Family of John Burt and Margaret Brown

John Burt was born 9 September 1818 [1] in Georgia [2]. He was probably the son of John Burt who died in Autauga County, Alabama in 1827 [3].

John Burt was married 23 Jan 1846 in Monroe Co., Mississippi [7] to Margaret W. Brown. Margaret Brown, the daughter of Robert Brown and Dorcas Strait [8,9], was born 24 August 1828 [1] in South Carolina [2]. Upon her marriage, Margaret's well-to-do parents presented her and John with a gift of money with which to buy their land and build their log cabin, as well as a gift of slaves [4]. John Burt was said to be [5] a very well educated man who spoke excellent English and an avid reader. Their home was located in the New Chapel community [6].

Following the death of Margaret Brown Burt on 16 February 1897 [1], John Burt made his home with his youngest daughter, Maggie, and her family [5]. He died there on 21 April 1900 [1]. John and Margaret Burt are buried in New Chapel Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS.

Children:

1. William Christopher Burt
   b. 30 Nov 1846 MS
   m. Mary Alice Pennal 30 Oct 1872 Itawamba Co., MS
   d. 10 May 1934 near Nettleton, Lee Co., MS
   b. New Chapel Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS
2. Mary A. D. ("Sis") Burt
   b. 8 Dec 1848 MS
   m. M. Thomas Rogers 18 Feb 1880 Itawamba Co., MS
   d. 6 July 1891
   b. Pine Grove/Rogers Cemetery, Monroe Co., MS
3. Robert Burt
   b. 5 Apr 1851 Richmond, Lee Co., MS
   m. Eliza Harriet Monts 5 May 1926 Verona, Lee Co., MS
   d. 5 May 1926 Verona, Lee Co., MS
   b. 6 May 1926 Verona Cemetery, Lee Co., MS
4. Zaccheus ("Zack") Burt
   b. 10 Jan 1854 Itawamba Co., MS
   m. Maggie Ophelia Fancher 16 Dec 1885 Lee Co., MS
   d. 29 Jul 1922 Bigbee Fork, Itawamba Co., MS
   b. 30 Jul 1922 New Chapel Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS
5. James Buchanan ("Buck") Burt
   b. 12 Oct 1856 MS
   m.
   d. 6 Apr 1894 (of TB)
   b. New Chapel Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS
6. John Burt
   b. 1 Jan 1858 MS
   m.
   d. 21 Mar 1940 Meridian, Lauderdale Co., MS
   b. New Chapel Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS
7. George Samuel W. Burt
   b. 25 Apr 1861 Monroe Co., MS
   m. Melissa Elizabeth McClung 18 Nov 1885 Lee Co., MS
   d. 16 Oct 1945
   b. Plainview Cemetery, Hale Co., TX
8. Sarah ("Sallie") Burt
   b. 6 Nov 1867 Itawamba Co., MS
   m. Robert Forest Fancher 7 Dec 1890 Nettleton, Lee Co., MS
   d. 10 May 1948 New Chapel, Itawamba Co., MS
   b. 12 May 1948 New Chapel Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS
9. Harriet Frances ("Fannie") Burt
   b. 7 Feb 1865 Bigbee Fork, Itawamba Co., MS
   m. William Buchannan Springer 18 Nov 1897 Lee Co., MS
   d. 23 Nov 1953 Belden, Lee Co., MS
   b. Glenwood Cemetery, Lee Co., MS
10. Maggie Burt
    b. 11 Oct 1873 MS
    m. James Blythe Leslie 11 Oct 1896 Lee Co., MS
    d. 15 Feb 1904
    b. Unity Presbyterian Cemetery, Lee Co., MS

Sources:

1. Tombstone inscriptions, New Chapel Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS, from Cemetery Markings - Itawamba Co., MS by Betty Burton-Cruber.
2. 1850 census, Itawamba Co., MS and 1860 census, Monroe Co., MS.
3. This assumption is based on the following:
   • John Burt of Autauga County had a son John Burt who was born between 1814 and 1827, presumably in Georgia.
   • One son of John Burt and Margaret Brown was named Zacheus Burt, suggesting a close relationship to the Autauga County family.
   • Oral history among descendants of John Burt and Margaret Brown relates that one of their sons went to Lowndes County, Mississippi to study medicine with Dr. Burt, an uncle (presumably Dr. William Burt).
   • Another family tradition is that three Burt brothers went to Mississippi from South Carolina and Georgia after the death of their mother and the remarriage of their father.
4. According to their granddaughter Margarete Lou Burt Stultz (as told to her niece Mary Sue Burt who related it to Suzy Brown Burt, [email protected]).
5. Handwritten notes of their grandson Sam Burt, typed by Erin Burt Caldwell of Tupelo, MS: copy in possession of Suzy Brown Burt.
6. According to descendents; information collected by Suzy Brown Burt.
7. Marriages of Lowndes County 1830-1868, Monroe County 1821-1851 by Betty Wood Thomas, p. 34: John Burt and Margaret Brown m. 23 Jan 1846 - Monroe Co. Marriage Book 1834-1850, p. 573.
8. Biography of George Brown (Margaret's sister) in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Vol. I, published 1891, and information acquired from Fannie "Sue" Burt (great-granddaughter) by Suzy Brown Burt.
9. The will of Robert Brown, dated 28 May 1828, names his children including daughter Margaret Burt (From Records of Monroe, Lowndes, and Chickasaw Counties, Mississippi by Elizabeth C. Jones, p. 29).

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