Family of Joseph Tarpley Burt and Amanda Arnold Marshall

Joseph Tarpley Burt, son of James Burt and Mary [-?-], was born 29 Dec 1812 in Georgia [1].

In 1850, Joseph was living with his cousin James C. Burt in Talledega County, Alabama, as shown by the following census record [2]:

        #382
	James C. Burt        41   Farmer  $7000  NC
	Frances A.           30                  VA
	Henry                 5                  Ala
	Fanny C.           4/12                  Ala
	Welch, Martha D.      5                  Ala
	Burt, J. Tapley      34   Farmer         Ga
	Billing, Elizabeth   50                  VA

Joseph Tarpley Burt was married to his second cousin (once-removed) [6], Amanda Arnold Marshall [3]. Amanda Marshall was born about 1825 in Georgia [4], a daughter of William Blount Marshall [7] and Martha D. Turner [5]. She was first married to Elisha Fletcher Hurt [5], by whom she had a son, William H. Hurt [5], born about 1845 in Alabama [4].

Shortly thereafter, they were said to have moved to Macon County, Alabama [3].

Joseph Tarpley Burt died 6 Jun 1880 in Opelika, Lee Co., Alabama [1]. Amanda Arnold Marshall died between 20 September 1880, when her will was written, and 18 Oct 1880, when it was recorded, in Lee Co., Alabama [7].

Children:

1. Joseph S. Burt
   b.
   m.
   d.
2. James Marshall Burt
   b. Apr 1854 Macon Co., AL
   m.
   d. 16 Sep 1920
3. Sallie D. Burt
   b.
   m.
   d.

Sources:

1. LDS Ancestral File: Joseph Tarpley Burt AFN:3W06-LV, James Burt AFN:CF8L-DM, Mary AFN:CF8L-FS.
2. Talladega County, Alabama 1850 federal census compiled and indexed by Pauline Jones Gandrud, n.d.
3. Biography of James Marshall Burt in Owens' Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
4. 1850 Census, Talbot Co., GA, where she and her son William Hurt were living in the household of her father.
5. Sarah Sharpless.
6. William Blount Marshall was the son of Stephen(s) Marshall and Elizabeth Burt (daughter of Joseph Burt, Joseph Tarpley Burt's grandfather).
7. Will of Amanda Burt, abstracted by Sarah Sharpless, [email protected]:
   Lee Co., AL, Will Book A, pp. 153-155. Will of Amanda A. Burt, w. 20 Sept 1880, p. 18 Oct 1880, names
   "my dear husband Joseph T. Burt"
   "my dear neice [sic] Maria E. Burt" - 120 acres in Butler Co., AL, cow & calf, $100
   "my dear children William H. Hurt, Joseph S. Burt, James M. Burt, Sallie D. Burt" - remainder of real estate in Butler Co., AL; any property coming to her from "the Estate of my dear Father deceased William B. Marshall of Talbot County, Ga."
   "my dear son William H. Hurt" - $50
   "my dear grandson Thomas A. Hurt" - colt
   Exrs: "my two sons Joseph S. Burt and James M. Burt"
   Wit: Emily F. Hurt, James M. Hurt

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