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Abraham Peacock
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Abraham Peacock
1732 - 1/8/1808
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Abraham Peacock was born about 1732 in Bertie Co., North Carolina and died on January 8, 1808 in Barnwell Co., South Carolina. Actual date of birth is unknown. He lived to be about 76 years old.
Married in Duplin Co. NC. He had five children with wife Mary: Levi (1755-1832),Samuel(1760-1819)Nancy Ann(1765-abt.1825),Joseph(1780-1835)& Martha(1785-abt.1820) | 
 | Other | 9/13/1793 | NC (Johnston County) | 61 yrs old | In the Name of God Amen
I Samuel Peacock of the State of North Carolina & County of Johnston in sickness but under complaint But in Good Sance and Memberey Blesed be allmity God caling to mind the mortality of Body knowing that it is apinted for all men to die.
And for the bettor settling of my temperel affairs do this thirteth day of September in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety three Make and publish this my Last will and testiment in manner following that is to say
First I recommend my soul to God who gave it me secondly my bodey to the ground to be Buried in a decent order By the Derectin of my Executors.
Item I give & Bequeath to Moses Lee Eight Shillings.
Item I give & Bequeath to Nicklus Dickson Eight Shillings.
Item I give & Bequeath to Simon Branch Eight Shillings.
Item I give & Bequeath to my son Samuel Peacock five Shillings.
Item I give & Bequeath to my son John Peacock five Shillings.
Item I give & Bequeath to my son Isom Peacock five Shillings.
Item I give & Bequeath to my son Abraham Peacock five shillings.
Item I give & Bequeath to my son Isom Peacock Negro Garl Hanah.
Item then all the Remaner of my Property I give to my Beloved wife Tilsey Peacock During her Life or widdowhud.
And I hereby Make and ordain my worthy friends Tilsey Peacock and William Watkins Excx & Excr this my Last will and Testiment whereof I the said Samuel Peacock have here unto this my Last Will and Testement set my hand & seal this Day and year above written.
Sealed Published & Delivered by the said Samuel Peacock the Testater as his Last Will and Testement
In persents of us Samuel Peacock his mark seal
Matthew Joyner
Kinchen Watkins his mark;
Willis Watkins his mark;
Tilsey Peacock Qfd as Excx.
Johnston Co. Wills NC,
CR. 056. 801. 8,
Samuel Peacock 1793 |
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| 20 |
1752 |
Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar on 9/14/1752. |
| 37 |
1769 |
The first steam engine is invented by Watt |
| 45 |
1777 |
The concept of chemical compounds is conceived by Lavoisier |
| 51 |
1783 |
The hot air balloon is invented by Michel and Montgolfier and the first people in modern history fly at an altitude of 1800 m. |
| 53 |
1785 |
The power loom was invented by Cartwright to produce cloth. |
| 61 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
| 67 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 68 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
| 75 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
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| 17 |
1749 |
Laws in GA prohibiting the importation of slaves are rescinded. Georgia planters were hiring SC slaves for life and even openly purchasing slaves at the dock in Savannah. |
| 43 |
1775 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America. |
| 44 |
1776 |
NEWS HEADLINES: July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
| 68 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
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| 35 |
1767 |
Tryon Palace is build in New Bern, NC, and becomes the capitol building for the North Carolina colonist. |
| 57 |
1789 |
The capitol of North Carolina moves from New Bern to Raleigh and North Carolina becomes the 12th state of the United States of America. |
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| 7 |
1739 |
"Stono's Rebellion" - insurrection of slaves on Stono River plantations. |
| 23 |
1755 |
Joseph Salvador purchases land near Fort Ninety Six for Jewish settlement. |
| 50 |
1782 |
During 1782-1783, land to the south and west of the Tugaloo and Savannah Rivers are ceded by the Cherokee and Creek. |
| 51 |
1783 |
Charles Town is officially renamed Charleston, SC. |
| 56 |
1788 |
South Carolina joins the United States of America. State government is moved from Charleston to Columbia two years later. |
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| 15 |
1747 |
The New York Bar Association is founded in New York City |
| 18 |
1750 |
Charleston, SC, has become the most affluent and largest city in the South. It is the leading port and trading center for the southern colonies. The population in the Carolinas has exceeded 100,000 with many French Protestant Huguenots. The wealth plantation owners bring private tutors from Ireland and Scotland. Public education does not exist. |
| 28 |
1760 |
The Cherokee War (1760-61) ends in a treaty that opens the Up County for settlement. The Bounty At of 1761 offers public land tax free for ten years, and settlers from other colonies begin pouring into the Carolina "Up Country". |
| 31 |
1763 |
Georgia Gazette begins publication. It is the first newspaper in Georgia and the eighth newspaper in the English colonies. |
| 34 |
1766 |
Britain passes the Stamp Act taxing all colonial newspapers, advertisements, leases, licenses, pamphlets, and legal documents. Later the same year, Britain repeals the Stamp Act in Britain -- but it continues to be enforced on colonists in North America |
| 41 |
1773 |
Angered by the tea tax of 1767 and the British East India Company's monopoly on tea trade, the independent New England colonial merchants dump the precious cargo overboard into the Boston harbor. This incident is called the Boston Tea Party. |
| 42 |
1774 |
The First Continental Congress of fifty-five representatives (except from the colony of Georgia) meets in Philadelphia to discuss relations with Britain, the possibility of independence, and the hope of a peaceful solution. King George III scorns the thought of reconciliation and declares the colonies to be in a state of open rebellion. |
| 43 |
1775 |
On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America. |
| 44 |
1776 |
July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
| 46 |
1778 |
Alliance between United States and France |
| 55 |
1787 |
Constitution of the United States is signed |
| 61 |
1793 |
Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role. |
| 62 |
1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
| 66 |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
| 71 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
| 72 |
1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
| 73 |
1805 |
Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier. |
| 74 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
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| 6 |
1738 |
System of forced labor to build roads in France is devised by Jean Orry |
| 11 |
1743 |
King George's War against North America and Caribbean begins |
| 16 |
1748 |
King George's War against North America and Caribbean ends |
| 24 |
1756 |
Seven Year's War begins |
| 27 |
1759 |
Jesuits are forced out of France |
| 31 |
1763 |
Seven Year's War ends; Peace is established in Paris between France, Spain, England and Portugal |
| 32 |
1764 |
Britain passes the Sugar Act forbids American importation of foreign rum and taxing imported molasses, wine, silk, coffee, and a number of other luxury items. |
| 35 |
1767 |
Jesuits are forced out of Spanish America |
| 47 |
1779 |
Spain declares war on England |
| 48 |
1780 |
Josef II abolishes serfdom in Hungary; England declares war on Holland |
| 51 |
1783 |
Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River |
| 55 |
1787 |
Catherine the Great leads Russia into war with Turkey |
| 56 |
1788 |
Russia begins war with Sweden |
| 57 |
1789 |
French feudal system is abolished with the Declaration of Rights of Man. Outbreak of hostilities in France with the fall of the Bastille on July 14; Revolution in Austrian Netherlands declares independence as Belgium |
| 60 |
1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
| 61 |
1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
| 63 |
1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
| 64 |
1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
| 65 |
1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
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Born about 1735 and died about 1814
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Samuel Peacock
Born in Duplin Co., North Carolina about 1760 and died in Bulloch Co., Georgia about 1816. He was about 56 years old.
Married in Bulloch Co. GA. He had five children with wife Elizabeth: John(1793-1870),William (1795-1858),Lydia(1797-1845),Timothy(1800-1865),Sarah(1804-1879)....
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