Leah MANN[1]
Female 1754 - 1837


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  • Birth  1754  , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender  Female 
    Misc  17 Apr 1759  , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Under the legal customs of the time, orphans were bound out as apprentices or indentured servants -- boys until their twenty-first birthday, girls until their eighteenth.

      The terminology of the indenture order for Leah Mann, dated April 17, 1759 would indicate that Leah's mother was also deceased at the time of the indenture, otherwise the court would not have had to "adjudge" Leah's age. She was adjudged to be five years of age at the time.

      Leah was raised as a member of the George Davidson family, a prominent family on the North Carolina frontier. If she was five years of age in 1759, she would have turned eighteen and been released from her indenture in 1772, probably not long before her marriage to Ben.
    Census  1790  , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • "Ben Burgin" was enumerated as head of household and one of two white males 16 years+. The other is John (16). The household also includes 1 white female (Leah) and 6 white males under 16 (James 13, Ben Jr. 11, Robert 9, Merritt 6, 2 unidentified).
    Census  1800  , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • "Benjamin Borgen" was enumerated as head of household and one of two males 45 and over. The household includes 1 female 45 and over (Leah 56), 1 male under 10 (Alney 3), 2 males 10 to 15 (Daniel ? and Merritt, 15 or 16), 2 males 16 to 25 (James 23 and Ben Jr 21), 3 females under 10 (Martha 7, Leah 6, Rebecca 1) and seven slaves.
    Census  7 Aug 1820  , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Benjamin Burgan is enumerated as head of household, and 1 of 2 free white males, aged 45+ (Ben Jr. is on another page in this census). The other FWM is likely Merritt. The household also includes a FWM aged 16 to 24 (likely Alney) and a free white female, aged 45+ (likely Leah Mann). There are also 3 male slaves under 14, 2 male slaves aged 14-25, 1 female slave under 14, 1 female slave aged 14-25, and 1 female slave aged 26-44.
    Died  9 Aug 1837  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Burgin Family Bible - Deaths    		 Burgin Family Bible - Deaths
    Notes 
    • Records clearly show that Leah was the daughter of John Man(n) who was born c1727. Both he and his brother Robert Mann were dead by 1758. Rowan County records show that both left young orphan children.
    Person ID  I1581  Kendrick-Hemphill
    Last Modified  24 Sep 2010 

    Father  John Man MANN,   b. Abt 1727,   d. Bef 1758, , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F249  Group Sheet

    Family  Benjamin BURGIN,   b. 30 Nov 1741, Shrewsbury Parish, Kent County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1823, Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  15 Nov 1772  Old Fort, Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Burgin Family Bible - Marriages    		 Burgin Family Bible - Marriages
    Benjamin Burgin and Leah Mann Marriage Bond    		 Benjamin Burgin and Leah Mann Marriage Bond
    transcription
    North Carolina Register of Deeds Marriage License Index, p.46    		 North Carolina Register of Deeds Marriage License Index, p.46
    Children 
     1. Daniel BURGIN,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >2. John BURGIN,   b. 15 Oct 1774, , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1837, Marion, Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. James BURGIN,   b. 9 Sep 1777,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >4. Major Benjamin BURGIN,   b. 16 Dec 1779, Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1874, , McDowell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Jesse BURGIN,   b. 11 Mar 1782,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >6. Merritt BURGIN,   b. 10 Jul 1784, , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1837, Old Fort, , North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Robert BURGIN,   b. 13 Jan 1787,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Abner BURGIN,   b. 18 Mar 1789,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >9. Martha BURGIN,   b. 8 Dec 1791,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >10. Leah BURGIN,   b. 15 Feb 1794,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >11. Alney BURGIN,   b. 14 Mar 1797, , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1868, , McDowell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Rebeccah BURGIN,   b. 30 Jan 1799,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID  F42  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S370] RootsWeb's World Connect Database, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=charcarpjohn&id=I13399 (Reliability: 2).
      "Footprints Through Time" website. Contact: Charlotte Carpenter Johnson cacj1111@tx.rr.com

    2. [S186] Virtus Edmundson, Edmundson & Related Families All Branches, Twigs and Leaves - Revisited, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=edaf0448&id=I02026 (Reliability: 3).
      The court record for her indenture is dated 1759, at which time she was adjudged to be 5 years old, putting her birth year as 1754.

    3. [S140] Voices from the Past: A Burgin Genealogy Website (http://theburginfamily.org), http://theburginfamily.org/pioneer.html (Reliability: 2).
      from article "A Gentleman Named Pioneer Ben"

    4. [S186] Virtus Edmundson, Edmundson & Related Families All Branches, Twigs and Leaves - Revisited, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=edaf0448&id=I02026 (Reliability: 3).
      ABSTRACTS OF THE MINUTES OF COURT, P&Q, ROWAN COUNTY, NC (1753-1762) by JO WHITE LIN, SALISBURY, NC.

      (Apr 17, 1759) Ordered P Cur (i.e.by the court) that Leiah Man, orphan of John Man, decd, br bound unto George Davidson until the sd orphan arrive at the age of eighteen years, she being now adjudged five years old and sd Davidson to give the child a young cow at her freedom besides what the Law allows and to comply with an Act of Assembly in such cases concerning the binding out orphans to learn her to read and write with consl. speed.

    5. [S28] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Indexed from: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States in the Year 1790. Washington, D.C.: Government), Year: 1790; Census Place: , Burke, North Carolina; Roll: M637_7; Page: 107; Image: 0059. (Reliability: 2).
      Name: Ben Burgin
      Residence Date: 1790
      Residence Place: Burke, North Carolina
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1790usfedcen&h=156365&ti=0&indiv=try

    6. [S29] Ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Second Census of the United States, 1800. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1800. M32, 52), Year: 1800; Census Place: , Burke, North Carolina; Roll: 29; Page: 729; Image: 111. (Reliability: 2).
      Name: Benjamin Borgen
      Residence Date: 1800
      Residence Place: Burke, North Carolina
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1800usfedcenancestry&h=303040&ti=0&indiv=try

    7. [S31] Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1820. M33, 14), Year: 1820; Census Place: , Burke, North Carolina; Roll: M33_83; Page: 89; Image: 54..
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1820usfedcenancestry&h=1469475&ti=0&indiv=try

    8. [S139] Burgin Family Bible, Deaths (Reliability: 3).
      Leah Burgin the wife of Benjamin Burgin departed this life August 7th 1837 in the 86th year of her age.

    9. [S139] Burgin Family Bible, Marriages (Reliability: 3).
      Benjamin Burgin his Wife Leah was Married 15th Nov. 1772

    10. [S292] Ancestry.com, "North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), entry for Benjamin Burgin and Lear Man 1772 marriage; citing North Carolina State Archives, Rowan, NC; (Reliability: 3).
      http://tinyurl.com/y98oq6f



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