John was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Neshoba, MS when he entered the service. A letter to Era Person from the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, 27 Dec 1956, states in part “Brother Burgess was initiated, Passed and Raised in the year 1857 in Laurel Hill Lodge No. 195, located in Neshoba County. He served as Junior Warden in 1860. There were no returns for 1861 and he does not appear on roll after 1860.271

From Era Madden’s application for United Daughters of the Confederacy: John Calvin Burgess was a school teacher. He read letters to the soldiers and wrote letters home for them. He was called a scribe, according to the John Quitman Burgess family. Since two or three of his brothers-in- law had died wile serving in Confederate Army their bodies were brought home for burial. When the rider came announcing that John Calvin Burgess had died of measles, his widow who was living with her parents at the time, said let him be buried there (Saltillo, MS). Bill and Kay Person, my son and his wife, have been to grave site where there are many confederate soldiers buried, also, there are many tombstones without names on them. Axfter the second trip thet decided it was useless to try to locate the grave.***** I treasure a reference boofk used by John Calvin Burgess while he was teaching school. The name othe book”American Encyclopedia, History Biography and Travel, Comprising Ancient and Modern History: The Biography of Eminent Men of Europe and America and the Lives of Distinguished Travlers.” Illustrated with over 100 Engravings. Thomas H. Prescott, A. M., St. Louis, Missouri: Published and Sold Exclusively by Subscription, T.W. Carpenter & Bros, 1859. Jewell and Sallie bave this book to me as I was working on Family Genealogy. Granddaddy, J.Q. Burgess, had recorded dates of birth, marriage and death in the book. It served as a Bible for records etc.

John died of Measles.271

Burgess, John C.; widow: Mrs. S. A.; Co. K, 5 Miss-; she applied: 1894, Union Co.; he died 7/22/1862.239

Burgess, John C., pvt,cpl, Co K 5th Inf Reg, Mississippi
Copied from a book by H. Grady Howell, Jr., “For Dixie Land I’ll Take My Stand”. LDS Library, SLC ws/can 976.2 M2ho, Vol 1, Copyright 1998 Chickasaw Bayou Press

John died during the Civil War in the Saltillo, Lee Co, Mississippi hospital.232

Database: Civil War Muster Rolls: Burgess John C. K 5 Mississippi Infantry. Corporal Private Ê 000232 0006 00000329

John Cargus BURGESS (AFN: N7ML-TW)
Sex:  M
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Event(s):
Birth:  1 Jun 1830
Of, Leake, Ms
Death:  21 Jul 1862
, , , Civil War
Burial: 
Saltillo, Lee, Ms
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Parents:
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Marriage(s):
Spouse:  Sophia A. HARRIS (AFN: N7ML-V3)
Marriage:  Abt 1857
Of, Leake, Ms

Submitter(s):
MERRILL G HENRY Microfilm:  NONE
36505 WEST FLORIDA AVENUE Submission: 
SPACE 498
HEMET, CALIFORNIA
USA 92545
MERRILL G. ELAINE L. HENRY Microfilm:  NONE
36505 WEST FLORIDA AVE SP 498 Submission: 
HEMET CA
USA 92545200

Wyatt, Susan
Gender: Female
Family:

Spouse:

Burgess, John Cargis
Birth : 1790 Laurens County, South Carolina
Death : AFT. 1850 Prob. Benton Co., AL
Gender: Male
Parents:

Father: Burgess, Joel , Sr.
Mother: Heath, Eleanor




Burgess, Joel , Sr.
Birth : ABT. 1742 Bedford Co., VA
Death : BEF. 1803 Laurens County, South Carolina
Gender: Male
Family:

Marriage: ABT. 1762
Spouse:

Heath, Eleanor
Birth : ABT. 1748 Bedford Co., VA
Death : AFT. 1830 Newton, Co., GA
Gender: Female
Parents:

Father: Heath, William


Children:

Burgess, Nelly
Burgess, Thomas
Gender: Male
Burgess, Martha "Patsy"
Burgess, Jane "Jenny"
Burgess, Joel , Jr.
Burgess, Elijah
Burgess, Walter
Birth : ABT. 1765 Bedford Co., VA
Death : BEF. 1820
Gender: Male
Burgess, Mary Ann
Burgess, Roland
Burgess, William
Burgess, Sarah"Sally" Keziah
Burgess, John Cargis

Heath, William

In the 1860 census, page 557 item 707 of 1 Sep 1860, J.C. Burges lived in Carthage, Leake Co, Mississippi, he was a teacher, 31 years of age, had property worth $1200 and was born in Georgia. His wife was Sophiah, age 21, born in Mississippi. Children were Martha J., age 2 and John Q. age 5/12, both born in Mississippi.

Gender: Male
Family:

Children:

Heath, Eleanor





Sources:

1. "Original Muster Rolls." Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi.
2. "Compiled Service Records." National Archives Microfilm, rolls #351 - #355.
3. Nelson, John G. PANOLA COMPANIES OF THE CIVIL WAR n.d.
4. Sowell, Virginia Howry. HISTORY OF PANOLA COUNTY COMPILED FROM REMINISCENCES OF OLDEST CITIZENS [typescript of Crozier, Rev. R. H. article Southern Reporter (Sardis, MS). (June 18, 1909)].

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about John C. Burgess
Name:
John C. Burgess
Side:
Confederate
Regiment State/Origin:
Mississippi
Regiment Name:
5 Mississippi Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded:
5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
Company:
K
Rank In:
Corporal
Rank In Expanded:
Corporal
Rank Out:
Private
Rank Out Expanded:
Private
Film Number:
M232 roll 6

American Civil War Soldiers about John Burgess
Name:
John Burgess
Side Served:
Confederacy
State Served:
Mississippi
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Corporal.
Enlisted in Company K, 5th Infantry Regiment Mississippi.
Sources:
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