John Burks of Barren County, KY

Not the same as John Burk

http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/wilkes/bios/burksfam.txt

"These records also disprove any connection to Mary KENDRICKS as the wife of Capt. John Burks of Georgia. Mary and her husband John Burks left Virginia and settled in Kentucky per all the records of that family. This John Burks was born 14 July 1779 in Virginia but went to Barren County, Kentucky where he lived, died in 1826 and was buried. This is according to records in Barren County, KY. Barren County court records show this couple hired a representative to try and obtain Mary's inheritance from her deceased father John Kindrick in Virginia. This lawsuit is also recorded in "CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA" as indicated in the footnote. "