Submitted by: WILLIAM M. ( BILL ) BURSON

MY GREAT GRAND FATHER WAS RICHARD JACKSON BURSON BORN; 1831 IN TROUP CO. GA. DIED 27 DEC 1896 IN CASS CO. TEXAS. MARRIED NANCY ELIZABETH COOPER BORN 1841 TROUP CO. GA. DIED 22 MAY 1906 .IN QUEEN CITY TEXAS. RICHARD AND NANCY ARE BURIED AT LAWS CHAPEL CEMETERY CASS CO. TEXAS. RICHARD AND NANCY ALONG WITH THEIR FIRST 5 CHILDREN CAME TO CASS COUNTY TEXAS IN 1874 AND SETTLED IN THE PINEY GROVE AREA. THEY ATTENDED THE LAWS CHAPEL CHURCH. THEIR OTHER THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN IN CASS COUNTY TEXAS. RICHARD WORKED AS A FARMER. I HAVE LOTS MORE INFO ON THE BURSONS IF ANY ONE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE INFO.