| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Second Generation12. Elijah Peters11,13,28,41 was born in December 1826 in Anderson County, Tennessee. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Fannin County, Texas. dwelling number 36 family number 36 Peters E. 24, m farmer TN, M. 20 f MO, W.A. 3/12 m TX He appeared in the census in 1860 in Fannin County, Texas. dwelling number 93 family number 94 Peters Elijah 35 m w farmer 1000/400 TN, Wm. A. 10 m w TX school, Albert J. 8 m w TX school, Mary A. 6 f w TX school Elijah appeared in the census in 1880 in Fannin County, Texas. Census Place: Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas Source: FHL Film 1255302 National Archives Film T9-1302 Page 440A, Peters Elijah Self M M W 55 TN VA VA, Elizabeth Wife F M W 35 TN KY NC Keeping House, Laura E. Dau F S W 15 TX TN TN At Home, Samantha J. Dau F S W 13 TX TN TN At Home, Charles Lee Son M S W 11 TX TN TN At Home, Henry Thomas Son M S W 9 TX TN TN At Home, Tenney C. Dau F S W 6 TX TN TN At Home, Lilly Bell Dau F S W 4 TX TN TN At Home, Robt. Russell Son M S W 1 TX TN TN At Home He died after 1881 at the age of 55 in Texas. Elijah Peters sold his share of the Tobias Peters land Oct. 12, 1856. Anderson County Deed Book R-1 p.162, 12 Oct 1856: Elijah, son of Tobias, of Fannin County, Texas to John Key (from estate of Tobias Peters). He served in the Bonham Dragoons - the Volunteer Texas Militia during the Civil War, but probably not in a regular Army unit that saw action. (Joan McKinney) Elijah Peters and Milbury R Jones were married on 27 March 1848 in Lafayette County, Missouri. Milbury R Jones12,41, daughter of William Fuqua Jones and Mary Virginia Jennings, was born about 1830 in Lafayette County, Missouri. She appeared in the census in 1850 in Fannin County, Texas. M. 20 f MO She died in 1860 at the age of 30 in Fannin County, Texas. ancestry.com gives birth place as Wilson County, Tennessee. Census gives birth place as Missouri. Elijah Peters-12612 and Milbury R Jones-12461 had the following children:
Elijah Peters and Elizabeth J Covington were married on 29 January 1861 in Fannin County, Texas. Elizabeth J Covington12, daughter of Covington and Charity , was born in October 1842 in Republic, Greene County, Missouri. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Fannin County, Texas. Elizabeth Wife F M W 35 TN KY NC Keeping House Elijah Peters-12612 and Elizabeth J Covington-12440 had the following children:
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