City: Johnson City
BOLTON, Samuel Pearce, contractor; born Kingsport, Tenn., Feb. 7, 1848; English and Scotch descent; son of W. S. and Martha (Nelms) BOLTON; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Noah C. and Catharine (Frederick) BOLTON, maternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Childress) NELMS; received common school education; served in Co. E., 33d Tenn. Volunteer C. S. A., attached to Gen. Alfred JACKSON’s Brigade of Home Guards; reared on the farm; married S. E. PESEGAY of Va. Jan. 19, 1873; member No. 486 A. F. & A. M.,T. E. Matson’s Chapter No. 131 Johnson City; Democrat; former chairman of Executive Committee of Sullivan Co., Tenn.; also Justice of the Peace and School Director in same Co.; member of Presbyterian church, South, and is an elder in First Presbyterian church, Johnson City, Tenn.
