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Mathew Burnett (Judge of Grant County Court)

b. 1797-01-01 d. 1870-11-26

Williamstown, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Bowman Burnett in Mercer County in October 1827. Father of Zacheriah Burnett. Married to Lucinda Soward Burnett. Father of Susan Burnett and Cordelia Burnett. Attorney in Williamstown in 1850. Attorney in Williamstown in 1860. Presiding judge of Grant County Court in 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 358B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 985.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 602B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191851, p. 528.

Find A Grave, "Mathew Burnett (1797-1870)," Memorial 118764619, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118764619 (accessed June 4, 2017).

KYR-0001-005-0043.

Citation

Burnett, Mathew. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207042 (November 12, 2026).

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