John Peace (abt. 1754 - 1832)

Born about 1754 in Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hines) Peace — married 3 Feb 1786 in Prince George, Maryland

Descendants

Died 1832 at about age 78 in Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

John Peace served with 7th Maryland Regiment (1776), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

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NOTE: Birth date and birth location are garnered through the Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters. The death date is based on the years in which John Peace received Veteran's benefits, which began approximately 1821 and ended in 1832.

Commentary: If anyone can prove ancestry to John Peace, they may be eligible to join the Valley Forge Society. John Peace served out of Maryland and is listed on the roster for Valley Forge. His pension application discusses his service.

Questionable Parentage: John Peace was probably born, if not in Scotland^[1], at least in Pennsylvania, if not Maryland, and after the American Revolutionary War moved to South Carolina, ostensibly Greenville, South Carolina. He has been confused with another John Peace, who lived in Granville, North Carolina. Therefore, Joseph Peace and Mary Mask are not his parents, nor is Elizabeth Hight his spouse.

John Peace, Jr.^[2]

Birth Date: 1754, Pennsylvania^[1][3]

Birth Location (Alt.): Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England

Death: 1834, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Occupation: School Teacher

Spouse: Elizabeth Hines, m. 3 Feb 1786, Upper Marlborough, Prince George's, Maryland

Children^[4]:

1. Elenor "Nelly" Peace, b. 3 Aug 1786, South Carolina, d. 1863, unwed
2. John Peace, III b. 16 Apr 1791, d. 1860, South Carolina
3. Mary Peace, b. 21 May 1793, South Carolina, unwed
4. Joseph Peace, b. 18 Dec 1794
5. Patrick Peace, b. 23 Jul 1797
6. William Peace, b. 23 Jul 1800
7. James Peace, b. 6 May 1803

Marriage: 3 Feb 1786, Prince George, Maryland^[5]

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of John Peace S38996

Transcribed by Will Graves South Carolina

At a court of General Sessions and common Pleas began to be holden at Spartanburgh court house in and for the District of Spartanburgh on the Second Monday after the fourth Monday in October being the 6th day of November in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty.

Present his Honor Judge Nott

State of South Carolina, Spartanburgh District: To wit

On this Sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty, personally appeared in open court, to wit the court of General sessions and common Pleas, being a court of Record for the said District, John Peace, aged Sixty Six years resident in the District aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to the Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, to wit. In the Winter of 1776&7 he served a Tower [sic, Tour] of Three months in the company of Captain George Crawford under the command of Col. John Wood. On the 1st January 1777 he joined Genl. Washington's Army in the Jerseys, and was in the action at Princetown [sic, Princeton], a few days afterwards he returned home and was discharged. On the 28th day of April 1778 he enlisted for the Term of Three years with Capt Daniel Hull [?] at Hagerstown, in the Seventh Maryland Regiment commanded by Col John Gunby, and joined the main army at the Valley Forge. He acted as a Corporal at the Battle of Monmouth court house, and was then appointed Orderly Sergeant, and shortly afterwards was appointed Sergeant Major. He commanded a Platoon at Gates Defeat (Battle of Camden), and also at the Battle of Guildford [sic, Guilford] Court House, about the 28th day of April 1781. He was discharged at Woolcock's Iron works on Deep River in No Car by Capt William Beaty and Col O. H. Williams of the first Maryland Brigade. He was then appointed to commissary of Forage under General Carrington [? Covington?] of the Maryland line, and served in that capacity until September following. He afterwards joined the Militia Light horse company of Capt John Cohoun [sic, Calhoun?]^[6] under the command of General Pickens, where he served almost one year and then returned to the North.

The declarant further swears, that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring himself within the provisions of the act of congress entitled 'an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War' passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that he has no, nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him, nor has he any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule here unto annexed and by him subscribed.

The declarant further swears, that he is possessed of no property, either real or personal except his clothes, Pen knife and Inkstand, that he follows the occupation of School teaching, and with in long be compiled to abandon that pursuit, as he is already too blind to pursue his occupation without great inconvenience, and that from age and infirmity he is unable to support himself any other way. He further Swears, that his wife has been deprived of the use of her reason since the year 1808, and has since that time been a constant charge to the care of his family, who are, Elenor Peace born 3rd August 1786, not married - John Peace born 16 April 1791 a farmer, able to support himself. Mary Peace born 21st May 1793, unmarried, Joseph Peace born 18th December 1794, a farmer able to support himself. Patrick Peace born 23rd July 1797, married. William Peace born 28th July 1800 a farmer, and James C Peace born 6th May 1803 a farmer. The family of the Declarant have a small farm, on which they live and with difficulty and great economy, support themselves and their invalid Mother, but are unable, without privation to themselves to contribute to the support of the Declarant.

Sworn to and declared the day above mention before. S/ John Peace

S/ Abm Nott

I am of opinion this total amount in value, of the property contained in the above schedule does not exceed Twenty Dollars.

S/ Abm Nott

The State of South Carolina

I Elisha Bomar clerk of the court of General Sessions and common Pleas for Spartanburgh District certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereunto annexed are truly copies from the Records of the said court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property of the Declarant as stated in the schedule, does not exceed Twenty Dollars. On Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said court on this 12th day of December 1820.

S/ E. Bomar

Clerk of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas for Spartanburg Dist So Car

Auditor's Office, Annapolis, Feb 24th 1820

I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls remaining in the Auditor's Office, that John Peace enlisted as a Corporal in the 7th Maryland Regiment, on the 28th day of April 1778 and was discharged on the 1st Nov 1780 present.

S/ Thos Karney, Aud. S.M.

The applicant was appointed to Q. M. Sergt on the 2nd day of March 1780. Srgt Major in May

S/ TK

South Carolina, To wit:

On this Eleventh day of April, one Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty before me and the Judges of the court of General Sessions and common Pleas for the said State, personally appeared John Peace aged Sixty five years, resident in Greenville District in the said State, he being by me, first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late Act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War” - That he the said John Peace enlisted for the term of three years on the 28th day of April Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred and seventy Eighth in the State of Maryland in the Company commanded by Captain David Hull, of the Regiment commanded by Col John Gunby in the Line of the State of Maryland on the Continental Establishment. That he continued to serve the said corps as in the service of the United States until the 28th day of April Anno domini One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty-one, when he was regularly discharged from the service at a place known by the name of Woolcock's Ironworks on Deep River in the State of North Carolina, by Capt William Beaty and Col Williams - that he continued with the Army until after the Siege at Ninety-six and when discharged was Sergeant Major in the first Maryland Brigade - that he is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his Support - and that being far removed from his Revolutionary friends and co-adjustors [?], he is unable to produce any other Testimony of his said Services.

Declared and sworn to this day and year aforesaid S/ John Peace

S/ David Johnson

State of South Carolina

I, David Johnson, Judge to as mentioned in the foregoing Declaration, Do certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the said John Peace did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common Enemy for the term of Nine month at one time on the Continental Establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support.

Given under my hand & the seal of the Court of common Pleases of the said seal his Eleventh day of April 1820.

S/ David Johnson

 Muster Rolls and Other Records

Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, Volume 18, Page 239

Names. Rank. Time of Service. Remarks. Enlisted. Discharged

Peace, John 3 Corpl 28 April 78 1 Nov 80 present Sergt. Major May 80, 16 May 79 Sergt. and M. S. 2 Mar 80

Volume 18, Page 551

Serjt. John Peace Dischd. 28 Apl'81 "

South Carolina - Federal Pension Report - 1835 Report from the Secretary of War

IN OBEDIENCE TO RESOLUTIONS OF THE SENATE OF THE 5TH AND 30TH JUNE, 1834 AND THE 3RD OF MARCH, 1835.

IN RELATION TO THE PENSION ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATESS

WASHINGTON

PRINTED BY DUFF GREEN

1835

JOHN PEACE

SPARTANBURGH DISTRICT

SEARGEANT MAJOR

MARYLAND CONTINENTAL LINE

$96.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE

$566.36 AMOUNT RECEIVED

JANUARY 5, 1821 PENSION STARTED

AGE 79"

Poem & Letter of John Peace

The Old Soldier

John Peace (1754-1821)

Of Greenville, South Carolina

"He entered the land

Armed and light horse mounted.

Sergeant Major John Peace

Of the Continental Army.

"He left his Pennsylvania home

To fight for his country at Princeton

In the cold Jersey Campaign

The Winter of Seventy-seven.

"One of Washington’s gallant men

Signed on to fight in Maryland

Broke camp that June at Valley Forge

Won his stripes at Monmouth Court.

"At Cowpens and Guilford Court

With long knife and bayonet

Like a good and hearty soldier fought

To save the South from Tarleton.

"Duty done for Washington

Fighting still he rode

‘Side Pickens and Calhoun

Saber and gun his companions.

"Militia duty with a platoon of boys

Trail hardened and cunning

Who knew how to

Shoot the eye out of a squirrel.

"Foraging he spied the land

Green so like his Scotland fair

So green no other name would bear

Here at the edge of the wild frontier.

"Here in his youth he slipped

Through wilderness shadows

Provisions on his back

Long rifle at his ready

"Musketball and shot he dodged.

Tomahawks and arrows

Whistled through the air he breathed

Not a one touching him.

"But that was then

And now it was 1820 and he was

An old soldier feeble and fallen

Chilled by his own self-pity.

"Eyesight gone

Body a bone-sore ruin

Lands sold to pay debts

Forced to petition his country.

"From glory of victory

In his twentieth-third summer

To abject beggar

In his sixty-sixth.

"Other old warriors

Once came to Earle’s Fort

And sat on his porch

For a moment of ease.

"And the look

In their rheumy eyes

Hinted they were

Someplace else as well as here

"On horseback

Down new roads

By canoe down deep rivers

On booted feet through frozen woods.

"Old men once came

On crutches or canes

Bent, hardly able to stand

To share a jug and relive the war.

"But now they were gone

And the old soldier sat alone

Long rifle and sword

Hung on a peg with his hat and he sat

"At a table with inkwell and quill

Turned up the wick

And wrote the most

Damnable correspondence of his life:"

~ Anonymous

---

"To The Honorable House of Assembly

"Sitting in Charleston, South Carolina

"The Humble Petition of John Peace:

"Most Humbley Sheweth that your Petitioner was three years in the active Service of the United States under the Command of General Green - as by his discharge which accompanies this will more fully appear and after being discharged Served in the forage department six months but being destitute of money and clothes was rendered incapable of returning to his family in Pennsylvania was obliged to apply himself to Industry to Elevate his then present necessities and provide for his further Support; at which Juncture the Enemies of America by their Rapine and Murders threatened destruction on all Sides. That your Petitioner was then obliged to do Militia Duty with his own horse during the term of twelve months wanting seven days under the Command of Captain John Calhoun and General Pickens Regiment as by Certificate will appear for which Your Petitioner has never Received any part of the pay or hire due for Said Service owing to an neglect of Captain Calhoun and Returning Your Petitioner to Colonel Anderson, Your Petitioner being gone Northward to bring out his family and Settle his accounts with the State of Maryland, from whence Your Petitioner Returned last July and now Considers himself a Citizen of this State

"Most Humbly Submits it to your Honors Consideration, trusting in that Generosity and humanity which has ever distinguished the Legislature of South Carolina, in the Line of Liberty. To commiserate Your Petitioners Case and doubt not but it will appear equitable to the Honorable House that Petitioner should be rewarded for his Service and order the matter according to Your usual Clemency and goodness and Your Petitioner as is Duty Bound."

Shall ever Pray

John Peace

Notes on Reference to Earle's Fort

Notes on the Location of Earle’s Ford and Earle’s Fort

John Allison

Sept 3, 2005

1) Hoyt Prince could remember seeing site logs with loop holes in them that had been part of the old fort. Hunting Country Rd. was previously known as Princes Fort Road. (The Earles and Birnies, 1974).

2) Reference picture in E&B book.

3) E.O.Earle's letter in Rev. J.B.O. Landrum's Colonial and Revolutionary History of Upper S.C., dated 7/4/1891

• Tories crossed Pacolet River north of my grandfather's house (Bayliss Earle's house) that stood very near my old barn.
• After crossing the river, they turned right (SE) and attacked Whigs on ridge east of where the Gibbs family now lives.
• Earle's Fort was at Col. John Earle's, where W.L. Prince now lives.
• After the fight was over, the Tories came back to my grandfather's house (Bayliss Earle's house), the Whigs in pursuit...

4) From J.B.O. Landrum's book (1897)

• McDowell's camp was on the former plantation, and near the residence of the late Rev. John G. Landrum.
• It is now the property of his daughter, Mrs. E.E. Bomar (Nannie Bomar).
• The homestead residence was burned down several years ago, and another built on the same spot, which is now occupied by the Gibbs family (referred to in O.P. Earle's letter).
• Mr. Prince told Landrum that "there was a fight down close to your house".

5) From the The Block House article by Eugene Warner, March, 1963...

• A descendant (Joseph Hannon Daniel) says that the Hannons lived on the North Pacolet River near where Morgan's Chapel now stands.
• At a dirt road along Pacolet River, where Ralph Cote now raises horses... Joseph Hannon Daniel pointed out the scene of the massacre. (They) "escaped through the canebrakes over there and up the hill to Fort Earle."
• Mr. Thawley took us to the back of his house to an elevated point commanding a sweeping vista of the Pacolet valley. He stated, "I've been clearing this knoll off for four months, and only last week came on the foundations of the fort., which has been buried here for years under a tangle of briars and honeysuckle that must have been six feet deep". "There they are", he pointed to the stacks of grey lichen-covered rocks arranged in two adjoining squares, all that remains today of Col. John Earle's fortress-home.‘^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Poem, by Anonymous & Letter Penned by John Peace to the Honorable House Assembly Sitting in Charleston, South Carolina If you are unable to visualize this document, do not hesitate to contact the Profile Manager.
2. ↑ Possible original surname: Peiceacre, per Cynthia Hale (2OldFriends) at Ancestry.com
3. ↑ Source: John Peace. Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters
4. ↑ Source: John Peace. Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters
5. ↑ Source: Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church from Original Sources Vol. I
6. ↑ It is unclear as to which unit this was. One possibility might be Langdon's Company of Light Horse Volunteers, which was formed on July 21, 1777 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire for Gen. John Stark's Brigade gathering at Charlestown, New Hampshire during the Saratoga Campaign
7. ↑ Foregoing is from http://gaz.jrshelby.com/allison-notes.htm

• Source: Valley Forge Muster Roll. http://www.valleyforgemusterroll.org › muster | Jun 18, 2016; accessed: 3 Jul 2016 - It is possible to search the Muster Roll by a soldiers' last name or a portion of the last name.

• Source: Source Citation for Pension File- John Peace, Pension application to U.S. Government: Citation Information: Source Information: Title: Pension File- John Peace, Pension application to U.S. Government; Publisher: Maryland 538996, 7th Maryland Regiment; Repository Information: No repository specified for this source

• Source: Citation Information: Title: Enlistment record; Note: 7 Md. John Peace appears with the rank of Corp'l on a roll of Cap' Stull's Company of the 7th Maryland Reg't Commanded by Col. John Gunby Revolutionary War Roll Dated White Plains, Sep. 9 1778 Time engaged to serve: 3 yrs. Present on the field signed, B. Harrison; Repository Information: No repository specified for this source

• Source: South Carolina Highway Historical Marker Guide, 2nd Ed., revised, South Carolina Department of Archives and History.South Caroliniana Library Record: Title: South Carolina highway historical marker guide / editor and designer, Judith M. Andrews. Edition: 2nd. ed., rev. Description: vi, 290 p. : ill., maps ; 15 x 24 cm. Published: Columbia, S.C. : South Carolina Department of Archives and History, c1998. LC Subjects: Historical markers --South Carolina--Guidebooks. South Carolina publications --Columbia--S.C. Dept. of Archives and History, 1998. Other Authors: Andrews, Judith M. South Carolina. Dept. of Archives and History. Notes: Includes index. ISBN: 1880067463 Call: 975.7 Of3a 1998 | http://gaz.jrshelby.com/earlesfort.htm

• Source: 1800 United States Federal Census: Name: John Peace; Home in 1800 (City, County, State) Greenville, South Carolina; Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3; Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1; Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1; Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 2; Number of Household Members Under 16: 6; Number of Household Members Over 25: 3; Number of Household Members: 9

• Source: Web: Netherlands, Genealogie; Online Trees Index, 1000-2015: Name: John Peace; Gender: Male; Birth Date: Abt 1750

• Source: John Peace Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters

• Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900: Name: John Peace; Pension Year: 1821; Application State: South Carolina; Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File; Archive Publication Number: M804; Archive Roll Number: 1894; Total Pages in Packet: 11

• Source: S186 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R3 NOTE: This information comes from one or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. * Repository: R3 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com

• Source: S470 Title: Hartwell Meacham Peace.ged; NOTE: Source Medium: Other

• Source: Maryland Revolutionary War Records: Name: John Peace; Birth Date: 1755; Rank: Sergt.; Establishment: Maryland Line; Comment: S. C. Service

• Source: U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872: Name: John Peace; Pension Office State: South Carolina; Year Range: 1818-1832

• Source: Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850: Name: Elizabeth Hines; Gender: Female; Marriage Date: 3 Feb 1786; Spouse: John Peirce; Spouse Gender: Female; County: Prince George's County

• Source: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011: Name: Elizabeth Hines; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 3 Feb 1786; Marriage Place: Prince George, Maryland, USA; Spouse Name: John Peerce; Household Members: Name: Elizabeth Hines; John Peerce

• Source: Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church from Original Sources Vol. I: Name: John Pierce [John Peace]; Marriage Date: 3 Feb 1786; Marriage Place: Upper Marlborough, Prince George's, Maryland; Spouse: Elizabeth Hines; Source: Marriage Licenses Issued at Upper Marlborough, Prince George's County, Maryland, 1777-1800. Page: 123

• Source: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985: Name: John Pice; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 22 Aug 1776; Marriage Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Spouse Name: Jane Lawson; Denomination: Roman Catholic; Organization Name: Old St Paul´s Church; Household Members: Name: John Pice, Jane Lawson

Possible Immigration Source

• Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s: Name: John Peice; Arrival Year: 1729; Arrival Place: Potomac (poss. Maryland); Source Publication Code1217.3; Primary Immigrant: Peice, John; Source Bibliography; COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Bonded Passengers to America. 9 vols. in 3. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Vol. 3. London, 1656-1775. 179 p. Page: 115^[8]

Acknowledgments

• A great big shout-out and thank you to cousin and friend, Judith Parker-Proctor, Shelby NC 28150 | http://www.facebook.com/judytalk | Broad River Genealogical Society (2004-2005 President) * http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncbrgs/ | Gaston Lincoln Genealogical Society * http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncglgs/Index.htm

• WikiTree profile Peace-190 created through the import of ROBISON Gedcom of DRR Ancestors and Descendants for WikiTree 01 JUL 2012.ged on Jul 1, 2012 by Dave Robison.

• Thank you to Lynden Castle Rodriguez for her contributions to this profile.