CHARLES LAFAYETTE BURGESS
1 ^stTENNESSEE MOUNTED INFANTRY - USA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 27 September 1843 in White County, TN
Died: 17 May 1915in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Howard Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents: Charles Hunter and Margaret "Peggy" (McBride) Burgess

Married: America Deering on 3 April 1870 in Putnam County, TN
Born: 07 July 1853 in White County, TN
Died: 17 September 1904 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Howard Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents: Zebedee Payne and Sarah (Yount) Deering

Children:

1. Zenith Bloomington Burgess
2. Ammon Lafayette Burgess
3. Sarah Margaret "Sally" Burgess
4. Pretteman Payne Burgess
5. Mayhu Blaine Burgess
6. Dorinda Susan Della Burgess
7. Delia Iantha Burgess
8. Viana Artelia Burgess
9. Richard Herbert Burgess

RELATIVES WHO SERVED

• Brother-in-law: Andrew R. Massa - 8th Tennessee Mounted Infantry - USA
• Brother-in-law: Noah Deering - 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry - USA
• Brother-in-law: William Massa - 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry - USA
• Brother-in-law: John Pointer Huddleston - 25th Tennessee Infantry - CSA
• First Cousin: James Marion Burgess - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry - CSA

MILITARY INFORMATION

25 ^thTennessee Infantry
Company E
CSA

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
• Enlisted on July 25, 1861 at Tullahoma
• Age: 19
• Discharged Sept 1862 by reason of disability
• Oath of Alligiance:
• Residence: Putnam County
• Complexion: Fair
• Hair: Light
• Eyes: Gray
• Height: 5' 8
• Date: Mar 31, 1864

1 ^stTennessee Mounted Infantry
Company B

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
• Born: White County, TN
• Age: 20
• Eyes: Blue
• Hair: Light
• Complexion: Fair
• Height: 5'11"
• Farmer
• Enlisted 15 March 1864 at Carthage
• Muster Out: 18 April 1864

US PENSION APPLICATION

• Filed October 24, 1889
• Invalid Pension: 735551
• Certificate: 860875
• "On Cumberland River & Cumberland Mountain . . . in a fight while charging the fence his horse fell with him causing a rupture of both sides and injury to leg from which has suffered every since. He also contracted Rheumatism and dry cough from exposure at Granville, Tennessee on the 10th day of January 1865. He stayed at a private house of one Wesley Harvey, Little Indian Creek, about 6 miles from Granville, Tenn. about three weeks from Dec 20, 1864."
• Click Here to Download Application

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census: White County, TN, Page 91
• 1860 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 14
• 1870 Census:
• 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 187D
• 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 152D
• 1910 Census:

ADDITIONAL DATA

• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1915) - #96 - Charles Lafeyette Burgess
• The House of the Burgesses , by Michael Burgess with Mary Wickizer Burgess, Page 476.

Charles Burgess and Sons

Photo Source (top photo): Burgess History, The TN Pioneer, Page 169.

Photo Source (bottom photo): Burgess History, The TN Pioneer, Page 191.