History of WV, Old and New (1923), Vol. 3, pp. 392 and 393:
[ROBERT CHRISTOPHER BURKHART is spending his retired years at the residence which he occupied while active as a horticulturist and farmer, situated on the Winchester Pike, three miles from Martinsburg. Mr. Burkhart is a veteran of the Confederate army, is a veteran man of affairs in Berkeley County, and few men still living can claim a broader association with the events of his long lifetime and with prominent personages both military and political.
He was born at Darkesville in Berkeley County, October 8, 1839. His grandfather, Christopher Burkhart, was a miller by trade and, so far as known, spent all his life in Maryland. He was the father of three sons and three daughters, one daughter marrying a Mr. Flagg and another, a Mr. Rummel. Dr. Francis M. Burkhart, father of Robert C., was born about eight miles north of Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, acquired a liberal education, practiced medicine for three years in the City of Washington with Doctor Dunbar, and then located at Darkesville, West Virginia, where his labors as an active physician continued for upwards of forty years. He lived to the age of eighty-four. Doctor Burkhart first married Miss Rosenberger, and their two children were James H. and Caroline, the latter the wife of John R. Stewart. The second wife of Doctor Burkhart was Elizabeth Stewart, who was born in Berkeley County, near Darkesville, daughter of Robert Stewart, a farmer. By the second marriage there were three chililren: Mary, wife of Philip Berlin; Ella B., wife of Elias Emmert; and Robert C.
Robert C. Burkhart acquired a private and public school education. He was a young man of twenty-two when the war came on, and he soon enlisted in Company B of the First Virginia Cavalry. His main service during the war was as a scout. He possessed exceptional qualifications for this hazardous duty, being vigilant, alert, resourceful and fearless. Eventually he was put in command of a detachment of fifteen scouts and assigned to duty with Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's command. He kept in close touch with this command, though his duties frequently took him within the Union lines. He had many exciting experiences. It was his duty to learn all he could of the whereabouts of the enemy. He frequently conferred with Confederate lenders high in command, and knew nearly all the prominent generals in the armies of Northern Virginia. It was Mr. Burkhart who informed General Early that General Sheridan was absent from his army in Washington. This information caused General Early to make his attack upon the Union troops at Cedar Creek, and Mr. Burkhart was at Darkesville and saw General Sheridan galloping down the Winchester Pike on the way to send back his retreating forces and retrieve a victory. Mr. Burkhart was in the battle of Gettysburg, was at Richmond the day before the surrender, and at Appomattox on the day of the surrender.
In 1866, following the war, he engaged in the drug business at Shepherdstown. but four years later bought a farm near Shenandoah Junction. After being there seven years he bought a fine place bordering the Winchester Pike, three miles from Martinsburg, and on that estate he has lived now for nearly half a century. He has developed it as a horticultural proposition, raising both apples and pears. and he became known as one of the most successful orchardist in the Eastern Panhandle. He continued in the business for about forty years, finally selling his fruit interests to a son-in-law. He is still a member of the West Virginia State Horticultural Society, and was the second president of that body, serving six years.
In 1866 Mr. Burkhart married Susan W. Moore, a native of Jefferson County and daughter of Samuel Moore. Her brother, Maj. Blue Moore, was a Confederate officer, a major on the staff of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. Mrs. Burkhart died May 14, 1914, after they had been married forty-eight years. They reared a family of eleven children: Bessie M., Maggie Virginia, Joseph Flagg, Mary Porter, Frances Mantz, Myrtle M., Robert Stewart (who died at the age of twenty-three), Carrie, Daisy, Blue Moore and Ernest Emmert.
Mr. Burkhart has always been a stanch democrat. For eighteen years he was magistrate of Arden District, and in 1899 was elected to the State Senate, receiving the largest majority ever given a candidate in his district. He voted for John T. Magraw for the United States Senate. He was a member of several important committees, including privileges and elections and finance. Mr. Burkhart is affiliated with Equality Lodge No. 44, A. F. and A. M., Lebanon Chapter No. 2, R. A. M., and Palestine Commandery No. 2, K. T.]
Comstock-Hardesty's West Virginia Counties (1973), p. 206:
[ROBERT C. BURKHART —son of Francis M. and Elizabeth M. Burkhart, was born in Berkeley county, West Virginia, October 8, 1839. His father was born in Maryland in 1804, and his mother in Berkeley county in 1816. Susan W., daughter of Samuel W. and Elizabeth Moore, was born in Jefferson county, West Virginia, September 13, 1844. In Baltimore, Maryland, July 26, 1866, Robert C. Burkhart and Susan W. Moore were united in marriage, and their home is in Arden district, this county, where Mr. Burkhart is occupied with farming and gardening. In this home they are rearing ten children, born as follows: Bessie M., October 29, 1867; Maggie E., September 26, 1869; Josiah F., May 28, 1871; Mary P. December 18, 1872; Francis M., April 25, 1875; Myrtle M., January 25, 1877; Robert S. and Carrie W., December 5, 1878; Daisie, November 4, 1880; Blue M., October 1, 1881. Valley, born February 15, 1874, died June 13, 1874. Robert C. Burkhart, during the 1861 war, was two years in the Confederate service, in Company B, 1st Virginia Cavalry, and from that time till the close of the war was commander of General Fitzhugh Lee's scouts. His wife's brother, Major J. Blue Moore, was chief quartermaster on General Joseph E. Johnston's staff. Robert C. Burkhart's address is Martinsburg, Berkeley county, West Virginia.]
Aler's History of Martinsburg (1888), pp. 236 and 237:
[COMPANY "B," FIRST REGIMENT, VIRGINIA CAVALRY, BERKELEY COUNTY, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY.
PRIVATES
Burkhart, R. C.]
[ROBERT CHRISTOPHER BURKHART is spending his retired years at the residence which he occupied while active as a horticulturist and farmer, situated on the Winchester Pike, three miles from Martinsburg. Mr. Burkhart is a veteran of the Confederate army, is a veteran man of affairs in Berkeley County, and few men still living can claim a broader association with the events of his long lifetime and with prominent personages both military and political.
He was born at Darkesville in Berkeley County, October 8, 1839. His grandfather, Christopher Burkhart, was a miller by trade and, so far as known, spent all his life in Maryland. He was the father of three sons and three daughters, one daughter marrying a Mr. Flagg and another, a Mr. Rummel. Dr. Francis M. Burkhart, father of Robert C., was born about eight miles north of Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, acquired a liberal education, practiced medicine for three years in the City of Washington with Doctor Dunbar, and then located at Darkesville, West Virginia, where his labors as an active physician continued for upwards of forty years. He lived to the age of eighty-four. Doctor Burkhart first married Miss Rosenberger, and their two children were James H. and Caroline, the latter the wife of John R. Stewart. The second wife of Doctor Burkhart was Elizabeth Stewart, who was born in Berkeley County, near Darkesville, daughter of Robert Stewart, a farmer. By the second marriage there were three chililren: Mary, wife of Philip Berlin; Ella B., wife of Elias Emmert; and Robert C.
Robert C. Burkhart acquired a private and public school education. He was a young man of twenty-two when the war came on, and he soon enlisted in Company B of the First Virginia Cavalry. His main service during the war was as a scout. He possessed exceptional qualifications for this hazardous duty, being vigilant, alert, resourceful and fearless. Eventually he was put in command of a detachment of fifteen scouts and assigned to duty with Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's command. He kept in close touch with this command, though his duties frequently took him within the Union lines. He had many exciting experiences. It was his duty to learn all he could of the whereabouts of the enemy. He frequently conferred with Confederate lenders high in command, and knew nearly all the prominent generals in the armies of Northern Virginia. It was Mr. Burkhart who informed General Early that General Sheridan was absent from his army in Washington. This information caused General Early to make his attack upon the Union troops at Cedar Creek, and Mr. Burkhart was at Darkesville and saw General Sheridan galloping down the Winchester Pike on the way to send back his retreating forces and retrieve a victory. Mr. Burkhart was in the battle of Gettysburg, was at Richmond the day before the surrender, and at Appomattox on the day of the surrender.
In 1866, following the war, he engaged in the drug business at Shepherdstown. but four years later bought a farm near Shenandoah Junction. After being there seven years he bought a fine place bordering the Winchester Pike, three miles from Martinsburg, and on that estate he has lived now for nearly half a century. He has developed it as a horticultural proposition, raising both apples and pears. and he became known as one of the most successful orchardist in the Eastern Panhandle. He continued in the business for about forty years, finally selling his fruit interests to a son-in-law. He is still a member of the West Virginia State Horticultural Society, and was the second president of that body, serving six years.
In 1866 Mr. Burkhart married Susan W. Moore, a native of Jefferson County and daughter of Samuel Moore. Her brother, Maj. Blue Moore, was a Confederate officer, a major on the staff of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. Mrs. Burkhart died May 14, 1914, after they had been married forty-eight years. They reared a family of eleven children: Bessie M., Maggie Virginia, Joseph Flagg, Mary Porter, Frances Mantz, Myrtle M., Robert Stewart (who died at the age of twenty-three), Carrie, Daisy, Blue Moore and Ernest Emmert.
Mr. Burkhart has always been a stanch democrat. For eighteen years he was magistrate of Arden District, and in 1899 was elected to the State Senate, receiving the largest majority ever given a candidate in his district. He voted for John T. Magraw for the United States Senate. He was a member of several important committees, including privileges and elections and finance. Mr. Burkhart is affiliated with Equality Lodge No. 44, A. F. and A. M., Lebanon Chapter No. 2, R. A. M., and Palestine Commandery No. 2, K. T.]
Comstock-Hardesty's West Virginia Counties (1973), p. 206:
[ROBERT C. BURKHART —son of Francis M. and Elizabeth M. Burkhart, was born in Berkeley county, West Virginia, October 8, 1839. His father was born in Maryland in 1804, and his mother in Berkeley county in 1816. Susan W., daughter of Samuel W. and Elizabeth Moore, was born in Jefferson county, West Virginia, September 13, 1844. In Baltimore, Maryland, July 26, 1866, Robert C. Burkhart and Susan W. Moore were united in marriage, and their home is in Arden district, this county, where Mr. Burkhart is occupied with farming and gardening. In this home they are rearing ten children, born as follows: Bessie M., October 29, 1867; Maggie E., September 26, 1869; Josiah F., May 28, 1871; Mary P. December 18, 1872; Francis M., April 25, 1875; Myrtle M., January 25, 1877; Robert S. and Carrie W., December 5, 1878; Daisie, November 4, 1880; Blue M., October 1, 1881. Valley, born February 15, 1874, died June 13, 1874. Robert C. Burkhart, during the 1861 war, was two years in the Confederate service, in Company B, 1st Virginia Cavalry, and from that time till the close of the war was commander of General Fitzhugh Lee's scouts. His wife's brother, Major J. Blue Moore, was chief quartermaster on General Joseph E. Johnston's staff. Robert C. Burkhart's address is Martinsburg, Berkeley county, West Virginia.]
Aler's History of Martinsburg (1888), pp. 236 and 237:
[COMPANY "B," FIRST REGIMENT, VIRGINIA CAVALRY, BERKELEY COUNTY, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY.
PRIVATES
Burkhart, R. C.]
History of WV, Old and New (1923), Vol. 3, pp. 392 and 393:
[ROBERT CHRISTOPHER BURKHART is spending his retired years at the residence which he occupied while active as a horticulturist and farmer, situated on the Winchester Pike, three miles from Martinsburg. Mr. Burkhart is a veteran of the Confederate army, is a veteran man of affairs in Berkeley County, and few men still living can claim a broader association with the events of his long lifetime and with prominent personages both military and political.
He was born at Darkesville in Berkeley County, October 8, 1839. His grandfather, Christopher Burkhart, was a miller by trade and, so far as known, spent all his life in Maryland. He was the father of three sons and three daughters, one daughter marrying a Mr. Flagg and another, a Mr. Rummel. Dr. Francis M. Burkhart, father of Robert C., was born about eight miles north of Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, acquired a liberal education, practiced medicine for three years in the City of Washington with Doctor Dunbar, and then located at Darkesville, West Virginia, where his labors as an active physician continued for upwards of forty years. He lived to the age of eighty-four. Doctor Burkhart first married Miss Rosenberger, and their two children were James H. and Caroline, the latter the wife of John R. Stewart. The second wife of Doctor Burkhart was Elizabeth Stewart, who was born in Berkeley County, near Darkesville, daughter of Robert Stewart, a farmer. By the second marriage there were three chililren: Mary, wife of Philip Berlin; Ella B., wife of Elias Emmert; and Robert C.
Robert C. Burkhart acquired a private and public school education. He was a young man of twenty-two when the war came on, and he soon enlisted in Company B of the First Virginia Cavalry. His main service during the war was as a scout. He possessed exceptional qualifications for this hazardous duty, being vigilant, alert, resourceful and fearless. Eventually he was put in command of a detachment of fifteen scouts and assigned to duty with Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's command. He kept in close touch with this command, though his duties frequently took him within the Union lines. He had many exciting experiences. It was his duty to learn all he could of the whereabouts of the enemy. He frequently conferred with Confederate lenders high in command, and knew nearly all the prominent generals in the armies of Northern Virginia. It was Mr. Burkhart who informed General Early that General Sheridan was absent from his army in Washington. This information caused General Early to make his attack upon the Union troops at Cedar Creek, and Mr. Burkhart was at Darkesville and saw General Sheridan galloping down the Winchester Pike on the way to send back his retreating forces and retrieve a victory. Mr. Burkhart was in the battle of Gettysburg, was at Richmond the day before the surrender, and at Appomattox on the day of the surrender.
In 1866, following the war, he engaged in the drug business at Shepherdstown. but four years later bought a farm near Shenandoah Junction. After being there seven years he bought a fine place bordering the Winchester Pike, three miles from Martinsburg, and on that estate he has lived now for nearly half a century. He has developed it as a horticultural proposition, raising both apples and pears. and he became known as one of the most successful orchardist in the Eastern Panhandle. He continued in the business for about forty years, finally selling his fruit interests to a son-in-law. He is still a member of the West Virginia State Horticultural Society, and was the second president of that body, serving six years.
In 1866 Mr. Burkhart married Susan W. Moore, a native of Jefferson County and daughter of Samuel Moore. Her brother, Maj. Blue Moore, was a Confederate officer, a major on the staff of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. Mrs. Burkhart died May 14, 1914, after they had been married forty-eight years. They reared a family of eleven children: Bessie M., Maggie Virginia, Joseph Flagg, Mary Porter, Frances Mantz, Myrtle M., Robert Stewart (who died at the age of twenty-three), Carrie, Daisy, Blue Moore and Ernest Emmert.
Mr. Burkhart has always been a stanch democrat. For eighteen years he was magistrate of Arden District, and in 1899 was elected to the State Senate, receiving the largest majority ever given a candidate in his district. He voted for John T. Magraw for the United States Senate. He was a member of several important committees, including privileges and elections and finance. Mr. Burkhart is affiliated with Equality Lodge No. 44, A. F. and A. M., Lebanon Chapter No. 2, R. A. M., and Palestine Commandery No. 2, K. T.]
Comstock-Hardesty's West Virginia Counties (1973), p. 206:
[ROBERT C. BURKHART —son of Francis M. and Elizabeth M. Burkhart, was born in Berkeley county, West Virginia, October 8, 1839. His father was born in Maryland in 1804, and his mother in Berkeley county in 1816. Susan W., daughter of Samuel W. and Elizabeth Moore, was born in Jefferson county, West Virginia, September 13, 1844. In Baltimore, Maryland, July 26, 1866, Robert C. Burkhart and Susan W. Moore were united in marriage, and their home is in Arden district, this county, where Mr. Burkhart is occupied with farming and gardening. In this home they are rearing ten children, born as follows: Bessie M., October 29, 1867; Maggie E., September 26, 1869; Josiah F., May 28, 1871; Mary P. December 18, 1872; Francis M., April 25, 1875; Myrtle M., January 25, 1877; Robert S. and Carrie W., December 5, 1878; Daisie, November 4, 1880; Blue M., October 1, 1881. Valley, born February 15, 1874, died June 13, 1874. Robert C. Burkhart, during the 1861 war, was two years in the Confederate service, in Company B, 1st Virginia Cavalry, and from that time till the close of the war was commander of General Fitzhugh Lee's scouts. His wife's brother, Major J. Blue Moore, was chief quartermaster on General Joseph E. Johnston's staff. Robert C. Burkhart's address is Martinsburg, Berkeley county, West Virginia.]
Aler's History of Martinsburg (1888), pp. 236 and 237:
[COMPANY "B," FIRST REGIMENT, VIRGINIA CAVALRY, BERKELEY COUNTY, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY.
PRIVATES
Burkhart, R. C.]
[ROBERT CHRISTOPHER BURKHART is spending his retired years at the residence which he occupied while active as a horticulturist and farmer, situated on the Winchester Pike, three miles from Martinsburg. Mr. Burkhart is a veteran of the Confederate army, is a veteran man of affairs in Berkeley County, and few men still living can claim a broader association with the events of his long lifetime and with prominent personages both military and political.
He was born at Darkesville in Berkeley County, October 8, 1839. His grandfather, Christopher Burkhart, was a miller by trade and, so far as known, spent all his life in Maryland. He was the father of three sons and three daughters, one daughter marrying a Mr. Flagg and another, a Mr. Rummel. Dr. Francis M. Burkhart, father of Robert C., was born about eight miles north of Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, acquired a liberal education, practiced medicine for three years in the City of Washington with Doctor Dunbar, and then located at Darkesville, West Virginia, where his labors as an active physician continued for upwards of forty years. He lived to the age of eighty-four. Doctor Burkhart first married Miss Rosenberger, and their two children were James H. and Caroline, the latter the wife of John R. Stewart. The second wife of Doctor Burkhart was Elizabeth Stewart, who was born in Berkeley County, near Darkesville, daughter of Robert Stewart, a farmer. By the second marriage there were three chililren: Mary, wife of Philip Berlin; Ella B., wife of Elias Emmert; and Robert C.
Robert C. Burkhart acquired a private and public school education. He was a young man of twenty-two when the war came on, and he soon enlisted in Company B of the First Virginia Cavalry. His main service during the war was as a scout. He possessed exceptional qualifications for this hazardous duty, being vigilant, alert, resourceful and fearless. Eventually he was put in command of a detachment of fifteen scouts and assigned to duty with Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's command. He kept in close touch with this command, though his duties frequently took him within the Union lines. He had many exciting experiences. It was his duty to learn all he could of the whereabouts of the enemy. He frequently conferred with Confederate lenders high in command, and knew nearly all the prominent generals in the armies of Northern Virginia. It was Mr. Burkhart who informed General Early that General Sheridan was absent from his army in Washington. This information caused General Early to make his attack upon the Union troops at Cedar Creek, and Mr. Burkhart was at Darkesville and saw General Sheridan galloping down the Winchester Pike on the way to send back his retreating forces and retrieve a victory. Mr. Burkhart was in the battle of Gettysburg, was at Richmond the day before the surrender, and at Appomattox on the day of the surrender.
In 1866, following the war, he engaged in the drug business at Shepherdstown. but four years later bought a farm near Shenandoah Junction. After being there seven years he bought a fine place bordering the Winchester Pike, three miles from Martinsburg, and on that estate he has lived now for nearly half a century. He has developed it as a horticultural proposition, raising both apples and pears. and he became known as one of the most successful orchardist in the Eastern Panhandle. He continued in the business for about forty years, finally selling his fruit interests to a son-in-law. He is still a member of the West Virginia State Horticultural Society, and was the second president of that body, serving six years.
In 1866 Mr. Burkhart married Susan W. Moore, a native of Jefferson County and daughter of Samuel Moore. Her brother, Maj. Blue Moore, was a Confederate officer, a major on the staff of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. Mrs. Burkhart died May 14, 1914, after they had been married forty-eight years. They reared a family of eleven children: Bessie M., Maggie Virginia, Joseph Flagg, Mary Porter, Frances Mantz, Myrtle M., Robert Stewart (who died at the age of twenty-three), Carrie, Daisy, Blue Moore and Ernest Emmert.
Mr. Burkhart has always been a stanch democrat. For eighteen years he was magistrate of Arden District, and in 1899 was elected to the State Senate, receiving the largest majority ever given a candidate in his district. He voted for John T. Magraw for the United States Senate. He was a member of several important committees, including privileges and elections and finance. Mr. Burkhart is affiliated with Equality Lodge No. 44, A. F. and A. M., Lebanon Chapter No. 2, R. A. M., and Palestine Commandery No. 2, K. T.]
Comstock-Hardesty's West Virginia Counties (1973), p. 206:
[ROBERT C. BURKHART —son of Francis M. and Elizabeth M. Burkhart, was born in Berkeley county, West Virginia, October 8, 1839. His father was born in Maryland in 1804, and his mother in Berkeley county in 1816. Susan W., daughter of Samuel W. and Elizabeth Moore, was born in Jefferson county, West Virginia, September 13, 1844. In Baltimore, Maryland, July 26, 1866, Robert C. Burkhart and Susan W. Moore were united in marriage, and their home is in Arden district, this county, where Mr. Burkhart is occupied with farming and gardening. In this home they are rearing ten children, born as follows: Bessie M., October 29, 1867; Maggie E., September 26, 1869; Josiah F., May 28, 1871; Mary P. December 18, 1872; Francis M., April 25, 1875; Myrtle M., January 25, 1877; Robert S. and Carrie W., December 5, 1878; Daisie, November 4, 1880; Blue M., October 1, 1881. Valley, born February 15, 1874, died June 13, 1874. Robert C. Burkhart, during the 1861 war, was two years in the Confederate service, in Company B, 1st Virginia Cavalry, and from that time till the close of the war was commander of General Fitzhugh Lee's scouts. His wife's brother, Major J. Blue Moore, was chief quartermaster on General Joseph E. Johnston's staff. Robert C. Burkhart's address is Martinsburg, Berkeley county, West Virginia.]
Aler's History of Martinsburg (1888), pp. 236 and 237:
[COMPANY "B," FIRST REGIMENT, VIRGINIA CAVALRY, BERKELEY COUNTY, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY.
PRIVATES
Burkhart, R. C.]
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