Isham
Burks
Born about in Botetourt County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of John Peartree Burks
and Sarah Catherine (Isham) Burks
Brother of
John Burks Sr. and Samuel Burks
Husband of
Elizabeth (Rowland) Burks
— married
26 Jan 1781 in Botetourt Co, VA
Descendants 
Father of
Charles Burks, Sarah (Burks) Sexton, Elizabeth Burks, Nancy Burks, Isham Burks, John Wesley Burks Sr., William Burks, Mahala Burks, Wesley Burks and James Paine Burks
Died
at about age 80
in Boone, Missouri, United States
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Biography
Isham Burks served with 11th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Isham was born in 1759 and was a Revolutionary War Veteran.
Children
List of Children[1]
- Charles b. 10-17-1780.
- Sally b. 7-15-1781.
- Betsey, b. 2-27-1786.
- Robert Rowland b. 5-6-1789.
- Nancy b. 7-23-1791.
- Isham Jr. b. 11-8-1794.
- John b. 7-21-1797.
- Wesley b. 5-27-1806.
- James Payne b. 5-29-1808.
Isham Burks, born 1759, names his parents in his Bible as John and Sarah Burks and wife as Elizabeth (Rowland) Burks . He gives his name and his wife's name and birth date as: Isham, b. 1759 and Elizabeth Rowland, b. 14 Jan 1764. His children were also named and they were: Charles, b. 11 Oct 1780; Sally, b. 15 July, 1782;Betsy, b. 27 Feb 1786; Robert Rowland, b. 6 May 1789, d. 20 Dec 1791; Nancy, b. 23 July 1791; Isham, Jr. b. 8 Nov 1794; John, b 21 July 1797; William, b. 28 Sept 1800; Mahala, b 3 Dec 1801; Wesley, b. 27 May 1806; and James Pane, b. 29 May 1808.) This Bible page was removed from the family Bible and used as documentation to secure Revolutionary War widow's benefits for Elizabeth.
Sources
- ↑ From family Bible record, courtesy of Wanda Stefance
- "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D5C-W9J5 : 28 June 2022), Isham Burks, 26 Jan 1781; citing Marriage, Botetourt, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 25, 2016), "Record of Isham Burks", Ancestor # A017296.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Isham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Isham:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Isham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Isham:
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~1.56%
Bill Wise
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
Karolyn (Kennedy) Witte :
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~0.78%
Nellie (Roberts) Woods :
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~0.78%
Barbara (Hall) Stone :
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