Son of Col. Nicholas Perkins and Bethenia Hardin
Children: Bethenia Perkins (married Lemuel Smith), James Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins (married John Pryor and William Henley Stone), Alcey Perkins, Nicholas Perkins (married Elizabeth Starver Perkins)
Spouse: Agnes Wilson
Member, VA House of Burgesses
Member, VA Continental Convention
Justice, Pittsylvania County VA
Tavern Owner, Pittsylvania County VA
Committee of Safety, Pittslyvania County, VA
Captain of Virginia Militia during Cherokee Expedition
Colonel of Virginia Militia, Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot
Peter Perkins (1739-1813) was born to Nicholas Perkins (1718-1762) and Bethenia Harding (1717-1762) in Pittsylvania County, VA. He was in partnership with his brother Constantine at the Ironworks on Troublesome Creek in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Around 1745 Peter built a farmhouse at the NC/VA border on land that his father Nicholas Perkins had willed to him. The house has since been added onto many times. The section that Perkins built is almost lost, but it remains unique with its long sloping roof, covering the porch and an end room. It has a fine old chimneys laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers, and its ceilings and mantels are high. One of Peter Perkins's daughters, Alcey married Peter Hairston (1752-1832), son of Robert and Ruth Stovall Hairston. Descendents of this family still own the home.
He "was an ardent patriot and during the Revolutionary War served first as Captain and later as a Colonel of the Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Militia. He also threw open his home to be used as a military hospital" (History of Pittsylvania Co., by Clement). Because of this, the home came to be known as Bury Hill, after the soldiers who were buried on the grounds of the plantation. This was later renamed to Berry Hill.
Peter also "served in the House of Commons from Rockingham Co., N.C. in 1786-1787. He returned to Pittsylvania Co., Va. and paid taxes there until 1798. About 1795 he moved to Stokes Co., N.C. and from there he moved to Williamson Co., Tenn., where he died 1813.
Children: Bethenia Perkins (married Lemuel Smith), James Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins (married John Pryor and William Henley Stone), Alcey Perkins, Nicholas Perkins (married Elizabeth Starver Perkins)
Spouse: Agnes Wilson
Member, VA House of Burgesses
Member, VA Continental Convention
Justice, Pittsylvania County VA
Tavern Owner, Pittsylvania County VA
Committee of Safety, Pittslyvania County, VA
Captain of Virginia Militia during Cherokee Expedition
Colonel of Virginia Militia, Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot
Peter Perkins (1739-1813) was born to Nicholas Perkins (1718-1762) and Bethenia Harding (1717-1762) in Pittsylvania County, VA. He was in partnership with his brother Constantine at the Ironworks on Troublesome Creek in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Around 1745 Peter built a farmhouse at the NC/VA border on land that his father Nicholas Perkins had willed to him. The house has since been added onto many times. The section that Perkins built is almost lost, but it remains unique with its long sloping roof, covering the porch and an end room. It has a fine old chimneys laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers, and its ceilings and mantels are high. One of Peter Perkins's daughters, Alcey married Peter Hairston (1752-1832), son of Robert and Ruth Stovall Hairston. Descendents of this family still own the home.
He "was an ardent patriot and during the Revolutionary War served first as Captain and later as a Colonel of the Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Militia. He also threw open his home to be used as a military hospital" (History of Pittsylvania Co., by Clement). Because of this, the home came to be known as Bury Hill, after the soldiers who were buried on the grounds of the plantation. This was later renamed to Berry Hill.
Peter also "served in the House of Commons from Rockingham Co., N.C. in 1786-1787. He returned to Pittsylvania Co., Va. and paid taxes there until 1798. About 1795 he moved to Stokes Co., N.C. and from there he moved to Williamson Co., Tenn., where he died 1813.
Son of Col. Nicholas Perkins and Bethenia Hardin
Children: Bethenia Perkins (married Lemuel Smith), James Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins (married John Pryor and William Henley Stone), Alcey Perkins, Nicholas Perkins (married Elizabeth Starver Perkins)
Spouse: Agnes Wilson
Member, VA House of Burgesses
Member, VA Continental Convention
Justice, Pittsylvania County VA
Tavern Owner, Pittsylvania County VA
Committee of Safety, Pittslyvania County, VA
Captain of Virginia Militia during Cherokee Expedition
Colonel of Virginia Militia, Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot
Peter Perkins (1739-1813) was born to Nicholas Perkins (1718-1762) and Bethenia Harding (1717-1762) in Pittsylvania County, VA. He was in partnership with his brother Constantine at the Ironworks on Troublesome Creek in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Around 1745 Peter built a farmhouse at the NC/VA border on land that his father Nicholas Perkins had willed to him. The house has since been added onto many times. The section that Perkins built is almost lost, but it remains unique with its long sloping roof, covering the porch and an end room. It has a fine old chimneys laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers, and its ceilings and mantels are high. One of Peter Perkins's daughters, Alcey married Peter Hairston (1752-1832), son of Robert and Ruth Stovall Hairston. Descendents of this family still own the home.
He "was an ardent patriot and during the Revolutionary War served first as Captain and later as a Colonel of the Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Militia. He also threw open his home to be used as a military hospital" (History of Pittsylvania Co., by Clement). Because of this, the home came to be known as Bury Hill, after the soldiers who were buried on the grounds of the plantation. This was later renamed to Berry Hill.
Peter also "served in the House of Commons from Rockingham Co., N.C. in 1786-1787. He returned to Pittsylvania Co., Va. and paid taxes there until 1798. About 1795 he moved to Stokes Co., N.C. and from there he moved to Williamson Co., Tenn., where he died 1813.
Children: Bethenia Perkins (married Lemuel Smith), James Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins (married John Pryor and William Henley Stone), Alcey Perkins, Nicholas Perkins (married Elizabeth Starver Perkins)
Spouse: Agnes Wilson
Member, VA House of Burgesses
Member, VA Continental Convention
Justice, Pittsylvania County VA
Tavern Owner, Pittsylvania County VA
Committee of Safety, Pittslyvania County, VA
Captain of Virginia Militia during Cherokee Expedition
Colonel of Virginia Militia, Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot
Peter Perkins (1739-1813) was born to Nicholas Perkins (1718-1762) and Bethenia Harding (1717-1762) in Pittsylvania County, VA. He was in partnership with his brother Constantine at the Ironworks on Troublesome Creek in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Around 1745 Peter built a farmhouse at the NC/VA border on land that his father Nicholas Perkins had willed to him. The house has since been added onto many times. The section that Perkins built is almost lost, but it remains unique with its long sloping roof, covering the porch and an end room. It has a fine old chimneys laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers, and its ceilings and mantels are high. One of Peter Perkins's daughters, Alcey married Peter Hairston (1752-1832), son of Robert and Ruth Stovall Hairston. Descendents of this family still own the home.
He "was an ardent patriot and during the Revolutionary War served first as Captain and later as a Colonel of the Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Militia. He also threw open his home to be used as a military hospital" (History of Pittsylvania Co., by Clement). Because of this, the home came to be known as Bury Hill, after the soldiers who were buried on the grounds of the plantation. This was later renamed to Berry Hill.
Peter also "served in the House of Commons from Rockingham Co., N.C. in 1786-1787. He returned to Pittsylvania Co., Va. and paid taxes there until 1798. About 1795 he moved to Stokes Co., N.C. and from there he moved to Williamson Co., Tenn., where he died 1813.
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