Revolutionary War soldier in Jame Farris’ Battalion, Col. Wade’s Regiment, North Carolina.4104
Lived in Anson Co., North Carolina since at least 1780 when he received a grant of land there. Later, between 1805-15, he would move, with most of his family back to his family's home farm in Rutherford Co, TN. Although David dies in Murfreesboro, many of his descendants are found in Leon County, Texas . His father was John Burleson, son of John Aaron Burleson of Connecticutt.  David's wife was Ursula Weatherford, daughter of Wilkerson Weatherford, a first cousin, once removed (shared the same great-grandfather, William Weatherford of Fallen Creek, Henrico Co, VA) of the famous "Red Eagle," Creek Indian leader who led the attack on Ft. Mims, killing 497 white settlers and soldiers. William "Billy" Weatherford was also known as Hoponika Futsahia or "truth teller." In 1814, he surrendered himself to Andrew Jackson, pleading for leniency towards the starving remnants of his people. Jackson spared his life and released him to live a quiet life in southern Alabama. A mural depicting this surrender can be found in the rotunda of the Alabama State Capitol. He was the son of Charles Weatherford and Sehoy MacPherson (Sehoy III of the Creek Nation) and was 3/4 scotch and 1/4 creek indian.4104