Posted on: Pike County, Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Al/Pike/1795 Surname: BURKS ------------------------- My great-great-grandfather, John Brinkley Burks, married 1. Temperence Evans on January 19, 1831 in Newton Co., Georgia. He was the son of William Burks, Jr. and Mary Dunston and the grandson of William Burks, Sr. and Lenora Harris. Brinkley was born April 25, 1807 in Oglethorpe Co., Georgia and died August 8, 1888 in China Grove, Pike Co., Alabama. Tempy was born in 1810 in South Carolina and died in June 1873 in China Grove. She and Brinkley are buried in Old Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in China Grove. They were the parents of eleven children: Joel W., Mastin Milton (my great-grandfather), William Pulaski, Martha Elizabeth, Temperence, Margaret, Mary, James Brinkley, Frederick, Susan and Jemima Burks. After Tempy's death, Brinkley married 2. Sophronia E. Lawrence (Turner)on July 21, 1873 in Pike Co. Their five children were Julia Annie S., Daniel Dozier, Boycey Adelaid, Minnie L. and Robert Franklin Burks. If you are from this family or have any info, I would love to hear from you. Thank you, Shirley Burks Wells