Son of Matthew Laird Burns and Rebecca Lurany Waldrop Brown.

CENSUS: 1850 McNairy Co. TN; 12th District, p. 96A, ln 31, family 1326, 13th Nov. 1850. Andy BURNS head, 23 M, farmer, $317, b. TN; Lucinda 19 F b. MS; John 1 M b. TN.

DEED: 31 Mar. 1860; Grantee: A.H. BURNS; Patentee: A.H. BURNS; Acres: 160; District: Fannin; County: Collin; File: 2875; Patent #: 12; Patent Volume: 30; Class: Fan 3rd.

CENSUS: 1860 Collin Co. TX, Plano Prec. 4 p. 66a family 146. BURNS, Andrew H. 31 M farmer $960 $600 TN; Lucinda 25 F TN; John C? 12 M TN; Wm L. 10 M TN; Jefferson F. 8 M TN; Sarah C. 6 F TX; Vina J. 4 F TX; Francis E. 2 F TX.NOTE: The birth dates of Wm L. and Sarah C. seem to be interchanged.

CENSUS: 1870 Collin Co. TX, Plano p. 485 family 327. BURNES, Andrew 45 M W farmer $4000 $2250 TN; Lucinda 37 F W Keeping house TN; Jefferson 17 M W at school TN; Sarah 15 F W at school TX; Viney 13 F W at school TX; Frances 12 F W at home TX; Henry 9 M W TX; Mary 7 F W TX; Andrew 5 M W TX; David 3 M W TX; Mathew 72 M W at home SC; William 19 M W at school TN; *** John 21 M W farm laborer TN married May; *** Mary 22 W F keeping house TN.

CENSUS: 1880 Collin Co., TX, Precint 5, p. 22B, line 39. Family 218. Ennumerated 18th June 1880. BURNS, Andrew H. White Male 56, Married, Farmer, born TN, father born SC, mother born SC; Lucinda, White Female 49 wife, married, Keeping House, born MS, father born SC, mother born SC; Henry, White Male 18 son, single, At Home, born TX, father born TN, mother born MS; Andrew, White Male 16, son, Single, born TX, father born TN, mother born MS; David C., White Male 12, son, Single, born TX, father born TN, mother born MS; Hettie, White Female 7, daughter, Single, born TX, father born TN, mother born MS.

BURIAL: BURNS, A.H. Sr. Sept. 29, 1825 - Oct. 21, 1921 Wylie Cemetery, Wylie Collin Co. TX. Source - "Collin Co. TX Cemetery Inscriptions" p. 619.