Randolf, Ceily and their sons Solomon and Tump PEILER are all found in the 1880 census. While Soloman, and his new bride live with his parents, Tump lives next door to the widow of Berry PEELER.
The connection has now been well established that our last slave-owning family was the PEELERS who descended from Michael, Anthony and Issac. Their line landed in Philadelphia in the early 1700's. And then moved to North Carolina and onto South Carolina.
It appears that my Randolf was born in SC within the year of Berry's birth, and given to him as a child. When Berry moved from Union, SC to GA, he brought Randolf with him. Far later when Berry's son Issac moved from Hancock County GA to Wilkinson, he took my Randolf with him. Interesting Issac became a minister and appropriated land in Wilkinson County for the coloreds to worship.
It seems that following emancipation, Randolf then with his family returned to Hancock county, and worked the land of his former slave owners. Berry died intestate and Randolf appears on both sides of the balance sheet appearing as a part of the division of property in 1870.
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