Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....Burnett, Col. John J. July 28, 1838
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9 August 1838; The Brunswick Advocate

DIED--At his residence in this County on Saturday the 28th July, at 12 
o'clock, M., after a painful illness of many months, Col. John Burnett in the 
77th year of his age.  When the Destroyer breathes upon the blooming cheek of 
the young, and makes the aspirant to honor and happiness a tenant of the tomb, 
we mourn that man "cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down."  When in the 
glory of manhood, he "wasteth away," how mysterious the Providence 
that "destroyeth the hope of man."  But when the aged patriarch bends beneath 
the weight of fourscore years, when his trembling steps betray the gradual but 
certain decay of nature, when his frame is wasted by disease, and live becomes 
a weariness, when, as the hireling longs for the evening's shadow, he sighs at 
the lingering steps of death, we rejoice that we are but pilgrims here, and 
when the "silver cord is loosed," however great may be our loss, we raise our 
thoughts in thankfulness to God, that the spirit is at rest.  Such should be 
our feelings in the present instance.  The subject of these remarks had 
languished for a year, but the last three months, his sufferings were beyond 
description.  Hope for his recovery had long ceased to be cherished, and the 
wish to have his life prolonged, was but to prolong his sufferings.  Col. 
Burnett was born in Sunbury, and moved to the County upwards of forty years 
since, at a time when it was a frontier settlement.  He served in the Indian 
War of 1787 or 1788, in which he received his commission and title from the 
State of Georgia.  For eighteen years, he represented Glynn County in the 
State Legislature, and no man ever enjoyed the confidence of his fellow 
citizens in a higher degree than himself, and well he might.  His bosom burned 
with the devotion of a patriot, he loved his country and at any moment, even 
when his eyes were dimmed with age, and the vigor of them was gone, have 
perilled for her (can not read)...his fortune, and his honor.  He (can not 
read)..-tian; for more than twenty years (can not read)...an upright member of 
the Baptist Church .  His was the religion that (can not read)...God and man.  
Few have more (can not read)...observed the "golden rule" than he.  (can not 
read)...ear was ever open to the cry of (causes), and his hand ever ready to 
relieve.  His (can not read)...were committed to the dust at 4 o'clock (can 
not read)...on Sunday the 29th of July, attended by a large number of friends, 
whose tearful eyes and swelling bosoms denoted how sincerely they respected 
him.  Peace to thine ashes, and to thy soul the approbation of the 
God.                    (Communicated)


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