This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5UB.2ACI/2680 Message Board Post: Trying to find out if Thomas Burke (Governor 1781-1783) of North Carolina had a son that was born in 1959 (James Burke). I can find no personal information on Thomas Burke even though there are many articles, etc. about him and the Continental Congress. (Burke County named after him).