Re: Tobias PETERSON & Margaret Ann MASTERS
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Re: Tobias PETERSON & Margaret Ann MASTERS
Charlie Peterson 12/07/07
Hello Everyone
Its good to see that everyone is still working on the Petersons of Yancey and Mithcell County NC
I have accomplished some on Tobias Peterson's ancestors.I have found connections between Tobias Peterson and the Petersons of Lincoln /tryon COunty NC.The Stroupes, Masters, and the Petersons lived in Lincoln COunty COunty, present day Catawba (Hickory) NC. All these families moved to Poplar NC from present day Hickory, NC.I find quite a few references of Tobias in the Lincoln County's early history. I found a state land grant on Horseford Creek. Horseford Creek is just northwest of present day Hickory. Horseford Creek runs north into the Catawba River. I found several land deeds for Henry Masters Sr purchasing land on Killington Creek In Lincoln COunty in 1775.I found where Dicey Stroup Peterson, wife of Peter Peterson, is mentioned in the will of Phillip Stroup in Lincoln County. Tobias had a brother John. John says in his pension record that his family removed from PA when he was young into Lincoln COunty NC.John had a son Tobias Peterson named after his brother. John Peterson later moves to Greenville SC.I have copies of a letter in my possesion from the 1830s to Dicey Stroupe Peterson that mention her family in Lincoln COunty, also mentions a neice that is going to school near Greenville SC.I found a deed from Lincoln County, early 1800s that mentions both Matthias and Tobias Peterson.I felel that Tobias is most likely the son of Peter Peterson.In additon, I beleive that Tobias had brothers Matthias and Moses.Please feel free to investiage
I truly beleive that Tobias and his father Peter were part of the mass migration to central NC in the 1750s and 1760s. I beleive his ancestors came from the Old Swedes CHurch in Northern Delaware.The church still exists today, one of the oldest in the nation today.
Please contact me if you find any information on the early Peterson.
Happy Hunting
Terry Edwards
Kings Mountain NC
704 472 9372