Rosa (Unknown) Burnett (1745 - 1832)

Born 1745 in Henry County, Virginia

Wife of Jeremiah Burnett — married about 1781 in Henry, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1832 at about age 87 in Wayne, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Birth parents and actual last name are unknown. Said to have been kidnapped by indians as a young child, but later found and unable to remember her last name. Adopted by the Silvers family.

Rosa (Unknown) Burnett was a Kentuckian.

Rosa, last name at birth unknown, was born about 1745, the date an estimate based on the birth dates of her husband and son. Rosa married Jeremiah Burnett before 1782. According to genealogist June Bork:

Jeremiah married second about 1781 to a girl named Rosa, who was captured by the Indians when she was very small. Later, after she was rescued, she could only tell her name was Rosa. The Silvers family adopted her and she went by the name of Rosa Silvers. Rosa had 4 more children for Jeremiah and died after 1795 in Henry County:

1. Isaac Burnett (1782-1854); married Nancy Hurt
2. Ursula Burnett (1789-1870+); married James Hurt
3. Martha Burnett (1790-bef 1850); married William Denney
4. James Peter Burnett (1795-1873); married Malinda Maupin.^[1]

Genealogist Ray Blevins disagrees about Rosa's identity:

Jeremiah's second wife was named Rosa (last name not known as she had been captured by the Indians as a child and later rescued). Some researchers have confused her with Rosanna Silvers, who married Emanuel Sandusky, Sr.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ June Bork, The Burnetts and Their Connections, Vol. 1-3, as posted by Ms. Bork on RootsWeb.
2. ↑ Ray E. Blevins, Burnetts from Virginia to Wayne County, Kentucky, (Johnson City, Tennessee: Overmountain Press, c.1986) pp. v, 1.

See also:

• Sharp Genealogy Page [1] [2]

• Descendants of Alexander Burnard of Scotland (Burnett)[3]

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sherry Clendenon for creating WikiTree profile Silvers-125 through the import of Moore - Johnson-tree-Aug2013-2.ged on Aug 17, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sherry and others.