Franklin Burt Papers
(C0228)
Collection Number: C0228
Collection Title: Franklin Burt Papers
Dates: 1843-1905
Creator: Burt, Franklin, 1809-1873
Abstract: Land records, miscellaneous papers, tax assessment book, and diary of Callaway
County, MO, farmer. Diary (1859-1872) includes brief daily entries on weather, wind direction,
farming and family activities, and visitors.
Collection Size: 0.1 cubic feet, 1 roll of microfilm
(5 folders, 3 volumes)
Language: Collection materials are in English.
Repository: The State Historical Society of Missouri
Restrictions on Access: Collection is open for research. This collection is available at The State
Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Columbia. If you would like more information,
please contact us at [email protected]. Collections may be viewed at any research center.
Restrictions on Use: Materials in this collection are in the public domain.
Preferred Citation: [Specific item; box number; folder number] Franklin Burt Papers (C0228);
The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Columbia [after first mention may be
abbreviated to SHSMO-Columbia].
Donor Information: The papers were deposited with the University of Missouri by Mrs. W.G.
Meyer on January 24, 1945 (Accession No. CA0199).
Alternate Forms Available: This collection is also available on one roll of microfilm.
Processed by: Processed by the State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Columbia
Staff, date unknown. Finding aid revised by Anne Cox on April 3, 2020.
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Biographical Note:
Franklin Burt, son of William and Sallee (Sarah) Grump Burt, was born March17, 1809 in Scott
County, Kentucky. In 1833, he married Martha Craig, and in 1835, they moved to the northern
part of Callaway County, Missouri, near Concord. Burt died in 1873.
Arrangement:
The collection has been arranged by format.
Scope and Content Note:
The most significant portions of this small collection are the tax assessment book (circa 1858)
and the diary. The former lists landowners, number of acres owned, location of lands, number of
slaves owned, personal property owned, valuation of each, and taxes assessed. Burt's diary, with
its brief entries, describes routine farm work in the mid-nineteenth century. Scattered entries
refer to local events during the Civil War.
Container List:
f. 1-5
Miscellaneous correspondence, land records, tax receipts, and surveying
notes. Includes an estate inventory dated 1860.
v. 1
Tax assessment book, c. 1858. Alphabetical list of landowners, including
acreage owned, location, and valuation. Also includes valuation of slaves
and personal property and taxes assessed. Pages 150, 160 and 161 contain
an undated autobiographical sketch and genealogical information.
v. 2-3
Diary, 1859-1872. Brief daily entries, including weather conditions, wind
direction, and activities. May 1868-May 1869 entries are not included.
Index:
Index Term
Years
Folders
Volumes
Agricultural machinery.
1860s
5
Agriculture--Missouri
v. 2,3
Burt family
v. 1
Burt, Franklin, 1809-1873
1-5
v. 1-3
Clothing and dress.
5
Diaries.
1859-1872
v. 2,3
Dressmaking.
5
Inventories of decedents' estates
1860s
5
Farm life--Missouri.
v. 2, 3
Land records--Missouri--Callaway County.
2-4
v. 1
Land tenure.
1-5
v. 1
Callaway County (Mo.)
1-5
v. 1-3
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
1
Surveying--Missouri--Callaway County.
4
