| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Third Generation42. Leander J Peters12,20 was born in 1839 in Morgan County, Tennessee. He appeared in the census in 1840 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Age 00-04, enumerated in the household of his father Wesly M. Peters. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Leander J. 11 m w TN attended school. Leander appeared in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Anderson County, Tennessee, 6 Jul 1860, Lovewell PO; p.25a, dwelling number 373, family number 373; Peters Leander 21 farmer TN; Nancy D. 19 TN. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Roane County, Tennessee. Dist. 15, Roane County, Tennessee, 26 Aug 1860, Welcher Mills PO; p.245b, dwelling number 2169, family number 2019; Peters Leander 22 m w TN; Nancy 16 f w TN; Winchester Isaac L. D. 29 m w farmer /$200 TN; Sinah M. 40 f w TN cannot R/W; Wm D. 4 m w TN. He died on 6 January 1863 at the age of 24. Civil War, killed in action, 1st Tenn. Infantry, Co. K. Morgan County Court Minutes p.5: A. R. Lewallen guardian of W. C. Peters, a minor of Leander J. Peters, dec'd, made settlement which was accepted . The settlement shows that the said Lewallen has drawn from the government $166 since his last settlement. Lewallen, renewed his bond. (Leander's wife Nancy Derick Carpenter married second Andrew Russell Lewallen. Andrew Lewallen became the stepfather and guardian of Leander's son Wesley C. Peters. I believe that the money drawn from the government by Andrew Lewallen may have been a Civil War pension for Wesley C. Peters, but I need to verify the source of the money.)
Leander J Peters and Nancy Derick Carpenter were married on 27 August 1857 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Nancy Derick Carpenter12,20,85, daughter of Consider (Sid) Carpenter and Susannah Guthrie, was born on 14 December 1841 in Fentress County, Tennessee.85 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Fentress County, Tennessee. Nancy 8 f w TN. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Nancy D. 19 TN. Nancy appeared in the census in 1860 in Roane County, Tennessee. Nancy 16 f w TN. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Nancy 28 f w keeping house TN. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Nancy 37 wife f m w keeping house TN TN TN. Nancy appeared in the census in 1900 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Nancy D. 58 wife f m31 w Dec 1841 TN TN TN, 9 children, 9 living. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Nancy D. 68 wife f m2-42 w farm laborer TN TN TN 10 children, 9 living. She died on 26 December 1914 at the age of 73 in Glenmary, Scott County, Tennessee.85 Death Certificate - Vol - 46, #66, Scott County Nancy was buried on 28 December 1914 in Lewallen Cemetery, Scott County or Morgan County, Tennessee.85 Her death certificate says that she was buried in the "Lewallen Graveyard". However, there are two Lewallen Cemeteries in Scott County, and one Lewallen Cemetery in Morgan County. I do now know which one she was buried in. (RGB) Leander J Peters-7756 and Nancy Derick Carpenter-7774 had the following children:
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