This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BURTON PORTER REDMAN MILLER HUGHES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0AC.2ACE/127.164.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks again Bob, I appreciate all the help you have given on this family - I am still trying to find the source of my Burton family of Shelby County Kentucky. I have been tracing my line back through Garret Burton (his first name has been spelled several ways in the listings). He owned 85 acres of land on Fox Run, and both his and his wife's first name were spelled differently each time they were recorded, on the land records, marriage, as well as the will book. My records show five children for Garret and his wife Jannett (Porter) Burton: James, Jane, Martha, Polly, and John, through whom I came. My Father has shown me the property on Fox Run where he grew up, but I don't remember him saying anything about from where his ancestors came. I notice a similarity of family names throughout your listings, and was really encouraged to see that one of Mary Burton Snell's chlidren was named Garrett, but there I go again grasping at straws. The following is a listing of information we have gathered: FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790 [p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY [p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790 page 17 Burton, Jarrot Bourbon 3/1791 August 13, 1797 The Shelby Co Deed Bk B1 409 lists 85 acres on East Bank of Fox Run Granted to Jarraed Burton by Sam'l Shennon (sic) 1801 The Shelby Co deed Bk E 17 Jarred & wife Jennet Granted to J. Green % Shannon Land 1804 The Shelby Co deed Bk F 389 Gerrard granted to Wm Henton 50 acres 1805 The Shelby Co deed Bk G 21 Jerrard granted to Jane Porter "Chattels & Household items" 1824 The Shelby Co deed Bk T 471 Jennett, etc. Heirs of Jarred granted Heirs of Wm Henton 50 acres on Fox Run 1825 Probate Shelby Co Jennett-Porter, wife of Jarred Burton devised land and money to 5 children: John, James, Jane Redman, Martha(Patsy)Miller and Polly Hughes