Individual Details

Peter left North Carolina for the west in 1810, first going to Cumberland KY and on to Barren County, where he married Elizabeth Petty on 18 Nov 1817. She was the daughter of Rev. Ralph Petty, a Baptist minister. After a time in TN, Peter moved to Springfield MO by 1831; and, in 1845, he sent his son James Petty to locate land in Texas.

About 30 miles south of Dallas, James found a nice spring on the south side of Waxahachie Creek, and there he claimed land and settled. Land was cleared, houses built, and a couple of crops harvested before Peter arrived at the Apperson Plantation, as it was called, in 1848 - he was then 64 years old.

When Peter died, he was buried in the cemetery on his home place - the Old Apperson Homestead - one mile south of Waxahachie (Ellis Co, TX) on Waxahachie Creek, also referred to as the old Walter Heine farm.

Birth	23 Mar 1784	Surry County, North Carolina
Death	31 Mar 1853	Ellis County, Texas

Father	William Apperson (1754 - 1826)
Mother	Elizabeth Kerr (1763 - 1850)
Sibling	John Apperson (1783 - )
Sibling	Francis Apperson (1785 - 1858)
Sibling	Richard Apperson (1786 - )
Sibling	William Apperson (1788 - )
Sibling	Thomas Apperson (1790 - 1854)
Sibling	Doctor Alexander Apperson (1792 - 1865)
Sibling	Mary P. Apperson (1794 - 1838)
Sibling	[Child] Apperson (1796 - 1796)
Sibling	[Child] Apperson (1796 - 1796)
Sibling	Bennet Apperson (1798 - 1822)
Sibling	Elizabeth Apperson (1799 - 1851)
Sibling	George Apperson (1801 - )