Fourth Generation

58. William F. Peters¹⁰ was born about 1821 in Tennessee. He was missing from the census in 1850. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Anderson County, Tennessee, 6 Jun 1860, Clinton PO; p.1, HN 4, FN 4; Peters William F. 39 m w farmer /$100 TN 2 attended school, 2 cannot R/W; Susan 34 f w TN; Joseph R.M. 9 m w TN; Jemima J. 7 f w TN; James H. 4 m w TN; Emila A. 1 f w TN He died about 1864.⁵³ I believe that William F. Peters was the son of Thomas Peters and Sarah B. (Jenny) England, but it is not proven. My evidence is two-fold. 1) A process of elimination. Thomas appears from the 1830 census data to have had sons, all the other Peters lines in Anderson County appear to have been accounted for, nobody lists any sons for Thomas, so my first guess is to attach otherwise unattached Peters males of the correct age to Thomas (pretty weak, I know). 2) William/Wilburn Peters and John W. Peters sold land to George W. Keith 31 Dec 1841, and the land was adjacent to land owned by Thomas Peters. This suggests that John W. Peters and William/Wilburn Peters might have been sons of Thomas. Again this is very weak, but it is all I have at this point.

William F. Peters and Susannah Yarnell were married on 16 Nov 1845 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Susannah Yarnell¹⁰ (daughter of Joel Yarnell and Jemima Conner) was born about 1826 in Tennessee. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Susan 34 f w TN She appeared in the census in 1870 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 4, Anderson County, Tennessee, 6 Jul 1870, Wilson PO, p.37a, HN 177, FN 177, Peters Susan 44 f w keeping house /$150 TN cannot W, Mima J. 17 f w at home TN attended school, James H. 14 m w manual laborer TN attended school, Sarah E. 7 f w TN attended school She appeared in the census in 1880 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 4, Anderson County, Tennessee, 2 Jun 1880, p.35a, HN 40, FN 41, Peters Susan 54 f w w head keeping house widow TN -- TN cannot R/W, James 24 m s w son farm worker TN TN TN, Betsey 17 f s w dau TN TN TN William F. Peters and Susannah Yarnell had the following children:

142	i.	Joseph R. M. Peters was born about 1851 in Tennessee. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Joseph R.M. 9 m w TN He died before 1870. It is assumed he died before 1870 because he did not appear with the family in the 1870 census. However, his sister Emilia A. (Millie) Peters was not with the family in 1870, either, and she didn't die before 1870. (RGB)
+143	ii.	Jemima Jane (Jane) Peters.
+144	iii.	James Harvey (Jim) Peters.
+145	iv.	Emila A. (Millie) Peters.
+146	v.	Sarah Elizabeth (Betsey) Peters.