Life History

Notes

• "Although the exact date that James Burel and his wife, Nancy Elizabeth Darby, arrived in Mississippi is unknown, the U. S. Census of 1850 shows they were already living in Attala County. According to the census, nineteen Burel (then "Burell") family members, enumerated in three separate households, were found to be living in the Newport area of Attala County."
  --  Janice Tracy, Mississippi Memories, http://mymississippimemories.blogspot.com/2009/03/burell-family-in-attala-county.html
  
  1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 4 September, Township 12, Range 5E, page 104B, Hse/Fam #126
  James Burell 60 M Farmer $110 Real Estate Value b SC [b abt 1790]
  Nancy Burell 60 F b SC [b abt 1790]
  James Burell 18 M b SC [b abt 1832]
  Lucinda Burell 20 F b MS [b abt 1830]
  Jane Burell 5 M b MS [b abt 1845]
  Elizabeth Burell1mo M b MS [b abt July 1850]
  
  Relationships are not reported in this census.  However, from some family information in genealogies, we get a couple of clues.  A couple of genealogies report that one of James Henry's wives was Lucinda Myers.  But genealogies report that Lucinda was born in 1826, which would mean she should be about 24 in this census.
  
  The identity of these two children is not clear.  The first one (spelled Jame; maybe Jamie, or Jane?) was born when James Henry was about 13.  So he would not be her father.  The 5 year old matches pretty closely with the daughter of James Perter and Nancy's daughter Ann Elizabeth Burell, who married Samuel Joseph Jenkins.
  
  But the baby one is hard to account for.  Ann Elizabeth died in childbirth with her last child Mary Ann Jenkins in January 1949.  IN the 1860 census, the girls have the last name of Jenkins instead of Burell, making the case stronger for them as grandchildren of one of James and Nancy's daughters.  In 1860, baby Elizabeth is called Mary, adding another complication.  Also in 1860, Jane is reported as born in Georgia, rather than Mississippi as in 1850.  Nancy is now listed as Elizabeth .
  
  1860 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 20 October, Township 13, Range 5, PO Attalaville, page 233 (scan 493), Hse #1476, Fam #1618
  James Burell 66 M Farming $100 Real Estate $300 Personal born South Carolina Cannot read or write
  Elizabeth Burell 65 F born South Carolina Cannot read or write
  Jane Jenkins 15 F born Georgia
  Mary Jenkins 11 F born Mississippi
  
  Next door is James' brother Thomas H Burell.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 20 October, Township 13, Range 5, PO Attalaville, page 233 (scan 493), Hse #1475, Fam #1617
  Thomas H Burell 60 M Farming $0 Real Estate $200 Personal born South Carolina Cannot read or write
  Margaret A Burell 45 F born South Carolina
  Maria G Shoat 22 F born South Carolina
  Chas M C Burell 14 F born Georgia
  Sarah M Burell 11 F born Georgia
  James F Burell 7 M born Miss
  Frances Burell 3 M born Miss
  
  James Henry Burel
  Born in South Carolina in 1832
  Father James P Burrell
  Mother Nancy Darby
  Born 1790. Nancy had 6 children, passed away in 1878
  James Henry married Lucinda Myers
  Born 1826 in Mississippi. passed away on 12 Oct 1851
  and Margaret Samantha Hughes
  Born 1836 in Alabama, passed away in 1863 in Mississippi
  He passed away on 9 Jun 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi
  --  Ancestry Trees, http://records.ancestry.com/james_henry_burel_records.ashx?pid=67874772
  
  The name Burrell is found spelled several ways in records and by family members.  The Arkansas branch usually preferred the spelling Burrell.
  
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  James P Burrell [James Henry Burrell]
  Birth 1790 Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
  Death [Jun. 9, 1863 Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi - this is the information for his son James Henry]
  Inscription:  CO C 40 MISS INF CSA
  
  [It seems like the death information is for his son James Henry Burrell, because James Peter would have been 73 years old in 1863.  Surely they would not send a 73 years old to the front lines in a war.  The gravestone referenced has no middle name.  Several genealogies report that it was James Henry who died at Vicksburg in the war.  Some genealogies have no death date for James Peter, but at least one says he died in 1878; one has 1875.]
  
  James P. Burrell was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1790 to Dr. Jean (John) Baptiste Elzeard Burel and Patience Hannah Bird. His father was a French immigrant and his mother was an Acadian. His family moved to Union, Union County, South Carolina in the 1800s. He married Nancy Elizabeth Darby about 1815, and they sailed from South Carolina to New Orleans. Then they came to Attala County, Mississippi via Natchez. They had 6 children: Mary, William Riley, John Berry, Anne Elizabeth, Isabella Avilla, and James Henry. {James P. served for the Confederate States of America, in the 40th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Company C, "Attala Rebels". He was killed in action during the siege of Vicksburg, on June 9, 1863. [Seems like this should be James Henry, because of the age]}
  
  Children:
  William Riley Burell (1817 - 1894)
  Ann Elizabeth Burrell Jenkins (1822 - 1849)
  
  Burial Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
  
  Maintained by dixiedarlinMS, Originally Created by NatalieMaynor Apr 06, 2007
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #18791781, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18791781
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  I established a memorial on Find a Grave for James Peter.
  
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  James Peter Burrell
  Birth abt 1790 Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
  Death 1878 abt Attala County, Mississippi
  
  James Peter Burrell was born about 1790 in Germantown of a French father and a Canadian mother from Nova Scotia.
  
  His father was Jean Baptiste Elzeard Burel, born 26 Nov 1757 in Ollioules, Var, Provence (now the Department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), France, died Mar 1828 in Goshen Hill, Union County, South Carolina. Peter's mother was Patience Hanna Bird, born unknown date in Nova Scotia, Canada, and died about 1848 in Goshen Hill.
  
  About 1815, Peter married Nancy Elizabeth Darby in Union County, South Carolina. Nancy was born about 1790 in South Carolina and died about 1878 in Attala County, Mississippi.
  
  Peter died in Attala County, Mississippi, but his burial place has not been located. His son, named James Henry, died in the battle of Vicksburg, and was buried there in 1863. Some have confused John Henry, who was born in 1832, with his father, James Peter.
  
  Parents:
  Jean Baptist Elzeard Burel (1757 - 1828)
  Patience Hanna Bird Burel
  Spouse Nancy Elizabeth Darby Burrell (1790 - ____)
  Brother Louis Burel (1786 - 1872)
  
  The burial place has not been found. James does not appaer in any cemetery lists or death indexes.
  
  Created by Orville Jenkins Mar 18, 2015
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #143859871, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18791781
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Ancestry Trees
• 3. Mississippi Memories
• 4. 1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi
  • 4 September, Township 12, Range 5E, page 104B, Hse/Fam #126
• 5. 1860 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi
  • 20 October, Township 13, Range 5, PO Attalaville, page 233 (scan 493), Hse #1476, Fam #1618
• 6. Ancestry Comments
• 7. 1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi
  • 5 September, page 105B, Hse/Fam #143
• 8. 1870 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi
  • 16 June, Beat #4, PO Kasciusko, page 39 (scan #117), Hse/Fam #135
• 9. 1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi
  • 5 September, page 105B, Hse/Fam #137
• 10. 1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi
  • 5 September, page 105B, Hse/Fam #135
• 11. Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry