Thomas Fenwick Drayton General / Emma Catherine Pope

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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
         Name: Thomas Fenwick Drayton GeneralMale Note
         Born: 24 Aug 18081808-8-24 at South CarolinaSouth Carolina
      Married: 28 Feb 18381838-2-28
         Died: 18 Feb 18911891-2-18 at Florence, South CarolinaFlorence, South Carolina
       Father: William Drayton
       Mother: Anna Gadsden

WIFE
         Name: Emma Catherine Pope
         Born: Abt 1810
         Died: 6 Aug 1854





CHILDREN





NOTES

1). DRAYTON, Thomas Fenwick Cousin of Charles Drayton and o f John Drayton , Senator from Parish of St. Luke. Born August 24 1808, probably at Charleston, the so n of William Drayton and Ann Gadsden. Graduated from U. S . Military Academy, 1828 brevet Second lieutenant and seco nd lieutenant of infantry. Served at Jefferson Barracks, Mo ., and Newport, Ky. assigned in 1832 to topographical duty resigned from U. S. Army August 15, 1836. Planter of Rep haim plantation, Bluffton. Married Catherine Emma Pope Feb ruary 28, 1838. Acquired a Plantation in St. Luke s Parish in 1838. planted until 1861. In S. C. Militia, capta in, 1842 47 state board of ordnance 1851 52. Elected Presi dent of Charleston and Savannah Railroad, 1853 61. S.C. Senate, St Luke s, 1853 56. Brigadier general , Confederate States Army, 1861 65 to take up civil enginee ring in which he engaged in Charleston, S.C., Louisville, K y., and Cincinnati, Ohio.,He also carried on an extensive c otton plantation in St. Luke s parish, S.C., from 1838 to 1 861. He served as state senator 1853 56, and as president o f the Charleston & Savannah railroad, 1853 61. He then ente red the Confederate service and as brigadier general comman ded the forces that occupied Hilton Head, S.C., at the tim e of the attack and capture of that place by the expeditio n under Sherman and Da Pont and in which attack his brothe r Percival commanded the U.S. steamer Pocahontas. He contin ued in the Confederate service until the surrender when h e engaged in planting in Dooly County, Georgia. He subseque ntly removed to Florence, S.C., and in 1878 became presiden t of the South Carolina immigrant association. He died in F lorence, S.C., Feb. 18, 1891. Removed to Ga., in 1865, plan ter. Removed to Charlotte, agent of Southern Life Insuranc e Company, 1871. President of S.C. Immigrant Society, 1878 . Died February 18, 1891, at Florence buried in Elmwood Ce metery, Charlotte, N.C.

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