===== Thomas Jones Burkhalter =====

//Manuscript heading: Colonel Buckhalter //

  * **Born:** 1781 Georgia, USA
  * **Died:** 17 Jun 1854 (Williamsburg, Covington Co, MS
  * **Buried:** Old Williamsburg: Williamsburg

Thomas Jones Burkhalter was born in 1781 in Warren, Georgia, son of Michael and Margaret Burkhalter. He married Meddy Raymore on July 4, 1805, in Warren, Georgia. Later he married Catherine "Kiddy" Bazemore and they had seven children together. During the War of 1812 Burkhalter served in the 3rd Regiment, Wimberly's Georgia Militia as a 2nd Lieutenant

 Jones Burkhalter later moves to Covington County, MS where he was a he was a farmer, mill and hotel owner. Burkhalter is on the 1850 census Covington County, MS census age 69. His household included wife Catherine age 60 and sons Joshua and George ages 34 and 15. Claiborne loved giving his subjects promotions like Lt. to Colonel.

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