Quitman County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Burnett Family Cemetery - Complete Survey
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Donna Eldridge DonnaEldrid@aol.com July 15, 2004, 8:24 pm

Abstracted By: "Cemeteries and Churches of Quitman County, Georgia" by Jacquelyn Shepard

The Burnett family was a very prominent family in Quitman 
County.  They were among the first settlers in the area and 
were large land owners.  

     Dr. S. P. Burnett married three times; his wives names 
are not known.
Capt. Burnett, CSA, was a son of the first marrige.  Bob 
Burnett was a son of the second marriage.  J. D. Burnett, 
who was killed during a robbery of their store, was also a 
son of the second marriage.  He is buried in this cemetery.

     The Ricks, a rich family in the area, had a young lady 
to come stay with them, who could have been a tutor to the 
Ricks children.  She married Capt. Burnett.  Bill, Hop and 
Ben were children of this marriage.

     Most large plantations along the Chattahoochee River 
had boat ramps.  Bill Burnett told the story that he and a 
Black boy were sent down to the boat ramp to wait for the 
boat.  It came by at night, so a fire was made to light the 
torches to be used to flag it.  They laid down by the fire 
and went to sleep, waking up when the whistle sounded for 
the Georgetown landing.  They had to stay on the river bank 
for nearly a week, waiting for the next boat going to 
Columbus, in order to ship the cotton up river.
 Mr. Frank Bledsoe


                 BURNETT FAMILY CEMETERY


J. W. AVEN   May 8, 1885

Mary Love BURNETT   b May 8, 1875   d Nov. 24, 1909

Jeffie Lee BURNETT   b Feb. 30, 1884   d Mar. 7, 1899

J. D. BURNETT   b Sept. 16, 1872   d Apr. 13, 1893

Dr. S. P. BURNETT   b Apr. 2, 1803   d Feb. 10, 1880

Nancy HARDEN

Ga. ALEXANDER   b Feb. 8, 1864   d Feb. 19, 1906


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Shepard

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