Genealogy for
Robert Peacock
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Robert Peacock
9/1/1792 - 1861
(Shown at age 38)
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Robert Peacock was born on September 1, 1792 in Wayne County, North Carolina and died about 1861 in Brooks County, Georgia. Actual date of death is unknown. He lived to be about 68 years old.
Married Wealthe Howell (1794-1832) and later America Howell (1814-1883). They had 20 children:
- Benajah (1814-1901), who married Penelope Herring, Elizabeth Murray, Eleanor Thompson. They had 12 children.
- Spicy Ann (1816) - died young
- Howell (1817-1854), who married Mary Rames Mitchell. They had four children.
- Gincy Jane Mariah (1819-1905), who married Benjamin Herring. They had nine children.
- Robert Malcolm D. (1822-1890), who married Penelope Graham. They at least three children (none of them married).
- Delamar Clayton (1824-1882), who married Mary Ann MacKinnon. They had nine children.
- James Byron (1828-1881), who married Anseline Denison. They had one child, Clifford Glover.
- Edna Zimmerman (1826-?), who married Samuel B. Fairchild.
- Simon Morris (1830-1867), who married Mary Jane Rosser.
- Robin Melvira (1832), who died young.
- Sarah Ann (1834-?), who married William David Holloway, William LaGrand Huds. They had one child (William Holloway Jr.)
- Patience Pertee (1835), who married William Hamilton Hendry
- Marretta McQueen (1837-1881), who married William LeGrand Hudson. They had seven children.
- Polly Virginia (1839-1897), who married Green Smyly Jackson. They had eight children.
- John Tyler (1841-?), who married Laura F. West. They had five children.
- Letitia Tyler Rames (1843-?). One child (Joseph Euen).
- Laura Rebecca (1846-?), who married William C. Morrow. They had eight children.
- Margaret Mitchell (1848-?), who married Jesse E. Hunter. They had six children.
- Jasper Robert (1851-1904), who married Catherine Virginia Neely and later Sultre Love Wooten. They had nine children.
- Ulalah (1854-1932), who married George Washington Jackson. They had eight children.
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 | Census | 1/1/1830 | GA (Houston County) | 37 yrs old | | page 19, #10 -Robert Peacock : 3 Males - (Under 5),
1 Males - (5 thru 9),
2 Males - (10 thru 14),
1 Males - (30 thru 39),
1 Females - (Under 5),
1 Females - (10 thru 14),
1 Females - (30 thru 39) |
| Census | 1/1/1840 | GA (Macon County) | 47 yrs old | | page 41 - #9 - Robert Peacock -3 Males - (10 - 14),
1 Males - (15 thru 19)
1 Males - (40 thru 49),
4 Females - (Under 5),
1 Females - (10 thru 14),
1 Females - (20 thru 29) |
| Census | 4/15/1846 | Okapilco GA ( Lowndes County) | 53 yrs old | | Robert Peacock - date of document: April 15, 1846, Volume #: 17, in book
U.S. Appointments of U. S. Postmasters 1844-1857 |
| Census | 8/12/1850 | Division 53 GA (Lowndes County) | 57 yrs old | | #55 -Robert Peacock (57),
America Peacock (37),
Byron Peacock (22),
Sarah Peacock (15),
Patience Peacock (14),
Mary E. Peacock (13),
Polly V. Peacock (11),
John T. Peacock (10),
Letitia Peacock (7),
Laura Peacock (3
Margaret Peacock (1). Robert and America were born in NC, all children in GA. Robert is a farmer. The value of their home is $10,000. |
| Census | 1/1/1860 | GA (Brooks County) | 67 yrs old | | #233 -Robt Peacock (60),
America Peacock (46),
John Peacock (18),
Letistia Peacock (16),
Laura Peacock (14),
Margaret Peacock (12),
Jasper Peacock (10),
Lala Peacock (6),
Jas E. Morrow (27). Robert and America were born in NC, all children in GA. Robert is a farmer, his house is valued at $11,000, personal at $28,350.
Jas E. Morrow is a overseer, his personal estate is valued at $1,100. |
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Robert Peacock's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Robert, his family, and friends. For example, Robert is 1 years old when Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role.
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1793 |
Hancock, Bryan, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oglethorpe and Warren Counties formed. This same year, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. |
| 2 |
1794 |
General Clarke surrenders ending the Oconee War. |
| 3 |
1795 |
Governor Mathews signs the Second Yazoo Act selling somewhere between 35,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres of land for $500,000. |
| 9 |
1801 |
Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed. |
| 10 |
1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become a border between,GA, FL and AL. GA's western border reaches to the Mississippi River. |
| 11 |
1803 |
Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811. |
| 15 |
1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
| 16 |
1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
| 17 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
| 19 |
1811 |
Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks". |
| 19 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
| 20 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
| 20 |
1812 |
The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks". |
| 21 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). |
| 25 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
| 27 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
| 28 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
| 29 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
| 30 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
| 31 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
| 32 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
| 33 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
| 34 |
1826 |
January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826. |
| 35 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
| 38 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
| 39 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
| 40 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
| 41 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| 44 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
| 45 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 46 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| 55 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 58 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 59 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 60 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 61 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 62 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 64 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 65 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 66 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
| 7 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 8 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
| 15 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
| 22 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 38 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 47 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 52 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 61 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 64 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 67 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 8 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
| 19 |
1811 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians. |
| 20 |
1812 |
NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured. |
| 36 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 42 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
| 69 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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| 38 |
1830 |
The U.S. Government begins forcing Cherokee Indians from their homes in what becomes known as the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee hide in the mountains of North Carolina and surrounding states. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1793 |
Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role. |
| 2 |
1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
| 6 |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
| 11 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
| 12 |
1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
| 13 |
1805 |
Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier. |
| 14 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
| 19 |
1811 |
By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians. |
| 28 |
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. |
| 38 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 43 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 45 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 48 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 50 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 63 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 68 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
| 3 |
1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
| 4 |
1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
| 5 |
1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
| 41 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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 Headstone of Robert Peacock
 Robert Peacock Cemetery |
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Marriages
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 | America Howell
Born about 1814 and died about 1883
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The Children of Robert Peacock
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63 years old
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Laura Rebecca Peacock
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1846 and died in an unknown location about 1930. She was about 84 years old.
She married William C. Morrow. They had eight children. ...
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