PARKER, James, Sr. was b. ca 1780 Duplin Co., N. C. d. Screven
Co., Ga. 1846 (inv. of estate p. 376-390, Screven Co. Estates),
the son of Hardy and Elizabeth. He owned various tracts of land
in Screven Co. Screven Co. Minutes of Inferior Ct. 1820-1859,
"The undersigned respectfully prays your honorable body to hear
him to change the middle ground road or so much thereof as is
between Israel Brig1en's Mill and Little Horse Creek James
Parker, Sr., H. C. Parker." The LWT of Elizabeth Parker dtd
1/24/1348, probated 11/13/1848, Screven Co. Wills, p. 105 names
Henry, Betty, Hardy, Clancy, Eliza Kea, Gemima Newton, Tabitha
Griner, Mary Ann Lee and Lane Griner.. According to Screven Co.
deeds, James Parker, Sr. made several grants of land to his sons,
viz: Hardy, Benjamin, Henry, James, Jr. and Lemuel, all acreage
located on Horse Creek. James m. Elizabeth who d. 1848 Screven
Co. Issue: Matthew; .lames Jr. b. 12/25/1811 d. 12/15/1888 Screven
Co., Ga., buried Little Horse Cemetery m. Mary Lee 1/28/1833
Screven Co., Ga. (Issue: Moses b. 1834, James 2/13/1837-
11/16/1911 m. Susan Edenfield 4/13/1867 Screven Co.; Sarah b.
1841; Harrison b. 1843 m. Elizabeth Waters 9/25/1867 Screven Co.;
Crawford b. 1845; Mary b. 1847); Thomas 4/28/1814-2/26/1892, bur.
Little Horse Cemetery, Screven Co. m. Mary E. Waters 2/25/1837
Screven Co., b. 2/11/1820, d. 3/30/1886 (Issue: Elizabeth b.
1838, Sophia b. 1840, Roxie Ann b. 1842, William H. b. 1844,
Va. b. 1848); Samuel b. 1817 m. Eliza Griner 1/9/1840 Screven Co.
PARKER, Moses was born 1725 in Massachusetts. He removed to Chowan County,
North Carolina about 1750, thence to Cheraw District, South Carolina in 1760. He was
a Revolutionary War Soldier who served as a Private in the South Carolina Militia, and
furnished forage and provisions to the Militia. He married Susanna and removed to Greene
County, Georgia, where he died in December of 1798. Son: Moses Parker, Jr. was born 1748 in
Massachusetts, died 1799 in Greene County, Georgia. He was also in the Revolutionary War,
serving as a Private in the South Carolina Militia; married (1) Miss Breedlove (2) Ann
Parker. Issue by second wife were: John Parker, Daniel Parker, and Priscilla Parker (1796-1880).
Ref: Roster of Revolutionary War Soldiers in Georgia, Vol. III by McCall.
PEEK, James, Sr. was b. 1786, Va. m. Margaret b. 1796 N. C.,
listed 1830-1850 Taliaferro Co., Ga. Census. 1850 Taliaferro Co.,
Ga. Census, Fam. 1'1283, 64, farlDer, Va., Margaret 54, N. C.,
Frances 19, Ga., Felix 10, Ga. LWT of Margaret Peek dtd ,
7/12/1856, probated 12/1865 Taliaferro Co., Ga. Will Bk A, p.
318-20, names dau: Frances A. Tilley. Also mentions her late ,
husband, James Peek, Sr. Listed 1860 Taliaferro Co., Ga. Census,
Fam. #211, James Peek 74, Va., Margaret 64, N. C., Felix G. C.
24, Antionette 20, Ga. Issue:(l) James H. Peek b. 1820 Ga. (2)
Richard D. L. b. 1826 Taliaferro Co., Ga. m. 12/15/1853
Taliaferro Co., Miss Marianna A. Swain. Vol. N, p. 38-40,
Taliaferro Co., Ga. Wills, names wife, Marian A. M. and dau,
Anabella and Octavia N. Dtd 7/12/1865. "I also give to my said
two daus...property of every kind coming to me from the Estate of
father, James Peek, Sr., deceased." Also names sister, Frances
A. Tilley. Bro: Felix Z. V. Peek. Cousin: Thomas J. Peek. Sr.
Appealed in the Superior Court of Ordinary Feb. Term 1869, as
follows: Thomas J. Peek, propounder of R. D. L. Peek vs.
A. M. Peek, Caveators. (3) William T. Peek b. 1813, farmer, his
LWT in Vol. A. Taliaferro Co., Ga., p. 269-271, naming bro., 17
Richard D. L. Peek, Felix Peek. Dtd 4/22/1857. (4) Felix Peek.
(5) Frances A. Peek m. 5/1/1855 John M. Tilley. St
PEELER, Anthony was b. 1760/1770. His dau., Susannah was b. in S.
C. in 1794 as she stated in 1850-60 DeKalb Co., Ga. Census. He
was a res. of Greene Co., Ga. in 1820, and Jasper Co., Ga. in
1830 (wife deceased). Inv. of Est. 1838 Jasper Co., Ga. He m. 2nd
Mary Williams, listed on 1860-70 DeKalb Co., Ga. Census. Issue:
Susannah b. 1794 S. C. m. John Stephenson, b. 1785 Ga.; Anderson
d. in 1853, and at time of distribution of his father's estate
his sons, Alhert 1. and Franklin, took his portion of the estate.
Est. of Anthony Peeler, Jasper Co., Ga. ~eturns (1850-54), p.
179-180, vouchers of children: John Stephens, gdn of Isaac W.
Peeler; John Stephens, gdn for Miss Mary 1. Peeler; John
Stephens, gdn for Mary Jane Peeler; William D. Peeler; Eli T.
Chapman for Narcissa Peeler Chaplnan, his wife; William G. Marbut
for Edna Peeler; John Stephens, gdn of William D. Peeler, minor;
Albert I. Peeler in interest of his father, Anderson I. Peeler;
Franklin I. Peeler, his into in his father, Anderson I. Peeler.
PENTECOST, Mary, widow., 1842 Jackson Co. Tax Digest, Williams District, page 61, taxes were paid by Johnson Bradley, agent for Mary Pentecost.
PERRE, Nathaniel of Augusta, Ga., attorney for James O'Brien of Montgomery Co., Maryland to Eli Perre, son of James
Perre, then of Prince George County, Maryland, deceased, who by his last will bequeathed the above land to said Eli Perre, 230
acres on Ram's Branch, then Franklin Co., now Jackson Co., granted to said James O'Brien on 5/12/1785 in consideration of
military services performed by said O'Brien for the State of Georgia. 10/21/1795. Test: William J. Hobby, Isaac Hubert, J. P.
Jackson County Deed Book A, page 97.
PERRY, Willis, Rev. War Soldier,son of Jeremiah, Sr., was b. 182
Franklin Co., N. C. 7/31/1756. Wife: Kiddy who d. 11/29/1819.
(Georgia Journa1 dated 12/28/1819, "Mrs. Kiddy Perry, aged 62,
wife of Willis Perry, died Nov. 29, 1819 Jackson Co., Ga.") Res.
of Wilkes Co., Ga., later Warren Co. from 1786 to abt 1816.
Removed to Jackson Co. 1816-1817, then to Muscogee Co. in 1827.
Had a son in DeKa1b Co. who had the family bible, maybe Willis Co.
Perry, Jr. Known Sons: Solomon and Willis, Jr. Rev. War Pension Co.
in Muscogee Co., Ga., he d. ca 1832-1833. Ref: Genealogical
Folders, Ga. State Archives. Also, Jackson Co., Ga. Deed Bk G, p.
70, 11/16/1816, James Causey deeded to Willis Perry of Jackson m.
Co. 227 1/2 acres. 12/6/1800 (Bk G, p. 71) Willis Perry of Ga.
Jackson Co. deeded Joseph Fitzpatrick land orig. in Franklin Co.,
now Jasper Co., located on Sandys Creek. Issue: Solomon d.
7/14/1821 Mi11edgevi11e, Ga.; Willis, Jr.; Hiram; Thomas b. ca
1805 Jackson Co., Ga.; George b. 1780/1790.
PHARR, Edward, student of S. C. to Alexander Gordon, planter of Oglethorpe Co. on 10/20/1795, for 160 pds., land on Clouds Creek, when surveyed 250 acres old warrant certified
by David Creswell and confirmed to David Thurman by grant from Gov. George Mathews on 21 March 1787. Oglethorpe Deed Book A, page 345.
PHELPS, John, late of Bedford County, Virginia, decased, by his last will and testament gave to me, Washington Phelps of Oglethorpe Co., 100 acres in
Bedford Co., being part of the tract where testator died. William Leftwich and David Sanders are executors of the will. Washington Phelps appoints
Robert Haynes, my true and lawful attorney, to sell land. Also, to receive from William Baber two Negroes, a woman named Phillis and a boy,
Edmond. Also, to make final settlement with the executors for all my part of the legcies now coming to me from my father's estate. Date: 6 November 1805.
Oglethorpe Deed Book D, page 523.
PHILLIPS, Abner b. 1794 N. C., first owned land in Cherokee Co.,
Ga. 11/5/1833 when he was highest bidder at Sheriff's Sale (2nd
Sec., 2nd Dist.) Bros: Alphens, James. Re m. his first wife in N.
C., but she d. prior to 1840, Cherokee Co., Ga. Issue: Andrew b.
1816 N. C. m. Lucretia b. 1818, S. C. (Issue: Nancy I. b. 1840
Cherokee Co., Ga.), residents of Double Branch, Ga.; Martin b.
1820 N. C.; Abner, Jr. b. 1822 Ga. m. Rebecca, b. 1821 N. C.
(Issue: Reuben b. 1841 Ga., Nancy b. 1844, Martha b. 1848,
Matilda b. 1851, Cicero b. 1861, George L. b. 1866, Josephine b.
1868); Alman b. 1834 Ga.; Reuben F. b. 1825 N. C. m. Nancy, b.
1828 S. C. (Issue: Andrew D. b. 1850, Joshua b. 1853, Wesley b.
1854, George b. 1845 b. Cherokee Co., and Jane b. 1859 Milton
Co.) Reuben F. m. 2nd, Miss Catherine Gault 6/20/1866 Cherokee
Co., Ga. Abner Phillips m. 2nd, on 9/9/1841 Cherokee Co., Ga.,
Miss Nancy Broadwell of Milton Co., Ga., b. 1819 S. C. Issue of
Abner and Nancy: Emily b. 1842 Ga.; Sarah b. 1844; Abel b. 1846
m. Sarah (Issue: John b. 1870, Charles b. 1875, Colley b. 1877
Ga.); and Alpha b. 1848 Ga. m. 1/29/1893 in Campbell Co., Ga.,
John J. Mason.
PHILLIPS, Martin, son of Abner, was b. 1920 N. C., res. of
Cherokee Co., Ga. in 1850; listed 1860-1880 Milton Co., Ga. He m.
1st, Rebecca Walraven 5/30/1841 Cherokee Co. Rebecca was b. 1828,
Ga. Issue: David b. 1844 Ga.; Rachel b. 1845; James lIenry b. 1849
Cherokee Co. d. 1928 Milton Co.; tcl. (m) b. 1853; Mary Jane b.
1854. Martin Phillips m. 2nd, Miss Sarah Phillips 9/15/1853 guardi.
Cherokee Co., Ga. and had issue: Johnson D. b. 1861, Margaret b.
1867, Savanna b. 1869 and Phillip J. b. 1873, all Milton Co., Ga.
1870 Milton Co., Ga. Census, Martin Phillips 47, farmer, N. C.,
Sarah 30, Ga., Jane 18, Ga., Johnson D. 8, Ga., Margaret 6, Ga.,
Isadore 5 mos., Ga.
Greene county, Ga. In 1854 he was elected and ordained methodist episcopal bishop at Columbus, Ga.
He was the author of Incidents of Western Travel. In 1842 he was elected president of Emory college, resigning in 1854. The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Transylvania university, and that of LL. D. by Randolph Macon college. He died Sept. 3, 1884, near Sparta, Ga. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. M.E. bishop, was born in Greene county, Ga., Feb. 3, 1811; son of the Rev. Lovick and — (Foster) Pierce. He graduated at Franklin college, Athens, Ga., A.B., 1829, A.M., 1832, and studied law under his uncle, Col. George Foster, in Greensborough, 1829-30. In January, 1831, he was admitted into the Georgia conference of the Methodist church, and was later a member of the South Carolina conference. He was presiding elder of the Augusta circuit, 1837-39, president of the Georgia Female college, which became the Wesleyan Female college, at Macon, Ga., 1839-40, and agent of this institution in 1841. He was engaged in pastoral work, 1842-48; was a delegate to the general conference [p.322] at New York city in 1844; to the convention at Louisville, Ky., which organized the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in 1845, and to its first general conference at Petersburg, Va., in 1846, and to those of 1850 and 1854. He was president of Emory college at Oxford, Ga., 1848-54, and was elected and ordained bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, at Columbus, Ga., in 1854. He built St. John's Methodist church at Augusta, Ga., 1843-44; made an overland journey to San Francisco on a stage coach in 1859, in the interests of his work, and received the degrees D.D. from Transylvania university, LL.D. from Randolph-Macon college in 1867, and was a trustee of the University of Georgia, 1867-84. He is the author of Incidents of Western Travel(1857). He died at Sparta, Ga., Sept. 3, 1884. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IIVHistorical Marker
PIERCE, Lovick. "
clergyman, was born in Halifax county, N.C., March 17, 1785. He was taken by his parents to Barnwell district, S.C., where his school training was limited, amounting to about six months' attendance at an "old field school." He entered the Methodist ministry in 1804, and removed to Greene county, Ga., in 1809, where he married a daughter of the Hon. George Wells Foster, attorney-at-law. He was a chaplain in the army during the war of 1812; studied medicine in Philadelphia, and practised medicine and preached the gospel in Greensborough, Ga., for several years, and then devoted himself to the ministry altogether. He was a delegate to the general conferences of the Methodist church in 1836, 1840 and 1844, and after the organization of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, was a delegate to its general conventions continuously up to the time of his death, his council being greatly valued. He took part in the Louisville conference of 1874, to which his son and grandson were also present as delegates. He continued to preach occasionally up to his ninety-fourth year. He received the degree of LL.D. from Randolph-Macon college in 1843, and was a trustee of that college, 1835-79. He published a series of theological essays a short time before his death, which occurred at the residence of his son, Bishop George Foster Pierce (q.v.), near Sparta, Ga., when nearly 95 years of age, Nov. 9, 1879. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IIV
PRESLEY, David Alexander, lion of Thomas (b. 1804 N. C. d. 1889
Randolph Co., Ark.) and wife, Mary Ann (h. 1806 N. C.), was b. 12/27/1842
Tennessee d. 3/25/1914 Randolph Co., Arkansas, m. 2/11/1864 Jemima
Roach, b. 9/8/1846 Randolph Co., Ark. d. 8/22/1904 Randolph Co., Ark., dau.
of William F. Roach, b. 1815 Ky. and wife, Laurinda b. 1816 Ky.
Issue of David Alexander Presley: James Wesley Presley b. 12/18/1864
Iron Co., Mo. d. 10/2/1920 Memphis, Tennessee m. 1/2/1887 Emma Jackson
b. 8/2/1866 Lamar Co., Alabama, d. Decatur, Alabama 3/11/1950, dau. of John
Evans Jackson and Elizabeth Virginia Boman. Issue of James Wesley Presley: Curtis
Edward Presley b. 1/11/1894 Randolph Co.. Ark. d. 4/2/1975 Clarksdale,
Miss. m. 8/25/1919 Martha Ellis Johnson b. 1/7/1895 Randolph Co., Ark. d. 8/30/1959
Clarksdale, Miss. Ref: Mary Martha Presley Merritt, 1518 Harper Rd., Beckley,
WV 25801.
PRINCE, Daniel, son of Daniel, was b. 1818 Union Co., S. C., res.
of Morgan Co., Ga. 1840, Henry Co. in 1850 and Fulton Co. in
1860. 1860 Fulton Co., At1anta, Fam. #150, Danie1 42, brick
moulder, Ga., Mary 35, George W. 20, baggage master, Reubin
16, Nancy 14, James 9, Rebecca 4, Eliza J. Bonds 14, Luther M.
Bonds 11, Sugar J. Bonds (m) 14, Ga. Daniel Prince m. Martha
Martha Allen 8/25/1837 Morgan Co., Ga. Issue: A. (m) b. 1839
Morgan Co., George W. b. 1840 Morgan Co. m. 8/5/1860 Miss N. A. Bowen,
Fulton Co., Ga., Mary A. b. 1844 Morgan Co. m. 1/28/1858 John
B. Webb, Sarah Ann b. 1845 Henry Co. m. 5/8/1859 Fulton Co. William
Walter Blackstock, Reuben b. 1846 Henry Co. m. Miss M. J. Davis 5/21/1865 Fulton
Co., Nancy b. 1847 Henry Co., James b. 1851
Henry Co. and Rebecca b. 1856 Henry Co.
PRINCE, Daniel, son of Edward, was b. 1786, Virginia m. Sarah b.
1785 N. C. Res. of Union Co., S. C. Census 1820. Removed to Ga.
ahout 1822. Listed on 1840-1850 Morgan Co., Ga. Census. 1850:
Daniel 64, farmer, Va., Sarah 65, N. C., Eliza 22 Ga., Essie (m)
21, Ga. Issue: Dau. b. 1800,/1810 Union Co., S. C.: William b.
1800/1810 Union Co., S. C.; Joseph b. 1810/1820 Union Co., S. C.;
Daniel b. 1818 Union Co., S. C;. Smith b. 1817 Union Co., S. C.
m. Martha F. Wilson 9/1/1840 Morgan Co., Ga.; Elisha b. 1820/1821
Ga.; Reuben h. 1822 Ga. m. Ann, b. 1828 Ga.; Eliza b. 1828 Ga.;
Essie (m) b. 1829 Ga.
