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Burk Homeplace Gravesite

Red Star, Madison County, Arkansas, USA

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    Coordinates: 35.89200, -93.56626
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The Burk Homeplace Gravesite is located on the homestead of James Henry "Jim" Burk and his wife, Elizabeth Ann WILLIAMS Burk. They homesteaded 160 acres in Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 24 West, on September 11, 1894. The remains of the Burk home (the foundation, fireplace rocks and hand-dug well) can still be found and the graves are located up a slight hill and across an old roadbed, southeast of the home location.

The Burk Homeplace Gravesite is located on Madison County Road #3500, four miles northwest of Red Star, Arkansas. It is in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 24 West. This is private property and you should not go onto the property unless you obtain permission from the landowner.

James Henry "Jim" and Elizabeth Ann Burk lived here from the mid 1890's until their deaths. James was born 1848 and died 1927; Elizabeth was born 1841 and died about 1925. The graves here are said to be members of their family.

The Burk Homeplace Gravesite is located just 1/4 of a mile from the Williams Cemetery (also previously called Dripping Springs Cemetery).
The Burk Homeplace Gravesite is located on the homestead of James Henry "Jim" Burk and his wife, Elizabeth Ann WILLIAMS Burk. They homesteaded 160 acres in Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 24 West, on September 11, 1894. The remains of the Burk home (the foundation, fireplace rocks and hand-dug well) can still be found and the graves are located up a slight hill and across an old roadbed, southeast of the home location.

The Burk Homeplace Gravesite is located on Madison County Road #3500, four miles northwest of Red Star, Arkansas. It is in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 24 West. This is private property and you should not go onto the property unless you obtain permission from the landowner.

James Henry "Jim" and Elizabeth Ann Burk lived here from the mid 1890's until their deaths. James was born 1848 and died 1927; Elizabeth was born 1841 and died about 1925. The graves here are said to be members of their family.

The Burk Homeplace Gravesite is located just 1/4 of a mile from the Williams Cemetery (also previously called Dripping Springs Cemetery).

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  • Added: 1 Jun 2020
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2707425