{"id":284,"date":"2012-06-23T01:28:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/?p=284"},"modified":"2012-06-23T01:29:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:29:40","slug":"fletcher-payton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/fletcher-payton\/","title":{"rendered":"FLETCHER, Payton (Biography)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peyton Fletcher<\/strong>\u00a0(ca. 1800 – ca. 1855 Fisherville, Shelby, TN)<\/em>, a former soldier of one of the Indian Wars, arrived in Shelby County by 1836\u00a0(Tax List)<\/em>\u00a0after marrying in 1830 in Davidson Co., TN. He became a highly successful planter in eastern Shelby County with large land holdings. Reported to have been born in Kentucky, Tennessee was listed as his state of birth on the 1850 Census, and Georgia, in his daughter\u2019s 1880 Census. He married\u00a0Sarah W. Graves<\/strong>\u00a0(ca. 1795 Virginia \u2013 1853 Fisherville, Shelby, TN)<\/em>\u00a0on 26 Jan 1830 in Davidson County, TN. Because he was listed in the Davidson County Census in that same year\u00a0(1830)<\/em>\u00a0with 6 children under the age of 20, Peyton and\/or Sarah probably had been previously married and widowed.\u00a0(Graves may not have been Sarah\u2019s maiden name.)<\/em>\u00a0Peyton and Sarah lived in Fisherville May 1836 through 1850. Peyton was appointed to several positions of public service: determined term of court elected officials, made a list of taxable property, and held elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Issue of\u00a0Sarah Graves and Peyton Fletcher<\/em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Jane Fletcher<\/strong>\u00a0(7 Feb 1831 – 27 Feb 1907)<\/em>\u00a0married (1) James M. Rodgers\u00a0(ca. 1830-1853)<\/em>\u00a0on 22 Jun 1850. \u00a0Issue:<\/em>\u00a0Sallie Peyton Rodgers\u00a0(b. 12 Aug 1851)<\/em>\u00a0married Mr. Brittingham.\u00a0Mary Jane<\/strong>\u00a0married (2)\u00a0William<\/strong>\u00a0George<\/strong>\u00a0Hooker\u00a0<\/strong>(1822 Amherst Co., VA \u2013 1861 Fayette Co., TN)<\/em>\u00a0on 7 Jan 1855, brother of\u00a0Frederick Augustus Hooker<\/strong>\u00a0(ca. 1816 Henrico Co., VA – 1877 Fisherville)<\/em>. \u00a0Issue<\/em>:\u00a0John<\/strong>\u00a0Hooker\u00a0<\/strong>(b. ca. 1849),\u00a0William<\/strong>\u00a0Hooker\u00a0<\/strong>(b. ca. 1852)<\/em>,\u00a0Alice<\/strong>\u00a0Hooker\u00a0<\/strong>(b. ca. 1859)<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Andrew T. Hooker<\/strong>\u00a0(b. 1860)<\/em>. Alice married\u00a0John A. Nolley<\/strong>\u00a0(b. 5 Mar 1850 TN).\u00a0 Issue<\/em>:\u00a0<\/em>William T. P. Nolley<\/strong>\u00a0(b. ca. 1879 TN),<\/em>\u00a0Nannie Lou, Georgia, Arrie Virginia, and Alice Alabama. John A. Nolley was the son of\u00a0William Norris Nolley<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Sarah G. Smith<\/strong>\u00a0of Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Virginia<\/strong>\u00a0Adeline<\/strong>\u00a0Fletcher<\/strong>\u00a0(1834 Shelby, TN – bef. 1870 AR)<\/em>\u00a0married\u00a0James A. Brown<\/strong>. \u201cJames A. Brown\u00a0<\/strong>of Saline County, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1829, and is the son of John and Nancy\u00a0<\/strong>Brown, born in NC in 1807 and in TN in 1825, respectively. The parents were married in Lincoln County, and a few years after their union, moved to Fayette County, West Tenn., where they resided until the year 1853, then coming to Arkansas. His wife died in 1853, and he followed her two years later\u00a0(1855)<\/em>. He was a son of\u00a0James Brown<\/strong>, of North Carolina. In 1851 he was married in Shelby County, Tenn., to Virginia, a daughter of Payton and Sarah Fletcher of Kentucky, who settled in Tennessee after their marriage, the father becoming one of the largest planters in Shelby County. Mr. Fletcher was also a soldier in one of the Indian wars. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were the parents of seven children\u201d\u00a0(continued in Biography from Goodspeed’s \u201cHistory of Saline County, Arkansas\u201d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Caroline Fletcher\u00a0<\/strong>(1837 Shelby, TN \u2013 aft.\u00a0 1850)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Jackson Fletcher<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cA. J. Fletcher<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0(18 Sep 1842 Shelby, TN \u2013 30 Dec 1881 Shelby, TN)<\/em>\u00a0was a farmer in Eads and a Mason in nearby Morning Sun. A.J. married (1)\u00a0Nancy Annie Payne Hooker\u00a0<\/strong>(ca. 1848 Fisherville, Shelby, TN – ca. 1869 Collierville, Shelby, TN)<\/em>\u00a0on 11 Sep 1863. She was the daughter of Frederick Augustus Hooker and\u00a0Sarah Ann Payne\u00a0<\/strong>(ca. 1817 Hopkinsville, KY \u2013 aft. 1870 in Shelby Co., TN)<\/em>, early settlers of eastern Shelby County. \u00a0Issue of A.J. and Nancy:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Andrew<\/strong>\u00a0Peyton<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cMajor\u201d\u00a0Fletcher<\/strong>\u00a0(8 Jun 1866 – 10 Jan 1907 Fisherville, Shelby, TN)<\/em>\u00a0married\u00a0Nancy Hooker\u00a0<\/strong>(b. 1870)<\/em>, daughter of\u00a0Joseph Stanton Hooker<\/strong>\u00a0(1845 Fisherville, Shelby Co., TN – 1927 Fisherville, Shelby Co., TN)<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Malissa Ann Pride<\/strong>\u00a0(1849 Wilson Co., TN \u2013 1917 Fisherville, Shelby Co., TN)<\/em>. Joseph was a son of Frederick A. Hooker.\u00a0\u00a0Issue of Major and Nancy:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Llano Duette Fletcher<\/strong>\u00a0(1904-1992)\u00a0<\/em>married\u00a0John Bert Hooker<\/strong>. Andrew \u201cMajor\u201d is buried in Bethany Christian Church Cemetery, Shelby, TN. \u00a0Occupation???<\/span><\/p>\n

A.J. married (2)\u00a0Mary Elizabeth\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cMollie\u201d\u00a0Brooks\u00a0<\/strong>(6 Mar 1851
\nFisherville, TN \u2013 1 Sep 1920 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0on 17 Dec 1873. She was the daughter\u00a0of James M. Brooks and Mary Ann Kingston. Their children were born on the Fletcher farm in Eads, eastern Shelby County. After Mollie was widowed\u00a0at an early age with 5 children, she lived in their home and built\u00a0and taught at her own private school\u00a0(ca. 1880-1900)<\/em>\u00a0behind their\u00a0home in Eads. Mollie moved to Memphis, ca. 1900, and lived with her\u00a0daughter Maggie. Mollie was a founding member of Holy\u00a0Trinity Episcopal Church, Memphis, organized in 1902.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>She is buried in Forest Hill.\u00a0\u00a0(See Brooks)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Issue of Mary Elizabeth Brooks and \u201cA.J.\u201d Fletcher<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Kingston Fletcher<\/strong>\u00a0(22 Nov 1874 \u2013 24 Sep 1875)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Mattie<\/strong>\u00a0Daisy<\/strong>\u00a0Fletcher<\/strong>\u00a0(13 Dec 1875 \u2013 8 Jul 1925 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>married Shelton Hinson, Jr. on 29 Aug 1893. \u00a0Issue:<\/em>\u00a0Mary Ardenne, Henry Riner, Margaret Fleda, James Shelton, and Arlene. The family is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. \u00a0(See Hinson and Wright)<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0Insert picture!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maggie<\/strong>\u00a0Coralline\/Cecil Fletcher<\/strong>\u00a0(12 Mar 1877 \u2013 9 Apr 1950 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0married (1)\u00a0Henry Riner\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cH.R.\u201d\u00a0Eslinger<\/strong>\u00a0(1841 Preble, OH \u2013 1913 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0in 1902. He<\/span>
\n\u00a0was the first Superintendent of Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis.\u00a0<\/span>
\nHenry fought for Ohio in the Civil War (Private, Ohio Inf., Co. D, 184th<\/sup>\u00a0Reg.).<\/span>
\n\u00a0Maggie was Henry\u2019s 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0wife. They lived in the home-mortuary on the<\/span>
\n\u00a0Cemetery grounds. The family is buried in the Hinson lot. \u00a0Issue:<\/em>\u00a0Henry
\nRiner Eslinger Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0(1905\u20131930)<\/em>. Maggie married (2)\u00a0George William Campbell<\/strong>\u00a0(1875 PA \u2013 1932 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0ca. 1915. \u00a0Issue<\/em>:\u00a0Helen Jackie<\/strong>\u00a0Campbell<\/strong>\u00a0(1917-2000)\u00a0<\/em>who married\u00a0J.C. Harrison<\/strong>\u00a0from KY.<\/span><\/p>\n

Patrick<\/strong>\u00a0Earl Fletcher\u00a0<\/strong>(30 Apr 1878 \u2013 14 Nov 1910 Paducah, KY)<\/em>, railroad worker, married Mamie E.\u00a0Issue:<\/em>\u00a0Earl Cleburn, Clarence, and Dorothy who moved to Texas with their mother after Earl\u2019s death on the railroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew<\/strong>\u00a0Jay Fletcher<\/strong>\u00a0(27 Nov 1880 Eads, Shelby Co., TN \u2013 7 Aug 1943 Memphis)<\/em>, engine foreman with the IC Railroad, married\u00a0Florence Marie Scarce<\/strong>\u00a0(19 May 1908 Cayce, KY – 11 Jun 1989 Paris, TN)<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0Issue:<\/em>\u00a0Riner Jay\u00a0(b. 1936)<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Submitted by\u00a0Brenda B. Watson<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peyton Fletcher\u00a0(ca. 1800 – ca. 1855 Fisherville, Shelby, TN), a former soldier of one of the Indian Wars, arrived in Shelby County by 1836\u00a0(Tax List)\u00a0after marrying in 1830 in Davidson Co., TN. He became a highly successful planter in eastern Shelby County with large land holdings. Reported to have been born in Kentucky, Tennessee was … Continue reading “FLETCHER, Payton (Biography)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[92,93,94,95,97,98,96],"class_list":["post-284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","tag-fletcher","tag-graves","tag-hooker","tag-nolley","tag-payne","tag-pride","tag-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}