He was born in 1800. He was the son of William M Burns and Nancy Ann Chandler. He died in 1879.

     He was born in 1802. He was the son of William M Burns and Nancy Ann Chandler. He died in 1868.

     He was born in 1756. He married Nancy Ann Chandler in Wilkes county, Virginia, on 18 November 1795. He died in 1845.

     She married Walter Lee House, son of John Jeremiah Thomas House and Margaret Missouri Robins. She was born in 1885. She died in 1906.

     Arthur was born in 1863 in Mississippi. He was the son of John Burton and Virginia M. Castleman.
     Mississippi 1880 census shows Arthur to be 17 yers on the date of the census (2 June 1880) and born in Louisana. The 1870 census shows him born in Mississippi. He is said to have visited Florence while she was visiting in Meridian, Mississippi, date not known probably late 1930's or early 1940's . Had a 9 year old son and said that he had been in South America working for an oil company and that his wife had died.

     Edna was born on 25 January 1876 in Mississippi. She was the daughter of John Burton and Carrie Black. She married Frank Mason Pepper in Wasp Lake, Humphreys county, Mississippi, on 10 September 1895. Edna married F.M.Pepper at the home of H.A.Sorrels, Sr, who lived at Wasp Lake.. Edna died on 27 December 1943 in Belzoni, Humphreys county, Mississippi, at age 67.

     Florence was born on 25 September 1874 in Silver City, Humphreys county, Mississippi. She was the daughter of John Burton and Carrie Black. She married Olin Semmes Unger on 16 April 1896. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. John M. Ramsey.. Florence died on 9 May 1944 in West Point, Clay county, Mississippi, at age 69. Cause of death cerebral hemorage; hemiplegia & chronic hypertension.. Her body was interred on 10 May 1944 in West Point, Clay county, Mississippi. Florence is buried in Section C-1 lot 17 beside her husband and the husband's sister and brother and the brother's wife and their two children.
     Granny said she was orphaned at age 2 and 1/2 years. She is found on the 1880 census living in the household of a cousin V.M.Burton, a 43 year old widow, along with Arthur, Lucy, and Edna. In addition in the same household are found 2 daughters of V.M.,Nettie 13 yrs old and Elodie 15 years old. Also listed is a brother W.W.McMurtry shown as 28 years old and single. Also living in the household is a 17 year old female V.R.Castleman who will later marry James Patrick H. Unger. The other person listed is a J.W.Moore, male 54 years old. The census shows he was a neice but this cannot be correct. A good guess is that V.M.Burton was his neice. His occupation is listed as a mechanic being born in New York. V.M. states that her father was born in Virginia while her brother states that his father was born in Kentucky, leading to the conclusion that they had the same mother but different fathers since both state their mother was born in Mississippi.

     John was born in 1813 in Mississippi. He married Virginia M. Castleman.² He married Carrie Black after 1870.
     The 1870 census (pg 167 ) of Washington County gives John's birth place and that of Arthur and Lucy as Mississippi.Also listed is Virginia, his wife, which means she died after 1870.

29 March 1876 John Burton, W.W.Lomax, and W.W. McMurtrey applied for a license for a public ferry across Atchafaloya Bayou on Road leading from Yazoo County line to J.M.Carr's Sawmill at the north end of Lake Washington

There was a landing on the Yazoo River called Burton's Landing near where Belzoni is today. Belzoni, first known as Burtonia consisted of two stores and three bars in the 1870s, part of a thrown together strip of structures that developed up the river, after a fire burned one of the stores in 1879. The strip was named "Greasy Row" by the boatmen of the Yazoo River.
The Will of Virginia Burton Dement (who had John's children in her household in 1880) was written at Burtonia 9 June 1893 (Will Book 1, cont. from Vol 1 pg 514).

     Lucy was born in 1866 in Mississippi. She was the daughter of John Burton and Virginia M. Castleman. She married Sam Jones.
     Mississippi 1880 Federal census shows Lucy to be 14 yers old on the date of the census (2 June 1880) and born in Louisana The 1870 census shows her born in Mississippi.

     Allan was born on 23 February 1834. He was the son of Rhesa Butler and Elizabeth Dalrymple. Allan died on 8 November 1834.

     Allen was born on 22 May 1838. He was the son of Daniel Butler and Amelia Childers.

     Her body was interred in Saluda, South Carolina. Alma was born on 5 September 1883 in South Carolina. She was the daughter of Bluford Rayford Butler and Malinda Catherine Davenport. Alma died on 11 September 1885 in Saluda, South Carolina, at age 2.

     He married (an unknown person) . His body was interred in Webb, Talahatchie county, Mississippi. Benjamin was born on 21 December 1810. He was the son of Thomas Butler and Sarah Butler. He married Lucinda Smith in Newberry County, South Carolina, on 10 February 1852. Benjamin died on 14 December 1861 at age 50.

     He married Elizabeth Reese. Benjamin was born on 6 April 1769. He married Rachel Pitts in Newberry Co., South Carolina, in 1789. Benjamin died on 16 March 1852 in South Carolina at age 82.
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     His body was interred in Saluda, South Carolina. Bluford was born on 12 January 1840 in Newberry Co., South Carolina. He was the son of Rhesa Butler and Elizabeth Dalrymple. He married Malinda Catherine Davenport on 16 January 1870. Bluford died on 23 April 1913 in Saluda, South Carolina, at age 73.

     Bluford was born in 1848 in South Carolina. He was the son of Mier J Butler and Lucinda ( ? ).

     Her body was interred in Saluda, South Carolina. Caroline was born on 18 August 1873. She was the daughter of James Butler and Elizabeth Jane Dunn. She married William Thomas Butler in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on 24 December 1890. Caroline died on 5 July 1954 in Lexington, Lexington county, South Carolina, at age 80.

     Cary was born in 1833. He was the son of Henry Butler and Hester "Hetty" Butler.

     He married Mattie Ida Herring. He married Martha Butler. Charles was born on 12 November 1870 in South Carolina. He was the son of Bluford Rayford Butler and Malinda Catherine Davenport. Charles died on 5 December 1935 at age 65.

     She married Jeff Davis Herring. Cornelia was born on 18 January 1867 in Stonefiled, Talahatchie county, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Daniel Mangrum Butler and Sarah E Davenport. Cornelia died on 27 August 1927 at age 60.