Editing Jacob Burnet (section)

==Early life==
Burnet was born in [[Newark, New Jersey]], the son of Dr. [[William Burnet (1730-1791)|William Burnet]]. He graduated from the [[Princeton University|College of New Jersey]] in 1791,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Milligan|first1=Fred|title=Ohio's Founding Fathers|date=2003|publisher=[[iUniverse]]|page=304|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0CGoZoKlKuAC&pg=PA304 |access-date=17 July 2014|isbn=0595750397
|oclc=53472872}}</ref> studied law, moved to the [[Northwest Territory]] and settled in [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] in 1796.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJxABLtxX60C&q=1880%20cincinnati&pg=PA377 | title=Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, Volume 1 | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | year=1904 | access-date=2013-05-22 | author=Charles Theodore Greve | pages=377}}</ref> He was [[admitted to the bar]] in 1796.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Este|first1=David Kirkpatrick|title=Discourse on the Life and Public Services of the Late Jacob Burnet: Delivered at Smith and Nixon's Hall|date=1853|publisher=Press of the Cincinnati Gazette Company|page=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uvMuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4 |access-date=17 July 2014}}</ref>