BURKE, Daniel Lee^[1]

1836 - 1907  (70 years)

• Name	BURKE, Daniel Lee
  Nickname	Dan
  Birth	13 May 1836	Turkey Creek District, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1840	Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States   [3]
  	Census lists: One male less than five: [Daniel (4)] One male between 20 and 30: [Nimrod (30)] One female between 20 and 30: [Elizabeth (24)]
  Residence	11 Oct 1850	93rd Subdivision, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States   [4]
  Death	24 Apr 1907	Allentown, Twiggs, Georgia, United States   [2]
  Burial	Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States   [2, 5]
  	Address: Pleasant Plains Church Cemetery
  Person ID	I1457	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	BURKE, Daniel Nimrod Jr.,   b. 25 Nov 1810, Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States d. 22 May 1892, Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States (Age 81 years)
  Mother	BUTLER, Elizabeth Ann,   b. 9 Nov 1816   d. 22 Nov 1890, Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1840
  Residence	1840	Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States   [3]
  	Census lists: One male less than five: [Daniel (4)] One male between 20 and 30: [Nimrod (30)] One female between 20 and 30: [Elizabeth (24)]
  Residence	9 Jul 1860	Turkey Creek District, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	9 Sep 1870	Turkey Creek District, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States   [7]
  	Farmer
  	Listed as Nimrod and Elizabeth Burke
  Residence	10 Jun 1880	Turkey Creek District, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States   [8]
  	Farmer
  	Listed as Nimrod and Elizabeth Ann Burke
  Family ID	F392	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HARDY, Millie B.,   b. 14 Nov 1837, Georgia d. 4 Jun 1920, Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1856	Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States   [2]
  Residence	1870	Griffin, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States   [9]
  	Farmer
  	Listed as "Dan Burke"
  Residence	3 Jun 1880	District 352 High Hill, Wilkinson County, Georgia   [10]
  	Farmer
  Residence	20 Jun 1900	District 352 High Hill, Wilkinson County, Georgia   [11]
  	Farmer
  	The census records that ten of their eleven children were still living.
  Children	1. BURKE, Julius N,   b. Abt 1858, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   2. BURKE, Clifford,   b. Aug 1859, Georgia d. Bef 1930, Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States (Age < 70 years)   3. BURKE, Joel,   b. Feb 1862, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   4. BURKE, Margaret,   b. Abt 1866, Georgia d. Bef 1920, Georgia (Age < 53 years)   5. BURKE, Fanny,   b. Abt 1868, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   6. BURKE, Lela,   b. Abt 1869, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   7. BURKE, Robert,   b. Abt 1874, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   8. BURKE, Thomas,   b. Abt 1876, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   9. BURKE, Annie Mae,   b. 21 Sep 1876, Georgia d. 31 Aug 1942, Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States (Age 65 years)   10. BURKE, Mamie,   b. Jan 1882, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Daniel Burke, planter, soldier, Judge, and Legislator, the oldest son of Nimrod Burke, Jr., and Elizabeth (Butler) Burke, was born May 13, 1836, at the old Burke Plantation in Turkey Creek District. He died at his home in Allentown, Wilkinson County, Georgia, on April 24, 1907, and his remains were laid to rest in the cemetery of Pleasant Plains Church. His early education was obtained at the Turkey Creek Academy, and Harrison Academy. For two years he studied in the State of North Carolina. He completed his study in school at Macon, Georgia. His father, Nimrod Burke, Jr., was one of the original trustees of the Harrison Academy. He acquired a good education. He was married on July 3, 1856, in Wilkinson County, Georgia, to Miss Millie A. Hardie, the daughter of Joel Hardie and Margaret (Patterson) Hardie. She made her home for more than ten years immediately before her death, with a daughter, Annie Mae, wife of Walter B. Branan, of Gordon, Georgia, where she died on June 4, 1920, and was buried by the side of her husband, Daniel Burke. He contributed liberally of his time and substance to the upbuilding of the state and the community in which he lived. He was one of the principal builders of the old Pleasant Plains School, where he served as trustee for a number of years. He was a churchman, a Mason, and a Democrat. He was a loyal member of the New Providence Church (Baptist). He served as Worshipful Master of the Irwinton, Georgia, Masonic Lodge, of which he was a member. He volunteered as a soldier in behalf of the principles for which the Southern Confederacy stood and in which he and the people of the South firmly believed to be right, and on August 22, 1862, enlisted in Company F of the historic Third Georgia Regiment, in Wright's Brigade, and served in the army of Virginia under General Robert E. Lee. He fought throughout the War between the States, until he was wounded almost mortally on May 14, 1864, while engaged in the Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse, Virginia. No man fought more bravely than did he in the terrific battles in which this regiment was engaged. He was in that magnificent charge made by this regiment on the slopes of Cemetery Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg, which immortalized these men. While engaged in the Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse he was wounded, being shot in the right eye, a fragment of the shell passing through and out of his right ear. His comrade, W.F. (One Armed Frank) Cannon, seeing him lying in a pool of water, dragged him out, and carried him, on his back, off the battlefield. He recuperated in a hospital in Virginia, where he was nursed by Mrs. Morgan, who kept his wound treated and provided him with food. He returned to his home in Wilkinson County, Georgia, on June 9, 1864. In appreciation of the services tendered to him by Mrs. Morgan, he gave her thirty dollars each month as long as she lived. He received a pension. He was loved by those who knew him and regarded as a good business man. As the holder of considerable Confederate money and as owner of a large number of slaves, he sustained a great loss as a result of the War Between the States. He was a Democrat and took an active interest in politics. In 1865 he was made a Justice of the Inferior Court, a position he held until the court was abolished. Later he served as Representative from Wilkinson County in the General Assembly of Georgia. He was a large planter and land owner. He erected, at large expense, a mill on Cedar Creek, known as Burke's Mill. He amassed considerable property and at one time was the largest taxpayer in the county. At his death he was perhaps the wealthiest man living in that section of Wilkinson County.

  
  

• Sources

  [S102] Cer, Earl and Mary Dennis Family Tree. [S82] Obituary, WILKINSON COUNTY, GA -HISTORY - Davidson's History of Wilkinson County. [S98] 1840 Federal Census, Wilkinson County, Georgia District 353 Page 1 of 6. [S76] 1850 Federal Census, 93rd Subdivision, Wilkinson, Georgia, Page 81 of 133, Dwelling 587. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, MEMORIAL ID: 35438039. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Turkey Creek District, Wilkinson County, Georgia Pg 89 Dwelling 625. [S69] 1870 Federal Census, Turkey Creek District, Wilkinson, Georgia, Page 127, Dwelling 1048. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, Turkey Creek District 353 , Wilkinson, Georgia ED 146 Pg 27 Dwelling 116. [S69] 1870 Federal Census, Griffin, Wilkinson County, Georgia Page 67 Dwelling 492. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, District 352 High Hill, Wilkinson County, Georgia ED 146 Page 6 Dwelling 55. [S110] 1900 Federal Census, District 352 High Hill, Wilkinson County, Georgia Ed 107 Page 15A Dwelling 257.