The earliest records found of the Bruton ancestry begin with David Bruton(1)
being born in 1740 in Anson Co., N. Carolina. His first wife's name is unknown
at this time and he had his first child, George, from this marriage. He then married
Susannah, last name unknown, and had the following children, Jonas, Enoch,
David, Isaac, Phillip, and Hannah. All the children were born in Spartanburg Co.,
S. Carolina. The third son, Enock (2), born 15 Dec 1766 married Dorcus Woffard,
born 9 Dec 1766. Enoch's first born son, Benjamin (3), was born 20 Jun 1788
and he married Gemima, last name unknown. Benjamin and Gemima moved to
Tennessee and then on to Illinois. In 1834 Benjamin and his family, a younger brother,
Elisha, and his aunt, Thurza Cole Bruton, widow of his uncle, Isaac, moved to
Red River Co., Tx. By 1836, Benjamin and his family were among the first settlers to
settle in Van Zandt Co., TX. Benjamin's fourth son, Enoch R. M. (4), born 1829
was married in Bell Co. Tx 10 Nov 1853 to Tempa Ann Paulk, born 1836. In the
1870 Bell Co. census Tempa Bruton is shown as the head of household with their
five children, so we assume that Enoch is deceased at this time. Their five
children were; William W., born 1854, married first Nancy McClendon, second
Mrs. Viola Moore; Martha, born 1855, background unknown; Jessie Rubin, born 1858,
married Martha D. Rhodes; Josiah, born 1860, background unknown; and
Albert Jefferson, born 29 Oct 1862. Albert J. Bruton (5) married Mary Susie Burns,
born 12 Jul 1867, on 4 May 1884 in Bell Co., TX. At this time what is known about
Mary Susie's family is that her father was known as " Preacher Burns" in Coryell
Co. She had one brother, John, and two sisters, Annie married to a Mr. Hackney,
and Lillie. Albert and Susie bought land in Coryell Co. near Gatesville in 1897
and had a big peach orchard. From this marriage they had eleven children, nine making
it to adulthood; Emmett, born 1887 married Allie Parker; Charles Clinton, born 1889
married first Tyrie, then Carmen E. White; Smith and Mary were stillborn; Jasper
Jefferson, born 1893 married Hattie Sue Hawkins; Emma Paralee, born 1895 married
Ralph Duncan Hamilton; Lou Ella (6), born 1897 married Ernest Lee Lynch; David
Albert, born 1899 married Lima Dean Burns; Alta Sue, born 1902 married Marvin
Leroy Tippit; Roy, born 1904 married Mamie Clawson; Troy Author, born 1907
married Martha Mae Anderson. Albert and Susie raised their nine children in Coryell
Co and they attended Hubbard school. As the children grew in to adulthood they
moved in different directions starting their own families. Many of the Bruton's and
their descendants are buried in Restland, Flint Creek, and Mound cemeteries.
Today there are many descendants of the original Coryell Co. Bruton's living in Gatesville,
the surrounding areas and throughout Texas. I want to thank Ronnie Bruton, a second cousin,
for his contribution to the family history of the Bruton's.
Submitted by Cindy Foerster