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Robert Burton (1752-1819) & Mary Lewis
Posted by: Bob Burton in Gainesville, FL (ID *****8112) Date: January 22, 2008 at 06:13:12
In Reply to: Capt. William Burton (1720-1778) & Rebecca Cobbs (1730-1783) by Bob Burton in Gainesville, FL of 6531

1753: Bedford Co, VA created from Lunenburg Co.

1772-75: Per Burton Chronicles, he was a student at William and Mary College.

7/26/1777: Christopher Anthony, of Bedford Co, sold to Robert Burton, of Fluvanna Co, 200 acres in Bedford Co, adjoining the lands of Jefferson, Woodward and Rowland. Recorded in Bedford Co, VA Deed Book E, page 522.

1777: Member of the Williamsburg Mason lodge.

1781: A marriage occurred in Granville Co, NC between a Mr. Robert Burton, of Bedford Co, VA and Mary Lewis. Is this Robert the son of Capt. William Burton? Reported in "Burton Families", Series I, page 142 (1972).

1787: Robert Burton, in District of Thomas Logwood, appears in Bedford Co, VA Tax List A as owning 13 blacks, 5 horses, and 14 cattle.

1789: Robert Burton appears in Bedford Co, VA Personal Property List.

1800: Robert Burton appears in Bedford Co, VA Personal Property List.

1810: Robert Burton (M>45) appears alone with 9 slaves in Bedford Co, VA census, page 455.

2/9/1819: Died- On the 9th inst., Capt. Robert Burton, of Bedford County, in the 67th year of his age. Reported in the Lynchburg Press and Public Advertiser, issue dated Monday, February 15, 1819.

2/9/1819: Died- On February 9, Capt. Robert Burton, of Bedford County, in the 67th year of his age, a Revolutionary War veteran. Reported in the Lynchburg Press and Public Advertiser, issue dated Thursday, February 18, 1819.

1819: Will of Robert Burton, signed 8/6/1818, was proved 2/5/1819.
Dau: Elizabeth Robertson
Grandchildren: Robert B. Kellcay, Robert J. Robertson, Harriet Ann Robinson (Robertson)
Excecutors: friends George Whitlocke, of Lynchburg, and John North Sr, of Bedford Co.


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