This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burton, Willis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3385.3.1.1.2 Message Board Post: The Burton who was killed on his front porch in 1890s according to Burton tradition was Francis Marion Burton, son of William Burton. Francis Burton is known from a pension file as someone to be afraid of because he had notch on his gun for someone he killed. The reference was after the death of Iredell Willis. Francis Marion Burton was involved with Iredell Willis in a pension case and Francis ended up marrying one of the pension recipient--Nancy Ann Mallett. There is a lot of confusion about who Edward/Ned Burton was. Edward/Ned shows up in a number of court documents as late as 1869. But, there is no one in the census with that name. It is a bit of a mystery. The Burtons used a number of aliases in court documents.