John Draper Clayton

John D. Clayton invented the first sheet-iron flue for curing tobacco in Person County. That year he sold tobacco for $40.00 per hundred, the highest price ever paid at that time, and was afterward called "Forty Dollar John".

Notes

• 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.
• 1st wife: Elizabeth Clayton, his 1st cousin. 15 children. 2nd wife: Minerva Carver, widow of Aaron Brooks. No children.

links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellco...

Sources

1. Solomon Clayton and Frances Carver of Person County, North Carolina - Three Generations by Ed Clayton, copyrighted, 2006.
2. Find A Grave Memorial# 38473362

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She married JOHN D. CLAYTON November 04, 1828 in Person Co. NC. He was born March 04, 1803 in NC, and died April 1893 in Person Co. NC.

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U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: John D. Clayton
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: North Carolina
Regiment Name: 50 North Carolina Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 50th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
Company: A
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M230 roll 7

Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
Name: John Clayton
Side: Confederate
Roll: M598_65
Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865