Henry Harrison Burton (1781 - 1853)

Born 18 Oct 1781 in Laurens County, South Carolina

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Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1853 at age 72 in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Henry Harrison Burton was born on 18 Oct 1781. He was the son of John Isaac Burton and Delia Beam. He passed away about 1853.

He married Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Burton (1786-1850), daughter of William Williams (1760-1846) and Judith (Baker) Williams (1764-1840).

Research Notes

Note: FROM MARY VIOLA SIMRELL-GREENWOOD'S NOTES:

"Bible Record taken by Viola Simrell Greenwood (Mrs. Robert M.) and mother, Mrs. Mary Baker Simrell from the Henry Burton Bible which is in possession of Mrs. Fanny M. Burton Jones (Mrs. Prettyman Jones), Buffalo Valley, Tennessee.

Fannie Burton born October 27, 1804. Elizabeth Burton born February 17, 1806. Sarah L. Burton born February 9, 1808. William Burton born January 8, 1810. ZELPHA BURTON born March 17, 1811. Charlie Burton born November 28, 1813. Nancy Allen Burton born February 5, 1816. Isaac Burton born January 31, 1818. James N. Burton born December 13, 1819. John H. Burton born March _____ (Date torn off) Mary Ann Burton born April 13, 1823. Emalinad C. Burton born May 31, 1825. Judith Burton bornNovember 27, 1827. Martha Burton born May 4, 1830. - - - - END.

PERSONAL NOTES OF MARY VIOLA BAKER-SIMRELL (Mother of Mary Viola Simre ll-Greenwood): "Henry Burton came in 1799 from Maryland to De Kalb County. He was one of the Commissioners to help lay off Smithville. He was a Baptist Preacher. The night that he died, he was unable to lay down on the bed and sat up and quoted scripture and talked all night until he fell over dead in his chair. My father, James Marion Baker, was sitting up with him and was there when he died." ^[1]

FROM ANCESTORS OF RUTH ANGELINE MAYNARD HOMEPAGE:

"CENSUS: 1850 TN, Dekalb Co., 742-104. BURTON, Henry 68 SC, Mary 60 SC , Judea 22, HUTCHINS,Charles D. 17, CETUR, Elendea 25.

1. 9 DEC 1985, Notes from Sigrid L Grace, 7522 Abbott Road, Imlay City, MI 48444 who is a descendant of Zelpha Burton: "I believe Henry Burton came to Dekalb Co., TN with a group of people from Maryland. The leader of this group was Adam Dale of Worcester County, Maryland. Henry Burton would have left Maryland ca 1799. In the HISTORY OF TENNESSEE page 846, he is listed as an early settler in Dekalb County and also on page 849 he is listed as a Justice of Dekalb County."
2. 1976, Notes of Ruth Dietrich, 7108 Glen Arbor Rd., Louisville, KY 40222:
   1. Henry Burton Bible in possession of Fanny M. Burton Jones (Mrs. Prettyman Jones) Buffalo Valley, TN.
   2. Henry Burton came in 1799 from Maryland to Dekalb County, one of the commissioners to lay off Smithville. A Baptist preacher. On the nig ht of his death he was unable to lie down, so sat up and quoted scripture and talked all night until he fell over dead. James Marion Baker was sitting up with him when he died.
3. Ancestral Charts and Family Group Sheets were sent to me by W. B. Parsley, 10908 Melton View Ln., Knoxville, TN 37921, and Jane K. Wa ll, 1525 Bennie Dr. Cookeville, TN 38501 (who is working on the Wm. Williams line.)

Residence 1820 White, Tennessee, United States. 1830 White, Tennessee, USA. 1840 De Kalb, Tennessee, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ James Baker's Descendants, by Mary Viola Simrell-Greenwood, co pied by Elma Greenwood, Cookeville, Tennessee, November 25, 2003.

• 1850 United States Federal Census
• Family Bible Record of Putnam Co., TN, Pg. 7 in poss. of Mrs. P. Jone s, Buffalo Valley, TN. Also there is supposed to be a Burton Family bible in possession of a (Mrs. Viola Simrell-Greenwood) Robert Greenwood.
• Court Minutes of Dekalb Co., TN (GS call #5612, p. 184,64,176,278)
• Smithville, Dekalb, TN Cem. Rec. (GS call #976.8, V22c, pp 15-46)
• Marr. Rec. of White Co., TN, p. 755 (GS call #5795)" - END
• Sandra E. Garrison-Cooper, 7420, Old Pacific HWY N, Castle Rock, WA 98 611, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users /g/a/r/Sandra-E-Garrison/GENE10-0006.html). - Copied by Elma Greenwoo d, Cookeville, Tennessee, November 25, 2003.