Wife of David Burkett
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David Burket married Mary Ann Zumwalt in either 1817 (Family Bible) or 1818 (gravestone) in St. Charles County of the Missouri Territory. Mary Ann Zumwalt was born 1 Jan 1800 in the St. Charles District of the Louisiana District of the Indiana Territory. The birthdate is thought to be certain because of it being on New Year's day at the turn of the century which was remarked about by descendants who probably received the impression first hand from Mary Ann. The precise identity of her parents is uncertain. The working hypothesis of this author (WLM) until more definitive data emerges is that Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket was the daughter of a Jacob Zumwalt, either Jacob Zumwalt the elder, most likely with wife Catherine Miller Zumwalt, or a Jacob Zumwalt Jr., son of the elder Jacob. The movement from the St. Charles District to CallawayCo of the Burket family coincides closely with that of the elder Jacob Zumwalt and relations described above. The marriage of Mary Ann Zumwalt and David Burket in 1817/1818 is the time in which the elder Jacob Zumwalt sold his O'Fallon homestead at Ft. Zumwalt to Nathan Heald and apparently moved to CallawayCo.
David Burket died unexpectedly on 7 Dec 1845 intestate. Widow Mary Ann Zumwalt Burkett moved remarkably quickly to have the estate appraised and legally partitioned. The estate was comprised of over 3341 acres of the original league plus other holdings from purchase and land certificates. On 11 December, a special session of court was assembled to start the process. The survey, appraisal and 7.5 handwritten pages of the settlement was finished by 21 December 1845 and signed by Mary Ann Burket with her mark since she was unable to write. The commissioners signed on either 21 or 27 December and the document was recorded on 17 February. It is thought that Mary Ann was aided by relatives Adam Zumwalt and close friends of the family Charles Braches and Capt. Augustus H. Jones, the latter of which were county commissioners, in achieving the formalities in such a short time. It is unclear what her motivation for quick settlement was. Perhaps she wished to insure there would be no current or future dissension among her children and in-laws. Family tales indicate problems with Simon Cockrell, husband of oldest daughter Edna. The time just before statehood was a volatile period in regard to land titles in the area and in the Republic of Texas in general. Texas was increasingly being populated by land hungry settlers many of whom were squatters and among both the type and clever unscrupulous residents were those who felt lands deeded under the defeated Mexican government were not necessarily legally valid. The eight lots on the league on the Lavaca-Gonzales County line were divided among the Burket children while Mary Ann reserved "a child's share for herself" as a homestead for her and the minor children over whom she obtained legal guardianship. She partitioned among the children what remained of the original Burket league into 8 parts and retained the 555-acre homestead on the Jesse McCoy and James Hughes headright on the Guadalupe River on the current DeWitt County line for herself (see Graves to Burket transfer of June 1840). A 533 acre land certificate was awarded to David Burket in 1839 for service to the Republic of Texas and was described as on the Guadalupe River and about 21 miles northwest of the city of New Braunfels in current Comal County. The tract was that added to son Nathan's share in the partition described below. In the Federal census of 1850 for DeWitt County,Texas, widow Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket and family are listed: Mary Ann Buget, 45, b. MO; Isaih Buget, 21, farmer b. MO; John Buget, 17, farmer b. TN; Margaret Buget (blind), 13, b. TN; Barthalomew Buget, 12, b. TN; Ann Buget, 10, b. TN. The births listed TN are a misprint, the children were born in TX.
Mary Ann Zumwalt Burkett, Sarah Ann Burkett and Little Berry Green and other Burkett and Green children are buried in the Hochheim Cemetery, Hochheim, DeWitt County, Texas. In 1960, descendants placed a permanent granite memorial to DeWitt Colony pioneers David and Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket. A Texas Highway historical marker stands on Kerr Creek at the site of his labor and homestead near Gonzales. Information provided with permission from David Burket-Index | DeWitt Colony Expansion | Burket Land Grant
SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
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David Burket married Mary Ann Zumwalt in either 1817 (Family Bible) or 1818 (gravestone) in St. Charles County of the Missouri Territory. Mary Ann Zumwalt was born 1 Jan 1800 in the St. Charles District of the Louisiana District of the Indiana Territory. The birthdate is thought to be certain because of it being on New Year's day at the turn of the century which was remarked about by descendants who probably received the impression first hand from Mary Ann. The precise identity of her parents is uncertain. The working hypothesis of this author (WLM) until more definitive data emerges is that Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket was the daughter of a Jacob Zumwalt, either Jacob Zumwalt the elder, most likely with wife Catherine Miller Zumwalt, or a Jacob Zumwalt Jr., son of the elder Jacob. The movement from the St. Charles District to CallawayCo of the Burket family coincides closely with that of the elder Jacob Zumwalt and relations described above. The marriage of Mary Ann Zumwalt and David Burket in 1817/1818 is the time in which the elder Jacob Zumwalt sold his O'Fallon homestead at Ft. Zumwalt to Nathan Heald and apparently moved to CallawayCo.
David Burket died unexpectedly on 7 Dec 1845 intestate. Widow Mary Ann Zumwalt Burkett moved remarkably quickly to have the estate appraised and legally partitioned. The estate was comprised of over 3341 acres of the original league plus other holdings from purchase and land certificates. On 11 December, a special session of court was assembled to start the process. The survey, appraisal and 7.5 handwritten pages of the settlement was finished by 21 December 1845 and signed by Mary Ann Burket with her mark since she was unable to write. The commissioners signed on either 21 or 27 December and the document was recorded on 17 February. It is thought that Mary Ann was aided by relatives Adam Zumwalt and close friends of the family Charles Braches and Capt. Augustus H. Jones, the latter of which were county commissioners, in achieving the formalities in such a short time. It is unclear what her motivation for quick settlement was. Perhaps she wished to insure there would be no current or future dissension among her children and in-laws. Family tales indicate problems with Simon Cockrell, husband of oldest daughter Edna. The time just before statehood was a volatile period in regard to land titles in the area and in the Republic of Texas in general. Texas was increasingly being populated by land hungry settlers many of whom were squatters and among both the type and clever unscrupulous residents were those who felt lands deeded under the defeated Mexican government were not necessarily legally valid. The eight lots on the league on the Lavaca-Gonzales County line were divided among the Burket children while Mary Ann reserved "a child's share for herself" as a homestead for her and the minor children over whom she obtained legal guardianship. She partitioned among the children what remained of the original Burket league into 8 parts and retained the 555-acre homestead on the Jesse McCoy and James Hughes headright on the Guadalupe River on the current DeWitt County line for herself (see Graves to Burket transfer of June 1840). A 533 acre land certificate was awarded to David Burket in 1839 for service to the Republic of Texas and was described as on the Guadalupe River and about 21 miles northwest of the city of New Braunfels in current Comal County. The tract was that added to son Nathan's share in the partition described below. In the Federal census of 1850 for DeWitt County,Texas, widow Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket and family are listed: Mary Ann Buget, 45, b. MO; Isaih Buget, 21, farmer b. MO; John Buget, 17, farmer b. TN; Margaret Buget (blind), 13, b. TN; Barthalomew Buget, 12, b. TN; Ann Buget, 10, b. TN. The births listed TN are a misprint, the children were born in TX.
Mary Ann Zumwalt Burkett, Sarah Ann Burkett and Little Berry Green and other Burkett and Green children are buried in the Hochheim Cemetery, Hochheim, DeWitt County, Texas. In 1960, descendants placed a permanent granite memorial to DeWitt Colony pioneers David and Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket. A Texas Highway historical marker stands on Kerr Creek at the site of his labor and homestead near Gonzales. Information provided with permission from David Burket-Index | DeWitt Colony Expansion | Burket Land Grant
SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
Wife of David Burkett
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David Burket married Mary Ann Zumwalt in either 1817 (Family Bible) or 1818 (gravestone) in St. Charles County of the Missouri Territory. Mary Ann Zumwalt was born 1 Jan 1800 in the St. Charles District of the Louisiana District of the Indiana Territory. The birthdate is thought to be certain because of it being on New Year's day at the turn of the century which was remarked about by descendants who probably received the impression first hand from Mary Ann. The precise identity of her parents is uncertain. The working hypothesis of this author (WLM) until more definitive data emerges is that Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket was the daughter of a Jacob Zumwalt, either Jacob Zumwalt the elder, most likely with wife Catherine Miller Zumwalt, or a Jacob Zumwalt Jr., son of the elder Jacob. The movement from the St. Charles District to CallawayCo of the Burket family coincides closely with that of the elder Jacob Zumwalt and relations described above. The marriage of Mary Ann Zumwalt and David Burket in 1817/1818 is the time in which the elder Jacob Zumwalt sold his O'Fallon homestead at Ft. Zumwalt to Nathan Heald and apparently moved to CallawayCo.
David Burket died unexpectedly on 7 Dec 1845 intestate. Widow Mary Ann Zumwalt Burkett moved remarkably quickly to have the estate appraised and legally partitioned. The estate was comprised of over 3341 acres of the original league plus other holdings from purchase and land certificates. On 11 December, a special session of court was assembled to start the process. The survey, appraisal and 7.5 handwritten pages of the settlement was finished by 21 December 1845 and signed by Mary Ann Burket with her mark since she was unable to write. The commissioners signed on either 21 or 27 December and the document was recorded on 17 February. It is thought that Mary Ann was aided by relatives Adam Zumwalt and close friends of the family Charles Braches and Capt. Augustus H. Jones, the latter of which were county commissioners, in achieving the formalities in such a short time. It is unclear what her motivation for quick settlement was. Perhaps she wished to insure there would be no current or future dissension among her children and in-laws. Family tales indicate problems with Simon Cockrell, husband of oldest daughter Edna. The time just before statehood was a volatile period in regard to land titles in the area and in the Republic of Texas in general. Texas was increasingly being populated by land hungry settlers many of whom were squatters and among both the type and clever unscrupulous residents were those who felt lands deeded under the defeated Mexican government were not necessarily legally valid. The eight lots on the league on the Lavaca-Gonzales County line were divided among the Burket children while Mary Ann reserved "a child's share for herself" as a homestead for her and the minor children over whom she obtained legal guardianship. She partitioned among the children what remained of the original Burket league into 8 parts and retained the 555-acre homestead on the Jesse McCoy and James Hughes headright on the Guadalupe River on the current DeWitt County line for herself (see Graves to Burket transfer of June 1840). A 533 acre land certificate was awarded to David Burket in 1839 for service to the Republic of Texas and was described as on the Guadalupe River and about 21 miles northwest of the city of New Braunfels in current Comal County. The tract was that added to son Nathan's share in the partition described below. In the Federal census of 1850 for DeWitt County,Texas, widow Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket and family are listed: Mary Ann Buget, 45, b. MO; Isaih Buget, 21, farmer b. MO; John Buget, 17, farmer b. TN; Margaret Buget (blind), 13, b. TN; Barthalomew Buget, 12, b. TN; Ann Buget, 10, b. TN. The births listed TN are a misprint, the children were born in TX.
Mary Ann Zumwalt Burkett, Sarah Ann Burkett and Little Berry Green and other Burkett and Green children are buried in the Hochheim Cemetery, Hochheim, DeWitt County, Texas. In 1960, descendants placed a permanent granite memorial to DeWitt Colony pioneers David and Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket. A Texas Highway historical marker stands on Kerr Creek at the site of his labor and homestead near Gonzales. Information provided with permission from David Burket-Index | DeWitt Colony Expansion | Burket Land Grant
SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
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David Burket married Mary Ann Zumwalt in either 1817 (Family Bible) or 1818 (gravestone) in St. Charles County of the Missouri Territory. Mary Ann Zumwalt was born 1 Jan 1800 in the St. Charles District of the Louisiana District of the Indiana Territory. The birthdate is thought to be certain because of it being on New Year's day at the turn of the century which was remarked about by descendants who probably received the impression first hand from Mary Ann. The precise identity of her parents is uncertain. The working hypothesis of this author (WLM) until more definitive data emerges is that Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket was the daughter of a Jacob Zumwalt, either Jacob Zumwalt the elder, most likely with wife Catherine Miller Zumwalt, or a Jacob Zumwalt Jr., son of the elder Jacob. The movement from the St. Charles District to CallawayCo of the Burket family coincides closely with that of the elder Jacob Zumwalt and relations described above. The marriage of Mary Ann Zumwalt and David Burket in 1817/1818 is the time in which the elder Jacob Zumwalt sold his O'Fallon homestead at Ft. Zumwalt to Nathan Heald and apparently moved to CallawayCo.
David Burket died unexpectedly on 7 Dec 1845 intestate. Widow Mary Ann Zumwalt Burkett moved remarkably quickly to have the estate appraised and legally partitioned. The estate was comprised of over 3341 acres of the original league plus other holdings from purchase and land certificates. On 11 December, a special session of court was assembled to start the process. The survey, appraisal and 7.5 handwritten pages of the settlement was finished by 21 December 1845 and signed by Mary Ann Burket with her mark since she was unable to write. The commissioners signed on either 21 or 27 December and the document was recorded on 17 February. It is thought that Mary Ann was aided by relatives Adam Zumwalt and close friends of the family Charles Braches and Capt. Augustus H. Jones, the latter of which were county commissioners, in achieving the formalities in such a short time. It is unclear what her motivation for quick settlement was. Perhaps she wished to insure there would be no current or future dissension among her children and in-laws. Family tales indicate problems with Simon Cockrell, husband of oldest daughter Edna. The time just before statehood was a volatile period in regard to land titles in the area and in the Republic of Texas in general. Texas was increasingly being populated by land hungry settlers many of whom were squatters and among both the type and clever unscrupulous residents were those who felt lands deeded under the defeated Mexican government were not necessarily legally valid. The eight lots on the league on the Lavaca-Gonzales County line were divided among the Burket children while Mary Ann reserved "a child's share for herself" as a homestead for her and the minor children over whom she obtained legal guardianship. She partitioned among the children what remained of the original Burket league into 8 parts and retained the 555-acre homestead on the Jesse McCoy and James Hughes headright on the Guadalupe River on the current DeWitt County line for herself (see Graves to Burket transfer of June 1840). A 533 acre land certificate was awarded to David Burket in 1839 for service to the Republic of Texas and was described as on the Guadalupe River and about 21 miles northwest of the city of New Braunfels in current Comal County. The tract was that added to son Nathan's share in the partition described below. In the Federal census of 1850 for DeWitt County,Texas, widow Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket and family are listed: Mary Ann Buget, 45, b. MO; Isaih Buget, 21, farmer b. MO; John Buget, 17, farmer b. TN; Margaret Buget (blind), 13, b. TN; Barthalomew Buget, 12, b. TN; Ann Buget, 10, b. TN. The births listed TN are a misprint, the children were born in TX.
Mary Ann Zumwalt Burkett, Sarah Ann Burkett and Little Berry Green and other Burkett and Green children are buried in the Hochheim Cemetery, Hochheim, DeWitt County, Texas. In 1960, descendants placed a permanent granite memorial to DeWitt Colony pioneers David and Mary Ann Zumwalt Burket. A Texas Highway historical marker stands on Kerr Creek at the site of his labor and homestead near Gonzales. Information provided with permission from David Burket-Index | DeWitt Colony Expansion | Burket Land Grant
SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
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Our Mother
In memory of
Mary Ann Burkett
Born in MO
Jan 1 1800
Married in 1817
Moved to Texas
in June 1829
Died Mar 8 1887
"Her end was peace"
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