Brief Life History of John O
When John O Burkhalter was born in 1797, in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Francis Burkhalter, was 49 and his mother, Anne Marcus, was 31. He married Nancy Knight on 20 March 1820, in Logan, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Coosa, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Alabama, United States in 1870. He died on 9 April 1874, in Wetumpka, Elmore, Alabama, United States, at the age of 77.
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- J O Burkhalter, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Burckhalter, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- John Burkhalter, "United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803 · Gerogia's First Land Lottery
Georgia’s first land lottery act was signed by Governor John Milledge. The first drawings for the land lottery were held two years later in 1805.
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
Name Meaning
Swiss German: from Middle High German elements burc ‘castle’ (originally also ‘protection’) + halter from halde ‘slope’, hence a topographic name for someone living by a castle or fortified town. Compare Borkholder , Burckhalter , and Burkholder .
History: This is the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originating from the canton of Bern, Switzerland, which in the 17th century, because of religious persecution, spread to the Palatinate, Germany, where it was altered to Burkholder and Borkholder . To North America it was brought, mostly in the form Burkholder, in the 18th and 19th centuries by several Mennonite immigrants from the Palatinate and Switzerland. One of the earliest immigrants was Hans Burkhalter or Burkholder, from Bern canton, Switzerland, who settled in Lancaster County, PA, in 1717.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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