Alleghany County Family Genealogies

Branches of the PEAK Family

First Generation

JUDA PEAK born August 9, 1791, Virginia, married April 27, 1814, in Grayson County, Virginia, WILLIAM HALSEY, III, born 1789, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany County, North Carolina, (son of WILLIAM HALSEY, JR. and RACHEL COBB) died August 28, 1849, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany Co., NC, buried August 30, 1849, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany Co., NC. JUDA died May 5, 1876, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany Co., NC, buried May 7, 1876, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany Co., NC.

Children:

i. IRA JOSIAH HALSEY born April 22, 1815, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany Co., NC, occupation Farmer, married (1) August 21, 1834, in Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany Co., NC, FANNIE McMILLAN, born August 18, 1815, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany Co., NC, (daughter of JAMES McMILLAN and THURSA GAMBILL) died September 6, 1849, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany Co., NC, married (2) September 12, 1850, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany Co., NC, MARY PARSONS, born June 12, 1827, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany Co., NC, (daughter of SOLOMON PARSONS and LYDIA STURGIL) died February 8, 1918. IRA JOSIAH died December 18, 1861, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany Co., NC.
ii. CASWELL HALSEY occupation Farmer, born April 17, 1818, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany County, NC, married May 26, 1836, Carolina. CASWELL died MAHALA McMILLAN, born 1820, North October 27, 1905.
iii. IRA HALSEY born June 30, 1820, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany County, NC, occupation Farmer, married May 19, 1861, ZILHIA DIXON. IRA died June 10, 1901.
iv. TINSEY HALSEY born October 26, 1822, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany County, NC, married 1839, JOHN ROSS, born 1819, North Carolina, (son of (---) ROSS and NANCY (---) ROSS) occupation Farmer.
v. SENIA HALSEY born February 27, 1825, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany County, North Carolina, married 1846, HENRY J. PARSONS.
vi. LOUCINDA HALSEY born October 21, 1827, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany County, NC, married 1846, WILLIAM C. (B.) PARSONS, born 1816, NC, occupation Farmer.
vii. MARY POLLY HALSEY born July 19, 1831, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany County, North Carolina.
viii. SARAH (SALLY) HALSEY born December 12, 1836, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany County, NC, occupation Seamstress, married February 29, 1852, JOHN McMILLAN, JR., occupation Farmer, died before 1860, North Carolina.
ix. NANCY HALSEY born November 12, 1837, Piney Creek, Ashe/Alleghany County, NC, married September 12, 1850, LOUIS B. (LAZARUS) HASH, born 1830, Virginia. MARY died May 15, 1912.

Second Generation

IRA JOSIAH HALSEY born April 22, 1815, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, married (1) August 21, 1834, in Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, FANNIE McMILLAN, born August 18, 1815, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, (daughter of JAMES McMILLAN and THURSA GAMBILL) died September 6, 1849, Piney Creek, Alleghany County, NC, buried September 9, 1849, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, married (2) Sept 12, 1850, in Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, MARY PARSONS, born June 12, 1827, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, (daughter of SOLOMON PARSONS and LYDIA STURGIL) died February 8, 1913. IRA died December 18, 1861, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, buried December 21, 1861, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC.

Children:
i THEISIA HALSEY born March 13, 1836, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC
ii FRANKLIN BENJAMIN HALSEY born June 26, 1838, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co.,
NC, married before 1860, in Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, POLLY JANE COX,
born 1835. FRANKLIN died June 30, 1899.
iii JUDA HALSEY born December 16, 1840, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, married after 1860, MARSHALL DIXON. JUDA died June 3, 1919.
iv ANDREW McMILLAN HALSEY born July 26, 1843.
v MARY JANE HALSEY born January 16, 1848, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC.
vi FANNIE HALSEY born July 19, 1849, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, married June 6, 1869, JESSE A. GRANBILL. FANNIE died April 28, 1910.
vii SARAH ADELINE HALSEY born July 18, 1851, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, married September 12, 1870, DAVID PEAK. SARAH died March 6, 1928.
viii NEWTON C. HALSEY born May 31, 1855, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, married ca 1875, ALICE PIERCE. NEWTON died December 12, 1948.
ix JOHN MONROE HALSEY born March 8, 1861, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, married December 4, 1883, LETTI YOUNG. JOHN died November 28, 1926.
x J. E. (ALBERT?) HALSEY born 1859, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, married December 25, 1885, LULA MAY/MATTIE WILLIAMS.
xi VICTORIA ELLEN HALSEY born May 11, 1857, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, married ca 1877, ENOCH SENTER OSBORNE. VICTORIA died July 7, 1887.
xii. CASWELL HALSEY born April 17, 1818, Piney Creek, Alleghany Co., NC, occupation Farmer, married May 26, 1836, MAHALA McMILLAN, born 1820, NC. CASWELL died October 27, 1887.

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