Sherwood P. Burton

Birth Date

1812-10-05

Death Date

1875-09-21

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Boyle County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer. Mercer County, Kentucky, native. Son of Robert Burton and Margaret Burton. Married to S. A. Peters Burton in Boyle County, Kentucky, on May 13, 1852. Father of G. F. Burton and S. F. Burton. Married to Sarah E. Lee Burton in Boyle County on March 25, 1857. Father of Charles W. Burton. Merchant in Boyle County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 1, p. 322A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 1, p. 532.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 943.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 162B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Perryville, p. 189B.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994028, Boyle County Deaths.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyle County Marriages, Film 000216817.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyle County Marriages, Film 000216817.
"S. P. Burton (1812-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 17099126, accessed August 5, 2022 http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17099126.

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