James
Peace
Born in Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Son of William Harmon Peace
and Lucy (Walker) Peace
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Martha Washington Bilbo
— married
30 Nov 1829 in Smith County, Tennessee, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Bailey P Peace, Henry Theophilus Peace, Augustus Peace, James K. Polk Peace, Martha Mattie Peace and Cordelia Peace
Died about
at about age 51
in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Feb 2016
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Biography
- Family history handed down from about 1970 said that James Peace was the son of William Harmon Peace. The orphaned children of James Peace were sent back to Tennessee to live with Walker relatives. However, James Peace was not listed in the will or Chancery Court paper transcription.
- If anyone has any further information please contact me or add to this profile. Are there any Bible Records? Gayle Foster
Sources
- 1829 Smith County Tennesse Marriage Record;
- 1830 Smith County TN Court record involving minor, Agnes Bilbo;
- 1830 census Tipton County, Tennessee, pg 266;
- 1833, 1834, 1835 Lafayette Co., Arkansas tax lists;
- 1840 census Caddo Parish, Louisiana;
- 1843 Federal Land Patents #1711,#1712, Caddo Parish;
- 1850 census Caddo Parish, James & Martha, Theophilus;
- 1850 Slave Schedule, Rush Island, Caddo Parish, Louisiana - 22 slaves (men, women, children) listed;
- Caddo Parish History;
- 1855 & 1856 Newspaper notices regarding the Estate of James Peace, dec'd;
- 20 Feb 1861, Wilson Co., TN Joseph Motley, guardian of children. Mention estate of James Peace, deceased.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James 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 James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James 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 James:
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~3.12%
Ron Foster
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A585666 [compare], Ancestry member fostergaylej
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