I don't know your mary Ann Burt but I'm interested in Susannah Miles. Do you
have information on her ancestors?
Sarah

Bill Adams wrote:

 Hi to all
>
> I am seeking additional information about Mary Ann Burt, b ca 1801,
> daughter of
> Harwood and Susannah Miles Burt, of Edgefield County, SC
>
> My basic sources of information are:
> 1). the book by Robert Mathis "The Mathew Burt Family of Virginia and Deep
> South" 1976
> and
> 2). the unpublished works of James Claude Burt, a copy of which I found in
> the Archives at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, LA.
>
> Each of these two sources include Mary Ann as the second child of Harwood
> and Sukey, but neither mentions a possible marriage.
>
> Now step back to Francis Burt, an older brother of Harwood, and he too
> married a Miles woman, Catherine. Francis and wife had a son Mathew who
> became a medical doctor. This is the one who moved to Jacksonville, Benton
> County (now Calhoun), Alabama sometime in the late 1830s.
>
> James Claude Burt does not include the name of Doctor Mathew's wife. Robert
> Mathis stated he married a cousin Mary Ann Burt, but does not list her
> parents. My concern is that there are numerous errors in the Mathis book
> and he cites very, very few sources.
> (Let me add parenthetically however that I am deeply grateful for his work;
> it has provided many leads and directions for me.)
>
> In analyzing the information about possible cousins, the only cousin I can
> come up with for Dr. Mathew is the Mary Ann Burt, daughter of Harwood and
> Sukey.
>
> Does anyone have any supporting or contradictory information upon the above
> situation?
>
> I thank you for your consideration.
>
> Kind regards to all.
>
> Bill
>
> 
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