Stephen Samuel Pearce1 
b. 19 December 1783, d. 16 October 1833
Stephen Samuel Pearce|b. 19 Dec 1783\nd. 16 Oct 1833|p2678.htm|William Pearce|b. c 1754\nd. 6 Nov 1813|p2668.htm|Sarah Bray|d. 6 Jun 1801|p2669.htm|Joshua Pearce|b. c 1735\nd. 17 Apr 1810|p2700.htm|Hannah Green||p2701.htm|||||||
Granduncle of George Poindexter Munson Sr.
2nd great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Munson and Allied Families
Stephen Samuel Pearce was born on 19 December 1783 in Screven County, Georgia.1 He was the son of William Pearce and Sarah Bray.1 He married first Sally Goodwin Bray in 1805.1 He married second Annie Grimball Tanner on 30 September 1830 at Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.2 He died on 16 October 1833 in Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, at age 49.1
"Records indicate that he [Stephen] was the second son of William Pearce, Sr. and Sarah Bray [and] was born in Georgia on December 19, 1783. He came to Louisiana with his parents in 1808. He (Stephen) called his holding "Magnolia" and was twice married. His first wife was Sally Goodwin Bray who could have been related to his mother. They were the parents of eleven children, but [she] passed away in 1829 at forty years of age. Mr Pearce then married Anne Grimball Tanner Brown in 1830. She was the widow of William Brown and had had one son of this union--William Robert Brown. The only issue of the second was Stephen Samuel Pearce...who was born on October 18, 1833--two days after the death of his father." (Hart, Mary P., "Stephen Samuel Pearce", an undated pamphlet). Note: most sources give 1803 as the year of the Pearce's removal to Louisiana Territory.
"Records indicate that he [Stephen] was the second son of William Pearce, Sr. and Sarah Bray [and] was born in Georgia on December 19, 1783. He came to Louisiana with his parents in 1808. He (Stephen) called his holding "Magnolia" and was twice married. His first wife was Sally Goodwin Bray who could have been related to his mother. They were the parents of eleven children, but [she] passed away in 1829 at forty years of age. Mr Pearce then married Anne Grimball Tanner Brown in 1830. She was the widow of William Brown and had had one son of this union--William Robert Brown. The only issue of the second was Stephen Samuel Pearce...who was born on October 18, 1833--two days after the death of his father." (Hart, Mary P., "Stephen Samuel Pearce", an undated pamphlet). Note: most sources give 1803 as the year of the Pearce's removal to Louisiana Territory.
Additional Data
Stephen Pearce appeared on the 1820 U.S. Census in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. In his household were one male under 10; one male 10-16; one male 26-45; one male 45 or over; two females under 10; two females 10-16; one female 26-45; seven engaged in agriculture; two male slaves under 14; two male slaves 14-26; two male slaves 26-45; two female slaves 14-26; three female slaves 26-45; one female slave 45 or over.3 
Citations
- [S20] Thurmond A. Williamson, The Munsons of Texas, an American Saga, First Edition manuscript (Dallas: n.pub., 1987), 83.
- [S419] James E. Pearce, "Jim's Genealogy Website," online <http://www.jimsweb.org/>.
- [S411] Stephen Pearce household, 1820 U.S. Census, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, page 131; National Archives micropublication M33, roll 31.
