Tabitha TANKERSLEY

Notes:

She may have been born in Tennessee.

Although I can't document this, I think your Tabitha was probably the daughter of Rowland Tankersley and Clarissa Wade, whose family had apparently moved from South Carolina to Tennessee between 1810 and 1820. Rowland and Clarissa are said to have had a daughter Tabitha who was born about 1793, and Rowland also had an older sister named Tabitha. (I also wonder whether the Ronald Burford in your lineage could actually have been Rowland Burford.)
Contrary to the widely accepted (but incorrect) version of the Tankersley lineage, which claims that Rowland was the son of an earlier Rowland Tankersley, Tabitha's father Rowland was the son of Richard Tankersley and his wife Winnifred. This is the same Richard Tankersley who is identified in the traditional lineage as the husband of Elizabeth Fountain. The original source (an 1893 genealogy by Charles W. Tankersley) claims that Richard died in 1748, but in fact I've been able to trace his journey through Virginia and into upper South Carolina, where he was still alive as late as 1797.
As I said, I can't prove it, but it might be worth further research.

Madera Co. Calif. 1880 Great Register of Fresno County (Madera Precinct) showing uncancelled names of registered voters remaining on the Great Register as of Oct 4 1880...LDS Film #0976461...
Burford, Roland Tankersley...55...Al...Farmer...Crane Valley... 1878, Sep 11...
This is Philip GG's son and pretty much confirms Tabitha as dau of Rowland and Clarissa Wade Tankersley...take care. [Larry McCutchen]

Tabitha married Philip Gresham Granddison BURFORD about 1822 in , Bedford, Tennessee, USA. Philip (son of Lt. Phillip Terrell BURFORD and Rebecca CLACK) was born on 4 Feb 1800 in , Kershaw, South Carolina, USA; died on 3 Aug 1852 in , Drew, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Roland Tankersley BURFORD was born in 1824 in , , Alabama, USA; died in Mar 1893 in , Fresno, California, USA; was buried in Mar 1893 in , Madera, California, USA.
2. Jasper M BURFORD was born in 1827 in , , Tennessee, USA; died after 1859.
3. Mary BURFORD was born in 1831 in , , Tennessee, USA; died in Deceased.
4. Tabitha BURFORD was born on 17 Mar 1831 in , , Tennessee, USA; died after 1879.
5. Frances E BURFORD was born in Oct 1836 in , , Tennessee, USA; died in 1904 in , , Arkansas, USA; was buried in 1904 in Fordyce, Dallas, Arkansas, USA.
6. Nancy BURFORD was born in 1837 in , , Tennessee, USA; died in Deceased.
7. James BURFORD was born in 1839 in , , Tennessee, USA; died in Deceased.
8. Sarah BURFORD was born in 1841 in , , Tennessee, USA; died in Deceased.

Notes:

I have NO PROOF that any of these children are the offspring of Rowland and Clarissa. I have NO PROOF that Rowland and Clarissa are the parents of our Tabitha. Our link from Tabitha to Rowland is that she named a son Roland Tankersley Burford.

Everything I have for Tabitha's parentage and siblings is guesswork. If you use my name as a resource, I would appreciate it if you would record that I said so.

Died:
There are many genealogies on the Internet that claim Rowland died in Wilkes, Alabama, or Wilkes County, Alabama. There is no Wilkes County and the town is in Jefferson County. I can't find any records for him in Jefferson County. Another, smaller set of genealogies places his death in Walker County, Alabama.

Rowland married Clarissa WADE about 1781. Clarissa was born about 1761; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]