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As I am scouring the internet for factual data, I just decided to Google my grandmother's name, Lucia Cornett. (Happy Mother's Day grams!) I came across her online obituary and I can't believe almost two years has passed since she became one of God's perfect angels. I am saddened by her loss but at the same time I know I will one day meet her again. For those of you who know me personally, you know that I was a small child when my parents divorced and I moved away from the Cornett side of my family. This is where I want to apologize for not staying in close contact with my family. Yes, I was only 6 years old but still feel like maybe I could have at least wrote letters to my grandma or something? Who knows what could have been if I had. But on the bright side of the situation, I have made contact with my Cornett family on Facebook! We stay in touch, communicate, share photos and our life events as they are happening or will happen in the near future. For this, I am thankful.
Sorry for rambling, so back to the internet search! Searching Google I found another name that was familiar due to past research I have done in the past. Archelus Cornutt. It's discouraging as surnames have changed in their spellings over the centuries. Apparently there is a book out there somewhere called, Descendants of Archelus Cornutt: The Son of James Cornutt, 1743-1956 written by Hannah Alice Cornett Magee. I then "Googled" the books title and author and came across the Amazon web page- I must say I had no luck in finding the book because it is no longer in print. But doing more research on this matter, I found out that the book may be located at the Laurel County Historical Society in Kentucky. So now I am on the search for this book and hopefully I will have some luck tracking it down. I wonder if any of my Cornett relatives have a copy? It would be nice if I could even find an e-book for my Kindle regarding this particular book. By the way, I found out about this book by reading the Cornett Family Forums on Ancestry.com. I will share the link below if anyone is interested in this particular family lineage.
Links:
Laurel County, Kentucky Historical Society
Ancestry Cornett Surname Forum
Image Source: Cornett Family Crest
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Is it morning already? I feel like I just fell asleep not too long ago. Have you ever felt that when doing research, you get so involved in it, that you dream about it too? I think that's what I did. So it's 8 a.m. here in Hawaii and I am up and at it again. I am actually trying to locate more information to share with you about my Sutherland family, but on a more personal level. The Sutherlands' that I am seeking were born in Scotland around the 1700-1800's. I am definitely interested in Alexander Sutherland who was born in 1743(one source says he was born in 1755) and died in 1843, as far as I can tell he married a Margaret Bryan. I just need to find that missing link of information that I have been looking for. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack! But I did come across another blogger site, that has loads of information pertaining to the Sutherland's of Scotland and other surnames involved; if you are searching for your Sutherland roots as I am, it may interest you to just take a look at it. You might find a connection here on this site; I think I will also be sending an e-mail to collaborate further with the researchers that gathered this information to see if I can find my missing connection.
Another Sutherland Blogspot
I am sure that every Sutherland family may have an "Alexander" somewhere in its' family, as it was a pretty common name. I have yet to find out what his middle name was, but someone put a bug in my ear that it may be the "Albert Sutherland" I was searching for awhile back. Nothing has been determined as of yet, but it's a thought that I definitely need to dig a little deeper to find out if it has any truth to it.
Name: Alexander SUTHERLAND
Given Name: Alexander
Surname: Sutherland
Sex: M
Birth: 1743 in Sutherland County, Caithness, Scotland
Death: 1843 in Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia
MARC: 1784 Culpepper, Virginia
Note:
Margaret Elizabeth Bryan, wife
Alexander Sutherland was one of the original pioneers of Grayson County, Virginia.
Alexander came to America from Scotland as a Captain in the British Army. After the Revolutionary War he decided to remain in America, and he was given a land grant of 114 acres in what was then, Montgomery County and is now and Grayson County, Virginia due to the sectioning off of land.
Father: John, Jr. SUTHERLAND b: February 6, 1726 in Watten, Caithness, Edinburg, Scotland
Mother: Jean MCCLELAND b: 1720 in Edinburg, Scotland
NOTE TO SELF: I have other research that declares Samuel J. Sutherland and Jane Barbour Sutherland as the parents to Alexander Sutherland.
Marriage 1 Margaret Elizabeth BRYAN b: 1771 in Culpepper, Virginia
- Married: 1784 in Culpepper, Virginia
- Children
Joseph Alexander SUTHERLAND b: July 4, 1788 in Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia
John Thomas SUTHERLAND b: February 1, 1785 in Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia- Mary SUTHERLAND b: September 19, 1787 in Montgomery, Grayson County, Virginia
- John Joseph SUTHERLAND b: September 19, 1787 in Montgomery, Grayson County, Virginia
- Jane SUTHERLAND b: 1791 in Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia
- Phillis SUTHERLAND b: November 11, 1793 in Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia
- Peggy SUTHERLAND b: 1795 in Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia
- Polly SUTHERLAND b: 1799 in Montgomery, Grayson County, Virginia
- Sarah SALLIE Sutherland b: 1801 in Montgomery, Grayson County, Virginia
- Phebe SUTHERLAND b: March 3, 1808 in Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia
- Barbary SUTHERLAND b: May 22, 1805 in Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia
Source: Linda Cornett Genealogy via Ancestry.com (Rootsweb)
