William PEARSON (my G-G-G-G Grandfather) was born 7 Oct 1777 presumably in SC (though one census reports TN). One source says this PEARSON line goes back to Bucks Co., PA. Parentage unknown at this time.
William PEARSON was a potter by trade.

wife: Martha (Mollie) MARTINDALE (my G-G-G-G- Grandmother) Martha (nee MARTINDALE), commonly known as "Mattie" or "Mollie" was born in Union Co., SC 3 Feb 1780
Her father was James MARTINDALE b. 1751/4 Bucks Co., PA. Her mother was Elizabeth BISHOP.

Mollie was still an infant when her father went off to join the army. [Tradition carried down through descendants suggests that his family did not hear from him throughout the revolutionary war nor afterward, that his wife (Eliz.) died in his absence and that his children grew up without knowing whether he was dead or alive....but later James was discovered alive and died 7 July 1840; buried in Olney Churchyard near Gallia Co., OH]

When she grew up she married William PEARSON, a potter by trade, who was born 5/7 Oct 1777, in TN (but probably related to the SC PEARSONs). The date and place of their marriage in not known, but sometime later they lived for a while in Callia (Galia ?) Co., OH, perhaps near her father, James, and afterwards in Montgomery Co., OH....

Subsequent to 1840 they went to Miami Co., IN where their son Thomas was one of the first settlers. Martha PEARSON died 21 Dec 1854 and William PEARSON 14 March 1856. They are buried in Deer Creek Cemetery in the southern part of Miami Co., near the village of Miami.