Peyton Townes and Muriel Pearce Family History

Amanda Nutt was Peyton's great grandmother through his mother Louise.. The story of her ancestors is in the letter below from Henry Nutt to his nephew.

John Nutt
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  - John Nutt (b. 1723, d. 9 Aug 1810)
    - Martha Wright (d. 7 Oct 1804)
      - William Nutt (b. 1760, d. 20 May 1812)
        Ann Roberts (m. 10 Mar 1803, d. 25 Sep 1821)
        John Nutt (b. 1805)
        Henry Nutt (b. 23 Jun 1808, d. 18 Dec 1881)
        Louisa Frink (b. 25 Jun 1810, m. 24 Feb 1830, d. 20 Jan 1889)
        Samuel Frink Nutt (b. 25 Jan 1833, d. 20 Jan 1889)
        Elizabeth Nutt (b. 3 Oct 1835, d. 11 Dec 1840)
        Amanda McKay Nutt (b. 5 Oct 1837, d. 9 May 1890)
        Oscar Grant Parsley, Jr (b. 28 Oct 1835, m. 14 Feb 1859, d. 20 Dec 1895)
        Oscar Grant Parsley (b. 16 Feb 1860, d. 30 Jul 1940)
        Louise (Lula) Nutt Parsley (b. 20 Mar 1862, d. 18 Feb 1944)
        Walter Rutland (b. Mar 1856, m. 6 Jun 1885, d. 5 Mar 1936)
        Mary Amanda Rutland (b. Nov 1888, d. Jun 1973)
        Theodore M Casterline (b. Jan 1888, d. 9 Feb 1951)
        Nancy Casterline (b. 1923, d. 2011)
        James Hagan
        Theodore Martin Casterline, Jr. (b. 1925)
        Pearl Merrick
        Louise Rutland (b. 6 Feb 1891, d. 25 May 1970)
        William Armistead Townes (b. 28 Jul 1870, m. 12 Jun 1918, d. 10 Nov 1942)
        Halle Rutland Townes (b. 29 Feb 1920, d. 26 May 2008)
        Catesby ap Catesby Jones (b. 17 Jul 1919, d. 5 Feb 2005)
        Peyton Giles Townes (b. 2 May 1921, d. 8 Jun 1985)
        Muriel Acree Pearce (b. 14 Apr 1926, m. 21 Sep 1946, d. 14 Oct 2007)
        Private Townes
        Alan Richardson Townes (b. 6 Mar 1954, d. 14 Mar 2015)
        Francis Gwynn Townes (b. 17 Jan 1928, d. 2016)
        Hallie Nutt Rutland (b. 1894)
        Armand DeRosset Harris (b. 9 Feb 1893, m. 13 Feb 1915, d. 12 Dec 1924)
        Louise Harris (b. 1917)
        Armand Harris, Jr. (b. abt 1918)
        Lois McPhaetrus
        Walter Rutland Harris (b. 13 Apr 1921, d. 17 Dec 1993)
        John Walter Rutland (b. 24 Nov 1896, d. 27 Feb 1970)
        Jane Williams Harwell (b. 9 Jan 1897, d. 18 Mar 1991)
        William Murdoch Parsley (b. 21 May 1865, d. 25 Apr 1899)
        Mary Dickson McLaurin (b. 1 Aug 1864, m. 25 Jun 1889, d. 11 Oct 1930)
        Henry Nutt Parsley (b. 20 Nov 1869, d. 16 Feb 1910)
        Margaretta Gilbert McNeill (b. 23 Jan 1876, m. 20 Nov 1902, d. 14 Oct 1948)
        Robert Aubrey Parsley (b. 2 Jan 1874, d. Apr 1944)
        Elizabeth MacRae Payne (b. 5 Sep 1879, m. 6 Dec 1906, d. 21 May 1968)
        Mary Louisa Nutt (b. 13 May 1840, d. 2 May 1924)
        Thomas Harvey Blount (b. 21 Apr 1837, d. 9 Oct 1910)
        Eliza Hall Nutt (b. 13 Aug 1842, d. 11 Jun 1920)
        William Murdoch Parsley (b. 7 Oct 1840, m. 2 Sep 1862, d. 6 Apr 1865)
        Amanda Parsley
        Janie Parsley
        Ann Roberts "Roberta" "Robbie" ("Roberta") Nutt (b. 22 Sep 1844, d. 27 May 1899)
        Gen. Mathew Page Taylor, Sr. (b. 24 Jul 1827, d. 19 Sep 1903)
        Mathew Page Taylor, Jr. (b. 1870)
        George Patterson Taylor, Sr. (b. 1872, d. 5 Nov 1953)
        Robin Taylor (b. 1878, d. 6 Nov 1907)
        Sarah Ann Scott Nutt (b. 20 Mar 1812)