Peter Booher ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

!SOURCES:
1. Harold G. Keisling, Cookeville, TN
2. Booher, Allen G. sr. MY OFTEN MISSPELLED NAME IS BOOHER
3. 1840 Sullivan Co. TN census
4. 1850 Overton Co. TN census
5. 1860 Overton Co. TN census
6. 1870 Overton Co. TN census
7. Peter Booher will - from Helen Wood file
8. 1880 Overton Co. TN census
9. Martin Booher will and litigation
10. Ancestry.com: Tennessee Marriages via Helen Wood

!BIRTH: Source-1 for picture of headstone; Source-2 p. 151 has 18 Aug.

!MARRIAGE: Source-2 p. 151 for name; Date of 2nd marriage is an estimate based on the birth of the first child; Source-10 for date and place of second marriage

!DEATH: Source-1 for picture of headstone; Source-2 p. 151 confirms;

!BURIAL: Source-1 The Booher Cemetery is about 10 miles north of Livingston TN off Highway 111, east on Bethsaidie Rd about 1 mile.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Source-1 Peter was in the 1850 census of Overton Co. TN. He fought in the Civil War in Co. H 3rd KY inf. and Co. A 1st KY Light Artillery. He was captured in Nashville TN in 1862 but was later released in a POW exchange. He owned bottom land on the east and west forks of the Obey River and is said to have given each child of the first family a farm.

Source-2 p. 128 states that this Peter Booher married Sally Shelley which in incorrect

Source-7 TRANSCRIPTION OF LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF PETER BOOHER, SR.

In the name of God Amen. I Peter Booher being advancing in age, but of sound mind do make and publish this my last Will & Testament, as follows:
1st: I will that all my just debts and my funeral expences be paid as soon as possible of out _____ means that I may die possessed of.
2nd: I will that my son Peter Booher, Jr., have my tract of land known as the John Smith tract containing one hundred acres more or less.
3rd: I will that my 2 daughters, Nancy Emaline & Lucinda Jane, have my farm known as the Oxendine place containing three hundred acres more or less, to be equally divided between them.
4th: I will that my tract of land known as the Huddleston Land as far south as the road along the meadow fence be equally divided between Annul(?) Elizabeth and Tennessee, my 3rd and 4th daughters.
5th: I will that my wife Tennessee Booher have all of my home place on which I now live, together with all of my household and kitchen furniture and all of my horses, cattle, hogs and stock of all kinds, wagon, farming utencils & BlackSmith Tools & c. And further I will that all of the said property that I have willed to my wife Tennessee Booher, to decend to my son Joel Booher at her death and title to said property to be vested in him.
6th: I will that if my son Joel Booher should die before his mother does, that the property willed to him at her death to decend to her other heirs, equally divided between them.
7th: The reason that I have given my property that I now own to my present family is that my first children have had their full share of my property when they left me and set up for themselves.
8th: I will that my wife have the control of the property willed to all of my children until they come to be of age to act for themselves (tha tis 21 years of age).
9th: I hereby appoint my wife Tennessee Booher and my son Peter Booher my executors of my Will, to carry out the provisions of the same. Given under my hand, this 28 day of February 1887.

Peter X Booher

Signed in our presence: J. L. Easterly, J.M.J. Whitehead

State of Tennessee, Overton County

This day the within Will of Peter Booher, dec'd. was fully proven in open court by J.L. Easterly & J.M.J. Whitehead the subscribing witnesses thereto and was by the court ordered to be certified recorded and filed.

Witness my hand at office, this 5th day of March 1888.

R. L. Mitchell, Jr., Clerk

Source-9 Peter was not named as a son of Reedy Creek John

!CENSUS:
1840 Source-3 p. 135
Booher, Peter
male 20-30 [1810-1820] Peter, b. abt 1807
male 5-10 [1830-1835] Samuel, b. abt 1832
male 5-10 [1830-1835] William, b. abt 1835
male 0-5 [1835-1840] George, b. abt 1837
female 20-30 [1810-1820] Hannah, b. abt 1807
female 5-10 [1830-1835] Sarah, b. abt 1833
female 0-5 [1835-1840] Mary, b. abt 1839

Note. Three males and two females born 1830-1840. Probably married about 1830.

1850 Source-4 p. 196
Booher, Peter 43 [1807] farmer 350 TN
Nancy 43 [1807] "
Sarah 17 [1833] " [Samuel?]
William 15 [1835]
George 13 [1837]
Mary 11 [1839]
Abraham 9 [1841]
James K. 5 [1845]
Hannah 3 [1847]
David 1 [1849]

!1860 Source-5 p. 46 #266
Booher, Peter 51
Nancy 53
Mary 22
Abraham 18
Hanah 13
Daniel 11
Sarah 8

!1870 Source-6 p. 3 #19-19
Booher, Peter 63 farmer 2000/1200 VA
Tennessee 31 TN
Peter 3/12 " b. May

Note. This family is also listed in Clay Co. TN Dist 15 # 19 in 1870.

!1880 Source-8 Census Place: District 12, Overton, Tennessee
Source: FHL Film 1255274 National Archives Film T9-1274 Page 324C

!Peter BOOHER Self 72 TN Occ: Farming Fa: PA Mo: PA
Tennessee BOOHER Wife 40 TN Occ: Kpng Hs Fa: TN Mo: TN
Peter BOOHER Son 10 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
Nancy BOOHER Dau 8 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
Jane BOOHER Dau 6 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
A. E. BOOHER Dau 5 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
T. BOOHER Dau 3 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
Joel BOOHER Son 1 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1809 and , , TN. ²

2. Census in 1840 in , Sullivan, TN. ⁴ Peter Booher was living in 1840 next to his father-in-law Abram Grubb. In Peter Booher's household:
Males (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 1 son
5-9 (1831-1835) = 2 sons
20-29 (1811-1820) = 1 Peter
Females (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 1 daughter
5-9 (1831-1835) = 1 daughter
20-29 (1811-1820) = 1 wife

In Abram Grubb's household:
Males (born)
15-19 (1821-1825) = 2 sons
50-59 (1781-1790) = 1 Abram
Females (born)
30-39 (1801-1810) = 1 wife.

3. Census in 1850 in 11th District, Overton, TN. ³ Peter Booher, 43, was living with Nancy, 43; Samuel, 17; William, 15; George, 13; Abraham, 8; James, 5; Mary, 11, Hannah, 3; and David, 1. Everyone was born in Tennessee. Peter's real estate was worth $350. Nancy could not read or write.

4. Census in 1860 in 11th District, Overton, TN. ² Peter Booher, farmer, 51, was living with wife Nancy, 53; Mary, 22; Abraham, 18; Hannah, 13; Daniel, 11; and Sarah, 8. All were born in Tennessee. Peter's real estate was worth $2,500 and personal estate $1,500.

Next door is William H. Booher, farmer, 25; wife Anne, 24; Daniel, 3, and John, 2 months when the census was recorded on 11 Jun 1860. All were born in Tennessee. William had no real estate value, and his personal estate was worth $100.

Peter married Hannah Grubb, daughter of Abram Grubb and Unknown, about 1831. (Hannah Grubb was born about 1807 in , , TN ^{2 3} and died about 1863.)

  Marriage Notes:

See http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnoverto/earlymarriages.htm

Peter next married Tennessee Garrett on 12 Aug 1869 in , Overton, TN. (Tennessee Garrett was born on 12 Feb 1833, died on 7 Jul 1893 and was buried in Booher Cemetery, Overton, TN.)