Richard G. Burton

Birth Date

1830-04-06

Death Date

1881-03-25

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Madison County, Kentucky, merchant. Boyle County, Kentucky, native. Son of John A. Burton and Lucinda Burton. Married to Amelia C. Holloway Burton in Madison County, Kentucky, on August 19, 1852. Father of William Burton, John Burton, Clarence Burton, Henry Burton, and Elizabeth Burton. Merchant in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned seventeen enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Merchant in Madison County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Madison County in 1860. Merchant in Madison County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 1, p. 322A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 1, p. 352-53.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 142.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 474A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 245B.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Madison County, KY, July and August 1863, p. 22.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183302, p. 53.
"Richard Green Burton (1830-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial #79267740, accessed December 23, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79267740.

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