Descendants

of

William Peters

WILLIAM PETERS was born 1759 in Craven County, NC, and died 1833 in McMinn County, TN. He married POLLY BRUTON, daughter of Joseph Bruton.

Notes
William died at the home of his daughter, Elizabeth Peters Monroe in McMinn County, TN.

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Children of William Peters and Polly Bruton are:

i. JOSEPH PETERS, b. February 16, 1784, Craven County, NC; d. February 18, 1826, Bledsoe County, TN.

ii. ELIZABETH PETERS, b. January 01, 1786, Craven County, NC; d. September 14, 1873, McMinn County, TN.

iii. NANCY PETERS, b. Abt 1788; m. THOMAS KELLY, April 11, 1806, Grainger County, TN.

iv. MARY PETERS, b. Abt 1790.

v. BRUTON PETERS, b. Abt 1792; d. Bef 1830, Rhea County, TN.

Generation No. 2

JOSEPH PETERS (WILLIAM1) was born February 16, 1784 in Craven County, NC, and died February 18, 1826 in Bledsoe County, TN. He married NANCY HUTCHINSON February 19, 1805 in Grainger County, TN, daughter of Charles Hutchinson and Rebecca Sigler.

Children of Joseph Peters and Nancy Hutchinson are:

i. WILLIAM JOSEPH PETERS, b. July 24, 1809, Bledsoe County, TN; d. January 01, 1870, Bibb County, AL; m. (1) JANE L. JOHNSON, August 07, 1838, Shelby County, AL; m. (2) LUCY PETERS, January 18, 1855, Shelby County, AL.

ii. CHARLES PETERS, b. October 09, 1808, Bledsoe County, TN; d. February 01, 1884, Clark County, AR or Winston County, MS; m. (1) ELIZABETH VAUGHAN, June 11, 1832, Bledsoe County, TN; m. (2) ELLEN N. TURNIPSEED, November 16, 1865, Winston County, MS.

iii. BRUTON PETERS, b. April 11, 1811, Bledsoe County, TN; d. July 1866, Burleson County, TX; m. MARGARET PORTER, April 14, 1832, Bledsoe County, TN.

iv. JOSIAH PETERS, b. August 14, 1814.

v. REBECCA ANN PETERS, b. October 21, 1820, Bledsoe County, TN; m. JOHN HOYAL, Abt 1840, TN.

vi. LOUISA JANE PETERS, b. July 11, 1822, TN; m. ELERSON THOMAS BLAIR, June 09, 1842, Hamilton County, TN.

vii. CATHERINE J. PETERS, b. February 23, 1825, Bledsoe County, TN; m. AUDLEY P. CALDWELL, September 23, 1849, Rhea County, TN.

ELIZABETH PETERS (WILLIAM1) was born January 01, 1786 in Craven County, NC, and died September 14, 1873 in McMinn County, TN. She married GEORGE WILLIAM MONROE January 04, 1804 in Grainger County, TN, son of Robert Monroe and Rosannah Puckett.

Notes
After George Sr.'s death, Elizabeth lived with her daughter-in-law, Harriet Newel Monroe. (Widow of George and Elizabeth's son, Joseph.) She is buried next to her husband in the Pond Hill Cemetery, McMinn County, TN.

Children of Elizabeth Peters and George Monroe are:

i. ALICE MONROE, m. UNKNOWN PEARCE.

ii. JESSE S. MONROE, b. August 28, 1805; d. AL.

iii. ROSANNAH MONROE, b. March 29, 1807.

iv. ROBERT MONROE, b. 1811, TN; d. 1871, KY; m. (1) MARY FIELDS, May 12, 1828, McMinn County, TN; m. (2) ELIZABETH P. MATHENA, Aft 1850.

v. WILLIAM MONROE, b. February 1812; d. 1871; m. MARTHA.

vi. NANCY MONROE, b. September 13, 1814, McMinn County, TN; d. January 26, 1902, Eldon, Maries County, MO; m. JOSEPH WILSON, May 05, 1832, McMinn County, TN.

vii. CATHERINE MONROE, b. 1817; d. Simpson Cemetery, McMinn County, TN; m. LIDE W. DOBBS, November 02, 1843, McMinn County, TN.

viii. ELIZABETH JANE MONROE, b. 1817, Grainger County, TN; d. January 26, 1902, Eldon, Maries County, MO; m. THOMAS MCCOLLUM, January 28, 1846, McMinn County, TN.

ix. MARGARET MONROE, b. May 24, 1817; d. December 24, 1904, Meigs County, TN; m. MORRIS HARDIN.

x. JOSEPH MARION MONROE, b. 1818, McMinn County, TN; d. 1863, McMinn County, TN; m. HARRIET NEWELL DAVIS, November 27, 1847, Monroe County, TN.

xi. GEORGE WILLIAM MONROE, JR., b. August 29, 1819, TN; d. February 06, 1863, Murfreesboro, Stones River, TN; m. (1) ELIZABETH PEARSON, April 25, 1840, McMinn County, TN; m. (2) MARGARET SIMPSON, July 15, 1855, McMinn County, TN.

xii. MARSHALL MONROE, b. 1820.

xiii. JOHN MONROE, b. 1830.

BRUTON PETERS (WILLIAM1) was born Abt 1792, and died Bef 1830 in Rhea County, TN. He married (1) SARAH HILL February 09, 1811 in Grainger County, TN. He married (2) AGNES HUTCHINSON November 07, 1815 in Grainger County, TN, daughter of Charles Hutchinson and Rebecca Sigler.

Children of Bruton Peters and Agnes Hutchinson are:

i. MARY POLLY A. PETERS, b. Abt 1816, Grainger County, TN.

ii. JOSEPH BRUTON PETERS, b. March 09, 1818, Grainger County, TN; d. October 30, 1889, Rhea Springs, Hamiton County, TN; m. SUSANNAH MARGARET MCGILL, 1845, Hamilton County, TN.

iii. HARRIETT PETERS, b. Abt 1820, Grainger County, TN.

iv. CATHERINE PETERS, b. Abt 1822, Bledsoe County, TN; m. WILLIAM RECTOR, February 02, 1841, Rhea County, TN.

v. NANCY PETERS, b. Abt 1824, TN.

vi. ELIZABETH PETERS, b. Abt 1827; d. March 31, 1893, Rhea County, TN.

vii. CINTHIA PETERS, b. Abt 1829.