I just discovered that my husband's great grandfather, Samuel Young BENNETT, Sr, was a postmaster in the Burton Post Office, probably sometime between 1873 and 1880. Three of his children were born in Kansas while they lived there, one of whom was my husband's grandfather. I used Rootsweb Town Search to try to locate Burton, but it doesn't recognize the town. The note I found also has Hutchison listed. Is Burton near Hutchison? Is anyone familiar with this town? I would like to look up the 1875 State Census for Reno County, particularly for Burton, but need more information on Burton. Thank you for your help. Lynne Bennett bhwb@aol.com

It's spelled Burrton and is in Harvey County, Kansas, although just a fifteen minute drive from Hutchinson (west of Burrton), which is in Reno County. We live in newton, Harvey County, which is fifteen minutes to the east of Burrton. Our Harvey County Historical Society has loads of information about Burrton. Their website is: http://www.hchm.org and there is also Harvey County (Burrton) information here: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/harvey/index.html . Hope this helps you! Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: Bhwb@aol.com To: KSRENO-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 11:03 AM Subject: [KSReno] Location of Burton Post Office - 1870s I just discovered that my husband's great grandfather, Samuel Young BENNETT, Sr, was a postmaster in the Burton Post Office, probably sometime between 1873 and 1880. Three of his children were born in Kansas while they lived there, one of whom was my husband's grandfather. I used Rootsweb Town Search to try to locate Burton, but it doesn't recognize the town. The note I found also has Hutchison listed. Is Burton near Hutchison? Is anyone familiar with this town? I would like to look up the 1875 State Census for Reno County, particularly for Burton, but need more information on Burton. Thank you for your help. Lynne Bennett bhwb@aol.com