Rev. George PAINTER

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George Painter (Jody's 2nd Great Grandfather) was a Doctor of Divinity and preached near Pulaski, VA. He founded Draper's Valley Presbyterian Church. Rev. George Painter was the pioneer of Presbyterianism in the counties of Pulaski, Wythe, Washington, and Smyth.

George was the third child of Mathias and Mary Painter (the first two died childless). He was a graduate of Greenville - Tennessee and took his course in theology at Maryville - Tennessee under Doctor Isaac Anderson. His education ended in college and seminary in 1824 and he entered at once upon his ministry in the County of Wythe---and until failing health in 1856 compelled him to give it up, his whole ministerial life was spent in the Wytherville and Anchor of Hope Churches in Wythe County and the Drapers Valley and New Dublin Churches in Pulaski County. During the whole of this time he taught school as well as preached; and was a successful farmer as well. As soon as his school days ended, on June 15th 1824, he was married near Greenville, Tenn. to Jane Berry Temple who bore him nine sons and one daughter, and proved to be a most worthy "Help _____ for him".3

OGLESBY: Located in the extreme east end of the county, and 1 1/2 miles south of Lee Highway, it is in a lovely location on a hill sloping to the southeast overlooking a stream. It contains an acre or more of ground land; is enclosed with a good wire fence, and contains some of the largest and loveliest Book Woods I have ever seen. Judging from their size and the age of the cemetery, some of them must be over 150 years old. There are also a number of nice Cedars here to. The cemetery is not all grown up with briars and brush like so many of them are, but it contains an unusualy number of sunken graves and grave markers that are down. A number of these markers are broken, and others the inscriptions has just about faded out so you cannot make it out. The family names found buried here are: Oglesby, Crockett, Ewing, McGavock, Bratton, Lawson, Harvey, Dalton, Snavely, Griend, Gilmer, Chinalt, Painter, Gregory, Reynolds, Hodge, Farrell, Quesenberry, and Smith. Several of the older rocks found here are;

C72---???????, d. 1816 C72---D., S. C., d. Aug., 1825 C72---PAINTER, Rev. George, Feb. 11, 1795, Feb. 20, 1863 C72---SAYERS, Ester Thompson Crockett, stone not found C72---SAYERS, Jane C., Feb. 8, 1798, Aug. 31, 1805 C72---SAYERS, Susanna,Sep. 26, _____, Oct. 15, 182_ C72---SAYERS, William, Dec. 20, 1791, Feb. 13, 1815

The cemetery contains a number of the old rock that coves the graves, but on these older ones, the dates coould not be made out. Mrs. Ester Thompson Crockett who later married a Sayers is supposed to be buried here but if her grave is marked, I could not find it. ¹

George married Jane Berry TEMPLE, daughter of Josiah TEMPLE and Isabelle FAIN, on 15 Jun 1824 in Maryville, Washington, TN. (Jane Berry TEMPLE was born on 12 Jan 1804 in Virginia, USA, died on 17 Jul 1862 in Virginia, USA and was buried in Draper Valley, Presbyterian Cem, VA.)