Robert Burnett was a remarkable man and a true Pioneer.
Robert Burnett left Kentucky on foot and made his way through the wilderness to Sullivan County, Indiana. Once there, he took out a claim on 160 acres adjoining what is now New Lebanon in Sullivan Co., Indiana. Robert donated 10 of these acres for the founding of New Lebanon.
Robert married Isabel Mason and they had 7 children: John R., James Madison, Polly, Anthony Ezra, Sarah, Leanna and Robert Virgil.
Besides farming, Robert had learned the saddler's trade in Kentucky and he made and repaired harnesses for the early settlers. He also operated a saw mill at New Lebanon for 20 years before the war. He operated fan mills for threshing wheat and, as he was an excellent carpenter, he helped build flat-bottom boats.
In 1834, he learned there was an opportunity for teamsters and carpenters at the Chicago, Illinois settlement, so he took his wife and 2 children, John and Polly, and, in a covered wagon, drawn by six oxen, made the arduous and dangerous journey to Lake Michigan.
Sources: The Sullivan Times, May 15,1937, Interview with James Harper Burnett.
Charles Springer of Cranehook-On-The-Delaware, His Descendants & Allied Families by Jessie Evelyn Springer, page 58.
History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, State of Indiana; from the earliest time to the present, Part III, History of Sullivan County, Chapter XIII, page 663.
Robert Burnett left Kentucky on foot and made his way through the wilderness to Sullivan County, Indiana. Once there, he took out a claim on 160 acres adjoining what is now New Lebanon in Sullivan Co., Indiana. Robert donated 10 of these acres for the founding of New Lebanon.
Robert married Isabel Mason and they had 7 children: John R., James Madison, Polly, Anthony Ezra, Sarah, Leanna and Robert Virgil.
Besides farming, Robert had learned the saddler's trade in Kentucky and he made and repaired harnesses for the early settlers. He also operated a saw mill at New Lebanon for 20 years before the war. He operated fan mills for threshing wheat and, as he was an excellent carpenter, he helped build flat-bottom boats.
In 1834, he learned there was an opportunity for teamsters and carpenters at the Chicago, Illinois settlement, so he took his wife and 2 children, John and Polly, and, in a covered wagon, drawn by six oxen, made the arduous and dangerous journey to Lake Michigan.
Sources: The Sullivan Times, May 15,1937, Interview with James Harper Burnett.
Charles Springer of Cranehook-On-The-Delaware, His Descendants & Allied Families by Jessie Evelyn Springer, page 58.
History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, State of Indiana; from the earliest time to the present, Part III, History of Sullivan County, Chapter XIII, page 663.
Robert Burnett was a remarkable man and a true Pioneer.
Robert Burnett left Kentucky on foot and made his way through the wilderness to Sullivan County, Indiana. Once there, he took out a claim on 160 acres adjoining what is now New Lebanon in Sullivan Co., Indiana. Robert donated 10 of these acres for the founding of New Lebanon.
Robert married Isabel Mason and they had 7 children: John R., James Madison, Polly, Anthony Ezra, Sarah, Leanna and Robert Virgil.
Besides farming, Robert had learned the saddler's trade in Kentucky and he made and repaired harnesses for the early settlers. He also operated a saw mill at New Lebanon for 20 years before the war. He operated fan mills for threshing wheat and, as he was an excellent carpenter, he helped build flat-bottom boats.
In 1834, he learned there was an opportunity for teamsters and carpenters at the Chicago, Illinois settlement, so he took his wife and 2 children, John and Polly, and, in a covered wagon, drawn by six oxen, made the arduous and dangerous journey to Lake Michigan.
Sources: The Sullivan Times, May 15,1937, Interview with James Harper Burnett.
Charles Springer of Cranehook-On-The-Delaware, His Descendants & Allied Families by Jessie Evelyn Springer, page 58.
History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, State of Indiana; from the earliest time to the present, Part III, History of Sullivan County, Chapter XIII, page 663.
Robert Burnett left Kentucky on foot and made his way through the wilderness to Sullivan County, Indiana. Once there, he took out a claim on 160 acres adjoining what is now New Lebanon in Sullivan Co., Indiana. Robert donated 10 of these acres for the founding of New Lebanon.
Robert married Isabel Mason and they had 7 children: John R., James Madison, Polly, Anthony Ezra, Sarah, Leanna and Robert Virgil.
Besides farming, Robert had learned the saddler's trade in Kentucky and he made and repaired harnesses for the early settlers. He also operated a saw mill at New Lebanon for 20 years before the war. He operated fan mills for threshing wheat and, as he was an excellent carpenter, he helped build flat-bottom boats.
In 1834, he learned there was an opportunity for teamsters and carpenters at the Chicago, Illinois settlement, so he took his wife and 2 children, John and Polly, and, in a covered wagon, drawn by six oxen, made the arduous and dangerous journey to Lake Michigan.
Sources: The Sullivan Times, May 15,1937, Interview with James Harper Burnett.
Charles Springer of Cranehook-On-The-Delaware, His Descendants & Allied Families by Jessie Evelyn Springer, page 58.
History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, State of Indiana; from the earliest time to the present, Part III, History of Sullivan County, Chapter XIII, page 663.
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