Two Peter Pinnells in Kentucky

At this point, Peter Pinnell Jr. is old enough to show up in the records, and does.  Care has to be taken to distinguish between Peter Jr. and Peter Sr.  The fact that both are married to women named Ann or Nancy, and that Nancy is a nickname for Ann, doesn't help!  Also, both men have sons named Lewis who are about the same age (this is more of a problem in Missouri records). Peter Sr. married Ann or Nancy Yarborough, daughter of Ambrose Yarborough (see SC notes). Peter Jr. married Ann or Nancy Sullivant, daughter of Claibourne Sullivant, who also moved from lower Greenville Co., SC to Caldwell Co., KY (see biography of Claibourne Sullivant Pinnell, son of Peter Jr.) (need citation).  Despite the possible Ann/Nancy confusion, it seems that Peter Jr.'s wife usually used "Ann" or "Anna" while Peter Sr.'s wife usually used "Nancy".

We don't know what the relationship is between Peter Sr. and Peter Jr. Contemporary records refer to them as Peter Jr. and Peter Sr., but that does not necessarily mean father and son. They could have been uncle and nephew (my favorite theory). Given their close geographical association, in SC, KY and MO, it seems unlikely that they are unrelated.

Three factors allow us to distinguish the two men while they lived in Kentucky.  The 1810 census locates thems in different, though adjacent counties, and shows that the Peter in Caldwell County was in a younger age bracket than the Peter in Christian County.  The 1815 tax list of Caldwell County (both Peters were in Caldwell by this time) refers to one of them as Peter Jr.  Finally, when they sold land, Peter Jr.'s wife Ann releases dower and Peter Sr.'s wife Nancy releases dower.  Following is a summary of census, tax and land records for the two men.  This represents my analysis of the data.  See the other sections for fuller information, without  (much) interpretation.

Note:  the tax lists describe land as "entered by," "surveyed for," and "patented by" various people.  These are abbreviated E, S, & P.

Year	Peter Jr.	Peter Sr.
1808	300 acres on Flynns Fork, E&S Robert French (Livingston Co.)
1809	Caldwell County formed from Livingston
	300 acres on Flynns Fork, E&S Robert French (on both Livingston & Caldwell lists)	250a, Montgomerys fork, Tradewater, E&S Isaac Grubbs, (Christian Co.)
1810	Caldwell County Census:  Peter Pitnal 10100-10010-00 (oldest man 16-26)	Chirstian County Census:  Peter Penion 41101-20201-00 (oldest man 45+)
	300 acres on Flynns Fork, E&S Robert French (Caldwell Co.)	275a, Tradewater, E&S Isaac Grubs (Christian Co.)
		Peter Sr. buys 275 acres from Isaac Grubbs & Nancy Grubs on waters of Montgomerys fork of tradewater. Christian Co. Deed C:6
1811	300 acres on Flynns Fork, E&S Robert French (Caldwell Co.)	missing from tax list (Christian Co.)
	A guess: Peter Jr. assigned the 300 acre survey to someone else.  Since it had not yet been patented, it would not show up in the deed book.
1812	Peter Jr. purchases 100 acres on flynns fork of Tradewater from Claybourn & Mary Sullivant (entered by Edmund Bearden, patented by Claybourn Sullivant) Caldwell Co. Deed A:471	275a on Twater, E,S&P Isaac Grubbs (Christian Co.)
	100 acres on flyns fork, E,S&P C. Sullivant (Caldwell Co.)
1813	Peter Jr. buys 54 acres on flyns fork of Tradewater from John Hughes and Claybourn Sullivant, patented to Robert French.  Caldwell Co. Deed A:621
	A guess: Peter Jr. buys an unpatented survey for 100 acres. Again, this would not show up in the deed books.
	1) 107 acres on F F, E&S Edwd Bearden, P Clab. Sullivant; 2) 54 1/2 on same, E&S Wm French, P Robt. French; 3) 100 acres on same, E&S R French (Caldwell Co.)	275 a on T Water, E,S&P by Isaac Grubs (Christian Co.)
		Peter Pinnel of Christian Co., Ky and Nancy his wife sell 275 acres to John Jones of Warren Co., Ky.  Christian Co. Deed D:227
1814	1) 107 acres on Flyns fork, e, s, p C. Sullivan; 2) 54 acres on same, e,s Wm French, P Robt. French; 3) 100 acres on same, e Kissey French, S K French (Caldwell Co.)	1) 150 acres on Flyns fork, E&S Enoch Kooper 2) 150 acres on same, E Whites (Caldwell Co.)
1815	Listed as Peter Pinnell Junr.  1) 107 acres on Flyns fork, E: E. Bearden, S&P: C. Sullivant; 2) 54 acres on same, E,S&P: R. French; 3) 100 acres on same, E: R. French, S: Wm. Scott (Caldwell Co.)	Listed as Peter Pinnell 1) 150 acres on Flyns fork, E&S: Thos. White; 2) 150 acres on same, E&S: Enoch Hooper (Caldwell Co.)
1816	1) 107 acres on Flyns fork, E&S Edmd Bearden, P: C Sullivant; 2) 100 acres on same, E: Kizziah French, p: Wm Scott; 3) 54 acres on same, E,S,P: Robt. French (Caldwell Co.)	150 acres on Flyns fork, E&S: E Hooper (Caldwell Co.)
	Peter Pinnell & Anny Pinnell his wife of Caldwell Co., Ky to Joseph Rodgers of same, for $300, on Flynns Fork of Tradewater, 134 acres. Anna Pinnell releases dower, 18 Oct. 1816 Peter Pinnel of Caldwell Co., Ky to Spencer Smith of same, for $40, on flyns fork of Tradewater, 20 acres. Ann Pinnell releases dower, 8 Oct. 1816 Note: this leaves 107 acres unaccounted for.	Peter Pinnell gives bond to John Jones for 150 acres on land on Flynns Fork of Tradewater.  (He received the patent for the land in 1819, gave a power of attorney to sell the land to John Jones in 1821, and the deed was actually executed in 1826.)
1817:	gone!	gone! (to Washington Co. MO)

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