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Payton Monroe Colvard

Birth: 6 Jul 1844
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 10 Sep 1893 (aged 49)
Clay County, Nebraska, USA
Burial: Harvard Cemetery

Harvard, Clay County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 15188280 View Source

The seventh child of Wade Hampton Colvard and Phoebe Vannoy. Payton was born in the Reddies River area of Wilkes, North Carolina. He volunteered to serve in the Confederate Army, 1st North Carolina Cavalry, Company A on April 23 1863. He was eighteen years old. In September of 1863, and again in May of 1864, Payton was hospitalized in Richmond, Virginia with 'Remittent Fever'. Payton served until December 1864.

He married Sophronia Caroline Eller, daughter of John Cleveland Eller and Jane Rebecca Montgomery, in Wilkes North Carolina on August 20, 1876. They removed to Harvard, Clay, Nebraska. Their first born son was born July 1877 in Harvard. They farmed in the Clay County area until Payton's death in September of 1893. Family history has his final resting place in Clay County. Unfortunately, no marker has been found.

The seventh child of Wade Hampton Colvard and Phoebe Vannoy. Payton was born in the Reddies River area of Wilkes, North Carolina. He volunteered to serve in the Confederate Army, 1st North Carolina Cavalry, Company A on April 23 1863. He was eighteen years old. In September of 1863, and again in May of 1864, Payton was hospitalized in Richmond, Virginia with 'Remittent Fever'. Payton served until December 1864.

He married Sophronia Caroline Eller, daughter of John Cleveland Eller and Jane Rebecca Montgomery, in Wilkes North Carolina on August 20, 1876. They removed to Harvard, Clay, Nebraska. Their first born son was born July 1877 in Harvard. They farmed in the Clay County area until Payton's death in September of 1893. Family history has his final resting place in Clay County. Unfortunately, no marker has been found.

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Sophronia Caroline Eller Colvard

1852–1943 (m. 1876)

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Maintained by: PBosler
Originally Created by: IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
Added: Aug 8, 2006
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