Peter Gaskins

<498> Peter ("Peter, Jr.") -- Born 1742 or 1743. Parents
unknown; husband of Molly Gaskins (436); father of Thomas
Gaskins <219> and probably Nelly <--->, Patty Robinson
<238>, Jacob Gaskins (205), Anna Gaskins <142>, Moses <046>,
and Aron (047>. Residing at Taurus in 1782. Sent from
Taurus to Coles Point in February 1784. Recommended to
succeed Abraham <---> as herdsman there in October 1785.
Tithable at Coles Point in 1785. Sent from Coles Point to
the Shenandoah tract in April 1787. Residing at Scorpio in
1788 and 1791. Described as herdsman in 1785 and afterward.
Over 45 years old in 1791. Dead by January 1, 1796.
Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, Pt. 2, pp.
9, 25, 46; "2d Book of Miscellanies," p. 65; Letterbook,
1782-1 784, pp. 7, 173; Westmoreland County Personal Property
Tax List, 1785, VSA; Namony Hall Journal, 1784-1785, p. 90;
Nomony Hall Journal, 1785-1787, p. 83; Letterbook, 1785-
1787, pp. 250-53, 255-56.