Gen. Matthew Fontaine De Graffenried, of Perry Grove (Planter)

1797 - 1869  (72 years)

• Name	Matthew Fontaine De Graffenried  [1]
  Title	Gen.
  Suffix	of Perry Grove (Planter)
  Born	1797	Franklin, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1869	Franklin, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I23927	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2025

  
  

  Family	Penelope C. Stewart,   b. Abt 1798, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1838, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA  (Age 40 years)
  Married	29 Nov 1820	Wikinson, Mississippi, USA   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Capt. Matthew Fontaine De Graffenried,   b. 4 Jan 1832, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 5 Feb 1908, Eddyville, Kentucky, USA  (Age 76 years)  [natural]   2. Mary Ann De Graffenried,   b. 30 Oct 1826, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1896, Carmack, Lyon County, Kentucky, USA  (Age 69 years)  [natural]   3. Tignal Duncan De Graffenried,   b. Dec 1835, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 1901, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA  (Age 65 years)  [natural]   4. A. M. De Graffenried,   b. 20 Aug 1838, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 23 Sep 1838, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   5. N. E. De Graffenried,   b. 19 Oct 1836, Tennessee, USA ,   d. May 1839, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA  (Age 2 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2025
  Family ID	F8184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  General Matthew Fontaine DeGraffenreid served under General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. Matthew married first Penelope Stewart, second marriage to Margaret "Peggy" Smith McLemore. Three children by first marriage were Mary Ann, Matthew Fontaine and Tignal Duncan. In 1800 Matthew owned 330 acres of land in Big Harpeth. The Sullivan Farms of today are on some of Matthew's original farmland on the Lewisburg Pike that he purchased from Lemuel Donelson in Williamson County. Matthew's parents are Metcalf DeGraffenreid and Mary Ann Maury DeGraffenreid. ---------- "General Matthew Fontaine DeGraffenried SR 1797-1869 BIRTH 1797 • Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA DEATH 1869 • Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA Great-great grandson of Christopher von Graffenried, founder of New Bern, NC. He was the fifth child of Metcalf and Mary Maury deGraffenried, served with distinction in the War of 1812, under General Jackson. He lived for a time in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, was in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1830-1831 (represented Wilkinson County in the 12th , 13th , 14th , and 15th Mississippi legislatures ). Moved to to the place of his birth, Williamson County, Tennessee no earlier than 1841, but was definitely there by at least 1846. He was wealthy. First Marriage: Married, first a gentlewoman of great refinement, and said to have been very wealthy, Miss Penelope Stewart of Mississippi, b 1800-d 1838. She was daughter of Charles Stewart. The marriage took place 29 Nov 1820in Wilkinson, Mississippi, United States. By this marriage, he had at least thirteen children, of whom only the following three lived to maturity. https://vongraffenried.wordpress.com/metcalf-degraffenried-matthew-fontaine-de-graffenried-sr-1797/

  
  

• Sources

  [S1724] Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). [S1724] Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). https://gw.geneanet.org/madddawg?n=stuart&oc=&p=penelope