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Ebenezer Jackson Bourland, Sr

Male 1768 - 1842  (74 years)

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  • Name Ebenezer Jackson Bourland
    Suffix Sr
    Birth 1768  VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male
    Census 1800  Pendleton District, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    age 26-44(32), spouse age 16-25(26?), 5 children & 2 others 
    Census 1810  Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    age 26-44(42), spouse age 26-44(36), 9 children 
    Census 1840  Mulberry, Franklin Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    age 70-79(72),spouse age 60-69(66), 1 male-age 15-19 
    DAR.org See Notes -- #A012296 -- Bourland, John Sr -- for lineage only 
    Death 1842  White Oak, Franklin Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Findagrave.com 05 Jul 2023 
    See Notes 
    Burial White Oak, Franklin Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Bourland Cemetery
    Person ID I143  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Father Lord John Bourland, Sr,   b. Between 1725 and 1740, Londonderry, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1795, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Relationship natural
    Mother Catherine Randolph,   b. 1739, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1826, Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Relationship natural
    Marriage Abt 1760 
    Notes 
    • ?? Isabella is a possible daughter ??
    Family ID F75  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail Loving,   b. 19 Nov 1774, Yadkin Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1866, White Oak, Franklin Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    Marriage 1790 
    Children See Notes 
    Notes 


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      Children of EBENEZER BOURLAND and ABIGAIL LOVING are:
      son WILLIAM G BOURLAND 10/17/1792 SC - 12/02/1861 Saline Co, IL
      - on 3/11/1812 in Hopkins Co, KY married RACHEL SLATON 8/07/1794 Providence, KY - 11/07/1884
      son GABRIEL LEE BOURLAND 9/20/1794 Pendleton District, SC - 1/01/1885 Hopkins Co, KY
      - on 6/14/1814 Hopkins Co, KY married PENELOPE GOODMAN 6/14/1814 Hopkins Co, KY 1788 - 11/15/1873
      dau CATHERINE BOURLAND 1796 SC
      - married GEORGE MCKINNEY 1775 GA - 1850
      son JAMES SPEARS BOURLAND 10/19/1798 Pendleton District, SC - 11/10/1887 Itawamba Co, MS
      - on 9/26/1818 in Hopkins Co, KY married MARY HUDSPETH 4/11/1798 Overton Co, TN - 5/22/1862 Itawamba Co, MS
      dau SARAH BOURLAND 1800 SC
      - married LINDSEY ALLEN
      son DUBART LEE BOURLAND 5/30/1803 SC - 9/08/1865 Franklin Co, AL
      - on 10/30/1821 Franklin Co, AL married MARY THOMAS 9/12/1805 Barren Co, KY 11/28/1881 Franklin Co, AL
      son JOHN BACON BOURLAND 1805 NC - Bet 1840 - 1842 AR
      - in 1824 in Franklin Co, AL married NANCY J HARDWICK 1806 Duck River, TN - 1882 Franklin Co, AL
      son Dr Addison McArthur Bourland 1825 Franklin Co, AL
      son HENDERSON C BOURLAND 3/09/1808 KY - 3/09/1881 Franklin Co, AL
      - on 1/09/1840 married ELIZABETH ??? 3/03/1822 MO - 12/25/1870 AR
      son ALNEY MCLEAN BOURLAND 7/1810 KY
      - in 1830 married (1) REBECCA COOK 1814 TN - 1854
      - on 11/1/1853 married (2) SARAH ANN STREET 1819
      son EBENEZER JACKSON BOURLAND, JR 7/14/1812 KY - 1864
      - in Franklin Co, AL married MARY POLLY HESTER 1812 SC - 1864
      dau ELIZA ELVIRA BOURLAND 12/26/1815 Christian Co, KY - 2/23/1900 Houston Co, MS
      - in 1830 in Russellville Co, AL married HENRY WESLEY BATES 9/30/1807 Christian Co, KY - 1869 Calvert Co, TX
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    Family ID F78  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1768 - VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 26-44(32), spouse age 16-25(26?), 5 children & 2 others - 1800 - Pendleton District, SC Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 26-44(42), spouse age 26-44(36), 9 children - 1810 - Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 70-79(72),spouse age 60-69(66), 1 male-age 15-19 - 1840 - Mulberry, Franklin Co, AR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1842 - White Oak, Franklin Co, AR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - White Oak, Franklin Co, AR Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 


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      found at DAR.org

      Descendants List
      Member: -- Name Restricted -- Nat'l #: 720041 Ancestor #: A012296
      1.
      -- Generation Restricted --
      2.
      -- Generation Restricted --
      3.
      -- Generation Restricted --
      4.
      The Said -- Name Restricted -- was the child of
      George Wiley Carroll born on 10 - Dec - 1874 at Itawamba Co MS
      died at Itawamba Co MS on 8 - Jun - 1948 and his ( 1st ) wife
      Effie Duncan born on 16 - Aug - 1873 at Itawamba Co MS
      died at Itawamba Co MS on 18 - Aug - 1952 married on 26 - Feb - 1899
      married at Itawamba Co MS
      5.
      The Said Effie Duncan was the child of
      James J Duncan born on 23 - Dec - 1843 at Itawamba Co MS
      died at Itawamba Co MS on 10 - Dec - 1912 and his ( 1st ) wife
      Mary Elizabeth Thomas born on 21 - Jul - 1849 at Itawamba Co MS
      died at Itawamba Co MS on 10 - Nov - 1894 married on 12 - Sep - 1869
      married at Itawamba Co MS
      6.
      The Said Mary Elizabeth Thomas was the child of
      John B V Thomas born on - - 1819 at Boliver TN
      died at Jackson MS on - - and his ( 1st ) wife
      Martha Ann Bourland born on 6 - Dec - 1823 at MS
      died at Itawamba Co MS on 28 - Jan - 1894 married on 28 - Dec - 1843
      married at Itawamba Co MS
      7.
      The Said Martha Ann Bourland was the child of
      James S Bourland born on 19 - Oct - 1798 at SC
      died at Itawamba Co MS on 10 - Nov - 1877 and his ( 1st ) wife
      Mary Hudspeth born on 11 - Apr - 1798 at KY
      died at Itawamba Co MS on 22 - May - 1862 married on 26 - Sep - 1818
      married at Hopkins Co KY
      8.
      The Said James S Bourland was the child of
      Ebenezer Bourland born on - - 1768 at Augusta Co VA
      died at Franklin Co AR on - - 1842 and his ( 1st ) wife
      Abigail Loving born on - - 1776 at Rowan Co NC
      died at Franklin Co AR on - - 1866 married on - - 1791
      married at NC
      9.
      The Said Ebenezer Bourland was the child of ****
      John Bourland born on - - 1740 at Ireland
      died at Wilkes Co NC on - Nov - 1793 and his ( 1st ) wife
      Catherine Randolph born on - - at VA
      died at NC on a - - 1800 married on - - 1761
      married at VA

      Associated Ancestor (Revolutionary) Record
      BORELAND, JOHN Ancestor #: A012296
      Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
      Birth: CIRCA 1740 IRELAND
      Death: POST 11- -1790 WILKES CO NORTH CAROLINA
      Service Source: HAUN, NC REV ARMY ACCTS, BOOK A, PART XII, PP 1673, 1682
      Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES
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      found at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3094964&id=I4426

      ID: I4426
      •Name: Ebenezer BOURLAND
      •Given Name: Ebenezer
      •Surname: Bourland
      •Sex: M
      •Note:
      Surnames: Bourland, Loving, Bolin, Hibbs, Laffoon

      The following was taken from "The Bourlands in America" by Carl and
      May Read:

      Ebenezer J. Bourland, arbitrarily listed as fifth child of "Immigrant"
      John Bourland, was born about 1768 in Virginia. He moved with his
      parents before the Revolution to Salisbury District, North Carolina,
      where he married a girl from the Yadkin River area of that state in
      1790. His bride, Abigail Loving, sister to Mary Loving who had married
      John Bourland, Junior, was born about 1776. Ebenezer soon loaded his
      belongings and his young bride into his wagon and moved to Pendleton
      District, South Carolina, where the census of 1800 shows him as head
      of household with a wife and another female born between ages 16 and
      26 (one may have been a sister or a sister-in-law) and four boys under
      age 10 and 2 girls under age 10. Some of the children may have been
      nephews, nieces of his. John Bourland was also living in that area and
      in his house was a woman listed as "over 45 years" -- who may have
      been the widow of John Bourland Senior. The surnames were spelled
      "Bolin", but land grant records and other court documents prove that
      both John and Ebenezer Bourland lived in this part of South Carolina
      in 1800.

      South Carolina could not hold Ebenezer for long. He seems to have
      moved back to North Carolina for a brief stay before moving to
      Kentucky, where he had claimed 200 acres of prime farm land on the
      waters of Clear Creek, Henderson County, KY, in 1804. Here he farmed
      and won the respect of his neighbors and was appointed to the position
      of Justice of the Peace, Hopkins County, shortly after that county was
      formed in 1806. By 1815, however, Ebenezer was again stricken with a
      yen for far away places. An entry in the Minute Book, Vol. III, August
      session 1815 reads: "Ebenezer Bourland, Esq., came into Court and
      resigned his Office of Justice of Peace in this County." He moved to
      Christian County, KY, but remained little more than a year before
      heading southwest to settle in Franklin County, Alabama. A land
      transaction recorded in Hopkins County, KY 26 Sep 1818 notes:
      "Ebenezer Bourland of Alabama Territory, Franklin County, sold to
      Nathan Hibbs of Hopkins County for $80 on Flat Creek 40 acres." He had
      already sold 170 acres in 1815 to William Laffoon for $600. In the
      first transaction Ebenezer signed his name and Abigail signed with her
      mark.

      Alabama was not to be the last stop for Ebenezer. He appears on the
      federal census of 1820 and 1830 in Franklin County, AL, but at some
      point between 1830 and 1836 he moved once again to the west, settling
      in Franklin County, Arkansas, first in Lone Elm and later in an
      unincorporated community called White Oak, officially, and dubbed
      "Bourland Crossroads" by the local residents. He farmed here with his
      son, Henderson, until about 1842, when he died. He is buried on what
      used to be Henderson Bourland's farm. His grave is not marked. Abigail
      lived on until 1866 and her grave is marked with a stone which reads:
      "GRANDMA". This little burial place is all but forgotten and will
      disappear if it is not soon reclaimed. It contains about twenty graves
      in addition to those of Abigail and Ebenezer.

      May have been in VA

      •Birth: ABT 1768 in Wilkes, NC
      •Death: 1842 in Franklin Co., AR
      •Burial: Bourland Cemetery, Lone Elm, AR

      HintsAncestry Hints for Ebenezer BOURLAND

      1 possible matches found on Ancestry.com Ancestry.com

      Father: John BOURLAND b: BET 1735 AND 1740 in Londonberry, England

      Marriage 1
      Abigail LOVING b: ABT 1776
      •Married: ABT 1790
      Children
      1.Has No Children James Spear BOURLAND b: 19 OCT 1798 in South Carolina
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      found at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I1337

      ID: I1337 View Post-em!
      •_UID: 3DBEF5A7818B4CC298B5B77BBFBC7CCFF6FD
      •Name: Ebenezer Bourland
      •Sex: M
      •Birth: 1768 in VA
      •Death: 1844 in Franklin Co AR 1
      •Burial: nr Mulberry, Franklin Co AR
      •Note: 2 1

      The Bourland book p216 claims Bourlands desc from Pocahontas
      have not yet read book thoroughly to see if claim is substantiated 1996
      says further, Ebenezer and Abigail in 1800 Pendleton District SC census as well as John (sp Bolin)

      back to NC, then off to 1806 Henderson Co KY, justice in Hopkins county at formation of county 1806
      to Christian Co KY then Franklin Co AL before 1818
      to Franklin Co AR by 1836

      d 1842 per Bourland from Maurice Allen but 1844 per Lisa Hibbard,

      •Change Date: 4 JUL 1999

      HintsAncestry Hints for Ebenezer Bourland

      1 possible matches found on Ancestry.com Ancestry.com

      Father: John Bourland
      Mother: unnamed

      Marriage 1
      Abigail Loving b: 19 NOV 1774 in SC NC
      •Married: 1790 in NC
      Children
      1.Has No Children William G. Bourland b: 17 OCT 1792 in SC
      2.Has No Children Gabriel Lee Bourland b: 1794
      3.Has Children James S. Bourland b: 1798
      4.Has No Children Dubart Lee Bourland b: 1803
      5.Has Children John Bacon Bourland b: 1805 in NC
      6.Has No Children Henderson Bourland b: 1808 in Hopkins Co KY
      7.Has No Children Alney McLean Bourland b: 1810
      8.Has No Children Ebenezer Jackson Bourland b: 14 JUL 1812 in KY
      9.Has No Children Sarah Bourland
      10.Has No Children Catherine Bourland
      11.Has No Children Eliza Elvira Bourland b: 26 DEC 1815 in Christian Co KY

      Sources: 1.Text: SOURCE: correspondence Lisa Hibbard of Franklin Co AR using Bourland Book by Carl and May Read and local county resources Lisa, [email protected]
      RELIABILITY: good
      DATE: Dec 1997
      CONTRIBUTOR: Lisa Hibbard
      2.Text: SOURCE: correspondence, descendant of James Allen and Hanna Loving
      Mr. Clyde Maurice Allen, 910 Pine Haven Dr. Hueytown AL 35023
      Maurice cites notes from his cousin Mildred Kimbrough of Tuscumbia AL, compiled with Raymond Douglass 1972. The Allen Family. Personal correspondence in 1995 and 1996 makes some corrections and additions.
      RELIABILITY: varies
      DATE: 1996
      CONTRIBUTOR: [ne: ]
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      post-em note added to record

      Individual: I1337

      Will [email protected] 2002-09-20 19:04:23
      Just a tiny note, Ebenezer Bourland appears on the 1840 Franklin Co, Arkansas census. They could not have lived there in 1836 as the county didn't exist. It was formed out of Crawford near the end of 1837. So I would say perhaps you could say they lived in Crawford (now Franklin) in 1836, but if researchers went to Franklin records for 1836 to find them, they wouldn't.
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      found at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a39882&id=I2129

      Name: Ebenezer BOURLAND
      •Sex: M
      •Birth: ABT 1768 in VA
      •Death: ABT 1842 in White Oak, Franklin Co., AR

      HintsAncestry Hints for Ebenezer BOURLAND

      1 possible matches found on Ancestry.com Ancestry.com

      Father: John BOURLAND b: ABT 1740 in Londonderry, IRELAND
      Mother: Katherine RANDOLPH b: ABT 1743

      Marriage 1 Abigail LOVING b: 19 NOV 1774 in Edgefield Co., SC or Hopkins Co., KY
      •Married: 1790 in Salisbury, NC ****
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      found at findagrave.com on 7/5/2023

      Ebenezer Jackson Bourland Sr.

      Birth: 1768 Virginia, USA
      Death: 1842 (aged 73-74) Franklin County, Arkansas, USA
      Burial: Bourland Cemetery, White Oak, Franklin County, Arkansas, USA
      Memorial #: 32445010
      Bio:
      Father: John Bourland (immigrant), mother unknown.

      Bourlands in America:
      Ebenezer J. Bourland, arbitrarily listed as fifth child of "Immigrant" John Bourland, was born about 1768 in Virginia. He moved with his parents before the Revolution to Salisbury District, North Carolina, where he married a girl from the Yadkin River area of that state in 1790. His bride, Abigail Loving, sister to Mary Loving who had married John Bourland, Junior, was born about 1776.

      Settling in Franklin County, Arkansas, first in Lone Elm and later in an unincorporated community called White Oak, officially, and dubbed "Bourland Crossroads" by the local residents. He [Ebenezer] farmed here with his son, Henderson, until about 1842, when he died. He is buried on what used to be Henderson Bourland's farm. His grave is not marked. Abigail lived on until 1866 and her grave is marked with a stone which reads: "GRANDMA". This little burial place is all but forgotten and will disappear if it is not soon reclaimed. It contains about twenty graves in addition to those of Abigail and Ebenezer.
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      Engraving on the back of the gravestone:
      Early in the 1830s they arrived here in Arkansas Territory. Their journey brought them from the Carolinas to Kentucky, then on to Alabama before settling here in Cravens. Pioneering done, they went on to dwell with God Eternal in the Heavens. J. Lloyd
      Even so come quickly Lord Jesus.
      The Bourland/Loving Society 1993
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      See son William G. Bourland at Cottage Grove Cemetery, Saline Co, IL, #39726324. Many of William's offspring are buried there.
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      Siblings:
      Rev. John Bourland (1762-1844)
      Isabella Bourland Bacon (1761-1824)

      Family Members
      Parents
      John Boreland 1740-1790
      Spouse
      Abigail Loving Bourland 1774-1866
      Siblings
      John Bourland 1762-1844
      Children
      William G. Bourland 1792-1861
      Gabriel Lee Bourland 1794-1885
      James Spears Bourland 1798-1877
      Dubert Lee Bourland 1803-1865
      John Bacon Bourland 1805-1840
      Henderson C. Bourland 1808-1881
      Eliza Bourland Bates 1815-1900
      Created by: Mary Hunter (46911027)
      Added: 27 Dec 2008
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32445010/ebenezer-jackson-bourland
      Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32445010/ebenezer-jackson-bourland: accessed 05 July 2023), memorial page for Ebenezer Jackson Bourland Sr. (1768-1842), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32445010, citing Bourland Cemetery, White Oak, Franklin County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Mary Hunter (contributor 46911027).
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      found at findagrave.com bef 7/5/2023

      Ebenezer Jackson Bourland

      Birth: 1768
      Virginia, USA
      Death: 1842
      Franklin County
      Arkansas, USA

      Father: John Bourland (immigrant), mother unknown.

      Bourlands in America:
      Ebenezer J. Bourland, arbitrarily listed as fifth child of "Immigrant" John Bourland, was born about 1768 in Virginia. He moved with his parents before the Revolution to Salisbury District, North Carolina, where he married a girl from the Yadkin River area of that state in 1790. His bride, Abigail Loving, sister to Mary Loving who had married John Bourland, Junior, was born about 1776.

      Settling in Franklin County, Arkansas, first in Lone Elm and later in an unincorporated community called White Oak, officially, and dubbed "Bourland Crossroads" by the local residents. He [Ebenezer] farmed here with his son, Henderson, until about 1842, when he died. He is buried on what used to be Henderson Bourland's farm. His grave is not marked. Abigail lived on until 1866 and her grave is marked with a stone which reads: "GRANDMA". This little burial place is all but forgotten and will disappear if it is not soon reclaimed. It contains about twenty graves in addition to those of Abigail and Ebenezer.
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      Engraving on the back of the gravestone:
      Early in the 1830s they arrived here in Arkansas Territory. Their journey brought them from the Carolinas to Kentucky, then on to Alabama before settling here in Cravens. Pioneering done, they went on to dwell with God Eternal in the Heavens. J. Lloyd
      Even so come quickly Lord Jesus.
      The Bourland/Loving Society 1993
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      See son William G. Bourland at Cottage Grove Cemetery, Saline Co, IL, #39726324. Many of William's offspring are buried there.

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Abigail Loving Bourland (1774 - 1866)*

      Children:
      William G. Bourland (1792 - 1861)*
      James Spears Bourland (1798 - 1877)*
      Dubert Lee Bourland (1803 - 1865)*
      John Bacon Bourland (1805 - 1840)*
      Henderson C. Bourland (1808 - 1881)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Bourland Cemetery
      White Oak (Franklin County)
      Franklin County
      Arkansas, USA

      Created by: Mary Hunter
      Record added: Dec 27, 2008
      Find A Grave Memorial# 32445010
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  • Sources 
    1. [S25] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2] 1800 United States Federal Census.

    3. [S3] 1810 United States Federal Census.

    4. [S6] 1840 United States Federal Census.