Samuel Letcher Burk(e), Sr. was born 1828 in Russell County, Virginia, the son of Fleming Burk, Jr. and Nancy Ann Jessee Burk. In 1849, he married Nancy Ann Johnson, the daughter of Joseph Edward Johnson and Mary Staley Johnson. Together, Samuel and Nancy would have 7 children.
Mary Catherine b.-1849
Stephen H. b.-1850
James Lemuel b.-1853
Joseph Franklin b.- 1856
Samuel Letcher, Jr. b.- 1860
Isaiah Nathaniel b.- 1862
Nancy Jane b.- 1866
A Farmer by trade, on August 4, 1862, along with his brother, John, he enlisted at Russell County VA. to serve the Confederate States Army in Capt. Reese M. Baldwin's "Company E, 22nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry" also known as "Bowen's Regiment, Virginia Mounted Riflemen". Both he and his brother, by God's-Grace alone, were able to return home alive and bodily intact.
Both Samuel and Nancy grew-up attending Molls Creek Baptist Church (est. 1812) with their parents. According to early Molls Creek Church Records, in March 1866, Samuel was appointed a Trustee to the Molls Creek Church Board. Later, in January of 1869, he and Nancy were 'dismissed by letter' from the Molls Creek Church. His parents, Fleming Jr. and Nancy would follow-suit in 1870.
Being a fairly large land owner, it is believed to be during that timeframe (1869-70) that Samuel donated property for the development of a new church which was known for well-over 6 decades as "BURKS CHURCH". After a later expansion, the church is known today as "The Grassy Creek Church" in Castlewood, VA.
Samuel died on September 17, 1889 exactly 5 months to-the-day after his beloved wife of 40 years, Nancy Ann. Both were victims of the Typhoid Fever epidemic ravaging the community that year. Their deaths were reported by son, James Lemuel.
In his Last Will and Testament, there is mention of his "Mill Property". This is thought to be the old 'Dotson's Mill' on Molls Creek which operated throughout the 1930's-40's as there is no record of any other-such property in the area ever having existed.
The exact resting place for both Samuel and Nancy is unknown as their graves are unmarked and the church kept no records of burials during this time. There is a rather large "Burk(e) Plot" in the center of the cemetery containing a number of unmarked graves and/or graves that have been 'lost to time' ; recognizable only by the indentations of the earth and sparse remnants of small fieldstones perhaps abused over the years by nature and machinery during the cemetery's perpetual care. Since he donated the property for the church that bore his surname for so very many years, it is more probable than not that both Samuel Letcher, SR. and Nancy Ann Johnson BURKE are indeed interred at Grassy Creek Church Cemetery.
Collectively, a great number of his descendants are interred here. Likewise, many of them remain faithful attendees of Grassy Creek Church...aka, "BURKS CHURCH".
Mary Catherine b.-1849
Stephen H. b.-1850
James Lemuel b.-1853
Joseph Franklin b.- 1856
Samuel Letcher, Jr. b.- 1860
Isaiah Nathaniel b.- 1862
Nancy Jane b.- 1866
A Farmer by trade, on August 4, 1862, along with his brother, John, he enlisted at Russell County VA. to serve the Confederate States Army in Capt. Reese M. Baldwin's "Company E, 22nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry" also known as "Bowen's Regiment, Virginia Mounted Riflemen". Both he and his brother, by God's-Grace alone, were able to return home alive and bodily intact.
Both Samuel and Nancy grew-up attending Molls Creek Baptist Church (est. 1812) with their parents. According to early Molls Creek Church Records, in March 1866, Samuel was appointed a Trustee to the Molls Creek Church Board. Later, in January of 1869, he and Nancy were 'dismissed by letter' from the Molls Creek Church. His parents, Fleming Jr. and Nancy would follow-suit in 1870.
Being a fairly large land owner, it is believed to be during that timeframe (1869-70) that Samuel donated property for the development of a new church which was known for well-over 6 decades as "BURKS CHURCH". After a later expansion, the church is known today as "The Grassy Creek Church" in Castlewood, VA.
Samuel died on September 17, 1889 exactly 5 months to-the-day after his beloved wife of 40 years, Nancy Ann. Both were victims of the Typhoid Fever epidemic ravaging the community that year. Their deaths were reported by son, James Lemuel.
In his Last Will and Testament, there is mention of his "Mill Property". This is thought to be the old 'Dotson's Mill' on Molls Creek which operated throughout the 1930's-40's as there is no record of any other-such property in the area ever having existed.
The exact resting place for both Samuel and Nancy is unknown as their graves are unmarked and the church kept no records of burials during this time. There is a rather large "Burk(e) Plot" in the center of the cemetery containing a number of unmarked graves and/or graves that have been 'lost to time' ; recognizable only by the indentations of the earth and sparse remnants of small fieldstones perhaps abused over the years by nature and machinery during the cemetery's perpetual care. Since he donated the property for the church that bore his surname for so very many years, it is more probable than not that both Samuel Letcher, SR. and Nancy Ann Johnson BURKE are indeed interred at Grassy Creek Church Cemetery.
Collectively, a great number of his descendants are interred here. Likewise, many of them remain faithful attendees of Grassy Creek Church...aka, "BURKS CHURCH".
Samuel Letcher Burk(e), Sr. was born 1828 in Russell County, Virginia, the son of Fleming Burk, Jr. and Nancy Ann Jessee Burk. In 1849, he married Nancy Ann Johnson, the daughter of Joseph Edward Johnson and Mary Staley Johnson. Together, Samuel and Nancy would have 7 children.
Mary Catherine b.-1849
Stephen H. b.-1850
James Lemuel b.-1853
Joseph Franklin b.- 1856
Samuel Letcher, Jr. b.- 1860
Isaiah Nathaniel b.- 1862
Nancy Jane b.- 1866
A Farmer by trade, on August 4, 1862, along with his brother, John, he enlisted at Russell County VA. to serve the Confederate States Army in Capt. Reese M. Baldwin's "Company E, 22nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry" also known as "Bowen's Regiment, Virginia Mounted Riflemen". Both he and his brother, by God's-Grace alone, were able to return home alive and bodily intact.
Both Samuel and Nancy grew-up attending Molls Creek Baptist Church (est. 1812) with their parents. According to early Molls Creek Church Records, in March 1866, Samuel was appointed a Trustee to the Molls Creek Church Board. Later, in January of 1869, he and Nancy were 'dismissed by letter' from the Molls Creek Church. His parents, Fleming Jr. and Nancy would follow-suit in 1870.
Being a fairly large land owner, it is believed to be during that timeframe (1869-70) that Samuel donated property for the development of a new church which was known for well-over 6 decades as "BURKS CHURCH". After a later expansion, the church is known today as "The Grassy Creek Church" in Castlewood, VA.
Samuel died on September 17, 1889 exactly 5 months to-the-day after his beloved wife of 40 years, Nancy Ann. Both were victims of the Typhoid Fever epidemic ravaging the community that year. Their deaths were reported by son, James Lemuel.
In his Last Will and Testament, there is mention of his "Mill Property". This is thought to be the old 'Dotson's Mill' on Molls Creek which operated throughout the 1930's-40's as there is no record of any other-such property in the area ever having existed.
The exact resting place for both Samuel and Nancy is unknown as their graves are unmarked and the church kept no records of burials during this time. There is a rather large "Burk(e) Plot" in the center of the cemetery containing a number of unmarked graves and/or graves that have been 'lost to time' ; recognizable only by the indentations of the earth and sparse remnants of small fieldstones perhaps abused over the years by nature and machinery during the cemetery's perpetual care. Since he donated the property for the church that bore his surname for so very many years, it is more probable than not that both Samuel Letcher, SR. and Nancy Ann Johnson BURKE are indeed interred at Grassy Creek Church Cemetery.
Collectively, a great number of his descendants are interred here. Likewise, many of them remain faithful attendees of Grassy Creek Church...aka, "BURKS CHURCH".
Mary Catherine b.-1849
Stephen H. b.-1850
James Lemuel b.-1853
Joseph Franklin b.- 1856
Samuel Letcher, Jr. b.- 1860
Isaiah Nathaniel b.- 1862
Nancy Jane b.- 1866
A Farmer by trade, on August 4, 1862, along with his brother, John, he enlisted at Russell County VA. to serve the Confederate States Army in Capt. Reese M. Baldwin's "Company E, 22nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry" also known as "Bowen's Regiment, Virginia Mounted Riflemen". Both he and his brother, by God's-Grace alone, were able to return home alive and bodily intact.
Both Samuel and Nancy grew-up attending Molls Creek Baptist Church (est. 1812) with their parents. According to early Molls Creek Church Records, in March 1866, Samuel was appointed a Trustee to the Molls Creek Church Board. Later, in January of 1869, he and Nancy were 'dismissed by letter' from the Molls Creek Church. His parents, Fleming Jr. and Nancy would follow-suit in 1870.
Being a fairly large land owner, it is believed to be during that timeframe (1869-70) that Samuel donated property for the development of a new church which was known for well-over 6 decades as "BURKS CHURCH". After a later expansion, the church is known today as "The Grassy Creek Church" in Castlewood, VA.
Samuel died on September 17, 1889 exactly 5 months to-the-day after his beloved wife of 40 years, Nancy Ann. Both were victims of the Typhoid Fever epidemic ravaging the community that year. Their deaths were reported by son, James Lemuel.
In his Last Will and Testament, there is mention of his "Mill Property". This is thought to be the old 'Dotson's Mill' on Molls Creek which operated throughout the 1930's-40's as there is no record of any other-such property in the area ever having existed.
The exact resting place for both Samuel and Nancy is unknown as their graves are unmarked and the church kept no records of burials during this time. There is a rather large "Burk(e) Plot" in the center of the cemetery containing a number of unmarked graves and/or graves that have been 'lost to time' ; recognizable only by the indentations of the earth and sparse remnants of small fieldstones perhaps abused over the years by nature and machinery during the cemetery's perpetual care. Since he donated the property for the church that bore his surname for so very many years, it is more probable than not that both Samuel Letcher, SR. and Nancy Ann Johnson BURKE are indeed interred at Grassy Creek Church Cemetery.
Collectively, a great number of his descendants are interred here. Likewise, many of them remain faithful attendees of Grassy Creek Church...aka, "BURKS CHURCH".
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