Joseph and John Burns, brothers, settled in the Red Holes about 1792, Peter, a third brother, going to Tennessee. Joseph married Kate Keiffer, and John married Margaret Monroe. John died in the Red Holes in 1805 [this was his father John Burns that died in 1805, this John Burns died in 1853]. Of his seven children, Peter, who married Elizabeth C. Monroe, in 1817, was the only son to leave posterity in this county. The hamlet of Burnsville takes its name from this family.
