Mansfield
D
Peters
Born about in Amherst, Virginia, United States
Son of [father unknown] and Turza Peters
Brother of
Seldon M Peters, Emily Jane (Peters) Arnold, Juliann (Peters) Howard, Josephine (Peters) Terry, Virginia (Peters) Dolby, Norvelle Manuel Peters, Nancy Thornton (Peters) Payne, Josiah Peters and John Oscar Peters
Husband of
Martha Ellen (Payne) Peters
— married
29 Apr 1847 in Lawrence, Ohio
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Peters, Ann Peters, William S Peters, Mary (Peters) Lewis, Lelia Fenton (Peters) Hall, Wilhelmine Peters, John Peters, Benjamin Peters, Judson G Peters, Charles Boone Peters, Josephine Peters, Martha Peters and Lorenzo Dow Peters
Died
at about age 76
in Lawrence, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Nov 2018
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Biography
Mansfield Peters is a part of US Black heritage.
Mansfield D Peters was born free in November 1827 in Amherst, Virginia, his mother, Turza, was 22. He married Martha Ellen Payne on April 29, 1847[1], in Lawrence, Ohio. They had 13 children in 23 years. He died on September 9, 1904, having lived a long life of 76 years, and was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery in Proctorville, Ohio.[2]
Amherst County VA Register of Free Negroes, March 15, 1845
- MANSFIELD PETERS, son of Turza Peters, bright mulatto, 5 feet 8inches, 18 years old, in November 1844, born free
Mansfield is the brother of Nancy (Peters) Payne.
He married Martha Ellen Payne on 29 Apr 1847 at Lawrence County, Ohio. Among their children are:
- Thomas
- Ann
- William, removed to Ross County, Ohio
- Mary
- Lelia Fenton, b. 06 Nov 1855; m. R.E. Hall; d. 18 Aug 1924
- Wilhelmina
- Judson
- John
- Benjamin b. 1861
- Charles Boone, b. 23 Mar 1866; d. 05 Oct 1939 in Columbus, Ohio
- Josephine
- Lorenzo Dow
- Martha Ellen, b. 09 Feb 1872
Sources
- ↑ Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDJZ-63G : 25 March 2020), Mansfield Peters, 1847.
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGX-F33F : 3 July 2020), Mansfield Peters, 1904; Burial, , ; citing record ID 117704269 Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M62Y-MBB : 29 May 2021), Mansfield Peters, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89F-YCZ : 19 February 2021), Mansfield Peters, Union, Lawrence, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 98, sheet 326B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,039.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMDC-Z23 : accessed 23 July 2021), Mansfield Peters, Union Township, Proctorville Precinct Proctorville village, Lawrence, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 77, sheet 7A, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,292.
- Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001
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