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________________________________________________________________ __________________________ [edit] NotesSamuel Pepper was (says his son Jesse) "a man of strong mind though he had but little education. He was lean, about six feet and in youth probably stout. In spring 1764 he was on the North Fork of Roanoke where Colonel Thomas later lived. In spring 1765 he came to New River near where he died before April 1806." (Jesse Pepper Letter) Dr. Robert Pepper's sister married a Pearis and was the mother of George Pearis who later built a fort at present Pearisburg. Samuel Pepper was a first cousin of George Pearis. The Burks, Peppers, Pearises, Drapers, and John Goolman Davidsons all came from "South Ireland" and some were Anglo-Irish from old Norman Irish stock. So this is a South Irish connection on the New River that has been overlooked by historians. This is another little "South Ireland"- this one on New River. Shell manuscript, Shell returned in 1769 to Crab Creek of the New. At the Treaty of Fort Stanwix this land was bought from the Iroquois. George Taylor and Thomas Burk buy land from Shell at this place in 1769. (Augusta Dd Bk 15, 282) George Taylor may be a Burk relative, uncle or cousin, for it is said that the mother of Thomas was a Taylor. George Taylor is listed in some land records as George Conway Taylor. Yet a George Conway Taylor in Orange County was born in 1769. So there is some discrepancy here. Definitely an adult George Taylor lived here for he is with Shell on the 1771 tithable list for this section of New River. We would presume that Thomas Burk when he purchased two hundred acres of the fertile New River land would come down to take a look. He may have been with Shell in 1769-70. John Goolman Davidson's family also came to the Crab Creek settlement. John Goolman Davidson was born in the Loch Ness country of Scotland, then went Ireland to both County Down, North Ireland, and Dublin, South Ireland. In Ireland he married Martha Draper. Their son William was born in Ireland in 1759. From there John Goolman came to the Conococheague, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, thence to Dry River on Shenandoah, Augusta, then to Jackson's River and from there to the Crab Creek settlement on New River ABOVE EXCERPTS SHELL MANUSCRIPT. Mar 4 1770, Botetourt Co Deed Book 1, p. 88. George Teater and Sarah his wife to Howard Heavin. 10 pounds, 85 acres on Crab Creek, a branch of the New River; Page 81.--12th February, 1768. Frederick Starn (Stern) to George Teetar, [pound sign]10, 85 acres by patent 22nd August, 1753, on Crab Creek, a branch of New River. Teste: W. Ingles, William Davis, John Taylor, John and Wm. Buchanan. Sent to George Teeter by his order, April, 1769." Botetourt Co Deed Book. Page 86. John Heavin, Sr. and Sarah Heavin to their sons Howard and John Heavin. For a valuable consideration. 330 acres on the south side of Woods River. (New River) EXCERPTS FROM The Shell Family History& Botetourt Co Deed Book. DR ROBERT PEPPER. Descendants of Robert Pepper
1. Robert Pepper was born in Ireland, and died in VA. He married Sallie Patterson. She died in At Pepper's Ferry, New River, Montgomery Co, Va. Children of Robert Pepper and Sallie Patterson are: 2. i. Samuel2 Pepper, b. November 20, 1735, Lancaster Co, PA; d. 1804, On New River, Montgomery Co, Va. 3. ii. Joshua Pepper. 4. iii. William Pepper. 5. iv. Robert Pepper, d. 1781, Battle of King's Mt, Kings Mt, SC. 6. vi. Sarah Pepper m. George Pearis vii. Ruth Pepper, m. John Carson; b. NC. Generation No. 2 2. Samuel2 Pepper (Robert1) was born November 20, 1735 in Lancaster Co, PA, and died 1804 in On New River, Montgomery Co, Va. He married Naomi Burke March 13, 1764, daughter of James Burke and Polly Bane. She was born February 01, 1745/46 in Salem, VA. Children of Samuel Pepper and Naomi Burke are: 7. i. John Pepper. ii. William Pepper. iii. James Pepper. iv. Samuel Pepper. v. Joseph Pepper. vi. George Pepper, d. Childhood. vii. Benjamin Pepper, d. Childhood. viii. Jesse Pepper. 8. ix. Polly Pepper. x. Ruth Pepper, d. Childhood. 9. xi. Sallie Pepper. 8. Polly Pepper (Samuel2, Robert1) She married John Heavin Children of Polly Pepper and John Heavin are: i. Amy Heavin, m. Anderson B. Mathews. ii. Ruth Heavin, m. John McLure. Ruth Hall, died April 23, 1809 in Montgomery Co, VA; married Howard Heavin September 01, 1758 in Montgomery Co, VA; born October 09, 1734 in Kent Co, MD; died April 23, 1809 in Montgomery Co, VA... Note Howard Heavin bought George & Sarah Teater property at Crab Creek 1770. George Teater was granted lands at Bakers Creek North Fork of the Holston for service as Sgt of Nathaniel Gist Co 1760 -62 Old Virginia Regiment. http://motonfamily.net/Documents/IndianTradersAgentsRPearis.pdf. Extracted excerpt Journal Indian Indian Traders Commissioners Agents Richard Pearis was a native from Ireland. Came to America 20 years old. He had 2 sons in service, one a Ensign in Col Browns Regiment. One in the Cherokee Nation. He had a son by a Cheokee Indian,!! who lived with them!! Richard Pearis had a daughter Margaret Pearis who married William Jones Esquire, as his 2nd wife, Judge of the Court Office Admirlty who died 20 may 1799. Margaret Pearis Jones had a nephew Richard Cunningham. Richard Pearis daughter (susan) was enganged to a son of Col Hieght (Hite) He was in debt to Nathaniel Gist and Wade Hampton. William Jones 1st wife was Henretta Bourquin daughter of Henri Francis Bourquin These above are excerpts. Who lived with them appears to mean George Pearis at the time he was naturalized from the Cherokee Nation to being a Brittish citizen lived with his father Richard Pearis. Susan could mean a nick name for Sarah or mistranslation of the old original document. Margaret had a nephew named Richard Cunningham. many variations possible. Richard Pearis Jr may had a son from a Cunningham female out of wedlock prior to his marriage to Margaret Cunningham. Cherokee George Pearis could have had a son from a Cunningham female. Rhoda Richards wife could of been a widow with children one who had a son Richard Cunningham. Richards daughter Sarah could have been married to a Cunningham had son Richard. Richard Pearis could of have been a widower and had daughters from a 1st wife before marriage to Rhoda who had a son Cunningahm. Richard Pearis may have had other Cherokee daughters unknown who had a son by a Cunningham. Homeward Bound By Sandra Riley, Thelma Peters - Google Books. no 8 Maragret Pearis G# 1788#9 *220 GOAT WARNINING. BG. 19 sept 1789. Richard Jr., Margaret Marr.cc Mar Reg (1753 1807) p 52. by 1802 Richard Jr his wife Margaret established residence in Georgia St Johns River, r6 23 April 1807 Col Richard Pearis died Nassau 7 nov 1794. BG 11 Nov 1794 Left 3 tracts of land to wife Rhoda. to son Richard daughter Sarah Margaret bequethed land in Nassau 200 acres on river Pensecola West Florida. Richard Jr received Caicos lands all properties in the United States. will book f pp 460-464. proved 15 dec 1794. No mention of son by Cherokee Wife. The Cherokee granted to Richard Sr and son George Pearis a tract 12 miles square lying on waters of Saluda Enoree Reedy River SC back country. no 9. CC Mar reg 1753 -1805 12 April 1798 William Jones death. BG 14 MAY 1799 NO 10 Pearis note lost, notice dated 13 april 1789 1789 p144 Caicos Grant 27 June Grant Book M.. Theres a little more about Col Thomas striping Rhoda and the girls burning the mill and home. Frederick Will Book 2, page 89: George Pearis, Administrator of estate of Sara, his mother. Dated May, 1753, Augusta Co., VA (Abstract) Deed Bk. 7, p.450:April 16, 1757 "Capt. Richard Pearis of Augusta Co. "----- a deed of gift -----" for love and goodwill and affection to my daughters, Sarah Pearis and Margaret Pearis". To Sarah forever in case said Sarah marrys with my consent or according to my will: 1 negro wench called Sarah 1 sorrel mare and year old colt "natural pacers" 1 bay horse, a natural pacer 1 roan m. & colt, both trotters 1 roan colt three years old Other horses also To Margaret on same conditions: Hannah, Craig, Pratchey, horses (3 or 4) "of these presents I have given an inventory signed my own hand to my daughters", Recorded June 16, 1757.. The documents show Pratchey was a Slave Indian female Slave given to Margaret. She was not Richard Pearis wife She was not George Teators wife she was a Slave. The documents show by the Jesse Pepper letter. George Pearis married Sarah Pepper. 2 sons George Pearis and Robert Pearis. Girls Rhoda married Henry Hohimer Sarah married George Teator Christian married Freeman Jones. The girls appear not mentioned as daughters by of Sarah Pepper. These girls would be from the Catawba Chowan wives of George Pearis. The Hiter family a mixed blood Chowan indian group mentioned George Pearis as marrying one of their girls 1740s. Both the Jones and Freemans have records in the Chowan Tribe.. A inspection of Georg Teator and wife Sarah headstones indicates they have been placed at the DAR section Frankfort about 20 yards from Daniel Boones tomb. Sarahs headstone shows died 1794. Richard Pearis daughter Sarah was still well and alive Dec 1794 for he willed her lands in Florida, Therefore she was not the Sarah Pearis married George Teator. Robert Pearis George Teator and Sarah Rhoda Parris Henry Hohimer where taxed same time Madison Garrard Kentucky 1797 Robert Pearis and Robert Teator moved together to Shelby ky.. Robert Teators 1st daughter was Rebecca Parris. A record as follows Gentleman appointed commisioners on behalf of this Govt to meet and treat with the Indians as to order to meet at George Paris house near Fredericktown june 13 1752 Dinwiddie Papers Vol 1 pg 9. Robert Pearis said in his revolution pension he was born 1750 Botetourt. These 2 records show George Pearis had 2 cabins houses one in Frederick Co for Indian meetings other business. The others were on Glade Springs Goose Creek N. Fork of the Roanoke later called Botetourt. Perhaps he had Indian wives at Fredericktown and his Irish wife Sarah Pepper at the Roanoke river area closer to the Peppers.. Samuel Teator also stated I was born in Botetourt 1763. Robert Pearis would of been 13 yrs old and George Pearis Jr 3rd would of been about 18 yrs old. Thefore George Teators wife appears to be elder. List of Frederick County, Virginia Clerk Fees Belonging to James WOOD ANNO DOM. 1744 (1) Tobacco Payments George Paris-----------137 George Teator.-------------103.
Chowan Co NC Marraige Bonds. Martin, Ann Hall, John 9/12/1744 George Parris, Edward Hatch, Sam. Hatch. In the year 1744 George Pearis the elder shows on James Woods Tobacco returns in Frederick Co Va. It appears his son George Pearis Jr eldest son had made journey to Chowan Co NC to act as Bondsman for Ann Martin. There is also a record of George Jeter-!!Teator!! on the same Woods Tobacco Returns. The Chowan tribe left notes and oral history that George Pearis married within one of the Kings females in the 1740s his name name was Tom Hiter. A small mixed tribe nearly white more than Indian. One of George Pearis son in laws Freeman Jones who married Christian Pearis - could of been from part of these mixed people the Jones and Freemans show to be part of the smaller NC tribes. Jones, Elizabeth Beasley, Francis 1/4/1791 Thomas Bateman and Jos. Blount Jones, Esther Bunch, Micajah 5/12/1806 Darrow and Jos. Blount Jones, Louisa M. Badham, William Jr. 12/13/1858 Married 12/15/1858 by Samuel I. Johnston, (M.G.) witness Wm. Skinner Barnabus Nixon, 3/24/1867, William Bunch, Wm. Skinner Jones, Mary Bunch, Joseph 1/16/1805 Thomas Bateman. Some of the Jones in Chowan intermarried with the and extended family with the Bunch and Blount familes. mixed indians some of them were called Malengeans after 1813 in parts of TN John Freeman was born in 1695 in Norfolk County, VA, the oldest son of William and Mary Freeman. He married Tabatha. He came with his parents as a young man to Albemarle County, NC. On August 3, 1733, John purchased 200 acres of land as part of a 300 acre tract of land granted to Michael Ward by Thomas Hyter, King et al, Chiefman of the Chowan Indians. Reference: Land Conveyances, Book 3, #1, North Carolina. Aaron Freeman, Sr.,[4] oldest son of John Freeman, Jr. and Sarah Freeman, was born in 1745 in Chowan Co., NC, and died in 1825 in Buncombe Co., NC. He married on December 17, 1769, in Rowan County, NC, Mary Bentley, daughter of Thomas Bentley, Sr. (1725-1789) and his wife Hannah (1725-1795). Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC, Record #08501139, Bond #000124905, marriage of Aaron Freeman to Mary Bentley. Aaron Freeman lived in Rowan County for many years. From early records it appears that Aaron had come to Rowan with his brother John Freeman. Aaron married Mary Bentley in Rowan on December 17, 1769. Her father was Thomas Bentley, a Revolutionary War soldier, who had moved to the Western Piedmont section of NC from Virginia. Aaron was a patriot and Revolutionary War soldier also.
Note: Wife: Christian Pearis (misspelled Paris/Parris/Parrish) Christian is buried in the Johnson Family Cemetery in Decatur, Newton County, Mississippi along with her oldest son ( Richard Jones), Richard's wife( Rachel Johnson), her daughter (Annie Lovy Jones), and Annie's husband (Henry H. Johnson). Exact location of grave in the cemetery is unknown. On a large memorial marker at the cemetery is written: Freeman Jones Sr. widow Christina Paris Jones came to Newton County Ms. to live after he died in Pickens County 8-26-1835. She died in 1850 in Newton County Ms. Christian is believed to be the daughter of George Pearis (#2) of Tryon County, North Carolina who had a sister named Christian. The Pearis family were Presbyterians immigrating from County Tyrone, Ireland to Pennsylvania to eventually settle in Winchester, Virginia. Her brother Capt. George Pearis (#3) of Pearisburg, Va. was also a hero of the Revolutionary War battle of Shallow Ford. George Pearis (#2) had two brothers Captains Richard & Robert Pearis who served in the French & Indian Wars and are mentioned in the writings of George Washington, but side with the British in the Revolutionary War. Freeman Jones and Christian Parris (Pearis) lived in Smith County, TN near Bletcher's Lick There is maybe a connection to Smyth Co 1800 court minuets “Benjamin Totten took the oath of Deputy Sheriff in Open Court. “ Benjamin Tottens daughter Easter was the daughter in law of Rhoda Pearis Paris married to George Hohimer a son of Rhoda Pearis.. Easters sister Rebecca Totten was married to Parris Teator a son of George Teator Sr and Sarah Pearis. 1783 to 85 Greene TN Tax list. Robert Paris Wiliam Jones -Freemans brother. Benjamin Totten Captain R. Jones being sent to Hancock Co. about 1813 to recruit a company of Choctaw Indians to go the Tombigbee River in SW Alabama. (2)The Choctaw Battalion under Pushmataha had 150 warriors. Note that Pushmataha was the uncle of Richmond Speaks who married Susannah Elizabeth Jones (dau Freeman Sr./Christian) in Madison Co.Ala on April 23, 1812. Richmond Speaks received a pension for War of 1812 as well as Susannah as his widow. Captain R. Jones being sent to Hancock Co. about 1813 to recruit a company of Choctaw Indians to go the Tombigbee River in SW Alabama. (2)The Choctaw Battalion under Pushmataha had 150 warriors. Note that Pushmataha was the uncle of Richmond Speaks who married Susannah Elizabeth Jones (dau Freeman Sr./Christian) in Madison Co.Ala on April 23, 1812. Richmond Speaks received a pension for War of 1812 as well as Susannah as his widow.One of Newton County’s most notable residents of the past was a man by the name of Jack Amos. Jack Amos was a Choctaw Indian and was born about March of 1830, based on information given in his deposition before the Dawes Commission in 1901. In this deposition Jack stated that several individuals told him that he “was crawling” when the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed on September 27, 1830. In both of his Dawes applications of 1896 and 1901, Jack testified that he was a full-blood Choctaw Indian and that both of his parents were also full-blood Choctaws. Jack listed his father as Apa-tom-by and his mother as Nah-ha-tema. From his own testimony and through the writings of H. S. Halbert, Jack Amos is known to be the grandson of Nahotima, a sister of Chief Pushmataha. Deed Book E, on pg. 45, 25 December 1786, George Paris of RCNC to Freeman Jones of same. 100 acres on the south fork of Brights Creek of Green River. Granted 29 July 1779 to George Parris. Wit. Isham Raves, John Jones, Robert Parris. #660 And in the Rutherford County NC Deed Book L, pg 91 - there is an entry: p. 134, 1 May 1793, Freeman Jones of RCNC to David Jection of same, 100 pounds, 100 acres on the south fork of Brights Creek of Green River. Wit. William Mills, John Mills, Marvil Mills. #1376, 27 March 1795 Kentucky Deeds "Jones, Freeman & Christian, wife, to Elijah M. Covington $1200 one tract of 200a to Rowland Williams' line. Tract of 200a to Thos Chapmanss line. Wit: John Goodwin, John Elder, Geo (X) Green, John Mcilroy. 1-2-1804" (from Sandi Gorin's abstracts of the Warren Co KY Deed Bk B, her pg. 21). 1792 Madison Ky Tax list. George Tetor Robert Parris. 1797 Shelby Ky Tax list. Robert Paris Robert Teator- father of Rebecca Parris Teator 1810 Garrard Ky George Tetor Sr George Hohimer- son of Rhoda Pearis Parris Teator John Jones -fpc Indian -with 30 slaves. |
