JASPER JAMES PEEVY

1900 CENSUS INFORMATION

Born: April 1855 in GA
Parents born in GA
Age 45 yrs. at time of 1900 census
Owned a sawmill
Could not read or write
Spoke English
Owned home (mortgaged, this was a house, not a farm)

Married: Mary Louisa born Novemebr 1858, in GA
Age 41 at time of census
Spoke English

Children of Jasper James Peevy and Mary Louisa:

Berton J. male - Born November 1881
Harry G. male - Born October 1885
Louisa female - Born September 1886
Robert B. male - Born June 18, 1871
Eula female - Born April 1893
Iva female - Born January 1897
Gladys female - Born April 1899

Reference: 1900 census taken June 14, Effingham County, GA

1910 CENSUS
EFFINGHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA
APRIL 29, 1910

Jasper Peevy
Age: 55

Married 30 years
Wife Mary L. - age 50
Children of Jasper James Peevy and Mary Louisa:

Joie E. - age 13, female (This name could possibly be Joice. This name never shows up again.)
Robert B. - age 18, male
Gladys - age 11, female
Lula Jo - age 10, female

Census states that Jasper and Mary L. had 9 children with 7 living in 1910. All were born in Georgia, and all spoke English.

Jasper worked on his own account and owned a house.

NOTE: Jasper James Peevy died November 14, 1913, leaving a wife with 3 minor children at home. Mary L. received $1,115.00 for a year's support from the estate. This is recorded at the Effingham County Courthouse, in Springfield, Georgia.

JASPER JAMES PEEVY'S WILL

His estate:

65 acres of land(just outside of Guyton bounded by Springfield Public Road, about 1 and a half miles on the left as you go to Springfield.)

1 mule
3 cows
11 hogs
100 bushels of fodder
Grits mill and engine
$110.00 in Effingham Co. Bank
wagon
buggy
plantation tools
1 organ
bedsteads and bedding
stove
chairs and tables
and all other furniture not mentioned, but in the possession of Mrs. Jasper J. Pevey.

NOTES: At the time of Louisa Pevey's death 2 years later, the land was valued at $1000.
The Springfield Public Road referred to in this text is Highway 119.

NOTE: There is a license and marriage recorded for James Jasper Peevy and Sarah Gross on January 16, 1879. This is an unsolved mystery.

NOTE: Peevy is one of several spelling variations found in records of the Pevey Family Tree

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Research on Jasper James Peevy conducted by Joyce Pevey, wife of William R. Pevey

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JASPER JAMES PEEVY / Andy Blackburn / andy@g-net.net / Updated January 5, 2001