Peter Burkhart was born on 26 January 1822, in North Carolina, United States as the son of Leonard Burkhart and Deida Smith. He married Elizabeth Snyder on 7 May 1844, in Pike, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Indiana, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 20 July 1887, in Madison Township, Pike, Indiana, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Stewart Cemetery, Madison Township, Pike, Indiana, United States.
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The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
German: from the medieval personal name Burkhard, from ancient Germanic Burghard, composed of the elements burg ‘fort, castle’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’. This form of the surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and in Czechia (compare 2 below), but it is very rare there. Compare also Borgardt , Brookhart , Burgert , Burghart , Burkart , and Burkett .
Germanized form of Polish and Czech Burkert , Czech Purkert or Purkart, and Slovenian Purkart: from a German variant and Slavicized forms of the medieval German personal name Burkhard (see 1 above).
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