Mary Elizabeth (Hawley) Peters (aft. 1810 - abt. 1880)

Born after 1810 in Johnston, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1880 before about age 70 in Sampson, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Mary Elizabeth HAWLEY was born about 1821 in Sampson, North Carolina. Her father may have been Reddick Holley or Hawley, and her brother, Roland, both of whom appear in her household with husband Jesse or Jessie Peters.^[1] If her parents are correctly identified, they are found in Johnston County, North Carolina in the 1850 census: Reddick and Silvania Holley, along with two apparent siblings of Mary.^[2]

Among children of Ms Hawley and husband Jesse Peters were:

1. George W PETERS^[1][3] (1848-1927),^[4] who married Margaret M Spell^[5]
2. Nancy Peters^[1]
3. Susan C Peters^[3][6][7]
4. Josiah Peters^[3][6][7] (1858-1922)^[8]
5. Lucretia Lucrecie Peters^[6][7]
6. John R Peters^[6][7]

She died about 1880 in Sampson, North Carolina (see also: Find A Grave: Memorial #116727450).

Research Notes

Two persons unaccounted for appear in the 1860 census:^[3]

• Barbary Peters, age 51
• Edith E Holden, age 19
• Mary C Holden, age 16

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch: indexed 4 Apr 2020, Elizabeth Peters in household of Jesse Peters, Sampson county, Sampson, North Carolina, United States; citing family 534, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch: indexed 4 Apr 2020, Reddick Holley, Johnston county, part of Johnston, North Carolina, United States; citing family 1674, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch: indexed 19 Mar 2020, Elizabeth Peters in entry for Jesse Peters, 1860.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch: indexed 16 Aug 2019, George W Peters, 06 Feb 1927; citing Mingo, Sampson, North Carolina, reference fn 1092 cn 395, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,907,301.
5. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch: indexed 6 Nov 2017, Betsy Peters in entry for Geo W Peters and Margaret M Spell, 23 Dec 1869; citing Sampson, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 19,935.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch: indexed 19 Mar 2020, Elizebeth J Peters, 1870.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch: indexed 19 Aug 2017, Jane Peters, Mingo, Sampson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district 197, sheet 177B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration), FHL microfilm 1,254,982.
8. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch: indexed 16 Aug 2019, Sarah Jane Hawley in entry for Josiah Peters, 09 Oct 1922; citing Mingo, Sampson, North Carolina, reference Vol 4 File 723 cn389, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,893,089.

Acknowledgments

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