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Bi-weekly Summary of Peery Family History for Peery Cousins Online
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Vol. 2 No. 3 A Virginia Connection February 10, 1996
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In This Issue...
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- Editor's Note
- New Members
- Letters to the Editor
- Peery / Perry - Coordinated Research
- Peerys of Tazewell County, Virginia
- Our Ancestral Virginia - Part 3
- Generations: Descendants of Thomas Peery, The Pioneer -
Part 10 - Fifth Generation (281-363; 605-637)
- Peery's in the News
- Books, Articles, etc.
EDITOR'S NOTE
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Nine meaningful responses to the Questionnaire came in by Friday,
February 9, the deadline date, a forty-eight percent return. I will seek to
ascertain from those who did not respond what problem, if any, interferred
with their reply. The information will be analyzed and a summary report
issued. Based upon the comments received, you will be seeing a tightening
of the Newsletter and a PEERY focus. Related lines through marriage are
part of that. Sharing and helping one another learn more about Peerys is
what we are about.
More historical information is presented in this bi-weekly issue. It
follows the emphasis desired for helping our members in their research
and resolving obstacles or problems they face in expanding their surname
lines.
Peerys in the News has been identified as a subject of interest. While
some of this was made available throughout last year, weekly database
searches for current and/or relatively recent information of Peery news is
ongoing. If anyone identifies with Peerys presented in this Newsletter and
can furnish more information, please submit it to the editor.
It has been suggested that members would be interested in current family
events, including births, deaths (especially obituaries), announcements or
stories in publications you have seen. Such news submitted about your
immediate family circle will be reported in the Newsletter.
We are moving toward a balance of ancestral information and current family
dynamics. If significant events affecting your family members are not being
identified and recognized in the Newsletter, you can make it happen.
Remember, it is possible that a connection might develop from other members
reading about your family, particularly when a marriage occurs.
E-mail communication continues to be made with prospective members for our
group. Checking criteria to verify a Peery or related/allied connection is
followed for each prospect. When we are unable to verify a connection, we do
not accept membership. There are grey areas, however, where an individual is
highly motivated to become a member and there is a close, yet uncertain,
proximity to a link. In such a case, we give the person the benefit of the
doubt. This procedure has been followed from the beginning. While it takes
time to clear names, the monitoring serves to maintain a tightly run and
selective membership. Where there is a clear Peery connection, there is an
immediate acceptance and welcoming into our group.
Bill Clayton has informed me he now has a home page on the World Wide Web
(WWW).
NEW MEMBERS
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Beth Peery joined us on February 2. She is a student at Trinity College in
Hartford, CT. Family history has always left her a bit curious. She is also
curious to learn more about the process of genealogy and about her own as
well. Check out her home page on the World
Wide Web (WWW).
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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>>>Date: Fri, 2 Feb 96 18:52 CST
From: Bill Clayton (Tyler, TX)
Subject: Peery Cousins Online
. . . .
I just thought I would pass on that I too have put a homepage on the
internet. There is nothing there about the Peery family except for a
narrative history of the Fifth Mississippi Cavalry regiment. One of the
commanders was Major William B. Peery. My homepage address is
In an attached file I am sending you a copy of Alexander Townsend Peery's
obituary.
Bill Clayton
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Editor's Note: The obituary will appear in Issue 2-4 of the Newsletter.
PEERY / PERRY - COORDINATED RESEARCH
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The information provided here is from the same person who is seeking
assistance. It is always possible that the Peery/Perry names are
connected.
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>>>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 20:03:35 -0400
From: Cruickshank D
Subject: Perry-Wales; Manzer-Germany > America
William Perry (born 1740-3 in Pennsylvania) was the son of Daniel Perry,
who came from Wales to North American. William had three brothers, who
along with him took part in the Revolutionary War. William was a loyalist
who arrived in Saint John with his wife, Priscilla Walker, and their
children on the Spring Fleet. They were aboard the ship "Walker." BTW -
the brothers were: John, Thomas and George Perry.
I am trying to find out more about Daniel. Does anybody have a list of
passengers who came from Wales? I don't know Daniel's wife's name. Also, I
have Manzers who were of German origin, but who had sailed from England. On
2 May 1635, James Manzer, 27, sailed from England on the "Alexander" bound
for Barbados, West Indies. I have no idea whether there would be any record
of the "Alexander" or James's trip to England from Germany.
Would appreciate any suggestions.
. . . .
Dawn Cruickshank
Saint John, N.B. Canada
e-mail: x2iu@unb.ca
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>>>Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 15:28:08 -0300
From: Cruickshank D
Subject: Perry Family in Pennsylvania
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Hi! I am looking for information on William Perry from Duck Creek. He went
to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on the Spring Fleet with the Loyalists.
His wife was Priscilla Walker. William was born in PA (don't know what
county) in 1743. His wife was born in 1752. They both died in New Canaan,
Queens County, New Brunswick.
I am looking for their families in the U.S. (where they originated). I know
William Perry's father was Daniel Perry. I think Daniel came from overseas,
possibly Wales. If anyone can stear me in the right direction, please let me
know. Would like to have contact with those working on the PERRYS in
Pennsylvania.
. . . .
Dawn Cruickshank - Saint John, New Brunswick - Canada - x2iu@unb.ca
PEERYS OF TAZEWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA
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The Peerys of Tazewell County, Virginia came from Augusta County,
Virginia. They came from the Peerys of Pennsylvania whose ancestors were
from Ireland and Scotland. The Augusta County Peerys settled about 1740.
The Tazewell County Peerys settled before the Revolution, about 1760.
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Source: Typed notes of Peery genealogy by Joseph Stras Peery, Salt Lake
City. He obtained the information from John Brown Peery and his wife,
Minnie Proffitt Peery, residents of Tazewell County, Virginia, who visited
JSP at his office in Salt Lake City on September 6, 1934.
OUR ANCESTRAL VIRGINIA - Part 3
By Steven L. Jamison, Los Altos, California
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Burke's Garden (Cont.)
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Following Thompson's directions, we drive to the home of Jim and
Louise Hoge. Although Jim is the unofficial mayor and chief historian of
Burke's Garden, we find him helping his wife shell cranberry beans in
their parlor. Of our various relatives from Burke's Garden, Peter Gose
Litz seems to be Jim's favorite. He mentioned Peter's second wife, Mary
Ellen Cline. When I question him about the Cline name, Jim gets down a
book (Pioneers of the Virginia Blue Grass) from his library shelves and
finds the references indicating that Peter Litz's second wife was Mary E.
Cline, the widow of Captain Michael Cline. She was the daughter of Andrew
Archer of Wythe County. Much of this is new information to me.
Then Jim brings out a topographical map of the Garden and marks the
Peter Litz's home, barn, school house and cemetery. Unfortunately, none of
the buildings remain.
Like Jim, most of the land owners in the valley are getting old. First
the elementary school there was closed for lack of students, and then the
high school shut down. Although Jim's son and grandson are continuing the
farming tradition, Jim is afraid that many of the younger generation, not
wanting to farm, will subdivide their lands and alter forever the farming
nature of the valley. High density housing would bring businesses and
traffic concerns. Perhaps the schools would reopen, but Burke's Garden would
never be the same. I can't help thinking that additional Amish inroads in
the valley could be what would save its agricultural identity.
We find the beautiful old Lutheran church that William Hardy Jamison,
the father of Jefferson Davis Jamison, had helped build in 1876. . . . On
the gentle slope at the south side of the church is a cemetery with
gravestones of many of our Gose, Litz and Spracher relatives. These pioneers
of German extraction were among the early settlers of the valley.
We want to find the Litz cemetery that Jim Hoge had pointed out on the
map, but forgot to ask Jim who the present owner of the land was. Since it
is getting late, we decide to save the remaining daylight to locate the
grave site of William Hardy Jamison and his wife, Mary Rebecca Litz. Jim's
directions lead us out of the valley and into the gap. There on a knoll
above the road we find the impressive gravestone at the foot of a large
tree. It is clearly too modern to have been the original marker. The Editor
would welcome information on when this beautiful headstone was erected and
by whom.
We continue out the gap, hoping that Burke's Garden will always be as
we experienced it. Tazewell, the county seat for Tazewell County, is on the
agenda for another day. Jefferson Davis Jamison was born in Burke's Garden,
but he married and started his family in Tazewell.
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Source: "Family Newsletter," by and for the descendants of Jefferson
Davis Jamison (1861-1906) and Nancy Loucinda Peery (1861-1925), Vol. 2,
No. 2, Winter 1995, pp 15-17.
GENERATIONS: DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS PEERY, THE PIONEER
By S. Paul Peery, Orlando, Florida
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Part 10
FIFTH GENERATION
(Continued from Issue 2-2)
281. John Hutchinson Peery was born on 20-Oct-1841. He was a farmer and
stock dealer in Livingston Co., Missouri. He owned a fine home and
a 500 acre farm six miles southeast of Jamesport, Mo.
In 1861 he joined the Confederate Army.
He married Elizabeth Crews on 2-Jul-1868.
They had the following children:
605. i. Stella M. Peery was born on 13-Sep-1871 and died on
21-Jun-1886.
606. ii. Fannie Peery
607. iii. Mary M. Peery
608. iv. William F. Peery was born on 15-Jan-1878.
609. v. Grace E. Peery was born on 30-Jul-1880.
610. vi. Elizabeth Peery was born on 18-Jul-1883 and died on
14-Oct-1883.
He also married Florence Howe Peery on 18-Feb-1886. She was born on
22-Dec-1853.
They had the following children:
611. i. Anna Ethel Peery was born on 15-Sep-1887 and died on
21-Jun-1889.
612. ii. John Roger Peery was born 24-Jun-1889.
613. iii. Jimmie Peery was born 13-Nov-1894 and died on
17-Mar-1895.
614. iv. Jessie Peery was born on 13-Nov-1894 and died on
09-Feb-1895.
282. Mary Jane Peery was born on 13-Aug-1843 in Missouri and died on
17-Oct-1878.
She married John Milton Stapp.
They had the following children:
615. i. Mary Margaret Stapp
285. Ann Eliza Peery was born on 19-Jan-1850.
She married a Mr. White.
292. Thomas Herbert Peery was born on 20-Jul-1876.
He married Annie Glasscrock.
294. Eugenia Peery was born on 07-Apr-1863.
She married P. W. Harrison.
296. Thomas Peery was born on 05-Sep-1867.
He married Minnie Gilbert.
298. Robert Peery Carnes was born on 28-Mar-1844 and died on 18-Sep-1874
in Grundy Co., Missouri.
He married Elizabeth Ann Norris.
299. Sophronia Peery was born on 16-Jul-1851.
She married John E. Vertrees. He was a professor and later a
President of a college. He was born in Perry, Pike Co., Illinois
on 12-Apr-1839.
304. Emma Florence Peery was born on 15-Oct-1855.
She married George P. Pepper on 29-Jan-1873. He died on 01-Mar-1890.
305. Maggie Livingstone Peery was born on 07-Nov-1857.
She married W. A. Henderson on 08-Jun-1876.
310. Flora Peery was born on 25-Nov-1858 and died on 05-Jun-1897.
She married John B. Markey.
313. Russell Bane Peery was born on 27-Sep-1832 and died on 06-Apr-1898.
He married Maria Spencer.
315. Thomas Edward Peery was born on 01-Jan-1838 in Tazewell Co., Va.
He married Rebecca Ann Lloyd on 03-Apr-1872. She was born on
13-Feb-1843 in Lee Co., Va. and died on 11-Nov-1887 in Gentry Co.,
Missouri.
They had the following children:
616. i. Charles Lloyd Peery, Dr.
617. ii. Genevra Elizabeth Peery was born on 20-Oct-1875.
618. iii. Benjamin Logan Peery was born on 12-Sep-1877. He was
the editor of the Albany Ledger.
619. iv. Edward Thomas Peery was born on 25-Aug-1881.
620. v. Philip Chauncey Peery was born on 27-Oct-1883.
621. vi. James Gordon Peery was born on 25-Aug-1886 and died on
14-May-1888.
316. Logan Howard Peery was born on 19-Mar-1841. He was a successful
merchant for many years and a fine business man. He was very
generous and liberal towards any of his relations who needed help.
He resided in Albany, Missouri.
He married Blanche Byrne. There were no children.
317. Luemna Caroline Peery was born on 29-Oct-1843.
She married William H. Moore. He was born in Alexandria,
Huntington Co., Pennsylvania.
319. Margaret Louise Peery
She married Finis Richards.
320. Nancy Matilda Peery
She married Baxter Campbell.
327. Elizabeth Ann Norris was born on 24-Nov-1843 and died in 1909.
She married Robert Peery Carnes. He was born on 28-Mar-1844 an died
on 18-Sep-1874 in Grundy Co., Mo.
329. Samuel Forkner Peery was born on 04-Nov-1845 in Missouri and died on
30-Jul-1916.
He married Pauline Garvin. She was born in Mar 1847.
They had the following children:
622. i. Lucy Kavanaugh Peery was born in Jul 1881.
623. ii. Narcissa Pauline Peery
624. iii. Ruby Linn Peery was born on 25-Dec-1887.
330. Juriah Elizabeth Peery was born on 22-Jan-1848.
She married William O'Hara, Dr. on 03-Jul-1884. He was born on
06-Jun-1831 in Randolph Co., Illinois and died 01-Apr-1903 in San
Antonio, Texas. They resided in Eureka Springs, Ark.
After his death, Juriah resided in Albany, Missouri.
333. Junius Woodson Peery was born on 28-Jun-1855. He was a lawyer and had
an extensive practice extending over the northwestern part of
Missouri.
He married Leora Trent on 09-Apr-1890.
They had the following children:
625. i. Louise Trent Peery was born on 28-Mar-1891.
339. Horace Jewett Peery was born on 12-Aug-1852 in Grundy Co. Mo. and died
on 19-Apr-1910 in Albany, Missouri. Was the county clerk of Gentry
Co. and resided in Albany.
He married Lucy Viola Williams on 22-Jun-1887.
They had the following children:
626. i. Lenore Bennett Peery was born on 01-Oct-1891.
627. ii. Wilma Kirk Peery
628. iii. Horace Jewett Peery was born on 20-Feb-1901 and died on
08-Jun-1902.
629. iv. Trusten Erastus Peery was born on 12-Apr-1904.
340. Florence Howe Peery was born on 22-Dec-1853.
She married John Hutchinson Peery on 18-Feb-1886. He was born on
29-Oct-1841. He was a farmer and stock dealer in Livingston Co.,
Missouri.
He owned a fine home and a farm of 500 acres six miles southeast of
Jamesport, Mo.
He served in the Confederate Army.
They had the following children:
611. i. Anna Ethel Peery
612. ii. John Roger Peery
613. iii. Jimmie Peery
614. iv. Jessie Peery
341. Nash Andral Peery was born on 15-Dec-1855 in Grundy Co., Mo. He was a
lawyer and resided in Portland, Oregon.
He married Nettie Adell McIntosh on 10-Nov-1887. She was born on
26-Apr-1865 and died in 1906.
They had the following children:
630. i. Archibald F. Peery
631. ii. Wallace Peery was born on 23-Oct-1890.
632. iii. Helen Mary Peery was born on 30-Nov-1892.
633. iv. Thomas Leaver Peery was born on 19-Jan-1896.
342. Trusten Polk Peery was born on 19-Dec-1857 in Grundy Co., Mo.
He married Lura Bell Peery. She was born on 04-Dec-1863.
They had the following children:
634. i. George Thompson Peery was born on 07-Dec-1905.
346. John Thompson Peery was born on 11-Sep-1867 in Edinburgh, Grundy Co.,
Missouri
He married Mary Margaret Strapp.
They had the following children:
635. i. Archibald Thompson Peery was born on 11-Jul-1898
636. ii. Virginia Peery was born on 17-Jul-1903.
347. Judith Ann Ashby was born on 06-Dec-1839 in (near) Chillicothe, Mo. She
died on 09-Apr-1907.
After her mother's death at 33 years of age, she assumed the
responsibility for the care of her father and five younger children
until her father remarried.
She married Joseph A. Peery on 13-Feb-1862 in Grundy Co., Mo. He was
born on 21-Jul-1834 in Tazewell Co., Va. and he died on 21-Aug-1874 in
Franklin, Nebraska.
In 1864, Joseph moved from Missouri to Nebraska City, Nebraska because
they could not endure conditions in Missouri. In 1870, he and his
father-in-law Samuel Ashby took homesteads near the present town of
Franklin, Nebraska. After selecting their land they returned to
Nebraska City and in the spring of 1871 returned with families.
Joseph was twice elected clerk of the county of Franklin and was
postmaster of Franklin.
After the death of Joseph, Judith was left with three small children
on the farm in a dugout home, habitable only by necessity. However,
she continued to work to hold on to their farm for the sake of the
children.
They had the following children:
591. i. Henry Clifton Peery
592. ii. Mary Elizabeth Peery
593. iii. Margaret Jane Peery
594. iv. Earnest A. Peery
595. v. Maude Frances Peery
596. vi. Thomas Vincent Peery
363. Henry T. Peery was born on 09-May-1869 and died on 17-Aug-1909.
He married Sadie Garnand.
They had the following children:
637. i. Dora Eleanor Peery
(End of First Portion of Fifth Generation)
PEERY'S IN THE NEWS
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Heilig-Meyers Company (NYSE-HMY) - Fiscal Year Feb
President and Chief Operating Officer (COO): Troy A. Peery, Jr., age 48.
Troy Peery is the second highest senior executive in the company, behind
the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), William DeRusha, age 44.
For the fiscal year to end February 29, 1996, corporate sales may well be
within the $1 billion range, but this needs to be confirmed. Heilig-Meyers
common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
OVERVIEW
Bright lights and big cities aren't going to go to Heilig-Meyers head.
One of the largest furniture retailers in the U.S., the company
concentrates on small towns and rural markets, with 80% of its stores
located in towns more than 25 miles from a metropolitan market and with
populations of less than 50,000. The company's products include furniture
and accessories, consumer electronics, appliances, floor coverings, jewelry,
and bedding.
Heilig-Meyers was founded in 1913 by 2 Lithuanian immigrants, W.A. Heilig and
J.M. Meyers, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. In 1931, the company suffered its
first and only loss. It added stores first in North Carolina and then
throughout the Southeast. In 1970, the company merged with Virginia-based
Thornton stores, boosting its total number of stores to 28. That same year
Heilig-Meyers went public. By 1980, the company had 81 stores in 4 states. It
continued to expand rapidly, adding more than 200 stores by 1990. During the
early 1990s, Heilig-Meyers began to expand out of its homebase in the
Southeast into the Midwest.
From the beginning Heilig-Meyers has concentrated on smaller markets and
offered a broad line of merchandise. Since most of the large furniture
operations focus on big cities, its main competitors are usually locally
owned furniture stores. By using its larger resources to advertise
aggressively, the company tends to dominate its market areas. Also
important is its credit program. It offers flexible credit plans to its
lower- to middle-income small-town patrons (who may not have access to
other sources of credit), which helps it to attract and keep customers.
About 80% of its sales are made on company credit cards.
Heilig-Meyers' expansion strategy took it into new areas in 1994 when it
acquired 92 McMahan's Furniture stores in the southwestern and western U.S.
for $55 million.
At fiscal year end February 28, 1994, the company had 570 stores, with the
largest number in North Carolina (81), California (64) and Tennessee (52).
Sales for the fiscal year were $723.6 million, with net income of $55
million. Furniture and accessories comprised 59% of sales. Employees numbered
10,536. Key competitors are W.S. Babcock, Farmers Furniture, Haverty
Furniture, Levitz Furniture, Robard's and Wal-Mart. Heilig-Meyers is based in
Richmond, Virginia.
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Source: Hoover's Handbook Database, Copyright (C) 1994, The Reference
Press, Inc., Austin, TX. [All data shown above is represented as being for
the fiscal year ended February 28, 1994.]
BOOKS, ARTICLES, ETC.
References to Peery Family
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This is a classic set of books containing detailed County Court information.
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlements in Virginia:
Extracted from the original court records of Augusta County, 1745-1800,
by Lyman Chalkley, complete in three volumes (Baltimore: Genealogical
Publishing Co., Inc, 1980).
In the year 1745, all that portion of the Colony of Virginia which lay west
of the Blue Ridge Mountains was erected into a County which was named
Augusta. In December of that year, the County Court was organized and held
its first sitting. Prior to that time it had become the refuge and abiding
place of a strong body of Scotch-Irish immigrants. The bounds of the new
County were limited on the north by Fairfax's Northern Neck Grant and the
boundaries of Maryland and Pennsylvania to the westward of Fairfax; on
the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains; on the south by the Carolina line.
One the west its territory embraced all the soil held by the British without
limit of extent. For about twelve years the County Court of Augusta was the
only Court and repository of records within the district. From the end of
that period, at frequent intervals, its jurisdiction was restricted by the
erection of other Counties as the demands of the settlers required.
Its original constitution embraced all Virginia west of the Blue Ridge
(with the exception of the Northern Neck Grant, whose southern boundary was
in the present County of Shenandoah, and western, through the Counties of
Hardy, Hampshire, and northward to the Potomac); the whole of the present
state of West Virginia; a portion of the present Western Pennsylvania,
including Pittsburgh, which was, at times, the seat of the County Court; and
the lands on the waters of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
The value of this compilation of notes and abstracts will be determined by
the extent of its contribution to the history of the early settlement of a
great country and the acceptability of its form. It is not claimed that it is
of equal value with the records themselves, or that it is perfect as a com-
pilation. Nor does it constitute a history in the accepted sense. Yet, as the
progressive record of the daily life, the needs, the trials, the struggles,
the efforts, the labors, the implements and tools, the occupations and
amusements, the aids and obstacles, the aims and longings, the achievements
and failures, the forming and shaping, the moral, physical and spiritual
evolution of an offshoot and a nucleus of a people whose characteristics
have ever been truth, honesty, simplicity, singleness of purpose, and
courage, it is believed that it presents history in its truest, most reliable
and most attractive form.
There is much in it that will be found to be of no direct import; much that
cannot be classified; much that cannot be reduced to a generality; much that
cannot be made to point to a moral. But every item has its value, each has
its place in the picture, each gives a touch or different shade of color,
each limits, or broadens, or enlightens its own surroundings. The vista
unfolds by grades and steps, and truth becomes plain, as it always does,
through growth and development. The story is told by those who act the play.
Nothing is added by commentator; nothing is colored by bias; nothing is
affected: nothing the result of self-consciousness.
To present bare facts has been the purpose of the compiler. Each reader
will weave his own story, with his own coloring and atmosphere.
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Source: Forward, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement of Virginia,
by Lyman Chalkley (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980),
Volume III, pp 7-8.
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Editor: Paul D. Peery
Contributors: William A. Clayton, Dawn Cruickshank, Steven L. Jamison,
Hoover's Handbook Database, Paul D. Peery (SLC), S. Paul Peery
(Orlando)
Distribution: Peery Cousins Online
Online Next Issue: Bi-week ended, Sat, Feb 24, 1996 - Vol. 2, No. 4
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