Person:William Peak (8)

WILLIAM PEAK was born and spent his life in Tennessee.

In 1830 William was living with his parents in Anderson County, Tennessee.

In 1840 William was living with his family in Anderson County, Tennessee.

William was a veteran of the Civil War. He served as a Sergeant in Company A, 26th Infantry, Tennessee. He was a purchasing agent for the Confederate Army. He died near Dalton, Georgia.

The Court appointed William Peak as administrator for the estate with Jacob G. Carmichael and T. Sienknecht on his bond for $20,000 each. William Peak held a sale for all chattel, or personal property items, on October 3, 1861. A record of items sold covers sixteen pages of details as to item and purchaser, and the total amount for the sale was $3,320.25. The settlement of the Oliver estate was transferred from county court to Chancery court in a case styled William Cross Vs. Heirs of Richard Oliver. Later, Samuel Tunnell replaced William Peak as Administrator. (Peak was engaged in the Civil Way). After war caused delays and the usual delays, the Chancellor ordered the Clerk and Master to divide the estate into several tracts, and to sell to the highest and best bidders. (Snyder E. Roberts, The Story of Oliver Springs, Tennessee and Its People, Estate Book 1859-1872, Page 61)

Anderson County, Tennessee Circuit Court records show that Edward Black who later lived in Anderson County on Back Oak Ridge overlooking Poplar Creek brought suits against a number of Confederate sympathizers in 1865. Black had entered the Union Army as a private but elevated to the rank of Major. According to the record, page 54, "Black vs. William Peak, Sr, William Peak, Jr., John Galbraith, E.C. Edwards, etc. "Black was suing for $50,000 for trespass, battery and false imprisonment for 45 days". (Source: Snyder E. Roberts, The Story of Oliver Springs, Tennessee and Its People)