John McNutt AKA "Scotch Johnny," was believed to have been born in Ulster, Northern Ireland and emigrated from County Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland. He was the third son of Alexander McNutt, Sr. and Sarah or Jane and had siblings Alexander, Jr., William, Robert (see Robert's son James Robert McNutt) and Ens James McNutt. In about 1743, his father had arrived in then Orange County, VA. His son John had settled there in about 1745.* This same land later became Augusta and then Rockbridge County. His father would die in 1753 in Orange Co., according to Augusta Co. land transactions to his sons Alexander and James.
John married Katherine Rebecca Anderson, the daughter of Robert Anderson of Killagorwen, County Donegal, Ireland, without his consent, on the ride across the pond (see his wife's bio). John died defending our country in our Revolutionary War, in the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, along with his son Robert McNutt and son in law, Jno McCorkle, who also died in the same battle.
They had 10 known McNutt children: Joseph, Rebecca Anderson, ALEXANDER, Margaret, Benjamin, Robert, John Jr., William, Isaac and Elizabeth.
An article in the 29 Feb 1888 issue of the Staunton Spectator about this McNutt family and his uncle Alexander McNutt of Nova Scotia fame, refers to McNutts receiving land in Nova Scotia: James, Joseph, John, Francis, Martin, Arthur and Agnus, plus Benjamin, and Patrick. Could Joseph, John and William be his siblings? (Mentioned in clippings on the right).
Joseph Waddell's Annal of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, page 231 says: (Alexander) "McNutt never married, and left no posterity." Also "John McNutt, a BROTHER of Alexander, settled on North River, Rockbridge. His wife was Catherine Anderson, a great-aunt of Judge Francis T. Anderson. One of his sons, Alexander, was the father of Governor Alexander B. McNutt, of Mississippi, and grandfather of General Frank Paxton and General Albert G. Jenkins."
Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles, Augusta County Virginia, Vol. 3 lists several early John McNutts.
National Genealogy Society Quarterly, Vol. 25, p. 51: "John McNutt ("Johnny, the Scotchman") another record calls him "Scotch Johnny"] and his wife, Katherine Anderson, about 1750, arrived in the upper valley of the James from County Ulster, Ireland. He settled on North River about 6 miles east of Lexington, where he had grants of land from the government." He was one of 122 signers of a petition against religious assessments for support of ministers, presented to the General Assembly in the House of Delegates, 1784. From the McCormick Genealogies, Leyburn Library, Washington & Lee University. Another McNutt file said: "John McNutt migrated to America from Donegal County, Ireland about 1745 and settled in Orange Co. (now Rockbridge) Va. on the North River about 6 miles east of Lexington where he had grants of land from the government. His wife was Katherine, daughter of Robert Anderson of Killagorwen... Katherine Anderson had a brother, ancestor of the Anderson Family of Botetourt County, Virginia."
The dates 1725 to 1781 came with (memorial creator) Faith's notes. I've also collected 1726 to about Jan 1781 so we are in the ball park, without exact documented dates. His brother Alexander's government issued marker says he was born 1725, so I've used the 1726 date here, until further documented proof can be found.
It is documented that John had a brother, "Col." Alexander McNutt of Nova Scotia fame. His title, Col. is an honorary title only. His (1900's) Veteran's marker says Captain. See Capt. Alexander McNutt. He was "knighted by King George II" and was "once the Governor of Nova Scotia." Then he got on the King's wrong side and things fell apart. LOTS of data about him is found in Canadian records. He died in 1811 and is buried at Falling Spring Cemetery. (See a fact filled bio by Phyllis R Blakeley in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol 5, Univ of Toronto, 1983 at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcnutt_alexander_5E.html and many others).
Page 293, 15 May, 1754. Beverley to John McNutt, for £6, 200 acres on north side Christian's Creek in Beverley Manor; Geo. Rutledge's line above mouth John Buchanan's Mill Creek; corner Wm. Marshal on said Mill Creek; James Colewell's line. Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of a Scotch-Irish Settlement in Augusta Co., Virginia, Vol. 3, p. 326.
Page 454, 20 March, 1762. John McNutt, weaver, and _?_ Catren sold to John Attkins, cordwainer (fancy term for shoemaker), for 26£, 200 acres on Christian's Creek in Beverley Manor, on George Rutledge's line, John Buchanan's Mill Creek; corner of William Marchal, James Caldwell's line (Chalkley's Vol. 3, p 387). "The reason for the sale was McNutt desired to purchase the 175 acres of land, owned by Benjamin Bennett in the "Fork of James." The transaction was made on July 27, of that same year." (quotes per Dr. George West Diehl's articles published in the News-Gazette, "Fork of James Family Ties" Chapter 1.) This refers to "Page 450.--27th July, 1762. Benjamin Bennett to John McNutt, £43, 175 acres in Fork of James, joining Samuel McDowel. Teste: Patrick ( ) McCollam, Patrick McCorkle. Delivered: James Trimble, 12th November, 1772," recorded in Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement, Vol. 3, p 387.
John witnesses documents in Augusta Co. in 1762 and 1768.
In 1778, John McNutt, #2 is listed as a list of Tithables in The History of Rockbridge Co., VA by Oren F Morton, 1920, McClure Printing, Staunton, VA., p 367. The #2, indicates there weremore than 1 tithable in a home, there were 2.
He died at the Battle of the Cowpens, "a frontier pastureland, on January 17, 1781, Daniel Morgan led his army of tough Continentals and backwoods militia to a brilliant victory over Banastre Tarleton's battle-hardened force of British regulars. Located in present-day South Carolina north of Spartanburg." More data on this site: http://www.nps.gov/cowp/historyculture/the-battle-of-cowpens.htm.
I note http://www.mcnuttfamily.org/ghtout/gp66.htm lists his death at Cowpens
The Biography of William Alexander MacCorkle: William Alexander MacCorkle, governor of West Virginia, was born in Rockbridge county, Va., May 7, 1857; son of William and Mary (Morrison) MacCorkle and grandson of Alexander and Rebecca (McNutt) MacCorkle, and of William and Margaret Morrison. His ancestor emigrated from Scotland in 1650. His great grandfathers, Capt. John MacCorkle and Capt. John McNutt, were killed in the battle of Cowpens during the Revolutionary war. The family settled in Rockbridge county, Va. William attended a private school and was graduated from Washington and Lee university in 1879. He was married, Oct. 19, 1881, to Isabelle Goshorn. He was city solicitor of Charleston for eight years, and was chosen governor of West Virginia in November, 1892, and bold this office until March 4, 1897. The degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the University of West Virginia in 1893. He published a number of addresses, speeches and discussions. From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor 6-13.
Some undocumented sources say his full name was John Alexander McNutt or John A. McNutt. My hunch is that they combined the John McNutt and Alexander McNutt into one as it makes no sense to me. Alexander McNutt went to Nova Scotia and there is so much data in Canada about him. He is unmarried. John McNutt did marry and had several kids, including a son John. I suspect some of the notes refer to John, Jr. I found 3 sites today and they all combined the data, yet did not seem to read the data on their sites, much of it with flaws. I'm sure I must have some also, but just want to reveal the data we do know, to the best of my ability. Still sifting through it....
Check out a long article (3 plus long columns) at the Library of Virginia on his brother "Governor" and "Col." Alexander McNutt in the Staunton Spectator, Vol. 65, 25, page 1 & 4, dated 29 February 1888. It is available at the Library of Congress. Family history is included, with lots of details about this interesting family. See photos of this article attached (page 1 only, no longer under copyright protection), written by Wm Anderson Glasgow, Sr. 1825 - 1910 (FaG #117097261). Page 4 states "His dress sword was in a silver-mounted scabbard. The writer in his boyhood has handled it." General Hunter's men ransacked his parent's home and stole the scabbard for its silver content, to melt down for ammunition. One of his sources for data on Alexander was from the President of the Historical Society of Nova Scotia, Hon. Sir Adams G Archibald. His direct kin in the article includes: Arthur McNutt Cochran (FaG #44675469) and John McNutt Weir (FaG #75486505). Also see "Alexander McNutt and the pre-loyalist settlements of Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia under English rule, A.D. 1710-1760, by William O Raymond, LL.D., 1912."
His daughter Rebeckah Glasgow lost her father, her brother Robert and her first husband, John McCorkle at the 1781 Battle of Cowpens.
According to FB: John McNutt is "thought to be buried there." He is one of the "surmised" .. no one knows for sure given records were destroyed. There is no marker ... This is what Faith wrote (She co-wrote a record of Old Providence burials in 2010 and had access to the old church records, etc.): "At the end of the plot order section is a group of people possibly in the Stonewalled cemetery in the "occupied" graves. These people are either mentioned on existing stones or a spouse, parent, or infant discovered while doing research. There are a few in this section who probably are not here, but I have been unable to confirm those and I have included them because they are mentioned in information on someone who is here."
* See Henrietta Hamilton McCormick's Genealogies and Reminiscences, Chicago, 1897, p 53 to the 80's (long out of print) for extensive data on this family. The surnames was believed to be MacNaught in Scotland. "The estate of Kilquhanitie were held by the now extinct MacNaughts as early as 1448 and continued through mid 1600 when a male heir was no where to be found. John MacNaught, Sr. of Kilquhanitie and wife Florence Gordon last held possession of their feudal property in 1669 and went through financial hard times. They last had control of the lands of Holme in the parish of Balmachellan. John was last heard from in 1673. Their only known son John, Jr. married twice, 1st to Jean Glencorse and had a daughter Elizabeth. He was widowed and married a 2nd time to unknown wife and had 4 known sons: John, Alexander (married in Ireland), William and Samuel. In the late 1600's, John MacNaught left Kilquhanitie, Scotland for Northern Ireland with the aim of reaching America with his sons." This is unsourced but a lead.
Bio researched and written by LSP.
John married Katherine Rebecca Anderson, the daughter of Robert Anderson of Killagorwen, County Donegal, Ireland, without his consent, on the ride across the pond (see his wife's bio). John died defending our country in our Revolutionary War, in the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, along with his son Robert McNutt and son in law, Jno McCorkle, who also died in the same battle.
They had 10 known McNutt children: Joseph, Rebecca Anderson, ALEXANDER, Margaret, Benjamin, Robert, John Jr., William, Isaac and Elizabeth.
An article in the 29 Feb 1888 issue of the Staunton Spectator about this McNutt family and his uncle Alexander McNutt of Nova Scotia fame, refers to McNutts receiving land in Nova Scotia: James, Joseph, John, Francis, Martin, Arthur and Agnus, plus Benjamin, and Patrick. Could Joseph, John and William be his siblings? (Mentioned in clippings on the right).
Joseph Waddell's Annal of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, page 231 says: (Alexander) "McNutt never married, and left no posterity." Also "John McNutt, a BROTHER of Alexander, settled on North River, Rockbridge. His wife was Catherine Anderson, a great-aunt of Judge Francis T. Anderson. One of his sons, Alexander, was the father of Governor Alexander B. McNutt, of Mississippi, and grandfather of General Frank Paxton and General Albert G. Jenkins."
Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles, Augusta County Virginia, Vol. 3 lists several early John McNutts.
National Genealogy Society Quarterly, Vol. 25, p. 51: "John McNutt ("Johnny, the Scotchman") another record calls him "Scotch Johnny"] and his wife, Katherine Anderson, about 1750, arrived in the upper valley of the James from County Ulster, Ireland. He settled on North River about 6 miles east of Lexington, where he had grants of land from the government." He was one of 122 signers of a petition against religious assessments for support of ministers, presented to the General Assembly in the House of Delegates, 1784. From the McCormick Genealogies, Leyburn Library, Washington & Lee University. Another McNutt file said: "John McNutt migrated to America from Donegal County, Ireland about 1745 and settled in Orange Co. (now Rockbridge) Va. on the North River about 6 miles east of Lexington where he had grants of land from the government. His wife was Katherine, daughter of Robert Anderson of Killagorwen... Katherine Anderson had a brother, ancestor of the Anderson Family of Botetourt County, Virginia."
The dates 1725 to 1781 came with (memorial creator) Faith's notes. I've also collected 1726 to about Jan 1781 so we are in the ball park, without exact documented dates. His brother Alexander's government issued marker says he was born 1725, so I've used the 1726 date here, until further documented proof can be found.
It is documented that John had a brother, "Col." Alexander McNutt of Nova Scotia fame. His title, Col. is an honorary title only. His (1900's) Veteran's marker says Captain. See Capt. Alexander McNutt. He was "knighted by King George II" and was "once the Governor of Nova Scotia." Then he got on the King's wrong side and things fell apart. LOTS of data about him is found in Canadian records. He died in 1811 and is buried at Falling Spring Cemetery. (See a fact filled bio by Phyllis R Blakeley in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol 5, Univ of Toronto, 1983 at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcnutt_alexander_5E.html and many others).
Page 293, 15 May, 1754. Beverley to John McNutt, for £6, 200 acres on north side Christian's Creek in Beverley Manor; Geo. Rutledge's line above mouth John Buchanan's Mill Creek; corner Wm. Marshal on said Mill Creek; James Colewell's line. Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of a Scotch-Irish Settlement in Augusta Co., Virginia, Vol. 3, p. 326.
Page 454, 20 March, 1762. John McNutt, weaver, and _?_ Catren sold to John Attkins, cordwainer (fancy term for shoemaker), for 26£, 200 acres on Christian's Creek in Beverley Manor, on George Rutledge's line, John Buchanan's Mill Creek; corner of William Marchal, James Caldwell's line (Chalkley's Vol. 3, p 387). "The reason for the sale was McNutt desired to purchase the 175 acres of land, owned by Benjamin Bennett in the "Fork of James." The transaction was made on July 27, of that same year." (quotes per Dr. George West Diehl's articles published in the News-Gazette, "Fork of James Family Ties" Chapter 1.) This refers to "Page 450.--27th July, 1762. Benjamin Bennett to John McNutt, £43, 175 acres in Fork of James, joining Samuel McDowel. Teste: Patrick ( ) McCollam, Patrick McCorkle. Delivered: James Trimble, 12th November, 1772," recorded in Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement, Vol. 3, p 387.
John witnesses documents in Augusta Co. in 1762 and 1768.
In 1778, John McNutt, #2 is listed as a list of Tithables in The History of Rockbridge Co., VA by Oren F Morton, 1920, McClure Printing, Staunton, VA., p 367. The #2, indicates there weremore than 1 tithable in a home, there were 2.
He died at the Battle of the Cowpens, "a frontier pastureland, on January 17, 1781, Daniel Morgan led his army of tough Continentals and backwoods militia to a brilliant victory over Banastre Tarleton's battle-hardened force of British regulars. Located in present-day South Carolina north of Spartanburg." More data on this site: http://www.nps.gov/cowp/historyculture/the-battle-of-cowpens.htm.
I note http://www.mcnuttfamily.org/ghtout/gp66.htm lists his death at Cowpens
The Biography of William Alexander MacCorkle: William Alexander MacCorkle, governor of West Virginia, was born in Rockbridge county, Va., May 7, 1857; son of William and Mary (Morrison) MacCorkle and grandson of Alexander and Rebecca (McNutt) MacCorkle, and of William and Margaret Morrison. His ancestor emigrated from Scotland in 1650. His great grandfathers, Capt. John MacCorkle and Capt. John McNutt, were killed in the battle of Cowpens during the Revolutionary war. The family settled in Rockbridge county, Va. William attended a private school and was graduated from Washington and Lee university in 1879. He was married, Oct. 19, 1881, to Isabelle Goshorn. He was city solicitor of Charleston for eight years, and was chosen governor of West Virginia in November, 1892, and bold this office until March 4, 1897. The degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the University of West Virginia in 1893. He published a number of addresses, speeches and discussions. From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor 6-13.
Some undocumented sources say his full name was John Alexander McNutt or John A. McNutt. My hunch is that they combined the John McNutt and Alexander McNutt into one as it makes no sense to me. Alexander McNutt went to Nova Scotia and there is so much data in Canada about him. He is unmarried. John McNutt did marry and had several kids, including a son John. I suspect some of the notes refer to John, Jr. I found 3 sites today and they all combined the data, yet did not seem to read the data on their sites, much of it with flaws. I'm sure I must have some also, but just want to reveal the data we do know, to the best of my ability. Still sifting through it....
Check out a long article (3 plus long columns) at the Library of Virginia on his brother "Governor" and "Col." Alexander McNutt in the Staunton Spectator, Vol. 65, 25, page 1 & 4, dated 29 February 1888. It is available at the Library of Congress. Family history is included, with lots of details about this interesting family. See photos of this article attached (page 1 only, no longer under copyright protection), written by Wm Anderson Glasgow, Sr. 1825 - 1910 (FaG #117097261). Page 4 states "His dress sword was in a silver-mounted scabbard. The writer in his boyhood has handled it." General Hunter's men ransacked his parent's home and stole the scabbard for its silver content, to melt down for ammunition. One of his sources for data on Alexander was from the President of the Historical Society of Nova Scotia, Hon. Sir Adams G Archibald. His direct kin in the article includes: Arthur McNutt Cochran (FaG #44675469) and John McNutt Weir (FaG #75486505). Also see "Alexander McNutt and the pre-loyalist settlements of Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia under English rule, A.D. 1710-1760, by William O Raymond, LL.D., 1912."
His daughter Rebeckah Glasgow lost her father, her brother Robert and her first husband, John McCorkle at the 1781 Battle of Cowpens.
According to FB: John McNutt is "thought to be buried there." He is one of the "surmised" .. no one knows for sure given records were destroyed. There is no marker ... This is what Faith wrote (She co-wrote a record of Old Providence burials in 2010 and had access to the old church records, etc.): "At the end of the plot order section is a group of people possibly in the Stonewalled cemetery in the "occupied" graves. These people are either mentioned on existing stones or a spouse, parent, or infant discovered while doing research. There are a few in this section who probably are not here, but I have been unable to confirm those and I have included them because they are mentioned in information on someone who is here."
* See Henrietta Hamilton McCormick's Genealogies and Reminiscences, Chicago, 1897, p 53 to the 80's (long out of print) for extensive data on this family. The surnames was believed to be MacNaught in Scotland. "The estate of Kilquhanitie were held by the now extinct MacNaughts as early as 1448 and continued through mid 1600 when a male heir was no where to be found. John MacNaught, Sr. of Kilquhanitie and wife Florence Gordon last held possession of their feudal property in 1669 and went through financial hard times. They last had control of the lands of Holme in the parish of Balmachellan. John was last heard from in 1673. Their only known son John, Jr. married twice, 1st to Jean Glencorse and had a daughter Elizabeth. He was widowed and married a 2nd time to unknown wife and had 4 known sons: John, Alexander (married in Ireland), William and Samuel. In the late 1600's, John MacNaught left Kilquhanitie, Scotland for Northern Ireland with the aim of reaching America with his sons." This is unsourced but a lead.
Bio researched and written by LSP.
John McNutt AKA "Scotch Johnny," was believed to have been born in Ulster, Northern Ireland and emigrated from County Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland. He was the third son of Alexander McNutt, Sr. and Sarah or Jane and had siblings Alexander, Jr., William, Robert (see Robert's son James Robert McNutt) and Ens James McNutt. In about 1743, his father had arrived in then Orange County, VA. His son John had settled there in about 1745.* This same land later became Augusta and then Rockbridge County. His father would die in 1753 in Orange Co., according to Augusta Co. land transactions to his sons Alexander and James.
John married Katherine Rebecca Anderson, the daughter of Robert Anderson of Killagorwen, County Donegal, Ireland, without his consent, on the ride across the pond (see his wife's bio). John died defending our country in our Revolutionary War, in the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, along with his son Robert McNutt and son in law, Jno McCorkle, who also died in the same battle.
They had 10 known McNutt children: Joseph, Rebecca Anderson, ALEXANDER, Margaret, Benjamin, Robert, John Jr., William, Isaac and Elizabeth.
An article in the 29 Feb 1888 issue of the Staunton Spectator about this McNutt family and his uncle Alexander McNutt of Nova Scotia fame, refers to McNutts receiving land in Nova Scotia: James, Joseph, John, Francis, Martin, Arthur and Agnus, plus Benjamin, and Patrick. Could Joseph, John and William be his siblings? (Mentioned in clippings on the right).
Joseph Waddell's Annal of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, page 231 says: (Alexander) "McNutt never married, and left no posterity." Also "John McNutt, a BROTHER of Alexander, settled on North River, Rockbridge. His wife was Catherine Anderson, a great-aunt of Judge Francis T. Anderson. One of his sons, Alexander, was the father of Governor Alexander B. McNutt, of Mississippi, and grandfather of General Frank Paxton and General Albert G. Jenkins."
Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles, Augusta County Virginia, Vol. 3 lists several early John McNutts.
National Genealogy Society Quarterly, Vol. 25, p. 51: "John McNutt ("Johnny, the Scotchman") another record calls him "Scotch Johnny"] and his wife, Katherine Anderson, about 1750, arrived in the upper valley of the James from County Ulster, Ireland. He settled on North River about 6 miles east of Lexington, where he had grants of land from the government." He was one of 122 signers of a petition against religious assessments for support of ministers, presented to the General Assembly in the House of Delegates, 1784. From the McCormick Genealogies, Leyburn Library, Washington & Lee University. Another McNutt file said: "John McNutt migrated to America from Donegal County, Ireland about 1745 and settled in Orange Co. (now Rockbridge) Va. on the North River about 6 miles east of Lexington where he had grants of land from the government. His wife was Katherine, daughter of Robert Anderson of Killagorwen... Katherine Anderson had a brother, ancestor of the Anderson Family of Botetourt County, Virginia."
The dates 1725 to 1781 came with (memorial creator) Faith's notes. I've also collected 1726 to about Jan 1781 so we are in the ball park, without exact documented dates. His brother Alexander's government issued marker says he was born 1725, so I've used the 1726 date here, until further documented proof can be found.
It is documented that John had a brother, "Col." Alexander McNutt of Nova Scotia fame. His title, Col. is an honorary title only. His (1900's) Veteran's marker says Captain. See Capt. Alexander McNutt. He was "knighted by King George II" and was "once the Governor of Nova Scotia." Then he got on the King's wrong side and things fell apart. LOTS of data about him is found in Canadian records. He died in 1811 and is buried at Falling Spring Cemetery. (See a fact filled bio by Phyllis R Blakeley in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol 5, Univ of Toronto, 1983 at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcnutt_alexander_5E.html and many others).
Page 293, 15 May, 1754. Beverley to John McNutt, for £6, 200 acres on north side Christian's Creek in Beverley Manor; Geo. Rutledge's line above mouth John Buchanan's Mill Creek; corner Wm. Marshal on said Mill Creek; James Colewell's line. Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of a Scotch-Irish Settlement in Augusta Co., Virginia, Vol. 3, p. 326.
Page 454, 20 March, 1762. John McNutt, weaver, and _?_ Catren sold to John Attkins, cordwainer (fancy term for shoemaker), for 26£, 200 acres on Christian's Creek in Beverley Manor, on George Rutledge's line, John Buchanan's Mill Creek; corner of William Marchal, James Caldwell's line (Chalkley's Vol. 3, p 387). "The reason for the sale was McNutt desired to purchase the 175 acres of land, owned by Benjamin Bennett in the "Fork of James." The transaction was made on July 27, of that same year." (quotes per Dr. George West Diehl's articles published in the News-Gazette, "Fork of James Family Ties" Chapter 1.) This refers to "Page 450.--27th July, 1762. Benjamin Bennett to John McNutt, £43, 175 acres in Fork of James, joining Samuel McDowel. Teste: Patrick ( ) McCollam, Patrick McCorkle. Delivered: James Trimble, 12th November, 1772," recorded in Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement, Vol. 3, p 387.
John witnesses documents in Augusta Co. in 1762 and 1768.
In 1778, John McNutt, #2 is listed as a list of Tithables in The History of Rockbridge Co., VA by Oren F Morton, 1920, McClure Printing, Staunton, VA., p 367. The #2, indicates there weremore than 1 tithable in a home, there were 2.
He died at the Battle of the Cowpens, "a frontier pastureland, on January 17, 1781, Daniel Morgan led his army of tough Continentals and backwoods militia to a brilliant victory over Banastre Tarleton's battle-hardened force of British regulars. Located in present-day South Carolina north of Spartanburg." More data on this site: http://www.nps.gov/cowp/historyculture/the-battle-of-cowpens.htm.
I note http://www.mcnuttfamily.org/ghtout/gp66.htm lists his death at Cowpens
The Biography of William Alexander MacCorkle: William Alexander MacCorkle, governor of West Virginia, was born in Rockbridge county, Va., May 7, 1857; son of William and Mary (Morrison) MacCorkle and grandson of Alexander and Rebecca (McNutt) MacCorkle, and of William and Margaret Morrison. His ancestor emigrated from Scotland in 1650. His great grandfathers, Capt. John MacCorkle and Capt. John McNutt, were killed in the battle of Cowpens during the Revolutionary war. The family settled in Rockbridge county, Va. William attended a private school and was graduated from Washington and Lee university in 1879. He was married, Oct. 19, 1881, to Isabelle Goshorn. He was city solicitor of Charleston for eight years, and was chosen governor of West Virginia in November, 1892, and bold this office until March 4, 1897. The degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the University of West Virginia in 1893. He published a number of addresses, speeches and discussions. From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor 6-13.
Some undocumented sources say his full name was John Alexander McNutt or John A. McNutt. My hunch is that they combined the John McNutt and Alexander McNutt into one as it makes no sense to me. Alexander McNutt went to Nova Scotia and there is so much data in Canada about him. He is unmarried. John McNutt did marry and had several kids, including a son John. I suspect some of the notes refer to John, Jr. I found 3 sites today and they all combined the data, yet did not seem to read the data on their sites, much of it with flaws. I'm sure I must have some also, but just want to reveal the data we do know, to the best of my ability. Still sifting through it....
Check out a long article (3 plus long columns) at the Library of Virginia on his brother "Governor" and "Col." Alexander McNutt in the Staunton Spectator, Vol. 65, 25, page 1 & 4, dated 29 February 1888. It is available at the Library of Congress. Family history is included, with lots of details about this interesting family. See photos of this article attached (page 1 only, no longer under copyright protection), written by Wm Anderson Glasgow, Sr. 1825 - 1910 (FaG #117097261). Page 4 states "His dress sword was in a silver-mounted scabbard. The writer in his boyhood has handled it." General Hunter's men ransacked his parent's home and stole the scabbard for its silver content, to melt down for ammunition. One of his sources for data on Alexander was from the President of the Historical Society of Nova Scotia, Hon. Sir Adams G Archibald. His direct kin in the article includes: Arthur McNutt Cochran (FaG #44675469) and John McNutt Weir (FaG #75486505). Also see "Alexander McNutt and the pre-loyalist settlements of Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia under English rule, A.D. 1710-1760, by William O Raymond, LL.D., 1912."
His daughter Rebeckah Glasgow lost her father, her brother Robert and her first husband, John McCorkle at the 1781 Battle of Cowpens.
According to FB: John McNutt is "thought to be buried there." He is one of the "surmised" .. no one knows for sure given records were destroyed. There is no marker ... This is what Faith wrote (She co-wrote a record of Old Providence burials in 2010 and had access to the old church records, etc.): "At the end of the plot order section is a group of people possibly in the Stonewalled cemetery in the "occupied" graves. These people are either mentioned on existing stones or a spouse, parent, or infant discovered while doing research. There are a few in this section who probably are not here, but I have been unable to confirm those and I have included them because they are mentioned in information on someone who is here."
* See Henrietta Hamilton McCormick's Genealogies and Reminiscences, Chicago, 1897, p 53 to the 80's (long out of print) for extensive data on this family. The surnames was believed to be MacNaught in Scotland. "The estate of Kilquhanitie were held by the now extinct MacNaughts as early as 1448 and continued through mid 1600 when a male heir was no where to be found. John MacNaught, Sr. of Kilquhanitie and wife Florence Gordon last held possession of their feudal property in 1669 and went through financial hard times. They last had control of the lands of Holme in the parish of Balmachellan. John was last heard from in 1673. Their only known son John, Jr. married twice, 1st to Jean Glencorse and had a daughter Elizabeth. He was widowed and married a 2nd time to unknown wife and had 4 known sons: John, Alexander (married in Ireland), William and Samuel. In the late 1600's, John MacNaught left Kilquhanitie, Scotland for Northern Ireland with the aim of reaching America with his sons." This is unsourced but a lead.
Bio researched and written by LSP.
John married Katherine Rebecca Anderson, the daughter of Robert Anderson of Killagorwen, County Donegal, Ireland, without his consent, on the ride across the pond (see his wife's bio). John died defending our country in our Revolutionary War, in the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, along with his son Robert McNutt and son in law, Jno McCorkle, who also died in the same battle.
They had 10 known McNutt children: Joseph, Rebecca Anderson, ALEXANDER, Margaret, Benjamin, Robert, John Jr., William, Isaac and Elizabeth.
An article in the 29 Feb 1888 issue of the Staunton Spectator about this McNutt family and his uncle Alexander McNutt of Nova Scotia fame, refers to McNutts receiving land in Nova Scotia: James, Joseph, John, Francis, Martin, Arthur and Agnus, plus Benjamin, and Patrick. Could Joseph, John and William be his siblings? (Mentioned in clippings on the right).
Joseph Waddell's Annal of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, page 231 says: (Alexander) "McNutt never married, and left no posterity." Also "John McNutt, a BROTHER of Alexander, settled on North River, Rockbridge. His wife was Catherine Anderson, a great-aunt of Judge Francis T. Anderson. One of his sons, Alexander, was the father of Governor Alexander B. McNutt, of Mississippi, and grandfather of General Frank Paxton and General Albert G. Jenkins."
Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles, Augusta County Virginia, Vol. 3 lists several early John McNutts.
National Genealogy Society Quarterly, Vol. 25, p. 51: "John McNutt ("Johnny, the Scotchman") another record calls him "Scotch Johnny"] and his wife, Katherine Anderson, about 1750, arrived in the upper valley of the James from County Ulster, Ireland. He settled on North River about 6 miles east of Lexington, where he had grants of land from the government." He was one of 122 signers of a petition against religious assessments for support of ministers, presented to the General Assembly in the House of Delegates, 1784. From the McCormick Genealogies, Leyburn Library, Washington & Lee University. Another McNutt file said: "John McNutt migrated to America from Donegal County, Ireland about 1745 and settled in Orange Co. (now Rockbridge) Va. on the North River about 6 miles east of Lexington where he had grants of land from the government. His wife was Katherine, daughter of Robert Anderson of Killagorwen... Katherine Anderson had a brother, ancestor of the Anderson Family of Botetourt County, Virginia."
The dates 1725 to 1781 came with (memorial creator) Faith's notes. I've also collected 1726 to about Jan 1781 so we are in the ball park, without exact documented dates. His brother Alexander's government issued marker says he was born 1725, so I've used the 1726 date here, until further documented proof can be found.
It is documented that John had a brother, "Col." Alexander McNutt of Nova Scotia fame. His title, Col. is an honorary title only. His (1900's) Veteran's marker says Captain. See Capt. Alexander McNutt. He was "knighted by King George II" and was "once the Governor of Nova Scotia." Then he got on the King's wrong side and things fell apart. LOTS of data about him is found in Canadian records. He died in 1811 and is buried at Falling Spring Cemetery. (See a fact filled bio by Phyllis R Blakeley in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol 5, Univ of Toronto, 1983 at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcnutt_alexander_5E.html and many others).
Page 293, 15 May, 1754. Beverley to John McNutt, for £6, 200 acres on north side Christian's Creek in Beverley Manor; Geo. Rutledge's line above mouth John Buchanan's Mill Creek; corner Wm. Marshal on said Mill Creek; James Colewell's line. Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of a Scotch-Irish Settlement in Augusta Co., Virginia, Vol. 3, p. 326.
Page 454, 20 March, 1762. John McNutt, weaver, and _?_ Catren sold to John Attkins, cordwainer (fancy term for shoemaker), for 26£, 200 acres on Christian's Creek in Beverley Manor, on George Rutledge's line, John Buchanan's Mill Creek; corner of William Marchal, James Caldwell's line (Chalkley's Vol. 3, p 387). "The reason for the sale was McNutt desired to purchase the 175 acres of land, owned by Benjamin Bennett in the "Fork of James." The transaction was made on July 27, of that same year." (quotes per Dr. George West Diehl's articles published in the News-Gazette, "Fork of James Family Ties" Chapter 1.) This refers to "Page 450.--27th July, 1762. Benjamin Bennett to John McNutt, £43, 175 acres in Fork of James, joining Samuel McDowel. Teste: Patrick ( ) McCollam, Patrick McCorkle. Delivered: James Trimble, 12th November, 1772," recorded in Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement, Vol. 3, p 387.
John witnesses documents in Augusta Co. in 1762 and 1768.
In 1778, John McNutt, #2 is listed as a list of Tithables in The History of Rockbridge Co., VA by Oren F Morton, 1920, McClure Printing, Staunton, VA., p 367. The #2, indicates there weremore than 1 tithable in a home, there were 2.
He died at the Battle of the Cowpens, "a frontier pastureland, on January 17, 1781, Daniel Morgan led his army of tough Continentals and backwoods militia to a brilliant victory over Banastre Tarleton's battle-hardened force of British regulars. Located in present-day South Carolina north of Spartanburg." More data on this site: http://www.nps.gov/cowp/historyculture/the-battle-of-cowpens.htm.
I note http://www.mcnuttfamily.org/ghtout/gp66.htm lists his death at Cowpens
The Biography of William Alexander MacCorkle: William Alexander MacCorkle, governor of West Virginia, was born in Rockbridge county, Va., May 7, 1857; son of William and Mary (Morrison) MacCorkle and grandson of Alexander and Rebecca (McNutt) MacCorkle, and of William and Margaret Morrison. His ancestor emigrated from Scotland in 1650. His great grandfathers, Capt. John MacCorkle and Capt. John McNutt, were killed in the battle of Cowpens during the Revolutionary war. The family settled in Rockbridge county, Va. William attended a private school and was graduated from Washington and Lee university in 1879. He was married, Oct. 19, 1881, to Isabelle Goshorn. He was city solicitor of Charleston for eight years, and was chosen governor of West Virginia in November, 1892, and bold this office until March 4, 1897. The degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the University of West Virginia in 1893. He published a number of addresses, speeches and discussions. From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor 6-13.
Some undocumented sources say his full name was John Alexander McNutt or John A. McNutt. My hunch is that they combined the John McNutt and Alexander McNutt into one as it makes no sense to me. Alexander McNutt went to Nova Scotia and there is so much data in Canada about him. He is unmarried. John McNutt did marry and had several kids, including a son John. I suspect some of the notes refer to John, Jr. I found 3 sites today and they all combined the data, yet did not seem to read the data on their sites, much of it with flaws. I'm sure I must have some also, but just want to reveal the data we do know, to the best of my ability. Still sifting through it....
Check out a long article (3 plus long columns) at the Library of Virginia on his brother "Governor" and "Col." Alexander McNutt in the Staunton Spectator, Vol. 65, 25, page 1 & 4, dated 29 February 1888. It is available at the Library of Congress. Family history is included, with lots of details about this interesting family. See photos of this article attached (page 1 only, no longer under copyright protection), written by Wm Anderson Glasgow, Sr. 1825 - 1910 (FaG #117097261). Page 4 states "His dress sword was in a silver-mounted scabbard. The writer in his boyhood has handled it." General Hunter's men ransacked his parent's home and stole the scabbard for its silver content, to melt down for ammunition. One of his sources for data on Alexander was from the President of the Historical Society of Nova Scotia, Hon. Sir Adams G Archibald. His direct kin in the article includes: Arthur McNutt Cochran (FaG #44675469) and John McNutt Weir (FaG #75486505). Also see "Alexander McNutt and the pre-loyalist settlements of Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia under English rule, A.D. 1710-1760, by William O Raymond, LL.D., 1912."
His daughter Rebeckah Glasgow lost her father, her brother Robert and her first husband, John McCorkle at the 1781 Battle of Cowpens.
According to FB: John McNutt is "thought to be buried there." He is one of the "surmised" .. no one knows for sure given records were destroyed. There is no marker ... This is what Faith wrote (She co-wrote a record of Old Providence burials in 2010 and had access to the old church records, etc.): "At the end of the plot order section is a group of people possibly in the Stonewalled cemetery in the "occupied" graves. These people are either mentioned on existing stones or a spouse, parent, or infant discovered while doing research. There are a few in this section who probably are not here, but I have been unable to confirm those and I have included them because they are mentioned in information on someone who is here."
* See Henrietta Hamilton McCormick's Genealogies and Reminiscences, Chicago, 1897, p 53 to the 80's (long out of print) for extensive data on this family. The surnames was believed to be MacNaught in Scotland. "The estate of Kilquhanitie were held by the now extinct MacNaughts as early as 1448 and continued through mid 1600 when a male heir was no where to be found. John MacNaught, Sr. of Kilquhanitie and wife Florence Gordon last held possession of their feudal property in 1669 and went through financial hard times. They last had control of the lands of Holme in the parish of Balmachellan. John was last heard from in 1673. Their only known son John, Jr. married twice, 1st to Jean Glencorse and had a daughter Elizabeth. He was widowed and married a 2nd time to unknown wife and had 4 known sons: John, Alexander (married in Ireland), William and Samuel. In the late 1600's, John MacNaught left Kilquhanitie, Scotland for Northern Ireland with the aim of reaching America with his sons." This is unsourced but a lead.
Bio researched and written by LSP.
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