James Peak (1789-1825)

James Russell Peak left Tennessee for North Carolina. He married Judah Henson, daughter of Joseph Henson and Rebecca Scruggs in Alabama. They had two children in NC and then they moved to Habersham, Georgia and had several more children. James' brother in law was William Richard "Currahee Dick" Henson (b. 1795 in SC, married Margaret "Peggy" Blair). Sources vary about when and where James died. Most say he died either in 1825 or in 1835 in MO, AR, or KY. One story says James was with Dick Henson scouting west for a place to move their families when James died in a skirmish with the Osage.