Napoleon B. Burnam

Black Person Information

First Name:
Napoleon B.
Last Name:
Burnam
Family Code:
38047
Color:
Black
Gender:
Male
County:
Madison
State Born in:
MO
Birth Year:
1841
Occupation:
Farmer
Height:
70
Skin Color:
Black

Enslaver Information

First Owner Name:
Curtis Field Burnam
First Owner Code:
W06423A
First Owner State:
KY
First Owner County:
Madison
First Owner Year Transferred:
1864
Second Owner Name:
Freed upon joining U.S. Army
Second Owner Code:
Z1000

Additional Information

Notes:
Born in Boone Co. MO Claim:"By right of my wife's interest in her father's estate Dr. A. W. Rollins of Missouri dec'd in 1845 when he was about eight years of age"

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