William R Burk (1820)

Born 1820 in Indiana, USA

This profile is part of the Eastern Sangamon County Townships One Place Study.

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Biography

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Early Life

Family

On 2 Jun 1870, Benjamin T Bice, Ass't Marshal, for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reports William R Burk household in between Robert Cass and Perry R Lynn households.^[1]
William R Burk 50 (1820, male, white) b. Indiana; William was a farmer laborer with personal property valued at $275.
Lydia Burk 38 (1832, female, white) b. Illinois; Lydia was keeping house.
John D Burk 18 (1852, male, white) b. Illinois. John was a day Laborer
Sarah C Burk 15 (1855, female, white) b. Illinois.
Kaziah A Burk 12 (1858, female, white) b. Illinois. Kaziah attended school.
William R Burk 3 (1867, male, white) b. Illinois.
Mary A Burk 7 (1863, female, white) b. Illinois.

On 10 Jun 1880, John E Constant, the enumerator for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reported the William R Burk household in between the Hugh McGory and R Perry Lynn households.^[2]
William R Burk 60 (1820, self, married) b. Indiana; both parents born in Kentucky.
Lydia Burk 47 (1833, wife, married) b. Illinois; both parents born in Kentucky.
William R Burk 14 (1866, son, [single]) b. Illinois; father born in Indiana and mother born in Illinois.
Mary A Burk 10 (1870, daughter, single) b. Illinois; father born in Indiana and mother born in Illinois.
Frank M Likins 45 (1835, boarder, single) b. Illinois; both parents born in Kentucky.
Henry Likins 42 (1838, boarder, single) b. Illinois; both parents born in Kentucky.

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1. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, Sangamon County, Illinois, Buffalo Post Office, p. 5 (written), dwelling 29, family 32, William R Burk household, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67P-9BK : accessed 14 June 2015), and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 14 June 2015); citing p. 5, family 32, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,780.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-JGS : accessed 19 May 2015), William R Burk, Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 200, sheet 211C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.