Christopher Pearson

• Birth Notes
  • 1750

• Death Notes
  • Abt. 1820

• General Notes
  • Residence 1788 Wayne Co., N.C.
    Property 1788 150 acres; Wayne Co., N.C.
    Property 1792 100 acres state land grant; Wayne Co., N.C.
    Property 1799 126 acre state land grant; Wayne Co., N.C.
    Residence 1808 Wayne Co., N.C.
    Death abt 1815  
    Marriage 1770
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    Event: 04 Dec 1771, Disowned by the Quakers for marriage to his half-sister's daughter--too closely related
    
    Residence 1: Abt. 1770, Rowan Co., NC48
    Residence 2: Abt. 1780, Wayne Co., NC49
    Residence 3: Abt. 1809, Moved to Washington Co., GA.
    
    Apparently lived along the Ohoopee River (near present-day Swainsboro, GA) and  owned no slaves.
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    Children of Christopher Pearson and Mary Hasket are:
    
      i.    Jonathan7 Pearson, born 1772 in Dobbs/Wayne Co., NC; died Abt. 1842 in Wilkinson Co., GA.
      ii.    Peter Pearson, born Bet. 1774 - 1783 in Dobbs/Wayne Co., NC; died 1854 in Marion Co., GA?.
    iii.    Nathan Pearson51, born Abt. 1776 in Dobbs/Wayne Co., NC; died Unknown in Georgia?.
    iv.    ? Pearson, born Abt. 1778 in Dobbs/Wayne Co., NC; died Unknown.
      v.    John Pearson, born 10 Jan 1781 in Perquimans Co., NC?; died 10 Apr 1847 in Henderson Co., TN.
      vi.    William Pearson51, born Abt. 1783 in Wayne Co., NC; died Unknown.  He married Elizabeth Thompson 29 Dec 1816 in Morgan Co., GA; died Unknown.
      vii.    ? Pearson, born Abt. 1785 in Wayne Co., NC; died Unknown.
      viii.    ? Pearson, born Abt. 1787 in Wayne Co., NC; died Unknown.
       ix.    Christopher Pearson, Jr.51, born Abt. 1790 in Wayne Co., NC; died Unknown in Bibb Co., AL?.  He married Dorcas Richey 07 Jun 1814 in Morgan Co., GA; died Unknown.
    

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Sources/Citations A Genealogy of the Ancestors and Descendants of Peter Pearson of Colonial Virginia and North Carolina, Quaker Emigrant from Cumberland, England, The John Pearson Family of Henderson County, Tennessee: The Odyssey of an American Family from England to Virginia, North Carolina Georgia & Tennessee

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