Colvard, Payton
| Birth Name | Colvard, Payton |
| Gender | male |
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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| Birth | 1792 | Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States | ||
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Relation to the center person (Claunch, William Nathan) : second great granduncle
Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Colvard, William III | November 1, 1762 | October 17, 1828 | |
| Mother | Berry, Rachel | September 9, 1762 | 1845 | |
| Brother | Colvard, Jesse A. | October 7, 1800 | January 23, 1876 | |
| Sister | Colvard, Elizabeth | 1790 | ||
| Colvard, Payton | 1792 | |||
| Sister | Colvard, Rachel | 1792 | ||
| Brother | Colvard, Neil | 1795 | ||
| Brother | Colvard, William IV | 1808 | 1888 | |
| Sister | Dickson, Sibila Colvard | March 21, 1803 | February 20, 1873 | |
| Brother | Colvard, Wade Hampton | July 9, 1805 | June 29, 1880 | |
| Sister | Colvard, Jane | 1807 | ||
| Brother | Colvard, Mumford Montfort | 1809 | ||
| Sister | Colvard, Anna | 1811 | ||
| Sister | Colvard, Jennie |
Families
| Family of Colvard, Payton and Ray, Jennie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Married | Wife | Ray, Jennie ( * + ... ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children |
| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Colvard, Mary | ||
| Colvard, William R. | ||
| Colvard, Rachel | ||
| Colvard, Neal | ||
| Colvard, Priscilla | ||
| Colvard, Jesse B. | ||
| Colvard, Ellen | ||
| Colvard, Thomas Farrow | October 12, 1835 | October 28, 1921 |
Narrative
Biographical Sketch
Peyton Colvard married Jennie Ray. "Sketches from a history of Western North Carolina from 1730-1914" by John Preston Arthur says of him: "This pioneer was of French extraction, the name having originally been spelt Calvert, according to the Rev. Mr. Verdigans of the Methodist Church, South. Peyton Colvard came to Ashe county after the Revolutionary War. The Colvards of Cherokee and Graham are descendants, as is also Dr. J. W. Colvard of Jefferson, Ashe county."
About the year 1826 Peyton Colvard lived in a log building which stood on the site of the present Jefferson Cash Store of Dr. Testerman, and on the morning of February 19, 1827, the day his daughter Rachel was born, now the wife of Russell Wilber of Texas, a huge mass of rock fell from the top of Netro Mountain and ploughed a deep furrow, still visible, down its dide for a quarter of a mile. The main mass of rock is still visible with a small tree growing in it.
His neice, Rachel Milon Dickson, stated that he was a man of fine appearance, and wore throughout his life the customary dress of the Colonial gentleman, silver buckle shoes, silk stockings, knee length velvet breeches, lace cuffs, etc. He gave to her after her marriage to red "finger marked" water glasses which he purchased while on a trip to Savannah, Ga. Carrie Neel has one of these glasses, and W. Trent Neel the other. His children were:
Mary, William R. , Rachel, Farrow, Neal, Priscilla, Jesse B. and Ellen.
Western North Carolina: A History (From 1730 to 1913)
By John Preston Arthur
The Edward Buncombe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of Asheville, N. C.
Raliegh, N.C.
Edwards & Broughton Printing Company
1914
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark:/13960/t08w3sx4x;view=1up;seq=9
Narrative
Biographical Sketch
PEYTON COLVARD. This pioneer was of French extraction, the name having originally been spelt Calvert, according to the Rev. Mr. Verdigans of the Methodist Church, South. Peyton Colvard came to Ashe county after the Revolutionary War. The Colvards of Cherokee and Graham are descendants, as is also Dr. J. W. Colvard of Jefferson, Ashe county.
PART OF NEGRO MOUNTAIN FALLS. About the year 1826 Peyton Colvard lived in a log building which stood on the site of the present Jefferson Cash Store of Dr. Testerman, and on the morning of February 19, 1827, the day his daughter Rachel was born, now the wife of Russell Wilber of Texas, a huge mass of rock fell from the top of Netro Mountain and ploughed a deep furrow, still visible, down its dide for a quarter of a mile. The main mass of rock is still visible with a small tree growing in it.
p. 293
Western North Carolina: A History (From 1730 to 1913)
By John Preston Arthur
The Edward Buncombe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of Asheville, N. C.
Raliegh, N.C.
Edwards & Broughton Printing Company
1914
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark:/13960/t08w3sx4x;view=1up;seq=9
