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The Peck Family in America, Volume I discusses the life of this Peck family's first immigrant to Colonial America and the service in the Revolutionary War of both the immigrant, Jacob Peck Sr. and his son, Adam Peck Sr., to help found this country. Adam Peck Sr. fought under Commander William Campbell in the Battle of Kings Mountain, where the British Ferguson was slain, and includes a list of all men known to be there. The stories of the wome...

This "paperback" version offers all pages throughout in full color glossy library quality with many color photos and copies of old documents plus the large legible Historic Marker photo on the Moore Family on the back cover. Obadiah was born in Princess Anne County, Virginia under King George III and grew to manhood in the wild frontier of Pitt County, North Carolina. He enlisted in the North Carolina Continental Line in the Revolutionary W...

The Welsh in Colonial America follows the Welsh from the Celtic immigration from Europe to what is now Wales 6, 000 years ago, and tells the story of Bluestones which later were taken to Stonehenge. The Bluestones were mined in the Preseli Mountains in Wales and carried later to what is now England and used to create Stonehenge, along with the circle of much larger stones so well known. There, near Stonehenge, the bones of many ancient people ...

The Germans, 150 years in North Carolina was celebrated and published in the newspaper in 1894. This is the story of the Germanic folk who braved the ocean to come to America, pioneered the Catawba River area of North Carolina. Their children went on to fight in the Revolutionary War, encouraged by "Old Father Weidner", Henrich the Saxon. After Henry Weidner led the way, he was followed by the Hokes, Conrads, Reinhardts, Anthonys, Frys, Forney...

The Peck Family in America, Volume I discusses the life of this Peck family's first immigrant to Colonial America and the service in the Revolutionary War of both the immigrant, Jacob Peck Sr. and his son, Adam Peck Sr., to help found this country. Adam Peck Sr. fought under Commander William Campbell in the Battle of Kings Mountain, where the British Ferguson was slain, and includes a list of all men known to be there. The stories of the wome...

Perfectbound, 80 lb glossy stock, full color, perfect for old docs, photos inside book. Eliza, A Blueblooded Southern Belle Who Became a Pioneer Woman:The tombstone reads simply "Eliza, wife of Adam Peck. Born March 12. 1792, Died July 23, 1874". The graveyard is beautiful, peaceful, quiet, empty of any living person on most days. Eliza's tombstone is found in the rolling hills of southwestern Kentucky. The tombstone in that Kentucky graveyard...

The War of 1812 was a "forgotten" war, yet impacted the United States significantly. This is the story of the sons of Adam Peck Sr., a Revolutionary War veteran and his wife, Elizabeth Sharkey, and some others who fought in this war. Among the Peck brothers who fought in the War of 1812 were ADAM Jr., Patrick, Moses Looney, Nicholas Sharkey, James Hawkins, Jacob F. C., and Benjamin. It is also the story of War of 1812 veterans Tobias Teller, o...