Coryell Co. TX - Bruton-Burns Submitted by Bobbie Ross ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Bruton-Burns The earliest records found of the Bruton ancestry begin with David Bruton(1) being born in 1740 in Anson Co., N. Carolina. His first wife's name is unknown at this time and he had his first child, George, from this marriage. He then married Susannah, last name unknown, and had the following children, Jonas, Enoch, David, Isaac, Phillip, and Hannah. All the children were born in Spartanburg Co., S. Carolina. The third son, Enock (2), born 15 Dec 1766 married Dorcus Woffard, born 9 Dec 1766. Enoch's first born son, Benjamin (3), was born 20 Jun 1788 and he married Gemima, last name unknown. Benjamin and Gemima moved to Tennessee and then on to Illinois. In 1834 Benjamin and his family, a younger brother, Elisha, and his aunt, Thurza Cole Bruton, widow of his uncle, Isaac, moved to Red River Co., Tx. By 1836, Benjamin and his family were among the first settlers to settle in Van Zandt Co., TX. Benjamin's fourth son, Enoch R. M. (4), born 1829 was married in Bell Co. Tx 10 Nov 1853 to Tempa Ann Paulk, born 1836. In the 1870 Bell Co. census Tempa Bruton is shown as the head of household with their five children, so we assume that Enoch is deceased at this time. Their five children were; William W., born 1854, married first Nancy McClendon, second Mrs. Viola Moore; Martha, born 1855, background unknown; Jessie Rubin, born 1858, married Martha D. Rhodes; Josiah, born 1860, background unknown; and Albert Jefferson, born 29 Oct 1862. Albert J. Bruton (5) married Mary Susie Burns, born 12 Jul 1867, on 4 May 1884 in Bell Co., TX. At this time what is known about Mary Susie's family is that her father was known as " Preacher Burns" in Coryell Co. She had one brother, John, and two sisters, Annie married to a Mr. Hackney, and Lillie. Albert and Susie bought land in Coryell Co. near Gatesville in 1897 and had a big peach orchard. From this marriage they had eleven children, nine making it to adulthood; Emmett, born 1887 married Allie Parker; Charles Clinton, born 1889 married first Tyrie, then Carmen E. White; Smith and Mary were stillborn; Jasper Jefferson, born 1893 married Hattie Sue Hawkins; Emma Paralee, born 1895 married Ralph Duncan Hamilton; Lou Ella (6), born 1897 married Ernest Lee Lynch; David Albert, born 1899 married Lima Dean Burns; Alta Sue, born 1902 married Marvin Leroy Tippit; Roy, born 1904 married Mamie Clawson; Troy Author, born 1907 married Martha Mae Anderson. Albert and Susie raised their nine children in Coryell Co and they attended Hubbard school. As the children grew in to adulthood they moved in different directions starting their own families. Many of the Bruton's and their descendants are buried in Restland, Flint Creek, and Mound cemeteries. Today there are many descendants of the original Coryell Co. Bruton's living in Gatesville, the surrounding areas and throughout Texas. I want to thank Ronnie Bruton, a second cousin, for his contribution to the family history of the Bruton's. Submitted by Cindy Foerster copyrighted by Cindy Foerster and Bobbie Ross Sept.2000