PAYTONs/PEYTONS of Northeast Georgia

Download or read book PAYTONs/PEYTONS of Northeast Georgia written by Larry Payton and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-12 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REVIEWS:Anne Barton wrote; I have only skimmed through it so far and am so impressed and excited. The number of sources and the detail you provide are a tremendous boon to researchers and a worthy life opus!! I am looking forward to reading it straight through. It will be not only informative but fun to read with the personal notes and extra info you provide. I have not seen its equal in my researches. Congratulations and thanks so much doing this book. John Howard Payton wrote: Larry, I am very happy for you in completion of the book and proud to know the honorable author. I immediately ordered 10 copies with expedited shipping!!!Jerry Evans wrote: Larry, I received the book and have literally spent hours reading it. And I will spend many, many more hours reading, as time permits. A lot of detail but a great job! My compliments to you.Theresa Hall wrote; You have done an excellent job on this book. Adding the documentation provides a look into their lives, not just names. Your hard work is very much appreciated!Dina Wicker wrote: I received your book today and WOW!!! All the details are amazing! My husband had to make me put it down so I could go to the grocery store. This book is a treasure to me. It's something I've always wanted to do but never had the time nor the resources. We will pass this book down throughout the generations. Al Peyton wrote; Good Stuff!Linda Whitten wrote; Thank you. We are enjoying the Payton History Book. We appreciate all the effort you put in the book.BOOK DESCRIPTION:The Payton/Peyton book is in journal format and begins in Amherst County, Virginia, where William Payton, Senior, Junior and Minor lived prior to William Payton, Junior and family migrating to Northeast Georgia circa 1784. Herein, it has been factually conjectured that William Payton, Junior migrated south in 1784 to Northeast Georgia after the Revolutionary War ended. In fact, this book contains breakthrough information and/or references sources not before seen or noted before about William, Cornelius and Leroy Payton.William Payton, Sr. and his descendants are listed in "The Peytons of Virginia II" (POVII) book based on the Larry Payton's submission of over 2,000 Northeast Georgia Paytons to the Peytons of Virginia Society (PSV) in 2004. Prior to the author's submission in 2004, the PSV did not have any Northeast Paytons in their database. This book provides the most current Payton family information with numerous updates since 2004, additional family members and source information that was not included in the POVII book. You will find 11 generations of Northeast Paytons, 1,310 families, 870 different Surnames and 3,798 individuals with the large majority of them being direct descendants of William Payton, Jr. The Paytons/Peytons started out in Northeast Georgia poor like so many of their fellow constituents during that time. William Payton and his sons settled on 300 acres of third quality land, which was not conducive to farming at all. The Payton's hunted and fished for a living, while two sons of Cornelius; Richard and Isaac Newton Payton were carpenters and probably built log cabins or made furniture. The Payton's had no slaves, very few farm animals, a one room log cabin that they built themselves, no schools and they couldn't read or write. The also had to contend with, and were often friendly with the Cherokee Indians. As you can imagine they faced many hardships. The Payton family income was not enough to financially support themselves, because they had to eventually sell their properties in order to pay off their debts - this was a repeat of what happened in Amherst Co., VA at the close of the RW. Today, the descendants of William Payton have come a long way and enjoy a much better life in comparison to 200+ years ago.Note: The picture on the book cover is the Broad River looking north where William and Cornelius Payton lived.