Was there a John P. Burks (B. 1846) in there anywhere? Maybe Mississippi? Bob -----Original Message----- From: Jimmy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:28 AM Subject: Re: [BURK] Richard BURKS, Warren Co TN >Sue, >I have a Richard Burk from Warren Co., Tennessee. Is your line connected >with the one listed in the 1830 Warren Co., Tennessee Census, p. 318? He >was living next to his father-in-law, Moses James Wilder. > >My Richard Burk was b. March 25, 1786 in Baltimore, Maryland. Was in 1830 >Warren Co., TN Census, moved to Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama, pg 192 by the 1840 >Census and is found there in 1850 and 1860. Living Mississippi by 1880 with >one of his sons (can't remember which one, think it was Isaac in Marshall >Co.) when my ancestor, Moses Burk went to Alabama and got him because he had >fell into bad health. Richard is believed to be the son of Joseph Burk or >Baltimore, Maryland and had a brother named Isaac who settled and stayed in >Illinois. I believe that Richard settled there first and may have migrated >back and forth to IL and TN before finally settling in AL. > >Let me know if you see a possible connection. > >Sincerely, >Jim Harmon >alt e-mail if above does not work: [email protected] >P.O. Box 627 >University, MS 38677 > >Descendants of Richard Burk > > 1 [2] Richard Burk 1786 - 1883 >.. +Barbara Wilder - 1842 >....... 2 [1] Joseph Burk 1811 - 1865 >........... +Mary ??? - Unknown >....... *2nd Wife of [1] Joseph Burk: >........... +Irenia Wright - Unknown >....... 2 Moses Burk 1820 - 1884 >........... +Leditha Williams 1820 - Unknown >....... 2 Martha Burk 1821 - 1860 >........... +Septimus Cooper 1813 - 1860 >....... 2 Elizabeth Burk 1825 - Unknown >........... +Thomas Garrett - Unknown >....... 2 Cassandra Burk 1827 - Unknown >........... +John C. Williams - Unknown >....... 2 Mary Burk 1829 - Unknown >....... 2 Richard Burk 1830 - Unknown >....... 2 Isaac Burk 1832 - 1865 >........... +Mary Elizabeth Shuttleworth - Unknown > *2nd Wife of [2] Richard Burk: >.. +Mary Ann Allen - 1867 >....... 2 Louisa Burk 1852 - Unknown >....... 2 Asa Burk 1853 - Unknown > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 8:10 am >Subject: [BURK] Richard BURKS, Warren Co TN > > >> >> Richard BURKS, b ca 1790, d ca 1816, Warren Co., TN., married Mary >> STOCKSTILL, b ca 1792 . Seeking information on date, location of >> marriage, parents of bride and groom. >> >> According to family legend, Richard BURKS died circa 1816 in fall from >> horse before birth of their youngest son, Richard P. BURKS, b 1 Dec 1816, >> d 24 July 1899, Warren Co TN. Mary Stockstill Burks later married Levi >> Edge. >> >> Can share information on children of Richard P. BURKS, m ca 1840 to Sarah >> PARRIS, then ca 1857 to her sister, Elizabeth PARRIS. >> >> Sue Wright >> [email protected] >> >> >> ==== BURK Mailing List ==== >> To subscribe to Larry Stephens' Regional lists, covering all parts of the >USA, go to http://php.indiana.edu/~stephenl/genealog.htm >> > > >==== BURK Mailing List ==== >Have a question, recommendation or comment about RootsWeb or this list, please direct same to the list moderator: Jim Young <[email protected]> >Issues of general membership interest should be directed to the list: [email protected] >======================================================= > ==== BURK Mailing List ==== The Searchable Surname Archives for Rootsweb lists can be found at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl - ----------------------------------------- Find easy instructions for using RootsWeb's Search Engine for the Archives at: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm =======================================================