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Burkett/ Franklin / Kirkpatrick All trying to link together (1)Bartilla Burkett June 5-1836 Butler County Alabama 22 May 1891 Bienville Parish, La. Springhill Cemetery~~Parents: Joseph Burkett~~Sarah Stapleton~~Wife: Pernettia Franklin 16 Jan 1842 15 June 1926 (Springhill Cemetery) daughter of Mark Martin and Nancy Stapleton (how was Sarah and Nancy related ?)~~~Bartilla Burkett, a blacksmith and farmer, served as a private in Co. A 1st Battalion Alabama Artillery, Confederate Army 2 Sept 1862 to 23 Aug. 1864 when he was captured at camp Morgan and sent to the Elmira, New York prison, Camp on 18 Sept 1864. He was released 26 June 1865 and traditions says it took him so long to walk back to Alabama that he was given up for dead. When his wife, Pernettia, saw him coming up the road, she didn't bother to open the gate, but jumped the fence and ran to meet him. In 1882, Bartilla and his family came to Bienville Parish and settled at Manning. All his children were born in Butler County Al. They were:~1~. Sarah Ann Burkett 8 April 1860 m William Joseph Tipton 30 Aug 1876 ~2~. Willis Franklin "Willie" Burkett 24 December1861 m S. Emma Crawford. Sons Were (2a) Walter H Burkett married Ceola Sabra Franklin...(2b) Arthur Burkett m Viola Tooke and (2c) Vadin Burkett married Ethel Kirkpatrick.(2d) Aaron Burkett married Cumma Lee Franklin~3~. Nancy Leoris Burkett 31-oct 1866 m F F Armor (3a) Mattie Emma Armor m Ed Scott (son of J W Scott) (3b) Johnnie Solomon (3b) Freamy Louis Armor (might be more ?)~4~. Laura Emma Burkett 9-dec 1868-1945 m John T Green (1859-1935) buried at Springhill (4a) Argyle Green . Cumma Lee Franklin who was widow of Aaron Burkett(4b) Lorena Green m Walter Gamble (4c) Udie Green m Doyle Giddens (4d) Oral Green (4e) Wes Green (4f) Gerfy Green **Bartilla had a brother names Joseph (his father was also named Joseph) Burkett who also came to Alabama Bend in Bienville Parish and is said to have lived in Section 16, near Loggy Bayou. Limited records show his children to have been (1) Napoleon "nip" Burkett, (2) Henry Burkett, "Buss" Burkett and (3) Prince Burkett and (4) Annie Burkett (Masey) Source: History of Bienville Parish, Billie Gene Poland

Burkett/ Franklin / Kirkpatrick  All trying to link together (1)Bartilla Burkett June 5-1836 Butler County Alabama 22 May 1891 Bienville Parish, La. Springhill Cemetery~~Parents: Joseph Burkett~~Sarah Stapleton~~Wife: Pernettia Franklin 16 Jan 1842 15 June 1926 (Springhill Cemetery)  daughter of Mark Martin and Nancy Stapleton  (how was Sarah and Nancy related ?)~~~Bartilla Burkett, a blacksmith and farmer, served as a private in Co. A 1st Battalion Alabama Artillery, Confederate Army 2 Sept 1862 to 23 Aug. 1864 when he was captured at camp Morgan and sent to the Elmira, New York prison, Camp on 18 Sept 1864. He was released 26 June 1865 and traditions says it took him so long to walk back to Alabama that he was given up for dead.  When his wife, Pernettia, saw him coming up the road, she didn't bother to open the gate, but jumped the fence and ran to meet him.   In 1882, Bartilla and his family came to Bienville Parish and settled at Manning.  All his children were born in Butler County Al. They were:~1~. Sarah Ann Burkett 8 April 1860 m William Joseph Tipton 30 Aug 1876 ~2~. Willis Franklin "Willie" Burkett 24 December1861 m S. Emma    Crawford.  Sons Were (2a) Walter H Burkett married Ceola Sabra Franklin...(2b) Arthur Burkett m Viola Tooke and (2c) Vadin Burkett married Ethel Kirkpatrick.(2d) Aaron Burkett married Cumma Lee Franklin~3~.  Nancy Leoris Burkett 31-oct 1866 m F F Armor (3a) Mattie Emma Armor m Ed Scott (son of J W Scott) (3b) Johnnie Solomon (3b) Freamy Louis Armor (might be more ?)~4~. Laura Emma Burkett 9-dec 1868-1945  m John T Green (1859-1935) buried at Springhill  (4a) Argyle Green . Cumma Lee Franklin who was widow of Aaron Burkett(4b) Lorena Green m Walter Gamble (4c) Udie Green m Doyle Giddens (4d) Oral Green (4e) Wes Green (4f) Gerfy Green  **Bartilla had a brother names Joseph (his father was also named Joseph) Burkett who also came to Alabama Bend in Bienville Parish and is said to have lived in Section 16, near Loggy Bayou.  Limited records show his children to have been  (1) Napoleon "nip" Burkett, (2) Henry Burkett, "Buss" Burkett and (3) Prince Burkett and (4) Annie Burkett (Masey) Source: History of Bienville Parish, Billie Gene Poland