(1) Thomas Wyatt served in the 2nd Regiment Virginia, during the War of 1812.
(1) James Burnside was a private in the county militia, he later served as a
patriot in the Revolutionary War gaining the rank of Lieutenant. Below is a
brief outline of his activites during his lifetime:1753 - James Burnside is said, in a deposition of 30 April 1802, to have lived
for a short time in 1753 with John and Robert Fulton for the purpose of
digging "Ginsang."1759 - James Burnside, receipt to William Preston for 11 Pounds 6 Shillings and
1 pence, for provisions for his company at Fort George.1760 - Patent to James Burnside.
1764 - August 27th, (Written to William Preston), Sir: please to pay unto James
Burnside the sum of eight pounds, five shillings and nine pense, cash
when my pay shall come into your hands ... Joseph Edward, made his mark.1768 - James Burnside was Constable in Augusta County, Virginia.
1769 - James and Isabella Burnside bought land from Robert Scott on
Newfoundland Creek.1770 - James sold 224 acres located on Newfoundland creek, land which he had
purchased the year before.1773 - James Burnside surveyor of road to be opened from Sweet Springs to head
of Indian Creek. That same year James Burnside owned land called
"Grumps Bottom" about fifteen miles from Peterstown.1777 - James Byrnside was one of the signers for the charter of Greenbrier
County.1781 - James Burnside surveyed road from Peter Van Bibbers to the mill on
Second Creek Gap.1780 - James Burnside surety for bond on Andrew Donnally, November, 1780.
1782 - James Burnside is on the list of householders and taxed $6.92 far above
the average settler. He owned thirteen horses and twenty-three heads of
cattle.1782 - James qualified as tax collector in April of said year and bond for
$10,000 had to be put up.1783 - James Byrnside sold to Jonah Kincaid 390 acres on Indian Creek.
That same year he sold an additional 300 acres on Indian Creek to
Matthew Patterson, his brother in law.1784 - Original Plat of Lewisburg in Greenbrier County, now West Virginia,
shows James Byrnside as original purchaser of Lot # 5, across from
Governor Price's House, and on corner of Market Street, now Court
Street.1785/6-Greenbrier list of land owners shows James Burnside with five tracts
containing 3,450 acres.1786 - James bought the Alexander grant from James. The grant contained 1,000
acres on Wolf Creek.1788 - James Burnside sold to John Byrnside 600 acres of 1,180 acreage on
Indian Creek.1792 - James Burnside bought from John and Priscilla Miller 450 acres for 5
shillings, land adjacent to William Gullett.1793 - James Sr. Sold to James Jr. 450 acres of the James Madison Survey of
1751. That same year he sold 1,000 acres on Wolfe Creek to James Jr,...
land which had been the "McClenachan land."1794 - James and Isabella sold 200 acres on Laurel Creek on waters of New River
to George Pearis.That same year he sold 151 acres on east side of New River to Nathan
Robinet.1804 - James Sr. Deposed that Archibald Clendenin, Jr. was killed 15 July 1763,
and Jane (Clendenins daughter), was taken prisoner by Indians and
carried away as was John Ewing. The two of them were kept in the same
nation but not together except while enroute to Pittsburgh where they
were freed on May 14th, 1765.James Burnside was not the average frontiersman. He bought and sold land
in various counties in southwest Virginia and West Virginia. In Kanawha County
alone he owned over twenty-two hundred acres, mostly on the north fork of Coal
River, and along Indian Creek.
(1) Esther Mayse was killed by the Indians.