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Note: When the wagon train left Trinity bound for Yadkin County, NC., Frank and Martha were with the group. They lived with Frank's brother, Jessie, for one month. During this time, they heard that the government was planning to offer land in the state of Nebraska to homesteaders. So, Frank and Martha went to Winston and bought railroad tickts to Omaha. When they reached Omaha, Nebraska, they bought horses and wagons and joined a wagon train going to Paxton, Nebraska. On reaching Paxton, they homestaeded 1000 acres of land. They worked this land into a cattle ranch. Three years latter his wife, Martha died, Frank desided to give the ranch to his children and moved back to NC., were the climate was warmer in the winter months. When he arrived in High Point, NC., he lived with one of his sisters for a few months . Evantually, he met Mary Texa Mendenhall, and after a short courtship, they were married in High Point. Frank and his new wife moved to Yadkin Co.,NC. Upon arriving in Boonville, he bought an 80-acre farm on the east side of Boonville. This farm was owned by Everett Reece in 1981. Frank built a new house and several outbuildings near a big spring and moved in. Two sons were born there. Frank was a good farmer. He grew soy beans, wheat, and corn. He specialized in growing wheat. He hired a black man from Boonville who helped with the farm work. The helper's name was Will Cundiff. Will was helping Frank in 1902 when wheat was all cut with a cradle. Will was one of the best. He could cut two acres of wheat in a day's time. When Frank came back from the west, there was no bank in Boonville. He always had money, so when he left home to go to the store or to the mill, he always carried his money with him in a brown leather satchel. He also had a black dog that went everywhere with him. Frank always wore a 45-calibre pistol in a holster on his hip. It has been told that when Frank Burton got to the mill, he would sit down and put the satchel on the ground between his feet. The dog would lie there too until Frank got ready to go home. No one ever got away with any of his money. After Frank died in 1905, his wife, Mary Texa, bought and erected the largeest tombstone in the cemetary. The stone is white marble and stands over 10 feet high. When she died in 1945, she was interred beside Frank. Notes for David Frank Burton: From "The Heriatage of Yadkin County " copyright 1981 by Yadkin County Historical Society (Artical by C. Hilton Jones) Groom: David F Burton Bride: Martha Coltrane Bond Date: 11 Apr 1853 Bond #: 000110853 Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 ImageNum: 001669 County: Randolph Record #: 01 034 Bondsman: English Haywort Witness: J S Brown
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