Finding Aid to the Mary Burks Dean Genealogical Collection

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 Memorial Avenue
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
(434) 846-0501
MARY BURKS DEAN (1922-2011) GENEALOGICAL COLLECTION
The collection includes genealogical notes by Mary Burks Dean on the Burks family and
allied families, including Chastain, DeWitt, Watson and Wheat. Also included are family charts,
Bible records, court records, photographs and correspondence from various family members.
[Detailed finding guide available with the collection.]

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 Memorial Avenue
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
(434) 846-0501
MARY BURKS DEAN (1922-2011) GENEALOGICAL COLLECTION
The collection includes genealogical notes by Mary Burks Dean on the Burks family and
allied families, including Chastain, DeWitt, Watson and Wheat. Also included are family charts,
Bible records, court records, photographs and correspondence from various family members.
BOX 1

Genealogical Notes
1-1
Family Charts
1-2
Anderson
1-3
Bell
1-4
Booth
1-5
Bramlett
1-6
Brown
1-7
Cheatwood

1-8
1-9
1-10
1-11
1-12
1-13
1-14

Clarke
Clayton
Clopton
Coleman
Coxe
Crawford
Crenshaw

BOX 2

Genealogical Notes
2-1
Coffey
2-2
Davis
2-3
Davis (Maryland)
2-4
Davis (Virginia)
2-5
Dawson
2-6
Douglas
2-7
Ellis
2-8
Eubank

2-9
2-10
2-11
2-12
2-13
2-14
2-15
2-16

Everett
Forrest
French
Gough - Goff
Gwatkins
Harding
Hatcher
Hobson

BOX 3

Genealogical Notes
3-1
Hopkins
3-2
Johns
3-3
Keene
3-4
Kennedy
Kerr
3-5

3-6
3-7
3-8
3-9
3-10

Lewis
Logwood – Part 1
Logwood – Part 2
McDaniel – Part 1
McDaniel – Part 2

BOX 4

Genealogical Notes
4-1
Marshall
4-8
4-2
Matthew Fontaine Maury
4-9
4-3
Mead
4-10
4-4
Mills
4-11
4-5
Meriwether
4-12
4-6
Overton
4-13
4-7
Owen – Part 1
4-14
(Continued)

Owen – Part 2
Parks
Pearson
Peartree
Povall
Rice
Rucker
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BOX 5

Genealogical Notes
5-1
Sharp
5-2
Sorrell
5-3
Spinner
5-4
Swearingen
5-5
Thornton

BOX 6

Genealogical Notes
6-1
Burks – Part 1
6-2
Burks – Part 2
6-3
Samuel Burks (d. 1756)

BOX 7

7-1
7-2
7-3
7-4
7-5

Chastain – Part 1
Chastain – Part 2
Chastain – Part 3
Chastain – Part 4
Chastain – Part 5

BOX 8

8-1
8-2
8-3
8-4

Dewitt (from Barbara Webster)
Dewitt & Worley (from Jack Dewitt – 1993)
Dewitt (from Jonell Rook)
Dewitt – Original material and copies

BOX 9

Genealogical Notes
9-1
Dewitt documents
9-5
9-2
Dewitt photos & notes
9-6
9-3
Dewitt correspondence
9-7
9-4
Dewitt Letters (to & from KY)

Dewitt - emails
Letters about Dewitt – Part 1
Letters about Dewitt – Part 2

BOX 10

Genealogical Notes
10-1 Dewitt – Part 1
10-2 Dewitt – Part 2
10-3 Dewitt – Part 3
10-4 Dewitt – Part 4

Dewitt – Part 5
Overstreet – Part 1
Overstreet – Part 2

BOX 11

Genealogical Notes
11-1 Watson (from Marvin Ham) 11-4
11-2 Watson – old records
11-5
11-3 Watson – Part 1
11-6

5-6
5-7
5-8
5-9

Tinsley – Part 1
Tinsley – Part 2
Waters
Worley

6-4
6-5
6-6

Chastain - Correspondence
Chastain – Chancery Suit
Pierre Chastain Family Assoc.

10-5
10-6
10-7

Watson – Part 2
Watson – Part 3
Watson – Part 4

(Continued)
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BOX 12

Genealogical Notes
12-1 Watson – Part 5
12-2 Watson – Part 6
12-3 Watson – Part 7
12-4 Watson – Part 8

BOX 13

Genealogical Notes
13-1 Wilkerson – Part 1
13-2 Wilkerson – Part 2
13-3 Wilkerson (Janie Jordan)

BOX 14

Genealogical Notes
14-1 Amherst Co. (wills & deeds)
14-2 Russell Parish records
14-3 Confederate pensions
14-4 County charts
14-5 Misc. cemeteries
14-6 Longwood Cemetery

BOX 15

Genealogical Notes
15-1 Correspondence
15-2 Correspondence – Dr. Tom Jennings
15-3 Miss Ruth Clark stories, Wayne Wilson Information
15-4 Misc. Research Notes – Notebook 1 – Sect. 1
15-5 Misc. Research Notes – Notebook 1 – Sect. 2
15-6 Misc. Research Notes – Notebook 1 – Sect. 3
15-7 Misc. Research Notes – Notebook 1 – Sect. 4
15-8 Misc. Research Notes – Notebook 2 – Sect. 1
15-9 Misc. Research Notes – Notebook 2 – Sect. 2
15-10 Misc. Research Notes – Notebook 2 – Sect. 3

12-5
12-6
12-7

Maryland’s John Wheat (-1711)
Wheat – Part 1
Wheat – Part 2

13-4
13-5
13-6

Wilkerson (from Ramona Ramsey)
Wilkerson (Books & documents)
Williams, Hazel (b. 1845)

14-7
14-8
14-9
14-10
14-11

Oakwood Cemetery
St. Thomas Episcopal Cemetery
Wheat cemetery
1800 Tax List – Va. counties
1782 Taxable property, Bedford Co.

MARY BURKS DEAN (1922-2011)
Mary Wheat Burks was born in Bedford County, Virginia, June 6, 1922, the daughter of
Frank Wellington Burks and Sallie Wheat. She worked at Rubatex Corporation as purchasing
agent for over 35 years. . An avid golfer, she also enjoyed family genealogical research.
On March 17, 1945, Mary Burks married Ward Ashby Dean, Sr., son of James Franklin
Dean and Pinkie Creasy. Mary was a member of the Main Street United Methodist Church in
Bedford and a resident of the Elks National Home. She died on April 8, 2011, in Lynchburg and
was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Bedford, Virginia.
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