General'] new [i.e., 'knew'] him. He was with him. He has he bage [i.e., United Confederate Veterans reunion 'badge']. Gov. P. ['B.' for 'Bilbo'?] give it to him. (signed) Sam Burney."
Article about Confederate Servant James Burney from the Biloxi Daily Herald, March 16, 1933: "DAVIS' SERVANT DIES. Jim Burney, 100-year-old negro (sic), who was a servant for Jefferson Davis after the War Between the States, died at Beauvoir Tuesday and was buried yesterday at Vancleave. Burney, during the war, worked for a Confederate veteran by the name of Sam Burney, for whom he was named. He was born in Vancleave and was a lifelong resident of the Coast section. A sister, who is 102 years old, resides in Vancleave, where he was buried." [Note: I have been unable to verify the service of presumed Confederate Veteran Sam Burney.]
Buried in the African-American Cedar Grove Cemetery, 30.543065 -88.693614, located on the NE side of the intersection of Burney Road and Omega Road, Vancleave, Jackson County, MS, in an unmarked grave.
Ref:
Jim Huffman
Obit states he 'worked for Sam Burney a confederate veteran during the war'
Obit Ref:
The Daily Herald - Biloxi Miss
Thursday March 16, 1933 - page 2
**
CONFEDERATE SERVANT. James "Jim" Burney (b. Jackson County, MS, 1834-d. Jackson County, MS, Beauvoir Confederate Soldier's Home, Biloxi, Harrison County, MS, 1933). James Burney filed a Confederate Servant's Pension application in Harrison County, MS, in 1930, in which he stated that he had been a "Body Guard" [i.e., body servant] for "Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy," during the war, that he entered into this service on April 4, 1863, that he continued in service until "1865," and that he was in Baldwin County, AL, when the war ended.Jim Burney's Confederate Servant's Pension application also contains a picture of an undated Confederate Reunion Registration card, which has boxes to check labelled Veteran, Wife, and Widow, and which reads "Name: James Burne (sic). Wartime Commands: Slave."
In support of James Burney's pension application, an obviously very old man named Sam Burney (1851-1937) (who may have been Jim Burney's master's son) wrote: "[first line illegible] Jim went to Harrison County to the old union [reunion?] Gov. Bilbo he would haftu ['have to'] get an permit from Jackson County. They found his [i.e., James Burney's] name on the Record that he was with Jeff Davis during the war. He [Jim Burney] must of bin with him [Jefferson Davis] because he left his mother. Mr. H.C. Havins wonted him [Jim Burney] to go to the funal [i.e., Jefferson Davis' 'funeral'] when he died. He [Havins] often [i.e., 'offered'] him his fair [i.e., 'fare'] to go to my nowing [i.e., 'knowing']. The Genel [i.e., 'General'] new [i.e., 'knew'] him. He was with him. He has he bage [i.e., United Confederate Veterans reunion 'badge']. Gov. P. ['B.' for 'Bilbo'?] give it to him. (signed) Sam Burney."
Article about Confederate Servant James Burney from the Biloxi Daily Herald, March 16, 1933: "DAVIS' SERVANT DIES. Jim Burney, 100-year-old negro (sic), who was a servant for Jefferson Davis after the War Between the States, died at Beauvoir Tuesday and was buried yesterday at Vancleave. Burney, during the war, worked for a Confederate veteran by the name of Sam Burney, for whom he was named. He was born in Vancleave and was a lifelong resident of the Coast section. A sister, who is 102 years old, resides in Vancleave, where he was buried." [Note: I have been unable to verify the service of presumed Confederate Veteran Sam Burney.]
Buried in the African-American Cedar Grove Cemetery, 30.543065 -88.693614, located on the NE side of the intersection of Burney Road and Omega Road, Vancleave, Jackson County, MS, in an unmarked grave.
Ref:
Jim Huffman
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