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Joseph Burke (1745 - 1785)

Joseph Burke
Born in Fincastle, Botetourt , Colony of Virginiamap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 29 Dec 1766 in Rowan, North Carolinamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , and
Died at about age 40 in Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Joseph Burk/Burke was born about 1744. His parents were James Edward Burk and Mary Jane (Bane) Burk. He had a number of siblings including:

Child: James Burk
Child: Mary Burk
Child: Joseph Burk
Child: John Burk
Child: Naomi Burk
Child: Rebecca Burk
Child: Honour Burk
Child: Sarah Burk
Child: Benjamin Burk

Joseph had a marriage bond to Margaret "Margret" Grant on 29 December 1766 at Rowan County, N.C. The bond was by John England, James Burk, and Gideon Wright (county record). [1]A Tory during the Revolution, as was his father. Joseph and Margaret were the parents of the following children:

Child: James Burke
Child: Sally Burke
Child: Mary Burke
Child: Jonathan Burke
Child: Rebecca Burke
Child: Naomi Burke
Child: Nancy Burke

Joseph Burk died 1785/86 at Montgomery County, Virginia, where the family was reported living near Samuel Pepper on New River. There is a family history saying that Joseph drowned near Pepper's Ferry.

Research Notes

There is a Giles County marriage bond of a "Margret Burk" "'probably' daughter of William Burk, Sr." to William Lilly on 16 August 1808. Johnson indicates William Burk, Sr. had no such daughter. As a result, this latter Margret Burk is not understood. It appears that Joseph’s wife, Margaret (Grant) Burk did not remarry.

Sources

  1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q285-YKG8 : 21 July 2021), Joseph Burke and Margret Grant, 29 Dec 1766; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 418,150.
  • 1768 Rowan County, N.C. taxables
  • 1770 Rowan County, N.C. taxables
  • 1771 Surry County, North Carolina taxables
  • 1774 Surry County, North Carolina taxables
  • FEBRUARY 14, 1775 James Burk, Sr., deeded by quit claim to Joseph Burk 200 acres
Note: 14 February 1775, “James Burk, Sr.,” deeded by quit claim to Joseph Burk 200 acres with appurtenances in Surry County on both sides of Joseph Creek. Witnessed by John England and Hugh Lewis and signed by James Burk (“J B” - his mark). Acknowledged in February 1775 court.
  • FEBRUARY 2, 1785 deeded 21 acres to Thomas Elliot
Note: 2 February 1785, Joseph Burk, of Montgomery County, Virginia, deeded 21 acres of Surry County land to Thomas Elliot of Surry County on south Joseph’s Creek. Signed Joseph (his mark) Burk and entered February term 1785.




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Wall-608 Lesli Wall
Burke-12820 and Burke-5013 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted by Lesli Wall
Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Burke-8892 and Burke-5013 appear to represent the same person because: same wife and daughter, dates and places are all estimates, no sources to support
posted by Robin Lee
Chapel-160 Claire (Chapel) Nava
Dear PMs,

Unfortunately, none of the links worked any more, so I had to remove them from the profile along with some of the GEDCOM and merge duplications and fluffy stuff (like putting "Natural" after each child's name). You can see the original under the Changes tab.

I am attaching a link to finding great sources using RootSearch in case it has been a while. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Sources.

Respectfully,

Claire ~ WiiTree Data Doctor

posted by Claire (Chapel) Nava
Paula (Cullen) Staunton
Burke-5348 and Burke-5013 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate
posted by Paula (Cullen) Staunton
Wall-608 Lesli Wall
Burk-581 and Burk-220 appear to represent the same person because: Hi, Joseph & wife Mary Grant are my 5th great Grandparents, Mary "Polly" Burk married Jacob Shell Jr and they had Fannie who married Henry linkous . Their daughter Mary Elizabeth married Michael Kipps and their daughter is Landonia who is the mother of my Grandfather Robert H. Wall.
posted by Lesli Wall

Rejected matches › Joseph (Josephsson) Berg (1747-1790)

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