Peter Best, Sr^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1755 - 1832  (77 years)

• Name	Peter Best  [5, 6, 7]
  Suffix	Sr
  Born	1755	Anson, North Carolina, British America   [8]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Feb 1832	Lincoln, North Carolina, United States
  Died	17 Feb 1832	Lincoln, North Carolina, United States   [8]
  Person ID	I6700	Costner Descendants
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Jerge Sebastian Best,   b. 8 Mar 1724, Durlach, Stadt Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany ,   d. 1 Mar 1809, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Elizabetha Catherina Hoyl,   b. 4 Jan 1733, Hundsbach, Krueznach, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 12 Mar 1792, Stanley, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States  (Age 59 years)
  Married	1750	Anson, North Carolina, United States
  Family ID	F1655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Christina Whittenburg,   b. 1758, Tryon, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1780, Blunville, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States  (Age 22 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1779	Lincoln, North Carolina, United States   [4, 8, 9]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Bess,   b. 1780, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. Durharts Creek, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Miss Van Dyke,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1781	North Carolina, United States   [4, 8]
  Children	1. Margaret L. Bess,   b. 1783, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. From 1850, Durharts Creek, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States  (Age 67 years)   2. Bostian Bess, III,   b. 30 Nov 1785, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 20 Oct 1869, Lincolnton, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States  (Age 83 years)   3. Sarah Bess,   b. 1788, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1870, Gaston, North Carolina, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F4054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth Forney,   b. 22 Mar 1761, Tyron, Polk, North Carolina Colony, Great Britain ,   d. Oct 1808, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States  (Age 47 years)
  Married	1792	Lincoln, North Carolina, United States   [4, 8, 10]
  Children	1. Lovisa Bess,   b. 26 Jan 1794, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 27 Jan 1833, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, United States  (Age 39 years)   2. Delilah Bess,   b. 1795, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. Bef 1857, Illinois, United States  (Age < 61 years)   3. William Henry Bess,   b. 1796, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. From 1860 to 1870, Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri, United States  (Age 64 years)   4. Peter Bess, Jr,   b. 13 Jan 1798, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 21 Jan 1868, Bollinger, Missouri, United States  (Age 70 years)   5. Joshua Bess,   b. CA 1800, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1875, Perry, Missouri, United States  (Age ~ 75 years)   6. John Jefferson Best, III,   b. 13 Apr 1802, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 9 Aug 1858, Yount, Perry, Missouri, United States  (Age 56 years)   7. Joseph Best,   b. 1804, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 20 Sep 1833, Perry, Missouri, United States  (Age 29 years)   8. Matilda Adeline Bess,   b. 1805, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 10 Jun 1899, Yount, Perry, Missouri, United States  (Age 94 years)   9. Esther Bess,   b. 1806, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1855, Gaston, North Carolina, United States  (Age 49 years)   10. Lawson M. Bess,   b. 1808, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 6 Apr 1843, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States  (Age 35 years)
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F4053	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Leanna Weathers,   b. 1789, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1846, North Carolina, United States  (Age 57 years)
  Married	8 Dec 1810	Lincoln, North Carolina, United States   [4, 8, 9, 10]
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F4055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  PETER Bess, Sr. married Christina Whittenburg. After her death, he married Eliza Forney, later Miss Van Dyke, and later, Leanna Jenkins. He had fourteen children; most of them went West, principally to Southern Missouri.

  
  

• Sources

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