Descendants of Henry Peters

 Submitted by Claudette Peters Whitefield

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  HENRY3 PETERS  (JACOB [2]2, JACOB [1]1) was born 1763 in Rockingham County, VA, and died 16 August 1859 in Copper Creek, Scott County, VA; bur Lane Cem, Clinchport, VA #101-C.  He married MARY (POLLY) WAITE.  She was born 1771 in PA, and died Aft. 1850 in Copper Creek, Scott County, VA; bur Lane Cem, Clinchport, VA #101-C.

     

Children of HENRY PETERS and MARY WAITE are:

              i.   SARAH4 PETERS, b. 1794, Scott Co., VA; d. Abt. 1862, Copper Creek, Scott Co., VA; m. HENRY JENKINS, 6 March 1816, Scott Co., VA; b. 1791, Nc or VA; d. 12 June 1855, Copper Creek, Scott Co., VA.

              ii.   ANNA PETERS, b. 1797, Scott Co., VA; m. ICHABOD HENSLEY.

2.          iii.   JOHN H. PETERS, b. 1798, Scott Co., VA; d. 31 May 1876, Owsley Co, KY.

3.          iv.   ELISHA PETERS, b. 1800, Scott County, VA; d. Aft. 1880, Clay County, KY; bur Peters Cem., Island City, Owsley Co., KY.

             v.   MARY PETERS, b. 1801, Scott Co., VA.

             vi.   TELITHA CUMI PETERS, b. 1 January 1804, Scott Co., VA; d. 18 November 1870, Laurel Co, KY; m. JAMES DAVID MAGEE, 4 June 1828, Manchester, Clay Co., KY; b. 27 December 1804, Scott Co., VA; d. 8 February 1870, Laurel Co, KY.

            vii.   HANNAH PETERS, b. 1808, Scott Co., VA; d. 1846, Scott Co., VA; m. JEREMIAH RAMEY, JR., 10 December 1827, Scott Co., VA; b. 1804, Scott Co., VA.

           viii.   MALINDA PETERS, b. 1810, Copper Creek, Scott Co., VA; d. 14 November 1893, Little Mocassin Creek, Scott Co, VA; m. JAMES DAVID PIERSON; b. 1804, Scott Co., VA; d. 26 March 1868, Scott Co., VA.

             ix.   GEORGE PETERS, b. 1811, Scott Co., VA; d. 31 May 1878, Scott Co., VA; m. ELIZABETH PEARSON, 4 July 1830, Scott Co., VA; b. 1810, Scott Co., VA; d. Abt. 1882, Scott Co., VA.

             x.   WILLIAM PETERS, b. 1812; m. SARAH PETERS, 13 February 1834, Scott Co., VA.

             xi.   HENRY B. PETERS, b. 3 March 1818, Scott Co., VA; d. 3 September 1870, Scott Co., VA; m. JUDITH MOORE, 22 February 1844, Scott Co., VA; b. 1821, Russell Co., VA; d. 3 September 1892, Russell Co., VA.

            xii.   MAHALA PETERS, b. 1821, Scott Co., VA; d. Lee Co., KY; m. HARVEY C. JOHNSON, 27 February 1851, Scott Co., VA.

           xiii.   LUCINDA PETERS, b. 1824, Scott Co., VA; d. Clay Co., KY; m. JAMES BRUNER, 12 October 1841, Scott Co., VA; b. 1821, Scott Co., VA.

           xiv.   FRANCISCO PETERS, b. 1825, Copper Creek, Scott Co., VA; d. 6 November 1893, Copper Creek, Scott Co., VA.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  JOHN H.4 PETERS (HENRY3, JACOB [2]2, JACOB [1]1) was born 1798 in Scott Co., VA, and died 31 May 1876 in Owsley Co, KY.  He married ANNA GABBARD Abt. 1838 in Owsley Co., KY1, daughter of MICHAEL GABBARD and MARY PETERS.  She was born 1817 in VA, and died in Owsley Co, KY.

     

Children of JOHN PETERS and ANNA GABBARD are:

              i.   JAMES5 PETERS.

              ii.   SAMUEL PETERS, b. 1847, Clay Co., KY.

             iii.   EMILY PETERS, b. 1849, Clay Co., KY; m. JESSEE SALYER.

4.          iv.   HENRY PETERS, b. 22 September 1852, KY; d. 5 June 1938.

5.           v.   MARY PETERS, b. November 1854, Owsley Co, KY; d. 20 October 1934, Owsley Co., KY.

             vi.   STEPHEN PETERS, b. 1856, Breathitt Co, KY; m. MARJARIE TAYLOR.

            vii.   JANE PETERS, b. 1858, Clay Co., KY.

           viii.   GEORGE PETERS, b. 1864.

 

 

3.  ELISHA4 PETERS (HENRY3, JACOB [2]2, JACOB [1]1) was born 1800 in Scott County, VA, and died Aft. 1880 in Clay County, KY; bur Peters Cem., Island City, Owsley Co., KY.  He married ANNA JONES 2 September 1823 in Wilkes County, NC  *2, daughter of ALLEN JONES.  She was born Abt. 1800 in NC, and died July 1869 in Owsley Co., KY; bur Peters Cem., Island City, Owsley Co., KY.

 

Notes for ELISHA PETERS:

Elisha Peters is listed with his daughter, Elizabeth's, family in the 1880 census of Clay County, KY.  He is listed as 80, b. in VA, parents b. in VA;

no Ann listed with him.  Enum. Dist #6, fam. 125.

 

From a Brewer Reunion newsletter sent to me by Jean Peters Westveer:  "Mrs. Nannie Lane Stanton, Saginaw, Michigan, at 85 was among visitors to the Peters family cemetery, Island City, Owsley Co., KY a few days before Memorial Day.  As she stood here she remarked that the more she thought about it, the more certain she was that here rested old Elisha Peters and his wife, Anna.  They are believed buried in the old graves marked at the head and foot by shaped rock." 1970 reunion.

 

He and his wife are said to have come into KY from Ashville, NC.  He may have been born in Lee County, VA.  Elisha has a Civil War record on file.

 

July 17, 1843 Elisha Peters granted a mortgage in Buncombe Co., NC--Deeds of Buncombe, Deed Bk 22, p. .  (Recheck this reference)

     

Children of ELISHA PETERS and ANNA JONES are:

6.            i.   JAMES ELISHA5 PETERS, b. 1825, Wilkes Co., NC.

7.           ii.   WILLIAM THOMAS PETERS, b. 1826, Wilkes Co., NC  *; d. 18 February 1900, Island City, Owsley, KY; Peters Cem., Island City, Owsley, KY.

8.          iii.   ELIZABETH A. PETERS, b. 1831, Buncombe Co., NC.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

4.  HENRY5 PETERS (JOHN H.4, HENRY3, JACOB [2]2, JACOB [1]1) was born 22 September 1852 in KY, and died 5 June 1938.  He married NICIE VIRES.  She was born 12 June 1855 in KY, and died 9 September 1920 in Owsley Co, KY.

     

Children of HENRY PETERS and NICIE VIRES are:

              i.   SAMUEL6 PETERS, m. JENNY TIREY.

              ii.   CALLIE PETERS, b. 3 October 1886, Owsley Co, KY; d. 20 December 1916, Owsley Co, KY; bur Henry Peters Grave Yard; m. THOMAS H. PETERS, 12 November 1903, Owsley Co, KY; b. 12 November 1879, Owsley Co, KY; d. 3 October 1930, Owsley Co, KY ; bur McGuire Cem.

             iii.   DORA PETERS, b. 1890; m. JESSE PIERSON; b. 1890.

             iv.   MARION PETERS, b. 1888.

 

 

5.  MARY5 PETERS (JOHN H.4, HENRY3, JACOB [2]2, JACOB [1]1) was born November 1854 in Owsley Co, KY, and died 20 October 1934 in Owsley Co., KY.  She married JOHN B. PETERS Abt. 1872 in Owsley Co., KY, son of ANDREW PETERS and SARAH WILLIAMS.  He was born July 1845 in VA.

     

Children of MARY PETERS and JOHN PETERS are:

              i.   WILLIAM REYNOLDS6 PETERS, b. 29 November 1874, Owsley Co, KY; d. 28 November 1948, Owsley Co, KY; bur McGuire Cem.

              ii.   MARY B. PETERS, b. 1877.

             iii.   STEPHEN A. D. PETERS, b. 29 December 1878.

             iv.   SARAH ELLEN PETERS, b. 11 January 1880, Owsley Co., KY; d. 4 January 1919, Owsley Co., KY; burPeters Grave Yard.

             v.   CHARLES H. PETERS, b. February 1884.

             vi.   ANDREW JACKSON PETERS, b. November 1886.

            vii.   EVE PETERS, b. September 1888; d. 21 March 1922, Owsley Co., KY; bur Peters Grave Yard.

           viii.   OSCAR PETERS, b. January 1894, Owsley Co, KY.

 

 

6.  JAMES ELISHA5 PETERS (ELISHA4, HENRY3, JACOB [2]2, JACOB [1]1) was born 1825 in Wilkes Co., NC.  He married ELIZABETHT. HUGHES Abt. 1845 in Owsley Co., KY.  She was born 1829 in IN3.

 

Notes for ELIZABETHT. HUGHES:

Raised in MO

     

Children of JAMES PETERS and ELIZABETHT. HUGHES are:

              i.   ELIZABETH6 PETERS, b. 1846, NC; m. SAMUEL C. SHEPHERD.

              ii.   JAMES ELISHA PETERS, b. 1853, Owsley Co., KY; d. 1909, Owsley Co., KY; m. LOUISA YOUNG, 1876, Owsley Co., KY; b. 27 January 1861, Owsley Co., KY; d. 20 June 1931, Owsley Co., KY.

             iii.   RACHEL T. PETERS, b. 3 June 1855.

             iv.   PETER MILLARD PETERS, b. July 1857, KY; m. MARGARET F. SCHOONOVER; b. September 1855, VA.

             v.   ROBERT W. PETERS, b. 1861, Owsley Co, KY.

             vi.   MARY M. PETERS, b. 1862; m. LEWIS F. BRANDENBURG.

            vii.   MARTHA E. PETERS, b. 1867.

           viii.   SAMUEL C. PETERS, b. November 1869.

 

 

7.  WILLIAM THOMAS5 PETERS (ELISHA4, HENRY3, JACOB [2]2, JACOB [1]1) was born 1826 in Wilkes Co., NC  *4, and died 18 February 1900 in Island City, Owsley, KY; Peters Cem., Island City, Owsley, KY.  He married EMILY MORRIS 1 March 1849 in Owsley Co., KY, daughter of ROBERT MORRIS and ARMINTA JOHNSON.  She was born 1832 in KY, and died 18 April 1928 in Island City, Owsley, KY; Peters Cem., Island City, Owsley, KY  *5.

 

Notes for WILLIAM THOMAS PETERS:

 

William Thomas Peters enlisted at Irvine in the county of Estill April 10, 1863 as a Private on the Union side, Commander Hirman Shous.  Honorably discharged at Camp Nelson March 24, 1864.  Was in Union, Company H, 14th Cavalry.--Special Schedule of 1890, Super 6, ED 101, National Archives microfilm 123, roll 3, line 10.

 

Censuses:

1830 Wilkes Co., NC

1840 Buncombe Co., NC

1850 Owsley Co., KY p. 302, fam 349

1860 Owsley Co., KY p. 304, fam 49

1870 Owsley Co., KY p. 333, fam 12, Island Creek Pct.

1880 Owsley Co., KY, Sturgeon, fam 250, Phebe Daughrty is enumerated with them.

1890 Sturgeon, Owsley Co., KY, Special Schedule of 1890, National Archives 123, roll 3.

Emily alive 9 Apr 1900; widow's pension application

 

 

Wm. is buried at the Dan B. Peters Cem, between Island City and Sturgeon; it is a Civil War stone.

 

 

Notes for EMILY MORRIS:

Received W. T.'s pension from Civil War in 1900.

 

1860 census she is 26

1880 census she is 48

1900 census as of Apr 9, she is 70.

     

Children of WILLIAM PETERS and EMILY MORRIS are:

              i.   HARDIN DERIAS6 PETERS6, b. 5 September 1849, Island City, Owsley Co., KY; d. 25 June 1926, Clay Co., KY; bur Peters Cem., Owsley., KY7; (1) MARY JANE HOSKINS, Abt. 1875, Owsley Co., KY; b. 1858, KY; d. 29 November 1948, Franklin, Warren Co., OH

 

Notes for HARDIN DERIAS PETERS:

Died when thrown from a horse.

 

Was red-headed.

 

Fathered two illegitimate children:  Green Berry Peters, and a girl.  The IGI has the following listing:  Martha Jane Peters b. to Harden Peters and Phoebe Daugherty March 1, 1873, Owsley Co., KY.

 

Notes for PHOEBE DAUGHERTY:

Was made pregnant in 1873 by Hardin Peters.  In 1880 she is enumerated with William T. Peters.

 

              ii.   WILLIAM T. PETERS, b. 1 January 1852, Owsley Co, KY.

             iii.   JOHN ADDISON PETERS, b. 1 July 1853, Owsley Co., KY; d. 15 April 1872, Owsley Co., KY.

             iv.   ROBERT ELISHA PETERS, b. 18 May 1858, Island City, Owsley, KY; d. 5 August 1924, Jefferson Co., IN; m. (1) LUCY L. BOWMAN, 4 January 1876, Owsley Co., KY; b. 1861, Owsley Co, KY; d. 1895, Owsley Co, KY; bur at Peters Fam Cem, Island City, Owsley, KY; m. (2) MARY FRANCES "SISSY" MORRIS, 9 January 1896, Jackson Co., KY; b. 1856, Owsley, KY; d. July 1957, Dupont, IN.

 

Notes for ROBERT ELISHA PETERS:

Rhoda said, "They brought him back and buried him by the side of Lucy."

 

This is the man who raised G. B. Peters, the son of Robert's older brother, Hardin.

 

1910 census. Owsley Co., KY, p. 129, fam 131.  This census page is unreadable except for  "Peters, Robert E. Head M W 57 K NC K

                                                   Mary F      Wife          50

                                                   Graden H. Son

                                                                    Son-in-law

                                                                    Daughter"

Made a copy of it but the copy was even worse than the micro-film.  1910 Owsley Co. census VERY hard to read.  It was apparently filmed incorrectly.

 

 

 

             v.   WINFIELD SCOTT PETERS, b. 4 August 1863, Island City, Owsley, KY10; d. 27 June 1954, Richmond, Madison Co., KY; m. SARILDA BREWER, 1883, Owsley Co., KY; b. 10 April 1865, KY; d. 27 April 194411.

             vi.   RHODA CATHERINE PETERS, b. 20 September 1864, Island City, Owsley Co, KY; d. 20 August 1928, Oldenburg, Franklin Co, IN; m. JOHN STEPHEN LANE, Abt. 1884, Owsley Co., KY; b. 3 October 1865, Owsley Co, KY; d. 2 August 1948, Irvine, Estill Co, KY.

            vii.   MARTHA JANE PETERS, b. 1 August 1869, Island City, Owsley, KY; d. 21 June 1942, Bur Aberdeen, MS; m. JOHN F. BREWER, Abt. 1890, Owsley Co., KY; b. January 1867, KY.

           viii.   DANIEL BOONE PETERS, b. 5 August 1872, Island City, Owsley, KY; d. 17 June 1945, Batesville, Ripley Co.,  IN; bur Peters Cemetery, Island City, Owsley, KY; m. MARTHA MARGARET BREWER, 28 January 1896, Owsley Co., KY; b. 16 May 1875, Owsley Co, KY; d. 10 September 1926, Owsley Co., KY, bur. W. T. Peters Graveyard.

             ix.   RACHEL ELLEN PETERS, b. Abt. 1873, Owsley Co., KY; d. Bef. 1880, Owsley Co., KY.

 

 

8.  ELIZABETH A.5 PETERS (ELISHA4, HENRY3, JACOB [2]2, JACOB [1]1) was born 1831 in Buncombe Co., NC.  She married WILLIAM M. REESE Bef. 1850 in Owsley Co, KY.  He was born 1825 in SC.

 

Notes for WILLIAM M. REESE:

In 1850 census, Owsley, KY, Wm. and Elizabeth Peters Reese are living with Elisha Peters and Ann.  Elisha lists himself as a carpenter and William lists himself as a tanner.

     

Children of ELIZABETH PETERS and WILLIAM REESE are:

              i.   WILLIAM W.6 REESE, b. 1854.

              ii.   HIRAM S. REESE, b. 1856.

             iii.   ROBERT T. REESE, b. 1860.

             iv.   WILKINSON REESE, b. 1865.

             v.   JOHN REESE, b. 1867.

             vi.   ALLEN T. REESE, b. 1871.

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Owsley County, Kentucky Marriages 1843-1929 by Robert L. Smith, p. 127.

2.  Marriages of Wilkes County, NC 1778-1868, Brent Holcomb.

3.  1860 census

4.  All info from Jean Peters Westveer

5.  Kentucky Death Record #16029 states that D. B. Peters, her youngest son, buried her.

6.  Statement of birth by his half-sister..  In the possession of Claudette Peters Whitefield.

7.  Kentucky Death Record #27468 states that he was buried by "the family."  It should be noted that Hardin's son, G. B. Peters, arrived from Oklahoma with his family for a visit the next day.  There is a snapshot of their arrival in Owsley County in the G. B. Peters file kept by Claudette Peters Whitefield.

8.  Willie Tillery letter; also Johnie Tillery letter.

9.  KY Death Certificate # 7657.

10.  W.S. Peters' letter to G.B. Peters Aug. 4, 1951

11.  Letter written by Fred G. Peters to G. B. Peters in possession of Claudette Peters Whitefield, letter dated Feb 26, 1951.

 

 

 

 

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