ID 30667 (Group H)
1.William Bailey Pierce was born about 1819 probably in Tennessee, married Matilda Cross (daughter of Abram Cross and Mary "Polly" Pierce), died 1864-1870 probably in Logan Co, Kentucky.

2.Solomon Hardy Pierce was born 29 November 1850 in Overton Co, Tennessee, married Augusta Hunter Jiant 25 December 1873 in Robertson Co, Tennessee, and died 2 December 1910 in Palo Pinto Co, Texas.

3.Mortimer Webster Pierce was born 20 January 1888 in Schochoh, Logan Co, Kentucky, married Cora Bell Wilson 25 December 1910 in Palo Pinto Co, Texas, and died 14 September 1964 in Palo Pinto Co, Texas.


ID  80568  (Group H)
1. Thomas Pierce b. about 1720 in Pennsylvania.  m. ? Goolsberry
2. Thomas Guelsberry Pierce, Sr.   b. about 1750 in Philadelphia, Penn. m. Bridget Hazel.
3.  William Richard Pierce  b. 1777 in North Carolina.  m. Mathilda about 1802 in N.C.  d. May 1842 in Linn, Missouri.
4. James Madison Pierce   b. 1824 in Tennessee   m. Talitha Merrick. d. Dec. 22, 1858 in South Carolina.
5.  David Crockett Pierce  b. Jan. 10, 1841 in Linn, Missouri.  m. Emily Ann Van Bebber in 1867.   d. Oct. 6, 1912.
6.  James Madison Pierce  b. April 6, 1881 in Purden, Missouri.  m. Goldie  Pane Chittum  on April 1, 1905 in Purden, Mo.  d. Jan 21, 1973 in Missouri.
7.  David Pierce  b. June 6, 1906 in Missouri.  m. Helen Lucille Thompson Aug. 11, 1932 in Missouri.   d. Dec. 15, 1979 in Kohoka, Missouri.
8.  James Dorsey Pierce  b. Feb. 8, 1935 in Purdin, Missouri.   m. Jan 11, 1958 in Denver Colorado.  d. Nov. 27, 1998 in Lincoln, Nebraska.


ID 83223 (Group H)
1. Arthur Pierce born abt 1774 in NC; died June 04, 1854 in Overton County, TN.
2. Griffin Pierce born February 22, 1797 in NC. He died in 1854 at Carter
County, TN. He married Mary Crawley on June 1, 1819 in Carter County, TN.
3. William A. Pierce, born 1821, married Martha Jane Patsy Williams on May 31, 1849 in Carter County, TN.
4. Griffin P. Pierce, born Nobember 11, 1854 in Carter County, died June 16, 1934 in Carter County. Married Nancy L.L. Pierce. She was born on December 18, 1862 in Carter County.
5. William Crumley Pierce. born September 02, 1880 married Cora Pressnell (cora's mother was Amanda Pierce Pressnell)


ID 89913 (Group H)
The Pickett County Tenn. Pierces descend from Arthur and Rebecca Pierce born in the 1740's who lived in Anson and Richmond Cos., NC in the 1780's and 1790's. Two of their sons Hardy Sr.(1770-1851) and Arthur (1771-1854) emigrated first to Carter Co.,TN and then on to Overton Co., Tn just after 1820 as they show up as members of Wolf River United Baptist Church. In 1800 Hardy Pearse lived in Richmond Co., NC while Arthur Pierce lived in Montgomery Co., NC. Hardy was married to Susan _____. Arthur was married four times: first is unknown, second Nancy Tompkins, third Mary Ann Maybrey, and fouth Rebecca Myers.


1. Arthur Pierce b. 1771 in N.C. First wife unknown. d. 1854. Children by first marriage:

Lucy      1794-    m. William Parsons

Griffin   1797-

Rebecca   1801-    m. Elisha Cross

Michael   1804-    m. Jane Dugger

Sion Joben 1805-1860's  m. Elizabeth Heatherly

Anderson K. 1807-1879  m. Rhoda Dugger

Lucinda  1813-     m. ___Wallace

Hardy Jr. 1815-1867 m. Cynthnia Parsons

2. Sion Pierce b. 1805 m. Elizabeth Heatherly d. 1860's

3. Columbus (Lum) William Pierce b. 1828 m. Sarah C. Godsey d. 1880's.

4. William (Bill) Keen Pierce b. 1852 m. Elizabeth Reeder d. 1939.

5. Posie A. Pierce b. 1896 m. Ida Lou Gluff d. 1986

6. Woodrow Pierce b. 1932 m. Gracie Zachary d. 2004

 

ID 99461 (Group H)
1. Hardy Pierce (1770-1651)
2. John Morton Pierce (1807-1865)
3. Samuel Brinton Pierce (1833-1910)
4. James Alvin Pierce (1857-1923)
5. Henry C. Pierce (1892-1962)

 

ID 132994 (Group H)
1. Arthur Pierce born 14 December 1797, died 10 December 1851 probably in Missouri, married (1) Nancy Tompkins 21 August 1817 Carter Co TN, married (2) Mary Ann Morley about 1824 probably in Cumberland Co KY. Children of Arthur and Mary Ann are George M. born 1825, John B. born 16 Sept 1827 Cumberland Co KY, Stephen J. born 3 Nov 1829 KY, Nancy Jane born. 12 Dec 1831 probably in IL, Henry M. born 1 Jan 1834 probably in IL, James Carl born 3 Jan 1839 Lawrence Co IL, David Abraham born 21 Dec 1841 IL, and Thomas J. born about 1843 in IL.

2. George M. Pierce born 12 August 1825 in KY or TN, died 12 Feb 1873 MO, married Sarah Skillman Smith 28 Nov 1847 Franklin Co MO.

3. Arthur Cornelius Pierce born 20 Jan 1867 St. Clair, Franklin Co MO, died 23 Dec 1941 Crawford Co MO, married (1) Matilda E. Meredith 3 Feb 1889 Franklin Co MO, married (2) Hannah Halley 10 Apr 1910
Washington Co MO.

 

ID 182473 (Group H)
1.   JOHN PIERCE- born 1772 in North Carolina. He married Martha Unknown who was born in 1790 and died in 1868. John Pierce lived most of  his life in Claiborne and Campbell Counties of Tennessee. He died June 20th,1865 and is buried in Academy Cemetery, Speedwell, Claiborne County, Tennessee. John Pierce had 5 sons. James Pierce- born 1793-1800, William Pierce - born 1805-1809, Peter Pierce- born ABT. 1817, Thomas Pierce- born ABT. 1819 and Jacob Pierce-Born ABT. 1827.

2.   JAMES PIERCE, son of John Pierce, was born abt.1800 and died after 1880, in Campbell County, Tennessee. James Pierce married Mary Sloan  and they had two children. Martha Pierce-born ABT. 1824. And William Anderson Pierce, Born about 1827 in Tennessee.

James Pierce later married Priscilla  Nelson, who was born about 1824 in North Carolina. They married January 08, 1856 in Campbell County, Tennessee. Their children were: John Pierce-born about 1860in Campbell County, Tennessee. Thomas Jefferson Pierce-born March 10, 1863 in Campbell County, Tennessee, James S.  Pierce -born November 14, 1865 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Joshua Little Pierce-born September 06, 1867 in Campbell County Tennessee.

3.   WILLIAM ANDERSON PIERCE, son of James Pierce, and grandson of John Pierce, who was born in about 1827, and died October 25, 1912, in Campbell County, Tennessee , and is buried in the Flat Hollow Cemetery, in Campbell County. William Anderson Pierce married Catherine Richardson on October 25, 1846 in Campbell County, Tennessee.

William Anderson Pierce 's children were: Susan Pierce, born July 12, 1847, in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Mary C. Pierce-born September 15, 1848, in Campbell County, Tennessee, and James A. Pierce-born April 20, 1851, in Campbell County, Tennessee, and William Anderson Pierce Jr. -born June 30, 1855in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Martha E. Pierce-born December 01, 1857 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Daniel Pierce-born May 25, 1859 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Abraham Lincoln Pierce-born July 07, 1861 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Winfield Scott Pierce-born December 26, 1862 in Campbell County, Tennessee and Benjamin Franklin Pierce-born February 14, 1866, also in Campbell County, Tennessee

4.   ABRAHAM LINCOLN PIERCE, son of William Anderson Pierce, grandson of James Pierce, and great grandson of John Pierce , who was born July 07, 1861 in Campbell County, Tennessee ,and died in 1933 in Campbell County, Tennessee and is buried in the Flat Hollow Cemetery, was married to Olive Mossie McCarty, about 1881 in Campbell County, Tennessee.

Abraham Lincoln Pierce' s children were: Christopher Columbus Pierce-born September 07, 1881 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and James J. Pierce- born January , 1885 in Tennessee, and David A. Pierce-born April, 1888 in Tennessee, and Aaron Pierce-born August 26, 1889, in Tennessee, and Daniel F. Pierce-born June , 1894, in Tennessee, and John Henry Pierce-born September 21, 1905 in Tennessee.

5.   CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS "LUM" PIERCE, son of Abraham Lincoln Pierce, grandson of William Anderson Pierce, great grandson of James Pierce, and great great  grandson of John Pierce , was born September 07, 1881 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and died August 28, 1964 in Speedwell, Claiborne County , Tennessee. He is buried in the Beeler Cemetery in Speedwell, Claiborne County, Tennessee. Christopher Columbus Pierce married Ida Smith about 1902 in Tennessee.

Christopher Columbus "Lum  Pierce 's children were: Emma P. Pierce- born about 1903, Ernest L. Pierce-born about 1904, Robert Ossaro Pierce-born September 08, 1905 , Lissie Pierce-born about 1910, Martha Pierce-born about 1911, Louatis Pierce-born July 21, 1912, Cora Pierce-born January 31, 1913, Everett W. Pierce-born June 07, 1917, Nola Pierce-born about 1919, Henry Clay Pierce-born June 13,1920, Madia Pierce-born about 1924, Edgar Pierce-born about 1926, and Otis Pierce-born about 1928, all born in Tennessee.

6.    HENRY CLAY PIERCE, son of Christopher Columbus "Lum" Pierce, grandson of Abraham Lincoln Pierce, great grandson William Anderson Pierce, great, great grandson James Pierce, and great, great, great grandson of John Pierce was born June 13, 1920 in Tennessee, and died June 10, 1999 in Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio. Henry Clay Pierce is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Clermont County, Ohio Henry Clay Pierce was first married to Oma Bean in Claiborne County, Tennessee. There were two daughters and one son by this marriage. Henry Clay Pierce married a second time to Ruth Wilson Brantley, and had four children, one son and three daughters. I am a child of Clay Pierce and Ruth Pierce's marriage.

 

ID 191651 (Group H)
1.   JOHN PIERCE- born 1772 in North Carolina. He married Martha Unknown who was born in 1790 and died in 1868. John Pierce lived most of  his life in Claiborne and Campbell Counties of Tennessee. He died June 20th,1865 and is buried in Academy Cemetery, Speedwell, Claiborne County, Tennessee. John Pierce had 5 sons. James Pierce- born 1793-1800, William Pierce - born 1805-1809, Peter Pierce- born ABT. 1817, Thomas Pierce- born ABT. 1819 and Jacob Pierce-Born ABT. 1827.

2.   JAMES PIERCE, son of John Pierce, was born abt.1800 and died after 1880, in Campbell County, Tennessee. James Pierce married Mary Sloan  and they had two children. Martha Pierce-born ABT. 1824. And William Anderson Pierce, Born about 1827 in Tennessee.

James Pierce later married Priscilla  Nelson, who was born about 1824 in North Carolina. They married January 08, 1856 in Campbell County, Tennessee. Their children were: John Pierce-born about 1860in Campbell County, Tennessee. Thomas Jefferson Pierce-born March 10, 1863 in Campbell County, Tennessee, James S.  Pierce -born November 14, 1865 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Joshua Little Pierce-born September 06, 1867 in Campbell County Tennessee.

3.   WILLIAM ANDERSON PIERCE, son of James Pierce, and grandson of John Pierce, who was born in about 1827, and died October 25, 1912, in Campbell County, Tennessee , and is buried in the Flat Hollow Cemetery, in Campbell County. William Anderson Pierce married Catherine Richardson on October 25, 1846 in Campbell County, Tennessee.

William Anderson Pierce 's children were: Susan Pierce, born July 12, 1847, in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Mary C. Pierce-born September 15, 1848, in Campbell County, Tennessee, and James A. Pierce-born April 20, 1851, in Campbell County, Tennessee, and William Anderson Pierce Jr. -born June 30, 1855in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Martha E. Pierce-born December 01, 1857 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Daniel Pierce-born May 25, 1859 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Abraham Lincoln Pierce-born July 07, 1861 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Winfield Scott Pierce-born December 26, 1862 in Campbell County, Tennessee and Benjamin Franklin Pierce-born February 14, 1866, also in Campbell County, Tennessee

4.   ABRAHAM LINCOLN PIERCE, son of William Anderson Pierce, grandson of James Pierce, and great grandson of John Pierce , who was born July 07, 1861 in Campbell County, Tennessee ,and died in 1933 in Campbell County, Tennessee and is buried in the Flat Hollow Cemetery, was married to Olive Mossie McCarty, about 1881 in Campbell County, Tennessee.

Abraham Lincoln Pierce' s children were: Christopher Columbus Pierce-born September 07, 1881 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and James J. Pierce- born January , 1885 in Tennessee, and David A. Pierce-born April, 1888 in Tennessee, and Aaron Pierce-born August 26, 1889, in Tennessee, and Daniel F. Pierce-born June , 1894, in Tennessee, and John Henry Pierce-born September 21, 1905 in Tennessee.

5.    JOHN HENRY PIERCE, son of Abraham Lincoln Pierce, grandson of William Anderson Pierce, great grandson of James Pierce, and great great  grandson of John Pierce , was born September 21, 1905 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and died Apr. 7, 1969 in Speedwell, Claiborne County , Tennessee. He is buried in the Flat Hollow Cemetery in Speedwell, Claiborne County, Tennessee. John Henry Pierce married Dorothy Mae Leach on April 10, 1929 in Speedwell Tennessee.

John Henry Pierce's children were: Earl Henry Pierce – b. Dec. 12, 1929 – d. Sep. 14, 1980, Trula, Walter, and Ray.

 

ID B310735 (Group H)
    1. JOHN PIERCE was born 1772 in North Carolina. He married Martha Unknown who was born in 1790 and died in 1868. John Pierce lived most of  his life in Claiborne and Campbell Counties of Tennessee. He died June 20,1865 and is buried in Academy Cemetery, Speedwell, Claiborne County, Tennessee. John Pierce had 5 sons. James Pierce- born 1793-1802, William Pierce - born 1805-1809, Peter Pierce- born about 1817, Thomas Pierce- born about 1819 and Jacob Pierce-Born about 1827.

    2. JAMES PIERCE, son of John Pierce, was born about 1793-1802 and died Sept. 1886, in Campbell County, Tennessee. James Pierce first married Mary Sloan  and they had two children. Martha Pierce-born about 1824 and William Anderson Pierce, born March 01 , 1827 in Tennessee.  James Pierce later married Priscilla Nelson, who was born about 1824 in North Carolina. They married January 08, 1856 in Campbell County,   Tennessee.  Their children were: John Pierce-born September 27, 1862 in Campbell County, Tennessee. Thomas Jefferson Pierce-born March 10, 1863 in Campbell County, Tennessee, James S.  Pierce -born about 1865-1866 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and Joshua Little Pierce-born September 06, 1867.

    3. JOSHUA LITTLE PIERCE was born in Campbell County, Tennessee, on 9/6/1867. He was the fourth child of James PIERCE (1802) and Priscilla Nelson (1824). He had three brothers: John PIERCE (27 Sep 1862), Thomas Jefferson PIERCE (10 MAR 1863), James S. PIERCE (about Jan 1866). Josh lived in Dee’s Hollow and worked as a Farmer in Union County, Tennessee. He first married Louisa FLETCHER (July 1869) in Union County, Tennessee.  He had two children with Louisa FLETCHER: Sallie Ann PIERCE (30 JUN 1884), John William PIERCE (18 MAY 1890). On 6/5/1894, he married Mary Isabell PIERCE (02 OCT 1873). He was 26 years old when he married Mary Isabell PIERCE, who was 20 years old at that time. They had eleven children: George  Washington PIERCE (30 MAY 1895), Thomas  Harrison PIERCE (04 APR 1897), Susan  Harriett PIERCE (16 MAY 1899), Asbury PIERCE (about 1902), Annie  D. PIERCE (16 June 1904), Reving PIERCE (about 1908), Vaughn PIERCE (about 1908), Francis  Priscilla PIERCE (05 APR 1910), Rosie PIERCE (about 1910), Richard (Dick) Austin PIERCE (19 FEB 1912), and Satre Nancy  PIERCE (23 JUN 1916).  On 4/13/1932, he died in Union, Tennessee, when he was 64 years old. His wife Mary Isabell PIERCE died on 11/25/1928, 3 years before him. They are buried in Taylor Grove Cemetery - Sharps Chapel, Union County, Tennessee.

    4.   RICHARD (Dick) AUSTIN PIERCE was born in Union County, Tennessee, on 2/19/1912. He was the tenth child of Joshua Little PIERCE (06 SEP 1867) and Mary Isabell PIERCE (02 OCT 1873). He had four brothers (George Washington PIERCE (30 MAY 1895), Thomas Harrison PIERCE (04 APR 1897), Asbury PIERCE (about 1902), Vaughn PIERCE (about 1908)) and six sisters (Susan Harriett PIERCE (16 MAY 1899), Annie  D. PIERCE (16 June 1904), Reving PIERCE (about 1908), Francis  Priscilla PIERCE (05 APR 1910), Rosie PIERCE (about 1910), and Satre Nancy PIERCE (23 JUN 1916)).  On 1/15/1931, he married Charlotte Mossie BEELER (01 MAR 1905) in Union County, Tennessee. He was 18 years old when he married Charlotte Mossie BEELER, who was 25 years old at that time. They had four children.  On 2/12/1971, he died in Knox, Tennessee when he was 58 years old. He is buried in Taylor Grove Cemetery - Sharps Chapel, Union County, Tennessee. His wife Charlotte Mossie BEELER died 5/19/1986, 15 years after him and is buried in New Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee.

 

ID 904631 (Group H)
1. Nathan Hardy Pierce was born in Wake Co or Johnson Co NC around 1735

2. William Arthur Pierce was born in NC and died in Overton Co. TN in 1854. He came to Carter Co. with his brothers John and Hardy. There was also a Francis Pierce at that time.

3. Sion Arthur Pierce was born in NC in the late 1790s. His family moved to the Stoney Creek area of Carter Co. TN in about 1804 or 1805 according to tax records and census information. He was the father or uncle of Sion Pierce shown below.

4. Sion Pierce Was born about 1828 and married Sarah King Pierce, b about 1830. He supposedly was a blacksmith.

5. Rogan Pierce b. 1866 and d. 1939. He married Nancy Jane Lowe Pierce b. 1874, d. 1947.

6. Nick Pierce Sr. b 1901 and d. 1978. He married Cora Sproles Pierce b 1901 in Virginia and d. 1973 in Carter Co. TN

7. Nick Pierce Jr. b. 1923 d. 1973. He married Jean Fletcher Pierce b 1929 d. 1995.

 

ID 931594 (Group H)
1. Nathaniel Hardy Pierce
b: September 7, 1735 in Northampton Co., VA
d: February 26, 1821 in Wake Co., NC

m: Nancy Sarah Weston

b: 1736 in Wake Co., NC
d: 1800 in Wake Co., NC

2. John Pierce
b: 1772 in Wake Co., NC
d: 1808 in in Carter County, TN

m: Nancy Ann Brown

b: September 24, 1778 in Johnson Co., TN
d: July 6, 1850 in Carter Co., TN

3. Henry C. Pierce
b: May 6, 1807 in Carter Co., TN
d: May 23, 1892 in Carter Co., TN

m: Elizabeth Ann Allen

b: November 23, 1807 in Mecklenburg Co., VA
d: January 8, 1892 in Carter Co., TN

4. James Dugger Pearce/Pierce
b: December 18, 1841, Cocke Co., TN
d: October 19, 1914 in Cocke Co., TN

m: Araminta Maude Frazier in 1867

b: December 27, 1840 in Cocke Co., TN
d: November 6, 1924 in Laurel Co., KY

5. Charles Allen Pearce
b: September 19, 1868 in Cocke Co., TN
d: August 16, 1937 in Laurel Co., KY

m: Mary Elizabeth Templin

b: September 6, 1872 in Laurel Co., KY
d: August 4, 1947 in Laurel Co., KY

6. Butler Anderson Pearce
b: 1894 in Laurel Co., KY
d: 1963 in McCreary, KY

m: Frances Anna Gertrude Faris

b: 1899
d: February 7, 1996 in Boyle Co., KY

 

ID B542308 (Group H)
1. John Pierce 1772-1865
2. Peter "Fork" Pierce 1817-1902
3. Jacob Ahart Pierce 1845-1936
4. George Thomas Pierce 1877-1942
5. Ivan Leonard Pierce 1905-1967
6. Richard Leonard Pierce 1929-1967
7. Richard "Rickie" Lee Pierce 1949-1994

 

ID 216272 (Group H)
1. Hardy Pierce b. c 1770 in North Carolina, m. Elizabeth Brown, d. Feb 1851 in Overton Co., Tennessee.

2. Arthur Pierce b. 14 Dec 1797 in North Carolina, m. (1) Nancy Tompkins 21 Aug 1817 in Carter Co., Tennessee, m. (2) Mary Ann Morley abt. 1825, d. 10 Dec 1851 in Franklin Co., Missouri.

3. William B. Pierce b. c 1820 in Overton Co., Tennessee, m. Matilda Cross, d. after 1864 in Logan Co., Kentucky.

4. Solomon Hardy Pierce b. 29 Nov 1850 in Overton Co., Tennessee, m. Augusta H Orndorff Jiant 25 Dec 1873 in Robertson Co., Tennessee, d. 2 Dec 1910 in Palo Pinto Co., Texas.

5. Mortie Webster Pierce b. 20 Jan 1888 in Schochoh, Logan Co., Kentucky, m. Cora Bell Wilson 25 Dec 1910 in Palo Pinto Co., Texas, d. 14 Sep 1964 in Gordon, Palo Pinto Co., Texas.

 

 

 

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