Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Margaret "Peggy" Burton. Father of John Burton, Jesse Burton, Paul Burton, Missouri A. Burton, Sabrina Burton, Martha Burton, Richard Burton, and Louisa Burton. Farmer in Napp, North Carolina, in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, North Carolina, Granville County, Napp, p. 171B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 649.

"John Richard Burton (1825-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial #54670610, accessed January 18 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54670610.

Citation

Burton, John R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199017 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
F. S. Wicks et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-11

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