This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BC.2ACI/1566.1 Message Board Post: The 1850 Census - District 56 and a half, Rockingham Co., VA does list a John Burk age 40 with wife Catherine age 35. Children are: Harvey - 15 James - 13 Elizabeth - 11 Sarah - 9 The 1860 Census - District 1, Rockingham Co., VA lists John as 54 with wife Mary age 50 (age was often off a few years in census info. and I'm guessing Catherine's name was Mary Catherine) because the kids are: Harvey - 24 James - 22 Elizabeth - 20 Sarah - 18 I don't see any record of them in Rockingham Co. in 1870.