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Emily Hopson <I>Johnson</I> Burford

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Emily Hopson Johnson Burford

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
10 Sep 1882 (aged 74–75)
Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.5271995, Longitude: -86.8169302
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Daughter of Matthew Claiborne Johnson and Rhoda Hawkins, both born South Carolina.

Married first to John Garrison, son of Caleb Garrison and Sarah Fleming, about 1821 in Franklin County, Georgia.

Children of John and Emily Garrison:
Amanda Caroline Garrison
Fleming Hodges Garrison
Sarah M Garrison
Claiborne Garrison
Rhoda Ann Garrison

Emily Garrison married second to the widow John Burford, Jr. on November 1, 1836 in Marshall County, Alabama. John Burford had fathered at least 13 children with his first wife, Nancy Johnson.

Children of John and Emily Burford:
Thomas Fletcher Burford
Frances Elizabeth Burford
Florence Marinda Burford
Margaret Virginia Burford
Martha Emeline Burford

"John Burford's acreage lay in what became north Birmingham. Between them, John and Emily Burford had 23 chn. After Reconstruction, with the house in disrepair, the property was sold by a Burford descendant, including the family cemetery. Phillip H. Harris [grandson-in-law] tried to save the cemetery; failing in this he had the bodies moved (inc. that of Emily H. Johnson) to the Harris lot in Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama."
(excerpt from "Descendants of Caleb Garrison, Sr., and His Wife, Sarah Fleming, 1797-1966", by John Garrison Ross)
Daughter of Matthew Claiborne Johnson and Rhoda Hawkins, both born South Carolina.

Married first to John Garrison, son of Caleb Garrison and Sarah Fleming, about 1821 in Franklin County, Georgia.

Children of John and Emily Garrison:
Amanda Caroline Garrison
Fleming Hodges Garrison
Sarah M Garrison
Claiborne Garrison
Rhoda Ann Garrison

Emily Garrison married second to the widow John Burford, Jr. on November 1, 1836 in Marshall County, Alabama. John Burford had fathered at least 13 children with his first wife, Nancy Johnson.

Children of John and Emily Burford:
Thomas Fletcher Burford
Frances Elizabeth Burford
Florence Marinda Burford
Margaret Virginia Burford
Martha Emeline Burford

"John Burford's acreage lay in what became north Birmingham. Between them, John and Emily Burford had 23 chn. After Reconstruction, with the house in disrepair, the property was sold by a Burford descendant, including the family cemetery. Phillip H. Harris [grandson-in-law] tried to save the cemetery; failing in this he had the bodies moved (inc. that of Emily H. Johnson) to the Harris lot in Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama."
(excerpt from "Descendants of Caleb Garrison, Sr., and His Wife, Sarah Fleming, 1797-1966", by John Garrison Ross)


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