OLIVER G. BURTON
CLASS OF 1808
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 37
FOUGHT AT TIPPECANOE
WAR OF 1812 VETERAN
POW AT SURRENDER OF DETROIT
MAJOR. THIRD INFANTRY, U. S. ARMY
SUTLER AT WEST POINT FIVE YEARS
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37. ( Born Vt. ). OLIVER G. BURTON. ( Ap'd. Vt. ). ----------
Military History : ----- Cadet at the Military Academy, Mar. 20, 1807, to June 18, 1808. when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
( FIRST LIEUT., 4TH INFANTRY, JUNE 18, 1808 )
Served on the Northwestern Frontier, 1808-11; in Gen. Harrison's Campaign of 1811 in Indiana Territory being engaged in the Battle of
( CAPTAIN, 4TH INFANTRY, AUG. 25, 1811 )
Tippecanoe, Nov. 7, 1811 ; and in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, being engaged in the Action of Maguago ( near Brownstown ) Mich., Aug. 9, 1812,---- Surrender of Detroit, Mich., Aug. 16, 1812, -----
( MAJOR, 33D INFANTRY, JUNE 15, 1814 )
and, after his exchange as a prisoner of war, on Recruiting and Inspecting duty, 1814-15.
( DISBANDED, JUNE 15, 1815 )
Re-appointed , and served as Sutler and Store Keeper at West Point, N. Y., 1815-20.
( DIED, FEB. 22, 1821, AT MATANZAS, CUBA )
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MARRIED: Almira Partridge. She was the first cousin of Alden Partridge, who was Superintendent of West Point from 1814 to 1817. They had two children, Henry S. and Louise Partridge Burton. After Major Burton's death she remarried Ebenezer Bancroft Williston.
Note: He was in command of a Company of men of the Fourth U. S. Infantry at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Note: Postmaster of West Point from 1817-1820. Information provided by Jay Joyce, USMA Class of 1974 , and author of the book " A Brief History of the West Point Post Office."
NOTE: He was the father of Henry S. Burton, USMA Class of 1839.
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Researched and Transcribed by ED CATTERSON
[email protected],
12/27/2020
CLASS OF 1808
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 37
FOUGHT AT TIPPECANOE
WAR OF 1812 VETERAN
POW AT SURRENDER OF DETROIT
MAJOR. THIRD INFANTRY, U. S. ARMY
SUTLER AT WEST POINT FIVE YEARS
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
37. ( Born Vt. ). OLIVER G. BURTON. ( Ap'd. Vt. ). ----------
Military History : ----- Cadet at the Military Academy, Mar. 20, 1807, to June 18, 1808. when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
( FIRST LIEUT., 4TH INFANTRY, JUNE 18, 1808 )
Served on the Northwestern Frontier, 1808-11; in Gen. Harrison's Campaign of 1811 in Indiana Territory being engaged in the Battle of
( CAPTAIN, 4TH INFANTRY, AUG. 25, 1811 )
Tippecanoe, Nov. 7, 1811 ; and in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, being engaged in the Action of Maguago ( near Brownstown ) Mich., Aug. 9, 1812,---- Surrender of Detroit, Mich., Aug. 16, 1812, -----
( MAJOR, 33D INFANTRY, JUNE 15, 1814 )
and, after his exchange as a prisoner of war, on Recruiting and Inspecting duty, 1814-15.
( DISBANDED, JUNE 15, 1815 )
Re-appointed , and served as Sutler and Store Keeper at West Point, N. Y., 1815-20.
( DIED, FEB. 22, 1821, AT MATANZAS, CUBA )
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MARRIED: Almira Partridge. She was the first cousin of Alden Partridge, who was Superintendent of West Point from 1814 to 1817. They had two children, Henry S. and Louise Partridge Burton. After Major Burton's death she remarried Ebenezer Bancroft Williston.
Note: He was in command of a Company of men of the Fourth U. S. Infantry at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Note: Postmaster of West Point from 1817-1820. Information provided by Jay Joyce, USMA Class of 1974 , and author of the book " A Brief History of the West Point Post Office."
NOTE: He was the father of Henry S. Burton, USMA Class of 1839.
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Researched and Transcribed by ED CATTERSON
[email protected],
12/27/2020
OLIVER G. BURTON
CLASS OF 1808
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 37
FOUGHT AT TIPPECANOE
WAR OF 1812 VETERAN
POW AT SURRENDER OF DETROIT
MAJOR. THIRD INFANTRY, U. S. ARMY
SUTLER AT WEST POINT FIVE YEARS
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
37. ( Born Vt. ). OLIVER G. BURTON. ( Ap'd. Vt. ). ----------
Military History : ----- Cadet at the Military Academy, Mar. 20, 1807, to June 18, 1808. when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
( FIRST LIEUT., 4TH INFANTRY, JUNE 18, 1808 )
Served on the Northwestern Frontier, 1808-11; in Gen. Harrison's Campaign of 1811 in Indiana Territory being engaged in the Battle of
( CAPTAIN, 4TH INFANTRY, AUG. 25, 1811 )
Tippecanoe, Nov. 7, 1811 ; and in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, being engaged in the Action of Maguago ( near Brownstown ) Mich., Aug. 9, 1812,---- Surrender of Detroit, Mich., Aug. 16, 1812, -----
( MAJOR, 33D INFANTRY, JUNE 15, 1814 )
and, after his exchange as a prisoner of war, on Recruiting and Inspecting duty, 1814-15.
( DISBANDED, JUNE 15, 1815 )
Re-appointed , and served as Sutler and Store Keeper at West Point, N. Y., 1815-20.
( DIED, FEB. 22, 1821, AT MATANZAS, CUBA )
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MARRIED: Almira Partridge. She was the first cousin of Alden Partridge, who was Superintendent of West Point from 1814 to 1817. They had two children, Henry S. and Louise Partridge Burton. After Major Burton's death she remarried Ebenezer Bancroft Williston.
Note: He was in command of a Company of men of the Fourth U. S. Infantry at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Note: Postmaster of West Point from 1817-1820. Information provided by Jay Joyce, USMA Class of 1974 , and author of the book " A Brief History of the West Point Post Office."
NOTE: He was the father of Henry S. Burton, USMA Class of 1839.
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Researched and Transcribed by ED CATTERSON
[email protected],
12/27/2020
CLASS OF 1808
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 37
FOUGHT AT TIPPECANOE
WAR OF 1812 VETERAN
POW AT SURRENDER OF DETROIT
MAJOR. THIRD INFANTRY, U. S. ARMY
SUTLER AT WEST POINT FIVE YEARS
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
37. ( Born Vt. ). OLIVER G. BURTON. ( Ap'd. Vt. ). ----------
Military History : ----- Cadet at the Military Academy, Mar. 20, 1807, to June 18, 1808. when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
( FIRST LIEUT., 4TH INFANTRY, JUNE 18, 1808 )
Served on the Northwestern Frontier, 1808-11; in Gen. Harrison's Campaign of 1811 in Indiana Territory being engaged in the Battle of
( CAPTAIN, 4TH INFANTRY, AUG. 25, 1811 )
Tippecanoe, Nov. 7, 1811 ; and in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, being engaged in the Action of Maguago ( near Brownstown ) Mich., Aug. 9, 1812,---- Surrender of Detroit, Mich., Aug. 16, 1812, -----
( MAJOR, 33D INFANTRY, JUNE 15, 1814 )
and, after his exchange as a prisoner of war, on Recruiting and Inspecting duty, 1814-15.
( DISBANDED, JUNE 15, 1815 )
Re-appointed , and served as Sutler and Store Keeper at West Point, N. Y., 1815-20.
( DIED, FEB. 22, 1821, AT MATANZAS, CUBA )
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MARRIED: Almira Partridge. She was the first cousin of Alden Partridge, who was Superintendent of West Point from 1814 to 1817. They had two children, Henry S. and Louise Partridge Burton. After Major Burton's death she remarried Ebenezer Bancroft Williston.
Note: He was in command of a Company of men of the Fourth U. S. Infantry at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Note: Postmaster of West Point from 1817-1820. Information provided by Jay Joyce, USMA Class of 1974 , and author of the book " A Brief History of the West Point Post Office."
NOTE: He was the father of Henry S. Burton, USMA Class of 1839.
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Researched and Transcribed by ED CATTERSON
[email protected],
12/27/2020
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Passed away in Cuba. No current information regarding his final resting place or whether he was brought home to America. More research is needed.
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