His wife Lucinda Wilmouth Billings was listed as a widow in the 1880 Census so he died prior to the enumeration. Sources on Ancestry.com indicate the following "It is said that Peter, Jr. may have been the only son to remain in Tennessee and lived several miles east of Smithville, TN. A story tells of his death while he tended his still. He was stabbed to death by a drunk, the date is unknown. Peter, Jr. is buried in an unmarked grave in the Billings Cemetery east of Smithville."
His wife Lucinda Wilmouth Billings was listed as a widow in the 1880 Census so he died prior to the enumeration. Sources on Ancestry.com indicate the following "It is said that Peter, Jr. may have been the only son to remain in Tennessee and lived several miles east of Smithville, TN. A story tells of his death while he tended his still. He was stabbed to death by a drunk, the date is unknown. Peter, Jr. is buried in an unmarked grave in the Billings Cemetery east of Smithville."
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Buried in an unmarked grave.
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