A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical Commission
Jesse Burnam was born in Madison County, Kentucky on Sept. 15, 1792. His father died and his mother moved the family to Shelbyville, Tennessee where Jesse married Temperance in 1812.
Jesse traded for a small piece of land but when neighbors “got close enough to hear them call hogs” Jesse felt “cramped” and they had to move. Burnam con…