Peter G. Vanorden

Peter G. Vanorden

• Father: Peter Vanorden b. 23 June 1795, d. 11 July 1846
• Mother: Marcia Pegues b. 3 February 1800, d. September 1857

• Peter G. Vanorden was born circa 1833 in South Carolina.
• Peter Vanorden and Marcia Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Perry County, Alabama. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Peter G. Vanorden, Abraham Vanorden and Lucy W. Vanorden. Also in the household were one male age 10-14, one male age 20-29, one female age 10-14, and 31 slaves.
• Peter G. Vanorden appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Perry County, Alabama.
• Marcia Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Woodville Beat, Perry County, Alabama, near the household of Marcia's sister Ann Pope. Other members of the household included Peter G. Vanorden, Abraham Vanorden and Ann Eliza Brodnax. Granddaughter Ann Eliza Brodnax also was enumeratied with her father in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Marcia's daugter Lucy has yet to be found in the 1850 census.
• He married Sarah P. Smith on 12 October 1856 at Marengo County, Alabama.
• Peter G. Vanorden appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Marion, Perry County, Alabama, enumerated in the household of Martha Wilkinson, next to his sister Lucy Harrison, in whose household Peter's daughter Elizabeth is enumerated.
• He and Eliza Martin obtained a marriage license on 14 October 1863 in Perry County, Alabama.
• He married Eliza Martin, daughter of Levi Martin and Eliza (?), on 15 October 1863 at Perry County, Alabama, with L. L. Fox, MG, officiating.
• Peter G. Vanorden and Eliza Martin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Perry County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Elizabeth P. Vanorden, Marcia A. Vanorden and William Vanorden.

• Last Edited: 27 Feb 2012

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders