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John B. Burkhalter

Male 1876 - 1958  (81 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John B. Burkhalter was born on 22 Sep 1876 in Sabine County, Texas (son of Henry Thomas Burkhalter and Mary E. Cheatham); died on 23 Mar 1958 in Bowie County, Texas.

    John married Myrta Lee "Myrtie" Morgan about 1906 in Bowie County, Texas. Myrta was born on 25 Sep 1888 in Texas; died on 11 Aug 1977 in New Boston, Bowie County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Jonie Clifton Burkhalter was born on 21 Jun 1909 in Texas; died on 23 Feb 1961 in Denver City, Yoakum County, Texas.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry Thomas Burkhalter was born on 25 Apr 1850 in Mississippi (son of James Daniel Burkhalter and Frances Elizabeth Deloach); and died.

    Notes:

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1860 Census
    Arkansas, Columbia County


    1880 Census
    Texas, Sabine County HH #232-242

    Thomas Burkhalter,W, M, 26,TX
    Mary Burkhalter,W,F,22,wife,TX
    John Burkhalter,W,M,4,Son,TX
    Francis Burkhalter,W,F,1,Daughter,TX

    1900 Census
    not located

    1910 Federal Census
    Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
    Enumerated 16 Apr 1910
    SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 1B
    Milam Road
    14-15
    Burkhalter, Henry T Head M W 59 m1 38 Ms Ms Ms Farmer
    Burkhalter, Mary E Wf F W 47 m1 38 Ark Ala la
    Burkhalter, Benjamin C Son M W 16 S Tx Miss Ark Laborer

    Henry + Mary E. Cheatham. Mary was born on 3 Feb 1856 in Arkansas; died on 21 Dec 1938 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas; was buried in Fisher Cemetery, Gregg County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary E. Cheatham was born on 3 Feb 1856 in Arkansas; died on 21 Dec 1938 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas; was buried in Fisher Cemetery, Gregg County, Texas.

    Notes:

    She lived with her daughter and son-in-law in Gregg County, Texas at the time of the 1930 census.

    This appears to be her grave marker, in the Fisher Cemetery where her daughter, Fannie Burkhalter McLemore, was also buried: BURKHALTER, Mrs. E. Feb 3, 1856 Dec 21, 1938

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDYM-CG7
    Name: Mary E. Burkehalter
    Death Date: 20 Dec 1938
    Death Place: Longview, Gregg, Texas
    Gender: Female
    Race: W
    Death Age: 82 years 10 months 17 days
    Estimated Birth Date:
    Birth Date: 03 Feb 1856
    Birthplace: Arkansas
    Marital Status: Widowed
    Spouse's Name: L.H. Burkehalter
    Father's Name: William Cheatham
    Father's Birthplace: Alabama
    Mother's Name: Miss Baldice
    Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
    Occupation: Housewife
    Place of Residence: Longview, Gregg, Texas
    Cemetery:
    Burial Place:
    Burial Date: 21 Dec 1938
    Additional Relatives: X
    Film Number: 2117860
    Digital Film Number: 4030413
    Image Number: 847
    Reference Number: 55556
    Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

    Children:
    1. 1. John B. Burkhalter was born on 22 Sep 1876 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Mar 1958 in Bowie County, Texas.
    2. Frances "Fannie" M. Burkhalter was born on 7 Sep 1879 in Texas; died on 14 Jun 1974 in Gregg County, Texas; was buried in Fisher Cemetery, Gregg County, Texas.
    3. George Lafayette Burkhalter was born on 24 Jun 1882 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    4. Lee T. Burkhalter was born in Nov 1885 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    5. Letisha Adell Burkhalter was born on 4 Nov 1885 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Oct 1963 in Harris County, Texas.
    6. Benjamin C. Burkhalter was born on 24 Jul 1894 in Sabine County, Texas; died in Apr 1978 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas.
    7. Donald "Donie" Burkhalter was born on 4 Feb 1898 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Oct 1901 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Daniel Burkhalter was born on 6 Mar 1828 in Mississippi (son of Daniel Burkhalter and Mary "Polly" Palmore); died on 10 Sep 1884 in Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1850 Census
    Mississippi, Pike County, Police District 1
    17B
    Burckhalter, Jame D 22 Mississippi
    Burckhalter, Frances 19 Mississippi
    Burckhalter, John W 7/12 Mississippi

    1860 Census
    Arkansas, Columbia County, Georgia Twp, PO Mathews Store
    Enumerated 11 July 1860
    Pages 86 and 87 Stamped 293
    520-584
    James Burkthatter 32 M Farmer $--- $500 Miss
    Francis Burkthatter 30 f Miss
    John Burkthatter 12 M Miss
    Henry Burkthatter 10 M Miss
    James Burkthatter 7 M Miss
    Matilda Burkthatter 5 F Ark
    Titer/Viter Burkthatter 3 M Ark
    Joseph Burkhalter 1 M Ark
    Maz Burkhalter 1 F (sic) Ark

    1870 Census
    Texas, Tyler County, Woodville
    Enumerated 1 July 1870
    Page 35 Stamped 385
    216-216
    BuckHalter Ja. 42 M W Farmer $300 $440 Miss
    BuckHalter Frances 40 F W Keeping House Miss
    BuckHalter, Henry T 18 M W Farm Laborer Miss
    BuckHalter, Jas A 16 M W Farm Laborer Miss
    BuckHalter, Matilda 15 F W Miss
    BuckHalter, Joseph 9 M W Ark
    BuckHalter, Monroe 9 M W Ark
    BuckHalter, Sarah ? F W Texas

    James married Frances Elizabeth Deloach on 20 Feb 1848 in Mississippi. Frances was born on 13 Aug 1830 in Mississippi; died on 26 Jan 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Frances Elizabeth Deloach was born on 13 Aug 1830 in Mississippi; died on 26 Jan 1909.
    Children:
    1. John Wesley Burkhalter was born on 1 Nov 1849 in Mississippi; died on 18 Jun 1924 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    2. 2. Henry Thomas Burkhalter was born on 25 Apr 1850 in Mississippi; and died.
    3. Mary Louisa Burkhalter was born on 21 Jun 1852 in Mississippi; died before 1860.
    4. James Albert Burkhalter was born on 2 Sep 1853 in Mississippi; and died.
    5. Matilda Burkhalter was born on 8 May 1855 in Columbia County, Arkansas; and died.
    6. Viter Burkhalter was born on 16 Feb 1857 in Columbia County, Arkansas; died before 1870.
    7. Joseph Warren Burkhalter was born on 29 Aug 1859 in Columbia County, Arkansas; died on 22 Oct 1940 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in White House Cemetery, Angelina County, Texas.
    8. Monroe Burkhalter was born on 29 Aug 1859 in Columbia County, Arkansas; and died.
    9. Sarah Burkhalter was born on 30 Aug 1861 in Texas; and died.
    10. Jesse Calvin Burkhalter was born on 6 May 1867 in Texas; died before 1870 in Texas.
    11. Rosa Lee Burkhalter was born on 27 Jul 1868 in Texas; died before 1870 in Texas.
    12. Jefferson Lee Burkhalter was born on 5 Oct 1870 in Texas; died on 22 Dec 1948 in Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    13. Anna Celesta Burkhalter was born on 29 Aug 1874 in Texas; died on 2 Jul 1915 in Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas.
    14. Luke Littleton Burkhalter was born on 28 Jun 1875 in Texas; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Daniel Burkhalter was born about 1783 in South Carolina; died about 1855 in Pike County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Copied from the website, Burkhalter Family History
    http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oespiers/Burkhalters.html

    Daniel Burkhalter is the earliest proven ancestor. He was born about 1783 in South Carolina and died about 1855 in Pike County, Mississippi. Daniel was an early pioneer to Mississippi and was in Marion County prior to May 8, 1818, when he served on a Jury (Marion Probate Records 1825-1831, page 68) also his brand "ear mark and underslope in the left and underslope and hole in the right" was registered and recorded on November 22, 1818, Book A, page 60. His name appears on the Personal Tax Rolls of Marion County for the years 1819 to 1822, where he is assessed with 1 poll and 1 slave.

    The 1820 census for Marion County shows Daniel Burkhalter as head of household with two males under 10, 1 male 26 to 45; 2 females under 10 and 1 female 26 to 45. The males under 10 will prove to be sons Henry and William and the females under 10 will prove to be daughters Eliza and Cynthia Burkhalter. Daniel Burkhalter signed marriage bond in 1820 for James Clark and Mrs. Agnes Kinesly.

    Connerly's History of Pike County, 1798-1876, published in 1909, shows that Daniel Burkhalter and his wife, Mary Palmore, came from Georgia to Mississippi, quoting in part as follows: "In this neighborhood Daniel Burkhalter and his wife, Mary Palmore, had settled on Varnal, which empties into Magees Creek just above Sandifer's. Their settlement was on the hill near the ford where the Holmesville and Columbia Road crosses. They owned a negro slave woman who had some children. One was a child just sitting alone, and was left in the yard with a larger child to mind it while the grown people were out at work. A large fat coon came up in the yard, caught the child by the cheek and held on to it. Screams of the children brought the mother to the house to learn the cause and the coon refused to let go. The master had to come and choke the coon to death to make it let go the childs cheek."

    The foregoing would place Daniel's homestead somewhat southeast of the present Salem Church. County land records show that Daniel Burkhalter patented land #4169, in Section 21, Township 3, Range 11 East, in what is now Walthall County. The 1829 tax rolls show he owned 160 acres on Magees Creek. Pike County Tax Rolls show Daniel paid poll tax through the year 1831. Record for 1832, 1833, and 1834 are not available, but in 1835 he paid no poll tax but was taxed with 5 slaves; 7 slaves in 1837; and 8 slaves in 1839 and 1840.

    Under territorial laws this would show that Daniel was above the age 50 in 1835. The Marion-Pike line placed Daniel's homestead within the boundary of Pike County, where he is shown in the 1850 census as age 67, place of birth as South Carolina, and wife's name as Sarah. This would place his date of birth about 1783, which can be approximated by the fact he ceased to pay poll tax before 1835.

    The name of the wife as Sarah in the census could mean that Mary had died and Daniel had remarried or there could have been a discrepancy on the part of the enumerator or the informer.

    The next available tax roll after the 1850 census is for the year 1856, and Daniel is not listed thereon, leading to the assumption that he died between 1850 and 1856. It is not established that Daniel Burkhalter served in the War of 1812, but there is an indication that bounty land warrant #291730 was issued to him. At any rate, he was married and living in Georgia prior to 1812, when his first son was born. According to the History of Pike County supra, Daniel Burkhalter and Mary Palmore were parents of nine children, order of birth not known.

    The Burkhalters are of German extraction and the name has many spellings, including Burkholders, Buckholtz, Buckhalter, Birkholder, Buckaltz, etc. Published records indicate that the Burkhalters moved out of South Carolina into Georgia, thence to Mississippi and Louisiana, but additional research is necessary to identify the line in Georgia and South Carolina and the immigrant ancestor. Some sources identify the progenitors of this family as Rudolph BURKHALTER and Anna Moschberger of Luetzelflueh Bern Switzerland.

    Daniel married Mary "Polly" Palmore before 1812. Mary was born before 1794; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary "Polly" Palmore was born before 1794; and died.
    Children:
    1. Henry Thomas Burkhalter was born on 29 Oct 1812 in Georgia; died on 20 Jul 1884 in Franklinton, Washington Parish, Louisiana.
    2. Cynthia Burkhalter was born about 1816 in Georgia; and died.
    3. William J. "Billy" Burkhalter was born about 1817 in Georgia; and died.
    4. Eliza Burkhalter was born on 5 Apr 1819 in Pike County, Mississippi; died on 25 Sep 1888 in Pike County, Mississippi; was buried in China Grove Cemetery, Tylertown, Walthall County, Mississippi.
    5. Sarah Ann Burkhalter was born after 1819 in Pike County, Mississippi; and died.
    6. Mary "Polly" Burkhalter was born on 22 Nov 1824 in Pike County, Mississippi; died on 3 Mar 1901 in Pike County, Mississippi; was buried in China Grove Cemetery, Tylertown, Walthall County, Mississippi.
    7. 4. James Daniel Burkhalter was born on 6 Mar 1828 in Mississippi; died on 10 Sep 1884 in Sabine County, Texas.
    8. John Flem Burkhalter was born on 18 Jan 1830 in Mississippi; died on 31 Dec 1904.
    9. Louisa Burkhalter was born about 1835 in Mississippi; and died.