Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameJohn William Burke 
Birth11 Jan 1847, Virginia
FatherJames Burke (>1790-~1848)
MotherAnn B. Micou (1814-)
Documentation
“John William [Burke]: Born 1847” [Burke Family Bible, Library of Virginia #44415.]
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
“J. W. Burk and Elizabeth K. Dobyns were married Dec 4th 1873 at Massaponax church in Spotsylvania County Va by Rev W. A. [illegible[ Their daughter Ellen Mae Burk was my grandmother (R. B. J.) 11/1995” [Burke Family Bible, Library of Virginia #44415.]
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
“J. W. Burk and Elizabeth K. Dobyns were married Dec 4th 1873 at Massaponax church in Spotsylvania County Va by Rev W. A. [illegible[ Their daughter Ellen Mae Burk was my grandmother (R. B. J.) 11/1995” [Burke Family Bible, Library of Virginia #44415.]