Isaac is listed as a 1772 resident of Tyrone Township, Bedford County, which a year later became Westmoreland County and 10 years after that Fayette County, PA. Researcher Helen Ruth Renner believed that several Peairs families came from Virginia and Maryland, along with their slaves, to settle along the Redstone Creek, a tributary to the great Monongahela River southeast of Pittsburgh. She cites the abundance of game, the immunity of Indian aggression, the fertility of the land, and good water. Above all, Braddock’s Road (now Rt. 40 and I-68) from Baltimore and Cumberland to Pittsburgh made access easy. They settled near Uniontown (3). Ellis’ History of Fayette County, PA states that “an Isaac and Jonathan Pearce, two brothers, came to this county with the earliest settlers and each took up a considerable tract of land (673).
Hannastown, the county seat of Westmoreland when Isaac was living there [an now a state historical site], was destroyed by Indians July 13, 1782. This was the hardest blow inflicted by “savages” during the Revolution within the limits of Pennsylvania settlements.
In 1790/1791, Isaac moves to Tennessee along with several other families, including the Cummins and Wallers. A court document for false imprisonment confirms the PA and TN Isaac are the same man, with Isaac's slave, York, having been both in PA and TN. In a 1795 court case, John Cummins v. Isaac Peairs, Andrew Jackson is Cummins lawyer.
Hannastown, the county seat of Westmoreland when Isaac was living there [an now a state historical site], was destroyed by Indians July 13, 1782. This was the hardest blow inflicted by “savages” during the Revolution within the limits of Pennsylvania settlements.
In 1790/1791, Isaac moves to Tennessee along with several other families, including the Cummins and Wallers. A court document for false imprisonment confirms the PA and TN Isaac are the same man, with Isaac's slave, York, having been both in PA and TN. In a 1795 court case, John Cummins v. Isaac Peairs, Andrew Jackson is Cummins lawyer.
Isaac is listed as a 1772 resident of Tyrone Township, Bedford County, which a year later became Westmoreland County and 10 years after that Fayette County, PA. Researcher Helen Ruth Renner believed that several Peairs families came from Virginia and Maryland, along with their slaves, to settle along the Redstone Creek, a tributary to the great Monongahela River southeast of Pittsburgh. She cites the abundance of game, the immunity of Indian aggression, the fertility of the land, and good water. Above all, Braddock’s Road (now Rt. 40 and I-68) from Baltimore and Cumberland to Pittsburgh made access easy. They settled near Uniontown (3). Ellis’ History of Fayette County, PA states that “an Isaac and Jonathan Pearce, two brothers, came to this county with the earliest settlers and each took up a considerable tract of land (673).
Hannastown, the county seat of Westmoreland when Isaac was living there [an now a state historical site], was destroyed by Indians July 13, 1782. This was the hardest blow inflicted by “savages” during the Revolution within the limits of Pennsylvania settlements.
In 1790/1791, Isaac moves to Tennessee along with several other families, including the Cummins and Wallers. A court document for false imprisonment confirms the PA and TN Isaac are the same man, with Isaac's slave, York, having been both in PA and TN. In a 1795 court case, John Cummins v. Isaac Peairs, Andrew Jackson is Cummins lawyer.
Hannastown, the county seat of Westmoreland when Isaac was living there [an now a state historical site], was destroyed by Indians July 13, 1782. This was the hardest blow inflicted by “savages” during the Revolution within the limits of Pennsylvania settlements.
In 1790/1791, Isaac moves to Tennessee along with several other families, including the Cummins and Wallers. A court document for false imprisonment confirms the PA and TN Isaac are the same man, with Isaac's slave, York, having been both in PA and TN. In a 1795 court case, John Cummins v. Isaac Peairs, Andrew Jackson is Cummins lawyer.
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