| Name | Street | Town | State | From | To |
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| Burton, Bethel |   | Brooklyn | New York | 1855 | 1885 |
| Patent | Date | Remarks |
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| 81,058 | August 11, 1868 | Improvement in Priming Metallic Cartridges Patent drawing Specification Specification 2nd page |
| RE 3699 | November, 1869 | Improvement in Preech-Loading Fire-Arms, Burton and Ward, assignees of Bethel Burton Patent drawing Specification Specification 2nd page Specification 3rd page |
| 143,614 | October 14, 1873 | Improvement in Preech-Loading Fire-Arms, assigned to Wingfield G. Burton Patent drawing Patent drawing, 2nd page Patent drawing, 3rd page Patent drawing, 4th page Specification Specification 2nd page Specification 3rd page |
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General William G. Ward and Bethel Burton invented several locks.
One of them was manufactued by Springfield (1871) and tried by the U.S. Army. Ward-Burton. |