BURTON
Mrs. Martha Burton, wife of Mr. P. H. Burton, died Friday night in the seventy-fifth year of her age at her home in Shaker Bend. Mrs. Burton was a most estimable woman and was loved and respected by all who knew her on account of her piety and many good deeds. She was the daughter of the late Squire Scott Graves, and she and Mr. Burton had been married 57 years June 1, this year. Besides her aged husband she leaves a number of grown children to mourn her death. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Mount Zion church by Rev. W. D. Moore, and the interment took place at Spring Hill cemetery, this city.
(Courtesy of Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Jul 2, 1909)
Daughter of Mary Daniel who married in 9-22-1824 Scott Graves
Scott Graves was born about 1799 in KY. He was a farmer. He first married Mary Daniel on 22 Sept. 1824 in Mercer Co., KY. Bondsman was Benjamin Daniel. He married second Elizabeth L. Prather in 1851 in Mercer Co., KY. She had first married Joseph Prather.
Mercer Co., KY Deed Book 29, page 248, Aug. 27, 1852: Scott Graves and Elizabeth L. his wife convey to Thomas C. Coleman. Whereas Elizabeth L. Graves as widow of Joseph Prather, dec'd., was entitled to a dower interest in the tract of land owned by Prather in Mercer Co. on Shawnee Run and which contained 27 acres. Thomas C. Coleman has purchased the said tract and this is conveyance on part of Elizabeth L. and her husband, Scott Graves.
Mercer Co., KY, Will Book 18, page 383, Scott Graves will, dated as written April 1873, proved May 4, 1885. Daughters: Margaret Jane Crutcher and Martha Ann Burton to have all that portion of land that came by their mother Mary Graves from the estate of Benjamin Daniel. Wife: Elizabeth Graves to have remainder of the estate during her life and then to go to son Scott B. Graves. Executor: William F. Crutcher.
Children - Graves, by Mary Daniel.
Margaret Jane Graves, m. William H. Crutcher, 31 Jan. 1844 (Mercer Co., KY).
Martha Ann Graves, b. 7 March 1834, m. Peter Higgins Burton, 1 June 1852, d. 25 June 1909.
Children - Graves, by Elizabeth L. Prather
Scott B Graves, m. Annie Campbell, 1874.
Mrs. Martha Burton, wife of Mr. P. H. Burton, died Friday night in the seventy-fifth year of her age at her home in Shaker Bend. Mrs. Burton was a most estimable woman and was loved and respected by all who knew her on account of her piety and many good deeds. She was the daughter of the late Squire Scott Graves, and she and Mr. Burton had been married 57 years June 1, this year. Besides her aged husband she leaves a number of grown children to mourn her death. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Mount Zion church by Rev. W. D. Moore, and the interment took place at Spring Hill cemetery, this city.
(Courtesy of Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Jul 2, 1909)
Daughter of Mary Daniel who married in 9-22-1824 Scott Graves
Scott Graves was born about 1799 in KY. He was a farmer. He first married Mary Daniel on 22 Sept. 1824 in Mercer Co., KY. Bondsman was Benjamin Daniel. He married second Elizabeth L. Prather in 1851 in Mercer Co., KY. She had first married Joseph Prather.
Mercer Co., KY Deed Book 29, page 248, Aug. 27, 1852: Scott Graves and Elizabeth L. his wife convey to Thomas C. Coleman. Whereas Elizabeth L. Graves as widow of Joseph Prather, dec'd., was entitled to a dower interest in the tract of land owned by Prather in Mercer Co. on Shawnee Run and which contained 27 acres. Thomas C. Coleman has purchased the said tract and this is conveyance on part of Elizabeth L. and her husband, Scott Graves.
Mercer Co., KY, Will Book 18, page 383, Scott Graves will, dated as written April 1873, proved May 4, 1885. Daughters: Margaret Jane Crutcher and Martha Ann Burton to have all that portion of land that came by their mother Mary Graves from the estate of Benjamin Daniel. Wife: Elizabeth Graves to have remainder of the estate during her life and then to go to son Scott B. Graves. Executor: William F. Crutcher.
Children - Graves, by Mary Daniel.
Margaret Jane Graves, m. William H. Crutcher, 31 Jan. 1844 (Mercer Co., KY).
Martha Ann Graves, b. 7 March 1834, m. Peter Higgins Burton, 1 June 1852, d. 25 June 1909.
Children - Graves, by Elizabeth L. Prather
Scott B Graves, m. Annie Campbell, 1874.
BURTON
Mrs. Martha Burton, wife of Mr. P. H. Burton, died Friday night in the seventy-fifth year of her age at her home in Shaker Bend. Mrs. Burton was a most estimable woman and was loved and respected by all who knew her on account of her piety and many good deeds. She was the daughter of the late Squire Scott Graves, and she and Mr. Burton had been married 57 years June 1, this year. Besides her aged husband she leaves a number of grown children to mourn her death. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Mount Zion church by Rev. W. D. Moore, and the interment took place at Spring Hill cemetery, this city.
(Courtesy of Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Jul 2, 1909)
Daughter of Mary Daniel who married in 9-22-1824 Scott Graves
Scott Graves was born about 1799 in KY. He was a farmer. He first married Mary Daniel on 22 Sept. 1824 in Mercer Co., KY. Bondsman was Benjamin Daniel. He married second Elizabeth L. Prather in 1851 in Mercer Co., KY. She had first married Joseph Prather.
Mercer Co., KY Deed Book 29, page 248, Aug. 27, 1852: Scott Graves and Elizabeth L. his wife convey to Thomas C. Coleman. Whereas Elizabeth L. Graves as widow of Joseph Prather, dec'd., was entitled to a dower interest in the tract of land owned by Prather in Mercer Co. on Shawnee Run and which contained 27 acres. Thomas C. Coleman has purchased the said tract and this is conveyance on part of Elizabeth L. and her husband, Scott Graves.
Mercer Co., KY, Will Book 18, page 383, Scott Graves will, dated as written April 1873, proved May 4, 1885. Daughters: Margaret Jane Crutcher and Martha Ann Burton to have all that portion of land that came by their mother Mary Graves from the estate of Benjamin Daniel. Wife: Elizabeth Graves to have remainder of the estate during her life and then to go to son Scott B. Graves. Executor: William F. Crutcher.
Children - Graves, by Mary Daniel.
Margaret Jane Graves, m. William H. Crutcher, 31 Jan. 1844 (Mercer Co., KY).
Martha Ann Graves, b. 7 March 1834, m. Peter Higgins Burton, 1 June 1852, d. 25 June 1909.
Children - Graves, by Elizabeth L. Prather
Scott B Graves, m. Annie Campbell, 1874.
Mrs. Martha Burton, wife of Mr. P. H. Burton, died Friday night in the seventy-fifth year of her age at her home in Shaker Bend. Mrs. Burton was a most estimable woman and was loved and respected by all who knew her on account of her piety and many good deeds. She was the daughter of the late Squire Scott Graves, and she and Mr. Burton had been married 57 years June 1, this year. Besides her aged husband she leaves a number of grown children to mourn her death. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Mount Zion church by Rev. W. D. Moore, and the interment took place at Spring Hill cemetery, this city.
(Courtesy of Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Jul 2, 1909)
Daughter of Mary Daniel who married in 9-22-1824 Scott Graves
Scott Graves was born about 1799 in KY. He was a farmer. He first married Mary Daniel on 22 Sept. 1824 in Mercer Co., KY. Bondsman was Benjamin Daniel. He married second Elizabeth L. Prather in 1851 in Mercer Co., KY. She had first married Joseph Prather.
Mercer Co., KY Deed Book 29, page 248, Aug. 27, 1852: Scott Graves and Elizabeth L. his wife convey to Thomas C. Coleman. Whereas Elizabeth L. Graves as widow of Joseph Prather, dec'd., was entitled to a dower interest in the tract of land owned by Prather in Mercer Co. on Shawnee Run and which contained 27 acres. Thomas C. Coleman has purchased the said tract and this is conveyance on part of Elizabeth L. and her husband, Scott Graves.
Mercer Co., KY, Will Book 18, page 383, Scott Graves will, dated as written April 1873, proved May 4, 1885. Daughters: Margaret Jane Crutcher and Martha Ann Burton to have all that portion of land that came by their mother Mary Graves from the estate of Benjamin Daniel. Wife: Elizabeth Graves to have remainder of the estate during her life and then to go to son Scott B. Graves. Executor: William F. Crutcher.
Children - Graves, by Mary Daniel.
Margaret Jane Graves, m. William H. Crutcher, 31 Jan. 1844 (Mercer Co., KY).
Martha Ann Graves, b. 7 March 1834, m. Peter Higgins Burton, 1 June 1852, d. 25 June 1909.
Children - Graves, by Elizabeth L. Prather
Scott B Graves, m. Annie Campbell, 1874.
Gravesite Details
According to cemetery records, Martha is buried in Section C, Lot 30 grave number Unknown. We located Lot 30 by finding other Burton's that were buried in the same section and lot and had markers. The lots next to these graves do not have markers.
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