Burton genealogy

Wow, that Burton family is difficult to follow. It was a prolific family, they moved a lot, and they kept passing down those same names. There are Roberts, Williams, Wilsons, Walthalls scattered all around and in every generation. I was very interested in that Robert Burton, born 1736 in Virginia. That one would be the same age as our Robert Reily, but there is continuing evidence of both Roberts, so that particular Robert Burton did not simply move to South Carolina and change his name to Reily. There could have been other Robert Burtons, though. The 1790 census shows a Huchins [sic.] Burton in South Carolina and several William Burtons in North and South Carolina. In the 1800 census, Hutchins is still listed in Laurens, SC, and there are a number of Roberts and Williams in South Carolina. From others’ research, the Burton family was in Kentucky in the early 19th century. I have not confirmed that with census records; the first two censuses of Kentucky were lost in Washington, when the British burned the capitol. It is reasonable that the Burton family migrated into Kentucky during that period; it would certainly conform to their penchant for moving with the frontier. Apparently, the Burton Family came early to this side of the pond. They migrated as the frontier moved and new lands were opened to settlement. The Burtons seem to have much history in Virginia, moving thence to North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana. My Reily- family ancestors were mostly in South Carolina until the exodus of Carolinians to The Old Southwest about 1810- 1820. I need to look for Burton- Reily ties during the period 1700 to the Revolution, and digging out ancestors before the census requires some creative research tactics.