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Martha R Burks (1824 - 1890)

Martha R Burks
Born in Georgia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , and
Wife of — married 26 Dec 1844 in Talbot, Georgia, United Statesmap
Wife of — married after 1855 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of
Died at age 65 in Robertson, Texas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Martha was born in 1824. She passed away in 1890. She is believed to be the daughter of James Lyon Burks and Martha Patsy Robinson, and sister of John Robinson Burks.

She was married to William R Melton, 26 Dec 1844 in Talbot, Georgia. She had one son with him, William R Melton who was born in 1846. She married Chesley Bonds after 1855.

Census Information

1850 U.S. Federal Census, Scott County, Mississippi

  • Martha R. Milton, 25, F, born in Georgia
  • William R. Milton, 4, M, born in Arkansas
  • Simeon Burks, 26, M, Farmer, born in Georgia

1860 U.S. Federal Census she was shown in the household of Chesley Bonds.

Research Notes

  • Martha's marriage to Chesley Bonds would have been after 1855. In 1855 Martha's father, James Burks, made an indenture to Martha Milton, his daughter and wife of William R. Milton. [1]
  • Any children born to Chesley Bonds before 1855 would not be Martha's.

Sources

  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69737929/martha-r-bonds
  • Title: Marriages, Book B, 1844-1852, Ancesrty.com. Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.
  • Year: 1850; Census Place: Scott, Mississippi; Roll: 381; Page: 256b, Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.


  1. ↑ "Mississippi Probate Records, 1781-1930," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QX-758T?cc=2036959&wc=M7MP-HM9%3A344535701%2C345262401 : 21 May 2014), Scott > Deeds 1848-1855 vol E-F > image 98 of 623; county courthouses and public libraries, Mississippi.




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