Thomas W. BURT
M, b. 1 February 1834, d. 5 April 1869
- Relationship
- 1st cousin 3 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Thomas W. Burt, tombstone
He was probably one of the 2 males age 5 to10 listed in the household of his father, Martin Ross BURT, in the 1840 Federal Census of Autauga County, Alabama.1 He was a farmer.
Thomas married Mary Jane ELLIS on 9 May 1857 in Orrville, Dallas County, Alabama. The bride was the daughter of Mrs. Nancy Ellis. Rev. John Dennis performed the marriage rites.2,3,4
Thomas began military service at age 28 on 6 May 1862 in Bridgeport, Alabama, in Co. C 42nd Alabama Infantry, CSA and rose to the rank of corporal. At the time of his enlistment Thomas was living in Orrville, Alabama. He was captured 4 July 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi and paroled. He was shot through the lungs and severely wounded 28 July 1864 during the Battle of Ezra Church in Georgia. He recuperated at Gilmer Hospital in Forsyth, Georgia and survived the war. However, the wound shortened his life.5
Thomas W. BURT died on 5 April 1869 in Orrville, Dallas County, Alabama, at age 35.6 He was buried in Burt Family Cemetery, Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama.
Last Edited=28 Jun 2023
Children of Thomas W. BURT and Mary Jane ELLIS
- Bennie F. BURT b. c 1857, d. b 1870
- Martin Rollins BURT b. 3 May 1859, d. 3 Jul 1860
- James Ellis BURT b. 3 Dec 1860, d. 28 Mar 1870
- George W. BURT+ b. 3 Apr 1862, d. 26 Jan 1937
- Julius BURT b. 9 Mar 1866, d. 7 Sep 1868
- Julia BURT b. 9 Mar 1866, d. 1948
- Nancy Delilah BURT b. Jul 1867, d. 1941
- Mary Thomas BURT b. 1869, d. 1951
Citations
- [S252] 1840 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, M. R. Burt household, pg. 31.
- [S38] Unknown cd1, Confederate Pension Files.
- [S296] Marie Whaley McLaughlin and Carolyn Ward Vintson, Dallas County Marriage Records, Dallas County Marriage Book A-194.
- [S766] Larry E. Caver, Dallas Co. Newspaper Abstracts, pg. 291. It lists the marriage date as May 12th.
- [S37] Thomas W. Burt, corporal, Co. C, 42nd Alabama Infantry, Confederate Service Records.
- [S18] Autauga Genealogical Society, Autauga Cemetery Records.
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