Col Robert Burton
Birth 20 Oct 1747
Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
Death 31 May 1825 (aged 77)
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Montpelier Plantation Cemetery
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina, USA
Continental Congressman. He moved to Granville (now Vance) County, North Carolina in 1775 and owned and operated a plantation he called Montpelier. Burton served as a Quartermaster in the Revolutionary War with the rank of colonel. He served on the Governor's Council from 1783 to 1784. In 1787 he served as a member of the Continental Congress. After the Revolution Burton withdrew from public life and continued operation of Montpelier. In 1801 he served as a member of the commission that established the boundaries between North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Burton was the uncle of Congressman and Governor Hutchins Gordon Burton.
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