NameElizabeth ANTES 1480
Birth Date7 Dec 1761
Birth PlaceGermantown, Philadelphia Co., PA, USA
Death Date19 Aug 1845 Age: 83
Death PlaceCentre County, PA, USA
Burial PlaceEagle Cemetery, Milesburg, Centre Co., PA, USA1481
MotherAnna Marie PAULIN (1737-1769)
Misc. Notes
My grandparents alway[s] told me the story that Elisabeth [sic] had earned a flag for her service at Valley Forge, when she was visiting with her Dewees grandparents. However, the two times that I have been there, there is only one flag, and they have put it in front of Philip's stone.

I was wondering if anyone else knows this story, and knows where we can find the documentation so that we can correct this! If she earned it, she deserves it! I'd like to ask the American Legion to add her to their list, but without the documentation, I don't think they'll do it.1481
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Elizabeth took care of wounded soldiers in one of the forts during several battles.1482
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Headstone Inscription:

In Memory of
Elizabeth
Consort of
Philip Barnhart
who died August 19
1845
Aged 83 Years
8 Months & 12 Days

Blessed are the dead
Who die in the Lord
Spouses
Birth Date24 Jul 1758
Birth PlaceNew Hanover Township, Montgomery Co, PA, USA
Death Date3 Apr 1844 Age: 85
Death PlaceHoward, Centre Co, PA, USA
Burial PlaceEagle Cemetery, Milesburg, Centre Co., PA, USA1437
Misc. Notes
These sources includes a second middle name of “Sebastian” but not seen in other numerous references.948,3
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There are other proposed dates and places but the general source data matches headstone 86 years, 8 months.3
See this source951
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Revolutionary War pensioner.1437

John & Elizabeth’s marriage is recorded PA Arch. 11 Set, Vol 8, p 601.1484
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Eagle Cemetery ... if you are in Bellefont and go to Milesburg, turn at the statue, and keep going on that road, you will find it after a couple of miles on your right, up on a hill.

Most of the Barnhart/Holt/leather families are buried there.... You can also reach it by going to the Curtin Iron Works and by the Methodist Church where Frederick is buried, up to the fork in the road, take a left. It will be almost immediately on your right. I was there in April 2001.1485
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His daughter Mary was said to be the daughter of “Jacob Barnhart, an old settler of the Bald Eagle valley.”1486
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Philip Barnhart and his brother Henry served in the Revolutionary War. Philip served two enllstments and was drafted for a third service, but hired a substitute. He was at the Battles of Germantown, Bradywine, and Valley Forge.

According to the notes of George Stackpole of Lewistown, PA, General Washington's army encamped upon the Barnhart farm during one of his campaigns, and the soldiers burned and destroyed the fences. Complaint was made to General Washington who mounted his horse and rose around the encampment and stopped the destruction. Philip's wife, Elizabeth Antes, took care of wounded soldiers in one of the forts during several battles.

On the 6th of April, 1833, the legislature of PA passed an act granting relief to sundry soldiers of the Revolutionary War and from the provisions of that act it is learned that "The state treasurer is authorized and required to pay Philip Barnhart and Lawrence Bathurst of Boggs Township, Centre Co., Pa., solders of the Revolution, or to their respective orders, forty dollars to each immediately and an annuity of forty dollars to each during life, payable semi-annually, and to commence on the first day of Jan, 1833."

Philip Barnhart and family settled in Northumberland County and settled on Nippenose Creek, not far from the home of Col. Antes, his wife Elizabeth's father. He then followed his trade of weaving. In 1806 the family moved to Centre County and settled in Boggs township. Philip Barnhart was one of the original members of the old Bald Eagle Valley Chapel Church. He was a very devout Christian and was a class leader of the church for more than twenty-six years. He died in April, 1843, and his wife died August 1845. They were buried at the old Eagle Chapel Graveyard, but later were removed to the new cemetery on the Sand Hill.1483
Family ID975
Marr Date20 May 17831487
Marr PlaceNew Hanover Township, Montgomery Co, PA, USA
ChildrenHenry (1786-1873)
 Sophia Elizabeth (1787-1866)
 Catherine (1795-1879)
 Mary (1797-1871)
 Anna (1801-1873)
 Susan (Died as Infant)
 Sarah (Twin)
 Crissie (Twin)
Last Modified 15 Jan 2016Created 17 May 2017 Rick Gleason - ricksgenealogy@gmail.com