Maternal Line

(Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparent)

John Majoribanks (1743) Scotland

(Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparents)

Samuel M. Majoribanks (1770) Scotland

(Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparents)

Alexander Robinson Banks (1808) South Carolina

Sallie Brown

Adam Brown

(Great, Great, Great Grandparents)

Oliver Clayton (1841)

Edy Clayton (1840)

Betty Banks Brown Lee Smith (1858)

Lee Matriarch

Frank Green?

Jane Green (1857)

Monroe Brittentine (1842)

Sophia Gay Brittentine Hall (1847)

Henry Johnson (1829)

Effie Johnson (1835)

(Great-Great Grandparents)

Levi (Levy) Green (1820)

Mary Clay (1824)

Johnnie Clayton (1868)

Martha Clayton (1867)

Richard Lee (1871)

Margery Brittentine (1882)

Elizabeth Green

Troy Johnson (1870)

(Great Grandparents)

Ed Green (1874)

Reacie Clayton (1892)

Robert E. Lee (1897)

Annie Bell Johnson (1900)

(Grandparents)

Johnnie Greene (1908)

Johnie Pearl Lee Green (1918)

Parent

Lottie Green Burney

My Paternal Line

(Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparent)

Sarah Hill (1790) South Carolina


(Great, Great, Great Grandparent)

Stephen Pressley (1820) South Carolina
Phyllis Pressley (1818) Alabama
Pompey Hines (1810) South Carolina
Mary Hill Hines (1813) South Carolina
Betsey Taylor (1815) South Carolina
Phoebe Brayboy Morris (1825)South Carolina

(Great, Great, Grandparents)

Prince Burney (1830) Florida
Jennie Burney (1835)Georgia
William Knox (1834) Alabama
Louisa Knox (1834) Alabama
David Hines (1835) South Carolina
Maria Pressley Hines (1844) South Carolina
Issac Jefferson (1850) South Carolina
Jane Brayboy Jefferson (1851) South Carolina

(Great Grandparent)

Anderson Burney (1866) Alabama (Great Grandparents)
Caroline Knox Burney (1870) Alabama
Isam Hines (1874) Louisiana
Cornelia Jefferson (1871) Louisiana

(Grandparent)

William Burney (1898) Alabama
Bessie Hines Burney (1904) Louisiana

(Parent)

Jewel Burney (1928) Louisiana

(Me)

Karen Burney

My Familial Tree

My family tree is made up of many roots.

On my paternal side, family names include Burney, Knox, Hines, Jefferson, Brayboy, Morris, Taylor and Pressley.

My maternal lines includes Green, Greene, Brown, Banks, Brittentine, Gay, Johnson, Clay, Clayton, Lee and Smith.

Of course, there are many other name branches that extend from the above family names.

Most of my more recent ancestors originated from Louisiana. They resided primarily in either Bossier, Caddo, Desoto or Webster parish. The towns they resided in include Plain Dealing, Ivan, Rocky Mount and Benton in Bossier Parish. In Caddo parish, the towns include Shreveport and Gilliam. Frierson, Gloster and Stonewall are some of the towns my ancestors lived in Desoto Parish. In Webster Parish, I have familial connections in Springhill and Cullen. Of course, there were many others scattered all about Louisiana.

The more distant ones were brought primarily as slaves to the above parishes to Louisiana from North and South Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, or Kentucky with their slave masters. Although, on my Burney side my great-grandpa Rev. Anderson Burney relocated to Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish after slavery from Pike County, Alabama which is situated near the Florida border.

Hence, even though I will primarily be sharing and making available research tools and information about Louisiana, this site will also include history and information about the above States of my family's origin.