Person

Robert Burke (Trigg County, Kentucky, merchant.)

b. 1831-08-01 d. 1892-02-29

Trigg County, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Married to Cornelia Thompson Burke in Trigg County, Kentucky, on November 25, 1858. Father of Bettie J. Burke. Merchant in Essex County, Virginia, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Essex County in 1850. Merchant in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Essex County, p. 85B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Virginia, Essex County, p. 497.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 187.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 391A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 52B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994056, Trigg County Marriages.

"Robert Burke (1831-1892)," Find A Grave, Memorial 94787534, accessed April 17, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94787534.

Citation

Burke, Robert. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207452 (November 12, 2026).

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