Genealogy for
Stephen Peacock Jr.
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Stephen Peacock Jr. 1815 - 1859
| Stephen Peacock, Jr., was born about 1815 in Wayne County, North Carolina and died about 1859 in Calhoun County, Florida. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 44 years old.
He and his wife are believed to have died before 1860 when their oldest daughter is found raising their youngest children. |
| Census | 1/1/1840 | GA (Macon County) | 25 yrs old | Page 3 -The household of Stephen Peacock is recorded on line 19: two males (under 5), one male (30 to 40), and one female (20 to 30). His immediate neighbor is his uncle Raiford Peacock Sr. and nearby lives Axiom Peacock (Grandson of Jesse) and his family and a Brittan Barnes with his family (Pos. relative of Rhoda Barnes). |
| Census | 10/12/1850 | Division 5 FL (Calhoun County) | 35 yrs old | Recorded as family #34: Stephen Peacock (age 35)NC, Rose Ann (age 26)NC, S. M. (age 12)GA, A. E. (10)GA, George W. (8)GA, John W. (7)GA, Marthey F. (5)FL, Rhoda A. (5)FL.
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1850: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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Stephen, his family, and friends. For example, Stephen is 5 years old when The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
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1818 |
First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida. |
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1821 |
Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty. Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States begin to pour into the new territory. Prior to this change, Florida was a wilderness sparsely dotted with settlements of native Indians, escaped/freed slaves and Spaniards. |
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1822 |
Florida Territory is purchased |
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1823 |
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula. |
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1824 |
Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol. |
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1835 |
The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida. |
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1837 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian. |
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1842 |
Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years. |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
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1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
35 |
1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
40 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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15 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
24 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
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1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
38 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
44 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
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1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
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1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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15 |
1830 |
The U.S. Government begins forcing Cherokee Indians from their homes in what becomes known as the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee hide in the mountains of North Carolina and surrounding states. |
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1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
15 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
20 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
22 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
25 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
27 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
40 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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18 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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| Rhoda 'Rose' Barnes Born about 1824 and died about 1859
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The Children of Stephen Peacock Jr.
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Sarah M. Peacock Born in Macon, Georgia about 1838 and died somewhere in Florida about 1920. She was about 82 years old.
Married John A. Kelly. She and her husband are believed to have raised her youngest siblings after her parents died. Sarah and John's children: Amanda Jane Sarah Elizabeth Georgia A...
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Ann E. Peacock Born in Macon County, Georgia about 1839 and died in Calhoun County, Florida about 1855. She was about 16 years old.
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George Washington Peacock Born in Macon County, Georgia about 1841 and died in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on November 19, 1862. He was about 21 years old.
He enlisted at St. Vincent Is.,FL in September 25, 1861 in the CSA Florida Infantry, Co. I, 4th Regiment and served as a Private. He died of disease in the military hospital in Murfreesboro, TN ...
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John Wesley Peacock Born in Decatur County, Georgia on December 13, 1843 and died in Blountstown, Florida on December 31, 1925. He was 82 years old.
On his 1907 Civil War Pension form he states he was born December 13, 1840. He also states he is 5'6" tall with hazel eyes, light complexion and light hair. He moved from Georgia to Florida with his ...
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Martha Frances Peacock Born in Jackson County, Florida about 1845 and died in Jackson County, Florida about 1917. She was about 72 years old.
She had one son, Francis Jefferson Peacock (1868-1941)...
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Rhoda A. Peacock Born in Jackson County, Florida about 1848 and died somewhere in Florida about 1860. She was about 12 years old.
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James Peacock Born in Calhoun County, Florida about 1854 and died somewhere in Florida about 1879. He was about 25 years old.
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