Elizabeth Ann (Woodward) Peacock (1782 - 1844)

Born 18 Sep 1782 in Liberty, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John William Peacock — married 21 Feb 1799 in Liberty, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1844 at age 62 in Bell Buckle, Bedford, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Anne Woodward was the only child of William Woodward and was born in Liberty County, Georgia. She inherited all of the properties that William had bought in Liberty and Sunbury- he was applying for a tavern license before he died in 1792. Anne's education was left to Frances Coddington (not sure of any relationship) She married John William Peacock at Midway Church in Liberty County Georgia in 1799. In the early 1800s they moved to Bell Buckle Tennessee (Bedford County) They are both buried in the old City Cemetery there.

Contrary to some research- William her father was married twice- and the first wife named Anne, may have died in childbirth or shortly after. Daughter, Anne was born in 1782. William remarries in 1784- to Anne Jurdine, widow of John Jurdine.

John Peacock m (2) Feb. 21, 1799 in Liberty Co., Ga. Ann Woodward and d Apr. 9, 1823 in Bell Buckle, Tenn., leaving fourteen ch by the second wife:
Susan, b 1800, d unm 1842;
John W., b 1802, m Fanny H. White;
Sophie W., b 1804, m (1) Nathaniel E. Caldwell in 1821 and m (2) in 1850, George Davidson, dying in Shelbyville, Term. in 1870;
Mary Eliza, b 1805, in Alexander Newton 1824, and d 1875 in Crystal Springs, Mass; Ann Tabitha, b 1809, d 1815;
Wm. John, b Dec. 15, 1810, m (1) Sophie E. Featherstone, Nov. 28, 1832, m (2) 1841
Katherine Thorne Featherstone and d in Bell Buckle, Tenn. May 6, 1881;
Jane Aman da, b 1813, in Hamilton Ledbetter, 1829, and d in Texas;
Thomas James, b 1814, m Selirna Steele, d 1894 in Texas;
James Thomas, b 1816, m Mattie—, d 1878 in Texas;
Josiah Samuel, b 1816, in Mary H. White, 1841 and d Texas;
Caroline Woodward, b 1819, m Claiborn W. Black in 1838;
Wilson Newton, b 1821, m and d in Texas;
Leander W., b 1823, d unm. in Texas;
Lucille, b 1823, m G. B. Black in 1842.
John’s father, Thomas Peacock, was said to have come to Midway from Charleston, S. C. in Mch. 1755, a single man, and to have married Elizabeth in Midway.

Sources

• 21 Feb 1799 • Liberty, Georgia Marriage Georgia Marriages to 1850 Author: Dodd, Jordan Publisher: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Georgia.

• Find a Grave: Memorial in Bell Buckle TN: Find-a-grave #93345073

• Annals of Georgia - marriage of William Woodward and Anne Jurdine