Peter PETERSON & Dicey STROUP

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Peter PETERSON
Dicey STROUP

Husband: Peter PETERSON
Birth: 18 Jul 1799, NC
Death: 30 Oct 1859
Father: Tobias PETERSON (1767-1838), of Sweden
Mother: Margaret MASTERS, d/o Henry MASTERS, Sr.

Marriage: 12 Feb 1824, Burke Co., NC

Wife: Dicy / Dicey STROUP
Birth: 7 Jul 1806, Lincoln Co., NC
Death: 20 Sep 1869
Father: Phillip STROUP
Mother: Maria Magdalena "Molly" EDELMANN

Children born in NC, possibly in Burke Co., NC, Wake Co., NC, or Yancey Co., NC:

1. Caroline PETERSON, b. 1824-26
2. Elizabeth PETERSON, b. 1827/8
3. Alney PETERSON, b. 11 Oct 1830
4. (Son A) PETERSON, b. 1835-40
5. Louvina PETERSON, b. 18 Sep 1831
6. Clarissa PETERSON, b. 26 Oct 1834
7. Mary E. PETERSON, b. 1835/6
8. Peter PETERSON, Jr., b. 1839/40
9. Dicey PETERSON, b. 1843
10. Elhanan PETERSON, b. 14 Feb 1844
11. Sarah Emeline PETERSON, b. 21 Mar 1846
12. Cecelia M. PETERSON, b. 1 Sep 1849

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, North Carolina

Sources (n.b., Yancy Co. was formed in 1833 from Burke and Buncombe Cos.; Mitchell Co. was formed in 1861 from Yancy, Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, and McDowell Cos.):

1. D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray. 1995. Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915 (Broderbund CD-4):

Peterson, Peter Stroup, Dicy 12 Feb 1824 Burke, NC

2. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find Peter. His father, Tobias PETERSON, is in Burke Co., NC.

3. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #158-159 of 172; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1840 NC Wake Co. Roll 374 pp. 29AB/282AB Ln. 25 Peter Peterson 210 000 100 - 122 001 no slaves 0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 4 or under 1835-1840 = Peter (b. 1839/40)
= Son A

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Alney (b. 1830)

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Peter (b. 1799)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Mary (b. 1835/6)

2 females 5-9 1830-1835 = Clarissa (b. 1835)
= Louvina (b. 1831)

2 females 10-14 1825-1830 = Elizabeth (b. 1827/8)
= Caroline (b. 1824-26)

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Dicey (b. 1806)

1 person employed in agriculture

If the children didn't match so well (and if our subjects were anyplace nearer Burke/Yancey Cos.), I'd doubt these were are subjects. Then again, preachers do tend to move around a lot.

4. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #41-42 of 193): Yancey Co., NC, Roll M432_649, pp. 403A-403B, 297/309, enumerated 15 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Peter Peterson 51 M W Dunker Clergyman 400 North Carolina

Alney      " 20 M " Laborer "

Peter      " 10 M " "

Elhanon    " 6 M " "

Dicy       " 44 F " "

Elizabeth " 22 F " "

Loveina    " 19 F " "

Clarissa   " 16 F " "

Mary E     " 14 F " "

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Dicy Peterson 7 F W North Carolina

Sarah E    " 4 F " "

Cecelia M " 1 F " "

5. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #96-97 of 205): Ramsey Town P.O., Yancey Co., NC, Roll M653_919, pp. 418-419/836-837, PN 100-101, 661/661, enumerated 16 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Dicey Peterson 53 F 800 810 North Carolina

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Elizabeth 32 F North Carolina

Peter 20 M Farmer "

Dicey 16 F "

Sarah B 14 F "

Ehanan 15 M Farmer "

Cecilia M 11 F "

6. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, as expected.

7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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