Born in Yancey, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Moses Washington Peterson
and Mary Polly (Mckinney) Peterson
Sister of
John M. Peterson, Sidney Stokes Peterson, Margarette (Peterson) Byrd, William Albert Peterson, Phoebe Emline (Peterson) Briggs, Reuben Finley Peterson, Charles Jefferson Peterson, Mary Caroline (Peterson) Tipton, James Lawson Peterson, Naomi (Peterson) Garland, Moses Peterson Jr. and Elvira (Peterson) Mckinney
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 51
in Yancey, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jul 2014
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Biography
Rachel was born in 1833. She was the daughter of Moses Peterson and Mary Mckenney.
rachel was listed in the 1850 census. [1]
She passed away in 1884. [2]
Sources
- ↑ ["United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BG-8XV : 9 November 2014), Rachel Peterson in household of Moses Peterson, Yancey county, part of, Yancey, North Carolina, United States; citing family 231, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).]
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Larry Arrowood, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
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~3.12%
Chuck Peterson
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Larry Arrowood :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a137187 [compare], Ancestry member olegroch
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Ann Shear :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T024703 [compare], FTDNA kit #372489
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~0.39%
Gina Peterson :
Autosomal DNA Test
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