SON OF ARCHIBALD AND MARY HOLBERT BURROWS∼Son of Archibald Burrows Sr. and Mary (Holbert) Burrows. He married Malinda Maze, a daughter of Venar Maze and Elizabeth Naylor. The marriage took place on January 19, 1848. Malinda Burrows died between 1866 - 1870.

Known children of William Harvey "Bill" Burrows and Malinda Burrows.
1. Archibald James Burrows b. 20 Oct 1848.
2. Jonathan W. Burrows b. 1850.
3. John W. Burrows b. 15 Feb 1855, Gilmer Co., WV.
4. Sarah L. Or S. Burrows b. 1856, Calhoun Co., WV, d. 21 Sept 1856, Calhoun Co., WV.
5. Mary Catherine Burrows b. 18 Dec 1856, Calhoun Co., WV, d. 21 Sept 1876.
6. Wayne Winfield "Wainfield" Burrows b. 5 Oct 1858.
7. George Burrows b. 1859, Calhoun Co., WV.
8. James S. Burrows b. 1861.
9. Ellis B. Burrows b. 10 Oct 1864.
10 Willie Burrows.
11 Waitman W. Burrows b. 1865, Calhoun Co., WV, m. 13 Apr 1884, in Calhoun Co., WV, Mary F. Jeffreys, b. 1866, Calhoun Co., WV, (daughter of Samuel W. Jeffreys and Sarah ?).
12 Elizabeth A. "Bettie" Burrows b. 1866, Calhoun Co., WV, m. 24 Jan 1886, in Calhoun Co., WV, Andrew Jeffreys, b. 1864, Calhoun Co., WV, (son of Samuel W. Jeffreys and Sarah ?).

Census 1860 Calhoun County Virginia
BURROWS, 708
William Burrows...35...Randolph...Farmer
Malinda...33...Lewis
Archibald J...11...Gilmer
Johnathan W...9...Gilmer
John W...4...Calhoun
Mary C...3...Calhoun

1880 Census Calhoun County WV
BURROWS, C014
William M...WM...54...Farmer...VA...IR...MD
Malinda...WF...52...Wife...Keeping House...Va...VA...VA
Mary C...WF...21...Dau...At Home...Va...VA...VA
Waitman W...WM...15...Son...At Home...WV...VA...VA
Ellis B...WM...13...Son...At Home...WV...VA...VA
Elizabeth A...WF...11...Dau...At Home...WV...VA...VA
Charity Blosser...s...WF...27...Servant...Domestic Work...VA...VA...VA
Charley A Blosser...WM...8/12...Son...Oct 1879...WV...VA...VA

9/6/1898
Your correspondent visited Uncle William Harvey "Bill" Burrows, and though time is precious, in answer to queries Uncle Bill said:
"I was married on January 13, 1848, to Malinda Mayze and resided at the present site of Grantsville until November, 1851, when I moved with my little family to my present home on the head waters of Laurel. At that time, except a small improvement made by Johnson Yoak on Bull river, there were no improvements of any kind in all the scope of country now included between the Gilmer county line - or even the Trace Fork of Tanner - and Grantsville.
"The resources upon which we then depended for a living have mainly vanished; and we only remember the old hand-mill and the old hand-loom. We ground our own corn upon our own hand mills; and manufactured, by the use of the hand break and hackle and (illegible line) flax into wool and warp; and with the hand cards we prepared our own wool for spinning, made our own winter and summer clothes of cloth of our own manufacture.
"We generally cut and fit our own garments.
"Then, our roads were narrow paths winding along the valleys and over the hills the nearest way to our next neighbors.
"If my memory is correct our first school on Laurel was taught by Adolphus Ayers in 1866; and the second school in that section was taught by J.W. Taylor, near White Pine, in 1867 and 1868, in a house built for that purpose. This school was attended by many young people from adjoining districts.
The Rev. Alex Holden was the first Baptist minister whose work resulted in a regular organization of the Baptist church. Mr. Holden held regular monthly meetings at the house of Alexander Hoffman during a long term of years. There were however several good men - local preachers, who did excellent work in holding revival meetings at private houses in more thickly settled districts; and John A. Goff, a local Methodist preacher, is remembered as one of the most active and useful men of that class.
"For many years Mr. Goff did the work of a regular itinerant preacher, while at the same time he earned his own support. He made and promptly filled many appointments regularly, and held many revival meetings, at which many were converted. Those good men made many sacrifices to carry the Gospel to the needy in remote district; and Mr. Goff lived to a good old age and was permitted to see the results of his earnest, honest Christian zeal in the more advanced conditions. In 1860, while holding a meeting at Pine Bottom, he was taken seriously ill and announced to a large audience that he was then preaching his last sermon. This proved to be so, as he never recovered from that illness, but died soon after, full of years and of faith and good work, by the memory of which, He being dead yet speaketh.
Everybody then went to meeting, Well dressed or poorly clad if necessary and all were brothers and sisters "Godliness with contentment" more generally prevailed then than now."