| Burwell Burchett | ||||||||||||||
| born: 1745 in Birchin Creek Dinwiddle County, Virginia died: Jan 7, 1779 Illness during American Revolutionary War in New Jersey. |
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| m: abt 1770-1778 | ||||||||||||||
| wife: Mary Fannin b: 1746 in Nottoway County, VA. | ||||||||||||||
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| Benjamin Franklin Burchett (male) born: Dec 1, 1772 in Walter Creek, Bland Co, Virginia | ||||||||||||||
| Burwell served under the command of General George Weedon who served under General George Washington. Burwell went AWOL during the year 1778 to return home to plant his crops. He was repermanded for this action and not courts-martialed. | ||||||||||||||