Scotland born, James Burd came to the American colonies in 1747. He first lived in Philadelphia,then Shippensburg, Pa, and finally moved to Lancaster County. During the French and Indian War, he was an officer in the British army. He was a builder of roads and forts on the Pennsylvania frontier. He briefly served in the American army during the Revolutionary War. He died in 1793 at his home in Dauphin County Pa.
Chapters: James Burd in Scotland/Merchant in Philadelphia/Roadbuilder for Braddock/Engineer: Builder of forts/Loyal Hanna and the Forbes Campaign/The Monongahela and the Redstone country/Fort Pitt and an indian treaty/Burd and Bouquet/Fort Augusta and Pontiac's conspiracy/Fighting Franklin's "Old Ticket"/Tinian/Revolutionary period/Independence/The last frontier.
Copies of published and unpublished materials, mainly cemetery transcription.
Part 1 Ulrich Shirk descendants - Part 2 Simpson family record - Part 3 Jewish Burial ground transcriptions - Part 4 Carpenter graveyard - Part 5 Eby Family Bulletin, 1-5 - Part 6 Moravian Church baptisms and marriages - Part 7 Moravian Church Lancaster, burials - Part 8 Graveyard near Brownstown - Part 9 Trinity Lutheran Lancaster - Part 10 Trinity Lutheran Lancaster - Part 11 Moravian Church Lititz - Part 12 Pequea Presbyterian Cemetery - Part 13 Little Britain Presbyterian Cemetery - Part 14 Trinity Lutheran New Holland Cemetery - Part 15 Middle Octorara Presbyterian Cemetery - Part 16 Ephrata Cloister Graveyard - Part 17 Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church - Part 18 Leacock Presbyterian Cemetery - Part 19 Donegal Presbyterian Cemetery - Part 20 Carpenter's Graveyard W. Earl Township - Part 21 Lancaster Cemetery - Part 22 Mount Betherl Cemetery, Col. - Part 23 Bassler Graveyard - Part 24 St. John's Episcopal Church, Pequea - Part 25 Muddy Creek Lutheran Cemetery - Part 26 Gravestones Inscriptions: Brickerville Zion's Reformed Graveyard, Lutheran Cemetery White Oak Union Cemetery Brubaker Private Cemetery - Part 27 Mt Bethel Cemetery Col. - Part 28 Moranvian Graveyards of Lititz - Part 29 Burials in Penryn Cemetery - Part 30 Union Presbyterian Colerain Township.
