John Peacock (abt. 1740 - 1829)

Born about 1740 in Dobbs County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Thompson) Peacock — married 1782 in Wayne County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died Jan 1829 at about age 89 in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

John Peacock "Lame" was born about 1740 in what was then Dobbs County, North Carolina, a son of John Peacock (about 1712–1781) and Patience Ann Raiford ( –about 1808).

John married Mary Thompson about 1772 in Wayne County, North Carolina. They had nine children, all identified in John's will (birthdates for most are estimates):^[1]

• Micajah (1775–1845)
• Treacy (1775– ), married Phillip Pearce
• Noah (1780–1824)
• Christian (1780– ), married _____ Woodard
• [unknown daughter], married [unknown] Pearce (at least two children, Elizabeth and Needham Pearce)
• John Jr (1786–1849)
• Zadock (1790–1852)
• Theophilus (1792–1855)
• Barnabas (1795–1870)

John died about January 1829 (will proven February 1829) in Wayne County, aged about 89.^[1]

Census

1790, Wayne County, North Carolina^[2]
1800, Wayne County, North Carolina^[3]
1810, Wayne County, North Carolina^[4]
1820, Wayne County, North Carolina^[5]

Research Notes

Disambiguation of some of the many John Peacocks

There are at least three John Peacocks from Wayne County, North Carolina, all born about 1740–1745-ish and all died 1826–1829.

• This profile is "Lame John". He was the son of John Peacock (d. 1781) and Patience Raiford; he married Mary Thompson and had an 1828 will, proven February 1829. Both his will and the 1820 census call him "John Peacock, Lame." He apparently had been injured in the Revolutionary War.
• John Peacock that married Nancy Paxton and died in Jasper County, Georgia. [His profile on WikiTree calls him "John Peacock Senior" but the records do not.]
• "John Peacock Senior," married Priscilla Worrell and Elizabeth Bishop. He had a will proven September 1829. [No WikiTree profile]

One of these last two was the son of Samuel Peacock and wife Tilsey.

There are also younger John Peacocks from both Wayne and Johnston Counties (including sons of these men, their brothers or cousins). They include John Peacock, Jr., a son of Lame John (not a son of John Sr. as might be expected), and a John Peacock (b. 1766) that married Unity Pearce—a step-daughter to Lame John's daughter Treacy. Some of these younger John Peacocks also need straigtening out.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Will of John Peacock, Lame, signed 29 April 1828, proved February 1829, Wayne County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Wayne County, North Carolina, Wayne County Record Book Vol. 6, 1828–1834, Wills, inventories, and settlements of estates, page 3–4, FHL DGS #4772492, image 296 & 297 of 562, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TG-PSVB, Wayne County Court, Goldsboro, North Carolina.
2. ↑ 1790 United States Census, Wayne County, North Carolina, 1790, page 471, column 2, entry for John Peacock, FHL DGS #005157139, image 594 of 601, Quality note: based on ages of children & marriage dates this entry is most likely this John Peacock, but none of the 1790 entries include suffixes or nicknames, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY8-37QX, National Archives and Records Administration.
3. ↑ 1800 United States Census, Wayne County, North Carolina, 1800, p. 236, stamped 865, entry for John Peacock, FHL DGS #004956033, image 865 of 880, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R82-LKH, National Archives and Records Administration.
4. ↑ 1810 United States Census, Wayne County, North Carolina, 1810, p. 825, entry for John Peacock, FHL DGS #005157132, image 472 of 556, Quality Note: Based on ages of children, etc. this entry is most likely for Lame John Peacock, but it isn’t completely clear which is which in this census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB6-J6Z, National Archives and Records Administration.
5. ↑ 1820 United States Census, Wayne County, North Carolina, 1820, page 478, entry for John Peacock (Lame), FHL DGS #005156906, image 329 of 404, Index is off from original pages, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYJ-9YTD, National Archives and Records Administration, M23.

See Also:

• John Peacock Estate File, 1829–1830, Wayne County Superior Court, Wayne County, North Carolina, Loose files, FHL DGS #007392981, images 1057–1071 of 2134, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8G-MNPJ, Repository: Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina.