1787 - 1879 (92 years)
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| Name |
Peter Waggoner |
| Birth |
13 Mar 1787 |
Jesse's Run, Harrison Co., VA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
26 May 1879 |
Millstone Run, Lewis Co., WV [1] |
| Burial |
Harmony Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co., WV |
| Person ID |
I21062 |
Meadow Bluff Meanderings |
| Last Modified |
3 Feb 2026 |
| Father |
John M. Waggoner, b. 1752, White Marsh, Philadelphia Co., PA d. 1843, Romney, Hampshire Co., VA (Age 91 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret Bonnett, b. 1759, Cedar Creek, Hampshire Co., VA d. 7 May 1792, Jesse's Run, Harrison Co., VA (Age 33 years) |
| Marriage |
1778 |
Harrison Co., VA [2] |
| Family ID |
F8687 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Catherine Hardman, b. 26 Feb 1784 d. 2 Apr 1867, Lewis Co., WV (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Nov 1814 |
Harrison Co., VA |
| Children |
| | 1. Andrew Waggoner |
| | 2. Samuel Waggoner |
| | 3. William Waggoner, b. 11 Mar 1816, Hacker's Creek, Lewis Co., VA d. Abt 1900, Lewis Co., WV (Age 83 years) |
| | 4. Perry Green Waggoner, b. 15 Jun 1822, Hacker's Creek, Lewis Co., VA d. 15 Apr 1861, Millstone Run, Lewis Co., WV (Age 38 years) |
| | 5. Annie Waggoner, b. Abt 1824 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 6. Susan Waggoner, b. Abt 1824 d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F8692 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Nov 2009 |
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| Notes |
- The Weston Democrat, Weston, WV, Saturday, 10 May 1879, p. 3, col. 3
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weston-democrat/166954567/
DIED -March 17th, Peter Wagoner, son of John and Margaret Wagoner, after an illness of twenty-four hours. He was born March 12th, 1786, was captured by a party of Shawnee Indians, led by Tecumseh, about the middle of May, 1792, together with his mother and live children, one having been killed and scalped in the yard. The mother and three children wore found about a mile from the house murdered and scalped. He and two sisters were carried to the Indian towns in Ohio. One of the girls staid but a little while. She made her escape to Detroit and was soon recovered by her friends. The other one remained with the Indians until the close of the war in 1796. But Peter remained until 1812. He was first discovered by a Mr. Booher, and was recognized by his resemblance to the Wagoner family. He (Booher) wrote to the old man Wagoner who went after him and brought him home. It was with difficulty he could be persuaded to leave the Indians, having married an Indian squaw by whom he had two children--a girl and a boy. He told his Indian wife he would be gone so many moons, and then he would come back. When the time expired it was with difficulty they could keep him. Perhaps they would not have succeeded but for the woman he married. He still had the wild and savage Indian nature about him. He married the widow Hide, a sister of Rev. John Hardman, who was known by many in this county who are yet living. After he was married he moved on the land where he died. He sought and obtained religion, and became one of the finest and best citizens of this country, and no doubt is now in heaven. J. T. HACKER.
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| Sources |
- [S639] Davidson, Bill and Susan., Indian Captives Web Page (Descendants of Wilheim Waggoner), (Name: http://www.rootsweb.com/~indian/wagg.htm;).
- [S1021] The Dennis Miller Family Home Page, (Name: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/i/l/Dennis-D-Miller/index.html;).
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