Anthony PETERS

                   Clearfield Progress 12 Jul 1916, pg 50
Newspaper article about the history of different townships:
... In 1817 Covington township had not over 80 inhabitants.  The list of its taxable inhabitants in that year shows but seventeen names and of these were single freemen.  They were as follows:  Jonathan Deckion, Grederick Gelsenhamer, John Hanson, Jacob Michael, John Peters, Andrew Peters, Hugh Rider, William Russell, John Rider, Frederick Rider, Michael Rider, George Rider, JFW Schnars, John Troutman, Harmon Yong, the single freeman being John Neff and Michael Rider.  Some of the above mentioned were residents of that part of Covington which was set off to the formation of Karthause township in 1841. ...
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Individual found on the 1870 Census for Bradford Twp, Clearfield Co, PA, pg. 23,  Date: 8 Aug 1870:
1) Peters, John Jr, age 54, occupation: farmer; real estate value $3000; personal property $1100, born PA
2) Peters, Sarah, age 40, wife
3) Peters, Aaron, age 23, noted as an invalid, son
4) Peters, Josephine, age 21, dtr
5) Peters, Henrietta, age 19, dtr
6) Peters, Lemuel, age 17, son
7) Peters, H Hartzwick, age 8, son
8) Peters, Horace, age 5, son
9) Peters, John S., age 84, occupation: stone mason, born Maryland
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Could not find this John Peters on the 1860 Census for Bradford Twp.

Individual POSSIBLY found on the 1860 Census for Jackson Twp, Bremer, IA, dated 20 Jul 1860, pg 38:
1) Sheesley, John, age 29, occp: master carpenter, real estate $500, pers prop $500 born PA
2) Sheesley, Elizabeth, age 28, born PA
3) Sheesley, E.A., age 4, born PA (female)
4) Sheesley, M.R. age 1, born PA (female)
5) Peters, John, age 73, Occp: master mason, born MD
6) Lowe, George, age 16, Occp: aprentice carpenter, born PA

* Elizabeth would be the right age to be our John Peters Sr's daughter and Sheesley is a name found in Clearfield *
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Individual found on the 1850 Census for Bradford Twp, Clearfield Co., PA, date: 22 Aug 1850
Family #690:
1) Peters, John Jr., age 35, occupation: farmer, real estate value $1200, born PA
2) Peters, Sarah, age 26, wife
3) Peters, Aaron, age 3, son
4) Peters, Anna, age 4 months, dtr

Family #691:
1) Peters, John Sr., age 66, occupation: mason, real estate value $1100, born PA
2) Peters, Ruth, age 55, wife
3) Peters, George, age 28, son, occupation: farmer
4) Peters, Elizabeth, age 18, dtr
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Individual found on the 1840 Census for Bradford Twp, Clearfield Co., PA
Peters, John
1 - males ages 10-15
1 - males ages 20-30
1 - males ages 50-60
1 - female under age 5
1 - female ages 5-10
1 - female ages 10-15
1 - female ages 30-40

On the same page right after John Peters is:

Peters, Andrew
1 - males under age 5
1 - males age 15-20
1 - female under age 5
1 - female age 15-20
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A John Peters is mentioned in 1839 in the "Aldrich History Project / Chapter XXVII / History of Boggs Township:

... made a roll of all the taxable inhabitants of the township, from which said assessment roll the following list is taken showing the names of taxables, the extent of their lands in acres, and the amount of their assessment for the year 1839 ...  John Peters, 110 acres $220; ...
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Individual found on the 1830 Census for Bradford Twp, Clearfield Co., PA
Peters, John
1 - male ages 10-15
2 - males ages 15-20
1 - male ages 40-50
1 - female under age 5
2 - females ages 15-20
1 - female ages 40-50
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Individual found on the 1820 Census for Bradford Twp, Clearfield Co., PA
Peters, John
2 - males to age 10
1 - males ages 26-45
1 - females to age 10
1 - females ages 26-45
1 - foreigner, not naturalized
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1810 Census for PA - no John Peters in Clearfield
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Since the 1870 census very clearly noted John Peters born in Maryland, a search of the 1810 Census revealed a John Peters in Baltimore City, Baltimore Ward 8, Census and on that same page was a C. G. Peters.  There were a number of John Peters names in the index for 1810, but only one in Maryland.

Peters, John
1 - male ages 26-44 **
1 - female under age 10
1 - female ages 16-25
1 - female ages 26-44

The household of C.G. Peters
1 - male ages 16-25
1 - male ages 26-44
1 - female age 26-44

* If our birth year for John of 1786 is correct then he was 24 years in 1810; which is in line with the 1870 census age of 84 and the 1860 census age of 73; however, the 1850 census reported his age as 66, making him 26 in 1810 --- and then if Ruth's birth year is, in fact, 1789, she would have been 21, but she is 55 on the 1850 census making her 25 in 1810 *

There are three John Peters listed in the index for the 1820 Census index for Maryland.
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Other PETERS in or near Clearfield County - unknown if connected in anyway to our John Peters:

1850 Census Huston Twp, Centre County, page 247-b, dated 10 Oct 1850:
1) Peters, Leonard, age 79, Occp: Farmer, born PA
2) Peters, Nancy, age 52, born PA
3) Peters, Hetty, age 24
4) Peters, Henry, age 22
5) Peters, Margery A., age 16
6) Peters, William, age 14
7) Peters, Miles, age 12
8) Peters, Eliza, age 9
9) Peters, Harris, age 19, occp: Laborer

NOTES:
    Children, William & Samuel, may not be children of John & Ruth