Research so far has not established his birth, death and marriage. It is assumed that he was born in Spotsylvania Co., Va. A soldier in the Revolutionary War. Came to Nashville in 1784 and purchased land on the same day as Anthony, his brother. He moved later to Montgomery Co., Tenn. He was scalped by the Indians and left with a knife sticking in his back on Blooming Grove Creek west of Clarksville. He recovered from this experience. (from PECK FAMILY, p. 57 by William Greer Peck)

This was in 1786 (Along the Warioto by Ursula S. Beach)
 

From The Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, May 1972-  Ann Evans Alley, Editor-  Page 69- Article by Anita Whitefield Darnell