Richard Rounds has indexed on Unlinked Barnhart's seven children from the Henry David Barnhart family: 1) William C. (b.1829); 2) Roxana M. (b. 1830); 3) Catherine Arminda (b.1833); 4) Jacob Davis (b.1836); 5) Benjamin Franklin (b.2838); 6) Hiram Henry (b.1841); and 8) Albert (b.1845).

Richard again helped my tie my ancestor George Barnhart (18928-1858) to Heindrich Barnhart (his grandfather) who married Elizabeth Van Curler. The connection is by virtue of a quote from Elizabeth Van Curler who referred to George Barnhart as her nephew (I am assuming that this term still applies to great nephews).

I have a strong suspicion that George Barnhart (1828-1858), said on census reports to have been born in Vermont, is the first son of Henry David Barnhart and Lydia Davis. He left Vermont or New York around 1845-1846 it seems, because he married Henrietta Woodard in McHenry County Illinois in 1846. He homesteaded land in Dayton, Waupaca County Wisconsin in 1850.

All the data on the children of George and Lydia seems tied to census reports from 1850 and later. I can't find a census report for 1840 in either New York or Vermont that ties George Barnhart to Henry David or anyone else. It seems to me that he must be the child of Henry David but I cannot prove it with a record of any type.

Does anyone have ideas or information about George Barnhart that I can use to prove his lineage? I mistakenly (I am now convinced) tied him to a George Barnard of Bennington County, Vermont. I don't want to make another leap of faith that can't be proven.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks Ken Barnhart (kennethabarnhart@mac.com).