Burk (Burke), John Matthias
Biography
4 Feb. 1793–8 June 1853. Innkeeper, farmer. Born in Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of Charles Burke and Esther Robinson Bohannon. Married first Abigail Fellows, 13 Mar. 1821, in Fairfield. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1823. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9 Oct. 1830. Appointed to go to Missouri, 31 Aug. 1831. Ordained a deacon, by Oct. 1831. Moved to Clay Co., Missouri. Married second Keziah Keturah Van Benthusen Rollins Bunnell, 22 Jan. 1835, in Liberty, Clay Co. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, by 1838. Moved to Lee Co., Iowa Territory, 1839. Sustained member of Iowa stake high council, 5 Oct. 1839, in Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois. Signed affidavit detailing Missouri grievances, 1840. Settled in Nauvoo, by 1842. Received high priest’s license, 9 Sept. 1842, in Nauvoo. Migrated to Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, 1848. Buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah Territory.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Agreement with Henry Moore, 23 December 1840
- Appendix 2: Letter to the Saints Scattered Abroad, June 1835
- Bond to John Burk, 4 September 1840
- Bond to John Burk, 4 September 1840, Copy
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 2 July 1833
- Letter to Church Officers in Clay County, Missouri, 31 August 1835
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- License Record Book
- License for John Burk, 9 September 1842
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 28–29 September 1835
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book B, 1843–1846
- Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, circa 9 March 1844
- Receipt from Samuel Musick, 14 July 1838
- Revelation, 30 August 1831 [D&C 63]
- Revelation, 31 August 1831
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Tithing Daybook B
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Gender
- Male