Notes for Daniel Forney Burgner: Daniel and Camola lived in the Horse Creek Community of Greene Co., TN, where Daniel operated one of the old-time sawmills and made furniture up in the gap of the mountain.
Walter C. Burner Jr writes: He was a very fine craftsman and cabinet-maker. He made many fine pieces of furniture, spool beds, dining tables, chairs, furniture chests and other furniture. Many of his pieces of furniture can be seen in the Doughty collection in Greeneville, Tennessee. This patent was for a certain type of violin that he invented. Daniel also made organs and violin-cellos. The Burgner organ was well-known around the time of the Civil War. He also made a fiddle with 8 strings, using a double string system with one set of strings above the other. He spent a lot of time trying to get a patent but never managed to get one.
He also made violins, violin cellos and also made church organs. On 4 October 1892 he was granted a Patent No. 483897 by the U. S. Patent Office for a certain type of violin he made. He also was a fine musician and played the violin. He ran for public office in Greene Co., Tennessee but was never elected to any public office. He campaigned for public office by walking all over the country and playing the violin, running for the legislature but never elected.
Daniel F. Burgner and his wife, Camola settled on 147 acres of land that borders on Horse Creek. The Burgner homestead is one-quarter mile down Horse Creek below the John Sevier Highway on Route 107. It is on the West side of Horse Creek about one hundred yards away from Horse Creek which runs through the property. On their homestead is a private family cemetery known as the "BURGNER FAMILY CEMETERY" in which are buried Daniel F. Burgner (1817-1902) and his wife, Camola Snapp Burgner (1829-1881). This is near the home place on the Paul Painter farm. Also buried there is the mother of Camola Snapp Burgner, who was Elizabeth Cook Snapp (1792-1874), along with her third husband, Jeremiah Prather (1802-1866).
The Marriage Record Book I, 1838-1855, page 125 shows their date of marriage as 20 April, according to Walter C. Burgner Jr. The date of 27 April comes from "Greene County, Tennessee, Marriages 1783-1868 by Golden Fillers Burgner.
More About Daniel Forney Burgner: Burial: Unknown, Family Cemetery, Paul Painter Farm, Rt. #3, Chuckey, TN. Occupation: Cabinetmaker and Farmer.19
More About Daniel Forney Burgner and Camola Terring Snapp: Marriage: 27 Apr 1843, Greenville, Greene County, TN.20 Marriage Fact: Married by John J. Broyles (Ref #721, Greene Co. marriage records).
Children of Daniel Forney Burgner and Camola Terring Snapp are:
+Margret Amanda Burgner, b. 2 Oct 1858, Greeneville, Greene Co., TN21, d. 13 Feb 1897, Watson, MO.
Daniel Forney Burgner (b. 30 Jul 1817, d. 2 Feb 1902)
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