Granville Lafayette Pierce (November 18, 1835 – October 2, 1882) was a slave trader and stock trader in Nashville, Tennessee. Pierce was born in Tennessee on November 18, 1835, to Isaac Pierce III and Mary Lyles. The Pierces traveled from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Sumner County, Tennessee, .Genealogy of George Washington Peairs, his forebears and descendants, : from Pennsylvania to Tennessee on to Missouri by Helen Ruth Renner
During the Civil War, Pierce fought with the 7th Tennessee Infantry, but was given sick furlough on September 9, 1861, and reported deserted on December 14.The 7th Tennessee Infantry in the Civil War: A History and Roster by William Thomas Venner He married Nancy, the daughter of slave trader Robert J. Lyles, in Sumner County, Tennessee on November 25, 1863."Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDQG-YQD : 16 March 2020), G. L. Pierce, 1863. He was the administrator of Lyles' estate. Pierce's son-in-law was Samuel W. Meek, assistant treasurer for the New York Times.
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