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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1808 - 1893 (85 years)
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| Name |
Clayton, John Draper [1, 2] |
| Birth |
4 Mar 1808 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
Forty Dollar John |
| Reference Number |
49472 |
| Death |
Apr 1893 [3] |
| Burial |
John Draper Clayton Cemetery, Person County, North Carolina  |
| Person ID |
I48524 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2024 |
| Father |
Clayton, Solomon Sr., b. Abt 1785, Allensville, Person County, North Carolina d. 1 Mar 1849, Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina (Age ~ 64 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Living |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F1029 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Clayton, Elizabeth Minerva, b. 1810 d. 1878 (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Nov 1828 |
Person County, North Carolina [1] |
| Reference Number |
50305 |
| Children |
| | 1. Clayton, Allen Yancey, b. 1829 d. 1901 (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Clayton, James Henry, b. 1831 d. 1910 (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. Clayton, Calvin Clark, b. 1832 d. 1898 (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Clayton, Green Jefferson, b. 1835 d. 1885 (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 5. Clayton, Sarah Jane, b. 24 Jan 1836 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 6. Clayton, Solomon Daniel, b. 1840 d. 1917 (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 7. Clayton, Marion Thomas, b. 1842 d. 1920 (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 8. Clayton, Martha Frances, b. 1843 d. 1925 (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 9. Clayton, Elizabeth, b. 1846 d. 1918 (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 10. Clayton, Alexander Jackson, b. 14 Feb 1848, Person County, North Carolina d. 16 Feb 1918, Person County, North Carolina (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 11. Clayton, Simeon, b. 1849 d. 1927 (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 12. Clayton, Mary Walton, b. 5 Aug 1850, Person County, North Carolina d. 18 Dec 1922 (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 13. Clayton, William Parham, b. 31 Jan 1853, Person County, North Carolina d. 27 Feb 1924, Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F508 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2024 |
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| Notes |
- John Draper Clayton (1808-1893)
(for larger image, click on photograph)
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That John Draper Clayton is a son of Solomon Clayton and Frances Carver has not be confirmed. The relationship shown here is based upon The Heritage of Person County, Volume I, Madeline Hall Eaker, Editor (1981) at 200-201 (Article #438 "'Forty Dollar' John Draper Clayton" by Norma G. Clayton), a secondary source.
See also: John Draper Clayton Family on Find A Grave.
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 14 November 2018), memorial page for John Draper "Forty Dollar John" Clayton (4 Mar 1808-Apr 1893), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38473362, citing John Draper Clayton Cemetery, Olive Hill, Person County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by 4losthistory (contributor 46983562).
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The following account appears on page 61 of Alexander R. Foushee's Reminiscences:
In the old days of red tobacco, a rather amusing and unusual circumstance occurred on the warehouse sale floor in Clarksville, Virginia, which was the main tobacco market for this whole section. Old man John D. Clayton, of Person County, and one of the most honest men in it, had a load of tobacco on the floor. It was being sold and the price of one pile had gone up as high as $40. The old man got excited and rushing among the bidders told them to stop bidding, that $40 was more than it was worth. These circumstances gave him the name of "Forty Dollar" John Clayton ever afterward. At this time $15.00 was considered a high price.
Up to the time of the yellow tobacco period, our farmers did not put so much stress on raising tobacco as they have since, but raised supplies of "hog and hominy" and almost everything else to live on.
Roxboro, N. C.
August 29, 1916.
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| Sources |
- Details: The Heritage of Person County, Volume I, Madeline Hall Eaker, Editor (1981) at 200-201 (Article #438 "'Forty Dollar' John Draper Clayton" by Norma G. Clayton).
- Details: The Heritage of Person County, Volume III, Eileen M. Mikat, Ph.D., Chair Book Committee (2001) at 126 (Article #119 "Zeb Kitchen Harris" by Larry Coleman Riggs).
- Details: John Draper Clayton Family on Find A Grave.
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