The Search for Ancestry of THOMAS FLETCHER of Pittsylvania County, Virginia who was born circa 1762 and died Dec. 28,1838
By Nadine Curb Christall
We do not know the parentage of Thomas Fletcher. We know that he served the Revolution from Pittsylvania Co.,VA and afterwards married the daughter of Joseph Farris, KEZIA, in 1792. We know that Thomas Fletcher lost his wife in 1815, went to court and was given guardianship of his children, who were named, and we know that the next December in 1816 he remarried to Susannah Bayes. We know from records of deeds that he sold and bought land in Pittsylvania/Halifax Virginia and that he died with a will again naming his children and his grandchildren by his then deceased son, JOHN FLETCHER and his deceased daughter Mary. We know that his 2nd wife Susannah Fletcher filed for his final pension payment, stating his death dated and "he lived 26 years in Halifax and prior to that in Pittsylvania"
What we do not know is where he was prior to the Revolutionary War, or if he was born to the Pittsylvania Va area. We know in the 1950's that my cousin, Judy Jaco Rees, mislead the evidence on application to the DAR to show relationship of our grandfather, Joseph W. Fletcher, to be of the line of William Fletcher of Accomack Va, and that she changed the bible records and produced papers of McCall which could not be found again by other researchers. And we know that the only known descendant of Wm. of Accomack did a DNA study which shows a 30 generation distance to common ancestor descendant of Thomas Fletcher thru grandson, Joseph W. Fletcher. We know we have a 67/67 match in DNA to James Fletcher who died 1733 and married Mary Atkins of Prince George, descendant. 1749 24thFeb: "JOHN FLETCHER and co.,400 acres Aarons Creek" source: "Footprints from Survey Books of Halifax & Pittsylvania " 1767 Aug CourTChurchwardens of Antrim Parish, Plts,vs MARY

FLETCHER, defendant in debt For reasons appearng, suit dismissed" source: Halifax County,Virginia Court Orders Plea Book No 5,Part 2
July Court 1770 "JAMES FLETCHERJPlaintiff, against Edward Young, Defendant, in debt." Sourch Halifax County Plea Book No 6
1790 June 18 "Please to grant a licence to THOMAS FLETCHER to marry my daughter, Keziah Farris, given unto my hand and seal this 18th day of January 1790 JOSEPH FARRIS,SR" source: Pittsylvania Co.,Virginia marriage records
December 25, 1797 " 1787 debits include mention of: Robert Williams, Henry Pitiller, John Wimbish, Mr Chaneller, Quinn Morton,... JO. FLETCHER, Capt Scott, Berriman Green Commissioner for tax..."   Source:Halifax Co.,Virginia Wills
We know two important facts: Pittsylvania County,Virginia had 2 Thomas Fletchers living there prior ot 1800 who were not related. Our THOMAS FLETCHER born 1762 who married into the Farris family is fairly well documented from the time of his revolutionary service thru his death due largely to the fact that his father in law was Joseph Farris Sr, a large land holder along Allen Creek.
The other, THOMAS A. FLETCHER, served the Revolution from Pittsylvania Co.,Virginia as well. And he was a home owner there, as per his pension application in 1832 he states two terms of service in the Revolution and two separate discharges which were lost when his home burned out in Pittsylvania Virginia. This Thomas A. Fletcher was b. circa 1745 and lived to be 94 dying in the home of Elizabeth Fletcher Smith and husband Anthony Smith in Hawkins Co.,TN. He had filed his pension papers in 1832 at Scott County,Virginia. This Thomas A. Fletcher also had a son named in his will as JOHN P. FLETCFDER and sometimes just John Fletcher (as in his will). The DNA of the only descendant I know of, MATT FLETCHER matches 67/67 as that of William Fletcher line of Fauquir Virginia.... which if memory serves, this THOMAS A. FLETCHER stated in 1832 that he had brothers William Fletcher and Benjamin Fletcher whom he served with in the Revolution. Not our line, but a lot of work went into researching this line by both myself and LINDA FLETCHER WRIGHT, so that using a papear trail, we could isolate this Thomas A. Fletcher from our family.
Nadine Christall