Fleming Burk[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
1767 - 1848 (80 years)-
Documents Will of Fleming Burk
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Name Fleming Burk Born 29 Nov 1767 Caroline County, Virginia, USA [1, 6] Gender Male Residence 1820 Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States [3] Residence 1840 Russell, Virginia, United States [2] _UID 9345ADF84F294DC0AF2AA4849E75CC73556E Buried 1848 Burk Cemetery., Elk Garden, Russell, Virginia, United States [1] Died 23 Feb 1848 Elk Garden, Russell, Virginia, United States [1, 7] Person ID I958 Our Genealogy Last Modified 24 Mar 2016
Father Thomas Burk, b. 11 Aug 1735, Caroline Co., VA , d. 1812, GA (Age 76 years) Mother Ann George, b. 18 Mar 1735, Caroline, Virginia, United States , d. 1837, Donalds, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States (Age 101 years) Married 1785 Caroline, Virginia, United States Family ID F698 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rebecca Bush Miller, b. 20 Dec 1770, d. 14 Jul 1840, Russell Co., VA (Age 69 years) Married Abt 1791 Georgia Children + 1. Nancy Burke, b. 17 Nov 1792, Georgia, United States , d. 5 May 1862, Copper Creek, Russell, Virginia, United States (Age 69 years) 2. Jane Burke, b. 1795, Georgia , d. Aft 1846 (Age > 52 years) 3. William Burk, b. 18 Nov 1797, Russell County, Virginia, USA , d. 25 Jan 1850, Russell County, Virginia, USA (Age 52 years) 4. Polly Mary Burke, b. 1799, Georgia , d. 1846 (Age 47 years) 5. Sally Sarah Burke, b. 1800, Georgia , d. Aft 1842 (Age > 43 years) + 6. Fleming Burk, b. 1802, Russell, Virginia, USA , d. Aft Jul 1870, Russell, Virginia, USA (Age > 68 years) 7. Robert Burke, b. 21 Oct 1805, d. 18 Jun 1865, Russell Co., VA (Age 59 years) 8. John Burke, b. 6 Jan 1808, d. 9 Mar 1848, Russell Co., VA (Age 40 years) Last Modified 27 Mar 2016 Family ID F273 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - The will of Fleming Burke, Senior was dated Oct. 12, 1846 and was probated Mar. 7 , 1848 in Russell County, Virginia. (Will Book 6, page 121, Russell Co., VA.) It was proven 5 April 1848 & 21 May 1848. In it he gives 6 slaves variously to his legatees. But, one, he specified the following: "I liberate, manumit, and forever set free my Negro woman slave Betsy, now upwards of forty years of age, in consideration of her faithfulness in serving and attending to me and my family; and I set apart out of my estate the sum of fifty dollars to be placed in the hands of my son William, as trustee for her, or in case of his death or refusal to take charge of it, then in the hands of my executor, to be applied for the use and benefit of said Betsy, as said trustee or executor may think proper to apply it, until it may all be exhausted". The Motto on the Coat of Arms of the Burk family: Ung - Roy , One King; Ung - Foy, One Faith; Ung - Loy, One Law. Another possible spelling of the first name: FLEMYN, rather than Fleming. Fleming Burke, Senior had a brother named John Burk(e). That John Burk(e) married a Rebecca Vermillion. Fleming Burk shows up on the Russel Co Personal Propery Tax List for the first time in
- The will of Fleming Burke, Senior was dated Oct. 12, 1846 and was probated Mar. 7 , 1848 in Russell County, Virginia. (Will Book 6, page 121, Russell Co., VA.) It was proven 5 April 1848 & 21 May 1848. In it he gives 6 slaves variously to his legatees. But, one, he specified the following: "I liberate, manumit, and forever set free my Negro woman slave Betsy, now upwards of forty years of age, in consideration of her faithfulness in serving and attending to me and my family; and I set apart out of my estate the sum of fifty dollars to be placed in the hands of my son William, as trustee for her, or in case of his death or refusal to take charge of it, then in the hands of my executor, to be applied for the use and benefit of said Betsy, as said trustee or executor may think proper to apply it, until it may all be exhausted". The Motto on the Coat of Arms of the Burk family: Ung - Roy , One King; Ung - Foy, One Faith; Ung - Loy, One Law. Another possible spelling of the first name: FLEMYN, rather than Fleming. Fleming Burke, Senior had a brother named John Burk(e). That John Burk(e) married a Rebecca Vermillion. Fleming Burk shows up on the Russel Co Personal Propery Tax List for the first time in
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Sources - [S386] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.
- [S6] 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Russell, Virginia; Roll: 577; Page: 5; Image: 14; Family History Library Film: 0029692.
Year: 1840; Census Place: Russell, Virginia; Roll: 577; Page: 5; Image: 14; Family History Library Film: 0029692 - [S152] 1820 United States Federal Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lebanon, Russell, Virginia; Page: 135; NARA Roll: M33_141; Image: 148.
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lebanon, Russell, Virginia; Page: 135; NARA Roll: M33_141; Image: 148 - [S100] Family Data Collection - Births.
Online publication - Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. - [S7] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees.
- [S73] http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/cemeteries/flemingburkcem.html.
- [S93] Fleming Burk Cemetery.
- [S386] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.