LITTON, Burton, Sr.

LITTON, SHIRLEY, GROFF, BARBY

Posted By: Debbie Nash (email)
Date: 4/24/2004 at 19:21:56

LITTON, Burton, Pvt., Capt. John W. Shirley's Co., Barbee's Regt., Ky. Militia, Enl. Aug. 23, 1812, for six months.

From NATIONAL ARCHIVES:
27 Dec 1850. Burton LITTON, aged 60 years, resident of Jefferson County, State of Iowa, makes declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land; entered the service at Adair County, Kentucky; was honorably discharged at Cincinnati, Ohio, 23 March 1813; received a Certificate of Discharge from his said Captain and kept it in his possession several years, but when he was about moving from Kentucky, thinking that it would never be of any use to him, destroyed it with other loose papers. Signed before William E. Groff, Notary Public, Jefferson County, Iowa.

14 Feb 1871. His post office address is Vega, Jefferson County, State of Iowa; his residence Round Prairie, Jefferson County, Iowa.

8 Apr 1871. He was in a regiment under the command of Colonel Barby, and stationed at Fort Barby on the St. Mary's River, State of Ohio, and detailed to make Military Roads, and guard Government trains.

Bounty Land Warrants:
#16132, 80 Acres; #16655, 80 Acres.

Death of Soldier - April 26, 1874, Jefferson County, Iowa.