Ancestry of
Amy Grant

Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter

John Booker Burton

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Amy Grant — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 20 
  • Father:
  • Isaac Thomas Burton 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Jane Mohon   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Apr 1855 
  • Birth Location:
  • Tennessee 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Nov 1935 
  • Death Location:
  • Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee 
  • Burial Date:
  • 26 Nov 1935 
  • Burial Location:
  • Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Elizabeth Lafferty
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Oct 1877 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sumner County, Tennessee 
  • Child:

  Andrew Mizell Burton (Ahnentafel No:10 )

  • Notes: 

  • John Booker Burton's death certificate gives his birth date as 06 APR 1855 and his death date as 25 NOV 1935. However, his tombstone is inscribed with the years 1856 - 1936. There is no doubt his death occurred in 1935 and it is believed that the person inscribing the tombstone mistook the number 5 in both dates to be a 6.

• Additional marriages for John Booker Burton

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth F. Duncan
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1890

• Sources for John Booker Burton

  • ¹ Federal Census, TN, Sumner County, 1880, District 1, E.D. 208, p. 25, Image 25 of 28.
  • ² Federal Census, TN, Davidson County, 1900, Nashville Ward 19, E.D. 114, Sheet 15A, Image 29 of 42.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/24/2021).
  • ⁴ Nashville Banner (Nashville, Tennessee), 26 NOV 1935, p. 15, Obituary for John Booker Burton.
  • ⁵ Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966, FHL film no. 4184439, Image 1705, Death certificate for John Booker Burton.
  • ⁶ Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, Death certificate for son Andrew Mizell Burton.
  • ⁷ Tennessee, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, Death record for John Booker Burton, gives John's birth year as 1855.
  • ⁸ Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002, Marriage record for J B Burton and Sarah E Lafferty.
  • ⁹ Mohon, James Leroy, John Mohon of Lunenburg County and His Descendants, Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press (2001), 84.

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