"5 Burnett" Shield-Shaped Token of Some Sort

[Noah_D]

Howdy, I found this little thing all bent up at an 1870s house. It reads "5 Burnett" on one side and the back is blank. A little bit of searching on google and a token website produced nothing but I think one of you guys will probably recognize it. Any thoughts or opinions are appreciated!

 

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[creskol]

The name "Burnett" seems to have some historical significance in the "Connecticut Western Reserve (Ohio)" .. if that is where you found it.

Edit: I forgot to mention that those shield type tokens seemed to be associated with bars. Did Burnett have a bar near where you found it?

 

[Noah_D]

The name "Burnett" seems to have some historical significance in the "Connecticut Western Reserve (Ohio)" .. if that is where you found it.

Edit: I forgot to mention that those shield type tokens seemed to be associated with bars. Did Burnett have a bar near where you found it?

Thanks Creskol, the place I was hunting is in Ashtabula County, which is the Northeastern-most in Ohio. I just looked at the census records from 1870-1900 (currently my best guess at the tokens date) and I found quite a few Burnetts in the area and throughout the county in general. I don't know if any of them had a bar though.

 

[invent4hir]

Noah_D, look at the census records again, as some list the person's occupation.

 

[invent4hir]

Frank Burnett is listed as a bartender in the 1900 census.

 

[Noah_D]

Thanks invent4hir, I completely forgot that the census records sometimes list the persons occupation. After seeing your first post I looked over a few records and found a David Burnett who was a grocer but I found Frank now as well. I'll see if I can find the newspapers online somewhere (I think one of our libraries might give me free access) or I'll visit the county historical society (if it's open of course).

 

[invent4hir]

Noah_D, here is the link to the 1900 Census on FamilySearch - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/6...c=1325221&personaUrl=/ark:/61903/1:1:MMC9-Y8W

By 1910, his trade was listed as Blacksmith and industry as Auto Shop. Maybe between 1900 & 1910 Prohibition convinced him to seek another trade. Might we worth researching if the Prohibitionists were active in that area during that decade. 1910 would've been pretty early for an auto shop in the U.S.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRVR-P97?i=3&personaUrl=/ark:/61903/1:1:ML8K-CC7

BTW his full name was Samuel Franklin Burnett. Per his death certificate his last residence was 5 Hiawatha Ave in Ashtabula, Ohio. Maybe he has some descendants in the area...