Part 5, Note 69

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Colorado County Deed Records, Book H, p. 296, Book J, pp. 369, 370, 372, 374, Book K, pp. 144, 262; Colorado County Marriage Records, Book D, p. 52; Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907), p. 462; Campbell Family File, Burford Family File, Shropshire Family File, Archives of the Nesbitt Memorial Library, Columbus. On April 27, 1857, James S. Montgomery also conveyed land to his daughter, Jane Sophia Webb, and son John Gilbert Montgomery. It will be remembered that the last mentioned had married the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Stockton and operated a plantation for some time. Harriet Burford first had been married to Weston B. Yates, then to Dick Burford's father, Jonathon. Dick Burford's mother was Jonathon Burford's first wife, Euphemia Chafin.