Perfectbound, 80 lb glossy stock, full color, perfect for old docs, photos inside book. Eliza, A Blueblooded Southern Belle Who Became a Pioneer Woman: The tombstone reads simply "Eliza, wife of Adam Peck. Born March 12. 1792, Died July 23, 1874." The graveyard is beautiful, peaceful, quiet, empty of any living person on most days. Eliza's tombstone is found in the rolling hills of southwestern Kentucky. The tombstone in that Kentucky graveyard gives no hint of a blue-blooded southern belle born on a plantation in the High Santee of South Carolina, Elizabeth Gayle, whose grandfather Josiah signed, in July of 1775, the papers of the Revolutionary Association of Public Defence, South Carolina, pledging his life, fortune and sacred honor in the battle until the dispute with Britain should end. The tombstone gives no hint Eliza lived through the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the Civil War, or that her life was full of suffering and loss, despite her privileged birth. This is her story.

The War of 1812 was a "forgotten" war, yet impacted the United States significantly. This is the story of the sons of Adam Peck Sr., a Revolutionary War veteran and his wife, Elizabeth Sharkey, and some others who fought in this war. Among the Peck brothers who fought in the War of 1812 were ADAM Jr., Patrick, Moses Looney, Nicholas Sharkey, James Hawkins, Jacob F. C., and Benjamin. It is also the story of War of 1812 veterans Tobias Teller, of New York, and Alexander Maddux, of Illinois, whose ancestor was at Valley Forge. This book takes you back to the era, and gives the reader an idea of what it meant to live in the United States of America in its infancy. It also describes the very different nation we might live in today, if this last great battle in the War of 1812 had not been fought and won against such terrible odds.112 pages. This edition is library quality,80 lb glossy stock interior, full color, great for reproducing old documents and photos in book.