John Goldsmith Sr. Fletcher

1792 - 1879  (86 years)

• Name	John Goldsmith Sr. Fletcher
  Birth	17 Aug 1792	Russell County, VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Mar 1879	Rose Hill, White Shoals, Lee County, VA, Buried Fletcher Cemetery in White Shoals Area (See Note)
  Person ID	I02506	SmighHarrell2024Feb
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	George Fletcher,   b. ABT. 1766, Montgomery County, VA
  Mother	Eleanor Unknown
  Marriage	1776	Montgomery County, VA
  Family ID	F01057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Rebecca Elizabeth "Polly" Randolph,   b. 16 Apr 1799, Surry County, NC d. 14 Aug 1893, Rose Hill, Lee County, VA, Buried Fletcher Cemetery (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1811	Jonesville, Lee County, VA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Fletcher,   b. 3 Sep 1812, Lee County, VA d. 1879 (Age 66 years)   2. David Fletcher,   b. 16 Apr 1815, Lee County, VA d. 1900 (Age 84 years)   3. William Fletcher,   b. 23 Mar 1817, Lee County, VA d. 1883 (Age 65 years)   4. George R. Fletcher,   b. 22 Mar 1819, Fletcher's Ford, Lee County, VA d. 5 Sep 1913, Denton County, TX (Age 94 years)   5. Martha Louisa "Patsy" Fletcher,   b. 12 Jun 1821, Lee County, VA d. 31 Aug 1887, Lee County, VA (Age 66 years)   6. Frances Fletcher,   b. 2 Jan 1823, Lee County, VA d. 1881 (Age 57 years)   7. Lovill Caroline "Lovey" Fletcher,   b. 28 Nov 1824, Fletcher Ford, Lee County, VA d. 7 Nov 1861, Jonesville, Lee County, VA, Buried DeBusk Family Cenetery (Age 36 years)   8. John Goldsmith Jr. Fletcher,   b. 28 Mar 1827, Fletcher's Ford, Lee County, VA d. 4 Mar 1924, Leesburg, Loudoun County, VA (Age 96 years)   9. Susan Fletcher,   b. 6 Sep 1829, Lee County, VA d. 1900 (Age 70 years)   10. Jane Randolph Fletcher,   b. 28 Jun 1832, Sangamon County, IL d. 21 Jan 1922, Hancock County, TN (Age 89 years)   11. Willoughby Randolph Fletcher,   b. 28 Nov 1833   d. 27 Apr 1926, Brinkman, OK (Age 92 years)   12. Jesse T. Fletcher,   b. 28 Dec 1835, Lee County, VA d. 8 Mar 1919, Brown County, KS (Age 83 years)   13. Sarah Ann "Sally" Fletcher,   b. 6 Feb 1838, Lee County, VA d. Lee County, VA   14. Jackson VanBuren Fletcher,   b. 13 May 1840, Lee County, VA d. 1899 (Age 58 years)   15. James Bishop Fletcher,   b. 17 Jun 1842, Lee County, VA d. 13 Apr 1934, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ (Age 91 years)   16. Eleanor N. "Ellen" Fletcher,   b. 26 Jul 1845, Lee County, VA d. 10 Aug 1927, Mulberry Gap, Hancock County, TN (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F00134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  John G. Fletcher was a stonemason, carpenter and farmer, he made fine handmade furniture. Peter Fulkerson, Sr., bequeathed two bedsteads made for him by John Fletcher to his two daughters. In 1828, John G. Fletcher built a chimney to the courthouse (OBK 4-175). John Fletcher lived in Lee County except for a short time when he moved to Illinois with a group of Lee County Virginia citizens in the fall of 1830. Among this group were the Randolphs. John Fletcher, along with others, became dissatisfied after the hardships suffered during the first winter of 1830-31 from lack of adequate housing and other facilities and returned to Lee County, Virginia where again they established homes. All of John & Mary's children were born in Lee County, Virginia, except Jane who was born in Illinois. Source: Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties, Vol. II, by Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, 1977. --- Originally was Fletcher cemetery but changed to Bartley cemetery by Jane Randolph Fletcher and husband John Bartley and here are directions how to get there: From the East go a half mile east on US-58 past Rose Hill, VA and then turn right onto State Road- 667 for about 5 and a half miles then turn right onto State Road-661 for a little more than a mile and then turn left onto State Road 678 for about one and quarter of a mile along rough terrain to the cemetery to near the Fletcher Ford on the Powell river. There is a house before you come to the cemetery. Cemetery sits on a hill on private property with a fence around it. (We visited it May, 2007. HB) The origin of the cemetery is believed to have been when a drowning victim was found in Powell river nearby and buried there. Some names in cemetery: Amanda Bartley Johial Bartley Freddie Bartley (6 days old) Georgie Bartley (12 years old) Jane Randolph Fletcher John Bartley Frances Bartley John G. Fletcher Sr. Mary Polly Randolph Fletcher Source: John Owen 1850 Census pg 395 Fletcher, John 57 VA 1793 Mary 52 NC 1798 Jane 19 IL 1831 William 17 VA 1833 Jesse 15 1835 Sarah 13 1837 Jackson V 10 1840 James 6 1844 Eleanor 5 1845 1860 Census Lee Co, VA pg 812 Fletcher, John G 68 Lee VA 1792 Mary 61 (all Lee, VA) 1799 Sarah 21 1839 Vanburen 20 1840 James B 17 1843 Elenaor 14 1846 John Goldsmith Fletcher BIRTH 17 Aug 1792 DEATH 4 Mar 1879 (aged 86) Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia, USA BURIAL Bartley-Fletcher-Jones Cemetery Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia, USA PLOT Fletcher Ford Cemetery plots MEMORIAL ID 68109839 ? View Source Married Mary Rebecca E. "Polly" Randolph Family members: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68109839/john-goldsmith-fletcher