Barney Burton

Barney Burton was a legislator in South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1868 and 1870. He represented Chester County, South Carolina.[1]

Barney Burton
South Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1868 – ?
Personal details
Political partyRepublican

He was involved with the Chester A.M.E. Baptist church in its early days.[2]

He was a delegate to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1868.[3] He represented Chester County in the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1868 along with Sancho Sanders and Barney Humphries.[4]

References
  1. "Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina". The State. June 11, 1870 – via Google Books.
  2. "South Carolina Legislature Online - Search". www.scstatehouse.gov.
  3. "The Political Graveyard: African ancestry Politicians in South Carolina". politicalgraveyard.com.
  4. Representatives, USA House of (June 11, 1868). "House Documents". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.