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Immigrant before 1776-1783

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 7           Generation 8             Generation 9
 
                                             +-- Bragon Covert
                                             |   (1696-????)
                    +-- Lucas Covert --------+
                    |   (1741-????)          |
 Catherine Covert --+                        +-- Anna Selover
 (1778->1850)       |                            (1703-????)
                    +-- Cornelia Van Zandt
                        (1746-????)          

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Children

(11 children with Cornelia Van Zandt)

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Gravestone of John Covert, Old Muddy Creek Cemetery, Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA

Gravestone of Sarah, wife of John Covert, Old Muddy Creek Cemetery

The gravestones of John & Sarah Covert are among the few remaining markers in the abandoned upper cemetery at Muddy Creek.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1790 U.S. Federal Census, Northumberland Co. PA, ancestry.com pg.5. Left column, line 7 lists family of Luke Coubert with 2 males over 16, 3 males under 16, and 5 females.
1	Book: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895, page 615, indicates that Luke Covert was the original pioneer settling in Slippery Rock, Brady Twp., Butler Co., PA, in 1796. He was from Holland. His youngest child, John, died in 1873. Luke was supposedly a Hessian soldier in the Revolutionary War who became attached to the American cause while in New Jersey, by being taken prisoner or otherwise. After the war, he settled in Northumberland Co. until 1796, when he moved to Brady Twp. along with his family. The area where he settled became known as "Covert's run."	transcript
2	Souvenir History of Slippery Rock, 1925, ed. Rev. Goerge S. Bowden, p. 23 "Brady township, once part of Slippery Rock, claims as its first settler, 'Luke Covert, who came in 1796; while James Campbell, Alexander Irvine and Bartol Laffer came the following year as did also Daniel McDeavitts with his wife and three children,, Henry, Catherine and James."
3	West Liberty Cemetery, Brady Township, Butler County PA, 1966 by Dwight Cooper, RD #1 Box 100, East Harlansburg Rd. New Castle PA 16101. Exerpt as reported in Western Penna. Genealogy Society Quarterly Vol 23 #2, 1996 p.51. "Brady Township was formed 29 March 1854 of portions of Slippery Rock and Connoquenessing townships...Early settlers in the township area were Luke Covert and his son John...West Liberty was surveyed Feb. 13, 1829. In 1845 John and Jacob Covert resurrected the village. When the plat was recorded in 1847 the lot owners were James Vogan, James J. Hoge, Charles Coulter, Charles Coulter, Robert Dampbell, Conrad Snyder, John Stephenson, John Fagan, John Craig, John Covert, William McCannon, William McClymonds, David McJunkin, John Boyle, Thomas B. Evans, and Isaac Cornelius. The place at one time was known as Bulger which was the name of the post office."
4	1883 History of Butler County by Waterman, p. 363. "Among the first to take up land and make a home within the territory now known as Brady Township was Luke Covert, a Holland Dutchman, who had been a soldier in the American Army during the Revolution. He came from New Jersey to Northumberland County, and thence here. His family consisted of eleven children, of whom John Covert was the last survivor, and died in 1873, in his ninety-second year. John Covert married Sarah Bennett, and reared a family of eight children. The Covert family moved from the East with horses and a wagon, cutting roads and making bridges as they came. After settling here, they allowed their horses to run in the woods, until sometimes they became so wild it was difficult to catch them. Mr. Covert, however, had a method which seldom failed. He would creep up to a horse as he was feeding, catch him by the tail, wind in around a tree and cling on, until the animal could be haltered and rendered manageable. He once kept a horse all winter standing near the corner of his log house. He had no stable but he covered the beast with warm blankets, fed him well, and in the spring the animal was fat and in good order.
5	Gravestone transcription Oct 2006 by E W Williams, Old Muddy Creek Cemetery, Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA. "John Covert died Dec 31, 1873 aged 92 yrs & 5 mos." "Sarah wife of John Covert died (Aug) 19, 1848, age 67 years". These two stones are located centrally in the old upper cemetery at Muddy Creek. Next to them is a broken stone with only "Sarah J." legible, perhaps a daughter.
6	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winfred Wilson.	N/A
7	1840 United States Federal Census, Slipperyrock Twp, Butler Co, Pa, page 1. Family of Col. John Covert:2 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60, 2 females 10-15, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 50-60. This corresponds to John Covert, son of Lucas Covert (along with John's wife Sarah Bennett. Also on the page (and close by) are Jacob Covert: 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 50-60. This is presumably one of the other children of Lucas Covert. Also, Perry Covert: 1 male <5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female <5, 1 female 20-30; probably a grandchild of Lucas. This page also has several families with surnames mentioned in the History and Cemetary records. Also of note on the page is Richard Hines.

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