Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B, 1887
Boyd County

ROLAND C. BURNS was born in Lawrence County, Ky., December 1, 1847, a son of
John M. (whose sketch is given above) and Keziah (Slay) Burns.  Roland C.
Burns studied law under the preceptorship of his father, was admitted to the
bar in 1867, and has since been in active practice in Boyd and adjacent
counties.  September 5, 1866, he married Miss Kennie Wammock, of Boyd
County, daughter of James Wammock, and to this union have been born three
children.  Mr. Burns is a Freemason, and in politics is a Republican.  (The
genealogy of Mr. Burns will be found in a sketch of the career of his
father, Judge John M. Burns.)

Burns Clay Wammock 
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Lawrence-KY 

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