Peter Trammell (abt. 1785 - 1842)

Born about 1785 in Burke County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Owen (Todd) Trammell — married 21 Dec 1806 in Knox, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1842 at about age 57 in Adair County, Kentucky, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Family tradition says that Dennis Trammell had a son Peter. The census shows he was born 1780-90.

His wife was Mary Todd whom he married 21 Dec 1806 in Knox County, Kentucky.^[1] If he was 21 when he married it suggests he was born around 1785 and his appearance on the tax lists in 1806 confirms this.

There are records of a Peter Trammell in Georgia in the early 1800's but they refer to his uncle.

1806, 1807 - Peter Trammel is on the tax list of Knox County, Kentucky. He does not own any land. Dennis Trammel, likely his father, and several brothers are there from 1805 to 1809.^[2]

18 Jun 1810 - Peter Trammel and Ephriam Brannum are chain carriers for a 216 acre survey for Denness Trammel on Pine Creek in Anderson Co., Tennessee. Peter and Dennis are chain carriers for Ephriam Branum.^[3]

Same date - Peter Trammel has 142 acres on the north side of Jilico (Jellico) Creek surveyed. Campbell County, Tennessee. Chain carriers were (brothers-in-law) Ephriam Branum and Archibald Angel.^[4]

8 Jul 1816 - Peter Trammel is granted 15 acres on the south side of Jellico Creek in Campbell County, Tennessee.^[5]

11 Aug 1818 - Peter Trammel sells 15 acres on Jellico Creek in Campbell County, Tennessee, to Joseph Cofman for $56. Witnessed by David Trammel and Isaac Todd.^[6]

1818 - Peter Trammel is on the Campbell County tax list in Jacob Brewton's district and is taxed for 25 acres.^[7]

Apr 1820 - In neighboring Whitley Co., Kentucky, Drewry (Drury) Holt posts bail for Peter Trammell and delivers him into custody. Trammell is accused of horse stealing.^[8]

1822 - Peter Trammell is on the tax list of Whitley County, Kentucky, for just this one year. His sole possession is a horse.^[9]

1830 - Peter is in the federal census of Campbell County, Tennessee. He and his wife are 40-50 years old and there are nine children in the family.^[10]

1840 - The family has moved to Adair County, Kentucky. A young Dennis Trammel (30-40) is close by. Peter and wife are 50 to 60 years old and there are four children.^[11]

4 Jul 1842 - Widely reported death date.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Early Knox County marriages
2. ↑ Knox County tax books, 1800-1840, Kentucky State Archives microfilm #08099
3. ↑ Willis Hutcherson, Tennessee Homesteaders and Landowners. Fourth Surveyors District: Anderson, Bledsoe, Campbell, Overton, Rhea and Roane Counties
4. ↑ Hutcherson
5. ↑ Ancestry.com, North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931, East Tennessee Land Grants, Roll 61: Book 4
6. ↑ No reference provided. Member submission at Ancestry.com
7. ↑ 1818 Campbell Co. tax list, Brewton district
8. ↑ Whitley County Court Orders
9. ↑ Broyles, Stephen H., Whitley County, Ky., Tax List Summary, 1819-1850, self-published, 1991
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-FP6 : accessed 10 January 2016), Peter Trammel, Campbell, Tennessee, United States; citing 217, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 178; FHL microfilm 24,536.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTG-HG1 : accessed 10 January 2016), Peter Trammel, Adair, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 9, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 103; FHL microfilm 7,823.
12. ↑ Source needed