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William M. Burton (Wayne Co, Ky, judge and teacher)

b. 1824?

Wayne County, Kentucky, judge and teacher. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Frisbie Burton in Wayne County on September 14, 1847. Father of Johnathan S. Burton, Josephine Burton, and Bettie Burton. Married to Julia Frisbie Burton in Wayne County on August 31, 1854. Father of Clementine Burton, Willette Burton, and Robert Burton. Teacher in Wayne County in 1850. Teacher in Monticello, Kentucky, in 1860. Police judge of Monticello in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division 1, p. 286B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Monticello, p. 230.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Wayne County Marriages, Film #, p.000591550, p. 113.

The Miscellaneous Documents of the House of Representatives, 1859-1860, volume 4 (Washington: Thomas H. Ford, 1860), 613.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Wayne County Marriages, Film #000591550, p. 113.

Citation

Burton, William M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209045 (November 12, 2026).

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