Pvt.
John
M.
Burton
Born in Virginia
Ancestors 
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 26
in Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Company C Roster
Pvt. John Burton served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 30 May 1861
Mustered out: 25 Aug 1864 (KIA)
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 38th Virginia Infantry
Enlisted: 30 May 1861
Mustered out: 25 Aug 1864 (KIA)
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 38th Virginia Infantry
John was born in 1838. He is the son of James Burton and Elizabeth Unknown.
Findagrave shows father James died in May of 1860: Event Type Burial Event Date 1860 Event Place , Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States of America Photograph Included Y Birth Date 02 Feb 1794 Death Date 22 May 1860 Affiliate Record Identifier 20805283 Cemetery Burton Cemetery
In 1860 census of Laurel Grove, Pittsylvania, widowed mother Elizabeth shown with John M. Burton and siblings: Elizabeth R Burton F 62 Virginia
- James M Burton M 28 Virginia
- John M Burton M 21 Virginia
- Sarah C Burton F 17 Virginia
- Benj Burton M 11 Virginia
- James S Burton M 10 Virginia
- Frank C Burton M 22 Virginia
On May 30, 1861, John M. Burton enlisted in the CSA, joining the 38th Virginia Infantry, Company C.
Private Burton was killed on August 25, 1864 in Bermuda 100, which is on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DV-WZY : 12 April 2016), John Burton in household of James Burton, Pittsylvania county, part of, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing family 1227, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- FamilySearch database, 1860 census Laurel Grove, Southern District, Pittsylvania, VA, pg 192, JOHN M BURTON
- FamilySearch database, Virginia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, JOHN M BURTON, 1861, Thirty-eighth Infantry, Pittsylvania Regiment
- United States Civil War Soldiers index, JOHN M BURTON, Private, Confederate, 38th Virginia Infantry, Company C
- Library of Virginia records
- Findagrave page for James Burton
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