MARION COUNTY, GA - BIOS  Burt, Hilliard Z.

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga. 
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895


MARION COUNTY

Hillard Z. Burt, farmer, Brantley, Marion Co., Ga., son of
Zachariah and Elizabeth (Burt) Burt, was born in Putnam county,
Ga., in 1815.  His grandfather, in North Carolina, was a soldier
in that state, came to Georgia when fifteen years of age, and
settled in Warren county.  Afterward he moved to Putnam, and
thence to Talbot county.  From Talbot he moved to Marion county,
leaving, when he died, a large estate in land and Negroes.  He
was a member of the Methodist church.  His maternal
grandparents, Burt, were natives of North Carolina, and migrated
to Georgia and settled in Warren county about the beginning of
this century.  He was a soldier in the late war with Great
Britain.  Mr. Burt was reared a farmer and was educated at the
“old field” log school house common at the time of his boyhood. 
Being too old for active field service during the war he was
detailed to look after the women and children.  In 1847 he was
married to Miss Sarah K. Smith - born in Talbot county, Ga., in
1826 - daughter of John L. and Hattie (Humphries) Smith.  Mr.
Smith was a native of Baldwin county, and a farmer.  To Mr. and
Mrs. Burt seven children have been born: Eugene, William,
Stephen, Homer, Walter, Emma, and Rena.  Mrs. Burt, who was a
consistent and exemplary member of the Methodist church, died in
1868.  Mr. Burt has always been an uncompromising, “true blue”
democrat, and is enjoying, in his old age, the fruits of a
laborious, well-spent life.  He has been regarded as one of the
best and prosperous farmers in the county, and held in high
esteem by his fellow citizens.

NOTES:
Listed in Brantley Methodist Church Cemetery: Marion County

Burt, Hilliard Z., 1815-27 Jan 1897 
Burt, Hilliard, J., s/o H.Z. & S.C. Burt, (No dates)
Burt, Sarah C., w/o Hilliard Z. Burt, 18 Dec 1828-18 Oct 1878