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Elizabeth Mangum

Female 1798 - Abt 1866  (67 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Mangum 
    Born 24 Dec 1798  , Newberry, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Abt 2 Apr 1866  Carrollton, Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1391  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Mangum,   b. 19 Jan 1763, , Lunenburg, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 2 Mar 1842 to 4 Mar 1844, Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Mary or Polly Murdock,   b. Abt 1767, of Bush River or Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 23 Aug 1803, of Bush River or Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Married Bef 1791  of, Newberry, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Peeks or Peaks,   b. Abt 1793, , , Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 1850 to 1855, Carrollton, Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married Bef 1822  of, , Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F909  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Biographical info per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, p. 7-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "Shortly after the Rev. War, John married Mary Murdock. Mary was known by the nickname of Polly to the family. Her father was Hamilton Murdock. The date of their marriage is not known. Three children were born to John and Mary. The oldest, James Mangum, was born Dec. 6, 1791 at Newberry, So. Carolina. The next Child, Nancy, was born Nov. 11, 1794, and the third Child, Elizabeth, was born on Christmas Eve in 1798. Both Nancy and Elizabeth were born in South Carolina, but the town is not known. John's first wife, Mary, died, and after a time he remarried, this time to Gemima Goggins. John's brother William, was married to Gemima's sister, Anna. These two couples were apparently quite close, as John was the administrator of William's estate following William's death. Copies of the wills of both William and Anna are in the possession of the author. Two children were born to John and Gemima. The oldest, Cyrus, was born Jan. 5, 1805 [probably typo for 1803] at Newberry. He went by the nickname of Russ. After he grew up he married and moved to Texas where he left a large posterity. The other child was born June 17, 1804. John's second wife died, and he was again left a widower."

      2. It is not proven, but this individual is most likely the "Betsy Mangum" from a sealing record to Samuel Jefferson Adair in the St. George Temple. I did a complete online Ordinance Index search on every Betsy or Elizabeth Mangum and found 134 entries (as well as 42 Elizabeth/Betsy Adairs); the only one showing temple work prior to the 1880 sealing date was this individual with a baptism in SGEOR in 1877 by proxy (however, there was none with an endowment prior to 1880). Based on this baptism, it is surmised but not proven that this is the individual that Samuel had sealed to him by proxy. From his "Sealing to Spouse" notes of ordinance records as copied here:
      "Gemima Mangum: Online Ordinance Index has two entries: (1) FHL film 456338 showing "9 May 1853"; (2) FHL film 458480 showing 1864 with no temple noted. Used the earlier of the two.
      Nancy:
      Rachel Hunter: Online Ordinance Index FHL film M183393 which is an extracted marriage sealing record. Note it is same date and temple as Gemima Mangum's sealing to Samuel: 9 May 1853 EHOUS.
      Anne Catherine Mattison: Online Ordinance Index FHL film M183395 which is an extracted marriage sealing record. Mattison was her father's name. See her file for more variations of last name.
      Online Ordinance Index he is also sealed to the following women. I don't know the circumstances of these other sealings, Elizabeth Mangum was Gemima's half sister if it is the same person. He could have been sealed to some of them by proxy (after their deaths) or just part of the "Law of Adoption" then in practice; however; he was living when sealed to all of them. As for Roxanna M., the census doesn't record whether or not she was his wife, he may have taken her in just to give her a home & help support her; Roxanna also was 12 years older than Samuel:
      Dorthea Nielson, 15 Feb 1877 SGEOR, per FHL film 170595, ref. 122.
      Ane Marie Jakobsen, 8 Mar 1878 SGEOR, per FHL film 170596, ref. 1590.
      Kjerstene Knudsen, 14 Mar 1878 SGEOR, per FHL film 170596, ref. 1852.
      Marie Christiane Sorensen, 10 Mar 1880 SGEOR, per FHL film 170597, ref. 4713.
      Betsy Mangum, 10 Mar 1880 SGEOR, per FHL film 170597, ref. 4714." The only information listed in the same sealing record is an undated birth in an unspecified location in South Carolina.

      3. Censuses:
      1790 US: No Peek, Peeks, Peak, nor Peaks occurring in Laurens or Newberry Co., SC.

      1800 US: Newberry District, South Carolina, 71 pages, census appears to be grouped by letters of the alphabet with all the Ms together but not necessarily alphabetically within the Ms; columns are 5 for males and 5 for females each subdivided as under 10, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over:
      P. 42: John Mangum, 1-0-0-1-0-2-0-0-1-0.
      P. 44: William Mangrum, 2-2-0-1-0-2-1-0-1-0.

      1830 US: Pickens Co., Alabama, pages 111-112. The first three related families are all on the same page, the next four related families are on the next page, and James Adair (with son Joseph) is on p. 129:
      Thos. Peeks, males 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
      John Mangum, males 5-10:1; 10-15:2; 15-20:1; 60-70:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
      Cyrus Mangum, males 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 15-20:1.
      Saml. Carson, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1; 80-90:1.
      Saml. Adair, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1.
      Thos. Adair, males 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 50-60:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50:1.
      Daniel Clark (next door), males 0-5:1; 30-40:1; females 0-5:1; 20-30:1.
      James Adair, males 0-5:2; 15-20:1; 20-30:2 (Joseph b. 1806); 60-70:1; females 15-20:1; 20-30:2; 60-7-:1; no slaves.

      1840 US: Pickens County, AL, p. 350a, all three families are within 8 households apart. Other relatives have moved on to Itawamba Co., Mississippi by 1840.
      Cyrus Mangrum: males 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 30-40:1; females 0-5:2; 5-10:1; 15-20:1; 20-30:1; female slaves 10-24:3; 24-36:1
      Austin Huggins: males 0-5:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1; females 50-60:1; no slaves.
      Thos Peaks: 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 20-30:1; 40-50:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 20-30:1; 40-50:1; no slaves.

      1850 US: Southern District, Pickens County, Alabama: Thomas is on page 10B and John is on page 10A. There is a transcription on USGenweb: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/pickens/census/1850/pg00001.txt. Paula Haymon provided this information and she notes: I have seen Elizabeth's name on Worldconnect and familysearch.org as Bush or Buch. A last name of neither Mangum nor Bush has a primary source listed. My "hunch" is for Mangum as Thomas and Elizabeth Peeks named a son Cyrus. I think John Peeks, family 20 in the same census, may also be a son (24, AL married to Martha, 23, SC with two children Mary E., 3, and Matilda A., 1). Also in the same census on page 12 is C. [Cyrus] Mangum with wife Lucienda and 7 children.
      Peeks Thomas 57 M Farmer 200 TN.
      Peeks Elizabeth 43 F SC
      Peeks Cyrus 23 M Farmer AL.
      Peeks Matilda 21 F AL.
      Peeks Mary 19 F AL.
      Peeks William 17 M Farmer AL.
      Peeks Frances 15 F AL.
      Peeks Washington 12 M AL.
      Peeks Thomas 9 M AL.

      1850 Slave Schedules for Alabama shows a 17 year old black male slave owned by Thomas Peeks of the Southern District, Pickens Co., Alabama.

      1855 Alabama: Ancestry.com's "Alabama Census, 1810-90" has an index for the Alabama 1855 state census, which shows "Elizabeth Peaks in Pickens Co. (no township listed), p. 45. This would mean Thomas was deceased by 1855.
      Elizabeth Peaks, white males: 2<21, 1>21; white females: 2<21, 2>21; no slaves; 7 total, 2 children between 6 and 16.

      1860 US: Carrollton P.O., Pickens, Alabama, household 229, 10 Jul 1860, Nancy and Elizabeth are sisters:
      Austin Hudgins, 66, farmer, $6000 real estate, $26,000 personal prop., SC.
      Nancy Hudgens, 65, SC.
      Belah Hudgens, 23, m, farmer, $3000 personal prop., AL.
      Lauria Hudgens, 20, f, MS.
      N. E. Hudgens, 7/12, [male overwritten by female?], AL
      Elizabeth Peakes, 61, $5500 personal prop., SC.

      1870: Colleen Gwynn in her email of 1 Jan 2005 states: "9 Aug 1870, Carrollton Prec and P.O., Pickens, Alabama, Nancy age 75, b. S.C. is residing with a son and his family. The surname spelling this time being Hudgins. No Elizabeth, but she still needs to be checked under various spelling variations of Peek. She also has the 1850 censuses for each of these two families with Nancy's last name being Hudgings in that census.

      4. FHL Film 1697868 and book "The Mangums of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Utah, and Adjoining States," by John T. Palmer, Ph.D. Santa Rosa, CA 95409, 1993, 3rd ed., p. 14: "Elizabeth Mangum, b. 24 Dec 1798, Newberry, SC, m. Thomas Peaks and is enumerated in the 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860 Census of Pickens Co., AL... Elizabeth's estate was probated in 1866, Pickens Co., by G.W. Peaks. Issue:
      a. John Peaks b. 1826, AL.
      b. Cyrus Peaks b. 1827, AL.
      c. Matilda Peaks b. 1829, AL.
      d. Mary Peaks b. 1831, AL.
      e. William Peaks b. 1833, AL.
      f. Frances Peaks b. 1835, AL.
      g. Washington Peaks b. 1838, AL.
      h. Thomas Peaks b. 1841, AL.

      5. FHL book 976.185 H2p "Pickens County Alabama, History and Families," by Rose Publishing Co., P.O. Box 806, Humboldt, Tennessee 38343, 1998, p. 441:
      "Peaks or Peeks. My great-great-great grandfather was Thomas Peaks, who was born in 1797, in Tennessee. He married Elizabeth from South Carolina. They had eight chidlren. Some of them moved out west. Their son, George Washington married Elizabeth Morris Woods in 1859. He entered the Confederate Army in 1861. He was discharged with a hand amputation caused by a gun shot in 1862. George W. moved to Fannin County, Texas around 1866, where he became justice of the peace and was thereafter called "Judge."
      Another son John Peeks, my great-great-great-grandfather was born in 1827, and married Martha S. Mullins. They had six children. One of their sons, Thomas D. Peeks married Sarah A. They had five children... [Article continues.]"

      6. LDS Family History Library book 976.185H2j "Early Settlers of Pickens County, Alabama," by James Dolphus Johnson, Jr, 1992, is a very helpful analysis of land holdings in the said county. It locates the associated families of Adair, Mangum, and Richey in close proximity to each other. The book provides an alphabetical listing of each land holder and the grant date, location, and size of their land holding, its location. This township is typical at 6 miles by 6 miles with each section being 640 acres or one square mile. There are a total of 36 sections arranged in a grid of 6 x 6 with number 1 being the top right with the count going right to left than dropping down one row and going left to right and so forth with no. 36 being the bottom right corner. I rearrange the following listing by survey township so that the associations can be seen in the various families:
      A. Township 20, Range 15. The bottom center of this township incorporates the north part of the settlement of Carrollton. We also find "Hebron Church" in the township's center (sect. 16). On modern maps, Highway 35 travelling north of Carrollton rough splits this township east and west.
      a. Samuel Adair has two properties. This is Samuel Jefferson Adair who goes to Utah:
      i. S9 (Section 9), 9/30/1836, 40 acres (SE corner of SW 1/4 section).
      ii. S15, 1/31/1836, 40 acres (SW corner of SW 1/4 section).
      b. Joseph Adair has two properties adjoining each other. He is just north of Samuel Adair's first listed property and just west of James Adair's property. Joseph is Samuel Adair's cousin who also goes to Utah. James is most likely Joseph's father who does not go to Utah. Note also he also owns two other properties outside of this Township -- one with his father James and one individually (see B(a) and D(a):
      i. S4, 11/21/1836, 40 acres (SE corner of SW section 1/4).
      ii. S9, 9/26/1836, 40 acres (NW corner of NW section 1/4).
      c. James Adair has two properties adjoining each other. He is just just east of Joseph Adair's property. James is most likely Joseph's father and he does not go to Utah with Joseph. Note also he also owns two other properties outside of this Township -- one with his son Joseph and one individually (see B(a) and C(a):
      i. S3 and S4, 11/1/1837, 40 acres each adjoining each other (S3: SW corner of SW section 1/4; S4: SE corner of SE section 1/4).
      d. Thomas Adair has one property which adjoins the separate property of Furley Clark and R.(Rebecca?) Adair who are his daughter and wife. Thomas and Furley do not go to Utah, but Rebecca does:
      i. S20, 11/10/1835, 40 acres (SW corner of NE 1/4 section).
      e. Furley Clark and R. Adair. This would be daughter and mother: Fairby or Pherrely Adair who married Daniel Clark and Rebecca (Brown) Adair, wife of Thomas Adair. The land adjoins Thomas Adair. Rebecca goes to Utah but "Furley" does not:
      i S20, 11/28/1834, 160 acres (SW 1/4).
      f. John Mangum. His family goes to Utah but he does not. This would be John Mangum "the Patriot." He is just south of Samuel Adair's land in S15. His land directly adjoins that of son William Mangum, son Cyrus Mangum, and son-in-law Austin Hudgins (marries Nancy Mangum). He is just northwest of land of another son-in-law Thomas Peeks (marries Elizabeth Mangum):
      i. S22, 9/23/1834, 80 acres (N half of SW 1/4 section).
      g. William Mangum, the oldest son John Mangum (the "Patriot") from his third marriage. William marries Sally/Sarah Adair and moves to Utah. His land adjoins the land of his father, his brother Cyrus, and of his bro.-in-law Austin Hudgins. Both pieces of his land adjoin each other. Note also he also owns another property outside of this Township (see E(a)):
      i. S21, 7/1/1835, 40 acres (both this and the next piece form the S half of SW 1/4 section).
      ii. S21, 2/20/1836, 40 acres.
      iii. S22, 10/23/1834, 80 acres (W half of NW 1/4 section).
      iv. Note that no date is given but he also is granted 80 in S14 of a separate township (T24, R3).
      h. Cyrus Mangum, son of John Mangum (the "Patriot") from his second marriage. Cyrus does not go to Utah and he and his family are found in the 1850 US Census remaining in this same area; however, he eventually moves to Moulton, Lavaca, Texas where he dies. His land adjoins land of his father, his brother William, and of his bro.-in-law Thomas Peeks:
      i. S22, 1/25/1836, 80 acres (W half of SE 1/4 section).
      ii. S27, 2/27/1830, 80 acres (E half of NE 1/4 section).
      i. Thomas Peeks, son-in-law of John Mangum (the "Patriot") and husband of Elizabeth Mangum, John's dau. from his first marriage. Thomas does not come to Utah and he remains in this area for the rest of his life. He is found here in the 1850 census and his wife alone in the 1860 census. His land adjoins bros.-in-law Austin Hudgins and Cyrus Mangum:
      i. S27, 11/19/1835, 80 acres (I am unsure in which order the three parcels fit into the map; however, all the land is found in two spots on the map: 40 acres SW corner of SE 1/4 section and a L-shaped piece of 120 acres including W half of NE 1/4 and SE corner of NW 1/4).
      ii. S27, 6/17/1836, 40 acres.
      iii. S27, 9/4/1832, 40 acres.
      iv. S21, 9/25/1844, 40 acres. (This is not land he owned but he acts as Trustee for Nancy E. Bryant, who does not appear related to him.)
      j. Austin Hudgins, son-in-law to John Mangum (the "Patriot" and husband to Nancy Mangum, John's dau. from his first marriage). Austin and Nancy remain in the area for the rest of their lives and are found in the local censuses. He had several parcels of land all in close proximity to bros.-in-law Thomas Peeks, Cyrus Mangum, and William Mangum. Rather than trying to sort each parcel out on the map and aligning them to the following acquisitions (many of which added to existing land), I summarize his total holdings as follows: 160 acres NE 1/4 S28, 80 acres W half NW 1/4 S27, 80 acres W half SW 1/4 S27, 120 acres SE 1/4 S27 (SW corner of 40 acres in this 1/4 section owned by Thomas Peeks), 80 acres E half SW 1/4 S26, and 40 acres NE corner NE 1/4 S35:
      i. S22 & 35, 2/20/1855, 120 acres. (Note author erroneously identifies this as Range 16, but maps show it correctly as Range 15.)
      ii. S28, 2/20/1855, 80 acres.
      iii. S26, 6/4/1832, 40 acres.
      iv. S26, 2/25/1835, 40 acres.
      v. S27, 2/27/1830, 80 acres.
      vi. S27, 11/19/1835, 80 acres.
      vii. S27, 8/3/1836, 40 acres.
      viii. S27 & S28, 10/29/1836, 160 acres.
      B. Township 19, Range 16. This township has the small town of Ethelsville at its center. Ethelsville is about 15 miles NW of Carrollton and closer to the Mississippi State line. We only find one family of interest as follows and this land is in addition to other land owned elsewhere:
      a. Joseph and James Adair (joint owners). This is most likely Joseph and his father James. They both separately own land near Carrollton in Township 20, Range 15 (see A(b) and A(c) above). James also owns individually land in Township 21, Range 17 (see C(a) below) for which the date of grant is the same:
      i. S34, 10/18/1834, 160 acres (NE 1/4).
      C. Township 21, Range 17. This township has the small town of Pickensville on its Eastern boundary and the Mississippi State Line for its western boundary. Pickensville is about 11 miles W of Carrollton. The land borders the western shore of the modern lake Aliceville Lake. We only find one family of interest as follows and this land is in addition to other land owned elsewhere:
      a. James Adair. This is most likely James, the father of Joseph. James also owns land near Carrollton in Township 20, Range 15 (see A(c) above) and Ethelsville in Township 19, Range 16 (see B(a) above):
      i. S22, 10/18/1834, 80 acres (E half of NE 1/4). (Note this date is the same as the grant on the Ethelsville parcel.)
      D. Township 22, Range 17. (The author identifies this Township erroneously as 20, but the land map confirms it as Township 22.) This township has the small town of Memphis, AL, on its center and the Mississippi State Line for its western boundary. Memphis is about 13 miles SW of Carrollton. The land borders the western shore of the modern lake Aliceville Lake. It is only about 5 miles south of Pickensville. We only find one family of interest as follows and this land is in addition to other land owned elsewhere:
      a. Joseph Adair. This is most likely the son of James. Joseph also owns land near Carrollton in Township 20, Range 15 (see A(b) above) and Ethelsville in Township 19, Range 16 (see B(a) above):
      i. S3, 10/18/1834, 80 acres (E half of SE 1/4). (Note this date is the same as the grant on the Ethelsville parcel.)
      E. Township 24S, Range 3W. This township has the small village of Cochrane near its eastern boundary and the Mississippi State Line for its western boundary. It is about 18 miles southwest of Carrollton:
      a. William Mangum. William is the son of John Mangum (the "Patriot"). This parcel is in addition to land William Mangum owned near Carrollton in Township 20, Range 15 (see A(g) above):
      i. S14, no date, 80 acres (W half of NE 1/4).
      F. Township 21 & 22, Range 16. Township 21 includes the eastern half of Pickensville on is western side. Township 22 would be the next township south of township 21. William Richey's property would be currently in Pickensville. Even though in the same county, the Richeys at this point of time were not in a township with any of the other associated families since they were about 8 miles away slightly southwest from the main grouping just north of Carrollton. William was of course married in 1820 to Margaret Adair, the daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Brown) Adair. I do not include the physical locations of these parcels within the section in which they occur. The brother-in-law of William, Neal Tilletson who married Martha Richey, is also found in this county:
      a. Robert Richey. Father of William, James, and David. Only William went to Utah along with Robert's wife Rebecca (Belton) who died on the trail to Utah:
      i. S32 (TWP 21), 1/31/1825, 160 acres.
      ii. S5 (TWP 22), 1/12/1825, 160 acres.
      b. William Richey. He came to Utah:
      i. S7 (TWP 21), 9/17/1833, 40 acres.
      c. James Richey. He is found here in the 1850 Census with wife and two children:
      i. S8 & S9 (TWP 21), 8/13/1833, 80 acres.
      c. David Richey. He is found here in the 1850 Census with extensive family (Census entry may be misspelled as Didama Adair):
      i. S7 (TWP 22), 12/31/1833, 40 acres.
      G. Miscellaneous notes:
      a. I looked for both Moses Pearson and any Carsons associated with the family and found no listings in this book.
      b. There are other Adairs in Pickens County and they are listed in the book. They include Wyman (or Weyman) Adair with five parcels with date range of 1832-1834 in Township 20, Range 16, and in Township 21, Range 16. Also included is William Adair with one parcel dated in 1836 for Township 22, Range 14. These may be distant cousins of our Adairs, but not ones with which there is a documentary association at this time.
      c. This study was undertaken with the goal of confirming the relationship of Joseph Adair with a father named James Adair as is established by Joseph Adair's LDS Patriarchal Blessing in which Joseph names his parents as James and Rebecca Adair. The close relationship found in these particular land records confirm this relationship especially since they also owned land together. There is one caveat, however, and that is that Joseph had a younger brother named Joseph Newton Adair who was born 11 Mar 1812 (Joseph was born 11 Apr 1806). There is the possibility that the James in the land deeds could be the brother and not the father, however, I don't believe this is the case. The 1830 US Census places James Adair and his family in Pickens County with him and his wife being aged 60-70. To be listed in the census he would have had to have had property. There is only one James Adair listed in the census and the younger James Newton Adair may be the male listed in the census that is age 15-20.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. FHL Book 976.185 H2h "The Heritage of Pickens County, Alabama," by Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc., PO Box 67, Clanton, AL 35046, 1999, pp. 281-2, biography of Thomas Peeks submitted by Amanda Shirley, 5924 Baron Kent Lane, Centreville, Virginia, 20120 and written by James M. Shirley, 2811 Noble Fir Court, Woodbridge, Virginia, 22192:
      "Thomas Peeks was born in Tennessee about 1793. He married Elizabeth ___ who was born in South Carolina around 1807. Thomas moved sometime before 1827 to Alabama and bought land from the government just north of Carrollton near the Carloss community. He purchased 40 acres on September 4, 1832, 80 acres on November 19, 1835, and an additional 40 acres on June 17, 1836. The lands are all in Township 20, Range 15, and Section 27. Thomas and Elizabeth were the parents of the least seven children, Cyrus (1827- ), Matilda C. (10/14/1829-1/26/1864) married Rev. Robert Daniel Carver, Mary (1831- ), William W. (1833-1864), Francis (1835- ), George Washington (1838- ), and Thomas R. (1841- ).
      At least three of Thomas Peek's sons served in the Confederate Army. William W. served in the Fifth Texas Infantry (Hood's Brigade) and participated in Longstreet's assault at the Battle of the Wilderness in May of 1864. He was shot in in the stomach and died shortly thereafter. George Washington enlisted in 1861, served in the Jeff Davis Light Artillery, and was discharged with a hand amputation from a wound in 1862. After the war he moved to Fannin County, Texas where he became a justice of the peace. Thomas R. served in Company H of the Fifth Alabama Infantry. Little is known at present time about their daughters Mary and Frances. Matilda married Rev. Robert Daniel Carver who was a minister and a physician in Pickens County. They had three children. Eudora Cordelia Carver was born 8/27/1859 and she married Andrew Jackson Elmore and had 8 children. Henry Walton Carver was born 3/8/1861 and died 10/22/1941. He promised his sweetheart, Fannie Elmore (younger sister of Eudora's husband, Andrew Jackson Elmore), that he would never love anyone else. She died in the typhoid epidemic in 1887 (along with her sister Mary who died the day after Fannie) and Henry died an old man, having never married - keeping his promise to his sweetheart. When he died they found among his things a couple of valentines he had made for her. The third child of Matilda Peeks and Robert Carver was Thomas Wesley. He was born on January 22, 1864 and died the same day. Matilda died four days later on January 22, 1864. Rev. Carver later married Mary Paralee T. Waller and had four other children - Anna Francis, Minnie Elizabeth, Mary Ella, and Robert Nathaniel."
      The same book has an additional article written on pp. 281-2 by the same writer concerning William W. Peeks, who was Thomas's son. He was born 1833 in Alabama. At sometime before the Civil War, William moved to Texas where on July 15, 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate service in Milam County. Prior to the War, he had been a school teacher. He died while in this service. The article includes a letter by William Peeks to his siblings written September 27, 1863 from the line of battle near Chattanooga during the Civil War.

      BIRTH:
      1. Online Ordinance Index listing as noted below done in 1877 by Rebecca Mangum Adair. Record notes birth 24 Dec 1798 in South Carolina. Assumption of Newberry County is from father's statement above.

      DEATH:
      1. FHL book 976.185 V28b "Pickens County, Alabama, 1841-1861," by Marilyn Davis Barefield and Carr Byron Barefield, (Montgomery, AL, 1984, p. 67, genealogical information gleaned from the newspaper "West Alabamian" of Carrollton, AL: "Letters of Administration were granted to G.W. Peeks on the Estate of Elizabeth Peeks 3/12/66. He requested payment of all indebtedness to the estate and filing of all claims."

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. FHL film 2056023-2056026, especially film 5 which contains Mangum-Adair materials. Title is "George Addison Mangum's Genealogical Collection" which is his lifetime work donated to library in 1998; he was born in Utah in 1922, of Blackfoot, ID and is perhaps a brother to Ivey Mangum Hale. Brief summary includes: 2056023, item 1, book of remembrance; item 2, surname index of changes and volumes; item 3, Person materials; 2056024, items 3 thru 6 and 2056026, Mangum/Adair materials. Included are many family group sheets of sidelines and downlines, many of them unconnected.

      2. Info on family with Gemima and Mary per family group sheets submitted by Delta I.M. Hale, Rt. 1 Blackfoot, Idaho. She states source of family records gathered from grandson Arnold Mangum, Gen. Soc. archives, index bureau, and Grace Knowles and J.P. Davidson of Richmond, Va., Genealogists. For Mary's family, letters and books are mentioned belonging to him (John Magnum?) at McGill, Nevada.