Enlisted abt 1776 under Captain Conaway. Fought Battle of Brandywine. Rev War Muster rolls indicate service from May 1777 thru Mar 1778 (including Valley Forge), and pensioned application of wife says he was stilll in service when Cornwallis surrendered.[ [28]] Later moved to Georgia but failed to get a land grant, so they moved on to Tennessee. He sold Rev. War discharge to buy land.[ [18, Pension docs backup statments]]

Email: in Pittslvania Co., (parent county of Henry Co) first list of tithables shows George Peak, William Peak, and John Peak (listed as being of Prince Edward Co., Va.) David discharged first time in 1778, went back home and in August, 1779, married Jean Martin. David rejoined the army after his marriage, in service when Cornwallis surrendered in 1781. In April, 1784, David and Jean settled on 98 acres in Henry County. They remained in Henry Co. until on Jan. 15, 1800, they sold their 98 acres, witnessed by George Peak and Richard Standley. David Peak and family were in Jackson Co., Ga. by 1802 (serving on the jury). That same year, he was appointed guardian of Candace. an illegitimate daughter of Judith Peak. Jacob Lindsey was the father and ordered to pay $20 a year for four years, considered a reasonable sum for her lying in with a bastard child, according to court records. In 1805, David drew in the Ga. land lottery. Solomon and John Peak also drew in that lottery. In 1807, David, Judea, and Margaret also drew in the lottery, but drew blanks. In the same year, David Peak received 550 acres by grant in Jackson Co., Ga. On Nov. 8,1828, Jane "Peeke" sold for one dollar land on Bear Creek in Overton Co., Tn. to her son, James, 40 acres. This was one half of a grant from the State of Tenn. to Jane Peek, grant No. 20432, dated Sept., 1823. (Eva Alford [email protected])

Liz Watson: possible link to David's father: George Peak b. 1720, and maybe a brother to William Peak, married to Shockley, but not 100% sure. There were at least 2 Davids born in Pittsylvania County, VA - William's son David was born abt. 1775.

1800 TN or VA: No David Peek (sdx) (AIS index 2/4/00)
1810 Overton, TN: no David

James Martin was surety on marriage bond.[ [1032]]
Unsuccessfully filed for pension in 1847.[ [28]]

Jane stated i n her pension papers that she had had 14 children and raised 12. Papers filed after her death listed the following children alive in 1853, all of whom were over twenty-one years of age: Margaret Travis, Bertha Oliver, Lucy Savage, Jane Rich, Sarah Mitchell, Elizabeth Fowler, and Judea, James and Robert Peck or Peak. The names of the other children were not stated.

1820 Overton Co, TN: 1m 10-16 {Robert?], 2 18-26 [Elisha, ?], 1f u10 [Elizabeth or Sarah], 1f 10-16 [Elizabeth or Sarah], 1 16-26 [Jane], 1 45+