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Sarah "Sallie" BURT

Sarah "Sallie" BURT[1, 2]

Female 1778 - 1846  (68 years)

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  • Name Sarah "Sallie" BURT 
    Nickname Sallie 
    Born 1778  Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID MY5B-BNF 
    Name Sallie 
    _UID A47C4EFA78C84C7EAFDEE072C94DE962B25B 
    Died 16 May 1846  Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14001  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 13 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 1 William SPEIGHT,   b. Abt 1778, Wake, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1829, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1799  Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Albert S. SPEIGHT,   b. 1800, Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1851, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     2. Jesse H SPEIGHT,   b. 1802, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. John T. Alsey SPEIGHT,   b. Abt 1802, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1832, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years)
     4. Jesse M. SPEIGHT,   b. 1805, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1852, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     5. Mary SPEIGHT,   b. Abt 1806, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Kizziah C. SPEIGHT, Hunter,   b. 1810, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1864, Bellsburg, Dickson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     7. William D. SPEIGHT,   b. 15 Feb 1811, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1852, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F7241  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Washington A. HUNTER,   b. Abt 1770, Possibly Pitt, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1840, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married 1823  Wake, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F7242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Named in her father's will as "daughter Sally Hunter" (second husband).

      Surname variation: Bish, Burt, Birt

      I believe that Sarah and her children are living in the household of Washington Hunter in the 1820 census. Washington Hunter was made guardian of her 2 youngest boys.

      Marriages and Lineage Proof:
      Abstract from The SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1838-1846
      By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
      Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003
      JULY-DECEMBER 1846
      (Page 77)
      July 3, 1846
      SARAH HUNTER wife of Washington Hunter, esq.; born Wake Co., N.C.; daughter of John Burt; married William Speight and moved to Dickson Co., Tenn.; he died and she married Hunter; She died May 16, 1846.

  • Sources 
    1. [S749] Fred Holmes.

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

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for Sarah "Sallie" BURT, person ID MY5B-BNF. (Reliability: 3).