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	David G. Burnet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Gouverneur Burnet (April 14, 1788 - December 5, 1870) was the president of the interim government of the Republic of Texas during 1836.
		Burnet was born in New Jersey in 1788.
		Burnet successfully ran for Vice President of the Republic of Texas in 1838 on the ticket of Mirabeau B. Lamar.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Burnet (305 words)

	David Gouveneur Burnet
		Burnet was appointed judge of the district of Brazos, that is, all of Central Texas.
		David G. Burnet was the youngest of 8 children of William and Gertrude Gouveneur Burnet and reared by an older brother.
		Burnet was author of the Memorial from the Texas Consultation of 1833 arguing the reasons for Texas becoming an independent state in the Republic of Mexico and authored resolutions denouncing the African slave trade in Texas.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/burnetdg.htm (3989 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: BURNET, DAVID GOUVERNEUR
		David G. Burnet, speculator, lawyer, and politician, was born on April 14, 1788, in Newark, New Jersey, the fourteenth child of Dr. William Burnet, and the third of his second wife, widow Gertrude Gouverneur Rutgers.
		Jacob Burnet (1770-1853), lawyer, ardent federalist, and later a Whig who nominated his friend, William Henry Harrison, for president, served as a member of the territorial council of Ohio, state legislator, Supreme Court judge, and United States senator, and was honored for intellectual achievements including a history of the territory of Ohio.
		Burnet County was named for him in 1852, and in 1936 the state erected a statue of him on the grounds of the high school in Clarksville.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/fbu46.html (1378 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: BURNET COUNTY
		Burnet, the county seat, is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and State Highway 29 and on the Austin and Northwestern Railroad, about fifty miles northwest of Austin and 150 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
		Burnet County was formed by the Fourth Texas Legislature on February 5, 1852, from parts of Travis, Williamson, and Bell counties.
		Burnet County had an urban growth of 133 percent between 1970 and 1980, one of the highest in the state.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/hcb19.html (3403 words)

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		Burnet, David Gouverneur Burnet, David Gouverneurgŭvand180;enoor´ bûr´nĬt, 1788-1870, provisional president of Texas (1836), b.
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	President David G. Burnet - Mister President - Texas State Library
		Like David Burnet, he had aspired to be a Texas empresario but was forced to sell his grants to the same land company that bought out Burnet.
		Burnet also contributed to a dust-up in U.S.-Mexican relations when he took part in a scheme to invite a U.S. army general to intervene in Indian unrest in Texas.
		Burnet wrote in the family Bible that Jacob was "a Victim of the War of Revolution." On October 23, 1836, Burnet resigned under pressure so that Houston could take office before the official start of his term in December.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /exhibits/presidents/burnet/mrprez.html (1028 words)

	D.S. Burnet
		Burnet adhered to the latter organization, and until his death was thoroughly identified with the movement and a zealous defender of the principles and practices advocated by disciples of Christ.
		Convention in 1567, D. Burnet was chairman of a committee on the increase of the number of preachers of the gospel.
		Burnet all through his career advocated a prepared ministry to lead the churches to a clear and full knowledge of the word of God.
	www.therestorationmovement.com /burnet.htm (1464 words)

	Biographical Sketch of David Staats Burnet
		DAVID STAATS BURNET was the eldest child of ISAAC G. and Mrs.
		Brother BURNET adhered to the latter-named organization, and from that time until the day of his death was thoroughly identified with the movement, and a zealous defender of the principles and practices, as advocated by the Disciples of Christ.
		Brother Burnet saw that pastoral labor must be done in the churches, and especially the city churches, before they could ever reach that spiritual growth which would enable them to exert a proper influence on the world.
	www.mun.ca /rels/restmov/texts/wmoore/tlpb/BURNETDS.HTM (2906 words)

	D. S. Burnet, Architect of Apostasy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		David Staats Burnet was one of the most influential men of the second generation of Restoration leaders.
		Burnet was an energetic and industrious leaders who brought forth a continual series of projects throughout his career.
		In a master stroke to neutralize Campbell's opposition, Burnet saw that Campbell was elected in absentia to the resident's chair.
	www.christianity-then-and-now.com /html/hb_study_010.html (1036 words)

	President David G. Burnet - Growing Up - Texas State Library
		David Gouverneur Burnet was born one of the youngest of 14 children in a large and politically well-connected family.
		David was about seven or eight years old when he became a resident of what was then America's far western frontier.
		David himself seemed primed to follow in the footsteps of his successful brothers.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /exhibits/presidents/burnet/grow.html (413 words)

	Burnet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Insects in the genus Zygaena, the Burnet Moths
		William Burnet (1730-1791), American physician and political leader.
		David G. Burnet (1788-1870), president of the Republic of Texas
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burnet (90 words)

	David Gouverneur Burnet
		David Gouverneur (guhv•NOOR) Burnet was born on April 14, 1788, to Dr. William Burnet and Gertrude Gouverneur Rutgers Burnet.
		David Burnet was just as talented and intelligent as the other members of his family.
		Burnet attended the Convention of 1836, where it was decided that Texas would declare its independence from Mexico.
	www.harcourtschool.com /activity/biographies/burnet (509 words)

	David Burnet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Burnet was born in New Jersey in 1788.After the death of his parents, he was raised by an older brother.
		In 1806, he was thefirst American volunteer to serve the unsuccessful revolt led by Francisco de Miranda for the independence of Venezuela from Spain.
		At the Convention of1836 Burnet was chosen as interim president of the newly-formed Republic of Texas following the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836.
	www.therfcc.org /david-burnet-203333.html (182 words)

	Fort Tours \| Burnet County Historical Markers
		Named in honor of David G. Burnet (1788-1870), president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Texas in 1836.
		Obtaining land grant in Burnet County, they settled at Dobyville, and were pioneers, supplying their own provisions, buildings, medicines, and school.
		Of the 8 children, 2 sons became sheriffs-- one in Burnet, one in Lampasas County.
	www.forttours.com /pages/hmburnet.asp (1663 words)

	Hannah Este Burnet
		Hannah Este Burnet and her husband, David G. Burnet, moved from their native state of New Jersey to the Galveston area where they established a home and lumber mill.
		Hannah Este Burnet supported her husband in all his political activities, assuming much of the responsibility of the home, the farm, and the children.
		The fabric used for the Hannah Este Burnet's dress is heavy ivory satin with a wide flounce of fl Spanish lace circling the hem of the full skirt and a matching lace bertha covering the shoulders of the sleeveless bodice.
	www.twu.edu /firstladies/he_burnet.htm (190 words)

	Burnet County, Texas Genealogical Records Information
		Burnet County, in central Texas, is bordered by Lampasas, Bell, Williamson, Travis, Blanco, Llano, and San Saba counties.
		The northeastern section of Burnet County was included in the colonization grant obtained by Robert Leftwich from the Mexican government in 1825, and was later part of Robertson's colony.
		Thomas Moore represented Burnet County at the Secession Convention in January 1861 and voted for secession; county voters, however, rejected the ordinance of secession later that year by a margin of 248 to 159.
	www.mytexasgenealogy.com /tx_county/bnt.htm (1884 words)

	Burnet County, Texas Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Burnet County just east of Austin is bordered by the Highland Lakes, which is a chain of lakes on the Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country.
		Burnet County was created in 1852 from parts of Bell, Williamson and Travis Counties and is named after David G. Burnet, who was the provisional president of the Republic of Texas.
		Burnet County is also referred to as the "Bluebonnet Capital of Texas!" with Marble Falls to the south, and Bertram to the east.
	www.relocateamerica.com /states/TX/cities/burnetcounty.htm (294 words)

	David G. Burnet (1788-1870) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Born April 14, 1788 in New Jersey, Burnet was raised by an older brother after the early death of his parents.
		Burnet's political career began with his election to the Convention of 1833.
		Burnet later served as Vice-president of the Republic under Mirabeau Lamar, and again briefly as President after Lamar resigned at the end of his term.
	www.lsjunction.com /people/burnet.htm (294 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		David is presently serving as a Training Officer with the Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Services Training Division.
		His enjoyment of the fire service as an instructor originated as an employee of the school in 1984 where he began his fire service training before joining the Bedford Fire Department in 1989 as a career member, moving to Halifax Regional at the time of its amalgamation with the county.
		David teaches Basic Firefighting and variuos specialty courses including Vehicle Extrication and LPG and Natural Gas Awareness Levels.
	www.nsfs.ns.ca /staff/davidburnet.htm (86 words)

	Major David Zeigler Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Burnet, will remain unpaid until his brother, on his return, can give information, or your accounts can be obtained.
		Z.'s niece Sophia Greene Burnet] while she was there, and unfitted her for social intercourse for a while, owing to 'unexpected and surprising change in her situation'....I have a son and daughter twin children added to our family.
		To Jacob Burnet, for his attention for a compensation for settling the estate of George W. Burnet [1st husband of Sophia Greene Cooper] 100 in specie.
	www.dayton.lib.oh.us /daytoncollection/davidzeigler.html (7554 words)

	1831 Evangelical Inquirer "Mormonism" article
		David Staats Burnet (1808-1867) was a Baptist minister in Dayton in the early 1820s.
		Burnet states he drew his own conclusions on Mormonism from "advocates of this new religion," from the "Post Master at Palmyra," and from "pieces taken from the Telegraph of Painesville." The material Burnet reprinted in this issue came from the Telegraph of Feb.
		Burnet's report saying "treasures of great amount were concealed near the surface of the earth, probably by the Indians," in the Palmyra area probably reflects very early Mormon traditions of Nephite riches hidden in the Great Lakes region.
	www.solomonspalding.com /docs/1831i05a.htm (7085 words)

	DAVID G. BURNET - Elder Statesman of the Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The first President of the Republic of Texas, David Gouverneur Burnet had gained revolutionary experience in 1806 as the first American volunteer to join Francisco de Miranda's expedition to free Venezuela from Spain, and as Commander of the boat that fired the first shot for South American Independence.
		Burnet was elected President of the ad interim government of Texas on March 16, 1836.
		He remained President during the most turbulent eight months of the Republic of Texas, and was happy to resign the post to Sam Houston, the newly elected President, in October 1836.
	www.grandlodgeoftexas.org /burnet.html (333 words)

	A Guide to the David Gouverneur Burnet Papers, 1798-1965
		Burnet's short term lasted only until October of 1836 but was filled with rancor, including ill will between Burnet and Sam Houston.
		By 1838, however, Burnet returned to public office and was elected to serve as vice president under Mirabeau Lamar.
		Burnet opposed Texas' annexation by the United States, but he served as the new State of Texas' secretary of state in 1846.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/utcah/00365/00365-P.html (601 words)

	Historical Texas Flags (U.S.)
		Burnet later emigrated to Texas and became the first President of the Texas Republic.
		The Burnet flag was replaced by the current state flag in 1839.
		Spain goes on to explain that, although President Burnet's flag was never explicitly replaced as one of the Republic's official flags by the Lone Star Flag, the need for a separate war flag ended with statehood in 1845.
	flagspot.net /flags/us-txhs2.html (574 words)

	David G. Burnet - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		David G. Burnet - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		David Gouverneur Burnet (April 14, 1788 - 1870) was the president of the interim government of the Republic of Texas during 1836.
		He was elected to the United States Senate from Texas in 1866 following the American Civil War, but the Radicial Republicans refused to seat him and the other Texas senator Oran G. Roberts.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/David_G._Burnet (317 words)

	Texans were deeply troubled by the sectional controversies that divided the North and the South during the 1850’s (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was named for David G. Burnet, president of the provisional government of the
		Jim Owens arrived in Burnet to request 18 year old Dave Pearl to enroll in the Confederate Army.
		It was along this ridge several Burnet residents were killed.
	uweb.txstate.edu /~cc1272/burnet_county.htm (3168 words)

	THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO
		David Burnet, the president of the newly formed government, and his cabinet understandably feared for their lives.
		Burnet bombarded Houston with orders to stand and fight, even as he and his government fled: “Sir, the enemy is laughing you to scorn.
		As Burnet and his staff were rowing out to a ship in the bay, a patrol of Mexican cavalry clattered up to the pier and prepared to open fire.
	www.texfiles.com /ERAmar02/sanjacinto.htm (3234 words)

	Henderson Genealogy Better (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I am convinced that my great-great-grandfather, Moores Burnet, who purchased land in Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1794, was a descendant of Thomas Burnet who settled in Southampton, Long Island, before 1640; but I have not yet found documentation prior to the birth of his first son, Edward Burnet, in Hew Jersey in 1792.
		Walter David Burnett, born January 28, 1904 at Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington, married Brenda Ward at Pomeroy, and died February 2, 1939 at Lakeside on Lake Chelan, and was buried in Pomeroy, Washington.
		David Henderson was born on June 14, 1817.
	users.adelphia.net /~gideonm (8566 words)

	5. The Republic of Texas: Part A (June 1836-1839) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		President Burnet writes to Texas agents in New Orleans, stating that his participation in the recent revolution has resulted in the loss of "almost every Article necessary to Comfortable Subsistence." Orders various goods as replacements.
		Vice President Burnet responds to President Lamar's written request of that day that he temporarily take charge of the department of state.
		Burnet, as acting secretary of state of the Republic of Texas, gives instructions to the newly-appointed commissioner to negotiate peace with Mexico.
	home.austin.rr.com /rgriffin/texhisdocs05a.html (2868 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Best remembered as the President of the ad interim government of the Republic of Texas, David Burnet first entered Texas about 1815.
		After an accident in which Burnet fell from his horse on the upper Colorado River, he was taken by Comanche Indians, treated kindly, and nursed back to health over a two year period.
		After the Civil War, he was elected in 1866 to represent Texas in the U. Senate, but due to Reconstruction, was not allowed to serve.
	home.pacbell.net /roothub/davidburnet.html (294 words)

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