Robert A. Burton

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1834-06-11

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1899-02-16

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"Robert A. Burton" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00009961, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Marion County, Kentucky, farmer, judge, and politician. Kentucky native. Son of John A. Burton and Lucinda Burton. Married to Margaret Burton. Student in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Boyle County in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Marion County from 1859 to 1861. Farmer in Marion County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Marion County in 1860. County judge of Marion County Court in 1861. County judge of Marion County Court in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 322A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 552-553.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 701.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 494B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 8.
"Judge Robert Allen Burton (1834-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial #113662418, accessed December 23, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113662418.
“Sudden Death: Of Judge Robert A. Burton, of Marion County,” The Twice-A-Week Messenger, February 18, 1899.
KYR-0001-004-1380.
KYR-0002-079-0011.

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