Thomas Paynter
From Wally Atkins Family Wiki
Quick Facts
- Full name: Thomas Paynter
- Born: ca. 1835
- Died: before 1888
- Parents: within the Paynter line of Warren County, North Carolina
- Spouse(s): Elizabeth Frances Ellington
- Children: Rosa Paynter, John T. Paynter, Sue, Lou, Emma Paynter, Robert Paynter, Adelia Jackson Paynter
- Places: Warren County, North Carolina
Verified Facts
- Married Elizabeth Frances Ellington on April 14, 1857.
- Father of Adelia Jackson Paynter, who married Joseph Henry Atkins.
- Served in Company B, 30th Virginia Regiment according to the family-history military section.
- The source places his regiment in the wartime sequence that included Sharpsburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Dutch Gap/Petersburg operations, Saylor's Creek, and Appomattox.
Biography
Thomas Paynter matters in the Wally Atkins Family Wiki because he stands at the entrance to the Paynter side of the later direct line. Through his marriage to Elizabeth Frances Ellington, the family story broadens beyond the Atkins branch and into a larger network of North Carolina kin whose names help give shape to the household into which Adelia Jackson Paynter was born. His Civil War service also places him within the wider military history that touched so many of the families connected to this line.
Family Stories and Recollections
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Research Questions
- Can Thomas Paynter's earlier ancestry, military record, and later death context be documented more fully from county and service records?
