John Burks

Birth Date

1830-12-06

Death Date

1890-07-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Barren County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Mary Burks. Married to Mary E. Burks. Farmer in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Barren County in 1850. Farmer in Barren County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Barren County in 1860. Farmer in Barren County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 475B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 231.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 787.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 50A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Hiseville, p. 639A.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Barren County, KY, February 1864, p. 39.
"John Burks(1830-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #179912052, accessed September 8, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179912052.

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