(William) Henry BURCHAM & Nancy SEARCY

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(William) Henry BURCHAM
Nancy SEARCY

Husband: (William) Henry BURCHAM
Birth: 1811, Hickman Co., TN
Death: 1867, Corinth, Tishomingo Co., MS
Father probably: Levi H. BURCHAM
Mother probably: Ann WYATT

Marriage:

Wife: Nancy SEARCY
Birth: 27 Oct 1811, TN
Death: 15 Jan 1897
Disposition: bur. Liberty Hill Cemetery, MS
Father: Peter SEARCY
Mother: Delia __?__

Children:

1. Martha Ann BURCHAM, b. 1831/2, TN; m. 7 Nov 1861, Tishomingo Co., MS, H.G. WILLIAMS
2. William Simpson BURCHAM, b. 1832/3, TN; m. 24 Dec 1857, Tishomingo Co., MS, Nancy PALMER
3. John M. BURCHAM, b. 1834/5, TN; m. 28 Dec 1865, Tishomingo Co., MS, Mrs. Mary A. BOND
4. Robert BURCHAM, b. 1836/7, TN; d. 11 Jun 1916, Barton, AL; m. 23 Jan 1866, Tishomingo Co., MS, Evy Nora GRAVES
5. Samuel A. BURCHAM, b. 1840/1, MS; m. 28 Nov 1869, Tishomingo Co., MS, Susan D. WILLIAMS
6. Levi Jackson BURCHAM, b. 1842/3, MS; d. 1907; m. 23 Nov 1865, Tishomingo Co., MS, Martha P. WILLIAMS
7. James W. "Jamy" BURCHAM, b. Apr 1850, Tishomingo Co., MS
8. Mary E. BURCHAM, b. aft. 1850
9. Pryor BURCHAM, b. aft. 1850
10. Hetty BURCHAM, b. aft. 1850

Timeline
Year	Location	Event
1807	TN: Hickman Co. formed from Dickson Co.
1811	TN	birth of Henry BURCHAM
1811	TN	birth of Nancy SEARCY
		marriage of Henry BURCHAM & Nancy SEARCY
1831/2	TN	birth of daughter, Martha
1832/3	TN	birth of son, William
1834/5	TN	birth of son, John
1836	MS: Tishomingo Co. formed from Monroe Co.
1836/7		birth of son, Robert
1840 Federal Census	TN: Hickman Co.	Henry BERCHAM, head-of-household
1840/1	Tennessee to Mississippi	family moves (same time as Levi BURCHAM)
1840/1	MS	birth of son, Samuel
1842/3	MS	birth of son, Jackson
1845 State Census	MS: Tishomingo [now prob. Alcorn] Co.	Henry BURCHAM, head of household
1850	MS	birth of son, James
1850 Federal Census	MS: Tishomingo [now prob. Alcorn] Co.	Henry BIRCHAM, head-of-household
1857	MS: Tishomingo Co.	marriage of son, William, to Nancy PALMER
1860 Federal Census		can't find
1861	MS: Tishomingo Co.	marriage of daugher, Martha, to H.G. WILLIAMS
1865	MS: Tishomingo Co.	marriage of son, John, to Mrs. Mary A. BOND
1865	MS: Tishomingo Co.	marriage of son, Levi, to Martha P. WILLIAMS
1866	MS: Tishomingo Co.	marriage of son, Robert, to Evy GROOVES
1869	MS: Tishomingo Co.	marriage of son, Samuel, to Susan WILLIAMS
1870	MS: Alcorn and Prentiss Cos. formed from Tishomingo Co.

Sources:

1. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316):

Bercham, Henry TN Hickman Co. p. 75

Bercham, John TN Hickman Co. p. 74

Bercham, Levy TN Hickman Co. p. 75

Henry and John may be sons of Levi.

2. 1845 Territorial & State Census Tishomingo Co. Ms. transcribed by Bobby Wilson (online at the Tishomingo County MSGenWeb site):

p. 21 Burcham, Henry 5M/2F

p. 21 Burcham, Lur 3M/2F

Assuming "Lur" is Levi. Five males and two females fit Henry's household at the time. Henry may be Levi's son.

3a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850 (Broderbund CD-317):

Bircham, Henry MS Tishomingo Co. 4th Dist N Division p. 58

Buchan, L.N.* MS Tishomingo Co. 4th Dist N Division p. 27

"L.N." is Levi BURCHAM. Henry may be Levi's son.

3b. 1850 Census Index/Microfilm (online at GenealogyLibrary.com; indexed as "L.N. Buchan"): 4th District Northern Division, Tishomingo Co., MS, p. 58, 789/789, enumerated 2 Nov 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Henry Burcham 50? m Farmer 100 Tenn

Nancy 30? f "

Martha 18 f "

William 17 m Farmer "

John 15 m Farmer "

Robert 13 m Mi

Samuel 9 m "

Jackson 7 m "

Jamy? 6/12 m "

This census-taker's "3's" and "5's" were often very difficult to tell apart. However, whether Henry's or Nancy's age is 30 or 50 is moot because, at least based on other sources, they were both born in 1811. Levi BURCHAM is in the same county.

4. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1860 (Broderbund CD-318): Henry BURCHAM (or var.) not found, though Tishomingo Co., MS, is covered on the disk.

5. D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray, compilers. 1996. Marriage Index: AR, MO, MS, TX, 1766-1981 (Broderbund CD-5):

LEDBETTER, Mary A BONDS, James M 5 Feb 1857 Alcorn Co., MS

BURCHAM, William S PALMER, Nancy 24 Dec 1857 Alcorn Co., MS

BURCHAM, Martha WILLIAMS, H G 7 Nov 1861 Alcorn Co., MS

BURCHAM, J M BONDS, Mrs Mary A 28 Dec 1865 Alcorn Co., MS

BURCHAM, L J WILLIAMS, Martha P 23 Nov 1865 Alcorn Co., MS

BURCHAM, Robert GROOVES, Evy N 23 Jan 1866 Alcorn Co., MS

BURCHAM, Samuel A WILLIAMS, Susan D 28 Nov 1869 Alcorn Co., MS

7. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File. Birthdates of the parents and children are quite different in the Ancestral File compared to the census, with both appearing to contain errors.

8. U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Information Service (online database). According to the GNIS, there is a "Liberty Hill Cemetery" in Attala, Clarke, Holmes, Lafayette, Marshall, and Panola Cos., MS.

9. Email from Nancy Wedemeyer (13 Jan 2001), giving Nancy's parents as Peter & Delia (__?__) SEARCY.

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