Brief Life History of Charles
When Charles Burks was born about 1781, in Amherst, Virginia, United States, his father, David Burks, was 42 and his mother, Obedience Phoebe Parks, was 40. He married Sally Bowman on 13 February 1802, in Amherst, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in 1819, in his hometown, at the age of 39.
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- Charles Burks, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Charles Burks, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
- Chs Burks in entry for Sally Burks, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
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1781
The American Revolution ended with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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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