Brief Life History of Jonathan Milton
When Jonathan Milton Burgess was born on 26 June 1817, in Georgia, United States, his father, Jonathan Milton Burgess, was 38 and his mother, Ruth Elizabeth Blackstock, was 32. He married Jemima Thomas on 13 December 1840. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Alabama, United States in 1870 and Jackson, Alabama, United States in 1880. He died on 18 July 1889, at the age of 72, and was buried in Burgess Cemetery, Scottsboro, Jackson, Alabama, United States.
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- J M Burges, "Alabama State Census, 1866"
- Jonathan M. Burgess, "Find A Grave Index"
- Milton Burgess in entry for Ruth Young, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1819
Historical Boundaries: 1819: Jackson, Alabama, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, burgis, borgeis ‘inhabitant of a borough’ (strictly one possessing full municipal rights), ‘freeman of a borough’. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger .
Americanized form of French Bourgeois .
History: Thomas Burgess came from England to MA c. 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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