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Subject: Re: [KYBRECKI] Fw: V.B. Burton
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 15:26:21 -0500
I am interested in the STEWART name. Is it Breckinridge Co?
Thanks
Maggie B Wise
---- Jeanette Stewart <> wrote:
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> >I have a cemetery listing of Macedonia Cemetery in Breckenridge Co....a few
> > pictures, and history that Mr. Meador has furnished me of this area.
> > Also information on Burton family.
> > If I can help you, please ask.
> > Jet
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> >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
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> >> Author: android
> >> Surnames:
> >> Classification: queries
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> >> Message Board URL:
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> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.breckinridge/4537.1.1.1/mb.ashx
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> >> Message Board Post:
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> >> I am not related to this line. I watch the Breckinridge County message
> >> boards for other reasons. I spied your data thereupon concerning the
> >> Macedionia Baptist Church. I have a very good friend and fellow family
> >> historian who goes there every year for a family reunion. He does not
> >> post
> >> messages upon message boards. I sent him your message about the church
> >> and
> >> his response is forwarded herewith just below my message. It may interest
> >> you and assist your research. If nothing else, it will resolve your
> >> "riddle" concerning the definition of a 'bucker.'
> >>
> >> See below for the response of Wayne Meador. I can supply his electronic
> >> mail address should you desire to contact him directly.
> >>
> >> Kindest regards,
> >>
> >> Francis Keenan, Ph.D.
> >> Emeritus Professor
> >> Brockport, New York
> >>
> >> ______________
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> >> "Edward Crittenden Burton, son of Edward Burton and grandson of George
> >> Burton of Virginia, and his wife, Katie Preston, were the donors of the
> >> original one acre of land for the building of the Macedonia Baptist
> >> Church
> >> in 1889. "Crit" (Edward C.) was a younger brother of Allen and George
> >> Burton. Edward Burton purchased the 400 acre farm, later known as the
> >> Burton Farm, from William E. Matthews in 1844 prior to his moving to
> >> Wayne Co Illinois.
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> >> My great, great grandfather, Rev. Henry David Burch, both a neighbor and
> >> friend of Crit Burton, is given credit for the organization of Macedonia
> >> Baptist Church. E.C. (Crit) Burton signed the bond on the marriage
> >> certificate of the marriage of H.D. Burch and Catawba Matthews.
> >>
> >> A "bucker" in a stave mill was the operator of a BUCK saw which was used
> >> to cut the wooden staves to size prior to their being formed into
> >> barrels." (Courtesy of Wayne Meador)
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