Joshua Burton

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1792
Marriage			To Elizabeth (unknown)
Death
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5            Generation 6            Generation 7
 
                                            +-- (Unknown) Burton
                                            |   (????-????)
                      +-- Joshua Burton ----+
                      |   (~1792-????)       |
 Cynthia I. Burton  --+                     +-- (Unknown)
 (~1817-1870)         |                          (????-????)
                      +-- Elizabeth (unknown)
                          (~1801-????)

Sources:

Children

(all children with Elizabeth Unknown)

• census records indicate nine or more children, but no names have been found other than Cynthia.

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Cynthia I. Burton	F	~1817		Joseph Thomas Thomas	direct line
Ester A. Burton	F	~1825		To
Nancy M. Burton	F	~1830		To
Harper L. Burton	M	~1831		To
Lowry A. Burton	M	~1837		To

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
	Rowan Co, NC	by 1810- after 1820
	Randolph Co, NC	by 1830
	Guilford Co, NC	by 1840
	York Twp., York Co., SC	by 1850

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	Source:_1810_United_States_Federal_Census, Rowan Co, NC. Page 14 lists family of Joshua Burton: 1 male 16-26, 1 female 16-26.
2	Source: 1820 United States Federal Census, Regiment 1, Randolph Co, NC, pg 16. The census is not dated. Family of Joshua Burton: 1 males <5, 2 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 female <5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 30-40. The other children and the adults fit with the 1820 census. The family seems to be moving northeast from Salisbury to Randolph to Guilford.
3	Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC, pg 16. The census is not dated. Family of Joshua Burton: 3 males <10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female <10, 1 female 16-25.
4	Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Guilford Co, NC, pg 33. The census is not dated. Family of Joshua Burton: 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 50-60, 1 female <5, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 40-50. The older female children do not match exactly, but it is possible that one of the sons had married. This might explain the young children since Joshua and wife are a bit old by now.
5	1850 United States Federal Census, York Twp., York Co., SC, page 50, 51. Census dated 3 Sept 1850. Lines 40-42 and 1-3: Joshua Berton, 58, farmer, $320 real property; Elizabeth, 49, Esther A., 25; Nancy M. Burton, 20; Harper L., 19, laborer; Lowry A., 13. All b. NC. Note that the second page lists the family name as Burton rather than Berton.
6	Research of Murphy & Robbie King Whisnant, correspondence & interviews of Murphy Whisnant by E. W. Williams, 1990-ongoing.

Source notes

The 1810 census shows Joshua Burton's family living next to Issac Burton. The Issac Burton family has: 1 male <10, 2 males 16-25, 1 male >45, 2 females 16-25, 1 female >45. This could be Joshua's parents.

Research

The material in this section is for research leads only. We do not wish to imply any connection to our family at present, nor suggest its use without additional confirmation.

• The census for 1850 on gave no record of Joshua Burton in NC, but a probable in York, SC..

• The 1800 and 1790 census show Issac Burton in Guilford and Rowan Counties. These counties were originally part of the same county (Rowan) Guilford was split off from Rowan and then Randolph from Guilford.
  In 1790 the family consisted of 2 males >16, 5 males <16 and 5 females. In 1800 there were 3 males <10, 2 males 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male >44, 2 females <10, 1 female 10-16, 2 females 16-26, and 1 female >45.
  

• 1870 census shows an Elizabeth Burton (head of household) (age 77) living with a Robert Burton (age 58) in Lincoln County, NC. This might be the widowed wife of Joshua Burton with a son born 1812. The ages don't match between this census and the 1850 census (source 5), but that is not unusual.