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10. John , Jr. PETERS
(1) was born on 14 Sep 1797 in TN..
He Census ( 2) in 1830 in Jackson Co., AL..(3)
He Census (4) in 1850 in Jackson Co., AL..
(6) He Census (5) in 1860 in Jackson Co., AL..
(11) He Census (6) in 1870 in Jackson Co., AL..
(12) He Census (7) in 1880 in Jackson Co., AL..
(13) He died on 20 Aug 1888 in Woodville, Jackson Co., AL..
(14) He was buried in Peters Cove, Jackson Co., AL.. On the 1860
census it says that he was 59, so I believe he is the one on t he 1830 census.
History of Jackson County Alabama
page 145 &146
Spout Spring, two and one half miles northeast of Woodville, was once t he home
of Samuel B. Moore,the only Governor Jackson County ever furnish ed the state.
Judge Moore was living here when the Civil War began. What k in, if any , he
was to the Governor we do not know. Farther east of Woodvi lle is Peters' Cove,
lying on both sides of the railroad, extending to Ste phens' Gap. It was named
for the Peters family who settled here before t he county was created. Johny
Peters (born 1797, died 1888) came to Huntsvi lle when a boy, built one of the
first cabins at Maysville, then came to P eters'Cove. He was a large man and
one of the strongest men in the count y. When the M & C Railroad was surveyed
in 1851, it took his well and hom e, so he had to move back near the mountain.
Settlers were: Johny and An dy Peters, Simeon Houk, charley Stephens, Lacy Houk,
Uriah and J. M. Peter s.
Obedianah 'Biddie' MURRAY
(1) was born on 15 Feb 1815 in AL..(15)
She Census (3) in 1850 in Jackson Co., AL..
(6) She Census (4) in 1860 in Jackson Co., AL..
(11) She Census (5) in 1870 in Jackson Co., AL..
(12) She died on 15 Oct 1871 in Woodville, Jackson Co., AL..
(15) She was buried in Peters Cove, Jackson
Co., AL..(15) John , Jr. PETERS and Obedianah
'Biddie' MURRAY had the following children:
+36 i.
Uriah PETERS.
37 ii.
Daniel L. PETERS(1) was born in
1835 in AL.. He Census (1) in 1850 in Jackson Co., AL..
(6) He died UNKNOWN.
+38 iii.
John 'Jack' PETERS.
+39 iv.
James Murray 'Bunt' PETERS.
+40 v.
Lucinda PETERS.
41 vi.
William 'Bill' H. PETERS(1) was
born in 1845 in AL.. He Census (1) in 1850 in Jackson Co., AL..
(6) He Census (2) in 1860 in Jackson Co., AL..
(11) He died UNKNOWN. |