Last Updated: September 14, 2020

Guerrant in Floyd Co., VA

Guerrant, Peter I

Parents: 1799 Birth: 9-14-1799 Buckingham Co., VA. Note: in Floyd Co., VA since 1832 & was involved in the political organization of the county. Fathered several children in county & reportedly provided for all. “I find John H Shockey in the book written by Jim Woods called "Snuffers". In it is stated that "Not only had Guerrant (Peter) fathered Julia Jackson Snuffer/Kefauver, he also had two illegitimate sons by Elizabeth Shockey, a neighbor. Among those enumerated close by his home in the 1850 census was an Elizabeth Shockey, 25. Guerrant was then 51. Guerrant set up a trust for Elizabeth and her two sons, William and John, to be administered by Flemming Poff. It included a gray mare and a colt, a yoke of oxen and a milk cow and all his land south of the old Pine Spur Road. He stated that they could occupy the lands, with any profit from them going to Elizabeth until the year 1875....a professionally carved headstone once stood over Peter Guerrant's solitary grave in a gently sloping hillside pasture overlooking Floyd route 648. The inscription says he was born 14 Sept. 1799 and died 10 Aug. 1859. It was a befitting monument for a prominent citizen in an era when few could afford such a marker. ...But Peter Guerrant is not forgotten. Kefauver remembers hearing about him, and living descendants of his two illegitimate sons, William and John Shockey, point out with wry amusement and some pride that he was their ancestor.  The graves of John H. Shockey, 6 April 1858 - Feb. 1, 1925, and William B. Shockey, 27 Dec 1853- 10 Feb 1940 are in the cemetery at the Salem Primitive Baptist Church, Copper Hill." (src: Find A Grave) 1840 Floyd Co., VA pg188: Peter Guerrant Jr, 1 male 40-49 yo. 1850 Residence: Floyd Co., VA H263: …… Guarant, Peter 50 yo w/m farmer, b. Buckingham, $29,750, HOH. …… Snuffer, Wm 30 yo w/m merchant, b. Floyd, $1300. [snuffer] I ……… Julia 25 yo w/f, b. Floyd. I ……… Sarah J. 4 yo w/f, b. Floyd. I ……… Susan 1 yo w/f, b. Floyd. I …… King, William P. 31 yo w/m teacher, b. Floyd. [king] I 1859 Death: 8-10-1859 Floyd Co., VA. COD: dropsy of the chest. Age: 65y. b. VA. 1859 Burial: “… solitary grave in a gently sloping hillside pasture overlooking Floyd route 648. The inscription says he was born 14 Sept. 1799 and died 10 Aug. 1859.

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