Peter was freed from servitude, and came into contact with a group known as "The Family," which practiced a combination of Christian principles and communism.
There is, however, no official record of his baptism, but his membership was recognized by George A. Smith, another member of the church, and in local newspapers.
[3] He acted as a Revelator in the community, was ordained to the priesthood, and baptized others into the faith, along with Levi W. Hancock, Edson Fuller, and Herman Bassett.
[1]: 64–65 A colleague, Reuben Harmon, mentioned that "White women would chase him about..."[4][5] and Peter soon entered into a relationship with fourteen-year-old Lovina Williams, of whom he said he had received revelation to marry.
Some scholars have suggested that he died, being around 60 years old in 1835,[7] when the average lifespan of an African-American man at the time was around forty.