Peter Fleming was born about 1759 to Peter Fleming(1719-1762) and Elizabeth Tucker (1730 Rowan, North Carolina - 1803 Iredell County, North Carolina). Peter married Martha Mary/Polly Ireland(1758-1830), daughter of John Ireland (1738-1796) and Martha Purviance Ireland(1737 Castle Finn Ireland) in 1780 Rowan County, North Carolina. He came to the Cane Ridge, area of Bourbon County, Kentucky 1790-1791, and removed to western Preble County, Ohio, parts of which are now Wayne County, Indiana in 1807. This is due to the 1806 move of the western border by Congress from the actual western section of the Greenville Treaty Line (which was the then-western border of Ohio) to its present location. New Paris, Ohio was founded by folks who came from Paris, the county seat of Bourbon in Kentucky.
Judge Fleming and Joseph Wasson (1744-1822) were the first Europeans to see The East Fork of the Whitewater River, now Wayne County, Indiana. They traveled together from Kentucky, choosing their land and entering it at the Cincinnati Land Office. This was a great act of friendship since Joseph, a totally disabled veteran, retained six bullets in his body from the Revolutionary War's Battle of Ramsour Mill and could only travel on horseback. Joseph's son David and Peter's daughter Elizabeth had married in Kentucky. Their land was very close to each other, Peter's on the eastern bank of the Sycamore Valley, and Joseph's on the western. The Sycamore Valley is hardly recognizable now due to the intersection of the railroad, the National Road, and Interstate 70. The eastern fork of the river was very near Joseph's cabin. They called this place "East Fork", which later became a part of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
Although each of their properties was very close and perhaps abutting the property of Beulah Presbyterian Church and its burying ground; one account says that Peter was buried in a corner of his property in the Fleming family plot which no doubt contained their former and freed slave couple "Old Gabe" and his wife, who chose to remain with the family. The Northwest Ordinance provision was brilliantly crafted to allow slaves to travel with their owners to live here while mandating their being granted within two years.
There are several accounts about Joseph's final resting place; One says that he was buried by a fence and near the woods on his property.
Both men added their signature to others who lived in the "Gore" on the "Petition of 1805" to Congress, believed to be the first public statement of anti-slavery in Indiana Territory, a part of the Northwest Territory. It requested a re-annexation to Ohio, undoing the border change from the original one set upon achieving statehood in 1803, known as the Greenville Treaty Line which was based on the line the Indians chose running from Greenville, Ohio south and west to Louisville, Kentucky. Those settlers living there did not want to be deleted from their "free" state and all the benefits of living there. The settlers who came to Preble County, Ohio, mostly from the South, felt strongly about coming to a place where there was no slavery.
They believed that their intent would be clear without specifically mentioning it. Congress did take their intent, promised to study the issue, and proceeded to investigate the number of slaves in the area. It is thought to be the first citizen statement of anti-slavery in the Northwest Territory. Ohio was the fourth non-colonial free state to be added to the union. The response Congress sent was to maintain the new border "as is", a meridian leading south out of Greenville, Ohio. This new western border had the effect of creating "The Gore", a slim triangle of land running to the Ohio River and thereby designated as Indiana Territory, which contains the present-day city of Richmond, Indiana. Initially, this gore was Dearborn County of Indiana Territory. Peter and Mary Martha had 1) John Fleming (1781-1849), 2) Peter Fleming III (1782-1868), 3( Elizabeth Fleming (1787-1847) who married David Wasson and Jonathan Matchett, 4) David B. Fleming (1787-1830), 5) James B. Fleming (1790-1835), 6) Samuel Fleming (1793-1839), 7)William Andrew Fleming (1795-1832), 8)Patricia Fleming (1800-1832), and 9) Elijah FLeming (1803-1872).
Peter Fleming was born about 1759 to Peter Fleming(1719-1762) and Elizabeth Tucker (1730 Rowan, North Carolina - 1803 Iredell County, North Carolina). Peter married Martha Mary/Polly Ireland(1758-1830), daughter of John Ireland (1738-1796) and Martha Purviance Ireland(1737 Castle Finn Ireland) in 1780 Rowan County, North Carolina. He came to the Cane Ridge, area of Bourbon County, Kentucky 1790-1791, and removed to western Preble County, Ohio, parts of which are now Wayne County, Indiana in 1807. This is due to the 1806 move of the western border by Congress from the actual western section of the Greenville Treaty Line (which was the then-western border of Ohio) to its present location. New Paris, Ohio was founded by folks who came from Paris, the county seat of Bourbon in Kentucky.
Judge Fleming and Joseph Wasson (1744-1822) were the first Europeans to see The East Fork of the Whitewater River, now Wayne County, Indiana. They traveled together from Kentucky, choosing their land and entering it at the Cincinnati Land Office. This was a great act of friendship since Joseph, a totally disabled veteran, retained six bullets in his body from the Revolutionary War's Battle of Ramsour Mill and could only travel on horseback. Joseph's son David and Peter's daughter Elizabeth had married in Kentucky. Their land was very close to each other, Peter's on the eastern bank of the Sycamore Valley, and Joseph's on the western. The Sycamore Valley is hardly recognizable now due to the intersection of the railroad, the National Road, and Interstate 70. The eastern fork of the river was very near Joseph's cabin. They called this place "East Fork", which later became a part of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
Although each of their properties was very close and perhaps abutting the property of Beulah Presbyterian Church and its burying ground; one account says that Peter was buried in a corner of his property in the Fleming family plot which no doubt contained their former and freed slave couple "Old Gabe" and his wife, who chose to remain with the family. The Northwest Ordinance provision was brilliantly crafted to allow slaves to travel with their owners to live here while mandating their being granted within two years.
There are several accounts about Joseph's final resting place; One says that he was buried by a fence and near the woods on his property.
Both men added their signature to others who lived in the "Gore" on the "Petition of 1805" to Congress, believed to be the first public statement of anti-slavery in Indiana Territory, a part of the Northwest Territory. It requested a re-annexation to Ohio, undoing the border change from the original one set upon achieving statehood in 1803, known as the Greenville Treaty Line which was based on the line the Indians chose running from Greenville, Ohio south and west to Louisville, Kentucky. Those settlers living there did not want to be deleted from their "free" state and all the benefits of living there. The settlers who came to Preble County, Ohio, mostly from the South, felt strongly about coming to a place where there was no slavery.
They believed that their intent would be clear without specifically mentioning it. Congress did take their intent, promised to study the issue, and proceeded to investigate the number of slaves in the area. It is thought to be the first citizen statement of anti-slavery in the Northwest Territory. Ohio was the fourth non-colonial free state to be added to the union. The response Congress sent was to maintain the new border "as is", a meridian leading south out of Greenville, Ohio. This new western border had the effect of creating "The Gore", a slim triangle of land running to the Ohio River and thereby designated as Indiana Territory, which contains the present-day city of Richmond, Indiana. Initially, this gore was Dearborn County of Indiana Territory. Peter and Mary Martha had 1) John Fleming (1781-1849), 2) Peter Fleming III (1782-1868), 3( Elizabeth Fleming (1787-1847) who married David Wasson and Jonathan Matchett, 4) David B. Fleming (1787-1830), 5) James B. Fleming (1790-1835), 6) Samuel Fleming (1793-1839), 7)William Andrew Fleming (1795-1832), 8)Patricia Fleming (1800-1832), and 9) Elijah FLeming (1803-1872).
Gravesite Details
Buried, according to family custom, in the Fleming family plot on his own farm in New Paris, Ohio very near the western Ohio border. This place, no doubt, also contains his freed slave and his wife who chose to remain with them.
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