Samuel was born 1754 in Ireland, the son of John PEDEN and Margaret McDILL. Samuel came with his family to South Carolina four years before the Revolution and was living in the Spartanburg District when he enlisted in service in 1775. He received land - Plat Folder 1483 - on 11 December 1772 in Craven Co, South Carolina, on a small branch of the water of the Enorre River on land adjoining Herman Dildinas. This land was surveyed on 16 April 1773. He enlisted under the service of Captain Andrew Barry on several occasions and was at Cow Pens, King's Mountain and in the Battle of the Blackstocks. He was discharged the last time in March 1781on the Catawaba River because of pains in his limbs. Parts of four years he gave to the Revolutionary War. He volunteered as a private and came out a Captain. After the Revolution Samuel married Kathernie WHITE, the daughter of Moses WHITE II (-1784) and Mary McCONNELL. His pension application states that they lived in North Carolina for three years. They moved to Fairview, SC, where Samuel was one of the founding elders of Fairview Presbyterian Church which was founded in the fall of 1786 and accepted by the Presbytery of South Carolina in April 1787. The family lived in this area where Samual farmed and was a blacksmith. They were the parents of these children:
Katie died 15 Dec 1807 and is buried in the cemetery at Fairview Presbyterian Church, Greenville Co, SC. In 1818 Samuel left Fairview with several of his chilldren and went to Fayette Co, AL where he lived until 1834 when he moved to Kemper Co, MS.. On December 1 1832, Fayette Co, AL, Samuel applied for a pension which was allowed and later paid to his widow, Mrs Margaret Peden who stated in 1836 that she was his widow. The date and place of her marriage to Captain Samuel Paden is not listed. Samuel was one of the founders of the Smyrna Presbyterian Church in Kemper Co, MS. Samuel died 26 December 1835 and is buried in the Smyrna Presbyterian Cemetery, Kemper Co, MS. His grave is reported to be the first one dug in the cemetery. |
James PADEN was born 1 January 1787 in Fairview, SC, the son of Samuel PEDEN and Katherine WHITE. Frances BROCKMAN was born 29 February 1988, Spartanburg, SC, to Henry BROCKMAN (1764-1835) and Susannah PATTERSON (1765-1842). Several children were born to he and Frances before they moved to Tuscaloosa, AL, in 1824.
About 1829 they moved to Chicksaw Co, MS where they both died in 1834. Frances died 29 July 1834 and James died 6 Aug 1834. They are buried in the Old Pisgah Cemetery near Matee, Webster Co, MS. James' inscription reads "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them." The inscription on Frances' tombstone: "Her Saviour has called her to Him; she has gone beyond; so be ready to follow her soon." Note: Several years ago Kathy Nipper, a friend, went to the cemetery and found the stones with the help of the county agent. She said that it was very grown up and hard to find but the stones were still there. MLB |
Will of Moses White, Rowan Co, NC, probated 8 Aug 1784. Pension Records of Samuel Peden, National Archives, Pension # S 30649 Tombstone inscriptions copied by Mary Love Berryman. Mark Paden - [email protected] Old Pisgah Cemetery - Webster Co, (On farm of O E White), published in the Mississippi Genealogical Exchange, Vol 1, No 3, Sep 1955, p 41. Mississippi Revolutionary Soldiers, MS Archives, Jackson, MS. The Brockman Scrapbook, 1952, William Everett Brockman, Midland National Bank, Minnespolis 1, Minnesota. Citizens and Immigrants-South Carolina, 1768, Mary Boundarant Warren, Heritage Papers, 1980. History of Fairview Presbyterian Church of Greenville County, South Carolina, Compiled by Mary Lou Steward Garrett, By order of the Session of Fairview Presbyterian Church, 1986, Fairview Presbyterian Church, Route 1, Fountain Inn, SC 29644, A PRESS, USA My People, The Padens, T. R. Paden, Completed and published after his death 16 December 1941 by his widow Martha Etta Barnett Paden. Sent to me by Sue Walker Stock, Hollandale, MS, 1982. The Pedens of America, 1768-1900, Eleanor M. Hewell. 1900-1960, Jessie Peden, Lizzie Peden, Lila Peden Sprouse. Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772 (Rev. William Martin and His Five Shiploads of Settlers) by Jean Stephenson, 1971, Privately printed at Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc, Strasburg, VA, USA |
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