Jesse Mauzy Peters

Jesse Mauzy Peters M V R C T K Y Photo: [Mrs. Mary Eustace has a picture of him. He was her uncle. She has pictures of her Uncle Whitfield [Mauzy’s brother, also in the Black Horse], her Aunt Eliza.] Leads provided by Brad Eustace around 14 December 2005 might help find her. “No photo exists of him in Confederate uniform”[3087] Dink Godfrey has photo of him.[3088] Born: 24 November 1829,[3089] “in Fauquier County, close to the Stafford line.” [3090] Married: “Jesse Mauzy Peters married Caroline Boteler.” The wedding occurred “probably “Pleasant View”, the bride’s parents’ home.” She was born at “Pleasant View, near Bristersburg. It’s still standing.” She died and/or was buried at “Mockingbird Hill, near Bristersburg.”[3091] His wife, Louise Caroline Boteler, lived 1845–1914. She was the daughter of Henley Boteler (1800–1883) and Elizabeth Martin 1818–1888.[3092] Her father’s name was “William Henly Boteler”. [3093] Louise Caroline Peters (1846–1914).[3094] Died: 1911. Buried George burying ground, Bristersburg, on Lacy Peters Farm. No tombstone.[3095] He died at Mockingbird Hill, November 1911. “Yes, there is a tombstone, and it is on Mockingbird Hill, about a mile north of Bristersburg.”[3096] “His death [was] in 1910.”[3097] Buried at Peters Family Cemetery.[3098] Stone is carved 1910.[3099] “Asleep in Jesus.” “Buried in private cemetery. From Calverton go South on Route 616 about ——— miles (past Rt. 607.). Turn left on gravel road. Cemetery about 300 yards on right.” Stone is a pillar with his inscription on one side and his wife’s on the next side to the right.[3100] Obituary: Children: Three.[3101] He had five children: Mary, Emaline, Jesse Henly, Elizabeth and Boteler. “They were all born at Mockingbird Hill. “Mary died at age 25, unmarried. “Jesse Henly was born 7 May 1876. Jesse Henly married Elizabeth Redd. “Elizabeth married Edward Miller. “Emaline married Guy Tucker. “Boteler married Alma Lomax.”[3102] Parents and Siblings: Jesse Peters lived at “Cherry Lane”, married Janie George, sister of Joe George.[3103] Her name was Jane George, and “… that was the Confederate soldier’s father.” “Corporal J. M. Peter’s parents: Jesse Peters, Jane George.” They wed “4 September 1817; exact place not known.” “Jesse Peters born in southern Fauquier, near Stafford line, 1782; died 20 March 1858. Jane George born 1798, died 20 June 1873.” “Jesse Mauzy Peters’s parents are buried near the site of Cherry Lane.”[3104] His siblings were: William; John; Mauzy [himself]; Dave; Ben; James; Whitfield; Joseph; Robert.[3105] Also, “Sam, Virginia, Eliza, Mary Jane, Emaline. Total of 14 children in that family.”[3106] Other Family: “J. M. Peters’s grandfather was a Virginia sailor in the Revolution.”[3107] “[H]is [grandmother’s] … surname was George.”[3108] His brother Dave was a bachelor. His brother Joseph was killed in war.[3109] Joseph was “killed at Seven Pines.”[3110] His father-in-law, Caroline Boteler’s “father was born in Prince Georges County, Maryland, and moved to Fauquier in 1818. Her mother was a descendant of the Germantown Germans.” Peter Redd was not JMP’s son-in-law, as stated below; he was his brother- in-law.[3111] Mauzy and Louise had: Virginia who married Peter Redd (1820–1905), Mary, Emeline and Eliza (single). Virginia and Peter had: Jesse Henley who married Lizzie Redd; Janis Betty who married Edward Miller; Emeline Louisa who married Guy Tucker; Mary Eliza who died at 21; Boteler Mauzy who married Alma Lomax now a widow, owner of the Jesse Mauzy Peter’s home place.[3112] Notice: the five listed just above by the WPA, are very similar the five names of JMP’s children, listed by Mrs. Burton. ***Is Alma Lomax any relation to Thomas Martin Lomax [BH]? Stories, Letters & Biographies: “The Jesse Mauzy Peters Place. Located 3 miles southeast of Calverton, Virginia …”[3113] See Biographies Chapter. CSR: Not listed in source used for Compiled Service Records. Additional Information: Private.[3114] Listed as “N. Peters;”[3115] the initial “N” is likely a misprint for “M”.[3116] Called “Mauzy”.[3117] Wounded at Yellow Tavern 1862, Agriculturalist. Bristersburg. [3118] “I thought Yellow Tavern was in 1864.”[3119] Detailed courier for Mosby.[3120] Check # with reference.[3121] [In contact with Mrs. Burton]

[The reference has a sketch of the family tree. The following abstracts that sketch.]