I recently found a reference to a court case in October court 1818 in Floyd County, Kentucky involving a lawsuit between Richard Damron and Old Peter. If the link doesn't work the reference is film 1844112, page 544 in vol. A of the Floyd County order books. Remember, at this time Lawrence County had not yet been split from Floyd. It's interesting who was involved in the lawsuit.
Old Peter is the appellant and Richard Damron the defendant on this appeal. Damron appears to be the assignee of Thomas Christian so this case probably involves a land dispute, likely back in Tazewell County, Virginia. Old Peter requires depositions from Owen O'Donald and Moses Hankins of Virginia as part of his appeal and they lived in Tazewell County at the time. Owen O'Donald was the husband of Darky Gothrin, said to be a daughter of Ruth Skaggs Bishop. Moses Hankins was a son of John Hankins and Elizabeth Skaggs from the Moses Skaggs estate papers. Elizabeth was sister to Moses and the Longhunter Skaggs brothers. There are a lot of moving parts here, but the fact that Old Peter was involved with the assignee of Thomas Bailey Christian, the husband of Darky Gothrin and a nephew of the Longhunters makes it interesting.
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Yes indeed, makes it very interesting. Thomas Christian being the son in law of Mathias/Lydia Skaggs Harmon, Owen O'Donald being the husband of Darky Gothrin (daughter of Ruth Skaggs Bishop) and Moses Hankins being the son of John/Elizabeth Skaggs Hankins. Makes you wonder (based upon the 1810 Tax List of Tazewell Co.Va.) how close Peter, Lewis and Zachariah Skaggs (March 13th listing) were to Mathias/Lydia Skaggs Harmon (March 15th listing) and Thomas/Louisa Harmon Christian, Owen/Darky Gothrin O'Donald, Moses Hankins, John/Elizabeth Skaggs Hankins. (all March 21st listing). I would think that all these relational moving parts would strongly suggest that at a minimum Old Peter was keenly aware of all the above families and because all these families were known to be living in Montgomery Co. as well would also strongly suggest to me that perhaps these migrating families were indeed extended family members traveling and settling together. Including Old Peter.
ReplyDeleteThe circumstantial evidence just keeps piling up.
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