Seventh Generation

684. William Birchell (Birchell) Peters^251,596.
Birth: 17 March 1905, Anderson County, Tennessee.^251,596
He was the twin of Johnny Clyde Peters. Johnny died as an infant.
Parents: Alva Edward Peters and Sallie Jane Cole. Names: Known as Birchell.⁵⁹⁷ There are many more records that list his name as Birchell than that list his name as William or William B., and he was always known as Birchell in the family. His name is spelled many different ways in various records, such as Burchell, Birchel, Berchel, etc. The most accurate spelling of his name seems to be Birchell.
Census: 1910, Anderson County, Tennessee.¹⁶²
Household of his father Alva Edward (Alvy) Peters. Dist. 9, 27 April 1910.
William B. 5 son, male, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Census: 1920, Anderson County, Tennessee.²⁵⁵
Household of his father Alva Edward (Alvy) Peters. Dist. 9, Enumeration District 10, 22 Jan 1920.
William B. 14 son, male, single, white, farming, home farm, born in TN, father and mother born in TN. City Directory: 1926 Knoxville, Tennessee.⁵⁹⁸ Peters Burchell hlpr Knox Stove Wks. City Directory: 1927 Knoxville, Tennessee.⁴⁵⁷ Peters Burchell appr Knox Stove Wks bds Forestdale av. City Directory: 1928 Knoxville, Tennessee.⁴⁵⁸ Peters Burchell mldr Knox Stove Wks.
Census: 1930, Knox County, Tennessee.⁵²⁴
Household of his brother-in-law Samuel Mabry (Sam) Letsinger.
Ward 16, Enumeration District 47-42, Knoxville City, 7 Apr 1930.
Peters Berchel 30 brother-in-law male single white, laborer, iron foundry, born in TN, father and mother born in TN. City Directory: 1932 Knoxville, Tennessee.⁴⁶⁰ Peters Birchell W mldr Knox Stove Wks. City Directory: 1933 Knoxville, Tennessee.⁴⁶¹ Peters Birchell W mldr Knox Stove Wks.
Marriage: 2 June 1934, Blount County, Tennessee, age 29, to Anna Jo (Jo) Hackworth.^545,599,600
Census: 1940, Anderson County, Tennessee.⁶⁰¹
Head of household. Dist. 9, Enumeration District 1-14, 30 Apr 1940
page 234a, Sheet 3a, Edgemoor Road, dwelling number 28, owns property worth $2000.
Peters W. Birchell 35 head male married white, moulder, iron foundry, 8 years school, born in TN, lived 1935 same house, $450 income
Anna Jo 32 wife female married white, teacher, elementary school, 2 years college, born in TN, lived 1935 same house, $520 income.
Birth Certificate: 30 April 1942.⁵⁹⁶
Delayed birth certificate number D-123362. State of Tennessee, Dept. of Public Health, Div. of Vital Statistics
Name at birth - William Birchell Peters
Date of birth - 3-17-1905
Birthplace - Anderson County (rural)
Color - white
Sex - male
Father - A. E. Peters, born - Tennessee
Mother - Sallie Cole, born - Tennessee
(signed) - Birchell Peters, Edgemoor, Tennessee
Subscribed and sworn to before me on April 8th, 1942.
(signed) Geo. T. Riggs, notary public.
Abstract of supporting evidence
1. Sallie Cole Peters, Mother, Affidavit, Edgemoor, Tenn. 4-23-1942
2. Family bible record, made by Father and Mother 1905 Very old
3. School record, Anderson County, Tennessee 1920
Information from supporting evidence
1. born March 17, 1905, Anderson County, father - A.E. Peters, mother - Sallie Cole
2. born March 17, 1905, Anderson County, father - A.E. Peters, mother - Sallie Cole
3. born March 17, 1905, Anderson County, father - A.E. Peters, mother - Sallie Cole
I hereby certify that I have examined the three documents abstracted above, find them valid, and that
the information contained therein is as noted above, and recommend that this delated certificate of birth
be accepted for filing by the Division of Vital Statistics, Tennessee Department of Public Health.
(signed) L. B. Brown, Jellico Tenn, April 24, 1942.
Approved: W. C. Williams, Apr 30 1942 by J.K.
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Affidavit of Sallie Cole Peters.
State of Tennessee, County of Anderson County.
I hereby certify, on oath, that I am at present 72 years of age, that I am related to the person
represented by this certificate as Mother, and that I had actual knowledge of the facts
as stated in the certificate at the time the birth occurred, and I know them to be true because
I am the mother of William Birchell Peters.
(signed) Sallie Cole Peters, Edgemoor, Tennessee.
I hereby certify that this affiant personally appeared before me, that I read the above
statements to her and that she made oath that said statements are true to the best
of her knowledge and belief.
This the 23 day of April 1942.
(signed) George T. Riggs, notary public.
Birth of Child: 14 December 1943, Living, parent age: 38. City Directory: 1946 Knoxville, Tennessee.⁴⁶³ Peters, Birchell mldr West Knoxv Fdy r R D 1.
Death: 13 April 1980, age 75, St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^251,545,600 Obituary: Knoxville News-Sentinel [Knoxville, Tennessee], 14 Apr 1980, page C3⁶⁰⁰
Peters, William Birchel - Age 75, of Emory Road, Knoxville, passed away April 13, 1980, at St. Mary’s Hospital. He was a member of the Bethel Methodist Church. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Annie Jo Peters, Knoxville; daughter, Lena Miller, Knoxville; sister Mrs. Clyde (Ella) Cole, Knoxville; brothers, Arthur and Robert Peters, Knoxville; several nieces and nephews. Service 8 p.m. Tuesday, Stevens Chapel, Rev. Billy Edmonds officiating. Graveside service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Greenwood Cemetery. Family will receive friends 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at Stevens Mortuary.
Burial: 16 April 1980, Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^545,600,602
Burial inscription: Headstone - W. B. Peters, 1905 - 1980, same marker as Annie J. Peters. Footstone - William Birchel Peters.⁶⁰²
Burial GPS: 36.034133, -83.914535.⁶⁰³

William Birchell (Birchell) Peters and Anna Jo (Jo) Hackworth.
Marriage: 2 June 1934, Blount County, Tennessee, William Birchell (Birchell) Peters, to Anna Jo (Jo) Hackworth.^545,599,600 Courthouse Marriage Record:⁵⁹⁹ State of Tennessee, Blount County, application #88.
Know all men by these presents that we Birchell Peters and Ann Jo Hackworth are held and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee in the sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars, to be void on condition that there by no lawful cause to prevent a marriage from being solemnized in the County of Blount between Birchell Peters and Anna Jo Hackworth. Witness our hands and seals, the 2 day of June 1934. (signed) Birchell Peters and Anna Jo Hackworth. Date of Marriage - June 4 1934. By Whom married: P. B. Baldridge, Min., Maryville. Marriage License, State of Tennessee, Blount County. To any Minister of the Gospel having the care of Souls, Jewish Rabbi, Justice of the Peace of said County, Judge or Chancellor --- Greeting: You or either of you, are authorized To Celebrate The Rites of Matrimony between Birchell Peters and Anna Jo Hackworth of your County agreeably to the direction of the Act of Assembly in such case made and presided; Provided always, That the Rite off Matrimony be solemnized in this County; otherwise these shall be null and void, and shall not be accounted any License or authority to you, or either of you, for the purpose aforesaid, more than though the same had never been prayed or granted, etc. Given at the Clerk's office of said county, this 2 day of June, 1934, E A Walker, County Court Clerk. Marriage License No. 88. Birchell Peters to Anna Jo Hackworth. Issued June 2 1934. I solemnized the Rites of Matrimony between the within named parties on the 2 day of June 1934, P.B. Baldridge. Returned 4 day of June 1934, E. A. Walker Clerk. Recorded in Marriage Record Book 27 Page 88.

Anna Jo (Jo) Hackworth^107,545,599, daughter of James Lewis Hackworth and Sallie D. Pyatt,.
Birth: 10 February 1908, Anderson County, Tennessee.^{545,604,605,606}
Parents: James Lewis Hackworth and Sallie D. Pyatt. Names: Known as Jo or Annie Jo.⁶⁰⁷
Census: 1910, Anderson County, Tennessee.⁶⁰⁸
Household of her father James Lewis Hackworth.
Annie Jo 2 daughter, female, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Census: 1920, Anderson County, Tennessee.⁶⁰⁹
Household of her father James Lewis Hackworth.
Anna Joe 11 daughter, female, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Census: 1930, Anderson County, Tennessee.⁶¹⁰
Household of her father James Lewis Hackworth.
Anna J. 22 daughter, female, single, white, teacher, public school, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Marriage: 2 June 1934, Blount County, Tennessee, age 26, to William Birchell (Birchell) Peters.^545,599,600
Census: 1940, Anderson County, Tennessee.⁶⁰¹
----- Household of her husband Birchell Peters.
Anna Jo 32 wife female married white, teacher, elementary school, 2 years college, born in TN, lived 1935 same house, $520 income.
Birth of Child: 14 December 1943, Living, parent age: 35.
Death: 21 February 2007, age 99, Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^605,606 Obituary: Knoxville News-Sentinel [Knoxville, Tennessee], 23 Feb 2007⁶⁰⁵
Peters, Annie Jo Hackworth - age 99 of Knoxville, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 6:08 p.m. at Parkwest Medical Center. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Preceded in death by husband, W. B. Peters; brother, Oren Pyatt Hackworth; sisters, Mary Nell Hackworth and Jamie Woodard. Survivors: daughter, Lena Peters Miller and husband Gene of Knoxville; granddaughter and husband, Susan and Thomas Hill of Knoxville; great-grandchildren, Eric Green, Eric Hill, LeaAnn Wright; great-great-grandchildren, William, Weston, Jayce; sister, Ruby Crowe of Knoxville; several nieces and nephews. Funeral service 8:00 p.m. Saturday in Stevens Chapel with Rev. Sam Woodard officiating. Family and friends will meet at 1:45 p.m. Sunday at Greenwood Cemetery for a 2:00 p.m. graveside service and interment. Pallbearers: Sam Letsinger, Tom Hill, Jimmy Peters, Mike Woodard, Jonathan Woodard, Jim Miller. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at Stevens Mortuary, Oglewood Avenue at N. Broadway. Mrs. Peters' guest book is also available at: www.stevensmortuaryinc.com.
Burial: 25 February 2007, Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^605,606
Burial inscription: Headstone - Annie J. Peters, 1908 - 2007, same marker as W. B. Peters. Footstone - Annie Jo Hackworth Peters.⁶⁰⁶
Burial GPS: 36.034133, -83.914535.⁶⁰³ Narrative: ¹⁰⁷ Jo taught school for thirteen years, beginning in 1925. She taught at the Scarbrough and Claxton schools in Anderson County.

William Birchell (Birchell) Peters-1242 and Anna Jo (Jo) Hackworth-1549 had the following children: