DAVID BURNS, SR. 
David Burns, Sr. -the founder of the early Laurens District (County), South Carolina, Burns Families - came from Amelia County, Virginia.

David moved his family first to Wilkes County, North Carolina, evidently prior to the Revolutionary War, then to the Laurens District in South Carolina about 1781. He purchased a 396 acre plantation on Rabun Creek late that year. His sons and daughters and sons-in-law were his neighbors on Rabun Creek and nearby Duncan Creek. David Burns, Sr. died in 1798 in Laurens County, South Carolina.

David Burns, Sr. was true to the tradition of the Scotts Irish Burns Family. These frugal and careful settlers in the new world did not accumulate debts, therefore at death, had no estate probated. Their lands and holdings were sold, usually under an et-al contract, and the proceeds divided among the heirs. David Burns, Sr. left no estate. His land was sold in two tracts on October 17, 1804.

Records would indicate that David & Hannah's children were probably born between the years 1755 and 1775.