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Descendants of George Pegram
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| 590 | F | i | Nancy Henrietta Virginia Moorman was born in Jul 1815. |
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| 591 | M | ii | Daniel B. P. Moorman was born about 1820. |
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| 592 | F | iii | Cornelia Moorman was born about 1824. She died before Jan 1867. |
145. Thomas Pegram 1, 2, 3 (Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 20 Apr 1791 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died in Aug 1818 in Bedford Co., Virginia.
His Will is recorded in Will Book "E", p. 46 Bedford Co., Virginia.
The following item appeared in "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri" by Wm. S. Bryan and Robert Rose, published in 1876:
The parents of Daniel Pegram were Scotch*. Daniel was born in Petersburg, Virginia, but settled and lived in Bedford Co., where he raised 10 children, six sons and 4 daughters, each of whom was more than six foot in height. Thomas, a son of Daniel Pegram, married Nancy Hopkins, whose mother's maiden name was Clark, and who had a brother, Chester Clark, who drew $100,000 in a lottery. Thomas had but three children... James L., Edward T., and William. The latter died in Virginia in his 19th year. James L. married Julia R. Oley, of Virginia, and settled in St. Charles Co., Missouri in 1839, and in Montgomery Co., in 1845. Mrs. Pegram died in 1863. They had 8 children, four sons and four daughters. Edward T. Pegram married Mildred Crane, of Montgomery Co., and had 2 children, a son and daughter.
* This we know to be incorrect.
Thomas married Nancy (Narcissa) Hopkins 1, 2 daughter of William Hopkins and Elizabeth Clarke in 1812. Nancy was born in Bedford Co., Virginia.
They had the following children:
593 M i James Lawrence Pegram was born in 1813. He died on 12 Dec 1893. 594 M ii William Daniel Pegram was born about 1815 in Bedford Co., Virginia. He died about 1834 in Virginia. 595 M iii Edward Thomas W. Pegram was born on 29 Mar 1818. He died on 30 Nov 1876.
147. Nancy Pegram (Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 31 Jan 1796 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.
On the 1850 Census of York Co., South Carolina, she is listed as HH. Living with her are her son, George W. Mason and his wife and their son, Larkin. Nancy A. Pegram is also listed. She is probably the sister of Nancy Pegram but if so, her age is wrong since it shows her to be age 13 and born in Virginia. Julia A. Pegram, the sister of Nancy Pegram Mason was born in 1804.
Nancy married William Mason. William was born in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina. He died before 1850 in probably York Co., South Carolina.
They had the following children:
596 M i George Washington Mason was born about 1825. 597 F ii Susan Virginia Mason was born about 1827.
148. Winchester Pegram 1, 2 (Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 23 Jan 1799 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died on 28 Nov 1862 in Dallas, Gaston Co., North Carolina.
Winchester and Mary lived near the mouth of the South Fork River in Lincoln County, which is now known as the South Point Section of Gaston County, having been cut off from Lincoln County in 1846. This area was also the general locale of Daniel Pegram, Winchester's father.
About 1850 Winchester and Mary moved to Dallas, just north of Gastonia. Winchester was a merchant there, and also kept a hotel. The Gastonia, North Carolina Daily Gazette of 28 September 1945 carried an article entitled "Old Pegram Home, First built in Dallas, Being Tom Down by Workmen." It was a large two story house with an ell, and chimney at either end. It was on the southwest comer of the square. It was built by Col. Morris, almost all of heart pine. It was a stately building and stood for ninety five years before being torn down to be replaced by an oil station. The home is described in a book on Old Gaston County Homes. Miss Corinne Puett, a descendant of Winchester and Mary Stowe, wrote on page four of"Dallas Homes" that "Mr. Pegram was killed by a falling tree in 1861, and Mrs. Pegram continued to live there until her death in 1866. Mrs. Pegram had a pretty flower garden on the west side of her house, and today many of Grandma Pegram's flower descendants live on in the gardens of her children and grandchildren."A daughter, Mary Ward made her home with her mother, and continued to live there a long time after her mother died. Later the home was occupied by Sheriff Jim White, and Mrs. O.F. Mason and family. Mrs. Miles Rhyne bought the home, and later her son, Eugene Rhyne owned it, and lived there for many years. Dr. Simmons visited Miss Puett in the summer of 1982. She was in her nineties, in the poorest of health, and confined to the bed, but still interested and alert about family history. She has since died.
The Pegrams were charter members of the Presbyterian Church at Dallas, which was organized in 1851. Winchester was the first Ruling Elder. His descendants are still leaders in the Presbyterian Denomination. One of his grandsons, Robert Murry Pegram was a Presbyterian minister, and there were one or more other descendants that were ministers. Mrs. Frances Pegram Weaver and her two sisters, great granddaughters of Winchester and Mary Pegram were active in Presbyterian work, have held responsible appointments, and have been officially honored for their contributions.
The death of Winchester Pegram resulted when he tried to rescue a calf from underneath a falling tree. In the Annals of Lincoln County, page 173 it is stated: "Winchester Pegram was a leading citizen.., born June 23, 1799. He married in 1818 to Mary, daughter of Jacob Stowe, and died in Dallas November 28, 1862. He was a good man, a merchant, kept a hotel in Dallas and reared a family of splendid sons and daughters, among them were Miles P., longtime a Charlotte Banker, W.W., E.L. Theodore and Frank Pegram."
Both Winchester and his wife Mary are buried at the New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Gaston County, North Carolina.
The will of Winchester was executed in Gaston County, 5 August 1857 and recorded in Book 1, p. 134. It names his wife Mary, and daughters, Violet Susan Froneberger and Mary Ward. Daughters Nancy and Elvira died prior to the time Winchester's will was made. Sons named in the will were Miles P., Theodore, William, Edward L. and Franklin. It also named Rebecca and Violet Craig, daughter of his deceased daughter Nancy. The will of Mary Stowe Pegram was made 10 March 1866, Book 1, p. 193, and names the same heirs as Winchester.
Winchester and Mary had a large family and there are many descendants in North and South Carolina, especially the area around Charlotte and Gastonia, and in York County, South Carolina. All of Winchester and Mary's children were apparently born in Gaston or Lincoln Counties.
A copy of a portion of the Bible of Daniel Theodore Pegram, son of Winchester Pegram is posted elsewhere on this website.
Winchester married Mary Stowe 1 daughter of Jacob Stowe and Nancy Ford on 28 Dec 1818 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina. Mary was born on 4 Mar 1796 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina. She died on 5 Jul 1866 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina.
Mary is incorrectly shown as age 33 on the 1850 census of Gaston Co., North Carolina.
They had the following children:
598 F i Nancy Melvina Pegram was born on 5 Dec 1819. She died on 10 Nov 1851. 599 M ii Daniel Theodore Pegram was born on 21 Sep 1821. He died on 10 Sep 1901. 600 M iii Jacob Franklin Pegram was born on 27 Feb 1823. He died on 2 Feb 1908. 601 F iv Mary Harriet Cornelia Pegram was born on 25 May 1825. She died on 10 Oct 1906. 602 M v Edward Larkin Pegram was born on 8 Jan 1828. He died on 23 Jun 1904. 603 F vi Violet Susan Pegram was born on 2 Mar 1830. She died on 22 Feb 1881. 604 M vii William Winchester Pegram was born on 12 Aug 1832. He died on 6 Dec 1888. 605 M viii Miles Pickney Pegram was born on 27 Nov 1834. He died on 16 Dec 1915. 606 F ix Elaine Evelina Pegram was born on 2 Mar 1837 in North Carolina. She died on 21 Nov 1844.
149. Martha Pegram (Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 10 Mar 1802 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.
Martha married Jacob Stowe son of Jacob Stowe and Nancy Ford. Jacob was born 1 in 1794. He died 2 in 1877. He was buried 3 in Bethel Presbyterian Cemetery, York Co., South Carolina.
To get to this cemetery from Clover, SC go east on Highway SC 55 for about 2.5 miles to the intersection with Highway SC 557. Turn north, left, and go 2.1 miles and the cemetery will be on your right
They had the following children:
607 F i Martha Minerva Pegram Stowe was born in 1824. She died in 1910. 608 M ii Stephens Decatur Stowe was born on 22 Jun 1822. He died on 23 Mar 1894. 609 F iii Harriet Stowe was born on 18 Sep 1827. She died on 11 Sep 1828.
150. Harriet Pegram (Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 6 Jun 1804 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died 1 on 26 Oct 1832.
She died in childbirth.
Harriet married Thomas Brevard McLean son of William McLean and Mary Davidson on 22 Dec 1831. Thomas was born on 10 Feb 1804 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina. He died on 25 Feb 1865.
Another source gives Mecklenburg Co. as the place of birth.
Thomas and Harriet had the following children:
610 M i Dr. John Davidson McLean was born on 26 Oct 1832. He died on 1 Mar 1878.
154. Joanna (Joanah) Rives 1 (Thomas Henry Rives , Mary Pegram , Daniel , George ) was born in 1765 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. She died 2 about 1836 in Warren Co., North Carolina.
Joannah Rivers Turner died between August Court, 1834 when she petitioned the Court for her dower and February Court 1837 when Administration on the Estate of Joannah Turner was granted to John Turner.
Joanna married Terisha Turner 1 son of Stephen Reuben Turner and Susanna Hamner on 19 Dec 1785 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. Terisha was born 2 on 31 Aug 1766 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. He died 3, 4 in 1834 in Warren Co., North Carolina.
Administration was granted to William F. Hilliard, May Ct., 1834. The widow Joannah Turner relinquished her right to administer the estate, May Court, 1834. The inventory and account of sales was filed by the administrator, August Court, 1834.
They had the following children:
611 F i Eleanor Turner was born about 1790. She died after 1840. 612 M ii Rives Turner was born about 1792. He died in 1838. 613 M iii Terisha (Terry) Turner was born about 1794 in Warren Co., North Carolina. 614 M iv John (Jack) Turner was born about 1795. 615 F v Susanna Turner was born about 1801. 616 F vi Martha Turner was born about 1803 in Warren Co., North Carolina. 617 M vii Stephen Turner.
155. William McGuffy Rives 1 (Thomas Henry Rives , Mary Pegram , Daniel , George ) was born on 24 Dec 1767 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died about 1839.
William McGuffy Rives was brought up on the plantation of his grandfather William Rives but later settled in Warren County, North Carolina. At the age of nineteen, while residing with his father in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, he received the bequest made him in 1768 by his maternal grandfather, David Neal, for in 1786 there was recorded in Mecklenburg an account of the "division of the estate of William Reaves," viz.:
In the hands of Thomas Rives belonging to William and Joanna Rives. Subscribers, John Kendrick and Parmenas Williams have divided the said estate and have given to William Rives Phillis and Murriah, and to Joanna, Tiller and her child Milley, Doll and her two children Adam and George and are of the opinion that the difference between the legacies is œ80 for which we have paid to William Rives account the cash in hand received for the hire of the said negroes and the balance of the money together with the bonds we have equally divided between the two parties.
The Will of William Rives was dated 24 Nov 1836, probated May Ct 1839 and recorded in Will Book 37, Page 244, Warren Co., North Carolina. He leaves to wife Mary Rives - life estate in the land where I now live, containing 278 acres, also Negroes Fanny, Ansel, Frank, and Sarah. Wife Mary - various furniture and tools, etc. Daughter Susan T. Rives -$300, trunk, mare, and Negro Rose. My executor is to sell the rest of my estate and from the proceeds pay my grandchildren Frances Ann Wadkins and James Rives Wadkins $100 each. The remaining money is to be divided as follows: one-ninth to the surviving children of my son Stephen Rives, and the other eight-ninths to be divided between my children Thomas Rives, William Rives, Robert Rives, James Rives, Nancy Mabry, Sally Moss, Rebecca Southall, and Susan T. Rives. At my wife's death, all property loaned to her is to be sold and proceeds divided into nine shares as designated above. Ex. friend Majr. Stephen Turner (and if he declines, John Hilliard) Wit. Howel B.A. Taylor, Thomas P. Paschall
William married 2 Mary Catherine Turner 1 daughter of Stephen Reuben Turner and Susanna Hamner on 5 Jan 1788 in Warren Co., North Carolina. Mary was born on 13 Mar 1771 in Warren Co., North Carolina. She died in 1847.
She is identified as Mary Rives in her father's Will.
They had the following children:
618 M i Stephen Turner Rives was born on 10 Nov 1788. He died in 1839. 619 M ii Thomas Rives was born on 4 Nov 1790. He died in 1870. 620 F iii Anne (Nancy) Rives was born on 14 Oct 1792. 621 M iv William Rives was born on 4 Mar 1795. He died in 1845. 622 F v Sarah Ann (Sally) Rives (Reeves) was born on 13 Aug 1799. She died on 21 Aug 1893. 623 F vi Mary Rives was born on 1 Dec 1801. She died before Nov 1836. 624 M vii Robert Rives was born on 16 Dec 1803. He died on 9 Sep 1885. 625 M viii James Rives was born on 13 Sep 1807. 626 F ix Rebecca Rives (Reaves) was born on 17 Jan 1810. She died before 1870. 627 F x Susan T. Rives (Rieves) was born on 7 Aug 1817.
156. Thomas Rives (Thomas Henry Rives , Mary Pegram , Daniel , George ) was born about 1770 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died in 1842 in Hall Co., Georgia.
After the custom of the time, Thomas Rives had received land from his father before the latter's death. As early as 1810 the records show him as the owner of 10 slaves in Chatham county.
In 1811, following the death of his father, Thomas Rives removed with his family to Jones County, Georgia, and settled six miles from the Ocmulgee River which, at that time, was the dividing line between the Creek Indians and the whites. In 1817 he removed to Jackson County, Georgia, and settled three miles north of Jefferson; but remained there only a short while, finally making his home near Bark Camp in Hall County, Georgia. The date of his death is not known; his great-great-grandson, Col. Homer V. Johnson, Clerk of the Court of Hall county, having indicated that there is no record of his will or of the administration of his estate among the Hall county records.
Thomas married Susanna Thweatt daughter of Buwell Thweatt and Jane Manson in 1793 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. Susanna was born in 1775 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died in 1833 in Hall Co., Georgia.
They had the following children:
628 M i James Robert Rives was born in 1794. He died on 29 Jun 1859. 629 F ii Mary Rives was born about 1796. She died before 1838. 630 M iii Thomas Rives was born about 1800 in Chatham Co., North Carolina. 631 M iv John Edwards (Jackie) Rives was born on 5 Mar 1802. He died on 10 Jun 1895. 632 M v William Rives was born about 1804. He died in 1879. 633 M vi Burwell G. Rives was born on 20 Jan 1807. He died in 1888. 634 M vii Reuben Rives was born about 1810. He died about 4 Jul 1842 in Hall Co., Georgia. 635 F viii Martha Rives was born about 1812. She died on 29 Mar 1848. 636 F ix Susannah Rives was born in 1814. She died after 1880.
157. Martha Rives (Thomas Henry Rives , Mary Pegram , Daniel , George ) was born about 1772 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia.
Martha married James Robert McMath 1, 2 about 1793 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. James was born 3 about 1768 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. He died after 1850 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.
He was named as an executor of Thomas Rives in his father-in-law's Will where he is identified as a son-in-law. He appears on the 1850 Census of Chatham Co., age 83, living with his grandson, William Robert McMath.
Family records have alway indicated he was born in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia but on the 1850 Census he gives his place of birth as North Carolina.
They had the following children:
637 M i Robert R. McMath was born about 1804. He died on 16 Apr 1828. 638 M ii Thomas McMath. 639 F iii Julianna McMath was born on 11 Oct 1802. She died on 13 Oct 1846.
158. Mary Rives (Thomas Henry Rives , Mary Pegram , Daniel , George ) was born about 1774 in Virginia.
Mary married Robert Wilkinson son of John Wilkinson and Margaret McGume before 1790 in Chatham Co., North Carolina. Robert was born in 1764 in Orange Co., North Carolina.
The following note (and all other notes on this Wilkinson line) was made by the unknown researcher who compiled this excellent account of his/her Wilkinson genealogy. If you recognize the author of this work, please let us hear from you so that we may give proper recognition for their excellent work.
"Robert Wilkinson, the first son of John and Margaret Wilkinson, was born in Chatham County, North Carolina in 1764. According to a book of Rives family history, Robert married Mary Rives. Mary was the daughter of Thomas Henry Rives and second wife Mary Edwards. She was born in 1768. Thomas was a son of William Rives and Miss Pegram, born in Prince George County, Virginia in about 1740. Thomas had moved to southern Virginia and lived in that area until about 1768. After the death of his first wife, Eleanor Neal, in 1868, he married Mary Edwards. He and family moved a few years later to Chatham County, North Carolina.
In the 1790 Census of Chatham County, Robert and Mary were known to have three daughters and two sons. I believe that one of the sons was Benjamin. By 1800 the family had added another daughter and son. The family remained in Chatham County for at least the next 20 years. It is believed that Mary was deceased by about 1818. In 1818, Robert appointed Thomas Snipes as his Power of Attorney to act for him for sums of money or property due him from the Last Will and Testament of Thomas Rives. The nature of the Power of Attorney indicated that Robert was considering leaving Chatham County. He is believed to have been living there until about 1823, after which there is no further record of him or any members of his family in North Carolina.
The birth of my known ancestor, Robert (1797), fits into the picture very nicely. As was the practice in many families of the time, the first born son was often named after the father. A review of other children born to Robert Sr.'s brothers and sisters reveals no other Robert as a child. While all of this is circumstantial, it is too good not to be true."
Robert and Mary had the following children:
640 F i Daughter Wilkinson was born before 1790. 641 F ii Daughter Wilkinson was born before 1790. 642 F iii Daughter Wilkinson was born before 1790. 643 M iv Benjamin Wilkinson was born before 1790. 644 M v Robert Wilkinson was born in 1797. He died in 1857. 645 F vi Daughter Wilkinson was born before 1800.
159. Edwards Rives 1 (Thomas Henry Rives , Mary Pegram , Daniel , George ) was born 2 on 19 Mar 1775 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. He died on 2 Feb 1840 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.
In 1850, his wife is living with her daughter and son-in-law, Aaron Headen and wife, Mary.
The notice of his death was published in The Raleigh Register.
Edwards married Mary Ann Alston 1, 2 daughter of William Alston and Ann Yeargain in 1800 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. Mary was born on 9 Jun 1785 in Chatham Co., North Carolina. She died on 8 Sep 1867 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.
In 1860 she was living with her daughter, Mary Edwards Rives Headen.
They had the following children:
646 F i Sarah Rives was born on 11 Sep 1801. She died 1 in Jan 1804. 647 M ii William Alston Rives was born on 1 Nov 1803. He died on 18 Feb 1883. 648 F iii Martha C. Rives was born on 10 Mar 1806. She died on 5 Jan 1884. 649 M iv Oran D. Rives was born on 24 Sep 1808.
Thought to have died as a child.650 F v Anna P. Rives was born on 14 Sep 1810. 651 M vi Robert Edward Rives was born on 14 May 1812. He died on 12 Aug 1861. 652 M vii Thomas Y. Rives was born 1 on 28 Jul 1814.
Apparently died as a child.653 M viii John Joseph Rives was born on 28 Mar 1817. He died before 1850. 654 M ix Col. James Franklin Rives was born on 12 Jun 1820. He died on 21 Jan 1887. 655 F x Mary Edwards Rives was born on 23 Dec 1827.
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