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Abraham  Peacock 

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Samuel Peacock
1668 - 1742

Mary Taylor Stringfellow
1675 - 1719
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Abraham Peacock
1689 - 1782
Abraham Peacock was born about 1689 somewhere in Virginia and died about 1782 somewhere in North Carolina. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 93 years old.

IMPORTANT NOTE: While records exist to prove this person existed, it is not clear at this time as to the exact relationship of this person and those currently shown as brothers, sisters, or parents. We are listing them as 'best guess' only.

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Census1/1/1778 SC (Orangeburg County) 89 yrs old 
Abraham Peacock is recorded as a resident of the Orangeburg District in South Carolina on the 1778 South Carolina Tax and Census list. 
Additional information about Orangeburg County, SC around 1778: By 1734 a large number of Germans arrived in SC and settled in the townships of Orangeburg and Amelia. Many of these immigrants did not have sufficient funds to pay for their passage and sold themselves and/or their children into indentured servitude for a few years. The residents of Orangeburg provided a buffer between the Cherokee and prospering plantations closer to the coast. They quickly prospered and soon became the breadbasket of SC producing enough wheat to sell to other colonist. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Census1/1/1786 NC (Wayne County) 4 yrs after death 
Abraham Peacock is recorded as a resident of Wayne County, PA, in the 1786 North Carolina Census. 
Additional information about Wayne County, NC around 1786: Early settlers began homesteading this area in the early 1730s when it was part of Edgecombe and later Dobbs Counties. In 1779, Wayne County was established and named after Revolutionary War hero General Anthony Wayne. It covered over 500 square miles. The town of Waynesborough, established in 1787, was declared the county seat. 
Census1/1/1788 NC (Wayne County) 6 yrs after death 
Abraham Peacock is recorded as a resident of Wayne County, PA, in the 1788 North Carolina Tax and Census list. 
Census1/1/1790 SC (Sampson County) 8 yrs after death 
On page 118, next to last line, Abraham Peacock is recorded as a head of a family living in the Division allotted to Grifford Qualigy (sp?). He indicates that his household consists of one free white male age 16 or older, 2 white males under 16, and 5 free white females (including heads of families). No entry is made for number of slaves. 
Additional information about Sampson County, SC around 1790: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  

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63 1752 Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar on 9/14/1752.
80 1769 The first steam engine is invented by Watt
88 1777 The concept of chemical compounds is conceived by Lavoisier
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60 1749 Laws in GA prohibiting the importation of slaves are rescinded. Georgia planters were hiring SC slaves for life and even openly purchasing slaves at the dock in Savannah.
86 1775 NEWS HEADLINES: On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America.
87 1776 NEWS HEADLINES: July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created.
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15 1704 First town, Bath, is established in North Carolina by the arrival of the French Huguenots.
22 1711 The Tuscarora War begins between the local Indians and colonists. After two years of fighting, the Tuscarora Indians move west.
29 1718 Blackbeard, the pirate is killed off the North Carolina coast.
30 1719 By 1719, North Carolina and South Carolina have separated into two colonies.
78 1767 Tryon Palace is build in New Bern, NC, and becomes the capitol building for the North Carolina colonist.
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11 1700 By the early 1700's, Virginia and Maryland have established a strong economic and social structure. The planters of the tidewater region, with abundant slave labor, have large houses, an aristocratic way of life, and a desire to follow the art and culture of Europe. Less wealthy German and Scots-Irish immigrants settle inland, populating the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia as well as the Appalachian Mountains. Those on the frontier build small cabins and cultivate corn and wheat.
31 1720 The population of American colonists reaches 475,000. Boston (pop. 12,000) is the largest city, followed by Philadelphia (pop. 10,000) and New York (pop. 7000)
41 1730 Map of US Colonies
43 1732 James Oglethorpe establishes the Georgia Colony in the new world. The new settlers form friendships with the Creek Indian Nation towns in this area. Georgia is the thirteen English colony to be settled.
58 1747 The New York Bar Association is founded in New York City
61 1750 Charleston, SC, has become the most affluent and largest city in the South. It is the leading port and trading center for the southern colonies. The population in the Carolinas has exceeded 100,000 with many French Protestant Huguenots. The wealth plantation owners bring private tutors from Ireland and Scotland. Public education does not exist.
71 1760 The Cherokee War (1760-61) ends in a treaty that opens the Up County for settlement. The Bounty At of 1761 offers public land tax free for ten years, and settlers from other colonies begin pouring into the Carolina "Up Country".
74 1763 Georgia Gazette begins publication. It is the first newspaper in Georgia and the eighth newspaper in the English colonies.
77 1766 Britain passes the Stamp Act taxing all colonial newspapers, advertisements, leases, licenses, pamphlets, and legal documents. Later the same year, Britain repeals the Stamp Act in Britain -- but it continues to be enforced on colonists in North America
84 1773 Angered by the tea tax of 1767 and the British East India Company's monopoly on tea trade, the independent New England colonial merchants dump the precious cargo overboard into the Boston harbor. This incident is called the Boston Tea Party.
85 1774 The First Continental Congress of fifty-five representatives (except from the colony of Georgia) meets in Philadelphia to discuss relations with Britain, the possibility of independence, and the hope of a peaceful solution. King George III scorns the thought of reconciliation and declares the colonies to be in a state of open rebellion.
86 1775 On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America.
87 1776 July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created.
89 1778 Alliance between United States and France
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1 1690 Ireland's Battle of Boyne
4 1693 National debt begins in England
9 1698 Tsar Peter the Great begins traveling Europe
12 1701 England's Act of Settlement created; War of Spanish Succession begins
18 1707 Scotland and England unite to form "Great Britain"
26 1715 War of Spanish Succession ends
49 1738 System of forced labor to build roads in France is devised by Jean Orry
54 1743 King George's War against North America and Caribbean begins
59 1748 King George's War against North America and Caribbean ends
67 1756 Seven Year's War begins
70 1759 Jesuits are forced out of France
74 1763 Seven Year's War ends; Peace is established in Paris between France, Spain, England and Portugal
75 1764 Britain passes the Sugar Act forbids American importation of foreign rum and taxing imported molasses, wine, silk, coffee, and a number of other luxury items.
78 1767 Jesuits are forced out of Spanish America
90 1779 Spain declares war on England
91 1780 Josef II abolishes serfdom in Hungary; England declares war on Holland


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