Thursday, August 4, 2011

David "Blue" Cornett and Phebe "Feby" Sutherland


David Cornett (November 3, 1805-January 25, 1886)
Feby Sutherland (March 15, 1808- March 5, 1885)
Married: February 22, 1826
Buried in Central Cemetery
Flat Ridge, Grayson County, Virginia


Children                       Birth                 Death            Spouse Name           Birth                Death

**Allen
03/27/1827
12/08/1844
N/A
N/A
N/A
*Rachel  Isobel
04/25/1828
11/18/1908
*Nelson Anderson
11/11/1824
4/16/1905
Peter
03/03/1829
11/11/1866
Aseneth Welch
09/11/1824
N/A
James Monroe
12/23/1831
03/13/1885
Polly Ann Cornett
12/25/1835
12/17/1900
*Lorenzy Dow
09/24/1833
01/24/1900
*Rose Ann Anderson
01/08/1840
05/08/1936
Joseph Alexander
03/16/1835
N/A
Mitchel Moore
N/A
N/A
*Margaret Jane
05/20/1837
05/06/1919
*Wesley Robinson
N/A
N/A
Dudley Jackson
03/30/1839
N/A
Virginia Evaline Livesay
02/25/1847
10/17/1904
*Wesley Isom
03/27/1841
08/03/1921
*Sarah Jane Livesay
11/03/1849
04/1933
*Barbara Evaline
01/02/1843
04/01/1894
Wiley Livesay
N/A
N/A
**Olive Melvine
06/12/1844
02/06/1847
(Died at 2 yrs, 8 months)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Nancy Levine
07/11/1846
N/A
? Cascio
N/A
N/A
*Stephen Thomas Columbus “Doc”
03/09/1849
08/15/1926
Elvira Lutitia McKee Weiss
09/21/1848
03/30/1923
**John
07/13/1851
03/13/1852
(Died at 8 months of age)
N/A
N/A
N/A


 ** Three children died young: Allen (#1), Olive Melvine (#11), and John (#14)
   *Buried at Central Cemetery, Grayson County, VA




A cousin I just recently made contact with through a genealogy source, sent the following photos of David and Feby Cornett's home. Someone else now owns the home and has for the past 30 years or so. If you can look past all the "debris" and just look at the main structures and woodwork, you will see what it would have been like at one time. The gentleman who lives here now, apparently gives tours of this old house to the descendants of David "Blue" Cornett and Phebe "Feby" Sutherland. I wish I lived closer because I would definitely take the tour of my 3rd Great Grandparents home!









Original 4x4 boards in the house. 
These are two of the boards in which were used to build the house. 
There are 2 rooms upstairs and 2 rooms downstairs.



This is a photo of the original ceiling inside the home.




Exterior of the house and the front porch.




The stairway from the kitchen maybe?
 It looks pretty steep too but not so narrow as I thought it might be.




Original flooring. Can you imagine what these floors 
would look like if they were sanded and buffed to a shine?
A touch of varnish or polyurethane and they would be brought back to life!




Original fireplace but looks as if it was closed up for some reason.


Photo Credit: Jo Ann Leifeste

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