Re: Burtz Family History.
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Burtz Family History.
5/31/01
Mandy:
I would love to see what information you have.Jesse Miller Burtz was my Great Grandmother's brother.I have quite a bit of information, and if I could see what you have, I would know what to send.
Wes Phillips
Joshua b. 1793 d.March 13, 1875 married 1. Margaret Miller daughter of Jesse Miller2.Christian McCormick January 21, 1841.
171.Frederick Burtz b. 1819 S. C. d. Florida
172. Susan Burtz b. 1821 d. 1897.married 1838 Henry Mosley.
1721.Elizabeth Mosley b. 1838 d. 1919 m. 1859 Alexander Mayfield((1823-1883)
173.Jesse M. Burtz b. 1825 d. Georgia.Jesse Miller Burtz, one of Cherokee county's prominent citizens, was born January 22, 1825, in Pickens District, S. C.His ancestry on both sides were German-Dutch, and both of his grandfathers were in the patriot army during the revolutionary war, his mother's father serving under Gen. Greene in the battles of Guilford C. H. and Camden.Mr. Burtz father moved to Georgia and located in Cherokee county in 1839, and died there March 13, 1875, aged eighty-two years.His mother died in 1840 in her forty-fifth year.Mr. Burtz was a boy only fourteen years old when he came with his parents to his new home in Georgia.He received a common-school education and learned the tanner's trade, and when of age, entered into this business for himself.This he followed until the civil war broke out, at which time Mr. Burtz had made about $24,000.His devotion to the cause of the Confederacy was shown in his equipment of 150 men, whom he enlisted in the ranks and sent to the war.Of these there were not over twenty-five that returned from the conflict.Mr. Burtz was captain of Company F, Twenty-eighth Georgia regiment, and was first under Gen. Featherston, later under Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt.He was in all the battles around Richmond, at the second battle of Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredricksburg and at Ocean Pond, Fla.His health failing, he went into the cavalry service, and also conducted a tannery for the Confederate government.After the war Mr. Burtz spent fourteen years in Mitchell county, Ga.He was mayor of Camilla and representativeof that county one term in the legislature.He was United States commissioner eight years and filled other offices of responsibility.He married Miss Eliza L. Mothershed, daughter of Isaac T. and Emma Mothershed.Mrs. Burtz came with her parents to Georgia in 1846 and was married Dec. 30, 1847.They have three living children: Charles, Franklin Pierce and Susan wife of Mr. Stewart.Mr. Burtz is a Mason.After a long and busy life Mr. Burtz is pleasantly spending his declining days with his family on his fine farm near Canton.
174.Nancy Burtz b. 1828 d. 1866 m. Reuben Frank Phillips
1741. Andrew D. Phillips b. 1849 d. young.
1742. Alexander Joshua Phillips b. 1853 d. 1903
1743. Wesley Pharr Phillips b. Nov. 19, 1854 d. Nov. 17, 1913. m. Sintha Catherina Bradshaw
17431.Lucius Elmer Phillips b. 1881 d. 1947
17432.Max Lee Phillips b. 1882 d. 1951
17433.Mary Esther Phillips b. 1886 d. 1956
17434.Eunice Jane Phillips b. 1888 d. 1965
17435.John Richard Phillips b. 1891 d. 1977
175.George b. 1835 did not marry.
176.John b. 1840
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