Son of Joel and Esther Houston Wallace. His grandfather was Capt. Thomas Wallace and he owned property in Sullivan Co., TN.
John Wallace married 1st. Martha Rayburn 24 Jul 1828, 2nd Jane Irby Bet. 1851 - 1859, 3rd Catherine Hanley 25 Sep 1866, and 4th Hannah Worley c. 1870.∼son of Joel Wallace and Eliza Esther Houston,married#1 Martha Elizabeth Ryburn, married#2 Jane Irby, married#3 Catherine M Hanby, married#4 Mrs Thomas, , "My father, Jno H. Wallace, was born Blount County Tennessee and when but a lad removed with his parents to Alabama where he lived until nearly grown. He then returned to Green County entering upon course of study under Rev. Samuel Doak at Tusculum College where he received most of his education. After this he went to Rockbridge County, Virginia, and continued his studies under his uncle Rev. Samuel Houston. He was licensed to preach about 1828. His first field of labor was New Dublin, Pulaski County, Va. After this he went to Christianburg, Virginia, where he preached and taught until 1837 when he moved to Washington County to remain for the rest of his life. He and Martha (Rayburn) had six children: (after her death he remarried three times with no additional issue) amassed a fortune, had thousands of acres of land and a mansion and slaves; had a grist mill, tannery, general store in the area of Virginia which became Wallace in his honor. His children married, he gave each a house, a farm, a cow, a horse, and furniture. He was a teacher to the children from a six mile radius of his plantation conducting classes in a slave cabin after the war. He must have had boundless energy managing his properties, teaching five days a week from 7 to 4 pm aand then riding twenty miles on horseback to preach weekends.
John Wallace married 1st. Martha Rayburn 24 Jul 1828, 2nd Jane Irby Bet. 1851 - 1859, 3rd Catherine Hanley 25 Sep 1866, and 4th Hannah Worley c. 1870.∼son of Joel Wallace and Eliza Esther Houston,married#1 Martha Elizabeth Ryburn, married#2 Jane Irby, married#3 Catherine M Hanby, married#4 Mrs Thomas, , "My father, Jno H. Wallace, was born Blount County Tennessee and when but a lad removed with his parents to Alabama where he lived until nearly grown. He then returned to Green County entering upon course of study under Rev. Samuel Doak at Tusculum College where he received most of his education. After this he went to Rockbridge County, Virginia, and continued his studies under his uncle Rev. Samuel Houston. He was licensed to preach about 1828. His first field of labor was New Dublin, Pulaski County, Va. After this he went to Christianburg, Virginia, where he preached and taught until 1837 when he moved to Washington County to remain for the rest of his life. He and Martha (Rayburn) had six children: (after her death he remarried three times with no additional issue) amassed a fortune, had thousands of acres of land and a mansion and slaves; had a grist mill, tannery, general store in the area of Virginia which became Wallace in his honor. His children married, he gave each a house, a farm, a cow, a horse, and furniture. He was a teacher to the children from a six mile radius of his plantation conducting classes in a slave cabin after the war. He must have had boundless energy managing his properties, teaching five days a week from 7 to 4 pm aand then riding twenty miles on horseback to preach weekends.
Son of Joel and Esther Houston Wallace. His grandfather was Capt. Thomas Wallace and he owned property in Sullivan Co., TN.
John Wallace married 1st. Martha Rayburn 24 Jul 1828, 2nd Jane Irby Bet. 1851 - 1859, 3rd Catherine Hanley 25 Sep 1866, and 4th Hannah Worley c. 1870.∼son of Joel Wallace and Eliza Esther Houston,married#1 Martha Elizabeth Ryburn, married#2 Jane Irby, married#3 Catherine M Hanby, married#4 Mrs Thomas, , "My father, Jno H. Wallace, was born Blount County Tennessee and when but a lad removed with his parents to Alabama where he lived until nearly grown. He then returned to Green County entering upon course of study under Rev. Samuel Doak at Tusculum College where he received most of his education. After this he went to Rockbridge County, Virginia, and continued his studies under his uncle Rev. Samuel Houston. He was licensed to preach about 1828. His first field of labor was New Dublin, Pulaski County, Va. After this he went to Christianburg, Virginia, where he preached and taught until 1837 when he moved to Washington County to remain for the rest of his life. He and Martha (Rayburn) had six children: (after her death he remarried three times with no additional issue) amassed a fortune, had thousands of acres of land and a mansion and slaves; had a grist mill, tannery, general store in the area of Virginia which became Wallace in his honor. His children married, he gave each a house, a farm, a cow, a horse, and furniture. He was a teacher to the children from a six mile radius of his plantation conducting classes in a slave cabin after the war. He must have had boundless energy managing his properties, teaching five days a week from 7 to 4 pm aand then riding twenty miles on horseback to preach weekends.
John Wallace married 1st. Martha Rayburn 24 Jul 1828, 2nd Jane Irby Bet. 1851 - 1859, 3rd Catherine Hanley 25 Sep 1866, and 4th Hannah Worley c. 1870.∼son of Joel Wallace and Eliza Esther Houston,married#1 Martha Elizabeth Ryburn, married#2 Jane Irby, married#3 Catherine M Hanby, married#4 Mrs Thomas, , "My father, Jno H. Wallace, was born Blount County Tennessee and when but a lad removed with his parents to Alabama where he lived until nearly grown. He then returned to Green County entering upon course of study under Rev. Samuel Doak at Tusculum College where he received most of his education. After this he went to Rockbridge County, Virginia, and continued his studies under his uncle Rev. Samuel Houston. He was licensed to preach about 1828. His first field of labor was New Dublin, Pulaski County, Va. After this he went to Christianburg, Virginia, where he preached and taught until 1837 when he moved to Washington County to remain for the rest of his life. He and Martha (Rayburn) had six children: (after her death he remarried three times with no additional issue) amassed a fortune, had thousands of acres of land and a mansion and slaves; had a grist mill, tannery, general store in the area of Virginia which became Wallace in his honor. His children married, he gave each a house, a farm, a cow, a horse, and furniture. He was a teacher to the children from a six mile radius of his plantation conducting classes in a slave cabin after the war. He must have had boundless energy managing his properties, teaching five days a week from 7 to 4 pm aand then riding twenty miles on horseback to preach weekends.
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