1. | Rebecca Burke was born 1805, Tennessee (daughter of Joseph Burke and Mary Mantooth); died 1877; was buried Merriman Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. Notes:
Burned in a fire.
1850 Cocke County Census lists age as 45 unable to read or write with four children.
There is a Joseph (born about 1766 from Virginia) and Mary (born about 1788 from Virginia) Burke listed in the 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census living next to the Ball family. This may be Rebecca's parents.
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Reference:
http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusb.txt.
Misty Spinelli
Rebecca married Merriman Ball Grainger County, Tennessee. Merriman (son of Ausburn Ball and Martha "Patsey" Thomason) was born 1809, North Carolina; died 16 Jan 1884; was buried Merriman Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- James Riley Ball was born Abt 1828, North Carolina; died 14 Aug 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 16 Aug 1918, Lindsey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
- Lucinda Ball was born Abt 1833, North Carolina.
- Katy Ball was born Abt 1835, Tennessee.
- Mary Ball was born Abt 1837, Tennessee.
- Sarah Caroline Ball was born 9 May 1851, Tennessee; died 20 Mar 1927; was buried Nedus Ball Family Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
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