Family Group Record

Husband: William Seaborn Peters 1, 2, 3
Born: ABT. 1814 Place: Barnwell District, South Carolina 4, 5, 6
Died: 1886 Place: Polk County, Florida 7
Married: BET. 1853 - 1855 Place:
Buried: Place: Mount Enon Cemetery, Plant City, Florida 8
Father: William Peters
Mother: Rachel Bamberg
Other Spouses: Celia Lee
Wife: Mary Pollie Hughes 9, 10
Born: BET. 1822 - 1826 Place: Barnwell District, South Carolina 11, 12, 13
Died: Place:
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Father: Jacob Hughes
Mother: Elizabeth Chitty
Other Spouses:
Children
Child 1 (M): Sylvester Peters
Born: 1855 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 14
Died: Child Place: probably Lowndes County, Georgia 15
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Spouses:
Child 2 (F): Keziah Peters
Born: 1856 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 16
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Spouses: John Brown
Child 3 (M): Niram C. Peters
Born: 1858 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 17
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Spouses: Susan Turner
Child 4 (M): Charles Peters
Born: 1860 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 18
Died: 1867 Place: Florida 19
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Child 5 (F): Mary Peters
Born: 1862 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 20
Died: Place:
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Spouses: Evan Wetherington
Child 6 (M): William Seaborn Peters
Born: 1864 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 21
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Spouses: Jane Bryant
Child 7 (F): Betty Peters
Born: 1867 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia or Florida 22
Died: Place:
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Spouses: William Ben Hicks
HUSBAND NOTES:
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BIOGRAPHY: William Seaborn Peters was born in 1814 in South Carolina and died 1886. He married Senie Lee (born in 1812, died in 1851) daughter of Joshua Lee. He then married Mary Hughes (born 1822) daughter Jacob Hughes of Barnwell District, South Carolina. William Seaborn Peters served in the Indian War from 1837-1838 and served as First Corporal in Jesse Carter's Company of Lowndes County Militia, he was Captain of Militia for 661st district of Lowndes County from 1847 to 1855. He joined the Old Union Church, near Lakeland Georgia, on 10/11/1840 and Senie joined on 9/9/1848. She died shortly after 1851 and was buried there. He was a member of the Butler Lodge F&AM and Milltown Masonic. He became a charter member of Stockton Lodge # 266 at Stockton. He withdrew in 1868 for religious reasons, but was reinstated in 1869. He moved to Sumter County, Florida in 1870 and then to Alafair River, Hillsborough County, then to Fort Meade, then to Polk County where he lived until his death in 1886. He died suddenly at supper. They transferred their church membership to Mount Enon Church. Pollie lived until 1903 and died at the home of Betty Hicks, her daughter. William Seaborn and Mary Hughes are buried at Mount Enon Cemetery, near Plant City, Florida. William Seaborn Peters according to some sources died in 1886 in Florida (Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, pages 261-262).

BIOGRAPHY: William S. Peters and his second wife Mary Hughes owned and operated a Hotel in Naylor in Lowndes County during the Civil War and until they sold out and moved to Florida. He also owned a farm near Naylor where he lived before he moved into the village of Naylor (Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, pages 568).

!CENSUS: William S. Peters was listed in the 1840 Federal Lowndes County Census as Head of Household with 3 males and 2 Females living there.

!CENSUS: 1840 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia list William S. Peters with 3 males and 2 females in his household.

!CENSUS:1850 census of Lowndes County, Georgia shows William S. Peters age 36 born in South Carolina. Also living in house were Celia age 38 born in Georgia, Martha age 14, William age 11, John age 9, Stephen age 8, Solomon age 7, George age 5, Isham age 3, Joseph age 9/12.

!CENSUS: 1860 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia shows William S. Peters (45), born in South Carolina, a farmer and ???, the following were in his household: Mary (38), Stephen (18) a plowman, George (16), Isam (13), Mary (7), Sylvester (5), Kissy (4), Nirro? (2), Charles (7/12), with a number of other persons listed as living on his place: a widow, 4 plowmen, a clerk, 2 merchants, manager RR station, a rail splitter, and others.

!PARENTS-BIRTH-SPOUSE-DEATH-CHILDREN-MILITARY: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume III, Pearson, Georgia, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, 1957, page 261-262.

!CENSUS: History of Lowndes County, Georgia 1825-1941, compiled by Mrs. Fred H. Hodges, Sr., Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978. Page 345-351 and 384.

!SPOUSE-RESIDENCE-BIOGRAPHY: Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, compiled and published by Folks Huxford, Volume V, pages 568. (Tifton Tift County Public Library)

!SPOUSE: Broderbund World Family Tree CD ROM, Volume 11, file 0642.


HUSBAND FACTS:
Military: BET. 1837 - 1838 Indian Wars 23
Military: BET. 1847 - 1855 Lowndes County Militia 24
Residence: BET. 1837 - 1867 Lowndes County, Georgia
Residence: 1867 Sumter County, Florida
Residence: AFT. 1870 Hillsborough then Polk County, Florida
Baptism: 11 OCT 1840 Union Church, Lowndes now Lanier County, Georgia

SOURCES:
 1Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 139-140.
2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 183-184.
3Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 372.
4Internet Web Site - www.geocities.com/Heartland/5494, 10 Jan 1999, Unknown.
5Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 224.
6Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
7Internet Web Site - www.geocities.com/Heartland/5494, 10 Jan 1999, Unknown.
8Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
9Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 224.
10Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 372, 382.
11Melba R. Weldon, Rowe and Related Families, Book, page 52.
12Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 139-140.
13Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
14Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
15Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
16Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
17Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
18Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
19Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
20Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
21Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
22Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
23Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.
24Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 261-262.

Posted By:
Tommy Bargeron
721 West 12th Street
Tifton, Georgia 31794

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