----- Original Message ----- From: "Margrett McCorkle" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 06:41 PM Subject: Conzales CO. TX. > Hello All Burk/Burks/Burke researchers, > I'm inquiring about Conzales CO. TX. are there Burk ancestors in this > CO. and if there are did they descend from James Burk of Laurens Co.SC? > I have found reference of my Grandfather James Crawford Burk(s) being > called Conzale Burks, as this has been a mystery until I discovered the CO. > in TX. by the same name, I'm trying to see if there is a connection of the > families. > This name was put on the important "death certificate" of his daughter by > his then son-in-law A.L.Mann. as it was quite common knowledge what his name > really was "James Crawford Burks" The use of this name/ nickname "Conzale" > has always puzzled me. Anyone have any info on this? > Margrett > > ==== BURK Mailing List ==== Descendants of emigrant, John Burk (1656 - 1699) Middlesex Co., VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/families/burk.html List Manager: Jim Young <[email protected]> =======================================================

I think you refer to Gonzales County, Texas. I'm from Texas and I've never heard of "Conzales" County so I decided to check it out and see where it was and it is not listed. Have you been to the GenWeb site for Gonzales? http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgonzal/ I'll bet that's where you need to look. As for the nickname, there was a band of outlaws named Gonzales in the 1800s and it could be that to be referred to as Gonzales was like being called "Outlaw". Or it could be reference to where he was born. There's a Gonzales in Gonzales County. -- Rosalyn Alsobrook Looking for Hugh Burke's family (wife: Christina Margaret Livingston) kids: Christina A. Hugh William John L. Duncan C. Frank Robert Charlie Stuart [email protected] http://home.earthlink.net/~ralsobrook/ Margrett McCorkle wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margrett McCorkle" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 06:41 PM > Subject: Conzales CO. TX. > > > Hello All Burk/Burks/Burke researchers, > > I'm inquiring about Conzales CO. TX. are there Burk ancestors in this > > CO. and if there are did they descend from James Burk of Laurens Co.SC? > > I have found reference of my Grandfather James Crawford Burk(s) being > > called Conzale Burks, as this has been a mystery until I discovered the > CO. > > in TX. by the same name, I'm trying to see if there is a connection of the > > families. > > This name was put on the important "death certificate" of his daughter by > > his then son-in-law A.L.Mann. as it was quite common knowledge what his > name > > really was "James Crawford Burks" The use of this name/ nickname "Conzale" > > has always puzzled me. Anyone have any info on this? > > Margrett > > > > > > ==== BURK Mailing List ==== > Descendants of emigrant, John Burk (1656 - 1699) Middlesex Co., VA > http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/families/burk.html > List Manager: Jim Young <[email protected]> > =======================================================