Who is Isaac Burleson Jr. and what do we know about him?

In the next two issues of the Recollections I want to publish all the information the BFRG has gathered on Isaac Burleson Jr. and his family.

Isaac Jr. was born in 1784, the first son born to Isaac and Martha Clay Burleson. He married Catherine Castle, daughter of Thomas Castle. Isaac was a true family man and his name appears several times in court records as guardians of his brother, Joseph, ophans. Isaac and Catherine had eight children, five sons and three daughters.

Descendants of ISAAC BURLESON JR

1. ISAAC BURLESON4 JR (ISAAC BURLESON3 SR, ? JOHN2 BURLESON, AARON1) was born 1784, and died July 4, 1863 in ALMOND CEMETERY, MARKER ON PARKER RD, STANLY CO, NC. He married CATHERINE CASTLE 1810, daughter of THOMAS CASTLE and ELIZABETH COLTER. She was born 1789, and died April 28, 1867 in ALMOND CEMETERY, MARKER ON PARKER RD, STANLY CO, NC.

More About ISAAC BURLESON JR:

Fact 1: 1810, Census Mont Co NC male 1, 16-26, females 1, under 10, 1 16-26
Fact 2: 1830, Census Mont Co NC male 1under 5, 1, 5-10, 3 10-15, 1, 40-50
Fact 3: 1830, females 1, under 5, 1, 5-10, 1,10-15, 1, 30-40
Fact 4: 1850, Stanly Co NC 430/431, page 28 shows Isaac Burleson age 66 Catharine age 60, Nathan, age 18, Sarah Cassel age 6, and John Moss, age 50
Fact 6: 1860, Stanly Co NC Isaac Burlyson, age 76 & Catherine age 71 Page 240

Children of ISAAC JR and CATHERINE CASTLE are:

i. WILLIAM (BILLIE)5 BURLESON, b. January 29, 1812, MONTGOMERY CO NC (NOW STANLY CO, NC); d. November 27, 1896, FRIENDSHIP METH CHURCH CEM, STANLY CO, NC; m. (1) SARAH HARWOOD; b. 1810; d. October 1855, SUSIE HARWOOD CEM, #1228 ROWLAND RD. DOWN FARM RD TO BRANCH; m. (2) RHODA SPRINGER; b. 1836; d. BEAR CREEK BAP CH STANLY CO, NC.

Notes for WILLIAM (BILLIE) BURLESON:

GrandPa Billie as he was known on Canton Road was quite a character. Almost all the older Burlesons remember him and they all have stories passed down about him. He raised two families. His first wife was Sarah Harwood. They raised seven known children, two girls and five boys. Sarah died October 1855.

William (Billie) Burleson was conscripted on April 10, 1864 into the 34th NC, part of Scale’s Brigade. Billie had three sons already in the service:

Absolem in the 10th Artillery, Ebin in the 28th NC, and Isaac in the 42nd NC. Howell would follow in June 1864, He was a 51 year old widower with seven children when he was taken prisoner on 6 May 1864 in the opening battles of the Wilderness Campaign. Billie returned home at the end of the war to be united with his four oldest sons, all hardened veterans of the war. He married Rhoda Springer and raised seven more children. By JD Burleson

Men of the William “Billie” Burleson Family That Served North Carolina

William “Billie” Burleson was born in 1812 on the Little Bear Creek in the Western part of Montgomery County that is now known as Stanly County. Billie’s grandfather, Isaac, was given this land for his service in the fight for American Independence. Isaac received 100 acres for serving as an infantryman for North Carolina.

The leaders of Stanly County anticipated the War Between the States. They raised a company of infantry for State Service two weeks before North Carolina seceded. Billie’s two younger brothers, Lee and Nathan, would join the first day and both would die in the war. Before the war concluded at Appomattox, every Burleson listed as “Head of Household” in the 1860 census from Stanly County and their sons of age served our Confederate States of America.

In February 1862, Billie’s third oldest son Isaac, age 20, volunteered in Company C 42nd Infantry. He would serve North Carolina and the Army of Northern Virginia.

In March of 1862 Billie’s second oldest son Ebin, age 22 volunteered for Company K of the 28th Infantry. In August 1862 the oldest son Absalom, volunteered for the Artillery.

Billie himself was conscripted in April 1864 to Scales Brigade. The fourth oldest son, Howell, age 16, was conscripted in June 1864 into the 70th Regiment of Junior Reserves.

Billie’s two daughters were both married to husbands who served our South. William Hatley enlisted at age 22 years in March 1862 into Company C 42nd Infantry. Daniel Bowers was conscripted into Company F 5th North Carolina. This left only the youngest son William Jr., age 13, at home to protect and provide for the seven families whose heads of household were gone to war. by: John Hoyle Burleson

ii. JONATHAN BURLESON, b. 1814, NC; m. (1) PERMELIA; b. 1814, NC; m. (2) JANE RICHARDS, December 10, 1865, HARDIN CO TN.

iii. DOVIE BURLESON, b. 1818; m. ABSALOM HARWOOD, 1832; b. June 6, 1812; d. December 23, 1885.

iv. CHRISTINA (TENY) BURLESON, b. January 20, 1820, MONTGOMERY CO NC; d. October 19, 1901, JOHN ALMOND CEM STANLY CO NC; m. ACHELLIS CALVIN (JR) ALMOND; b. 1823; d. March 1863, JOHN ALMOND CEM STANLY CO NC.

More About CHRISTINA (TENY) BURLESON:

Fact 1: SEE STANLY CO GEN SOC VOL XVI #3 1997 FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ACHELLIS ALMOND

Fact 2: 1880, CENSUS SHOWS LIVING WITH JONAH ALMOND

v. JOSEPH BURLESON, b. October 17, 1822, MONTGOMERY CO, NC; d. February 24, 1902, FRIENDSHIP METH CH CEM; m. (1) LUCY B. ALMOND; b. September 25, 1823; d. September 29, 1892, FRIENDSHIP METH CH CEM, STANLY CO, NC; m. (2) JANE WHITLEY; b. 1844; d. December 2, 1922.

Notes for JOSEPH BURLESON:

Joseph Burleyson Private Company K 57th North Carolina Jubal Early’s Division

Joseph Burleyson was the son of Isaac Jr. and Katherine Castle Burleyson. He was a life-long resident of Stanly County and made his home in the Little Bear Creek area. Joseph and his wife, Lucy Almond, raised three sons that fought for the Confederate Army. The oldest son, William, was a member of Company C 42nd Regiment and died as a prisoner at Elmira, New York. The middle son, John, died from disease while a member of Company H 14th Regiment, according to the pension records of Stanly County. Dennis was conscripted at age 16 into the 70th Regiment, but survived the war.

Joseph, age 41, was conscripted in March1864 into Company K 57th Regiment, General Jubal Early’s Division, but on August 31 at Winchester, he was shot through the hip and captured. After hospitalization in Baltimore and Yankee prison at Point Lookout, Joseph returned to Stanly County after he was released. He raised a large family.

My records show that Joseph was never paid his eleven dollars a month pay as a private because of his wounding and capture, but he surely paid a high price for the Southern Cause. He lost his brothers, Lee and Nathan, and his two oldest sons, William and John.

Years later, he was active in Stanly County’s reunions of Confederate Veterans. He died at age 80 on February 24, 1902, and was buried at Friendship Methodist Church in Plyler, where this soldier rests today. by: John Hoyle Burleson

Fact 1: August 1995, BFB VOL.XV, NO 2 PAGE 2228 LAST WILL & TESTIMENT

vi. LEE BURLESON, b. 1826, Montgomery Co NC; d. October 15, 1864, Weldon NC; m. ELIZABETH ALMOND, 1846, STANLY CO NC; b. 1824, Montgomery Co, NC (NOW STANLY); d. November 29, 1903, CANTON BAP CH STANLY CO, NC.

Lee Burleyson Company H 14th North Carolina 1826 – 1864

Lee was the son of Isaac Jr. and Katherine Castle Burleyson and joined the first company raised in Stanly County. Lee survived his service in the Army of Northern Virginia for his one-year enlistment in Company H 14th North Carolina. While he was in Virginia he was refused re-enlistment because of being over aged at the age of 35. Lee believed in our Southern cause and later enlisted in a Virginia Artillery unit. This unit would later become part of the 13th North Carolina Light Artillery. Serving with the 13th in Weldon, North Carolina, Lee became ill and died on October 15, 1864 of fever. This warrior served a year in the thickest of battle and was discharged, but wanted to get back in the fight. He was a true warrior who gave his all!

Back home, the oldest son of Lee and Elizabeth Almond Burleyson, Adam, was conscripted into the Junior Reserves. Adam was stationed at Weldon as part of the 1st Junior Reserves during the same time his father, Lee, died in the Weldon hospital. On this day Adam enlisted at the age of 17 into the 28th Lane’s Brigade that was in action in Virginia. He would fight until forced to surrender at Appomattox.

Lee and Elizabeth’s children grew up and raised families of their own in the Endy Community.

Fact 1: October 15, 1864, Died IN CIVIL WAR at a field hospital in Weldon NC

vii. ELIZABETH BETSY BURLESON, b. 1828; m. LARKIN SR ALMOND, Bef. 1847; b. 1829.

viii. NATHAN BURLESON, b. 1835, MONTGOMERY CO NC; d. June 16, 1863, RICHMOND VA; m. (1) MARTHA J. HATLEY; b. July 4, 1835; d. June 4, 1918; m. (2) MARY (POLLY) ALMOND

vii. ELIZABETH BETSY BURLESON, b. 1828; m. LARKIN SR ALMOND, Bef. 1847; b. 1829.

viii. NATHAN BURLESON, b. 1835, MONTGOMERY CO NC; d. June 16, 1863, RICHMOND VA; m. (1) MARTHA J. HATLEY; b. July 4, 1835; d. June 4, 1918; m. (2) MARY (POLLY) ALMOND.

Catherine Castle’s, (Isaac’s wife) father, Thomas Castle, was also a Revolutionary War Patriot. Thomas Castle’s family was also connected to the Burleson family in several different ways Catherine’s brother William Castle married Isaac’s sister Jane and they moved to Mississippi. Catherine’s sister, Mary Jane Castle, married Isaac’s brother, David, and they moved to Mississippi.

Major Milestones

Isaac Jr.’s wife,Catherine’s brother, William Castle