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John Justis Peacock
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John Justis Peacock 12/13/1817 - 2/6/1877
| John Justis Peacock was born on December 13, 1817 in an unknown place and died on February 6, 1877 in Calhoun Co, Florida. He lived to be 59 years old.
He married on Jan. 8th 1852 in Jackson Co FL to Matilda Caroline Stephens (8/10/1829 - 11/26/ 1910)
- Mary (1852 )
- Mary Magdalene (1854-1910)
- James Jefferson "Bud"(6/28/1854-12/18/1928)
- Elizabeth "Lizzie" (1856 - )married Isaac H. Stone
- Jesse (1857-)
- James (1859-)
- Jacob (7/13/1861- 4/2/1927)
- Amaziah M. (5/4/ 1863 - 5/22/ 1927)married Mary Elizabeth Boggs
- William (2/6 /1865- 12/10 /1888 ) Altha, Calhoun, Florida.
- Caroline (1867-)
- John J. (1869-)
- Lucy 1/17/1873- 7/3/1943)
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John, his family, and friends. For example, John is 3 years old when The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
Age | Date | Event |
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1818 |
First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida. |
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1821 |
Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty. Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States begin to pour into the new territory. Prior to this change, Florida was a wilderness sparsely dotted with settlements of native Indians, escaped/freed slaves and Spaniards. |
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1822 |
Florida Territory is purchased |
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1823 |
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula. |
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1824 |
Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol. |
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1835 |
The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida. |
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1837 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian. |
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1842 |
Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years. |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
28 |
1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
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1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
38 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
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1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
48 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
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1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
Age | Date | Event |
13 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
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1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
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1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
39 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
42 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
48 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
60 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
Age | Date | Event |
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1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
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1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
Age | Date | Event |
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1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
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1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
18 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
20 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
23 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
25 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
38 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
43 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
46 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
48 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
51 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
58 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
59 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
Age | Date | Event |
16 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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The Children of John Justis Peacock
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Elizabeth Peacock Born in an unknown place about 1856 and died in an unknown location about 1940. She was about 84 years old.
She was called "Lizzie" ...
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John J. Peacock Born somewhere in Florida on an unknown day in September 1869 and died somewhere in Florida on February 17, 1940. He was 70 years old.
He married Eliza E. Burns. Their children: Jasse (1892), Elizabeth Lee (1893), Jacob (1895), Thomas (1898), Simmie (1900), Jim (1902), Ernest (1904), Eliza (1906), Laura (1909)....
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