When Peter Satterfield was born on 8 September 1796, in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, his father, Jeremiah Satterfield, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Brashears, was 18. He married Hester Hettie Denton on 17 March 1824, in Dyer, Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Johnson, Arkansas, United States in 1840 and Magazine Township, Yell, Arkansas, United States for about 20 years. He died in November 1874, in Chickalah, Yell, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Chickalah, Yell, Arkansas, United States.