Aaron Burlison1

#17772, (say 1757 - 1785)
Father*Aaron Burlison2 (s 1735 - c 1782)
Mother*Rachel _____3 (s 1734 - )

Family

Volley _____ b. s 1756
Children 1.Moses Burlison7 (1775 - 1828)
 2.Adam Burlison7 (s 1777 - )
 3.John Burlison7 (1780 - )
 4.Rachel Burlison7 (1784 - 1848)
 5.Aaron Burlison+1 (1786 - 1866)
The ancestry of Aaron Burlison (1757-1785) is speculative. More research, perhaps through the Burlison Family Associaltion, may provide original sources.4 
He was a witness The birth year and order of the children of Aaron and Rachel is not known. James, who was to have his father's property after the death or remarriage of his mother, and Aaron, named by his father as Executor, were probably among the oldest. Aaron was to receive one shilling, so perhaps we can assume that the others who also were bequeathed one shilling were also among the older children. John, Jonathan and Joseph were to receive each a mare and a rifle when they came of age, so they were likely among the younger children, which would lead us to believe that the daughters who were to receive a cow were also in the age group of these three. Note that none of the daughters is referred to by a married name. with Aaron Burlison and Rachel _____.4 
Birth*say 1757He was born say 1757.1 
Marriage*circa 1774He married Volley _____ circa 1774.4 
16 November 1781In Aaron Burlison's will dated 16 November 1781, Aaron Burlison was named as executor.2 
Death*1785He died in 1785 at TennesseeG; (source has 1784, but shortly after his death, his youngest son was b. Jan 1786.)5,6 

Citations

  1. [S520] VWH, deduction from sources including Burlison Family Association.
  2. [S1620] Tennessee, Washingon Co. Wills, 1779-1889, online Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Roll 26, img. 507/966. State of North Carolina, Sullivan County [now Tennessee].
    I, Aaron Burleson being in perfect mind and memory considering the uncertainty of life and being desirous of settling my affairs in a regular manner before I depart this life, I do hereby give and bequeath all my possessions as followeth viz first I commit my Soul to God that gave it my body I commit to the dust from whence it came and my worldly estate real and personal I give and bequeath as followeth.
    First I give and bequeath to my beloved wife all my real and personal estate during her life except three mares which I give one to my son John one to my son Jonathon and one to my son Joseph and each of said sons a good rifal gun which my widdow is to give out of the estate to the three sons when they come of ___ age and further I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elebeth [Elizabeth] one sheling sterling and to my son Thomas one sheling sterling and to my daughter Sarah one sheling sterling and to my son Aaron one sheling sterling and to my daughter Rachel one sheling sterling and to my daughter Nancy one shilling sterling and to my daughters Abigail and Mary and Roday [Rhoda] each one cow the whole to be paid by my widdow out of my estate and to the remainder of all my estate real and personal I give to my son James at the death of my beloved wife or at her next marriage. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth of November 1781. I do hereby before sealing of the above last will and testament constitute and appoint my beloved wife executrix and my son Aaron Burleson executor to the above will.
    Aaron Burleson (seal)
    Witness
    Thomas Williams
    Patrick Sheles [Shields] (his mark)
    Henry Clark.
  3. [S1617] Maude A McFadin, The John Stephen McFadin Family of North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, and Kansas (North Newton, Kansas: Mennonite Press, 1971), Chapter 7. "After Aaron's death Volley and her mother-in-law Rachel Burlison were two widows with many children who went back to North Carolina. Rachel's husband Aaron II had been killed by Indians only a few years earlier." Source given as Mrs. B. O. Hanby, historian at Mount Vernon [Posey Co., IN].
  4. [S520] VWH.
  5. [S1617] Maude A McFadin, John Stephen McFadin Family, Chapter 7. "Volly Burlison was widowed in 1784 when her husband Aaron III was murdered by Indians in eastern Tennessee."
  6. [S1619] Belinda Kay Pierce, "Belinda's Burleson and Lancaster Family" (Spokane, WA), online www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/i/e/Belinda-K-Pierce/index.html.
  7. [S1617] Maude A McFadin, John Stephen McFadin Family, Chapter 7.