Born in Ormiston, near Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Edward Burd, James Burd came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1747 or 1748 where he worked as a merchant.
Col. James Burd, hero of the French and Indian War and local Pennsylvania leader in the leadup to the American Revolution
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