Burton Lee Purvines

Burton married Susan Viola Harrington 14 Sep 1898, Sangamon, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Burial: 1894, Pleasant Plains Cem, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA

Green married Louisa Ervina Potter 4 Feb 1862. Louisa (daughter of Elijah Potter and Elizabeth Green) was born 11 Jun 1837, Menard, Illinois, USA; died 6 Nov 1906, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA; was buried 1906, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Burial: 1906, Pleasant Plains Cem, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA

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• Burial: 1861, Richland Baptist Cem, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA

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Alexander Caldwell Purvines died 26 days after being thrown from a wagon.

Alexander married Margaret Weddington 29 Aug 1817, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA. Margaret (daughter of John Weddington and Agnes Snell) was born 1797, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA; died Jan 1831, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA; was buried 1831, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Alexander and Margaret moved to Sangamon Co., IL, arriving in 1819, being among the "snow birds" who struggled hard for existance in the early years. The mills were so far away that they had to mash their own corn and lived among the Indians for neighbors.

Elijah — Elizabeth Green. Elizabeth was born 30 Oct 1818, Overton, Tennessee, USA; died 16 Aug 1888, Tallula, Menard, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Burial: 1833, Richland Baptist Cem, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA

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In the summer of 1779, during the Revolutionary War, he volunteered for 13 months as a horseman under Captain James Wade, attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Davis. They marched across the Congaree, Wateree and Santee Rivers into South Carolina where the militia of North Carolina was assembling under General Rutherford of that state. The Regiment took part in the severe conflict with the British at Stono Ferry. S.C.. on July 20 1779, under General Lincoln. Soon afterward, the army retreated to the northward.

In August, 1780. he again volunteered as a Private Horseman under Captain William Penny, attached to the army of young General Gates at Lynch's Creek, marching two miles beyond Rugby's Mill toward Camden and was in a fight with the enemy which probably occurred Dec 4, 1780. He was present at the capture of the fort at Orangeburg, S.C., in May, 1781. and he served in the rear guard for two days and nights, after which he was detailed with four others, including the Quartermaster Sergeant, to a mill to procure meal. While there, they were surrounded by a detachment of Tories. He was the only one who evaded capture which he managed to do by jumping from a window into the river and swimming away. He was wounded and lost his horse and saddle in the skirmish.

In July, 1781, he again enlisted in the State Troops for 10 months under Captain William Alexander, attached to the Regiment of Colonel Wade Hampton of S.C.. in the forces of General Sumpter. He participated in the Battle of Eutaw Springs. S.C.. September 8, 1781. The following year, he volunteered again in Mecklenberg Co., NC for 10 months with Captain Burns in the Regiment of Colonel Davis and was engaged in that County on patrol duty, watching the movements of the Tories and protecting the inhabitants from marauding parties. At the close of the war. he was mustered out. having served the greater part of five years. He was later granted a pension for this service.

As early as 1817, certain of his children commenced migrating to Illinois. Dec 15, 1819 he sold his farm of 319 acres on Wild Meadow Branch in NC to Phillip BARRINGER for $4700. Shortly thereafter, he also left NC. He visited relatives in Jackson Co, TN for a brief period and arrived in Illinois in 1820. Eventually all of his children settled in Cartwright Twn, Sangamon Co, 111, except Matilda who had married and died in NC. Several of his nephews and cousins migrated to Illinois during the same period.

A special monument, commemorating his services in the Revolution, has been placed at the entrance to the cemetery and the DAR have placed a bronze plaque at the gravesite. His name is also enscribed on the bronze plaque in the south mall. Old Station Capital, at Springfield, Illinois.

His name spelled as Purviance, but they have very generally permitted it to be changed to Purvines, probably because without precision in speaking the original name, the sound would be that produced by the modern spelling which is now adopted by descendants in Illinois.

John married Nancy Ferguson 10 Jul 1783, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA. Nancy (daughter of James Ferguson and Judith Eldridge) was born 2 Jul 1763, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; died 10 Jul 1796, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA; was buried 1796, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Nancy was raised by her widowed grandmother, Mildred Ferguson in Mecklenberg Co, NC. Nancy, through her mother, was a direct descendant of Pocohantas (see chart 2-3 3 in The Purviance Family by Stuart H. Purviance). Her gr-grandfather Alexander Ferguson, a Scotch Tory, fled from Scotland to VA in 1716. Her maternal gr-gr-grandfather, Samuel Eldridge, came from England to Isle of Wight Co, VA prior to 1636. She died due to complications from childbirth (2 days after birth of John Graham Purviance).

John — Agnes Snell. [Group Sheet]