John PETERSON

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Isabella WESCOAT

(1) Jenks, Margaret R., Thomas Horton of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Vol. 3, Part 2, (1990), p. 1427. 
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Notes

Updated December 16, 2012. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for Pennsylvania, Crawford Co., Greenwood Twp.: Page 447; October1850.

John PETERSON is head of household, married to Isabella [WESCOAT] PETERSON. He is 50 years old, born in New York, and is a farmer with $500 in real estate.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Pennsylvania, Crawford Co., Greenwood Twp., Meadville Post Office: Page 81; June 27, 1860.

John PETERSON is head of household, married to Isabella [WESCOAT] PETERSON. He is 59 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $800. He was born in Pennsylvania.

(3) 1870 United States Census for Pennsylvania, Crawford Co., Greenwood (Fallowfield Post Office): page 37; August 16, 1870.

John PETERSON is head of household, married to Isabella [WESCOAT] PETERSON. He is 68 years, a farmer with real estate valued at $2,500 and personal estate valued at $870. He was born in Pennsylvania. He is illiterate. John's sister-in-law (Isabella's sister) Nancy [WESCOAT] ACKLEY also resides in the household.

(4) 1880 United States Census for Pennsylvania, Crawford Co., Greenwood Twp.: Supervisor's District 10; Enumeration District 100; page 18; June 11, 1880.

John PETERSON is head of household, married to Isabell [WESCOAT] PETERSON. He is 77 years old and a retired farmer, disabled by rheumatism. He was born in Pennsylvania, with his father from New Jersey and his mother from Virginia. He is illiterate.

(5) Erlenkotter Family Records, citing:

... (5a) [birth and death] Grinnell, Lawrence J., The Descendants of Matthew and Rose (French) Greenell (Abt. 1590-Bef. 1643), (The Grinnell Family Association of America, Greenacres, FL, 1997), p. 60.
... (5b) [death] Crawford County Register's Docket, (Crawford County Courthouse, Meadville, PA), Vol. 5, p. 165.

NOTES PROVIDED IN THE ERLENKOTTER FAMILY RECORDS:

"In the 1870 census Nancy ACKLEY is listed in the household of her brother-in-law and sister, John and Isabella (WESCOAT) PETERSON, at Greenwood, Crawford County, PA."

"John PETERSON is listed as a head of household at Greenwood, Crawford County, PA in the 1830 and 1840 censuses, and in later censuses through 1880. He was survived by his widow, Isabelle. Joseph W. KAZEBEE was appointed as administrator of his estate on 11 April 1885 [Crawford County Register's Docket, Vol. 5, p. 165; Crawford County Orphans' Court Records, Vol. P, pp. 45, 58-59]."