| The purpose of the Society of the Descendants of Peter Francisco is to compile and maintain the documented records of Peter Francisco and his descendants and to give Peter Francisco his rightful place in history. |
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| Family Life In December 1784 Peter married Susannah Anderson of Cumberland County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Captain James Anderson and his wife Elizabeth Tyler Baker Anderson. The Andersons were of social distinction and owned a plantation called "The Mansion." Peter gave up his blacksmith shop in Curdsville and moved to Charlotte County as early as March 1785. He purchased 250 acres on Louse Creek where he build a log house. Locals used to tell of a giant named Peter Francisco who built his log house and carried logs fourteen feet long by fourteen inches on his shoulders to make the sills. Nearby where the log house once stood is a free-flowing spring that Peter constructed by walling up the sides with large rocks fitted carefully together. Across the top Peter had mounted a huge flat rock weighing 800 pounds. Tradition holds that Peter carried this rock from a nearby mountain! Peter and Susannah had two children: a son, James Anderson, born in the log house in 1786; and a daughter, Polly, born in 1788. Peter sold the 250 acres on Louse creek in 1788. His wife Susannah died in 1790. Records indicate that Peter served as Surveyor of Roads and on juries in several court cases. Real estate transactions in Cumberland and Prince Edward Counties are also recorded. In December 1794 Peter married Catherine Fauntleroy Brooke, who was a relative of his first wife's, and they moved to Peter's home in Cumberland. Peter and Catherine had four children: Susan Brooke Francisco, born in 1796; Benjamin M. Francisco, born in 1803; Peter II; and Catherine Fauntleroy Francisco. |