Creator	Burford Family
Title	Burford Family Papers
Description	The Burford family resided in Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama from 1830 to the turn of the century. Leonard Mitchell Burford was born on January 25, 1805 in Jones County, Georgia. He and his wife, Rebekah D. Wornum Burford, relocated to Conecuh County sometime in the late 1820s. By 1830 the Burford's established a cotton farm outside Camden, referred to as Burford's Landing, where they raised eleven children. Leonard Burford died at his home in Camden on July 2, 1862. His son Payton Daniel Burford (1829-1879) took over the family farm after his father's death. He and his wife, Martha Mobley Crum (1832-1915), had four children: Betty Corinne (born 1859), Mary Emma (1856-1940), Alice and William Peyton (1861-1939). Contains correspondence, a grade report, receipts for goods including slaves, the last will and testament of Mitchell Burford and legal papers generated by the Burford family.
Date	1829-1904
Time Period	1829-1904
LC Subject Headings	Burford family Burford, Mitchell Burford, Leonard Mitchell, 1805-1862 Burford, Payton Daniel, 1829-1879 Business--Alabama--Wilcox County Justices of the peace--Alabama--Wilcox County Camden (Ala.)--History Wilcox County (Ala.)--History--Sources Summerfield (Ala.)--History--Sources
EOA Categories	Agriculture -- Row Crops Agriculture -- Agribusiness Peoples -- Domestic Life History -- 1819-1838: Early Statehood and Indian Removal History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era
Type	Text
Format	PDF
Record Group	RG 0183
File Name	0183-98-0077cb.pdf
Link to catalog	http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1836974
Repository	Auburn University. Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
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Submitted by	Coates, Midge