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Price-Burrows Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0148

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of photocopies of documents relating to Nacogdoches County land holdings of the Price and Burrows families. Folder 7 is orginal material.

Dates

  • Creation: 1872-1917

Language of Materials

The collection is in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Biographical or Historical Information

David Burrows, the son of Anthony and Elizabeth Burrows, was born in Grundy County, Tennessee, on October 27, 1810. About 1833, David Burrows married Elizabeth Beatrice King, daughter of Thomas King. Elizabeth was born on December 29, 1811. They had eleven children. David Burrows died on October 5, 1873, and Elizabeth died on August 26, 1889. They are both buried in the North Church Cemetery in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Arch Augustus Price, son of Lucien V. Price and Amanda Mims, was born in Melrose, Texas, on August 1, 1860. On July 13, 1890, he married Martha (Mattie) Lamilia Burrows, daughter of David Muckleroy and William Adelaid Box Burrows, and granddaughter of David and Elizabeth Beatrice King Burrows. Arch Augustus died on May 9, 1942, and Martha Burrows died on July 24, 1924. Both are buried in the North Church Cemetery.

(Burrows, Mrs. George Van. "Burrows, David." Nacogdoches County Families. Dallas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1985. p. 193).

Extent

0.10 Cubic Feet

Arrangement

This collection is described in seven folders and housed with other collections in a clamshell box.

Title
Guide to the Price-Burrows Family Papers
Author
Natasha McClanahan
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository

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