my burk line comes from va. and eventually to adair co. (1870-1890"s). in 1860 census they were in clinton co. the burk family lived near leatherwood district..a small white church on greenbriar road marks part of the property they owned. there are some stones marking a graveyard of some members of this family. anderson and elmira (nunn) burk were the parents of james w., william p., amanda e., margaret, joseph, cager, and wesley burk. the children were born from 1845-1860. my gr-grandfather was joseph. he and his brother mcajah(cager) are buried in jefferstown cem. in louisville, ky. amanda was married to a tom shackleford, and moved to indianapolis. she is buried there. no idea on where marg., james, and william are. wesley married mary grissom in 1868, and had at least 5 children they were born from 1869-1880 ( lavada, matilda, dollie, george w. and william a. ) wesley a. burk and family are found in union co. ky in the 1870-1880 census. after that they disappear. are there any grissoms that may know of what happened to the wesley and mary j. (grissom) burk family? tom burk