Richard C. Puryear

Richard C. Puryear came to Burnt Corn from Virginia to sell and trade slaves to local Plantations owners. A section is located a few miles West of Burnt Corn and was named after Richard C "Dick" Puryear a slave dealer who came South from Virginia and settled there. They called him Dick Puryear. and he had two sons. Dick, Jr. ("Little Dick" as he was called) and John Puryear. They all were dealing in slaves trading and brought quite a few slaves to Burnt Corn and sold them to plantation owners.