Cornelius Burnett was born in the year 1780 in the county of Hannover, Virginia. He was the son of John Burnett and Elizabeth Tate. Cornelius Burnett was married twice it seems. His first marriage was to Margaret Turner, born in the year 1790. Her parents were Adam Turner and Mary Pilson. Margaret Turner known as “Peggy” died about 1809 and Cornelius married his second wife soon after. One child, a son named Isaac is born about 1806 in Virginia.
Cornelius married Mildred “Milly" Stone, the daughter of Richard Stone and possibly a woman named Martha Ann Cotton. This marriage took place in Patrick County, Virginia on the 2nd of November, 1809 with Rev. Lewis Foster presiding. This Mildred “Milly” Stone (she had an aunt with the same name) was born in the year 1791 in Virginia and dies between 1850 and 1860 in Trigg County, Kentucky.
The year 1812 brings war and in courthouse documents in Patrick County, Virginia there lies the record of Cornelius Burnett serving in that war as an ensign, a carrier of the flag. This is a very telling part of the record because it exposes to us that Cornelius Burnett was probably a tall man. The flag must be seen so it is a little known fact that taller men would carry the flag so it would be seen from every advantadge. Verifying Cornelius’ height is not something that should seem important but this biographer considers it so. This means John, Cornelius’s son, may have been a taller man. The biographer knows that his fathers, father was tall so it all makes sense that Cornelius carried a flag in a war.
Cornelius served a two year hitch as an ensign and resigned his post in September, 1814 and probably served in the Company of Captain Thomas.
Cornelius also, and probably much more than is known currently, surveyed roads. He shows up abundantly in the Patrick County, Virgina courthouse records ( April, 1810; December, 1810; March, 1811; May, 1811; June, 1815) as either being appointed surveyor of roads or as a road worker.
In October, 1812 Cornelius Burnett, along with James Hall and Isaac Adams, witnessed a deed of 1200 acres on the Smith River in Virginia being sold to a Robert Rowan. John and Adam Turner were the sellers and it was land inherited from their father Francis Turner. Cornelius does this again in 1817 with a Gabriel Dehart and Johnathan Elgin for 70 acres of Smith River land sold to Arthur Garvin by Benjamin Hubbard.
Cornelius Burnett was given just over 262 acres of Virginian land by his father John Burnett, according to Deed Book 5, pages 177 and 178 of 1819 Patrick County, Virginia. He and his wife Mildred sold this same land to a man from Montgomery County, Virginia named Gabriel Boling for $600.00 about 6 years later in 1825 according to Patrick County, Virginia Deed Book 6, page 498.
Cornelius shows up in the 1820 Census with his wife, one male between the ages of 16 and 26 and three males with one female between the ages of 1 and 10 years old. One of these youngest males is 1811 John Burnett. It is possible that John's half brother's name was Isaac, and his sister's name was Nancy.
Cornelius and “Milly” have 100 acres on Casey Creek in Trigg County, Kentucky by 1822. This is next to his uncle’s land, also named Cornelius.
Cornelius and "Milly" moved to Trigg County, Kentucky probably in the year 1820/21 soon after appointing a Power of Attorney to recover debts he was due from the estate of Richard Stone. This Power of Attorney was given to George Layman and Isaac Adams. It was witnessed by Jonathan Elgin, Paul Elgin and E. Harris and is recorded October 20th,1825 in the Patrick County, Virginia Deed Book 6, page 454.
Trigg Co. Kentucky was formed in 1820 and named in honor of Stephen Trigg. Stephen Trigg was killed in 1782 at the Battle of Blue Licks, Kentucky, where Daniel Boone's son Israel was also killed. Stephen Trigg was brother to Lt. Daniel Trigg, an officer at least one Jeremiah Burnett served under during the American Revolution. A grandson of Stephen Trigg was Stephen Trigg Logan, a law partner of Abraham Lincoln. His daughter married Ward Hill Lamon, another Lincoln law partner and Lincoln's body guard.
Probably late in 1833, Cornelius Burnett dies and in 1834 "Milly" Burnett appears in the Trigg County, Kentucky tax list as an administrator of Cornelius’ estate valued at $1580.00 and including two slaves and 300 acres. Milly has the land the next year but has no slaves. In 1836 she has 100 acres and 1 horse valued at $235.00. In 1837 she has 112 acres.
Mildred "Milly" Stone Burnett at the age of 46 married again in 1837 to a 56 year old man named Benjamin Wallis. Benjamin was a Clerk of the Court for the County of Trigg, in Kentucky.
A good portion of this information has been compiled from the hard work of June Baldwin Bork and her book "The Burnetts And Their Connections"
Cornelius married Mildred “Milly" Stone, the daughter of Richard Stone and possibly a woman named Martha Ann Cotton. This marriage took place in Patrick County, Virginia on the 2nd of November, 1809 with Rev. Lewis Foster presiding. This Mildred “Milly” Stone (she had an aunt with the same name) was born in the year 1791 in Virginia and dies between 1850 and 1860 in Trigg County, Kentucky.
The year 1812 brings war and in courthouse documents in Patrick County, Virginia there lies the record of Cornelius Burnett serving in that war as an ensign, a carrier of the flag. This is a very telling part of the record because it exposes to us that Cornelius Burnett was probably a tall man. The flag must be seen so it is a little known fact that taller men would carry the flag so it would be seen from every advantadge. Verifying Cornelius’ height is not something that should seem important but this biographer considers it so. This means John, Cornelius’s son, may have been a taller man. The biographer knows that his fathers, father was tall so it all makes sense that Cornelius carried a flag in a war.
Cornelius served a two year hitch as an ensign and resigned his post in September, 1814 and probably served in the Company of Captain Thomas.
Cornelius also, and probably much more than is known currently, surveyed roads. He shows up abundantly in the Patrick County, Virgina courthouse records ( April, 1810; December, 1810; March, 1811; May, 1811; June, 1815) as either being appointed surveyor of roads or as a road worker.
In October, 1812 Cornelius Burnett, along with James Hall and Isaac Adams, witnessed a deed of 1200 acres on the Smith River in Virginia being sold to a Robert Rowan. John and Adam Turner were the sellers and it was land inherited from their father Francis Turner. Cornelius does this again in 1817 with a Gabriel Dehart and Johnathan Elgin for 70 acres of Smith River land sold to Arthur Garvin by Benjamin Hubbard.
Cornelius Burnett was given just over 262 acres of Virginian land by his father John Burnett, according to Deed Book 5, pages 177 and 178 of 1819 Patrick County, Virginia. He and his wife Mildred sold this same land to a man from Montgomery County, Virginia named Gabriel Boling for $600.00 about 6 years later in 1825 according to Patrick County, Virginia Deed Book 6, page 498.
Cornelius shows up in the 1820 Census with his wife, one male between the ages of 16 and 26 and three males with one female between the ages of 1 and 10 years old. One of these youngest males is 1811 John Burnett. It is possible that John's half brother's name was Isaac, and his sister's name was Nancy.
Cornelius and “Milly” have 100 acres on Casey Creek in Trigg County, Kentucky by 1822. This is next to his uncle’s land, also named Cornelius.
Cornelius and "Milly" moved to Trigg County, Kentucky probably in the year 1820/21 soon after appointing a Power of Attorney to recover debts he was due from the estate of Richard Stone. This Power of Attorney was given to George Layman and Isaac Adams. It was witnessed by Jonathan Elgin, Paul Elgin and E. Harris and is recorded October 20th,1825 in the Patrick County, Virginia Deed Book 6, page 454.
Trigg Co. Kentucky was formed in 1820 and named in honor of Stephen Trigg. Stephen Trigg was killed in 1782 at the Battle of Blue Licks, Kentucky, where Daniel Boone's son Israel was also killed. Stephen Trigg was brother to Lt. Daniel Trigg, an officer at least one Jeremiah Burnett served under during the American Revolution. A grandson of Stephen Trigg was Stephen Trigg Logan, a law partner of Abraham Lincoln. His daughter married Ward Hill Lamon, another Lincoln law partner and Lincoln's body guard.
Probably late in 1833, Cornelius Burnett dies and in 1834 "Milly" Burnett appears in the Trigg County, Kentucky tax list as an administrator of Cornelius’ estate valued at $1580.00 and including two slaves and 300 acres. Milly has the land the next year but has no slaves. In 1836 she has 100 acres and 1 horse valued at $235.00. In 1837 she has 112 acres.
Mildred "Milly" Stone Burnett at the age of 46 married again in 1837 to a 56 year old man named Benjamin Wallis. Benjamin was a Clerk of the Court for the County of Trigg, in Kentucky.
A good portion of this information has been compiled from the hard work of June Baldwin Bork and her book "The Burnetts And Their Connections"
Cornelius Burnett was born in the year 1780 in the county of Hannover, Virginia. He was the son of John Burnett and Elizabeth Tate. Cornelius Burnett was married twice it seems. His first marriage was to Margaret Turner, born in the year 1790. Her parents were Adam Turner and Mary Pilson. Margaret Turner known as “Peggy” died about 1809 and Cornelius married his second wife soon after. One child, a son named Isaac is born about 1806 in Virginia.
Cornelius married Mildred “Milly" Stone, the daughter of Richard Stone and possibly a woman named Martha Ann Cotton. This marriage took place in Patrick County, Virginia on the 2nd of November, 1809 with Rev. Lewis Foster presiding. This Mildred “Milly” Stone (she had an aunt with the same name) was born in the year 1791 in Virginia and dies between 1850 and 1860 in Trigg County, Kentucky.
The year 1812 brings war and in courthouse documents in Patrick County, Virginia there lies the record of Cornelius Burnett serving in that war as an ensign, a carrier of the flag. This is a very telling part of the record because it exposes to us that Cornelius Burnett was probably a tall man. The flag must be seen so it is a little known fact that taller men would carry the flag so it would be seen from every advantadge. Verifying Cornelius’ height is not something that should seem important but this biographer considers it so. This means John, Cornelius’s son, may have been a taller man. The biographer knows that his fathers, father was tall so it all makes sense that Cornelius carried a flag in a war.
Cornelius served a two year hitch as an ensign and resigned his post in September, 1814 and probably served in the Company of Captain Thomas.
Cornelius also, and probably much more than is known currently, surveyed roads. He shows up abundantly in the Patrick County, Virgina courthouse records ( April, 1810; December, 1810; March, 1811; May, 1811; June, 1815) as either being appointed surveyor of roads or as a road worker.
In October, 1812 Cornelius Burnett, along with James Hall and Isaac Adams, witnessed a deed of 1200 acres on the Smith River in Virginia being sold to a Robert Rowan. John and Adam Turner were the sellers and it was land inherited from their father Francis Turner. Cornelius does this again in 1817 with a Gabriel Dehart and Johnathan Elgin for 70 acres of Smith River land sold to Arthur Garvin by Benjamin Hubbard.
Cornelius Burnett was given just over 262 acres of Virginian land by his father John Burnett, according to Deed Book 5, pages 177 and 178 of 1819 Patrick County, Virginia. He and his wife Mildred sold this same land to a man from Montgomery County, Virginia named Gabriel Boling for $600.00 about 6 years later in 1825 according to Patrick County, Virginia Deed Book 6, page 498.
Cornelius shows up in the 1820 Census with his wife, one male between the ages of 16 and 26 and three males with one female between the ages of 1 and 10 years old. One of these youngest males is 1811 John Burnett. It is possible that John's half brother's name was Isaac, and his sister's name was Nancy.
Cornelius and “Milly” have 100 acres on Casey Creek in Trigg County, Kentucky by 1822. This is next to his uncle’s land, also named Cornelius.
Cornelius and "Milly" moved to Trigg County, Kentucky probably in the year 1820/21 soon after appointing a Power of Attorney to recover debts he was due from the estate of Richard Stone. This Power of Attorney was given to George Layman and Isaac Adams. It was witnessed by Jonathan Elgin, Paul Elgin and E. Harris and is recorded October 20th,1825 in the Patrick County, Virginia Deed Book 6, page 454.
Trigg Co. Kentucky was formed in 1820 and named in honor of Stephen Trigg. Stephen Trigg was killed in 1782 at the Battle of Blue Licks, Kentucky, where Daniel Boone's son Israel was also killed. Stephen Trigg was brother to Lt. Daniel Trigg, an officer at least one Jeremiah Burnett served under during the American Revolution. A grandson of Stephen Trigg was Stephen Trigg Logan, a law partner of Abraham Lincoln. His daughter married Ward Hill Lamon, another Lincoln law partner and Lincoln's body guard.
Probably late in 1833, Cornelius Burnett dies and in 1834 "Milly" Burnett appears in the Trigg County, Kentucky tax list as an administrator of Cornelius’ estate valued at $1580.00 and including two slaves and 300 acres. Milly has the land the next year but has no slaves. In 1836 she has 100 acres and 1 horse valued at $235.00. In 1837 she has 112 acres.
Mildred "Milly" Stone Burnett at the age of 46 married again in 1837 to a 56 year old man named Benjamin Wallis. Benjamin was a Clerk of the Court for the County of Trigg, in Kentucky.
A good portion of this information has been compiled from the hard work of June Baldwin Bork and her book "The Burnetts And Their Connections"
Cornelius married Mildred “Milly" Stone, the daughter of Richard Stone and possibly a woman named Martha Ann Cotton. This marriage took place in Patrick County, Virginia on the 2nd of November, 1809 with Rev. Lewis Foster presiding. This Mildred “Milly” Stone (she had an aunt with the same name) was born in the year 1791 in Virginia and dies between 1850 and 1860 in Trigg County, Kentucky.
The year 1812 brings war and in courthouse documents in Patrick County, Virginia there lies the record of Cornelius Burnett serving in that war as an ensign, a carrier of the flag. This is a very telling part of the record because it exposes to us that Cornelius Burnett was probably a tall man. The flag must be seen so it is a little known fact that taller men would carry the flag so it would be seen from every advantadge. Verifying Cornelius’ height is not something that should seem important but this biographer considers it so. This means John, Cornelius’s son, may have been a taller man. The biographer knows that his fathers, father was tall so it all makes sense that Cornelius carried a flag in a war.
Cornelius served a two year hitch as an ensign and resigned his post in September, 1814 and probably served in the Company of Captain Thomas.
Cornelius also, and probably much more than is known currently, surveyed roads. He shows up abundantly in the Patrick County, Virgina courthouse records ( April, 1810; December, 1810; March, 1811; May, 1811; June, 1815) as either being appointed surveyor of roads or as a road worker.
In October, 1812 Cornelius Burnett, along with James Hall and Isaac Adams, witnessed a deed of 1200 acres on the Smith River in Virginia being sold to a Robert Rowan. John and Adam Turner were the sellers and it was land inherited from their father Francis Turner. Cornelius does this again in 1817 with a Gabriel Dehart and Johnathan Elgin for 70 acres of Smith River land sold to Arthur Garvin by Benjamin Hubbard.
Cornelius Burnett was given just over 262 acres of Virginian land by his father John Burnett, according to Deed Book 5, pages 177 and 178 of 1819 Patrick County, Virginia. He and his wife Mildred sold this same land to a man from Montgomery County, Virginia named Gabriel Boling for $600.00 about 6 years later in 1825 according to Patrick County, Virginia Deed Book 6, page 498.
Cornelius shows up in the 1820 Census with his wife, one male between the ages of 16 and 26 and three males with one female between the ages of 1 and 10 years old. One of these youngest males is 1811 John Burnett. It is possible that John's half brother's name was Isaac, and his sister's name was Nancy.
Cornelius and “Milly” have 100 acres on Casey Creek in Trigg County, Kentucky by 1822. This is next to his uncle’s land, also named Cornelius.
Cornelius and "Milly" moved to Trigg County, Kentucky probably in the year 1820/21 soon after appointing a Power of Attorney to recover debts he was due from the estate of Richard Stone. This Power of Attorney was given to George Layman and Isaac Adams. It was witnessed by Jonathan Elgin, Paul Elgin and E. Harris and is recorded October 20th,1825 in the Patrick County, Virginia Deed Book 6, page 454.
Trigg Co. Kentucky was formed in 1820 and named in honor of Stephen Trigg. Stephen Trigg was killed in 1782 at the Battle of Blue Licks, Kentucky, where Daniel Boone's son Israel was also killed. Stephen Trigg was brother to Lt. Daniel Trigg, an officer at least one Jeremiah Burnett served under during the American Revolution. A grandson of Stephen Trigg was Stephen Trigg Logan, a law partner of Abraham Lincoln. His daughter married Ward Hill Lamon, another Lincoln law partner and Lincoln's body guard.
Probably late in 1833, Cornelius Burnett dies and in 1834 "Milly" Burnett appears in the Trigg County, Kentucky tax list as an administrator of Cornelius’ estate valued at $1580.00 and including two slaves and 300 acres. Milly has the land the next year but has no slaves. In 1836 she has 100 acres and 1 horse valued at $235.00. In 1837 she has 112 acres.
Mildred "Milly" Stone Burnett at the age of 46 married again in 1837 to a 56 year old man named Benjamin Wallis. Benjamin was a Clerk of the Court for the County of Trigg, in Kentucky.
A good portion of this information has been compiled from the hard work of June Baldwin Bork and her book "The Burnetts And Their Connections"
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