Elizabeth Burney (Cheek)

Elizabeth Cheek, b. around 1720; d. aft. 1763; m. John BURNEY, abt. 1738. John Burney owned land on Cheek's Mill Creek and the Tar River in Edgecombe Co., NC. He sold this land (350 acres) in 2 transactions in 1754 and 1757 and moved to Orange Co., NC, where he obtained a land grant for 525 acres on the Little River in 1756. He obtained a second grant for 395 acres in Orange Co. in 1757. His will dated Apr. 10, 1761, proved May 1761, names sons William, Richard, Simon, David, and John, and refers to land on Little River and Haw Branch. His wife Elizabeth was still living in 1763 according to records concerning the administration of the estate. Reportedly, she later moved to Georgia. See The Burneys of North Carolina by Pauline Burney Brightman (1992).