Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 
1887, Jessamine Co.

ALLEN A. BURTON, a native of Jefferson County, Ind., was born March 17,
1840, and is the youngest son of Allen and Elizabeth (Williamson)
Burton, the father a native of Virginia, and the mother born in the 
Cherokee Nation when her parents were traveling through the Indian 
Territory. Allen A. Burton, at the age of two years, was brought by his 
parents to Garrard County, Ky.; in 1859 came to Jessamine County, and 
has been engaged in farming.  In October, 1861, he enlisted in the 
Twentieth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry; mustered out January 18, 1865, 
as first lieutenant of Company K. He afterward returned to Jessamine 
County, where he has since resided; was elected county assessor in 1872 
and served until 1876.  He was married August 14, 1866, to Sophronia, 
daughter of John Cobb, of Jessamine County.  They have two children: 
William, born April 19, 1869, and Minnie, born July 17, 1878.  Mr. 
Burton owns twenty acres.  He is a Republican in politics.

Burton Williamson Cobb
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Garrard-KY Jefferson-IN VA

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