John VanZandt Covert, Jr. was born in New Jersey or eastern Pennsylvania, on August 11, 1781, the son of John VanZandt Covert, Sr. & his first wife Sarah (Stoughton).
He spent his early years in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, and was in the census household with his parents & siblings for the 1790 Northumberland Co., PA, census.
About 1801, he moved with his grandfather (Luke Covert 1741-1821) and family to Butler Co., Pennsylvania
John VanZandt Covert Jr. married Miss Sarah (Bennett) probably in Butler Co., Pennsylvania, in c. 1807
"J. Covert" (Free White Male, age 26-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1810 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census
"John Covert" (Free White Male, age 26-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1820 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census
"John Coovert Jn" of Butler Co., Pennsylvania, was paid $4.50 by the estate of William Stoughton Deceased for making a coffin on April 1, 1822.
"John Covert" (Head, age 68, M, B-NJ, $3200, Farmer; NO WIFE LISTED; In household w/ his daughters- Margaret Covert-24 & Catharine White-20) is listed as head of his household on the 1850 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census #226-228 [His wife died in 1848]
"John Covert" (Head, age 76, M, B-PA) (in household w/ single daughter- Margret Covert-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1860 Butler Co., Pennsylvania (P.O. Slippery Rock), census
"John Covert" (Head, age 90, WM, B-NJ, Infirm, Real Estate $2000, Personal $600) [in household w/ single daughter- Margaret Covert-55] is listed as head of household on the 1870 Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania (P.O. West Liberty) census
John Covert of Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, WROTE his WILL on August 26, 1871. In his will, he lists the following living children: My son Perry Covert all right to the property that he has got from me together with the fifty acres of land that I have lying west of the land of the heirs of Silas Covert, Dec'd...., my daughter Joaner Young...., my daughter Margaret Covert the property I have made over to her...., my daughter Mary Dunn...., my daughter Sarah A. Routh...., my daughter Kathrine White...., my son Perry Covert & Isaac M. Cornelius Executors. (His Will does not list his wife or son John V. Covert III as they were both deceased prior to writing his will)
John Vanzandt Covert, Jr. died in Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, in late 1873, and he was buried in Butler Co., Pennsylvania
John Covert, dec'd, above WILL was PROVED with LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION in Butler Co., Pennsylvania, on January 20, 1874. (Butler Co., PA, Will Book, Vol. D-E, 1859-1874, pgs 409-410)
CHILDREN: (Born in Butler Co., Pennsylvania)
JOHANNA (COVERT) YOUNG (1808-1884)
SILAS COVERT (1811-1870)
MARGARET (COVERT) (1815-1898) -- single
PERRY COVERT (1817-1883)
MARY (COVERT) DUNN (1819-1899) -- married Robert Dunn
JOHN VANZANDT COVERT, III (1821-1869) -- married Ruth (Douglass) in 1842
SARAH ANN (COVERT) ROUTH (c1823-bef 1898)
CATHARINE (COVERT) WHITE (1825-1903) -- married John S. White
He spent his early years in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, and was in the census household with his parents & siblings for the 1790 Northumberland Co., PA, census.
About 1801, he moved with his grandfather (Luke Covert 1741-1821) and family to Butler Co., Pennsylvania
John VanZandt Covert Jr. married Miss Sarah (Bennett) probably in Butler Co., Pennsylvania, in c. 1807
"J. Covert" (Free White Male, age 26-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1810 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census
"John Covert" (Free White Male, age 26-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1820 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census
"John Coovert Jn" of Butler Co., Pennsylvania, was paid $4.50 by the estate of William Stoughton Deceased for making a coffin on April 1, 1822.
"John Covert" (Head, age 68, M, B-NJ, $3200, Farmer; NO WIFE LISTED; In household w/ his daughters- Margaret Covert-24 & Catharine White-20) is listed as head of his household on the 1850 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census #226-228 [His wife died in 1848]
"John Covert" (Head, age 76, M, B-PA) (in household w/ single daughter- Margret Covert-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1860 Butler Co., Pennsylvania (P.O. Slippery Rock), census
"John Covert" (Head, age 90, WM, B-NJ, Infirm, Real Estate $2000, Personal $600) [in household w/ single daughter- Margaret Covert-55] is listed as head of household on the 1870 Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania (P.O. West Liberty) census
John Covert of Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, WROTE his WILL on August 26, 1871. In his will, he lists the following living children: My son Perry Covert all right to the property that he has got from me together with the fifty acres of land that I have lying west of the land of the heirs of Silas Covert, Dec'd...., my daughter Joaner Young...., my daughter Margaret Covert the property I have made over to her...., my daughter Mary Dunn...., my daughter Sarah A. Routh...., my daughter Kathrine White...., my son Perry Covert & Isaac M. Cornelius Executors. (His Will does not list his wife or son John V. Covert III as they were both deceased prior to writing his will)
John Vanzandt Covert, Jr. died in Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, in late 1873, and he was buried in Butler Co., Pennsylvania
John Covert, dec'd, above WILL was PROVED with LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION in Butler Co., Pennsylvania, on January 20, 1874. (Butler Co., PA, Will Book, Vol. D-E, 1859-1874, pgs 409-410)
CHILDREN: (Born in Butler Co., Pennsylvania)
JOHANNA (COVERT) YOUNG (1808-1884)
SILAS COVERT (1811-1870)
MARGARET (COVERT) (1815-1898) -- single
PERRY COVERT (1817-1883)
MARY (COVERT) DUNN (1819-1899) -- married Robert Dunn
JOHN VANZANDT COVERT, III (1821-1869) -- married Ruth (Douglass) in 1842
SARAH ANN (COVERT) ROUTH (c1823-bef 1898)
CATHARINE (COVERT) WHITE (1825-1903) -- married John S. White
John VanZandt Covert, Jr. was born in New Jersey or eastern Pennsylvania, on August 11, 1781, the son of John VanZandt Covert, Sr. & his first wife Sarah (Stoughton).
He spent his early years in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, and was in the census household with his parents & siblings for the 1790 Northumberland Co., PA, census.
About 1801, he moved with his grandfather (Luke Covert 1741-1821) and family to Butler Co., Pennsylvania
John VanZandt Covert Jr. married Miss Sarah (Bennett) probably in Butler Co., Pennsylvania, in c. 1807
"J. Covert" (Free White Male, age 26-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1810 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census
"John Covert" (Free White Male, age 26-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1820 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census
"John Coovert Jn" of Butler Co., Pennsylvania, was paid $4.50 by the estate of William Stoughton Deceased for making a coffin on April 1, 1822.
"John Covert" (Head, age 68, M, B-NJ, $3200, Farmer; NO WIFE LISTED; In household w/ his daughters- Margaret Covert-24 & Catharine White-20) is listed as head of his household on the 1850 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census #226-228 [His wife died in 1848]
"John Covert" (Head, age 76, M, B-PA) (in household w/ single daughter- Margret Covert-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1860 Butler Co., Pennsylvania (P.O. Slippery Rock), census
"John Covert" (Head, age 90, WM, B-NJ, Infirm, Real Estate $2000, Personal $600) [in household w/ single daughter- Margaret Covert-55] is listed as head of household on the 1870 Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania (P.O. West Liberty) census
John Covert of Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, WROTE his WILL on August 26, 1871. In his will, he lists the following living children: My son Perry Covert all right to the property that he has got from me together with the fifty acres of land that I have lying west of the land of the heirs of Silas Covert, Dec'd...., my daughter Joaner Young...., my daughter Margaret Covert the property I have made over to her...., my daughter Mary Dunn...., my daughter Sarah A. Routh...., my daughter Kathrine White...., my son Perry Covert & Isaac M. Cornelius Executors. (His Will does not list his wife or son John V. Covert III as they were both deceased prior to writing his will)
John Vanzandt Covert, Jr. died in Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, in late 1873, and he was buried in Butler Co., Pennsylvania
John Covert, dec'd, above WILL was PROVED with LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION in Butler Co., Pennsylvania, on January 20, 1874. (Butler Co., PA, Will Book, Vol. D-E, 1859-1874, pgs 409-410)
CHILDREN: (Born in Butler Co., Pennsylvania)
JOHANNA (COVERT) YOUNG (1808-1884)
SILAS COVERT (1811-1870)
MARGARET (COVERT) (1815-1898) -- single
PERRY COVERT (1817-1883)
MARY (COVERT) DUNN (1819-1899) -- married Robert Dunn
JOHN VANZANDT COVERT, III (1821-1869) -- married Ruth (Douglass) in 1842
SARAH ANN (COVERT) ROUTH (c1823-bef 1898)
CATHARINE (COVERT) WHITE (1825-1903) -- married John S. White
He spent his early years in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, and was in the census household with his parents & siblings for the 1790 Northumberland Co., PA, census.
About 1801, he moved with his grandfather (Luke Covert 1741-1821) and family to Butler Co., Pennsylvania
John VanZandt Covert Jr. married Miss Sarah (Bennett) probably in Butler Co., Pennsylvania, in c. 1807
"J. Covert" (Free White Male, age 26-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1810 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census
"John Covert" (Free White Male, age 26-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1820 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census
"John Coovert Jn" of Butler Co., Pennsylvania, was paid $4.50 by the estate of William Stoughton Deceased for making a coffin on April 1, 1822.
"John Covert" (Head, age 68, M, B-NJ, $3200, Farmer; NO WIFE LISTED; In household w/ his daughters- Margaret Covert-24 & Catharine White-20) is listed as head of his household on the 1850 Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, census #226-228 [His wife died in 1848]
"John Covert" (Head, age 76, M, B-PA) (in household w/ single daughter- Margret Covert-44) is listed as head of his household on the 1860 Butler Co., Pennsylvania (P.O. Slippery Rock), census
"John Covert" (Head, age 90, WM, B-NJ, Infirm, Real Estate $2000, Personal $600) [in household w/ single daughter- Margaret Covert-55] is listed as head of household on the 1870 Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania (P.O. West Liberty) census
John Covert of Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, WROTE his WILL on August 26, 1871. In his will, he lists the following living children: My son Perry Covert all right to the property that he has got from me together with the fifty acres of land that I have lying west of the land of the heirs of Silas Covert, Dec'd...., my daughter Joaner Young...., my daughter Margaret Covert the property I have made over to her...., my daughter Mary Dunn...., my daughter Sarah A. Routh...., my daughter Kathrine White...., my son Perry Covert & Isaac M. Cornelius Executors. (His Will does not list his wife or son John V. Covert III as they were both deceased prior to writing his will)
John Vanzandt Covert, Jr. died in Brady Township, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, in late 1873, and he was buried in Butler Co., Pennsylvania
John Covert, dec'd, above WILL was PROVED with LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION in Butler Co., Pennsylvania, on January 20, 1874. (Butler Co., PA, Will Book, Vol. D-E, 1859-1874, pgs 409-410)
CHILDREN: (Born in Butler Co., Pennsylvania)
JOHANNA (COVERT) YOUNG (1808-1884)
SILAS COVERT (1811-1870)
MARGARET (COVERT) (1815-1898) -- single
PERRY COVERT (1817-1883)
MARY (COVERT) DUNN (1819-1899) -- married Robert Dunn
JOHN VANZANDT COVERT, III (1821-1869) -- married Ruth (Douglass) in 1842
SARAH ANN (COVERT) ROUTH (c1823-bef 1898)
CATHARINE (COVERT) WHITE (1825-1903) -- married John S. White
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