I do genealogy only sporadically and am currently back into it.

On the back of a picture of my grandmother and her brother are many family notations including one saying "Hiram Burris father of Tom Johnson City, Illinois Gus Cortson father of Elizabeth Barbara Louise Koontz mother of Elizabeth"

Previously I did not know that our family was in any way connected with Williamson County (primarily from White County, IL and New Madrid County, MO)

I am not even sure what the notation means exactly. Could someone possibly check a birth record for Tom Burris in Johnson City, Illinois for me? I'd appreciate it greatly!