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John BURT, Sr.

John BURT, Sr.[1]

Male 1716 - Abt 1780  (64 years)

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  • Name John BURT 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 20 Sep 1716  Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Christening 20 Sep 1716  Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID GSQZ-296 
    MilitaryService 22 May 1777  United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    _UID 2CFBD7B7E0B04B3E81A0444F3E42B31BD078 
    Death Abt 12 Oct 1780  Chatham Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I14596  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2024 

    Father John BURT,   b. Abt 1692   d. Abt 1748, VA? Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Mother Grace UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1699, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1735, Gloucester, Westmoreland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1713  Probably Gloucester Co., VA? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frusanna Francianna PERRY,   b. Abt 1728, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1780, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Alt. Marriage Abt 1745  Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Marriage Abt 1748 
    • estimate based on children's ages
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth "Rebecca" BURT,   b. 20 Sep 1750, Carteret, Craven County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1806, Wake, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     2. Richard BURT,   b. Abt 1752   d. 1791, Chatham Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years)
     3. Joseph BURT,   b. Abt 1755, Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1802, Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years)
     4. John BURT, Jr.,   b. Abt 1756, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1824, Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years)
     5. Young BURT,   b. Abt 1757, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1847, Buckhorn, Cumberland Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 90 years)
    Family ID F7507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 

  • Notes 
    • Biography

      John was born about 1750. He passed away in 1824.

      John married Priscilla Senter in about 1778. Together they had 9 children.
      Research Notes

      1790 Census Wake Co., NC:

      Ivey, Peter Emborough, William Olive, James Myatt, John jr Buzby, William Hinton, James Herrington, Samuel Burt, John

      1800 C. - Wake John BURT 1m<10, 1m10-16, 1m 16-26, 2m >45, 1f10-16, 1f16-26, 1f>45

      James OLIVE is said to have married John BURT's sister Elizabeth ca. 1780.

      Other deeds recorded involving his brothers and father in Chatham Co., NC

      Earliest deed referring to John Burt Jr. and Sr. is in 1771 - presumably that would make Jr. born abt. 1750 (to be 21 yrs. old).

      Wake County May Term 1824 The [within?] last will and testament of John Burt Senr. was duly proven in open court by the oath of Young Burt Witness [unto?] and ordered to be recorded. B. [J.?] [?] C. C.

      John Burt (b. cir 1750) sold land to his father, John Burt Sr. who died in 1780 in Chatham Co., NC.

      Wake Co., NC Deed Book A, p. 71 - 4 Feb. 1772 - John Burt, Junr. to John Burt, Senr. - 55 pds. - 200 a. on the Upper side of Buckhorn Creek on the North side of Cape Fair River - joins Enoch Lewis. Signed: John Burt, Jr Wit: Richd. Cheek, Malichi Fike

      Presumably, after the death of John BURT, then referred to as Sr., in 1780 - this John BURT, previously recorded on deeds as "Jr." then changed to "Sr.", probably when his own son John BURT was old enough to sign documents. (Son b. abt 1780 would be 21 in 1801)

      Wake County NC Land Entries 1778-1846, compiled by Weynette Parks Hawn. From NC Dept. of Archives & Histories, Div. of Archives, Raleigh, NC

      p 424 - Warrant #161 30 May 1802 Burwell LASHLEY Entered 10 A. of vacant land in Wake Co. on the waters of Great Branch on the south side, joining lines of Lewis LASHLEY, Sr. and John BURT, Sr.

      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?)

      p 457 - Richland Creek Entries

      357 - 24 Nov 1807 Edwin HOLDING entered 60 A. in Wake Co. on waters of little White Oak Creek, joining lines of John BURT, Sr. and Burwell UTLEY.

      [And what appears to be the same deed and tract:] Wake Co. DB K- 298 State of NC grant #853 to Edwin Holding 6 jan 1810, a tract of 58 acres on the waters of Little White Oak Creek adjoining John Burt, Sr., Burwell Utley, Mark Barker, and James Huckabee. Entered 24 Nov 1807 ,

      Marriages and Lineage Proof of daughter Sarah: 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

      Jim Carney https://www.jnlcarney.com/carney/ birth/death/marriage certificates, census, familysearch.org, etc [6]

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] compiled by James H Carney, Jim Carney.

    2. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Dec 2022), entry for John BURT, person ID GSQZ-296. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Nov 2024), entry for John BURT, person ID GSQZ-296. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S911] Source.

    5. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Nov 2024), entry for Frusanna-Francianna, person ID LCJR-5PX. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S904] Source.