Parents: Abraham Dillard of Virginia & Sarah Kent
Married Crawford Clifton "Doc" Burnett Aug. 06, 1857 in Gonzales Co., TX In 1856 Sarah Elizabeth was visiting the Burnett and Dillard cousins and happened to meet young Crawford Clifton Burnett from Spring Creek who was with his friend and former brother-in-law Winslow Burns. They met, fell in love and were married August 6, 1857 by Reverend A. Davidson in front of the fireplace in the home of Samuel Hardin Gates and his wife, her cousin Elizabeth Ann Dillard Gates."
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An article by Sidney Lord Richards in The History of Gonzales County, Texas relates that William H. H. Baldridge, second husband and cousin of the widow Sarah Clifton Kent Dillard "was made guardian of his two-and-a-half-year-old stepdaughter Sarah Elizabeth Dillard yet he did not take proper care of her. She was cared for by her aunt Susan Beason Dillard Burnett and by her cousin Elizabeth Ann Dillard Gates as well as by her grandmother Elizabeth Zumwalt Kent. Sadly, her grandmother Kent died in 1844 and her stepgrandfather Joseph Kent died in December, 1849. In 1850 her uncle David Boyd Kent was then made her guardian, and knowing she had but little education, arrangements were made for her to board, attend school and live with George Tennille Sr. and his wife Sarah Davis Tennille. The Tennilles were good friends of her parents, and no doubt she was happy with her new life. By this time Cousin Elizabeth Ann Gates, her husband Samuel Hardin Gates, her aunt Susan Dillard Burnett and her husband William Burnett were living on their leagues of land which adjoined and not too far from the Tennilles. There was also a young girl named Elizabeth Davis living with the Tennilles who had become Sarah Elizabeth's very best friend. This friendship was to last their lifetime. Elizabeth Davis married Roscoe "Ross" Roebuck in 1852, moved to Goliad and later back to Salt Creek near Pilgrim. After Elizabeth left, Sarah Elizabeth completed her education. She spent some time with her Kent relations, Adam and Jane Strain Kent Zumwalt, and went back again to be with her Gates and Burnett and Dillard kin. In 1856 Sarah Elizabeth was visiting the Burnett and Dillard cousins and happened to meet young Crawford Clifton Burnett from Spring Creek who was with his friend and former brother-in-law Winslow Burns. They met, fell in love and were married August 6, 1857 by Reverend A. Davidson in front of the fireplace in the home of Samuel Hardin Gates and his wife, her cousin Elizabeth Ann Dillard Gates." Information used with permission. by SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
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