Person:Henry Burner (1)

Estate Records

Henry Burner's estate was probated in Crawford Co, IL, Jacob Wilkin Administrator (son-in-law), Estate Record File Box 9, Case 14. Tho se receiving distribution included Abraham Burner (who signed his receipt), Henry Burner Jr's children (Catherine Burner guardian of Henry R. Burner, I. Newton Burner, Milton Burner, and Jackson? Burner), and Michael B . Duckworth, guardian of Aaron B, Bradley B, Jerush A, Sarah E, Laour a B Duckworth, all of whom were probably grandchildren of Henry.

Land Records

Henry Burner & Magdalene his wife of County of Shenandoah sell to Jacob Burner Jun. of same county for $100 a tract of land containing ninty and 1/4 acres lying in Powells big Fort being part of 177 acres which were granted to Henry Burner by Commonwealth of Virginia 23 Jun 1803, signed by Henry Burner and Magdalene Burner makes her mark.

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2.   Selby, Paul - editor. Crawford County, Illinois Biographical History.

   BURNER, Henry - Crawford County, with its many interests and rich lands that are yielding up fortunes to its owners, is almost a garden spot of the world. Among the men who have made it their home for many years is Henry Burner, born in Licking County, Ohio, September 3, 1835, a son of Abraham and Barbara (Stover) Burner. Abraham Burner was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., and died thirty years ago, aged seventy-eight years. He was a son of Henry Burner, while the great-grandfather of Henry Burner the younger, was Airhart Burner, who with two brothers came from Germany and settled in Virginia at an early period. The mother was a daughter of Samuel Stover, a farmer of Licking County, Ohio.