John A. Burgett (b. 28 December 1801, d. Bef. 06 April 1858)
John A. Burgett (son of William Burgett, Sr. and Abigail Andrews)26, 27, 28 was born 28 December 1801 in Probably Harpersfield, Delaware, NY, and died Bef. 06 April 1858 in Livingston Co., MO. He married Lucy M. Hoskins on 28 December 1826 in Ashtabula, OH.
SOURCE: Upton, Harriet Taylor. 'History of the Western Reserve,' Vol. 3, 1910 'Prominent among the early settlers of Harpersfield township, Ashtabula County, was William Burgett, Sr., who came here from New York with his family in 1819, being then past forty years of age, his birth having occurred in 1776. Wild animals of all kinds then roamed at will through the dense woods, and a few Indians remained, but were for the most part friendly. Building a log cabin, he was here employed as a tiller of the soil until his death, in 1830. He married, in New York, Abbie Andrews, by whom he had seven children, as follows: Jehoiakim W., born in 1801, died in 1850; John; Reuben; Priscilla; William Jr., the special subject of this sketch; David; and Ursula.'
SOURCE: 'History of Ashtabula County, Ohio,' Williams Brothers, Philadelphia, 1878. Cherry Valley Township, Ashtabula Co., OH was formed from the Township of Andover, and the election of officers for the new township was held on July 4, 1827. John Burget was elected as a fence-viewer.
SOURCE: 1830 Federal Census for Cherry Valley Twp., Ashtabula Co., OH. John was listed as a Head of Household.
SOURCE: 1840 Federal Census It is not currently known exactly where the family of John and Lucy was living for the 1840 Federal Census, although it is known that John witnessed a wedding in Ashtabula Co., OH in 1834; and in the 1850 Federal Census for Livingston Co., MO, the two youngest children--Harriet and David-- were listed as 10 [b. ca 1840] and 8 years old [b. ca 1842, respectively, and both born in OH; therefore it would appear that the family was probably somewhere in OH in 1840.
SOURCE: 1850 Federal Census for District 51, Livingston Co., MO [281/281] The names of all of the members of the family of John and Lucy were listed in this census. John A. was 49, a farmer, b. NY; Lucy was 44 [1806], b. CT; Henry was 20 [1830], b. OH; Milbry was 18 [1832], b. OH; Abia was 16 [1834], b. OH; John was 14 [b. 1836], b. OH; Ira was 13 [1837], b. OH; Harriet was 10 [1840], b. OH; and David was 8 [1842], b. OH.
SOURCE: Livingston Co., MO Probate Document
State of Missouri County of Livingston
I, Cyrus McDonald administrator of the Est. of John A. Burget deceased, do solemly swear that Henry Burget, Milbury Burget, and Ira Burget are, or were, residents of the State of California when last heard from; and John Burget and Amy Moore and Harriet Burget and David Burget are residents of Livingston Co., MO; and that they are all the heirs at law of John A. Burget deceased; and further that I will make a perfect inventory of the Estate of said deceased and faithfully adminster said estate and pay the debts as far as the assets will extend and the law directs; and further that said John A. Burget died without making a will.
[Signed] Cyrus McDonald Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of April 1858 Amos Bargdoll, Clerk
NOTE: John's wife, Lucy, previously died in Livingston Co., MO in about 1852. Of the children who remained in MO, John H. and Dama Abia [Amy] migrated to Montague Co., TX by about 1859. According to a diary kept by Almena Burgett of Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co., OH from 1860-1865, daughter Harriet apparently left Missouri and accompanied her older brother, Henry, to California upon his return from a visit back to Ashtabula Co., OH in 1863. David apparently died in MO.
More About John A. Burgett: Census 1: 1830, Cherry Valley Twp, Ashtabula, OH. Census 2: 1840, Probably OH. Census 3: 1850, 51st District, Livingston Co., MO. Occupation: 1850, Farmer. Probate: 06 April 1858, Livingston Co., MO.
More About John A. Burgett and Lucy M. Hoskins: Marriage: 28 December 1826, Ashtabula, OH.
Children of John A. Burgett and Lucy M. Hoskins are:
+John Hoskins Burgett, b. 07 February 1835, Probably Cherry Valley Twp, Ashtabula, OH, d. 31 October 1872, Denton Co., TX.
John A. Burgett (b. 28 December 1801, d. Bef. 06 April 1858)
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