Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameThomas Mundie Burke 
Birth20 Apr 1829, Essex County, Virginia
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
Death30 Jun 1862, Virginia
OccupationFarmer
FatherJames Burke (>1790-~1848)
MotherSusan M. Younger
Documentation
A portrait of Thomas M. Burke hangs in the Essex County courthouse. He was a major in the Confederate army.
In the late 1840s, orators and oratrice Thomas M., Robert, Mary Susan, James and William Burke, infants by William Blackburn their next friend, complained to the Chancery Court. That they are the only children of James Burke, and that Ann B. Burke is his widow. To fulfill a contract not recorded before James Burke’s death. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 41, item 41-F-19.]
1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 81
Dwelling 258, Household 258
Burke, Ann, 35, female, value of real estate $20,000, born in Virginia
Burke, Thomas, 21, male, manager, born in Virginia
Burke, Mary, 12, female, born in Virginia, in school within the year
Burke, John, 3, male, born in Virginia
Burke, James, 2, male, born in Virginia
On 22 August 1856, Mary L. Andrews, John M. Harper and Sarah F. his wife, Thomas M. Burke and Mary E. his wife, and Robert H. Andrews of the one part sold to William P. McKenney of the other part. For $2,800, all the balance of a tract of land which was conveyed to the late Robert P. Andrews by William R. Sisson and Ann E. his wife by deed of 1 July 1829 (after deducting a lot of two acres sold by the said Robert P. Andrews to Thomas Parker), by survey about 80 acres. In Essex County, Virginia, justices certify as to the consent of Sarah F. Harper and Mary E. Burke. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deeds and Wills 35, pages 408–409.]
On 6 January 1857, Mary L. Andrews, John Newton Harper and Sarah F. his wife, and Thomas M. Burke and Mary E. his wife of the first part sold to Robert H. Andrews of the other part. For $900, land of the late Robert P. Andrews containing 75-1/2 acres which was conveyed to Robert P. Andrews by Henry Marks and Ann his wife on 27 December 1837, and also all their interest in a certain tract of land adjoining the aforesaid. Certfication from the County of Alexandria that the parties of the first part agree to sale. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deeds and Wills 35, page 536–537.]
1860 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 95
Lloyds Post Office, Dwelling 876, Household 850
Burke, T. M., 31, male, farmer, value of real estate $3,500, value of personal estate $7,300, born in Virginia
Burke, Mary E., 28, female, born in Virginia
Burke, Frank M., 4, male, born in Alexandria, Virginia
In the late 1840s, orators and oratrice Thomas M., Robert, Mary Susan, James and William Burke, infants by William Blackburn their next friend, complained to the Chancery Court. That they are the only children of James Burke, and that Ann B. Burke is his widow. To fulfill a contract not recorded before James Burke’s death. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 41, item 41-F-19.]
1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 81
Dwelling 258, Household 258
Burke, Ann, 35, female, value of real estate $20,000, born in Virginia
Burke, Thomas, 21, male, manager, born in Virginia
Burke, Mary, 12, female, born in Virginia, in school within the year
Burke, John, 3, male, born in Virginia
Burke, James, 2, male, born in Virginia
On 22 August 1856, Mary L. Andrews, John M. Harper and Sarah F. his wife, Thomas M. Burke and Mary E. his wife, and Robert H. Andrews of the one part sold to William P. McKenney of the other part. For $2,800, all the balance of a tract of land which was conveyed to the late Robert P. Andrews by William R. Sisson and Ann E. his wife by deed of 1 July 1829 (after deducting a lot of two acres sold by the said Robert P. Andrews to Thomas Parker), by survey about 80 acres. In Essex County, Virginia, justices certify as to the consent of Sarah F. Harper and Mary E. Burke. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deeds and Wills 35, pages 408–409.]
On 6 January 1857, Mary L. Andrews, John Newton Harper and Sarah F. his wife, and Thomas M. Burke and Mary E. his wife of the first part sold to Robert H. Andrews of the other part. For $900, land of the late Robert P. Andrews containing 75-1/2 acres which was conveyed to Robert P. Andrews by Henry Marks and Ann his wife on 27 December 1837, and also all their interest in a certain tract of land adjoining the aforesaid. Certfication from the County of Alexandria that the parties of the first part agree to sale. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deeds and Wills 35, page 536–537.]
1860 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 95
Lloyds Post Office, Dwelling 876, Household 850
Burke, T. M., 31, male, farmer, value of real estate $3,500, value of personal estate $7,300, born in Virginia
Burke, Mary E., 28, female, born in Virginia
Burke, Frank M., 4, male, born in Alexandria, Virginia
Spouses
Birthabt 1832, Virginia
FatherRobert Pitts Andrews (-~1851)
MotherMary Lindsay O’Neale (~1808-~1873)
ChildrenFrank M. (~1856-)