Peter Noland (abt. 1786 - 1897)

Born about 1786 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

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Descendants

Died 17 Aug 1897 at about age 111 in Haywood, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Peter Noland lived in Appalachia, in North Carolina.

Peter, son of Henry Noland and Isabel Milner,^[1] was born about 1786 in North Carolina.^[2]

Peter is believed to have married Frances Bryant.^[1] The 1850 census includes 63-year-old "F. Noland" (the census notes that she cannot read or write).^[2]

Research Notes

Two generations conflated? As of 24 October 2022, Peter's profile shows he lived to be over 100 years old (born 1786 and died 1897), with birth years on the profiles attached as children spanning 1806 to 1827.

Peter Noland died in 1897.^{[citation needed]}

Profiles for two daughters named Nancy are attached as of 24 October 2022. One, Noland-448, married Matthew Russell, and the 1860 census shows a Matthew Russell and Nancy in the same household (see her profile). The other, Noland-440, married John Price.

From Milesian Mountaineers, page 141:^[1]

"Peter and Frances Noland had at least seven known children; three daughters and four sons. Matilda Noland, Peter's eldest daughter, married Powers Rogers in 1837. Nancy Noland married John Price and Huldah Noland married Carson Clark. Both marriages occurred in 1854.[19]

[19] Allen, The Annals of Haywood County, page 380; also "Haywood County North Carolina Marriage Bonds".

Note that information from Haywood County marriage records on pages 301 and 302 of Milesian Mountaineers has "Huldy Noland married Carson Clark" on 28 August 1854 and "Nancy Noland married John Price" on 31 December 1856. The records include two Matilda Nolands, about a generation apart - "Matilda Noland married Nicholas P. Rogers" on 5 May 1835 and "Matilda Noland married Wilson Brown" on 26 May 1856.^[1]

Son John: "J Noland" in the 1850 census is age 20 (and Peter is 64).^[2] Peter and Frances, according to the 1850 census, were 64 and 63, respectively. Peter's entry was not marked to indicate that he could not read or write while Frances's was. The 1860 census that has John (27) head of household with Peter, age 70, and Frances, age 69, noting that neither Peter nor Frances notes that neither ages, the 70-year-old Peter cannot read or write. In 1850, he could (and can again in 1870).^[2][3][4] Or maybe the 1860 census taker got confused on ages and abilities?

Children

The 1850 census uses initials and does not indicate relationships. The household of Peter Noland (64), includes the following people - all born in North Carolina (including Peter). J. Lynn Noland puts names to the initials and discusses relationships in Milesian Mountaineers, noting that his oldest sons - Lewis^[5] and Willis - had already established their own households with large families of their own, quite near their father (as indicated by the 1850 census).^[1] Matilda Noland, daughter of Peter, married Nicholas P. Rogers in 1837 (license issued 3 March).^[6]

• F Noland, F (63) - wife Francis Noland
• B Noland, M (27) - son Robert Burton Noland
• H Noland, F (21) - daughter Huldah Noland
• J Noland, M (20) - son John Noland
• Mary Fish (27)
• James Allen (14)
• Lucinda Millender (44) - probably daughter of Samuel and Patsy (Nolen) Millender, with Patsy his sister or cousin.^[7] The maiden name of Peter's mother, Isabel, is given as Milner - or sometimes "Millender".

Fish Connection(s)

The Mary Fish (27) in Peter's 1860 household is possibly the same Mary Fish who is 15 in the 1850 household of Arba and Sarah Fish,^[8] except that it is more likely that the Mary (22) in Arba's 1860 household^[9] is the same Mary as was 15 in 1850, despite the age discrepancy.

"Arbin Fish" - in WikiTree, Arbin Fish (abt.1814-), born in Burke, North Carolina, is the husband of Sarah Noland (as of 25 October 2022). Sources on his profile include census records for Tennessee.

Trying to pin down the Mary Fish who is in Peter Noland's 1860 household, age 27, has found no strong contenders, but has led me to believe confirmation is needed that all children in the household are sons/daughters of the head of household in the 1850 and 1860 census records. While the death certificate for John L. Fish (born c1840, died 1914) would seem to indicate that his father Harbin Fish (per the certificate) was a different man than the Arba Fish of the census records, with wife Sarah/Sary. The profile for "Arbin" Fish (Fish-5890) has sources to support that he is the father of John L. Fish and also the husband of Sarah Noland. ~ Observations by Liz Shifflett, 25 October 2022

The parents of John L. Fish were - according to his 1914 death certificate, which gives his birth year as 1840 - Harbin Fish, born in McDowell County, and Harriett Elizabeth Noland, born in Haywood County.^[10] However, J. Lynn Noland's Milesian Mountaineers has Harriett Elizabeth Noland, daughter of Lewis Noland as the wife of John L. Fish. Lewis, born 1820, is the older brother of Sarah.^[11] Additional records for these folks would be helpful.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} J. Lynn Noland, Esq. Milesian Mountaineers, Chapter 11, "The Peter Noland Family" (beginning on page 139; children listed, referencing the 1850 census for all but the oldest two, on page 142; Millenders discussed on page 141.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} 1850 US Census for Haywood County, North Carolina. Image accessed 24 October 2022.
   • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BZ-979 : 24 December 2020), Peter Noland, Haywood County, North Carolina, United States; NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860" for 37th Division, Haywood, North Carolina, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6Z-8XS : 18 February 2021), Peter Noland in entry for John Naland, 1860. Image of 1860 US Census with John (27) and Peter (70).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870" for Fines Creek, Haywood, North Carolina, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW87-ZXS : 29 May 2021), Peter Noland in entry for Robert Noland, 1870. Image (accessed 24 Octoer 2022).
5. ↑ Lewis is 47 (and Nancy 36) in the 1860 census for 37th District (the same film with John [27] and Peter [70]). Image 51 of 141, lines 25-34 (accessed 24 October 2022).
6. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9G-2K4J : 9 March 2021), Peter Noland in entry for Nicholas P Rogers and Matilda Noland, 3 Mar 1837; citing Haywood, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm. Image 740 of 960 (accessed 24 October 2022).
7. ↑ The family chart on pages 136-137 in Milesian Mountaineers shows the children of Peter Noland and Ann Wilcoxen to include Pierce Noland (father, among others, of William Reddy Noland who married Judith Allen on 25 July 1806) and Henry Noland, father to Peter, Sarah Elizabeth Noland (m Evan Hannah in 1829), and William Noland who married Frances Russell in 1828. H.P. Noland's annotations point out the 17-year gap between the birth of Peter, given as 1786, and William, in 1803.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BZ-T7T : 24 December 2020), Sarah Fish in household of Arba Fish, McDowell, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6Z-ZP4 : 18 February 2021), Lary [Sary] Fish in entry for Arba Fish, 1860.
10. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F36B-YJR : 20 February 2021), Harriet Elizabeth Noland in entry for John L. Fish, 15 Jun 1914; citing Clyde, Haywood, North Carolina, reference 212, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,877,779.
11. ↑ Noland, Milesian Mountaineers. Harriet is listed on page 182, in the section for Lewis Noland in Peter Noland's family chart; Peter's chart begins on page 159 & Lewis is on page 160.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2V-CYW : accessed 27 September 2021), Peter Noland, Wilkesborough, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 879, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 43; FHL microfilm 337,916.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q285-TC7J : 9 March 2021), Peter in entry for Nicholas P Rogers and Matilda Noland, 03 Mar 1837; citing Haywood, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 418,147.
• J. Lynn Noland, Esq. Milesian Mountaineers (1986), in the library of Noland researcher Liz (Noland) Shifflett, with annotations and corrections by Henry Peyton Noland (1924-2015). For example, HPN noted that Peter's wife is called Elizabeth in one section & Frances elsewhere. J. Lynn notes that a record of Peter's marriage has not been found.

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