Samuel Rourk/Ann Unknown Barrow b.1760-70, Orangeburg,SC
I'm looking for info on SAMUEL ROURK. Does anyone know his parents, wife's maiden name, or children? Barrow was his wife's name from a previous marriage. Thanks. --Karen--
According to the 1830 Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina U.S. Federal Census, SAMUEL ROURK was born between the years 1760-1770 and was between the ages of 60-70 years old. In the Will of RACHEL (BARROW) BALLARD, of Marion District, South Carolina, Dated 08 Nov 1807, Proved 12 Dec 1808, before Samuel Cooper Ordy, Esquire, Samuel was named as the second husband to ANN UNKNOWN BARROW BALLARD. Rachel Barrow was the daughter of JAMES BARROW and ANN UNKNOWN. James Barrow died in 1804 in Catfish, Marion County, South Carolina. His wife, Ann Barrow, then married Samuel Rourk. Rachel Barrow Ballard died in 1841 in Catfish, Marion County, South Carolina. [Source: Film #0954525, Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Leonardo Andrea Collection, Folder No. 36, Ballard – Bullard.] Court of Ordinary, Petition of Samuel Rourk of James Barrow estate, Marion County, South Carolina, dated 1807.
Samuel Rourk is on the St. Matthews 1818 Tax List, South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research (SCMAR), Volume 1, Number 4, Fall 1973, Page 214, "Rourk, Samuel 289."