Burner, John

Born: 1781-1790

Flourished: 1832 Menard County, Illinois

In 1832, Burner lived in a part of Sangamon County, Illinois, that would later become Menard County. By 1840, he lived in Sangamon County, where he remained until at least 1844.

Election Returns for the New Salem Precinct in Sangamon County, Illinois; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Sangamon County, IL, 51; Herndon v. Polk, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=139209.