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Tunis/Anthony Anthony PETERS

SAR Patriot #: P-269084

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State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Civil Service

DAR #: A089590

Birth: 27 Oct 1749 / / Holland
Death: 24 Sep 1826 / Hocking / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

1782, he served as an Appraiser.
1783, he paid a Supply Tax to aid the war effort.

Additional References:

Library of Virginia, Loudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax 1782-1786, Roll 207
Hening, William Waller, The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619.., Volume IX, Virginia. Richmond: J & G Cochran, Printers, 1821, pg 112-129
Loudoun County, Virginia, Minute Book, 1780-1783, pg 65

Spouse: Francinah Adams
Children: Samuel; Mahlon; Absalom; Michael; Gershom Moore; Deborah; Abigail;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1975-01-31	AZ	Unassigned	Edward Hull Pratt (100214)	Catherine
2012-01-05	IN	45790	Thomas Martin Peters (181959)	Mahlon
2012-06-28	NC	48542	Michael Thomas Marsh (184044)	Mahlon
2022-01-28	PA	97644	Steven Fredrick Ware (204485)	Deborah
2022-08-26	OH	101906	William Robert Hill (187655)	Abigail

Burial:

Turkey Run Baptist Church Cemetery_(C-0376499)

Location:

Lancaster / Fairfield / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1961039

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

7344117

Marker Type:

Other stake;

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Modern upright stone
Photo used with permission of William Robert Hill, 187655

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Kevin Lee Driesbach

Anthony Tunis Peters was born on 27 October 1749 in New Jersey, the son of Philip and Catherine (Quick) Peters.

He married Francinah Adams in Hampshire in 1776, in Virginia. Family tradition states she was a first cousin to President John Q. Adams, but no proof has been found. They had many children.

Mahlon was born on 1 October 1791 and married Rachel Meredith.
Absalom Adams was born on 15 August 1803 and married Fanah Swisher.
Samuel was born on 5 July 1780 and married Amelin Peters (cousin).
James was born in 1777 and married Nancy Peters (cousin).
Phillip was born in 1778 and married Mary Ashbrook.
Abigail was born on 17 June 1781 and married Aaron Ashbrook.
Catherine “Caty” was born on 26 April 1784 and married Eli Ashbrook.
Deborah was born on 23 January 1786 and married Michael Blue.
Gershom Moore was born on 28 October 1787 and married 1) Susan Glaze, 2) Miranda Eaton, and 3) Sarah Sain.
Tunis Jr. was born on 26 October 1789 and married Mary Eva Glaze.
Permelia was born on 1 October 1793 and married William Ashbrook.
Jonathon Linton was born on 12 November 1795 and married 1) Martha Thompson and 2) Rebecca Harmon.
John Adams was born on 12 August 1798 and married 1) Lucinda Converse and 2) Cynthia Biddel.

Anthony served in the 1st Virginia State Regiment in Captain Ewell’s company, commanded by Colonel George Gibson. He served under the name Anthony (an anglicized version of Tunis) and paid supply tax to support the war effort.

He came from Hampshire County, Virginia, to Walnut Township in the fall of 1817. In the spring of 1818, he bought and settled on 80 acres in Section 35.

He died on 24 September 1826, Logan in Hocking County while visiting his son Jonathon, who was living there at the time. He is buried in the Turkey Run Baptist Church in Fairfield County.

Anthony’s son Gershom was a surveyor who surveyed the present site of Columbus, Ohio, while it was still a dense forest. Part of the city now occupies his old farm, as does the cemetery, which received its name, Greenlawn, from his wife.

Sources:

Author: Michael Thomas Marsh

Tunis Anthony Peters was a son of Philip Peters (of German descent) and Catherine Quick (of Dutch descent) and was born 26 Oct 1749 in New Jersey.

He purchased land in Loudoun Co., Virginia in 1777; prior to this point, paid taxes in Loudoun, Virginia.

He enlisted as a private in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War. Afterwards he married Francinah Adams and had 13 children. Around 1782 moved to Hampshire Co., (West) Virginia, where he received wages for being the Sheriff.

Between 1800 and 1820, most of his adult children moved their families to Pickaway and Fairfield Counties, Ohio;

Tunis and Francinah then moved there, probably around 1812. Tunis was an Elder in the Baptist Church.

He died 24 Sept 1826, and is buried in Turkey Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Lancaster, Fairchild County Ohio

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