Census searches for Burton families who could have been associated with the Reilys, turned up W. P. Burton in the 1860 census in Wilkinson Co, MS. He was 49, a wealthy planter, born in MS. The children included Nat S., age 9, Walthall, 4, Williamson P., 1. Also in his household was Eleanor Burton, 82, born in MD (his mother?). According to the Greaves-Gerding GEDCOM 6/19/2007, by Paul Greaves, posted in the Ancestry.com World Family Trees, Wilson Price Burton was born 1811, the son of Wilson Burton (born 1779 and died 1825 in Wilkinson County, MS). Wilson Price Burton’s mother was given as Eleanor Bruce, born 1778 in Maryland. Other male children (W.P.’s brothers) were Walthall, born 1807, David Bruce, 1818, and John Lane, 1821. Among the list of W. P.’s siblings, was Elizabeth Hamilton Burton, born 1805 in Kentucky. Birthplaces were not included for some of these children, but that information could be helpful for tracing migration of the Wilson Burton family. The Family Group Record for Wilson Burton and Eleanor Bruce, at familysearch.org, agrees that Elizabeth Hamilton was born in Kentucky in 1805 and the other children were fromWilkinson Co. MS. Sally’s birthdate is given as 1813, Wilkinson Co. (perhaps an error, or was Sallie a different child and not a nickname for Sarah Williams?). The 1803 birth of Sarah Williams Burton, according to Greaves is more likely, if the marriage of Wilson and Eleanor 14 February, 1803 in Hardin Co. KY is true. Judging from the children's ages and places of birth, Wilson must have brought his family down the Mississippi River about 1805- 1807. A river route would have been best for the journey, and they would have travelled in a flatboat or a keelboat.
The Reily family became well established in Wilkinson County during a similar timeframe. Samuel Reily lived in Sumter District, South Carolina and was on the census records there. Samuel received passports through the Creek Indian Nation in 1810 and again in 1812. He was named on the Mississippi Territory tax list for 1813. Early Wilkinson County was plantation country of forests and fields, but it was a big, empty land, with few towns and centers of commerce. Therefore, the Burtons and Reilys must certainly have been associated in Wilkinson County, through business and social occasions.
In Wilkinson County, both the Burton and Reily families seem to have been fairly wealthy, large, and well- enough supported to make adoption of children one direction or the other seem unlikely. Another possibility for crossing the DNA and/or surname would be premarital liaison or infidelity. John Young Reily was born 1798, SC and Robert Wesley was born 1814, MS. These two children of Martha McDonald Reily were born far apart in time and place, so it is logical that they were truly fathered by Samuel Reily. Looking at paternity from the other direction, Those boys were not old enough to father the Burton children. The Burton lines seem to run parallel back to Samuel’s time or earlier and Samuel was in SC. I must also look at Samuel’s other children; I think Isaac McDonald was older than John Young and, however unlikely, male siblings would carry the same y-DNA.
The Reily family became well established in Wilkinson County during a similar timeframe. Samuel Reily lived in Sumter District, South Carolina and was on the census records there. Samuel received passports through the Creek Indian Nation in 1810 and again in 1812. He was named on the Mississippi Territory tax list for 1813. Early Wilkinson County was plantation country of forests and fields, but it was a big, empty land, with few towns and centers of commerce. Therefore, the Burtons and Reilys must certainly have been associated in Wilkinson County, through business and social occasions.
In Wilkinson County, both the Burton and Reily families seem to have been fairly wealthy, large, and well- enough supported to make adoption of children one direction or the other seem unlikely. Another possibility for crossing the DNA and/or surname would be premarital liaison or infidelity. John Young Reily was born 1798, SC and Robert Wesley was born 1814, MS. These two children of Martha McDonald Reily were born far apart in time and place, so it is logical that they were truly fathered by Samuel Reily. Looking at paternity from the other direction, Those boys were not old enough to father the Burton children. The Burton lines seem to run parallel back to Samuel’s time or earlier and Samuel was in SC. I must also look at Samuel’s other children; I think Isaac McDonald was older than John Young and, however unlikely, male siblings would carry the same y-DNA.
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