I read with interest the note from Vaughn Bushman about the Burton families. As I am currently reading the Mercer county, KY tax records on microfilm, the names of May and Ambrose Burton kind of jumped out at me, since both are on the early tax records of Mercer county. They apparently moved there with my ancestors, the Burris and Atkins families from Orange county, VA. My Atkins branch also migrated to the Howard/Randolph county area. Grandville Wisdom Atkins, my 3rd great-grandfather, was named for his maternal grandmother, Mary Wisdom Burris of Orange county, Virginia. My round-about rambling question is this. Is anyone on the list researching the Wisdom family of Orange county, Virginia, as they relate to the above mentioned group? My Mary Wisdom Burris was the daughter of John Wisdom and Anne Collins. John was the son of Francis. Is anyone else out there researching this line? I have precious little on the siblings of Mary Wisdom Burris, and would like to know where they went. Kathy Bowlin To: MORANDOL-L@rootsweb.com <MORANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 12:55 PM Subject: [MORANDOL-L] Burton Families >Hello Missourians > I have been monitoring with interest the Burton discussion going on >and find I have a few questions. My line of Wisdoms relate to these >Burtons. I discover that there are two branches of Burtons who migrated >intoRandolph County in the early days. >1) May Burton branch - He is son of Ambrose Burton and Catey Wisdom, >born in Orange, Va., lived in Kentucky, moved to Randolph, had a large >family, including May Medley Burton, local Judge. >2) Francis Howard Burton branch -son of Allen Buton, born in Cumberland >Va., lived in Caswell NC, moved to Randolph, had a large family, >including Samuel Love Burton, local Judge. > >Both families seem to originate in same area of Virginia, link up with >Wisdom family and end up in Randolph Mo. Both families seem to be >prominent, i.e. the 2nd family left a branch in NC from which a Governor >of the state came. > >Are there any researchers out there who have connected these two lines? >Also I have been wondering if the Rev.James Burton (1821-1909) is a son >of James Burton (1793-1863) brother of above May Burton? > >Thanks for any information you can give. >Vaughn Bushman >Orem, Utah >Descendant of Wisdoms/Burtons > >