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Capt. John BURT

Capt. John BURT[1]

Male 1781 - 1841  (60 years)

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  • Name John BURT  [2
    Prefix Capt. 
    Born 11 Jul 1781  Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • or 17th July as birthdate
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID KG9P-KVN 
    Name John Robert BURT  [3
    _UID 6FE82F3FDF8446D98897ACAB97C58918BA5F 
    Died 21 Aug 1841  Probably Morgan Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I14601  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2022 

    Father John BURT, Jr.,   b. Abt 1750, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1824, Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Mother Priscilla SENTER, Hardy,   b. 1760, Wake, North Carolina, British Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1820, Fuquay-Varina, Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married Abt 1778  Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • eldest son b. abt 1780
    Family ID F7498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Delia LANE,   b. 14 Dec 1784-1785, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1857, Morgan Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 14 Feb 1809  Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Children 
     1. Sarah BURT,   b. 26 Apr 1811, Probably Wake Or Cumberland Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1830  (Age 19 years)
     2. Mary Ann BURT,   b. 30 Jun 1813, Probably Wake Or Cumberland Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1860, Morgan Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     3. Martha BURT,   b. 27 Mar 1815, NC? Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Joseph Jno. BURT,   b. 18 Aug 1817, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1860, Probably AL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     5. Henry Augustus "Gus" BURT,   b. 22 Dec 1819, Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1890, Trinity, Morgan, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     6. John L. BURT,   b. Abt 1821, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1860  (Age ~ 40 years)
     7. William Hardy BURT,   b. 17 Oct 1821, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1893  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F7509  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • A John BURT who's family composition appears to match what would be Capt. John BURT and Delia LANE BURT's family is listed in the 1830 & 1840 Morgan Co., AL Censuses. Additionally, there are no records that would match a John BURT in NC after about 1814 when a Capt. John BURT of Cumberland CO., NC is listed as serving in the War of 1812.

      John BURT and family may be listed in the 1820 Cumberland Co., NC census along with his cousins Young and James BURT.

      We know that Delia's parents and siblings all relocated to Morgan Co., AL - they are also in the census records, and many of their burial sites were found (including those of Joseph & Pherebe LANE, Delia's father and mother). To date (as of 1/31/99), the gravesites of John and Delia have not been located by this researcher in published volumes of Morgan Co. Cemeteries. Death dates are from Family Bible records. (6/30/2000)

      A Delia BURT is listed in the household of a Wm. H. BURT in 1850.

      1830 Morgan Co., AL Census
      Burt, John
      1 male 5-10 (Wm. H. ?)
      2 males 10-15 (Henry ?, John L. ?)
      1 male 40-50
      1 female 10-15
      1 female 15-20 (Mary Ann ?)
      1 female 40-50
      [Capt. Jno. BURT b. ca 1780 age 50 in 1830; wife Delia (LANE) b. 1785, age 45 in 1830 - also listed in the 1850 census - son Joseph b. ca 1815 age 15 in 1830; son Henry b. ca 1820 age 10; if John L. son, b. ca 1821 age 9; son (if William H.) b. ca 1822, age 8; apparently some daus. Too. This family matches except for one son. The sons assumed are families from the 1850 Morgan Co. census. One or more could be sons of Hardy or James BURT. Later census records show Joseph BURT as a Physician. It would be plausible that Joseph may have been away studying medicine at the age of 15 and would not have been living at home.

      1833 - Buys land with Hardy & James BURT and Isaac LANE in Lawrence Co., AL

      1840 Morgan Co. Census
      John BURT (This seems to match pretty well. Looks like some grandchildren living with them.)
      2 m 10-15
      1 m 20-30
      1 m 60-70
      1 f 10-15
      1 f 50-60 ,
      Wake County NC Land Entries 1778-1846, compiled by Weynette Parks Hawn. From NC Dept. of Archives & Histories, Div. of Archives, Raleigh, NC
      p 444 - War.#280 30 Nov 1805 John BURT, Jr. entered 60 A. in Wake Co. on the Waters of little White Oak Creek, joining lines of John BURT, Sr. and Burwell ATTLEY? (UTTLEY?) (11)

      This might be his father, who was referred to as John BURT Jr. prior to HIS father's death (in 1780)

      Cumberland County of the War of 1812

      This list was abstracted from Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812 Detached from The Militia of North Carolina in 1812 and 1814 from the Adjutant General's office.
      These are names of soldiers who are identified as being in regiments from Cumberland County. Just because your ancestor is not listed here and lived in Cumberland County does not necessarily mean that he did not participate. Be sure to check the index at the rear of the book.

      FOURTH REGIMENT
      Detached from the 4th and 14th Brigades

      Detached Militia
      Organized in August, 1814 by County

      Second Regiment

      John Burt, Captain
      John Armstrong, 1st Lt.
      Murdoch Ochiltree, 2nd do. [5, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    2. [S245] Owner: Garland Clifford BURT, eldest son of Edward Lane and Elsie Mae Barnes BURT Location: Henry K. Duncan, husband of Martha Jean Burt Duncan, 500 Livingston Dr., Hurst, TX 76053, (Owner: Garland Clifford BURT, eldest son of Edward Lane and Elsie Mae Barnes BURT Location: Henry K. Duncan, husband of Martha Jean Burt Duncan, 500 Livingston Dr., Hurst, TX 76053).

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Dec 2022), entry for John BURT, person ID KG9P-KVN. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S244] Source.

    5. [S914] Source.

    6. [S915] Source.