Friday, August 12, 2011

Alexander A. Sutherland- One Brick Wall I Want To Break Down

The following was taken from the Ancestry website, a story in my family tree. There is no particular source attached to the document. The best I can do as far as citing a source is displaying the actual web link. (http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4843183/person/-877416113/story)


"Alexander was a native of Scotland and an English soldier during the Rev. War. Story has it that he was going up the gang plank to return home , but turned around, came back down and stayed in America." {WandaLena.FTW} Also, "SOUTHERLAND, Alexander. Will proved November 1843. Names wife, Peggy and children, Thomas, John, Joseph, Jane, Fillis, Peggy, Polly, Barbary and Phebe."
Grayson Co, Va wills 1793-1849--http://ls.net/~newriver/va/graywill.htm 


Daughter of Alexander Sutherland- Phyllis Sutherland


Phyllis Sutherland was born 14 SEP 1794 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia, and died 29 OCT 1879 in Round Meadows, Grayson Co., Virginia.
She was buried in Griggs Hampton Cemetery, Grayson Co., Virginia.
She was the daughter of Alexander Sutherland and Margaret Elizabeth Bryan.
She married Griggs Hampton 20 MAY 1811 in Grayson Co., Virginia,
Griggs was son of Andrew Hampton and Sally Minor. He was born 22 NOV 1788 in Grayson Co., Virginia, and died 24 JAN 1860 in Round Meadows, Grayson Co., Virginia.
He was buried in Griggs Hampton Cemetery, Grayson Co., Virginia. Ahnentafel, Generation No. 2




Alexander Sutherland was born 1743 in County Sutherland, Scotland, and died NOV 1843 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia.
He was buried in Alexander Sutherland Cemetery, Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia.
Margaret Elizabeth Bryan was born 1771 in Culpepper, Virginia, and died 1845 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia.
She was buried in Alexander Sutherland Cemetery, Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia. She was the daughter of Joseph Bryan.




Children of Margaret Elizabeth Bryan and Alexander Sutherland are:
 i.John Thomas Sutherland I, born 17 FEB 1785, and died 26 JAN 1858 in Creston, North Carolina.
 He married Diadama Cornett 12 FEB 1807 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia, daughter of David Cornett and Sarah Platt. She was born 17 NOV 1789 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia, and died DEC 1863 in Creston, North Carolina.


 ii.Jane Sutherland was born 19 SEP 1787 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia, and died 19 JUN 1869 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia.


 iii.Joseph Alexander Sutherland was born 9 JUL 1788 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia, and died 10 JAN 1867 in Mountain City, Johnson Co., Tennessee.
He married Sarah King.


 iv.John Sutherland was born 1790 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia, and died 4 APR 1844 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia.
He married Rhoda Isabella Johnson. She was born 15 MAY 1794, and died 9 MAR 1864.


 v.Phyllis Sutherland was born 14 SEP 1794 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia, and died 29 OCT 1879 in Round Meadows, Grayson Co., Virginia.
She married Griggs Hampton 20 MAY 1811 in Grayson Co., Virginia, son of Andrew Hampton and Sally Minor. He was born 22 NOV 1788 in Grayson Co., Virginia, and died 24 JAN 1860 in Round Meadows, Grayson Co., Virginia.


 vi.Margaret Sutherland was born 2 FEB 1796, and died 2 DEC.
She married Burris Hale ABT 1816.


 vii.Mary Sutherland was born APR 1800 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia, and died 1 MAR 1842. She married William Thomas 16 DEC 1819.
He was born 13 MAR 1802 in Salem, North Carolina, and died 15 FEB 1871.


 viii.Sarah Sutherland was born 1801.
She married Thomas B. Hail. He was born 3 SEP 1796, and died 8 APR 1892.


 ix.Barbara Sutherland was born 22 MAY 1805 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia.
She married Peter Hackler II 12 FEB 1823 in Grayson Co., Virginia, son of Peter Hackler I and Mackalana Delp.
He was born ABT 1801 in Grayson Co., Virginia, and died ABT 1870 in Wythe Co., Virginia.


 x.Phoebe Sutherland was born 3 MAR 1808, and died 5 MAR 1885 in Grayson Co., Virginia.Ahnentafel, Generation No. 3






Child of Joseph Bryan is:


 i.Margaret Elizabeth Bryan was born 1771 in Culpepper, Virginia, and died 1845 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia.
She married Alexander Sutherland 1784 in Fort Chiswell, Virginia. He was born 1743 in County Sutherland, Scotland, and died NOV 1843 in Elk Creek, Grayson Co., VA.


More about Alexander Sutherland:
1-: Was a British soldier in the Revolutionary War, who decided to stay here and fight against the British.
2-: 1796, Listed in the Grayson Co, Va Land Tax List- 500 acres, value 25, amt of tax-S-1 D-3
3-: 1810, Listed in the Grayson Co, Va. Tax list as having 2 tithables and 9 horses
4-: 1813, Listed in the Grayson Co, Va. Personal Property tax list as 1 tithe, 5 horses, tax 1.39
5-: 1824, Listed in the Grayson Co, VA. Personal Property Tax list as 1 white tithe 4 horses tax .48
6-: 1828, Listed in the Grayson Co,Va Persona Property Tax list as 0-white tithes, 0 black tithes, 0 negroes, 2 horses. tax-.48
7-: 1835, Listed in the Grayson Co,Va. Personal Property Tax list-tithes-1,
Burial: Unknown, Alexander Sutherland Cemetery, Elk Creek, Grayson Co, Va

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