Brief Life History of Thompson
When Thompson Burks was born about 1790, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Thompson Burks, was 39 and his mother, Ann Rice, was 36. He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Back on 4 October 1814, in Garrard, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Garrard, Kentucky, United States in 1813. He died about 1825, at the age of 37.
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- Thompson Burk, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Tax books
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1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1792 · Becomes the 15th State
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire): habitational name from Birks in Cumberworth (Yorkshire) or from a minor place of this name in another county, named from Middle English birkes, berkes ‘the birches’. If from Staffordshire, the name may be a variant of Birch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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