Birth calculated from death date and inscription:
Monday, October 14, 1776
Son of William Henry BURCH Sr 1744 – 1817 and Mary Ann (LAWRENCE?) 1740 – 1785
Married on 13 Oct 1799 in Surry County, North Carolina, Martha (LAWRENCE or BEASLEY, unverified) 1779 – 1868; parents of:
*John BURCH 1799 – 1876
*James Black (Rev.) BURCH 1801 – 1886
*Elizabeth BURCH 1803 – 1834 [Storm]
*Jane BURCH 1806 – 1886 [Storm]
*Elder Davis (Rev.) BURCH 1811 – 1866
*Abigail BURCH 1814 – 1894 [Crane]
*Hubbard P BURCH 1816 – 1826
*George BURCH Jr 1820 – 1897
*Martha Ellen BURCH 1824 – 1898 [Collins]
Mitchel James (Pvt.) BURCH 1825 – 1862 [may be buried memorial #3182711, died in the war]
*Identified in findagrave
George and Martha brought their family to Indiana sometime between 1814 & 1820. George became the first pastor of the Beech Creek Baptist Church. He was also a farmer and a blacksmith.
"Elder George Burch founded the Hebron Regular Baptist Church on Little Indian Creek Saturday February 1822 on the Greene/ Monroe Co. line. Hebron Baptist was received into the White River Assocation of Regular Baptist October 1822 Elder Burch went on to found the Beech Creek Regular Baptist. Hebron Baptist is the oldest Church in Monroe Co., Indiana 190 years old this year (2012)."
From: John H McGath, PhD. Hebron Regular Baptist Church
Their son Hubbard died young. John, James, Jane STORM, Abigail Crane and Mary Ellen Collins moved their families west and settled in MO, IA, & NE. (Jane returned.) Elizabeth STORM and Davis remained in Indiana.
His bio is recorded in the "History of Greene County Indiana"
Tombstone reads: s/o Wm and Mary, 85yr 5m 3da
NOTE: This cemetery is located in Center Twp., Section 10, Greene Co., Indiana. It is south of Solsberry off State Road 43; east on 250 N. One mile on left after crossing Beech Creek; off the road on a gravel lane.
Our Burch family's 3rd great grandfather
Monday, October 14, 1776
Son of William Henry BURCH Sr 1744 – 1817 and Mary Ann (LAWRENCE?) 1740 – 1785
Married on 13 Oct 1799 in Surry County, North Carolina, Martha (LAWRENCE or BEASLEY, unverified) 1779 – 1868; parents of:
*John BURCH 1799 – 1876
*James Black (Rev.) BURCH 1801 – 1886
*Elizabeth BURCH 1803 – 1834 [Storm]
*Jane BURCH 1806 – 1886 [Storm]
*Elder Davis (Rev.) BURCH 1811 – 1866
*Abigail BURCH 1814 – 1894 [Crane]
*Hubbard P BURCH 1816 – 1826
*George BURCH Jr 1820 – 1897
*Martha Ellen BURCH 1824 – 1898 [Collins]
Mitchel James (Pvt.) BURCH 1825 – 1862 [may be buried memorial #3182711, died in the war]
*Identified in findagrave
George and Martha brought their family to Indiana sometime between 1814 & 1820. George became the first pastor of the Beech Creek Baptist Church. He was also a farmer and a blacksmith.
"Elder George Burch founded the Hebron Regular Baptist Church on Little Indian Creek Saturday February 1822 on the Greene/ Monroe Co. line. Hebron Baptist was received into the White River Assocation of Regular Baptist October 1822 Elder Burch went on to found the Beech Creek Regular Baptist. Hebron Baptist is the oldest Church in Monroe Co., Indiana 190 years old this year (2012)."
From: John H McGath, PhD. Hebron Regular Baptist Church
Their son Hubbard died young. John, James, Jane STORM, Abigail Crane and Mary Ellen Collins moved their families west and settled in MO, IA, & NE. (Jane returned.) Elizabeth STORM and Davis remained in Indiana.
His bio is recorded in the "History of Greene County Indiana"
Tombstone reads: s/o Wm and Mary, 85yr 5m 3da
NOTE: This cemetery is located in Center Twp., Section 10, Greene Co., Indiana. It is south of Solsberry off State Road 43; east on 250 N. One mile on left after crossing Beech Creek; off the road on a gravel lane.
Our Burch family's 3rd great grandfather
Birth calculated from death date and inscription:
Monday, October 14, 1776
Son of William Henry BURCH Sr 1744 – 1817 and Mary Ann (LAWRENCE?) 1740 – 1785
Married on 13 Oct 1799 in Surry County, North Carolina, Martha (LAWRENCE or BEASLEY, unverified) 1779 – 1868; parents of:
*John BURCH 1799 – 1876
*James Black (Rev.) BURCH 1801 – 1886
*Elizabeth BURCH 1803 – 1834 [Storm]
*Jane BURCH 1806 – 1886 [Storm]
*Elder Davis (Rev.) BURCH 1811 – 1866
*Abigail BURCH 1814 – 1894 [Crane]
*Hubbard P BURCH 1816 – 1826
*George BURCH Jr 1820 – 1897
*Martha Ellen BURCH 1824 – 1898 [Collins]
Mitchel James (Pvt.) BURCH 1825 – 1862 [may be buried memorial #3182711, died in the war]
*Identified in findagrave
George and Martha brought their family to Indiana sometime between 1814 & 1820. George became the first pastor of the Beech Creek Baptist Church. He was also a farmer and a blacksmith.
"Elder George Burch founded the Hebron Regular Baptist Church on Little Indian Creek Saturday February 1822 on the Greene/ Monroe Co. line. Hebron Baptist was received into the White River Assocation of Regular Baptist October 1822 Elder Burch went on to found the Beech Creek Regular Baptist. Hebron Baptist is the oldest Church in Monroe Co., Indiana 190 years old this year (2012)."
From: John H McGath, PhD. Hebron Regular Baptist Church
Their son Hubbard died young. John, James, Jane STORM, Abigail Crane and Mary Ellen Collins moved their families west and settled in MO, IA, & NE. (Jane returned.) Elizabeth STORM and Davis remained in Indiana.
His bio is recorded in the "History of Greene County Indiana"
Tombstone reads: s/o Wm and Mary, 85yr 5m 3da
NOTE: This cemetery is located in Center Twp., Section 10, Greene Co., Indiana. It is south of Solsberry off State Road 43; east on 250 N. One mile on left after crossing Beech Creek; off the road on a gravel lane.
Our Burch family's 3rd great grandfather
Monday, October 14, 1776
Son of William Henry BURCH Sr 1744 – 1817 and Mary Ann (LAWRENCE?) 1740 – 1785
Married on 13 Oct 1799 in Surry County, North Carolina, Martha (LAWRENCE or BEASLEY, unverified) 1779 – 1868; parents of:
*John BURCH 1799 – 1876
*James Black (Rev.) BURCH 1801 – 1886
*Elizabeth BURCH 1803 – 1834 [Storm]
*Jane BURCH 1806 – 1886 [Storm]
*Elder Davis (Rev.) BURCH 1811 – 1866
*Abigail BURCH 1814 – 1894 [Crane]
*Hubbard P BURCH 1816 – 1826
*George BURCH Jr 1820 – 1897
*Martha Ellen BURCH 1824 – 1898 [Collins]
Mitchel James (Pvt.) BURCH 1825 – 1862 [may be buried memorial #3182711, died in the war]
*Identified in findagrave
George and Martha brought their family to Indiana sometime between 1814 & 1820. George became the first pastor of the Beech Creek Baptist Church. He was also a farmer and a blacksmith.
"Elder George Burch founded the Hebron Regular Baptist Church on Little Indian Creek Saturday February 1822 on the Greene/ Monroe Co. line. Hebron Baptist was received into the White River Assocation of Regular Baptist October 1822 Elder Burch went on to found the Beech Creek Regular Baptist. Hebron Baptist is the oldest Church in Monroe Co., Indiana 190 years old this year (2012)."
From: John H McGath, PhD. Hebron Regular Baptist Church
Their son Hubbard died young. John, James, Jane STORM, Abigail Crane and Mary Ellen Collins moved their families west and settled in MO, IA, & NE. (Jane returned.) Elizabeth STORM and Davis remained in Indiana.
His bio is recorded in the "History of Greene County Indiana"
Tombstone reads: s/o Wm and Mary, 85yr 5m 3da
NOTE: This cemetery is located in Center Twp., Section 10, Greene Co., Indiana. It is south of Solsberry off State Road 43; east on 250 N. One mile on left after crossing Beech Creek; off the road on a gravel lane.
Our Burch family's 3rd great grandfather
Inscription
Gone Home/
George/
Burch, Sen./
Died/
Jun 17, 1862/
Aged 85yr 8m 3da/
He was for 60 years a/
member of the
Gravesite Details
s/o William & Mary
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