Person:Edward Burch (5)

Edward Allen Burch was born on April 6, 1796, in Georgia. At the time, his parents, Joseph and Eda (or Edith) Burch, lived in Richmond County, Georgia. After his mother died in 1796, Edward Allen was adopted at the age of 5 months old, by Edward Burch, and his wife, Martha. They had no children. Edward Burch was a cousin of Joseph Burch, Edward Allen Burch’s father. Joseph later married ? Gilley or ? Wilcox. Joseph and the rest of his family moved from Richmond County to Montgomery County, Georgia, about 1801.

   Edward Burch, was born about 1764, in Georgia.  He married Martha Whitaker, a daughter of Captain John Whitaker.  After the death of her father, Captain John Whitaker, in 1784, Martha inherited 300 acres of land on Spirit Creeks, in Richmond County, Georgia.  On October 3, 1785, Edward Burch and his wife, obtained a headwright grant for 250 acres of land, on the fork of Spirit Creeks, in Richmond County.  The warrant for this land was executed on October 6, 1785.  On September 3, 1792, Edward obtained a headwright grant for 100 acres of land, on the waters of Little Spirit Creek, in Richmond County.  On September 5, 1795, Edward obtained a headwright grant for 300 acres of land, in Richmond County.  In Richmond County, Edward’s home, which he reportedly shared with his brother, Charles, was located near the waters of Little Spirit Creek, near the town of Hephzibah.  Charles Burch owned land next to Edward Burch. In 1795, Edward resided in Captain Lyon’s District, in Richmond County, Georgia.  At the time, Edward owned 87 acres of pine land, valued at 4 pounds and 7 pence.  The tax paid on this land was 3 pence.  Edward moved from Richmond County about 1808.  By 1820, Edward Burch, and his wife, Martha, resided in Wilkinson County, Georgia.  By this time, Edward Allen Burch had joined a group led by Isom Cowart, which settled in Mississippi.  In 1820, Isom Cowart and his family lived in Perry County, Mississippi.  In Mississippi, Edward Allen married Elizabeth Cowart, a daughter of Isom and Susanna (Miller) Cowart.  Elizabeth was born about 1805, in South Carolina.  Edward Allen and Elizabeth’s first child, Edward Allen, Jr., was born on July 19, 1821, in Mississippi.  Later in the 1820’s, Edward Allen and Elizabeth moved back to Georgia, and settled near Hawkinsville, in Pulaski County.  Edward Allen worked as a carpenter, and repaired cotton gins.  
   Edward Burch, the adoptive father of Edward Allen, also settled in Pulaski County in the 1820’s.  In the 1820’s, Martha (Whitaker) Burch died.  On August 11, 1828, Edward married Mary Luton, in Pulaski County, Georgia.  In 1830, Edward Burch and Edward Allen Burch resided in Pulaski County. Edward Burch, the adoptive father of Edward Allen Burch, died about 1833, in Pulaski County.  Edward Burch’s will was written on August 7, 1832, and probated in 1833.

Edward Allen Burch died in 1836, from diphtheria. On February 1, 1838, his widow, Elizabeth, married Jacob Baily, in Pulaski County. In 1840, Jacob and Elizabeth lived in Floyd County, Georgia. By 1850, Jacob Baily had died. In 1850, Elizabeth resided with her children, Michael and Sarah, in Pulaski County, Georgia. By 1889, Elizabeth lived with her son Michael, in Waller County, Texas.