Joseph Britton (abt. 1857)

Born about 1857 in Kentucky, United States

Biography

Joseph Britton is a part of US Black heritage.

Joseph was born about 1857. He is the son of Henry Britton and Laura Trigg. His "..father Henry was a freeborn carpenter (born around 1824) of Spanish/Indian heritage who later became a barber in Lexington and Berea." His "...mother, Laura Trigg, was a gifted singer and musician who had been well-educated under the protection of her mother who was an enslaved mistress to Kentucky statesman Thomas F. Marshall. Laura had been emancipated at the age of sixteen." He was also the brother of Mary Ellen Britton, an American physician, educator, suffragist, journalist and civil rights activist.^[1]

In 1860, the family was living in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.^[2] The household included:

• Henry Briton Male 35 Ky
• Laura Briton Female 31 Ky
• Susan Briton Female 10 Ky
• Julia Briton Female 8 Ky
• Mary Briton Female 6 Ky
• Robert Briton Male 2 Ky
• Martha Briton Female Ky
• Joseph Briton Male 3 Ky
• Susan Cotton Female 16 Ky

By 1870, the family had moved to Glade, Madison County, Kentucky. Joseph apparently passed away as he was not in the home.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia article on Mary Ellen Britton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_E._Britton)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBN-2L1 : 19 March 2020), Joseph Briton in entry for Henry Briton, 1860.