Hi,
My g-g-g-grandmother was Nancy Caroline Peden; b. 1813 in NC. She married Thomas Cashion from Virginia. Their first child was born in Tennessee, around Giles/Lincoln County. Sometime around 1838 they moved to Alabama. On one census Nancy indicates that her parents were from Virginia, however, in another census, NC.
I know her brother (based upon family stories and a newspaper article) was Levi Peeden of Starkville, MS. b. 1819.
There is also a Howell Peeden in MS who could possibly be their sibling. Nancy had a son named John Howell Cashion.
I have had absolutely no luck in finding her parents.
Any clues from the great-big Peden-Peedin world?