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- Burwell Bassett Wilkes was named after a neighbor, Burwell Bassett, a
well-to-do plantation owner in New Kent Co., VA.
Burwell Bassett Wilkes was a horse breeder and plantationer.
He freed his slaves much earlier than the Civil War.
His Will was probated on 12 May, 1815 in Brunswick Co., VA.
His family was enumerated in the 1810 census, with wife Elizabeth Gunn and all
three of his living children included, including Susanna Cordle Wilkes, child
of Burwell's first wife, then deceased.
Burwell Bassett Wilkes was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, and was
serving in the Virginia Milita Dist. of Ohio, St. Continental Line, 11th Regt.
at Hillsborough, N.C. in November of 1779.
He was included in the list of land warrants granted beginning 8 Aug., 1782,
with 3 years service warrant #2075, pp 518 of Rev. War Records, Vol #1 VA/ bu
Gaois Marcis Brimbaugh. LC E255/B86 Vol.#1
In 1847, Burwell Bassett Wilkes was in Brunswich Co., VA. where he received a
letter from a cousin Burwell Bassett Wilkes of Holmes Co., MS.
This "other" Burwell Bassett Wilkes was the son of William Minor Wilkes, and a
grandson of Benjamin Wilkes, brother to Joseph Wilkes.
Burwell Bassett Wilkes of Brunswick Co., VA. was noted for his horse breeding.
"Wonder" & "Chantecleer" were two of his famous racers.
Elizabeth Gunn Wilkes was living with Burwell Bassett Wilkes II when the 1840
census was taken.
After the death of Burwell Bassett Wilkes, her husband, she remarried to
Major Phillip Claiborne on 26 May 1817. She is buried in the Wilkes cem. at
Charlie Hope, Brunswick Co., Va.
On his tombstone in the Wilkes cem. in Charlie Hope, Brunswick Co., VA.
the following is inscribed:
"Burwell Wilkes, born 4th of June, 1757, Died 31st. of March 1815.
This spot contains the ashes of the just who sought no honors and betrayed no
trust. This truth be proved in every path he trod. An honest man, the
noblest work of GOD. Davidson, Facit."
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