I think I'll start with the most obvious and the most known relative of my past. I didn't know I was related to General Adrian Northcutt until about 6 years ago or so. I believe it was in an email when my mother told me about this. I'm not even sure if she know. No, she must have known because it was a family name on her mother's side. According to Ancestry.com and my own findings, he is my 4th-great grandfather.
He was married to Sarah Cope Northcutt who was born on November 23, 1803. According to one site they have two children together. I've also seen where she was born in 1764. I don't know which is true.
He was born on October 13, 1799 (or some sources say 1798) in Virginia. His parents were John Northcutt and Lynchia England. I have very little information on Lynchia England other than her father was supposedly Richard England. I have a little bit more information on John Northcutt, but not much.
Being a general and a state senator of Tennessee, there is more information about Adrian Northcutt than most of my relatives that I know of. He fought in the War with Mexico and supposedly founded Northcutt's Cove and Altamont, TN. From what I've read, he owned a good portion of Tennessee. He was a Democrat (something I am NOT.) I'll add more later on in the blog as I find out facts and not rumors.
I also find it fascinating that we can find Sarah's and Adrian's tombstones. Now, I would have doubted these were the tombstones for awhile since I hadn't found it myself, but they are buried next to each other. I will need to research with my relatives to see if this is true. Many of them still live in Tennessee.
General Adrian Northcutt died on January 19, 1869 in Grundy County, Tennessee.
General Adrian Northcutt's Tombstone Before Restoration
General Adrian Northcutt's Tombstone After Restoration
Hi I'm a Northcutt an doin more research on family. According to my research the mother of the Lynchian Ann England is a women named Susanna Tyler. And I don't know if you know this but I found out that Northcutts Cove was called Larsen in the early 1800s. And our church the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints or Mormon church was one of Tennessee's oldest in the southeastern United States. I've been talking to my family and trying to get some more research about things.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am a descendant of General Adrian Northcutt. My great grandmother was a Northcutt and was born and raised in Altamont, TN before finally settling in Texarkana. Several months ago, I came across a highly detailed history of the Northcutts that started with Richard (b. 1757) and ended at my grandfather. If you Google Altamont, TN, you can read a little more about Adrian and the role he played in founding that town, which is most likely why he had a spot named after him there.
ReplyDeleteMy great grandma was a Tipton and her husband was Sam nortcutt both from northcutts cove.
ReplyDeleteMy great grandparents were Sam Northcutt and Zelma Tipton too! Their daughter Sammy was my grandmother.
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