Came to Texas in 1830. Delegate to the second convention held at San Felipe in 1833. Commanded a company capturing Bexar in 1835. Member of House of Representatives from Jackson county. Commanded a company of volunteers in 1836.
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SUTHERLAND. George Sutherland came to Texas in 1830 from near Tuscambia or Decatur, Alabama and settled on the Navidad River in Jackson Municipality. Although his activities centered in the Austin Colony and primarily in current JacksonCo, he interacted significantly with the DeWitt Colony region and may have lived or owned land there at one time. Sutherland came with the families of Thomas and William Menefee, Capt. William J.E. Heard and Thomas Reed. He was the son of John Sutherland born in Virginia in 1787 or 1788. His wife was Frances (Fanny) Menefee, sister of Thomas and William Menefee, the latter of whom was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. George Sutherland's brother, Dr. John Sutherland, joined him later in 1835. Dr. John Sutherland administered to the sick in the Alamo garrison, lived for a time with the Almeron Dickinson family in San Antonio and served as a scout and courier as the Alamo was besieged. George and Frances Sutherland's son, William DePriest Sutherland was a member of the Alamo garrison and died there 6 Mar 1836. George Sutherland was early a leader and representative of local committees in the resistance to the centralistas. He was a delegate to the Consultations of 1832, 1833 and 1835, but did not attend the latter because of activities in the field. He was a veteran of San Jacinto serving in Capt. Moseley Baker's Infantry D Company, 1st Volunteer Regiment, served in Congresses of the Republic and participated in the campaigns against the Vasquez and Woll invasions in 1842. Sutherland was a farmer and also had a mercantile business at Santa Anna, later renamed Texana, in current JacksonCo. He died in JacksonCo in 1855. Information provided with permission from SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
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SUTHERLAND. George Sutherland came to Texas in 1830 from near Tuscambia or Decatur, Alabama and settled on the Navidad River in Jackson Municipality. Although his activities centered in the Austin Colony and primarily in current JacksonCo, he interacted significantly with the DeWitt Colony region and may have lived or owned land there at one time. Sutherland came with the families of Thomas and William Menefee, Capt. William J.E. Heard and Thomas Reed. He was the son of John Sutherland born in Virginia in 1787 or 1788. His wife was Frances (Fanny) Menefee, sister of Thomas and William Menefee, the latter of whom was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. George Sutherland's brother, Dr. John Sutherland, joined him later in 1835. Dr. John Sutherland administered to the sick in the Alamo garrison, lived for a time with the Almeron Dickinson family in San Antonio and served as a scout and courier as the Alamo was besieged. George and Frances Sutherland's son, William DePriest Sutherland was a member of the Alamo garrison and died there 6 Mar 1836. George Sutherland was early a leader and representative of local committees in the resistance to the centralistas. He was a delegate to the Consultations of 1832, 1833 and 1835, but did not attend the latter because of activities in the field. He was a veteran of San Jacinto serving in Capt. Moseley Baker's Infantry D Company, 1st Volunteer Regiment, served in Congresses of the Republic and participated in the campaigns against the Vasquez and Woll invasions in 1842. Sutherland was a farmer and also had a mercantile business at Santa Anna, later renamed Texana, in current JacksonCo. He died in JacksonCo in 1855. Information provided with permission from SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
Came to Texas in 1830. Delegate to the second convention held at San Felipe in 1833. Commanded a company capturing Bexar in 1835. Member of House of Representatives from Jackson county. Commanded a company of volunteers in 1836.
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SUTHERLAND. George Sutherland came to Texas in 1830 from near Tuscambia or Decatur, Alabama and settled on the Navidad River in Jackson Municipality. Although his activities centered in the Austin Colony and primarily in current JacksonCo, he interacted significantly with the DeWitt Colony region and may have lived or owned land there at one time. Sutherland came with the families of Thomas and William Menefee, Capt. William J.E. Heard and Thomas Reed. He was the son of John Sutherland born in Virginia in 1787 or 1788. His wife was Frances (Fanny) Menefee, sister of Thomas and William Menefee, the latter of whom was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. George Sutherland's brother, Dr. John Sutherland, joined him later in 1835. Dr. John Sutherland administered to the sick in the Alamo garrison, lived for a time with the Almeron Dickinson family in San Antonio and served as a scout and courier as the Alamo was besieged. George and Frances Sutherland's son, William DePriest Sutherland was a member of the Alamo garrison and died there 6 Mar 1836. George Sutherland was early a leader and representative of local committees in the resistance to the centralistas. He was a delegate to the Consultations of 1832, 1833 and 1835, but did not attend the latter because of activities in the field. He was a veteran of San Jacinto serving in Capt. Moseley Baker's Infantry D Company, 1st Volunteer Regiment, served in Congresses of the Republic and participated in the campaigns against the Vasquez and Woll invasions in 1842. Sutherland was a farmer and also had a mercantile business at Santa Anna, later renamed Texana, in current JacksonCo. He died in JacksonCo in 1855. Information provided with permission from SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
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SUTHERLAND. George Sutherland came to Texas in 1830 from near Tuscambia or Decatur, Alabama and settled on the Navidad River in Jackson Municipality. Although his activities centered in the Austin Colony and primarily in current JacksonCo, he interacted significantly with the DeWitt Colony region and may have lived or owned land there at one time. Sutherland came with the families of Thomas and William Menefee, Capt. William J.E. Heard and Thomas Reed. He was the son of John Sutherland born in Virginia in 1787 or 1788. His wife was Frances (Fanny) Menefee, sister of Thomas and William Menefee, the latter of whom was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. George Sutherland's brother, Dr. John Sutherland, joined him later in 1835. Dr. John Sutherland administered to the sick in the Alamo garrison, lived for a time with the Almeron Dickinson family in San Antonio and served as a scout and courier as the Alamo was besieged. George and Frances Sutherland's son, William DePriest Sutherland was a member of the Alamo garrison and died there 6 Mar 1836. George Sutherland was early a leader and representative of local committees in the resistance to the centralistas. He was a delegate to the Consultations of 1832, 1833 and 1835, but did not attend the latter because of activities in the field. He was a veteran of San Jacinto serving in Capt. Moseley Baker's Infantry D Company, 1st Volunteer Regiment, served in Congresses of the Republic and participated in the campaigns against the Vasquez and Woll invasions in 1842. Sutherland was a farmer and also had a mercantile business at Santa Anna, later renamed Texana, in current JacksonCo. He died in JacksonCo in 1855. Information provided with permission from SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
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