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PAIGE
PAINE
PARCHER
PARKER
PARKS
PATTERSON
PEACOCK
PENN
PERKINS
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PERRY
PETER
PETERSON
PETTIGREW
PHILIPS
PICHOWSKI
PIERCE
PILDITCH
PINCKNEY
PITTS
PLATT
PORTER
PRESTRIDGE
PROSTON
PROVOST
PYLES
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PAIGE
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PAINE
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PARCHER
(Porcher ?)
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PARKER
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Willis Edwin
Sarah Elvira Parks Quillin with son
Parks Quillin
Willis Edwin Parks was born on 31 January 1804, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, his father, John Parks, was 29 and his mother, Mary Clara Mills, was 34. He married Catherine Worley in 1840, in Arkansas, United States. He lived in Richland Township, Crawford, Arkansas, United States in 1840. The family had relocated to Texas and in 1850 was living in Hays County, where his wife. Catherine died a few months after the birth of his last son.
In 1867 the widower Parks traveled with his daughter's family (Sarah Eliza Parks was married to Parson Elijah H. Quillin) to Brazil. He was part of the New Texas colony, traveling on the Derby under the leadership of Frank McMullien.
He died on 10 October 1884, in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil, at the age of 80, and was buried in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil.
MILITARY
Texas
Private, Company K 8th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Also called Terry's Texas)
Shiloh , Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga. Later it was active in the Knoxville and Atlanta Campaigns
See Quillin Family Page
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PATTERSON
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Andrew Jackson
See Steagall narrative under Steagall family page,
Sailed on the Tartar
"Amongst the people, there was a kind boy, named Andrew Jackson Peacock, with a very adventurous spirit, who faced the unknown all alone. This young man was not satisfied being alone for long time. He loved Lockie Trigg and got married just after landing in Rio."
MILITARY:
Name: Andrew Jackson Peacock
Birth Date: 24 Nov 1833
Birth Place: USA, Texas, Gongola
Enlistment Date: 18 Apr 1861
Enlistment Place: Texas, USA
Enlistment Age: 27
Regiment or Unit: Willis' Texas Battalion
Company Unit: A
Company Unit Name: Gen. Wan's (?) Texas Rangers
Enlistment Info: Texas, Gongola, Private
Military Engagement Info: Continued until surrendered in 1865. I was Captain of my Company the last two years of the War. Paroled at Canton, Mississippi.
Remarks: Address 1907-08: Old Spring Hill, Alabama
Author: Personal Statement, Census, Tax Assessor Marengo County 1907-08
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PENN
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PERKINS
John
The Times-Democrat (New Orleans) 25, Sep. 1869. Sat. Page 10
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Mr. John Perkins, of Texas, came to Brazil in March 1867 and located on his present lands. Mr. Perkins bought an interest in the (Bomm Reteiro) for which he paid $300 without any improvements whatever. He made two crops of cotton and corn, his last crop being 18 acres of cotton, and 15 in corn.
He made a bale to the acre the present year. Mr. Perkins is 63 years old, arrived in this locality without a dollar, has built himself a good dwelling house and cotton house, made other improvements, his farm well and made money, his only help being that of an old African negro. Mr. Perkins' land is principally terra rocha, lies well, and is well watered. He expects to plant 40 acres of cotton and 29 of corn in the coming year. He has a wife and an adopted daughter, and all are highly pleased with Brazil....
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PERRY,
Joseph
Sailed on "Margurite" out of Mobile in 1866. Part of the Hastings group
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PETER
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PETERSON
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Robert Edward
Born in Crockett County, Tennessee, USA, Baptist Preacher and Missionary, Married Bertha Mills, daughter of Confederados, William Mitchell Mills and Dorah Thatcher.
Robert was a Baptist/Protestant Minister and spent many years as a Missionary in Brazil.
He left the United States on 23 Aug 1904 and arrived in Bahia, Brazil on 21 Sept. 1904 to do Missionary work. He arrived in Pernambuco a state in northeast Brazil on 12 April 1908 and married Brazilian-born Bertha Mills, daughter of William Mitchell Mills and Dorah Thatcher, who were both children of Confederados, on 30 June 1908. This is the place she was she was living at the time. They traveled from there in January 1909 to Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil where their first child, a daughter, Roberta was born on 15 May 1909.
See Pettigrew family page.
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PHILIPS
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PIECHOWSKI,
Louis J. "Levi"
Louis J Piechowski (Name is spelled various ways on a multitude of docu-ments - We will use Piechowski for the benefits of this family page) He was born in 1840 in Midlothian, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Ion September 1, 1845, his father, Joseph Piechowski, and mother, Georgina Bremner / Brymner along with an older sister, Rose, immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City. From there. they traveled on down and settled in Alabama, The passenger manifest shows that Louis went by the name of Levi
On December 19, 1863, in Mobile, Alabama Louis married Emma Feagan. In 1865, their first child, Annie M. was born. Shortly thereafter the war being over, the family signed on with the group led by Lansford W. Hastings to start up a colony in Santarem, Brazil. In July of 1867, the family, along with two of Emma's brothers, Andrew and Thomas Feagin, sailed on the "Margaret". Three more children were born to the couple in Brazil. For reasons not uncovered, the family decided to return to Alabama. This return looks to have been after July 1875 (The birth of their son, Louis Jr. in Brazil) and before December 19, 1877 (His 14th wedding anniversary) when Louis died in Mobile.
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MILITARY RECORD
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
NAME:Louis Piechowski
REGIMENT OR UNIT:1st Batt. Alabama Regiment
COMPANY UNIT: F
ENLISTMENT INFO: Private and Sergeant
REMARKS:Applicant: Piechowski, Emily (widow)
AUTHOR: Pension Application Mobile County, 1899/07/27.
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Name:Louis Peichowskie
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Alabama
Regiment:36th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
Company:A
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M374 roll 35
PIERCE
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PILDITCH
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Dr. Josiah H.
Originally from Tennessee, USA, Settled in Santarem ,
The family of Dr. Josiah H. Pitts was one of the families that relocated to Santerm. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, he served in the Confederate Army as an officer. Pitts and other Americans accepted the challenge of living in the Amazonian rain forest in order to establish themselves as owners,
See Piits family page, In PROCESS
PLATT
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James Denford Porters's family was of Scotts-Irish descent, his great-grandfather having immigrated from Londonderry, Ireland prior to the American Revolution. The family landed in Philadelphia and eventually made their way to South Carolina after a brief stay in North Carolina - having fled that state due to the revolution. The descendants eventually made their way to Tennessee where James Denford Porter was born.
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He was born in 1817 and had removed to Alabama where in Benton County he married 1842 to Susan Meigs Franci, the daughter of Miller and Hannah Henry Francis. They would have at least nine children, all but the last, born before the Civil War in Marengo County Alabama. where James had a plantation.
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James was closely associated with Charles Natan and G.T. Gunter -
(The following is a paraphrased excerpt from "A Confluence of Transatlantic Networks by Laura Jarnigan)
James Porter got involved with Charles Nathan and G.T. Gunter's plans for Brazilian immigration with final contracts initiated by Nathan having been completed on July 23, 1867. He got involved rather quickly, being recruited by Wiil Gunter, son of G.T. Gunter declaring to a cousin in Texas, "The best thing for our people, who are willing and capable of labor, or who has the means to buy labor... is to come to this country." Because he had no interest in any colonization schemes or land speculations, his opinions were "uninfluenced by interested motives." He made the trip to Brazil to check out the situation.
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See Porter family page
William A,
Immigrated from Alabama, USA,
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BIRTH 5 NOV 1839 • Sumter County, Alabama, USA
DEATH After 1013 • Brazil
Married:
Victoria H. Clay Mills,
BIRTH 3 JUN 1844 • Mt. Sterling, Choctaw County, Alabama
DEATH AFT 10 NOV 1898
Daughter of Confederados, James A. Mills and Louisa Mitchell,
Both died in Brazil
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From the Alabama Beacon Dec 1, 1866, we have:
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"Off for Brazil
The Choctaw (Miss.) Herald states that R. M. Bryan and William Prestridge, with their families, and Col. Mills of Barrytown, have left for Brazil. And Meridian Messenger, noticing their departure, says that they are merely the pioneers of a large party now preparing to emigrate to that country."
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Military:
William A. Prestrige: Private, Co. A, 3rd Alabama Cavalry. He enlisted on September 25, 1861, at Mount Sterling, Alabama. He was present for every action of his regiment, including Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, the Atlanta Campaign, and Bentonville, and was paroled at Charlotte, North Carolina, in May 1865. He moved to Brazil and was alive in 1913, age 73.
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See Prestridge family page
PROSTON
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PROVOST,
F. A.
The Times-Democrat (New Orleans) 25, Sep. 1869. Sat. Page 10
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Mr. F. A. Provost of Louisiana is located in the Bomm Reteiro neighborhood, has been nearly two years in Brazil, and is giving his attention almost entirely to the cultivation of Spanish tobacco. The lands produce well, he has a fine crop; but not having disposed of it we cannot state the proceeds of his labor. He expects to plant cotton in the coming year....
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