Person:Meshack Burchfield (1)

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The first land entry for Meshack appears on an unnumbered page of Burke County records. 40 acres on south side Buck Creek beginning at second corner (Marked) white oak of Thomas Burchfield's old survey on North Side branch, north. Dated April 20, 1786.

Meshack gave bond as one of the administrators for the estate of John Baker, July 26, 1787 for the October, 1788 Court term. Meshack appears on the list of jurors.

Meshack appears on the 1790 Burke County census with himself as the only male over 16 years old, one male under age 16, and four females and as owner of five slaves.

The next record found is the 1793 Entry Takers Returns. He is shown with 240 acres, one white male in the household (himself) and one stud (horse). 1793 was a busy year in court for Meshack. He is listed as a juror in both the July and October sessions. We have several more years of positive records for Meshack in Burke County. In 1795, he is listed with 250 acres and two polls. In 1796, he was taxed for 250 acres but with four polls. Also in 1796 the Burke County Court appointed Meshack as one of the jurors to review the "Road From Pleasent Garden to Samual Davidson's Old Fort". In 1797, he still is being taxed for 250 acres but only three poles.

In November 1799 Meshack signed a petition to view a section of the main Morganton to Buncombe County Courthouse Road. This seems to be the last record of Meshack in Burke County, North Carolina. Meshack does not appear on the 1800 census indicating he had moved out of Burke County by about June of 1800. He eventually settled in Missouri. It is not known if all of Meshack's family left North Carolina with him.

Meshack lived in Warren County, Kentucky during the 1810-1820 census. Moved later to Marion, MO. where he filed for a FPA Pension #S16668 on 5-7-1883. Then moved to Indiana.

1.   Meshack Burchfield's wife is unknown. His son Meshack Burchfield married Sarah Elizabeth Rone, daughter of John Rone and Rebecca Anderson in 1825 in Warren Co., KY. See marriage record and tombstone pictures of Meshack Burchfield and Sarah Elizabeth Rone on ancestry.com. A list of children was published in the newspaper in Lewis Co, Missouri. Heirs include Thomas, Meshack ,and Joseph Burchfield of Warren Co., KY. James Higgerson and wife Judah, Alexander O'Bannon and wife Eliza, heirs of James Burchfield, Jane and Julia Ann Burchfield. Also mentioned son-in-law Reuben Long and son Young Burchfield. New info from Burchfield Project on Family Tree DNA suggests parents are Thomas Burchfield and Sarah Leatherwood. I am the only person to have a DAR application approved on Meshack Burchfield at this time. Marriage records for most children were submitted with the exception of Young Burchfield to Elizabeth Jones and Alexander O'Bannon and Eliza Burchfield.