Robert Burton (statesman)
Robert Burton
Robert Burton (October 20, 1747 – May 31, 1825) was an American farmer, Revolutionary War officer, and plantation owner in what is now Vance County, North Carolina (then Granville County, North Carolina). He was a delegate from North Carolina to the Continental Congress in 1787. Between 1783 and 1815, the North Carolina General Assembly elected him to 13 one-year terms on the Council of State, which at the time was an official advisory panel that the legislature used to check the governor's power.[1]
Burton was the uncle of Governor Hutchins G. Burton.