Samuel Peden

PEDEN, SAMUEL Ancestor #: A087979
Service: SOUTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CAPTAIN
Birth: 11-10-1754 IRELAND
Death: 12-26-1835 DEKALB KEMPER CO MISSISSIPPI
Pension Number: *S30649
Service Source: *S30649
Service Description:
1) ALSO PVT, CAPTS ANDREW MERRY, JOHN BERRY; COL JOHN THOMAS;
2) ALSO LT

RESIDENCE: 1) District: NINETY SIX DIST - State: SOUTH CAROLINA
DAR proved wives:
1) KATHERINE WHITE
2) MARGARET X

DAR proved Children:

1. JOHN m. [1] ELIZABETH PEDEN
2. WILLIAM THOMAS [1] MARY E STENNIS m. [2] MARGARETTE X
3. JAMES m. [1] FRANCES BROCKMAN
4. SENIE m. [1] JAMES M TRIMM

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Samuel Peden was born in 1754 in County Antrim, Ireland, the son of John Peden and Margaret McDill. Samuel came with his family to South Carolina four years before the Revolution and was living in the Spartanburg District when he enlisted in service in 1775. He received land - Plat Folder 1483 - on 11 December 1772 in Craven Co, South Carolina, on a small branch of the water of the Enorre River on land adjoining Herman Dildinas. This land was surveyed on 16 April 1773.

He enlisted under the service of Captain Andrew Barry on several occasions, serving the better part of four years. He was at Cow Pens, King's Mountain and in the Battle of the Blackstocks. He was discharged the last time in March 1781 on the Catawba River because of pains in his limbs. He volunteered as a private and came out a Captain. He was recognized for his service by the Daughters of the American Revolution and was given the DAR Ancestor #A087979.

After the Revolution Samuel married Katherine White, the daughter of Moses White II (-1784) and Mary McConnell. His pension application states that they lived in North Carolina for three years. They moved to Fairview, South Carolina. Samuel was one of the founding elders of Fairview Presbyterian Church in the fall of 1786. The church was accepted by the Presbytery of South Carolina in April 1787. The family lived in this area where Samuel farmed and was a blacksmith. Katie died 15 Dec 1807 and is buried in the cemetery at Fairview Presbyterian Church, Greenville Co, SC.

In 1818 Samuel left Fairview with several of his children and went to Fayette Co, AL where he lived until 1834 when he moved to Kemper Co, MS..

On December 1 1832, Fayette Co, AL, Samuel applied for a pension which was allowed and later paid to his widow, Mrs Margaret Peden who stated in 1836 that she was his widow. The date and place of her marriage to Captain Samuel Paden is not listed.

Samuel was one of the founders of the Smyrna Presbyterian Church in Kemper Co, MS. Samuel died 26 December 1835 and is buried in the Smyrna Presbyterian Cemetery, Kemper Co, MS. His grave is reported to be the first one dug in the cemetery.

Children of Samuel Peden and first wife Katherine "Katie" White:

• John (Jack), died Kemper Co, MS, buried Smyrna Cemetery, Kemper Co, MS; married Elizabeth White, daugher of Thomas Peden and Elizabeth White.
• William Thomas, buried Smyrna Cemetery Kemper Co, MS
• James, born January 1, 1787, Fairview, SC; died August 6, 1834, Webster Co, MS, buried Old Pisgah Cemetery, Webster Co, MS; married Frances Brockman, daughter of Henry Brockman (1764-1835) and Susannah Patterson (1765-1842)
• Eleanor (Ellen), born about 1800; married John Trim.
• David S, married Margaret Peden, daughter of William Peden and Mary Archer.
• Sallie, buried Neshoba Co, MS; married a Mr. Barnes.
• Dillie, buried Neshoba Co, MS
• Katherine (Katie), married (1) John Morton, Jr, son of John Morton and Jane Peden; (2) Samuel Morrow, son of Samuel Morrow and Jane Peden
• Senie, born Fairview, SC; married James M Trim.

Links to additional material:

• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marylove/Peden/Peden.html
• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marylove/Peden/Smyrna.html
• http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm
• http://www.fold3.com/image/25883333/ - pension files - NOT a free site

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• Military service: Revolutionary War
  • Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via sister Jane Morton (born Peden) by SmartCopy: Mar 23 2015, 19:56:42 UTC