Mamie Burris-simmons

Samuel & Mary (Myers) Burris Family, the Mamie Burris-simmons

A wealth of information for genealogists researching the Burris line, this resource focuses on the Burrises of Amite County, Mississippi, and the Florida Parishes of Louisiana. The authors provide an exhaustive examination of the Burris pedigree through the 1940s, beginning with the initial migration of Samuel and Mary (Myers) Burris to Mississippi in 1809, and include information about slave ownership records as well as insightful notes about the character of the family.