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Peter Helms

Born 10 Oct 1824 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Son of Thomas W. Helms and Mary J. (Weddle) Helms

Brother of Benjamin Helms, Margaret (Helms) Slusher, John Helms, Elizabeth (Helms) Keith, Arebella (Helms) Knowles, Jacob S Helms, George Washington Helms, Adam Helms, Joseph Helms and Mary Ann (Helms) Alderman

Husband of Ruth Bertha (Hylton) Helms — married 1 May 1851 in Floyd County, VA

Descendants

Father of Mary R Helms and Celia Ann (Helms) Keith

Died 9 Oct 1862 at age 37 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Peter served in the Confederate Army, Company D, 54th VA Regiment, in the War Between the States. He is buried in Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.

Burial Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Fact: Residence (1860) Floyd, Virginia, United States
Fact: Burial Lexington City Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2964194/peter-helms

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DM-ZLV : 12 April 2016), Peter Helms in household of Thomas Helms, Floyd county, part of, Floyd, Virginia, United States; citing family 779, NARA microfilm publ...

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41W-ZZT : 12 December 2017), Peter Helm, 1860.

"United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-BQRK : 16 March 2018), Peter Helms, 09 Oct 1862; citing Death, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United...

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Peter:

~1.56% Amber Eells : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QY5224401 [compare], Ancestry member greeneyedamberofky
~0.78% Bobby McGrew : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A347749 [compare], Ancestry member dallas20_02
~0.78% ~6.25% Randall Spencer : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FA3721393 [compare], yourDNAportal RAN5085aefb, Ancestry member pineapplebed55 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FA3721393 [compare], yourDNAportal RAN5085aefb, FTDNA kit #995935
~0.39% Jeanne (Kopp) Mower : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A141368 [compare], Ancestry member JFKM47