Parents:
John Abner Pearce/Pierce 1754
1754–1841
Elizabeth Huckaby Pierce/Pearce
1746–1819
https://gw.geneanet.org/mtrose?n=pierce&oc=1&p=john
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1ST Families of Mississippi Qualification: A History of Mississippi, from the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto. pp. 512.
Earliest settlers of LAWRENCE COUNTY, that was established 22 December 1814, was Harmon Runnels; followed by surnames such as MITCHELL, COOPER, LONGINO, MAXWELL, MULLENS, JAYNE, HICKMAN, BUTLER, FOX,HAMILTON, JETT, SMITH, COLE, KING and included was the family of our relation RANDALL PIERCE and many more.
SPELLING VARIATIONS: Randol, Randal, Randle, Randell.
CENSUS: 1820 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS. p.75. Line 3.
Randol Pierce with one male ages 0-10, which would be his son James Mitchell Pierce.
One male age 26-44 meaning the father, Randall Pierce.
One female, age 0-10 which is daughter Martha Pierce.
One female age 26-44, which is wife Mary/Nancy.
His neighbors were John Carpenter, James Case, William Carpenter, Owen Carpenter, Isaac Smith, Lot Smith, Jacob Kees, just to name a few. All connected by marriage and in my data.
CENSUS: 1830 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS. page. 61. Image 29. Randal Pierce is how he is listed with one male age 15/20, one male 50/60 and one female 50/60. This accounts for Randall, his wife Mary and youngest son, James Mitchell who married in 1837.
CENSUS: 1840 Lawrence Co., MS. pp.63, Randol Pierce, head of house with the following ages: 1 male age 20-30 which could be James M., son; (he is 38) and 1 male age 60-70, which would ole Randall, then 1 female age 30-40 which could be James' wife Anna, who is 40, and then 1 female age 60-70, which would be the mother, Mary.
CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Randell Pearce
Age: 81
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1769
Birth Place: North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Lawrence, Mississippi
Household Members: Name Age
Randell Pearce 81 **
Nancy Pearce 70
HISTORY: It appears that Randall came to Mississippi at just about the time that Lawrence County was formed. By the reckoning of that time, he was already an old man (45, if he came in 1814).
The most reasonable evidence, the 1850 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS, page 427, indicates that he was born in North Carolina. We know that his birth date to be 27 April 1769. In any case, Randall found himself in either the Carolina's or Georgia in the latter part of the Eighteenth Century, undoubted a very exciting time and place for a young man.
We find him in one record that seems to refer to him during this period. On a Georgia list of tax defaulters (Burke County, issue of October 30, 1790), is listed a Randall Pierce. The time and place are right. It was probably him. Obviously this could mean a number of different things, including the possibility that he couldn't afford to pay or that he had moved elsewhere.
He married a young lady by the name of Mary/Nancy Whatley. There are many unanswered questions about their early life and there are few records from which to glean even a few meager facts.
Taken from the book by Luther Alva Pierce 1914-1987, my copy received from him in 1978.
LAND: From the writings of Luther A. Pierce, Jr. in "Randall Huckaby Pierce and His Descendants," page 10 - Randall settled north of the "Three-Chopped Way" by about ten miles and near the boundary of land which still belonged to the Choctaws.
He was just within the Lawrence County line on the north at that time. This area later became a part of Lincoln County in 1870. It is approximately 6 miles SE of Wesson, MS. 12 miles NE of Brookhaven and 15 miles NE of Monticello.
He was roughly 65 miles east of Natchez, the outstanding city in the South at that time. He was in the Washington Survey.
Thus the Pierce lands are described as Township 8 North, Range 11 East - Washington Survey Plat maps on the Pearl River are dated 1810.
John Abner Pearce/Pierce 1754
1754–1841
Elizabeth Huckaby Pierce/Pearce
1746–1819
https://gw.geneanet.org/mtrose?n=pierce&oc=1&p=john
*************************************************************
1ST Families of Mississippi Qualification: A History of Mississippi, from the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto. pp. 512.
Earliest settlers of LAWRENCE COUNTY, that was established 22 December 1814, was Harmon Runnels; followed by surnames such as MITCHELL, COOPER, LONGINO, MAXWELL, MULLENS, JAYNE, HICKMAN, BUTLER, FOX,HAMILTON, JETT, SMITH, COLE, KING and included was the family of our relation RANDALL PIERCE and many more.
SPELLING VARIATIONS: Randol, Randal, Randle, Randell.
CENSUS: 1820 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS. p.75. Line 3.
Randol Pierce with one male ages 0-10, which would be his son James Mitchell Pierce.
One male age 26-44 meaning the father, Randall Pierce.
One female, age 0-10 which is daughter Martha Pierce.
One female age 26-44, which is wife Mary/Nancy.
His neighbors were John Carpenter, James Case, William Carpenter, Owen Carpenter, Isaac Smith, Lot Smith, Jacob Kees, just to name a few. All connected by marriage and in my data.
CENSUS: 1830 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS. page. 61. Image 29. Randal Pierce is how he is listed with one male age 15/20, one male 50/60 and one female 50/60. This accounts for Randall, his wife Mary and youngest son, James Mitchell who married in 1837.
CENSUS: 1840 Lawrence Co., MS. pp.63, Randol Pierce, head of house with the following ages: 1 male age 20-30 which could be James M., son; (he is 38) and 1 male age 60-70, which would ole Randall, then 1 female age 30-40 which could be James' wife Anna, who is 40, and then 1 female age 60-70, which would be the mother, Mary.
CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Randell Pearce
Age: 81
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1769
Birth Place: North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Lawrence, Mississippi
Household Members: Name Age
Randell Pearce 81 **
Nancy Pearce 70
HISTORY: It appears that Randall came to Mississippi at just about the time that Lawrence County was formed. By the reckoning of that time, he was already an old man (45, if he came in 1814).
The most reasonable evidence, the 1850 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS, page 427, indicates that he was born in North Carolina. We know that his birth date to be 27 April 1769. In any case, Randall found himself in either the Carolina's or Georgia in the latter part of the Eighteenth Century, undoubted a very exciting time and place for a young man.
We find him in one record that seems to refer to him during this period. On a Georgia list of tax defaulters (Burke County, issue of October 30, 1790), is listed a Randall Pierce. The time and place are right. It was probably him. Obviously this could mean a number of different things, including the possibility that he couldn't afford to pay or that he had moved elsewhere.
He married a young lady by the name of Mary/Nancy Whatley. There are many unanswered questions about their early life and there are few records from which to glean even a few meager facts.
Taken from the book by Luther Alva Pierce 1914-1987, my copy received from him in 1978.
LAND: From the writings of Luther A. Pierce, Jr. in "Randall Huckaby Pierce and His Descendants," page 10 - Randall settled north of the "Three-Chopped Way" by about ten miles and near the boundary of land which still belonged to the Choctaws.
He was just within the Lawrence County line on the north at that time. This area later became a part of Lincoln County in 1870. It is approximately 6 miles SE of Wesson, MS. 12 miles NE of Brookhaven and 15 miles NE of Monticello.
He was roughly 65 miles east of Natchez, the outstanding city in the South at that time. He was in the Washington Survey.
Thus the Pierce lands are described as Township 8 North, Range 11 East - Washington Survey Plat maps on the Pearl River are dated 1810.
Parents:
John Abner Pearce/Pierce 1754
1754–1841
Elizabeth Huckaby Pierce/Pearce
1746–1819
https://gw.geneanet.org/mtrose?n=pierce&oc=1&p=john
*************************************************************
1ST Families of Mississippi Qualification: A History of Mississippi, from the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto. pp. 512.
Earliest settlers of LAWRENCE COUNTY, that was established 22 December 1814, was Harmon Runnels; followed by surnames such as MITCHELL, COOPER, LONGINO, MAXWELL, MULLENS, JAYNE, HICKMAN, BUTLER, FOX,HAMILTON, JETT, SMITH, COLE, KING and included was the family of our relation RANDALL PIERCE and many more.
SPELLING VARIATIONS: Randol, Randal, Randle, Randell.
CENSUS: 1820 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS. p.75. Line 3.
Randol Pierce with one male ages 0-10, which would be his son James Mitchell Pierce.
One male age 26-44 meaning the father, Randall Pierce.
One female, age 0-10 which is daughter Martha Pierce.
One female age 26-44, which is wife Mary/Nancy.
His neighbors were John Carpenter, James Case, William Carpenter, Owen Carpenter, Isaac Smith, Lot Smith, Jacob Kees, just to name a few. All connected by marriage and in my data.
CENSUS: 1830 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS. page. 61. Image 29. Randal Pierce is how he is listed with one male age 15/20, one male 50/60 and one female 50/60. This accounts for Randall, his wife Mary and youngest son, James Mitchell who married in 1837.
CENSUS: 1840 Lawrence Co., MS. pp.63, Randol Pierce, head of house with the following ages: 1 male age 20-30 which could be James M., son; (he is 38) and 1 male age 60-70, which would ole Randall, then 1 female age 30-40 which could be James' wife Anna, who is 40, and then 1 female age 60-70, which would be the mother, Mary.
CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Randell Pearce
Age: 81
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1769
Birth Place: North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Lawrence, Mississippi
Household Members: Name Age
Randell Pearce 81 **
Nancy Pearce 70
HISTORY: It appears that Randall came to Mississippi at just about the time that Lawrence County was formed. By the reckoning of that time, he was already an old man (45, if he came in 1814).
The most reasonable evidence, the 1850 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS, page 427, indicates that he was born in North Carolina. We know that his birth date to be 27 April 1769. In any case, Randall found himself in either the Carolina's or Georgia in the latter part of the Eighteenth Century, undoubted a very exciting time and place for a young man.
We find him in one record that seems to refer to him during this period. On a Georgia list of tax defaulters (Burke County, issue of October 30, 1790), is listed a Randall Pierce. The time and place are right. It was probably him. Obviously this could mean a number of different things, including the possibility that he couldn't afford to pay or that he had moved elsewhere.
He married a young lady by the name of Mary/Nancy Whatley. There are many unanswered questions about their early life and there are few records from which to glean even a few meager facts.
Taken from the book by Luther Alva Pierce 1914-1987, my copy received from him in 1978.
LAND: From the writings of Luther A. Pierce, Jr. in "Randall Huckaby Pierce and His Descendants," page 10 - Randall settled north of the "Three-Chopped Way" by about ten miles and near the boundary of land which still belonged to the Choctaws.
He was just within the Lawrence County line on the north at that time. This area later became a part of Lincoln County in 1870. It is approximately 6 miles SE of Wesson, MS. 12 miles NE of Brookhaven and 15 miles NE of Monticello.
He was roughly 65 miles east of Natchez, the outstanding city in the South at that time. He was in the Washington Survey.
Thus the Pierce lands are described as Township 8 North, Range 11 East - Washington Survey Plat maps on the Pearl River are dated 1810.
John Abner Pearce/Pierce 1754
1754–1841
Elizabeth Huckaby Pierce/Pearce
1746–1819
https://gw.geneanet.org/mtrose?n=pierce&oc=1&p=john
*************************************************************
1ST Families of Mississippi Qualification: A History of Mississippi, from the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto. pp. 512.
Earliest settlers of LAWRENCE COUNTY, that was established 22 December 1814, was Harmon Runnels; followed by surnames such as MITCHELL, COOPER, LONGINO, MAXWELL, MULLENS, JAYNE, HICKMAN, BUTLER, FOX,HAMILTON, JETT, SMITH, COLE, KING and included was the family of our relation RANDALL PIERCE and many more.
SPELLING VARIATIONS: Randol, Randal, Randle, Randell.
CENSUS: 1820 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS. p.75. Line 3.
Randol Pierce with one male ages 0-10, which would be his son James Mitchell Pierce.
One male age 26-44 meaning the father, Randall Pierce.
One female, age 0-10 which is daughter Martha Pierce.
One female age 26-44, which is wife Mary/Nancy.
His neighbors were John Carpenter, James Case, William Carpenter, Owen Carpenter, Isaac Smith, Lot Smith, Jacob Kees, just to name a few. All connected by marriage and in my data.
CENSUS: 1830 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS. page. 61. Image 29. Randal Pierce is how he is listed with one male age 15/20, one male 50/60 and one female 50/60. This accounts for Randall, his wife Mary and youngest son, James Mitchell who married in 1837.
CENSUS: 1840 Lawrence Co., MS. pp.63, Randol Pierce, head of house with the following ages: 1 male age 20-30 which could be James M., son; (he is 38) and 1 male age 60-70, which would ole Randall, then 1 female age 30-40 which could be James' wife Anna, who is 40, and then 1 female age 60-70, which would be the mother, Mary.
CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Randell Pearce
Age: 81
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1769
Birth Place: North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Lawrence, Mississippi
Household Members: Name Age
Randell Pearce 81 **
Nancy Pearce 70
HISTORY: It appears that Randall came to Mississippi at just about the time that Lawrence County was formed. By the reckoning of that time, he was already an old man (45, if he came in 1814).
The most reasonable evidence, the 1850 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., MS, page 427, indicates that he was born in North Carolina. We know that his birth date to be 27 April 1769. In any case, Randall found himself in either the Carolina's or Georgia in the latter part of the Eighteenth Century, undoubted a very exciting time and place for a young man.
We find him in one record that seems to refer to him during this period. On a Georgia list of tax defaulters (Burke County, issue of October 30, 1790), is listed a Randall Pierce. The time and place are right. It was probably him. Obviously this could mean a number of different things, including the possibility that he couldn't afford to pay or that he had moved elsewhere.
He married a young lady by the name of Mary/Nancy Whatley. There are many unanswered questions about their early life and there are few records from which to glean even a few meager facts.
Taken from the book by Luther Alva Pierce 1914-1987, my copy received from him in 1978.
LAND: From the writings of Luther A. Pierce, Jr. in "Randall Huckaby Pierce and His Descendants," page 10 - Randall settled north of the "Three-Chopped Way" by about ten miles and near the boundary of land which still belonged to the Choctaws.
He was just within the Lawrence County line on the north at that time. This area later became a part of Lincoln County in 1870. It is approximately 6 miles SE of Wesson, MS. 12 miles NE of Brookhaven and 15 miles NE of Monticello.
He was roughly 65 miles east of Natchez, the outstanding city in the South at that time. He was in the Washington Survey.
Thus the Pierce lands are described as Township 8 North, Range 11 East - Washington Survey Plat maps on the Pearl River are dated 1810.
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