Person

John Burks (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1830-12-06 d. 1890-07-28

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.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Burks, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200614 (November 12, 2026).

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