John Burton

Alternate Names
John Robinson
Birth Date
Circa 1797
Death Date
Circa 1865
Gender
Male

Company teamster.

Enslaved at the time of his immigration experience. 

"I sent our colored man, John, with some feed grain and provisions to raise something for us to come to. He went as a teamster for a brother with the pioneers. . . They arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley, 1847 . . . . We descended and entered the valley the first of October, 1848. . . . The next day I went south six or eight miles to see some corn that John our colored man had raised." (Joseph Lee Robinson, History of Joseph Lee Robinson, 65, 78)

Appears on the 1850 census as "John Robinson." Incorrectly identified as "John Robertson" in company records, in the Journal History of the Church, and possibly on other records too. 

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Born in Campbell, Virginia, United States

1797

Date Details

Occurred Circa 1797
Birth

Relationships

Father
Zacariah
Mother
Jenny

Joined Edward Hunter/Jacob Foutz Company

1847 June 19 – October 1 (Age 50)

Died in Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States

1865 (Age 68)

Date Details

Occurred Circa 1865
Died