. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . /&. GAPT. GEO. W. PEARISGrandson of Col. Geo. Pearis. the Settler. The Pearis Family- 445 Pearis, a grandson of the New River settler, Colonel GeorgePearis. Judge McCrady, in his History of South Carolina under theProprietary Government, 1670-1719, gives considerable promi-nence to Colonel Alexander Pearis, whom he shows to havebeen Commissioner of Free Schools, Commissioner for Build-ing Churches, Member of House of Commons, of which ColonelWin. Rhett was Speaker; as a military officer and one of thejudges to try pirates,
. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . /&. GAPT. GEO. W. PEARISGrandson of Col. Geo. Pearis. the Settler. The Pearis Family- 445 Pearis, a grandson of the New River settler, Colonel GeorgePearis. Judge McCrady, in his History of South Carolina under theProprietary Government, 1670-1719, gives considerable promi-nence to Colonel Alexander Pearis, whom he shows to havebeen Commissioner of Free Schools, Commissioner for Build-ing Churches, Member of House of Commons, of which ColonelWin. Rhett was Speaker; as a military officer and one of thejudges to try pirates, and as commander of militia in theRevolution of 1719. Colonel Alexander Pearis had a son, Alex-ander, who made some conveyance of property in 1722-26. Alex-ander Pearis, Jr., had a son, John Alexander, who likewise hada son, John Alexander, as shown by his will probated August,1752. The last mentioned John Alexander had a son, Robert,who spelled his name as did his father, John AlexanderPearis. This Robert Pearis died about 1781; he had a daugh-ter, Malinda, who married
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