This ill-fated trip ended in east Texas with his death, at the hands of the Royal Spanish army, and the capture of his expedition, numbered to be around 20.

The area that Dr. Burr came to the first time and settled in the second was part of a stretch of land that was a disputed boundary between two countries.

This dispute actually involved four countries, France, New Spain, Mexico, and the United States over many years.

[3] Both sides were to remove troops from the area of a neutral strip of land bringing an end to three years of verbal and military conflict between the two governments.

Two separate times the government of both countries sent a joint expedition to the area to restore order.

Living on the Sabine River, on a major trail, a ferry was a natural business with what could be a lucrative income.

[6] Doctor Timothy Burr built a house for his family on the mouth of Pearl Creek.

This route just happened to be located near the middle of "No man's land" and on one of only four river crossings between Texas and Louisiana.

After the American Civil War broke out, Natchez, Mississippi fell to the Union Army and Alexandria was burned.

Trenches and breast works were constructed at Burr's Ferry under the leadership of H. W. Scoggins, Sr.

After the war, John Liles had earned enough money to buy a steamboat to travel up and down the Sabine River from Logansport to the Gulf of Mexico.

On March 5, 1892, while James Cavanaugh was in charge of the office, the name was changed to Burr Ferry.

[9] History of Vernon Parish (founded March 30, 1871) reflects that Dr. Burr was an early settler to the area and possibly one of the first doctors.

One states the parish was named after Mount Vernon which was the home of President George Washington.

[10][11] The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce list on the official web site, in the history section, that the parish was named after the home of George Washington.

The Texas Official State Marker at the site of Burr's Ferry on the Sabine River has this inscription: