Married Mary PALMORE b: 1790, Burke, Georgia, Married 1811 Georgia. Daniel was the son of Anne Marcus and John Francis Burkhalter.
John was the son of Michael Burkhalter, Jr (1794-1804) birth In Lutzelfuh, Bern, Switzerland.

Daniel BURKHALTER was born abt. 1783 in South Carolina. He married Mary "Polly" PALMER 1811 in Georgia. He died aft. 1860 in China Grove, near Tylertown, Old Marion County, Mississippi.

Mary "Polly" PALMER, daughter of George PALMER and Mary CURETON , was born abt. 1785 in Burke County, Georgia. She died in China Grove, near Tylertown, Old Marion County, Mississippi The daughter of George PALMER, son of Freeman PALMER and Ann HAYNES , was born 1753 in Richmond County, Virginia. He married Mary CURETON 1785. He died 1821 in Burke County, Georgia.
Mary CURETON, daughter of Richard CURETON and Martha ANDERSON , was born 1751 in Prince George County, Virginia. She died 1832 in Burke County, Georgia.

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 under slope in the left and under slope 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.

Daniel second marriage Sarah (1794- ) Burkhalter.

Census Year 1850 Microfilm # M432-380 State MS County Pike
Copyright 1999 by Virginia Ziegler
Burkhalter Daniel 67 S. Carolina
Burkhalter Sarah 54 S. Carolina
Burckhalter James D. 22 Mississippi
Burckhalter Frances 19 Mississippi
Burckhalter ?
Burkhalter Louisa 15 Mississippi
Burckhalter John W. 7/12 Mississippi

1860 Washington Parish Louisiana
Daniel Burkhalter birth 1782 birthplace South Carolina
page 60 a few houses from Cullen and Mary Duncan son of Jacob Duncan and Frances Conerly Duncan Lewis,

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 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 Magee's 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.The name of the wife as Sarah in the census could mean that Mary had died and Daniel had remarried.

Information submitted below by Alva Burkhalter (#48710711). He has been to the old Burkhalter farm now in Bulloch county. Alva added Michael Burkhalter to find a grave memorial.
Daniel's father was John Michael Burkhalter who was a farmer and ran a ferry on the ogeechee river in Burke county. John Michael Burkhalter received land grants totaling 600 acres in original Burke County. He served as one of the first Grand Jurors in Bulloch County on May 16,1799. He purchased 100 acres in Bulloch County on August 12, 1799. He entered the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery as a resident of Bulloch County and won a lot in Wilkinson County. After his death, the ferry was operated by his two sons-in-law, His Burial place is unknown
John Michael's father Rudolph is believed to have been the youngest son of Michael Burkhalter, Sr. In 1757 Rudolph was nominated by the Royal Legislature as tax collectors and assessors. In 1767, Rudolph received a land grant of 400 acres on the south side of the Ogeechee River in St. Phillips Parish at a point where an old Indian trading path crossed the Great Ogeechee River. On a Indian path he established a ferry across the Ogeechee River.
Rudolph's father Michael Burkhalter and wife Adelheit Knobel were the first Burkhalter to immigrate to the south. He settled near Savannah Georgia in 1734. The community was called Hampstead and contained ten Swisher Dutch families. He and his wife Adelheit Knobel were from Switzerland. Find a grave memorial #144950390.

BURKHALTER COAT-OF-ARMS IN STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN BURKHALTER CHURCH LOCATED IN RUEGSBACH COMMUNITY NEAR LUTZELFLUH, SWITZERLAND. BURKHALTER NAME MEANS "KEEPER OF THE CASTLE". -Photo above.

Daniel Burkhalter and Mary Palmore were the parents of Henry,
Cynthia, who married Mike Jones;
William, Eliza, who married Joseph Luter;
Mary, who married Frank Leland
Louise, who married Willis Magee subsequently Elbert Magee, William, James and John.
“History of Pike County, Mississippi” Luke Ward Conerly page 66 Brandon Printing Company Nashville Tennessee 1909.