Hi -- I am doing research on EVANS, and as part of that research I am trying to tie is a J. Howard (b. 1/9/1895; d. 11/1971) and Viola D. (b. 5/3/1895; d. 9/1976) BURTON. They lived in Ocean View, DE, for many, many years. Do you by chance have a Howard Burton in your BURTON research? Sally In a message dated 8/29/2002 4:00:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > X-Message: #2 > Date: 28 Aug 2002 19:44:57 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: [DESUSSEX] Woolsey Burton, & brothers John, Robert & Cornelius > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Burton, McCray > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3Y.2ADI/1457 > > Message Board Post: > > I found a petition "for partition of John Burton's land" submitted to the > court(Sussex) regarding division of land belonging to his father, John, > deceased and Samuel Burton, deceased. In this document submitted on August > 11, 1830 he mentions his brother John who "is at this time sick and unable > to join in this petition" and Robert and Cornelius T. Burton "are minors > under the age of 21". He also names "Elizabeth McCray, late Elizabeth > Burton, the widow of the said Samuel Burton and Henry Burton, David E. > Burton and Samuel A. Burton the heirs and desinees of the said Samuel > Burton, deceased". The land in question was located in Angola Neck. If > you have ANY information about these people, would you kindly let me know? > Thank you >