Peter Bucher ^{1 2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: MRR5-3Z6.

  General Notes:

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: on Back Run near the Berg Mills.

2. In 1773 in Frederick: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, MD.

3. 154 acres in 1785 in Salt Lick Twp., Fayette, PA. ⁶ Peter Bucher and John Martin were pioneers and neighbors, no doubt explaining why two of Peter's children married Martins.

The following text is from the History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania:

In the list of original surveys in what was formerly Bullskin township appear the following named persons as the owners of the number of acres of land set opposite their names:

Peter Bucher....154 acres
John Martin.....319 acres
[note: many others listed in book]

Of the foregoing surveys those of George Batchelor and Peter Bucher, both in Salt Lick, were made in 1785. ... John Martin's survey, in the same township, made October, 1785, was called "Additional Stones."

Many of the land owners were actual settles at the time the surveys were made, and not a few of them had lived in the original township of Bullskin a score of years before the metes and bounds of their lands were officially determined. In 1788 the following were the owners of property:

George Bucher
John Martin Jr.
Peter Bucher Sr.
Peter Bucher Jr.
John Martin Sr.
[note: many others listed in book].

4. Census in 1790 in Bullskin Twp., Fayette, PA. ⁷ Three Booher households were listed in the 1790 census for Bullskin Township, Fayette County:

Peter Booher was listed on page 60 with:
Males (born)
16 and older (<=1774) = 1 Peter
Under 16 (1775-1790) = 3 sons
Females = 2: wife and daughter

Peter Booher Jr. was listed on page 60 with:
Males (born)
16 and older (<=1774) = 1 Peter Jr.
Under 16 (1775-1790) = 3 sons
Females = 3: wife and 2 daughters

George Booher was listed on page 59 with:
Males (born)
16 and older (<=1774) = 1 George
Under 16 (1775-1790) = 1 son
Females = 2: wife and daughter.

Peter married Catharina.