Adam Peck

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of ENSIGN. DAR Ancestor # A087420

Feb. 15, 1755 appointrd Constable.

Jan. 12, 1781 Appointed Ensign in Captian Patrick Lockhafts Company Revolutionary War

1788 First settler on Mossy Creek, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Later named Jefferson City.

Became a prosperous farmer, miller, and tanner, and served in the first Tennessee State Legislature, Helping to draft the Statge Constitution.

1796 appointed Justice of Jefferson County by John Sevier

1797 member of the committee appointed by the Legislature to inform John Sevier that he had been elected first governor of the State.

1804 won contract to build two roads to run from Kingston and Tellico Plains in what was later Monroe County to a converging point on the Hiwassee and thence to the Georgia line, a project plagued by bad weather and other problems and one that cost him considerably.

1815 Old Hickory at Battle of New Orleans

1956 - bronze monument erected by the D.A.R.

Peck, Adam (1753-1817)

HOUSE, 1st and 2nd General Assemblies, 1796-99; representing Jefferson County; party affiliation not indicated. Born in Frederick County, Maryland, on February 13, 1753; names of parents and extent of schooling unknown. Ensign in the Maryland line during the Revolutionary War. Came to Tennessee before .1792; was the first settler of Mossy Creek .(now Jefferson City); one of the first justices of Jefferson County. Established a grist mill which passed to his son after his death; trustee of Maury Academy, 1806. Married to Elizabeth Sharkey; twelve children: Ann (Mrs. Joseph Goodson), Jacob, Nicholas, Benjamin, Elliott, Jane (Mrs. Archibald Campbell), James, Adam, Jr., Moses, Patrick, William Looney, and Henry Peck. Died in Jefferson County on February 13, 1817; burled in the Old Section of Westview Cemetery, Jefferson City. His grave is marked by a bronze monument erected by the D. A. R. in 1956. Father of Jacob Peck, sometime member Tennessee General Assembly and Judge of the Supreme Court.

Sources: Goodspeed, History of Jefferson County, 857, 860, 862; Dandridge Banner, October 16, 1956; Jefferson County Tombstone Records, 134; Jefferson County Bible Records, 327-28; Roster of Soldiers of the Revolution, 1263.

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Member of the House, 1st & 2nd General Assemblies 1st Settlers in Mossy Creek at Jefferson County, TN Casamento com: Elizabeth Sharkey 29 de Jun de 1777, Botetourt, Virginia, USA

Jan. 12, 1781 Appointed Ensign in Captian Patrick Lockhafts Company Revolutionary War

1788 First settler on Mossy Creek, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Later named Jefferson City.

Became a prosperous farmer, miller, and tanner, and served in the first Tennessee State Legislature, Helping to draft the Statge Constitution.

1796 appointed Justice of Jefferson County by John Sevier

1797 member of the committee appointed by the Legislature to inform John Sevier that he had been elected first governor of the State.

1804 won contract to build two roads to run from Kingston and Tellico Plains in what was later Monroe County to a converging point on the Hiwassee and thence to the Georgia line, a project plagued by bad weather and other problems and one that cost him considerably.

1815 Old Hickory at Battle of New Orleans

1956 - bronze monument erected by the D.A.R.

Peck, Adam (1753-1817)

HOUSE, 1st and 2nd General Assemblies, 1796-99; representing Jefferson County; party affiliation not indicated. Born in Frederick County, Maryland, on February 13, 1753; names of parents and extent of schooling unknown. Ensign in the Maryland line during the Revolutionary War. Came to Tennessee before .1792; was the first settler of Mossy Creek .(now Jefferson City); one of the first justices of Jefferson County. Established a grist mill which passed to his son after his death; trustee of Maury Academy, 1806. Married to Elizabeth Sharkey; twelve children: Ann (Mrs. Joseph Goodson), Jacob, Nicholas, Benjamin, Elliott, Jane (Mrs. Archibald Campbell), James, Adam, Jr., Moses, Patrick, William Looney, and Henry Peck. Died in Jefferson County on February 13, 1817; burled in the Old Section of Westview Cemetery, Jefferson City. His grave is marked by a bronze monument erected by the D. A. R. in 1956. Father of Jacob Peck, sometime member Tennessee General Assembly and Judge of the Supreme Court.

Sources: Goodspeed, History of Jefferson County, 857, 860, 862; Dandridge Banner, October 16, 1956; Jefferson County Tombstone Records, 134; Jefferson County Bible Records, 327-28; Roster of Soldiers of the Revolution, 1263.

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Member of the House, 1st & 2nd General Assemblies 1st Settlers in Mossy Creek at Jefferson County, TN Casamento com: Elizabeth Sharkey 29 de Jun de 1777, Botetourt, Virginia, USA