John Burkhart and Margaret Powell

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Husband John Burkhart ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1765
     Christened: 
           Died: Apr 1855 2
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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Wife Margaret Powell ²

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           Born: Abt 1769
     Christened: 
           Died: Feb 1856 2
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Elijah Burkhart ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Jan 1801 - Butler Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Mar 1865 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rebecca Richardson (      -1879) 1 2
           Marr: Jul 1831 2

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General Notes: Husband - John Burkhart

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He was one of the first settlers of Butler township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.

He settled on a 400-acre tract of land about three miles south of the site of the present city of Butler, in the year 1796 or '97, coming from Allegheny County a newly married couple.
He grew up, learned the carpenter's trade with George Wolf and helped build some of the first houses in Butler. He was a fearless, resolute man and a great hunter. When scarcely eleven years of age he was taken captive by Indians while driving the cow home, at or near Girty's Run, and remained a prisoner for ten months. He escaped July 4th, 1776. Being asked by a big Indian if he heard any news, he said he had heard that independence had been declared. He was given a chance to regain his freedom by running, the Indians striking at him with their tomahawks as he went. He escaped, but received a wound on the left side of his head, the scar of which he carried to his grave, and which he often showed to his children and grandchildren as he related to them the story.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 843.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1311.