Barney Burton Explained

Barney Burton
Office:	South Carolina House of Representatives
Term Start:	1868
Term End:	?
Party:	Republican Party

Barney Burton was an American legislator in South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1868 and 1870. He represented Chester County, South Carolina.^[1]

Burton was involved with the Chester A.M.E. Baptist church in its early days.^[2]

Burton was a delegate to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1868.^[3] He represented Chester County in the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1868 along with Sancho Sanders and Barney Humphries.^[4]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Web site: Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina. June 11, 1870. The State. Google Books.
2. Web site: South Carolina Legislature Online - Search. www.scstatehouse.gov.
3. Web site: The Political Graveyard: African ancestry Politicians in South Carolina. politicalgraveyard.com.
4. Web site: House Documents. USA House of. Representatives. June 11, 1868. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.