Doctor Timothy Burr

Notes:

Burr's Ferry was a shipping point for the surrounding area as far west as Burkeville, Texas, and as far east as Leesville. It had a gin mill, warehouses, and a watermill, and it was also the home of Captain John M. Liles, master and part owner of the Neches Belle.

Both the ferry and the town were named for Dr. Timothy Burr, a second cousin of Aaron Burr. Dr. Burr, according to the story handed down in the family, left his home in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1809, and with six other men, floated by houseboat down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Whether Dr. Burr left his companions in Arkansas and came overland to Natchitoches is not known, but at some time he visited what was known then as the Neutral Ground. He selected a site for a home and returned to Ohio for his bride. It is not certain when he brought his family to the site at the mouth of Pearl Creek, but the earliest date in the family cemetery is on a marker at the grave of Henry Burr, who died in 1828 at the age of fourteen,

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Timothy Burr
Sex: M
Birth: 16 MAR 1784 in Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts
Death: 11 JUL 1852 in Burr Ferry, Vernon, Louisiana
Burial: Burr Cemetery, Burr Ferry, Vernon, Louisiana
Occupation: Medical Doctor


Marriage 1 Mercy Roberts b: ABOUT 1788 in Hampden County, Massachusetts
Married: ABOUT 1812
Children
Gilman Bryant Burr b: 13 OCT 1813 in Knox County, Ohio
Henry Burr b: 14 DEC 1814 in Knox County, Ohio

Marriage 2 Rachel Hart Thrift b: 10 SEP 1800 in Knox County, Ohio
Married: ABOUT 1816 in Knox County, Ohio
Children
Murray Wadsworth Burr b: 22 MAY 1828 in Mt. Vernon, Knox, Ohio
Henry W. Burr b: 17 APR 1834 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Charles B. Burr b: 1 MAY 1836 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Ellen Burr b: ABOUT 1838 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Roland Thrift Burr b: 10 AUG 1843 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

Timothy married Rachel Hart Thirft in 1816. Rachel (daughter of William Absalom Thirft and Hannah Catherne Moffitt) was born on 10 Sep 1800 in Loudoun County, Virginia; died on 21 Jul 1880 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Burr Family Cemetery, Burr Ferry, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]