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John Daniel Daniel Peters (1821 - 1905)

John Daniel Daniel Peters
Born in Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Died at age 84 in Lowndes, Georgia, United Statesmap
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John was born in 1821. He passed away in 1905.

John was born in 1821. He passed away in 1905.

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Birth: 24 Jun 1821 Barnwell County, South Carolina, USA Death: 5 Jul 1905 (aged 84) Lowndes County, Georgia, USA Burial: Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lakeland, Lanier County, Georgia, USA Memorial #: 77998919 Bio: JOHN DANIEL PETERS 1821-1905 ___________________________________________________________

John Daniel Peters was born 24 June 1821 on the Peters Plantation, located just west of the confluence of the Little Salkehatchie River and Lemon Creek, Barnwell County, South Carolina. This location was identified in a 1821 deed by James Clayton, who gave property to his sons that "bordered Will Peters' land and the Springtown Road." The plantation location is also identified as "Peters" on the Mills Atlas series of Barnwell District, SC, ca. 1818.

John D. Peters was the fourth child born to the union of William and Rachel Peters. The parents married about 1811 and their first child, Mary, named for William Peters' mother, was born in 1812. In preparation for establishing a home and stead, William Peters purchased a feather bed and several articles at the estate sale of Joseph Jeters on 11 Nov 1811.

Some have argued that Rachel Peters was nee' Bamberg, the dau. of John G. and Mary Bamberg. Not enough evidence survives to ascertain this. John G. Bamberg died 1801 and his widow remarried Mr. Orth. She died well after Wm and Rachel had established their family. There was no mention anywhere in her estate records of a Wm or Rachel Peters. All of her other living children are mentioned. If Mrs. Orth's dau. had married Wm Peters, she likely would have merited mention in her estate records.

The evidence for Carter as Rachel's birth name is equally obscure. Her gravestone shows Carter, however, this marker was clearly placed in recent decades, not at the time of her death ca. 1863. However, DNA evidence of descendants seems to validate the claim for Carter kinship.

John Daniel Peters spent his formative years in Old Barnwell, a section that is now encompassed by Bamberg Co., SC. His neighbors included the families of Erwin, Howell, Clayton, Carter, Touchstone, Martin, Horn, Fender, Smith, Pope, Steedly and Duncan, among others who lived in the "Saltcatcher" area, named for the basin formed by the Salkehatchie River.

His father, Will Peters, was born 1788 in the Forks of the Edisto River area, about six miles north of the Peters Plantation, the first born son of John Christopher and Mary Peters. His father shows alternately as John Peters on some records and as Christopher Peters on others. This has led to some confusion since there were other men of that name who either owned land in the area or served there during the Revolution.

Another Christopher Peters was given land grants in the Old Barnwell area as early as 1774. He was from the Charleston and Colleton Dist. Peters family that had lived in that area from the late 1600's. This Peters family is not closely related to the John Christopher Peters family of the Forks of Edisto area, whose DNA roots go to Craven Co., NC.

This Christopher died in 1790 without a male heir. His Last Will and Testament and the disposition of his plantation, "Cherry Valley", and vast land holdings are a matter of record. He owned land in Barnwell Dist. in several areas. One grant was along Lemon Creek in 1774. He was taxed on this property in 1783 in Colleton District. He never lived on Lemon Creek. His widow mar. Mr. Abercrombie and the property was disposed of after the estate settled. Note that this was while "our" Christopher Peters lived in the Forks of Edisto region, Orangeburg and shows on the census there in 1800. So, there should be no confusing the two men.

The other John Peters served in Orangeburg during the Revolution but never settled in the area. He was in York District by 1786 where he shows on records as Captain John Peters. Some have tried to claim that he is the John Peters on the 1790 census in Orangeburg District. The family profile does not fit this John Peters known family. As mentioned previously, there is clear evidence this Captain John Peters had settled in York District prior to 1790. So, he was not the John Peters on the 1790 Orangeburg census, as some have claimed.

John D. Peters' father, Will Peters is the male under age 16 in John C. Peters' household in the 1790 Orangeburg census. He shows with his brother, Joseph Peters, b. 1794, in the Christopher Peters (hence the name, John Christopher Peters) household in 1800, in the same location. A careful comparison of neighbors and land grants has shown this to be the same family.

John C. Peters last shows on a court record in Barnwell in 1809. He died some time that year, likely in the Fall of 1809 in Orangeburg. The records for this area were burned in Columbia, Feb 1865 by the war criminal Sherman, thus, depriving us of the sure knowledge of this family's provenance. The land undoubtedly inured to the sons, Wm and Joseph, since they show as land owners a few years later in Barnwell Dist with no record on the deed books of having purchased. One can reasonably assume the sons acquired title by descent from the father, the instruments of conveyance having been destroyed when Orangeburg deeds burned.

Christopher Peters' widow, Mary Bruton Peters, shows on the 1810 census of the Forks of Edisto with two sons, William b. 1788 and Joseph b. 1794, both of whom have descendants with confirmed DNA matches at 36/37 genetic markers.

Mrs. Mary Bruton Peters, widow of John Christopher Peters, was dead before 1820 and is likely buried on the Forks of Edisto property, along with her husband.

The first record that Will Peters shows on is at the estate sale of Robert Howell in 1807, where he bought a set of steelyards. Robert Howell shows in 1800 two houses from Hopkins Howell, and is likely his son. A neighbor to Mrs. Mary Peters in 1810 is Joseph Howell, Jr. This Joseph Howell, Jr. moved to Lowndes Co., GA after his father died in 1836. The son, Jos. Howell, Jr., died in 1847 and Will Peters purchased at the estate sale in July 1848 and was paid $267 cash from the estate in Mar 1850.

In 1824, William Peters' brother, Joseph Peters moved to Lawrence Co., MS and on to Winn Parish, LA. In the spring of 1828, William Peters, along with a number of Barnwell families, moved to Lowndes Co., GA. The last record of Wm Peters in Barnwell Dist. was the settlement of the John Wright estate on 1 Jan 1828. Wm Peters was paid $43.06 1/4 out of the proceeds by Acquilla Bruton, the Administrator. John Wright's wife was the dau. of Stephen Curry, a near neighbor to Christopher Peters in the 1800 census and to widow Mary Peters, in the 1810 census of Orangeburg. Another dau. of Stephen Curry mar. Wm Daniel Pou, also a near neighbor of Mrs. Peters in 1810.

William Peters and his burgeoning family settled, along with other emigrants from Barnwell, in the Naylor area of Lowndes Co., GA. The Peters family began attending Union Baptist Church and on 12 Sept 1829, Wm Peters joined by experience. The church clerk recorded the event: "and to add to our joy we received brother William Peaters (sic) by experience. We thank God for his goodness, our drooping spirits cleaned with that sweet source of peace." He was baptized the following meeting. Many of the Peters family followed elder Wm Peters convictions, including sons Wm Seaborn Peters and the subject of this biography, John Daniel Peters. There is no record of the Peters family belonging to a particular church in Barnwell, although many early members from that area transferred letters from Springtown Baptist and Bethsaida Baptist. Springtown Bapt was less than two miles from the Peters Plantation in Barnwell and would likely be where the Peters attended, if at all.

J.D. Peters showed in the 1830 Lowndes Co., GA census in his father's household. Wm Peters shows on the 1834 & 1835 tax records owning land near Naylor. Certainly, young John Peters was employed as a ploughboy or farm hand in his father's enterprise. Wm Peters may well have continued ownership of land in Barnwell, as a deed in 1831 refers to a parcel of land that "borders Will Peters."

In 1836, the tranquility of the region was disrupted by marauding Indians. Some of these Indians were Creek families displaced by the dispossession of land in Alabama and some were from the Seminole tribe. The summer of 1836 presented a particularly grave situation and mandated the formation of the local militia. In July of 1836, Will Peters was called out as a part of Captain Levi Knight's company. They closed with and engaged the enemy in a skirmish near the Alapaha River on 12-13 Jul 1836, as described in the 23 Aug 1836 edition of the Southern Recorder:

"On the 10th ult., a party of Indians, fifteen in number were discovered in Lowndes County, near Mr. A. Mattox's, traveling east. They were on the succeeding day pursued by about forty citizens under the command of Levi J. Knight. Before overtaking them, they had robbed Mr. Wm Parker's house. On the 12th, the number of citizens, having increased to about eighty, orders were issued to Jesse Carter, Wm Knight and William Peters, who, dividing their respective commands, so surrounded the Indians, that upon falling in with and charging upon them, the Indians were compelled to drop their plunder, throwing it and their guns into the river, then plunging themselves in. Mr. Peters' company leading, [the soldiers] charged upon them to the bank of the river, and, such as were not killed in the charge, were shot while attempting to swim across. Mr. Peters, unfortunately, was badly wounded in the onset, but, notwithstanding, urged his command on."

Almost ten years later, in Dec 1845, Wm Peters applied for an Invalid Pension for wounds received in this action. The Regimental Surgeon, Major Henry Briggs, provided a report of the wounds, which stated that one round pierced his side and lodged near the spine, while the other round passed completely through his body. The Indian who shot Wm Peters, was killed by Mr. Peters' son, Solomon.

This application has caused some confusion among reseachers and historians. At the same time that Wm Peters was making application for his pension, the US Congress charged the War Dept with compiling a list of Rev War pensioners. Wm Peters' name was erroneously added to this list. This error was subsequently interpreted as a Wm Peters "Sr." who made application. This fictious person was then ascribed as the father of Wm Peters, b. 1788, the wounded hero of the Indian skirmish.

There are no records for a Wm Peters, "Sr.", neither in Barnwell Dist., SC nor in Lowndes Co., GA. A cursory examination of the pension application will show the pension, which was awarded 30 Mar 1846, was for Wm Peters' Indian War service. The last payment on the pension was Sept 1860, terminated due to the death of Wm Peters in that year.

In the early 1840's, Sarah Adeline, the dau. of Lott Copeland, attracted the attention of John Daniel Peters. On 1 Dec 1842, they were married at Union Baptist Church. Mr. Copeland, also an emigrant from Barnwell, was a native of Chatham Co., NC where his father, Aaron Copeland, served in the Revolution as a 15 year old boy.

The Copelands were neighbors to the Peters and attended Union Bapt Church together. The Copelands were received there by letter on 1 May 1841 from Springtown Bapt Church in Barnwell Dist. SC.

John Daniel Peters had likely been baptized into the church on a profession of faith before that time. On 13 Mar 1852, he was ordained a deacon in the church and served in that capacity until his death in 1905.

In 1847, J.D. Peters, having been steeped in the military tradition by both sides of his family, was granted a commission as a First Lieutenant in the Georgia Militia by Gov. Geo. W. Crawford. He served in the 661st Militia District from 1847 until 1855, and, briefly after the Civil War.

John Daniel and Sarah Peters had a large family:

1. Wm Lott Peters b. 1843, mar. Caroline, dau. of James Walker.

2. Isabelle Peters b. 1845, mar. 1864 to William Columbus Martin, son of John Martin & Mary Moody, both of whom died in Barnwell Dist. during the yellow fever epidemic of 1848.

3. Joel R. Peters b. 1849, mar. Julia Rebecca Peters, his first cousin, dau. of Joseph C. Peters. Bur. Pleasant Bapt Church Cem.

4. Irvin W. Peters b. 1850, mar. 1. Charity Carter, dau. of Elijah A. Carter, 2. Wealthy Edmondson. Bur. Cat Creek Primitive Bapt Church.

5. Jonathan S. Peters b. 1853, DSP.

6. Lewis J. Peters b. 1854, mar. Minnie Patten.

7. Joseph Elzy Peters b. 1856, mar. Virginia Burksteiner. Bur. Cat Creek Primitive Bapt Church.

8. Orren Wiley Peters b. 1859, mar. Mary Ida Folsom, dau. of Benj. J. Folsom.

9. Sarah Ann Peters b. 1863, mar. Wm Howell.

On 11 Jul 1864, Sarah Adeline Peters died. She is buried at Union Baptist Church. John Daniel Peters mar. 2nd abt 1865 to Eliz. Walker Johnson, the widow of George Johnson, who was killed in action during the Civil War. They had:

11. John Daniel Peters, Jr. b. 1866, mar. Jamesanna Moore, dau. of Benj. Moore.

12. Seaborn Harrison Peters b. 1867, mar. Fannie Allen, dau. of Hansford Duncan Allen. Bur. Good Hope Cem.

13. Charles E. Peters b. 1870, DSP. Charles E. and bro. Willis W. Peters show on 1890 property tax lists for Lowndes Co., GA with John D. Peters as guardian. Huxford reports that Charles Peters went to SC. Not found.

14. Willis W. Peters b. 1872, mar. Hattie Moore, dau. of Samuel Moore.

In the 1830-40s, the Peters family began to accumulate large land holdings in the 11th district surrounding Naylor, GA. Land values in 1845 in this district were $75 per acre. By 1852, each acre was worth $1500. Jeremiah Wilson's survey register shows that surveys for Wm Peters were conducted on Land Lots 326, 424, 280 and 318, totaling over 1900 acres. In the 1850 agricultural census, Wm Peters owned over 2100 acres of land. John Daniel Peters owned 460 acres. J.D. Peters later shows as owner of Lot 318, this land likely having inured to him from his father's estate in 1860.

It appears that most of Wm Peters' sons owned land contiguous to his and likely pooled their farming resources, including horses, cattle, oxen and slaves. One such slave was Henry Maxwell, of Titusville, FL, whose story mentioned the Peters family in the archives of the 1936 Federal Writer's Project:

"Henry Maxwell first saw the light of day on October 17, 1859 in Lowndes Co., GA. His mother, Ann, was born in Virginia, and his father, Robert, was born in South Carolina. Captain Peters, Ann's owner, bought Robert Maxwell from Charles Howell, as a husband for Ann. To this union were born seven chidren, two girls Eliz. and Rosetta, and five boys, Richard, Henry, Simms, Solomon and Sonnie. After the death of Captain Peters [in 1860], Eliz. and Richard were sold to the Gaines family. Rosetta and Robert (the father) were purchased from the Peters estate by Isham Peters, Captain Peters son, and Henry and Simms were bought by James Bamburg, husband of Izzy Peters, daughter of Captain Peters."

Captain Peters was William Peters, who, was wounded during the Alapaha River engagement. It appears that the sobriquet of "Captain" was given to Wm Peters, out of respect. No record of a military commission can be found. He was referred to as Sgt. Peters in his 1845 pension application by the Regimental Surgeon, MAJ Henry Briggs.

Early records for Lowndes Co., GA were destroyed by fire. What few remain, shows the Peters men involved in the estates of several neighbors and cousins. In Nov 1847, Wm Peters, James Touchstone and Samuel Carter were appraisers for the estate of Capt. Jesse Carter. All of these were Barnwell men. At the May 1848 estate sale, Solomon Peters bought 25 bushels of corn and Wm Peters bought scales and weights. John Daniel Peters bought four head of cattle. In the July 1848 estate sale of Joseph Howell, Solomon Peters bought a plane iron and Wm Peters, a spanish jack. This is the same Joseph Howell, Jr. who lived two houses from Mrs. Mary Peters, widow of Christopher Peters, in the Forks of the Edisto, Orangeburg Dist. SC 1810. In Mar 1850, Wm Peters was paid $267 from this estate.

In 1860, Wm Peters, patriarch of the large Lowndes Co., GA family, died. He is buried at Union Bapt Church and rests alongside his wife, Rachel, who died a few years later.

Several of John D. and Sarah Peters sons served in the Confederate Army. The eldest, Wm Lott Peters, saw action at the Wheatfield, 2 July 1863, Gettysburg with the 50th Georgia under Longstreet's command. He survived the seige and breakout at Petersburg. He was one of Henry V's true "band of brothers" at the Surrender at Appomattox, VA, 9 Apr 1865, faithful to his country and comrades until the end.

Valor runs in this family. Wm Lott Peters' great grandson, Dr. Alvin Kernan, was awarded the Navy Cross at the Battle of Midway in WWII on the night sortie in which Medal of Honor recipient LtCdr Butch O'Hare was killed in action. Dr. Kernan also had an illustrious career as a Professor at Yale and Princeton Universities.

Isabella Peters mar. Wm Columbus Martin, who was shot through both legs and a lung at Antietam in Sept 1863. He was left to die on the battlefield but survived, crawling on his elbows through the woods to reunite with his unit, the 26th Georgia.

Wm C. and Isabelle Peters Martin's revenge on the Yankees was having a house full of children. Isabelle Peters Martin was mentioned in a 1927 Savannah Daily Morning News article as having 186 living descendants, thought to be the largest extended family in Georgia.

Joel R. Peters also served late in the War while still a boy. J.D. Peters served in the Home Guard in Lowndes Co., GA for most of the War. He shows on militia lists for 1862 and 1864. The other sons were too young to serve.

Families in the Wiregrass region felt the strain of war as well, as this passage from Primitive Baptists of the Wiregrass South, p. 94, demonstrates:

"The Lowndes County community reached the point of boiling over in the Spring of 1864 because of the scarcity of flour, grains and dry goods. At the May conference of Union Church, bro. John Lee arose and informed the church that 'three of the members of this body, to viz, Sister Hetta Peters, Sister Rachel Chitty and bro. W.S. Peters, has bin sensured of pertisipating with a mob that had assembled at Naylor for the purpose of taking spun yarn, cloth and bacon for which cause, they have come under the displeasure of the church.' W.S. Peters cleared himself, Hetta Peters confessed and was forgiven 'with joy.' Sister Rachel Chitty refused to answer the church's summons and was excommunicated."

Local tradition held that the Confederate Commissary worked over the area, leaving little behind in the way of livestock or provisions. What little that was left was stolen by the Yankees in the Fall of 1864, few receipts given, as they chased Gen. Johnston's Army into the Carolinas. The Southern Claims Commission largely ignored depredation claims by Confederate families.

After the War, both John Daniel Peters and son Wm Lott Peters signed Loyalty Oaths on the same day, 2 Jul 1867. In this oath, J.D. Peters stated he had been in Georgia for 39 years.

In 1875, John D. Peters bought cattle and several items from the estate of Capt. Stephen H. Martin. Capt. Martin was the grandfather of Isabelle Peters' husband, Wm Columbus Martin, and had removed from Barnwell Dist. to Lowndes Co., GA about 1842. Capt. Martin, who had commanded the Edisto Company in Barnwell District, was a friend and associate of Wm Peters, both in Barnwell and Lowndes.

With peace finally settling in over the region, the Peters family applied themselves with diligence and singular industry, tilling the land, caring for their large families and serving their communities. John Daniel and Eliz. Peters raised a large family, to include her children from the previous marriage, who brought honor to their names. J.D. Peters served over fifty years as a deacon at Union Bapt Church until his death in 1905. He and his two wives are buried in the cemetery that adjoins the church. ___________________________________________________________

Captain Levi J. Knight, who commanded the company in which John Daniel Peters participated in the actions on the Alapaha River in July 1836, is mentioned as the keynote speaker at the 4th of July celebration, Franklinville (Valdosta), Ga., 1835, in the following Southern Recorder article:

Southern Recorder August 4, 1835

FOURTH OF JULY

AT FRANKLINVILLE, LOWNDES COUNTY

According to previous notice, a large and respectable number of our citizens convened at the Court house at an early hour of the day – when the Rev. Jonathan Gaulden was chosen President of the day and John Dees, Vice President. About half past 12 o'clock, the company was formed at Mr. Smiths', and marched into the court-house headed by James Williams, Marshal of the day, when a Throne of Grace was addressed by the Rev. J. Gaulden. The declaration of American Independence was then read by H. W. Sharpe, Esq., after which a chaste and patriotic Oration was delivered by Levi J. Knight, Esq., Orator of the day.

Oration of Captain Knight:

Fellow Citizens – We should regard it as an interesting occasion which calls us together. Every association, whatever its character, which sets apart a day for rejoicing and for recollection, consecrates a period when the heart shall go back with memory to revisit the spring time of its existence. On this occasion, as the organ of your sentiments, it is to me a source of singular gratification to reflect upon the nature of the object which has gathered us here. Casting aside our every day occupations and cares of life, we have come up on the jubilee of our country's liberty, to honor the day that gave birth to the greatest republic in the world. Perhaps the day could not be more appropriately honored, or the hour more agreeably occupied, than by dwelling briefly upon the proud merits of our country.

This day 59 years ago, our chivalrous sires from the then thirteen States, in the burning language which you have just heard read, declared we would be free from the yoke of Great Britain, which at that time hung over us, and to which pledge they bound themselves in the strongest of all human obligations – no less than their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors. It is a theme from which none can turn away; it lays claim to our hearts, not only as a magnanimous people, but as the children of that country which it is a pride and glory to call our own, our native land. No one surveys the physical resources of our country with more gratification than myself. It furnishes me a noble satisfaction to behold its broad lands covered with an vigorous and rapidly multiplying population; to know that the busy hand of civilization and industry is fast invading the stillness of the forest; to view our commerce stretching — white sails over every wave — feel that in the hour of danger, brave hearts and skillful hands are ready to gather beneath the folds of our country's banner. No one returns from such a contemplations with a higher sense of his country's excellence and glory, or with deeper gratitude to God, who hath given us such an inheritance, than I do.

There is another circumstance which this view will not permit us to overlook. An immense ocean rolls its waters between us and the old world. We inhabit a continent far removed from the influence of other nations. It is difficult to comprehend the immense importance of this circumstance, or feel and know the force and peculiarity of its results. We can however feel that it promises a lasting and undisturbed operation of our free institutions. Should the political atmosphere of Europe all become poisoned, it dies before it reaches our healthful clime; no breeze can waft it over the rolling waves. Let their lands degenerate into falsehood and crime, till demons occupy and pollute their altars of Christ, their victory closes with their shores; they cannot overleap the mighty barrier which the God of nature hath thrown between us. Did we occupy some portion of the continent of Europe, our juxtaposition to other powers might prove fatal to our liberty. Though their elements of civil society may heave, their systems may totter, the volcanoe may burst forth and flame the heavens; yet we feel not the shock; secure in the distance, we look on and learn wisdom. Who, in the contemplation of such a scene, does not rejoice that providence has cast his lot in this land, in behalf of whose liberty nature itself does battle!

What a beautiful scene does our own State present, of the excellent system under which we live. Over its fertile land there is spread out already an intelligent, noble, and rapidly increasing population. It seems as but yesterday this spot was a wilderness – the forest of centuries waved over it – the only contrast to its unbroken gloom was the glare of the council fire, and the wild song of the Indian. Today how different! Beauty, taste, and civilization, here have met to honor the day that gave birth to our liberty. There is another matter I cannot pass silently by – it is education. To this we owe the present greatness of our nation; it is to this we may look for a perpetuation of our institutions. Education alone can render us capable of judging of the abuses of our Government, from whatever source they may emanate. It is ignorance alone that can make a slave.

Here, then, let us examine the peculiar influence which our government is likely to exert upon the intellect of the country. It is scarcely necessary to remark, that it is free, essentially free, not in name alone, but in spirit and in action. It throws a broad shield over every citizen, but it leaves each to the exercise of his gifts. It recognizes no established spheres in which men must move, without the hope or power of passing beyond. It throws open wide the great lists of society, and bids all contend for its distinctions, trusting to their own valor and their own skill. It forgets the artificial distinction of birth, and passing by the unworthy descendants of patrician blood, seeks the humblest and poorest of its enterprising sons who have divorced themselves from the obscurity of their origin by the might and grandeur of their intellect. Minds that would sleep cold and silent on the gloom of despotism, start forth into glorious life and power under the light of liberty. I regard the intellectual character of our country is of the greatest importance. The power of political ascendancy is gone by. This is an age in which moral influence is felt.

There have been times, when the barbarian trod learning into the dust; when the brutal spoiler overwhelmed the contriver of arts; but the conquest of mind has begun; the dark days of blood have departed, the sun of peace has arisen; never again shall science be chained by despotism; the empire of mind is established, and henceforth nations are to be ranked, not according to their physical but their moral strength. What are bright skies and balmy breezes, when man is crushed by the iron hand of despotism? What inspiration can wake up the genius of him, who lives under a system of government that writes slave on his forehead? It is remarked by distinguished writers, that a nation has no character unless it is free; and indeed the history of mankind would go far towards establishing the assertion, that unless it be free it can have no literature worth the name. It is always satisfactory to be able to try our opinions by the actual experience of others. Free institutions alone present to the mind a fair opportunity for expansion; they do most towards stimulating intellect, and afford man the greatest inducement to exercise his best powers.

Let us pass for a moment to other lands, and compare France with her neighbor Spain. Can geographical varieties so slight create so wonderful a difference in the degree of intellectual development? The one great in every department of learning, the other yet in the gloom of the dark ages and bare of genius. While France can vie with any nation on earth except our own, as to the glory of her institutions, her liberal principles and her proud and lofty intellect, we see Spain enveloped in despotism and superstition. No! not to climate, not to the separation which nature hath placed between the two lands, but to the difference of their political systems, the cause must be traced. What one of our fair guests, but must feel a secret pride and emotion as she looks on her tender offspring, or some one of near relations, and sees a prospect of their enrolling their names on the list of their country's intellectual excellence.

No nation in its infancy has ever done so much in this way. The early history of the most of them is little better than a distinguished detail of petty feuds and bloody contests. But already how much has our country accomplished? What a delightful encomium on our system it must furnish, to visit each State, from the oldest and most established, to the youngest that is just pouring its enterprising population into the bosom of the forest. You pass from the magnanificent city, where the chief objects which meet your glance are temples of worship with their tall spires pointing to heavens, and institutions of learning nobly testifying to the munificence of the government, and your enter the forest, just falling beneath the axe, you find people, though rude and unpretending, who hold it as their first duty to worship God, the very next to educate their sons. Though we have no wealth to pour into the lap of science; though the scholar must content himself with poverty; yet all is not barren. As our country becomes older, and wealth increases, the influence of these causes will outstrip calculation; the grandeur of their results no man conjecture.

My heart swells with a lofty conviction that our political system is the best adapted of any on earth to elevate the character of man, to energize his intellect, and to call it forth in the noblest and boldest shapes, where it dreads no human power. Here It is where opinions may be expressed fearlessly, and where there is nothing to tempt from the pursuit of truth. A free press upon which government lays no fetters, ready to spread their opinions to the world, to detect corruption and applaud virtue – a free people, early taught to think right on all subjects – what may we not hope for? We have an age friendly to intellectual development. Grim visaged war hath smothered his front; ambition of men has assumed a holier aspect; truth has touched them with her wand; they no longer make it their great business of life to marshal victorious hosts upon the tented field or strive for an empire of blood; they have discovered that glory is to be won elsewhere than in the red path of battle; the effort now is to be wise, to be learned, and to be good. Let these things, fellow-citizens, fill us with an ardor in the cultivation of our literature. This only can enable the rising posterity to maintain and hand down to generations yet unborn, our glorious system of government, which is the true desire of a republican people. ___________________________________________________________

From the Foreward to Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II, by Dr. Alvin Kernan (nee' Peters), p. ix-x, written by notable military historians Donald & Frederick Kagan:

"Alvin Kernan, the author of The Unknown Battle of Midway, is a teacher and scholar of great experience and an outstanding talent who has made a great name for himself in both fields at Yale and Princeton. But on December 8, 1941, he was a seaman on the USS Enterprise as she made her way among the burning hulks of the American Pacific Fleet to a berth at Pearl Harbor. Crossing the Line is the gripping story of his personal experience of the rest of World War II in the Pacific. In vivid, yet economical prose, Kernan describes the Battle of Midway, the sinking of the USS Hornet, air combat over Guadalcanal, and many other critical battles in which he had a hand."

Alvin Burbank Kernan (nee' Peters) is the great grandson of William Lott Peters and the great, great grandson of John Daniel Peters, the subject of this sketch.

Dr. Kernan passed away 17 May 2018. Rest in eternal peace.

Source: http://www.centraljersey.com/obituaries/alvin-b-kernan/article_d0c843c8-643e-11e8-bea2-979e9fb419d6.html

Alvin B. Kernan died on May 17, in Skillman NJ. He was born in Manchester, Georgia, on June 13 1923.

His parents later had a ranch in the Sierra Madre Mountains in southern Wyoming. He graduated from Saratoga high school there in 1940. Unable to meet a small cash expense to fulfill his scholarship to the University of Wyoming, he instead enlisted in the US Navy, at age 17. He served for five years on the USS Enterprise and other aircraft carriers as a bombardier in torpedo squadron 6. He was discharged as a Chief Petty Officer, having been awarded the Navy Cross, DFC, and Air Medal. After the war he took full advantage of the GI Bill, attending Columbia for a year, then graduating from Williams College, where he won the Wilson Fellowship for post-graduate study at Oxford. He did his PHD studies at Yale, where he later taught for 25 years, in the English Department. At Yale, he was one of the founders of the Lit X program. He was also acting provost of Yale in 1970, then later the dean of the Graduate School at Princeton, where he returned to teaching as The Avalon Professor of Literature. Upon retiring from teaching he became the a director of the Mellon Foundation, rejoining his old friend William Bowen there. His published works include “The Cankered Muse,” “Samuel Johnson and Print,” “The Death of Literature,” “Shakespeare the King’s Playwright,” and a memoir of WWII “Crossing the Line, A Bluejacket’s Odyssey.” ___________________________________________________________

Extract from biography of Lott Copeland, History of Lowndes County, Georgia, p. 60, submitted by Sara D. White:

LOTT COPELAND

Lott Copeland was born in Chatham County, North Carolina in 1785. He was the oldest child of Aaron Copeland, R.S. and Pollie Melton Copeland. Aaron Copeland served in the South Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War, and in 1787, moved to the north part of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, and later moved to Chesterfield County, South Carolina, where he died May 9, 1832. Lott Copeland lived for some years in South Orangeburg, now Barnwell County, before moving to Lowndes County, Georgia in 1843.

Lott Copeland married in 1807 to Eleanor Rice who was born July 16, 1789, the daughter of Aaron Rice, R.S. Eleanor died in 1822, and about two years after her death, Lott remarried to Susan Guess, daughter of John Guess, Jr. of Barnwell District. [Their daughter, Sarah Adeline Copeland, born 1827, married John Daniel Peters, about 1843. Lott Copeland's farm was cut into Echols County when it was formed from Lowndes County.] He lived in Echols County until his death about 1870. ___________________________________________________________

Affidavit for Revolutionary War service of Aaron Copeland:

The State of South Carolina Chesterfield District

On this the 29th day of September AD 1835, appeared in the Open Court of Common Pleas at Chesterfield Court House, before his Honor A.P. Butler, the Presiding Judge of the said Court, Aaron Copeland, aged seventy three or seventy four years, who upon oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832:

That he was born in Chatham County in the State of North Carolina, that his age was recorded in a family Bible which was burnt up in his Father's house when deponent was quite small - deponent states his age from a comparison of it with that of his brother's who is yet alive & is two & a half years older than himself. That he was living in Chesterfield District at the time he extended his service & was at the time of his so entering the service not quite sixteen years of age & was drafted by one Capt. Benjamin Hicks in the militia. Deponent's Father applied to Col. Kolb to get deponent discharged on account of age but was told by Col. Kolb that deponent was so near sixteen years old, that he had as well serve. So, deponent continued in the service one month at Cheraw Hill in the District and State aforesaid guarding provisions deposited there for the Army from the North, which was expected there. This was in the Spring of the year before Gates was defeated at Camden. Received discharge from Capt. John Wilson, who commanded the forces at Cheraw & returned home.

In the Fall of the same year, or in the Winter, was drafted for a second term of service, one month, under Capt. Thomas Ellerbee. Col. Murphy marched us to Marion's Camps on the Santee River. Received permission to return home and did so. In the Winter or the first of the Spring of the following year, was drafted again & served one month under Capt. Claudius Pegues, in the militia service on & near the Santee River in Marion's Camps which were at that time below the High Hills of the Santee. When the month expired, deponent returned home.

In the Fall of the same year, deponent volunteered under Capt. Joseph Howell, under the command of Col. Wade in a troop of Horse; was moved from Chesterfield to Hailey's Ferry on the Great Pee Dee River, thence to Bettis' Bridge on Drowning Creek in North Carolina where there was an engagement with the Tories under Col. Fanning & Col. Elrod & Col. McNeill. The Americans were defeated, deponent lost his horse, saddle & bridle & a suit of clothes. After this defeat, he returned home, having served at this time, six weeks. He stayed at home until refreshed & joined Col. Wade again, as a volunteer in the troop of Horse.

Some time in the month of November in the same year, we went up to Anson County to rejoin forces, crossed again at Hailey's Ferry & marched down towards Wilmington, No. Carolina, but had no engagement. Deponent served four weeks and returned home. In the Winter of the same year or the first of the following year, deponent went over to Marlborough District, So. Carolina & volunteered under Capt. Pledger of the militia & served four weeks. We marched down towards Macamaw River & thereabouts in pursuit of one Capt. Micajah Gurney, who commanded a body of Tories. We did not find him & returned home without any engagement.

Deponent has no documentary evidence of his services but knows of one James McMillan & Ripley Copeland who served with him in Marion's Camps & can testify to his services. he further swears that for the periods above mentioned, he was either in the field or in garrison & was not employed in any civil pursuit. He hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension except the present one & declares that he is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Signed: Aaron Copeland

Sworn to and signed before me, this 29th day Sept. 1835

John Craig, C.C.P. ___________________________________________________________

From Huxford's Pioneers Of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol XI, p. 364:

"Mrs. Rebecca Jane Smith was the first descendant of Lott Copeland to become a member of the Daughter of the American Revolution on the record of his father, Aaron Copeland, R.S. She was admitted Feb. 1, 1956, National No. 442220, member of John Floyd Chapter. She is a grand daughter of John D. and Sarah Adeline Copeland Peters. Hon. James S. Peters, a prominent Georgian, of Manchester, Ga., is her brother."

The life of James S. Peters, grandson of John Daniel Peters, was used as a basis for the character of Hugh Holmes by Stuart Woods in his first book, Chiefs, as stated by the author:

"More than sixty years ago, while rummaging in a closet in my maternal grandmother's home, I found a large chief-of-police badge. It had been torn and pockmarked by buckshot and still bore traces of dried blood. It had belonged to my grandfather, who had died wearing it more than ten years before my birth. The story of his death, as related to me by my grandmother's sister, my great aunt Ruby, formed the basis of Chiefs. Later, James S. Peters, upon whom the character Hugh Holmes is based, sat down with me for a long interview and filled in many blanks about the founding of my hometown, Manchester, Georgia. In addition to Will Henry and Holmes, a number of other characters were based on real people, all of whom are long dead.

I began writing the novel in Ireland, in February 1973, and did not finish it until November 1980. It was finally published in March 1981 and was made into a six-hour television miniseries two years later, which starred Charlton Heston, Billy Dee Williams, John Goodman, Brad Davis, Tess Harper, Danny Glover, Paul Sorvino, Stephen Collins, and Victoria Tennant." ___________________________________________________________

DNA Update 2015:

About a year ago, the Peters DNA Project produced a 35/37 marker match to William Peters (father of John Daniel Peters, above) and his brother, Joseph Peters. This match is a descendant of Jesse Peters, born 1753 Craven Co., NC. This is significant news since Jesse Peters has proven brothers, Solomon Peters, and Elijah Peters. Solomon Peters and Elijah Peters were Rev. War veterans whose records show they were born in North Carolina, as was Jesse Peters. Solomon Peters owned land in the Forks of the Edisto River area as early as 1774, possibly living there for some period of time. Elijah Peters lived in the same area of Orangeburg District in the 1790 census. Solomon Peters' 1817 LWT in Kershaw Co., SC named his brothers Jesse and Elijah Peters. John Christopher Peters, likely a brother, had died in 1809. Elijah Peters died about 1819 in Georgia and his brother, Jesse Peters, administered his estate.

The DNA Kits involved in this significant match are:

Haplogroup G, Lineage 1

Kit # 254397 Jesse Peters, b. 1753 and d. 1839. Kit # 251407 A descendant of John Daniel Peters. Kit # 219614 A descendant of William Peters 1788-1860. Kit # 164807 Joseph Peters b. 6/25/1794,d. 2/8/1866,

Note: Joseph Peters was brother of William Peters 1788-1860. ____________________________________________________________ Family Members Parents William Peters 1788-1860 Rachel Bamberg Peters 1790-1860 Spouses Elizabeth Walker Peters 1831-1904 Sarah Adeline Copeland Peters 1827-1864 Siblings Mary E. Peters Ganas 1812-1877 William Seaborn Peters 1814-1886 Joseph Clayton Peters 1823-1902 Rachel Peters Carter 1834-1902 Children William Lott Peters 1843-1916 Isabella Elizabeth Peters Martin 1845-1929 Irving W Peters 1850-1931 Lewis J Peters 1854-1895 John Daniel Peters 1865-1936 Seaborn Harrison Peters 1867-1930 Willis Walker Peters 1873-1912 Maintained by: Epictetus (47920451) Originally Created by: Cat (47559732) Added: 9 Oct 2011 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77998919/john-daniel-peters Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77998919/john-daniel-peters : accessed 21 February 2022), memorial page for John Daniel Peters (24 Jun 1821–5 Jul 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77998919, citing Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lakeland, Lanier County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Epictetus (contributor 47920451) .

  • John Daniel Peters

Birth: 24 Jun 1821 Barnwell County, South Carolina, USA Death: 5 Jul 1905 (aged 84) Lowndes County, Georgia, USA Burial: Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lakeland, Lanier County, Georgia, USA Memorial #: 77998919 Bio: JOHN DANIEL PETERS 1821-1905 ___________________________________________________________

John Daniel Peters was born 24 June 1821 on the Peters Plantation, located just west of the confluence of the Little Salkehatchie River and Lemon Creek, Barnwell County, South Carolina. This location was identified in a 1821 deed by James Clayton, who gave property to his sons that "bordered Will Peters' land and the Springtown Road." The plantation location is also identified as "Peters" on the Mills Atlas series of Barnwell District, SC, ca. 1818.

John D. Peters was the fourth child born to the union of William and Rachel Peters. The parents married about 1811 and their first child, Mary, named for William Peters' mother, was born in 1812. In preparation for establishing a home and stead, William Peters purchased a feather bed and several articles at the estate sale of Joseph Jeters on 11 Nov 1811.

Some have argued that Rachel Peters was nee' Bamberg, the dau. of John G. and Mary Bamberg. Not enough evidence survives to ascertain this. John G. Bamberg died 1801 and his widow remarried Mr. Orth. She died well after Wm and Rachel had established their family. There was no mention anywhere in her estate records of a Wm or Rachel Peters. All of her other living children are mentioned. If Mrs. Orth's dau. had married Wm Peters, she likely would have merited mention in her estate records.

The evidence for Carter as Rachel's birth name is equally obscure. Her gravestone shows Carter, however, this marker was clearly placed in recent decades, not at the time of her death ca. 1863. However, DNA evidence of descendants seems to validate the claim for Carter kinship.

John Daniel Peters spent his formative years in Old Barnwell, a section that is now encompassed by Bamberg Co., SC. His neighbors included the families of Erwin, Howell, Clayton, Carter, Touchstone, Martin, Horn, Fender, Smith, Pope, Steedly and Duncan, among others who lived in the "Saltcatcher" area, named for the basin formed by the Salkehatchie River.

His father, Will Peters, was born 1788 in the Forks of the Edisto River area, about six miles north of the Peters Plantation, the first born son of John Christopher and Mary Peters. His father shows alternately as John Peters on some records and as Christopher Peters on others. This has led to some confusion since there were other men of that name who either owned land in the area or served there during the Revolution.

Another Christopher Peters was given land grants in the Old Barnwell area as early as 1774. He was from the Charleston and Colleton Dist. Peters family that had lived in that area from the late 1600's. This Peters family is not closely related to the John Christopher Peters family of the Forks of Edisto area, whose DNA roots go to Craven Co., NC.

This Christopher died in 1790 without a male heir. His Last Will and Testament and the disposition of his plantation, "Cherry Valley", and vast land holdings are a matter of record. He owned land in Barnwell Dist. in several areas. One grant was along Lemon Creek in 1774. He was taxed on this property in 1783 in Colleton District. He never lived on Lemon Creek. His widow mar. Mr. Abercrombie and the property was disposed of after the estate settled. Note that this was while "our" Christopher Peters lived in the Forks of Edisto region, Orangeburg and shows on the census there in 1800. So, there should be no confusing the two men.

The other John Peters served in Orangeburg during the Revolution but never settled in the area. He was in York District by 1786 where he shows on records as Captain John Peters. Some have tried to claim that he is the John Peters on the 1790 census in Orangeburg District. The family profile does not fit this John Peters known family. As mentioned previously, there is clear evidence this Captain John Peters had settled in York District prior to 1790. So, he was not the John Peters on the 1790 Orangeburg census, as some have claimed.

John D. Peters' father, Will Peters is the male under age 16 in John C. Peters' household in the 1790 Orangeburg census. He shows with his brother, Joseph Peters, b. 1794, in the Christopher Peters (hence the name, John Christopher Peters) household in 1800, in the same location. A careful comparison of neighbors and land grants has shown this to be the same family.

John C. Peters last shows on a court record in Barnwell in 1809. He died some time that year, likely in the Fall of 1809 in Orangeburg. The records for this area were burned in Columbia, Feb 1865 by the war criminal Sherman, thus, depriving us of the sure knowledge of this family's provenance. The land undoubtedly inured to the sons, Wm and Joseph, since they show as land owners a few years later in Barnwell Dist with no record on the deed books of having purchased. One can reasonably assume the sons acquired title by descent from the father, the instruments of conveyance having been destroyed when Orangeburg deeds burned.

Christopher Peters' widow, Mary Bruton Peters, shows on the 1810 census of the Forks of Edisto with two sons, William b. 1788 and Joseph b. 1794, both of whom have descendants with confirmed DNA matches at 36/37 genetic markers.

Mrs. Mary Bruton Peters, widow of John Christopher Peters, was dead before 1820 and is likely buried on the Forks of Edisto property, along with her husband.

The first record that Will Peters shows on is at the estate sale of Robert Howell in 1807, where he bought a set of steelyards. Robert Howell shows in 1800 two houses from Hopkins Howell, and is likely his son. A neighbor to Mrs. Mary Peters in 1810 is Joseph Howell, Jr. This Joseph Howell, Jr. moved to Lowndes Co., GA after his father died in 1836. The son, Jos. Howell, Jr., died in 1847 and Will Peters purchased at the estate sale in July 1848 and was paid $267 cash from the estate in Mar 1850.

In 1824, William Peters' brother, Joseph Peters moved to Lawrence Co., MS and on to Winn Parish, LA. In the spring of 1828, William Peters, along with a number of Barnwell families, moved to Lowndes Co., GA. The last record of Wm Peters in Barnwell Dist. was the settlement of the John Wright estate on 1 Jan 1828. Wm Peters was paid $43.06 1/4 out of the proceeds by Acquilla Bruton, the Administrator. John Wright's wife was the dau. of Stephen Curry, a near neighbor to Christopher Peters in the 1800 census and to widow Mary Peters, in the 1810 census of Orangeburg. Another dau. of Stephen Curry mar. Wm Daniel Pou, also a near neighbor of Mrs. Peters in 1810.

William Peters and his burgeoning family settled, along with other emigrants from Barnwell, in the Naylor area of Lowndes Co., GA. The Peters family began attending Union Baptist Church and on 12 Sept 1829, Wm Peters joined by experience. The church clerk recorded the event: "and to add to our joy we received brother William Peaters (sic) by experience. We thank God for his goodness, our drooping spirits cleaned with that sweet source of peace." He was baptized the following meeting. Many of the Peters family followed elder Wm Peters convictions, including sons Wm Seaborn Peters and the subject of this biography, John Daniel Peters. There is no record of the Peters family belonging to a particular church in Barnwell, although many early members from that area transferred letters from Springtown Baptist and Bethsaida Baptist. Springtown Bapt was less than two miles from the Peters Plantation in Barnwell and would likely be where the Peters attended, if at all.

J.D. Peters showed in the 1830 Lowndes Co., GA census in his father's household. Wm Peters shows on the 1834 & 1835 tax records owning land near Naylor. Certainly, young John Peters was employed as a ploughboy or farm hand in his father's enterprise. Wm Peters may well have continued ownership of land in Barnwell, as a deed in 1831 refers to a parcel of land that "borders Will Peters."

In 1836, the tranquility of the region was disrupted by marauding Indians. Some of these Indians were Creek families displaced by the dispossession of land in Alabama and some were from the Seminole tribe. The summer of 1836 presented a particularly grave situation and mandated the formation of the local militia. In July of 1836, Will Peters was called out as a part of Captain Levi Knight's company. They closed with and engaged the enemy in a skirmish near the Alapaha River on 12-13 Jul 1836, as described in the 23 Aug 1836 edition of the Southern Recorder:

"On the 10th ult., a party of Indians, fifteen in number were discovered in Lowndes County, near Mr. A. Mattox's, traveling east. They were on the succeeding day pursued by about forty citizens under the command of Levi J. Knight. Before overtaking them, they had robbed Mr. Wm Parker's house. On the 12th, the number of citizens, having increased to about eighty, orders were issued to Jesse Carter, Wm Knight and William Peters, who, dividing their respective commands, so surrounded the Indians, that upon falling in with and charging upon them, the Indians were compelled to drop their plunder, throwing it and their guns into the river, then plunging themselves in. Mr. Peters' company leading, [the soldiers] charged upon them to the bank of the river, and, such as were not killed in the charge, were shot while attempting to swim across. Mr. Peters, unfortunately, was badly wounded in the onset, but, notwithstanding, urged his command on."

Almost ten years later, in Dec 1845, Wm Peters applied for an Invalid Pension for wounds received in this action. The Regimental Surgeon, Major Henry Briggs, provided a report of the wounds, which stated that one round pierced his side and lodged near the spine, while the other round passed completely through his body. The Indian who shot Wm Peters, was killed by Mr. Peters' son, Solomon.

This application has caused some confusion among reseachers and historians. At the same time that Wm Peters was making application for his pension, the US Congress charged the War Dept with compiling a list of Rev War pensioners. Wm Peters' name was erroneously added to this list. This error was subsequently interpreted as a Wm Peters "Sr." who made application. This fictious person was then ascribed as the father of Wm Peters, b. 1788, the wounded hero of the Indian skirmish.

There are no records for a Wm Peters, "Sr.", neither in Barnwell Dist., SC nor in Lowndes Co., GA. A cursory examination of the pension application will show the pension, which was awarded 30 Mar 1846, was for Wm Peters' Indian War service. The last payment on the pension was Sept 1860, terminated due to the death of Wm Peters in that year.

In the early 1840's, Sarah Adeline, the dau. of Lott Copeland, attracted the attention of John Daniel Peters. On 1 Dec 1842, they were married at Union Baptist Church. Mr. Copeland, also an emigrant from Barnwell, was a native of Chatham Co., NC where his father, Aaron Copeland, served in the Revolution as a 15 year old boy.

The Copelands were neighbors to the Peters and attended Union Bapt Church together. The Copelands were received there by letter on 1 May 1841 from Springtown Bapt Church in Barnwell Dist. SC.

John Daniel Peters had likely been baptized into the church on a profession of faith before that time. On 13 Mar 1852, he was ordained a deacon in the church and served in that capacity until his death in 1905.

In 1847, J.D. Peters, having been steeped in the military tradition by both sides of his family, was granted a commission as a First Lieutenant in the Georgia Militia by Gov. Geo. W. Crawford. He served in the 661st Militia District from 1847 until 1855, and, briefly after the Civil War.

John Daniel and Sarah Peters had a large family:

1. Wm Lott Peters b. 1843, mar. Caroline, dau. of James Walker.

2. Isabelle Peters b. 1845, mar. 1864 to William Columbus Martin, son of John Martin & Mary Moody, both of whom died in Barnwell Dist. during the yellow fever epidemic of 1848.

3. Joel R. Peters b. 1849, mar. Julia Rebecca Peters, his first cousin, dau. of Joseph C. Peters. Bur. Pleasant Bapt Church Cem.

4. Irvin W. Peters b. 1850, mar. 1. Charity Carter, dau. of Elijah A. Carter, 2. Wealthy Edmondson. Bur. Cat Creek Primitive Bapt Church.

5. Jonathan S. Peters b. 1853, DSP.

6. Lewis J. Peters b. 1854, mar. Minnie Patten.

7. Joseph Elzy Peters b. 1856, mar. Virginia Burksteiner. Bur. Cat Creek Primitive Bapt Church.

8. Orren Wiley Peters b. 1859, mar. Mary Ida Folsom, dau. of Benj. J. Folsom.

9. Sarah Ann Peters b. 1863, mar. Wm Howell.

On 11 Jul 1864, Sarah Adeline Peters died. She is buried at Union Baptist Church. John Daniel Peters mar. 2nd abt 1865 to Eliz. Walker Johnson, the widow of George Johnson, who was killed in action during the Civil War. They had:

11. John Daniel Peters, Jr. b. 1866, mar. Jamesanna Moore, dau. of Benj. Moore.

12. Seaborn Harrison Peters b. 1867, mar. Fannie Allen, dau. of Hansford Duncan Allen. Bur. Good Hope Cem.

13. Charles E. Peters b. 1870, DSP. Charles E. and bro. Willis W. Peters show on 1890 property tax lists for Lowndes Co., GA with John D. Peters as guardian. Huxford reports that Charles Peters went to SC. Not found.

14. Willis W. Peters b. 1872, mar. Hattie Moore, dau. of Samuel Moore.

In the 1830-40s, the Peters family began to accumulate large land holdings in the 11th district surrounding Naylor, GA. Land values in 1845 in this district were $75 per acre. By 1852, each acre was worth $1500. Jeremiah Wilson's survey register shows that surveys for Wm Peters were conducted on Land Lots 326, 424, 280 and 318, totaling over 1900 acres. In the 1850 agricultural census, Wm Peters owned over 2100 acres of land. John Daniel Peters owned 460 acres. J.D. Peters later shows as owner of Lot 318, this land likely having inured to him from his father's estate in 1860.

It appears that most of Wm Peters' sons owned land contiguous to his and likely pooled their farming resources, including horses, cattle, oxen and slaves. One such slave was Henry Maxwell, of Titusville, FL, whose story mentioned the Peters family in the archives of the 1936 Federal Writer's Project:

"Henry Maxwell first saw the light of day on October 17, 1859 in Lowndes Co., GA. His mother, Ann, was born in Virginia, and his father, Robert, was born in South Carolina. Captain Peters, Ann's owner, bought Robert Maxwell from Charles Howell, as a husband for Ann. To this union were born seven chidren, two girls Eliz. and Rosetta, and five boys, Richard, Henry, Simms, Solomon and Sonnie. After the death of Captain Peters [in 1860], Eliz. and Richard were sold to the Gaines family. Rosetta and Robert (the father) were purchased from the Peters estate by Isham Peters, Captain Peters son, and Henry and Simms were bought by James Bamburg, husband of Izzy Peters, daughter of Captain Peters."

Captain Peters was William Peters, who, was wounded during the Alapaha River engagement. It appears that the sobriquet of "Captain" was given to Wm Peters, out of respect. No record of a military commission can be found. He was referred to as Sgt. Peters in his 1845 pension application by the Regimental Surgeon, MAJ Henry Briggs.

Early records for Lowndes Co., GA were destroyed by fire. What few remain, shows the Peters men involved in the estates of several neighbors and cousins. In Nov 1847, Wm Peters, James Touchstone and Samuel Carter were appraisers for the estate of Capt. Jesse Carter. All of these were Barnwell men. At the May 1848 estate sale, Solomon Peters bought 25 bushels of corn and Wm Peters bought scales and weights. John Daniel Peters bought four head of cattle. In the July 1848 estate sale of Joseph Howell, Solomon Peters bought a plane iron and Wm Peters, a spanish jack. This is the same Joseph Howell, Jr. who lived two houses from Mrs. Mary Peters, widow of Christopher Peters, in the Forks of the Edisto, Orangeburg Dist. SC 1810. In Mar 1850, Wm Peters was paid $267 from this estate.

In 1860, Wm Peters, patriarch of the large Lowndes Co., GA family, died. He is buried at Union Bapt Church and rests alongside his wife, Rachel, who died a few years later.

Several of John D. and Sarah Peters sons served in the Confederate Army. The eldest, Wm Lott Peters, saw action at the Wheatfield, 2 July 1863, Gettysburg with the 50th Georgia under Longstreet's command. He survived the seige and breakout at Petersburg. He was one of Henry V's true "band of brothers" at the Surrender at Appomattox, VA, 9 Apr 1865, faithful to his country and comrades until the end.

Valor runs in this family. Wm Lott Peters' great grandson, Dr. Alvin Kernan, was awarded the Navy Cross at the Battle of Midway in WWII on the night sortie in which Medal of Honor recipient LtCdr Butch O'Hare was killed in action. Dr. Kernan also had an illustrious career as a Professor at Yale and Princeton Universities.

Isabella Peters mar. Wm Columbus Martin, who was shot through both legs and a lung at Antietam in Sept 1863. He was left to die on the battlefield but survived, crawling on his elbows through the woods to reunite with his unit, the 26th Georgia.

Wm C. and Isabelle Peters Martin's revenge on the Yankees was having a house full of children. Isabelle Peters Martin was mentioned in a 1927 Savannah Daily Morning News article as having 186 living descendants, thought to be the largest extended family in Georgia.

Joel R. Peters also served late in the War while still a boy. J.D. Peters served in the Home Guard in Lowndes Co., GA for most of the War. He shows on militia lists for 1862 and 1864. The other sons were too young to serve.

Families in the Wiregrass region felt the strain of war as well, as this passage from Primitive Baptists of the Wiregrass South, p. 94, demonstrates:

"The Lowndes County community reached the point of boiling over in the Spring of 1864 because of the scarcity of flour, grains and dry goods. At the May conference of Union Church, bro. John Lee arose and informed the church that 'three of the members of this body, to viz, Sister Hetta Peters, Sister Rachel Chitty and bro. W.S. Peters, has bin sensured of pertisipating with a mob that had assembled at Naylor for the purpose of taking spun yarn, cloth and bacon for which cause, they have come under the displeasure of the church.' W.S. Peters cleared himself, Hetta Peters confessed and was forgiven 'with joy.' Sister Rachel Chitty refused to answer the church's summons and was excommunicated."

Local tradition held that the Confederate Commissary worked over the area, leaving little behind in the way of livestock or provisions. What little that was left was stolen by the Yankees in the Fall of 1864, few receipts given, as they chased Gen. Johnston's Army into the Carolinas. The Southern Claims Commission largely ignored depredation claims by Confederate families.

After the War, both John Daniel Peters and son Wm Lott Peters signed Loyalty Oaths on the same day, 2 Jul 1867. In this oath, J.D. Peters stated he had been in Georgia for 39 years.

In 1875, John D. Peters bought cattle and several items from the estate of Capt. Stephen H. Martin. Capt. Martin was the grandfather of Isabelle Peters' husband, Wm Columbus Martin, and had removed from Barnwell Dist. to Lowndes Co., GA about 1842. Capt. Martin, who had commanded the Edisto Company in Barnwell District, was a friend and associate of Wm Peters, both in Barnwell and Lowndes.

With peace finally settling in over the region, the Peters family applied themselves with diligence and singular industry, tilling the land, caring for their large families and serving their communities. John Daniel and Eliz. Peters raised a large family, to include her children from the previous marriage, who brought honor to their names. J.D. Peters served over fifty years as a deacon at Union Bapt Church until his death in 1905. He and his two wives are buried in the cemetery that adjoins the church. ___________________________________________________________

Captain Levi J. Knight, who commanded the company in which John Daniel Peters participated in the actions on the Alapaha River in July 1836, is mentioned as the keynote speaker at the 4th of July celebration, Franklinville (Valdosta), Ga., 1835, in the following Southern Recorder article:

Southern Recorder August 4, 1835

FOURTH OF JULY

AT FRANKLINVILLE, LOWNDES COUNTY

According to previous notice, a large and respectable number of our citizens convened at the Court house at an early hour of the day – when the Rev. Jonathan Gaulden was chosen President of the day and John Dees, Vice President. About half past 12 o'clock, the company was formed at Mr. Smiths', and marched into the court-house headed by James Williams, Marshal of the day, when a Throne of Grace was addressed by the Rev. J. Gaulden. The declaration of American Independence was then read by H. W. Sharpe, Esq., after which a chaste and patriotic Oration was delivered by Levi J. Knight, Esq., Orator of the day.

Oration of Captain Knight:

Fellow Citizens – We should regard it as an interesting occasion which calls us together. Every association, whatever its character, which sets apart a day for rejoicing and for recollection, consecrates a period when the heart shall go back with memory to revisit the spring time of its existence. On this occasion, as the organ of your sentiments, it is to me a source of singular gratification to reflect upon the nature of the object which has gathered us here. Casting aside our every day occupations and cares of life, we have come up on the jubilee of our country's liberty, to honor the day that gave birth to the greatest republic in the world. Perhaps the day could not be more appropriately honored, or the hour more agreeably occupied, than by dwelling briefly upon the proud merits of our country.

This day 59 years ago, our chivalrous sires from the then thirteen States, in the burning language which you have just heard read, declared we would be free from the yoke of Great Britain, which at that time hung over us, and to which pledge they bound themselves in the strongest of all human obligations – no less than their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors. It is a theme from which none can turn away; it lays claim to our hearts, not only as a magnanimous people, but as the children of that country which it is a pride and glory to call our own, our native land. No one surveys the physical resources of our country with more gratification than myself. It furnishes me a noble satisfaction to behold its broad lands covered with an vigorous and rapidly multiplying population; to know that the busy hand of civilization and industry is fast invading the stillness of the forest; to view our commerce stretching — white sails over every wave — feel that in the hour of danger, brave hearts and skillful hands are ready to gather beneath the folds of our country's banner. No one returns from such a contemplations with a higher sense of his country's excellence and glory, or with deeper gratitude to God, who hath given us such an inheritance, than I do.

There is another circumstance which this view will not permit us to overlook. An immense ocean rolls its waters between us and the old world. We inhabit a continent far removed from the influence of other nations. It is difficult to comprehend the immense importance of this circumstance, or feel and know the force and peculiarity of its results. We can however feel that it promises a lasting and undisturbed operation of our free institutions. Should the political atmosphere of Europe all become poisoned, it dies before it reaches our healthful clime; no breeze can waft it over the rolling waves. Let their lands degenerate into falsehood and crime, till demons occupy and pollute their altars of Christ, their victory closes with their shores; they cannot overleap the mighty barrier which the God of nature hath thrown between us. Did we occupy some portion of the continent of Europe, our juxtaposition to other powers might prove fatal to our liberty. Though their elements of civil society may heave, their systems may totter, the volcanoe may burst forth and flame the heavens; yet we feel not the shock; secure in the distance, we look on and learn wisdom. Who, in the contemplation of such a scene, does not rejoice that providence has cast his lot in this land, in behalf of whose liberty nature itself does battle!

What a beautiful scene does our own State present, of the excellent system under which we live. Over its fertile land there is spread out already an intelligent, noble, and rapidly increasing population. It seems as but yesterday this spot was a wilderness – the forest of centuries waved over it – the only contrast to its unbroken gloom was the glare of the council fire, and the wild song of the Indian. Today how different! Beauty, taste, and civilization, here have met to honor the day that gave birth to our liberty. There is another matter I cannot pass silently by – it is education. To this we owe the present greatness of our nation; it is to this we may look for a perpetuation of our institutions. Education alone can render us capable of judging of the abuses of our Government, from whatever source they may emanate. It is ignorance alone that can make a slave.

Here, then, let us examine the peculiar influence which our government is likely to exert upon the intellect of the country. It is scarcely necessary to remark, that it is free, essentially free, not in name alone, but in spirit and in action. It throws a broad shield over every citizen, but it leaves each to the exercise of his gifts. It recognizes no established spheres in which men must move, without the hope or power of passing beyond. It throws open wide the great lists of society, and bids all contend for its distinctions, trusting to their own valor and their own skill. It forgets the artificial distinction of birth, and passing by the unworthy descendants of patrician blood, seeks the humblest and poorest of its enterprising sons who have divorced themselves from the obscurity of their origin by the might and grandeur of their intellect. Minds that would sleep cold and silent on the gloom of despotism, start forth into glorious life and power under the light of liberty. I regard the intellectual character of our country is of the greatest importance. The power of political ascendancy is gone by. This is an age in which moral influence is felt.

There have been times, when the barbarian trod learning into the dust; when the brutal spoiler overwhelmed the contriver of arts; but the conquest of mind has begun; the dark days of blood have departed, the sun of peace has arisen; never again shall science be chained by despotism; the empire of mind is established, and henceforth nations are to be ranked, not according to their physical but their moral strength. What are bright skies and balmy breezes, when man is crushed by the iron hand of despotism? What inspiration can wake up the genius of him, who lives under a system of government that writes slave on his forehead? It is remarked by distinguished writers, that a nation has no character unless it is free; and indeed the history of mankind would go far towards establishing the assertion, that unless it be free it can have no literature worth the name. It is always satisfactory to be able to try our opinions by the actual experience of others. Free institutions alone present to the mind a fair opportunity for expansion; they do most towards stimulating intellect, and afford man the greatest inducement to exercise his best powers.

Let us pass for a moment to other lands, and compare France with her neighbor Spain. Can geographical varieties so slight create so wonderful a difference in the degree of intellectual development? The one great in every department of learning, the other yet in the gloom of the dark ages and bare of genius. While France can vie with any nation on earth except our own, as to the glory of her institutions, her liberal principles and her proud and lofty intellect, we see Spain enveloped in despotism and superstition. No! not to climate, not to the separation which nature hath placed between the two lands, but to the difference of their political systems, the cause must be traced. What one of our fair guests, but must feel a secret pride and emotion as she looks on her tender offspring, or some one of near relations, and sees a prospect of their enrolling their names on the list of their country's intellectual excellence.

No nation in its infancy has ever done so much in this way. The early history of the most of them is little better than a distinguished detail of petty feuds and bloody contests. But already how much has our country accomplished? What a delightful encomium on our system it must furnish, to visit each State, from the oldest and most established, to the youngest that is just pouring its enterprising population into the bosom of the forest. You pass from the magnanificent city, where the chief objects which meet your glance are temples of worship with their tall spires pointing to heavens, and institutions of learning nobly testifying to the munificence of the government, and your enter the forest, just falling beneath the axe, you find people, though rude and unpretending, who hold it as their first duty to worship God, the very next to educate their sons. Though we have no wealth to pour into the lap of science; though the scholar must content himself with poverty; yet all is not barren. As our country becomes older, and wealth increases, the influence of these causes will outstrip calculation; the grandeur of their results no man conjecture.

My heart swells with a lofty conviction that our political system is the best adapted of any on earth to elevate the character of man, to energize his intellect, and to call it forth in the noblest and boldest shapes, where it dreads no human power. Here It is where opinions may be expressed fearlessly, and where there is nothing to tempt from the pursuit of truth. A free press upon which government lays no fetters, ready to spread their opinions to the world, to detect corruption and applaud virtue – a free people, early taught to think right on all subjects – what may we not hope for? We have an age friendly to intellectual development. Grim visaged war hath smothered his front; ambition of men has assumed a holier aspect; truth has touched them with her wand; they no longer make it their great business of life to marshal victorious hosts upon the tented field or strive for an empire of blood; they have discovered that glory is to be won elsewhere than in the red path of battle; the effort now is to be wise, to be learned, and to be good. Let these things, fellow-citizens, fill us with an ardor in the cultivation of our literature. This only can enable the rising posterity to maintain and hand down to generations yet unborn, our glorious system of government, which is the true desire of a republican people. ___________________________________________________________

From the Foreward to Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II, by Dr. Alvin Kernan (nee' Peters), p. ix-x, written by notable military historians Donald & Frederick Kagan:

"Alvin Kernan, the author of The Unknown Battle of Midway, is a teacher and scholar of great experience and an outstanding talent who has made a great name for himself in both fields at Yale and Princeton. But on December 8, 1941, he was a seaman on the USS Enterprise as she made her way among the burning hulks of the American Pacific Fleet to a berth at Pearl Harbor. Crossing the Line is the gripping story of his personal experience of the rest of World War II in the Pacific. In vivid, yet economical prose, Kernan describes the Battle of Midway, the sinking of the USS Hornet, air combat over Guadalcanal, and many other critical battles in which he had a hand."

Alvin Burbank Kernan (nee' Peters) is the great grandson of William Lott Peters and the great, great grandson of John Daniel Peters, the subject of this sketch.

Dr. Kernan passed away 17 May 2018. Rest in eternal peace.

Source: http://www.centraljersey.com/obituaries/alvin-b-kernan/article_d0c843c8-643e-11e8-bea2-979e9fb419d6.html

Alvin B. Kernan died on May 17, in Skillman NJ. He was born in Manchester, Georgia, on June 13 1923.

His parents later had a ranch in the Sierra Madre Mountains in southern Wyoming. He graduated from Saratoga high school there in 1940. Unable to meet a small cash expense to fulfill his scholarship to the University of Wyoming, he instead enlisted in the US Navy, at age 17. He served for five years on the USS Enterprise and other aircraft carriers as a bombardier in torpedo squadron 6. He was discharged as a Chief Petty Officer, having been awarded the Navy Cross, DFC, and Air Medal. After the war he took full advantage of the GI Bill, attending Columbia for a year, then graduating from Williams College, where he won the Wilson Fellowship for post-graduate study at Oxford. He did his PHD studies at Yale, where he later taught for 25 years, in the English Department. At Yale, he was one of the founders of the Lit X program. He was also acting provost of Yale in 1970, then later the dean of the Graduate School at Princeton, where he returned to teaching as The Avalon Professor of Literature. Upon retiring from teaching he became the a director of the Mellon Foundation, rejoining his old friend William Bowen there. His published works include “The Cankered Muse,” “Samuel Johnson and Print,” “The Death of Literature,” “Shakespeare the King’s Playwright,” and a memoir of WWII “Crossing the Line, A Bluejacket’s Odyssey.” ___________________________________________________________

Extract from biography of Lott Copeland, History of Lowndes County, Georgia, p. 60, submitted by Sara D. White:

LOTT COPELAND

Lott Copeland was born in Chatham County, North Carolina in 1785. He was the oldest child of Aaron Copeland, R.S. and Pollie Melton Copeland. Aaron Copeland served in the South Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War, and in 1787, moved to the north part of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, and later moved to Chesterfield County, South Carolina, where he died May 9, 1832. Lott Copeland lived for some years in South Orangeburg, now Barnwell County, before moving to Lowndes County, Georgia in 1843.

Lott Copeland married in 1807 to Eleanor Rice who was born July 16, 1789, the daughter of Aaron Rice, R.S. Eleanor died in 1822, and about two years after her death, Lott remarried to Susan Guess, daughter of John Guess, Jr. of Barnwell District. [Their daughter, Sarah Adeline Copeland, born 1827, married John Daniel Peters, about 1843. Lott Copeland's farm was cut into Echols County when it was formed from Lowndes County.] He lived in Echols County until his death about 1870. ___________________________________________________________

Affidavit for Revolutionary War service of Aaron Copeland:

The State of South Carolina Chesterfield District

On this the 29th day of September AD 1835, appeared in the Open Court of Common Pleas at Chesterfield Court House, before his Honor A.P. Butler, the Presiding Judge of the said Court, Aaron Copeland, aged seventy three or seventy four years, who upon oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832:

That he was born in Chatham County in the State of North Carolina, that his age was recorded in a family Bible which was burnt up in his Father's house when deponent was quite small - deponent states his age from a comparison of it with that of his brother's who is yet alive & is two & a half years older than himself. That he was living in Chesterfield District at the time he extended his service & was at the time of his so entering the service not quite sixteen years of age & was drafted by one Capt. Benjamin Hicks in the militia. Deponent's Father applied to Col. Kolb to get deponent discharged on account of age but was told by Col. Kolb that deponent was so near sixteen years old, that he had as well serve. So, deponent continued in the service one month at Cheraw Hill in the District and State aforesaid guarding provisions deposited there for the Army from the North, which was expected there. This was in the Spring of the year before Gates was defeated at Camden. Received discharge from Capt. John Wilson, who commanded the forces at Cheraw & returned home.

In the Fall of the same year, or in the Winter, was drafted for a second term of service, one month, under Capt. Thomas Ellerbee. Col. Murphy marched us to Marion's Camps on the Santee River. Received permission to return home and did so. In the Winter or the first of the Spring of the following year, was drafted again & served one month under Capt. Claudius Pegues, in the militia service on & near the Santee River in Marion's Camps which were at that time below the High Hills of the Santee. When the month expired, deponent returned home.

In the Fall of the same year, deponent volunteered under Capt. Joseph Howell, under the command of Col. Wade in a troop of Horse; was moved from Chesterfield to Hailey's Ferry on the Great Pee Dee River, thence to Bettis' Bridge on Drowning Creek in North Carolina where there was an engagement with the Tories under Col. Fanning & Col. Elrod & Col. McNeill. The Americans were defeated, deponent lost his horse, saddle & bridle & a suit of clothes. After this defeat, he returned home, having served at this time, six weeks. He stayed at home until refreshed & joined Col. Wade again, as a volunteer in the troop of Horse.

Some time in the month of November in the same year, we went up to Anson County to rejoin forces, crossed again at Hailey's Ferry & marched down towards Wilmington, No. Carolina, but had no engagement. Deponent served four weeks and returned home. In the Winter of the same year or the first of the following year, deponent went over to Marlborough District, So. Carolina & volunteered under Capt. Pledger of the militia & served four weeks. We marched down towards Macamaw River & thereabouts in pursuit of one Capt. Micajah Gurney, who commanded a body of Tories. We did not find him & returned home without any engagement.

Deponent has no documentary evidence of his services but knows of one James McMillan & Ripley Copeland who served with him in Marion's Camps & can testify to his services. he further swears that for the periods above mentioned, he was either in the field or in garrison & was not employed in any civil pursuit. He hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension except the present one & declares that he is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Signed: Aaron Copeland

Sworn to and signed before me, this 29th day Sept. 1835

John Craig, C.C.P. ___________________________________________________________

From Huxford's Pioneers Of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol XI, p. 364:

"Mrs. Rebecca Jane Smith was the first descendant of Lott Copeland to become a member of the Daughter of the American Revolution on the record of his father, Aaron Copeland, R.S. She was admitted Feb. 1, 1956, National No. 442220, member of John Floyd Chapter. She is a grand daughter of John D. and Sarah Adeline Copeland Peters. Hon. James S. Peters, a prominent Georgian, of Manchester, Ga., is her brother."

The life of James S. Peters, grandson of John Daniel Peters, was used as a basis for the character of Hugh Holmes by Stuart Woods in his first book, Chiefs, as stated by the author:

"More than sixty years ago, while rummaging in a closet in my maternal grandmother's home, I found a large chief-of-police badge. It had been torn and pockmarked by buckshot and still bore traces of dried blood. It had belonged to my grandfather, who had died wearing it more than ten years before my birth. The story of his death, as related to me by my grandmother's sister, my great aunt Ruby, formed the basis of Chiefs. Later, James S. Peters, upon whom the character Hugh Holmes is based, sat down with me for a long interview and filled in many blanks about the founding of my hometown, Manchester, Georgia. In addition to Will Henry and Holmes, a number of other characters were based on real people, all of whom are long dead.

I began writing the novel in Ireland, in February 1973, and did not finish it until November 1980. It was finally published in March 1981 and was made into a six-hour television miniseries two years later, which starred Charlton Heston, Billy Dee Williams, John Goodman, Brad Davis, Tess Harper, Danny Glover, Paul Sorvino, Stephen Collins, and Victoria Tennant." ___________________________________________________________

DNA Update 2015:

About a year ago, the Peters DNA Project produced a 35/37 marker match to William Peters (father of John Daniel Peters, above) and his brother, Joseph Peters. This match is a descendant of Jesse Peters, born 1753 Craven Co., NC. This is significant news since Jesse Peters has proven brothers, Solomon Peters, and Elijah Peters. Solomon Peters and Elijah Peters were Rev. War veterans whose records show they were born in North Carolina, as was Jesse Peters. Solomon Peters owned land in the Forks of the Edisto River area as early as 1774, possibly living there for some period of time. Elijah Peters lived in the same area of Orangeburg District in the 1790 census. Solomon Peters' 1817 LWT in Kershaw Co., SC named his brothers Jesse and Elijah Peters. John Christopher Peters, likely a brother, had died in 1809. Elijah Peters died about 1819 in Georgia and his brother, Jesse Peters, administered his estate.

The DNA Kits involved in this significant match are:

Haplogroup G, Lineage 1

Kit # 254397 Jesse Peters, b. 1753 and d. 1839. Kit # 251407 A descendant of John Daniel Peters. Kit # 219614 A descendant of William Peters 1788-1860. Kit # 164807 Joseph Peters b. 6/25/1794,d. 2/8/1866,

Note: Joseph Peters was brother of William Peters 1788-1860. ____________________________________________________________ Family Members Parents William Peters 1788-1860 Rachel Bamberg Peters 1790-1860 Spouses Elizabeth Walker Peters 1831-1904 Sarah Adeline Copeland Peters 1827-1864 Siblings Mary E. Peters Ganas 1812-1877 William Seaborn Peters 1814-1886 Joseph Clayton Peters 1823-1902 Rachel Peters Carter 1834-1902 Children William Lott Peters 1843-1916 Isabella Elizabeth Peters Martin 1845-1929 Irving W Peters 1850-1931 Lewis J Peters 1854-1895 John Daniel Peters 1865-1936 Seaborn Harrison Peters 1867-1930 Willis Walker Peters 1873-1912 Maintained by: Epictetus (47920451) Originally Created by: Cat (47559732) Added: 9 Oct 2011 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77998919/john-daniel-peters Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77998919/john-daniel-peters : accessed 14 March 2022), memorial page for John Daniel Peters (24 Jun 1821–5 Jul 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77998919, citing Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lakeland, Lanier County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Epictetus (contributor 47920451) .





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Peters-15378 and Peters-3864 appear to represent the same person because: they share the exact same vital statistics and the same parents (when merged).
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Peters-15476 and Peters-15378 appear to represent the same person because: same name and dates
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