Individual Details

Charles Lukens

(1744 - 1784)

Charles became Deputy Surveyor of the West Branch of the Valley of the Susuehanna. While surveying the county area he discovered a large spring.It was named the Bellefonte and flowed at the rate of 11.5 million gallons per day.Charles and Margaret lived in York Co. Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War, he served as a Captain in the fifth Company in York County.

Events

Birth1744Horsham, Montgomery Co, PA
Marriage1766Pa - Margaret Sanderson
Military1777Revolution
Death1784Carlisle, York Co, PA

Families

SpouseMargaret Sanderson (1749 - 1818)
ChildGeorge F. Lukens (1767 - 1791)
FatherJohn Lukens (1720 - 1789)
MotherSarah Lukens (1722 - 1788)
SiblingPeter Lukens (1742 - 1763)
SiblingElizabeth Lukens (1747 - 1793)
SiblingJesse Lukens (1748 - 1775)
SiblingGaynor Lukens (1749 - 1788)
SiblingJudah Lukens (1755 - 1774)
SiblingEdith Lukens (1759 - )
SiblingTacy Lukens (1764 - 1834)

Notes

Military

Revelotionary War Veteran - Major Lukens entered the service 1777 and was retired at his own request 1780.

Death

Deputy Surveyor General of Pennsylvania