THE SUTTLE FAMILY
PIONEERS IN COUNTY
Hundreds of Descendants of Isaac Suttle, Revo
lutionary Patriot, Reside in Forest City
and Surrounding Community.
By CLARENCE GRIFFIN.
Few men have left as indelible im
print on the pages of Western North
Carolina history, in the matter of a
long line of worthy descendants, as
have Isaac and George Suttle. To
day there are hundreds of families in
Forest City and Rutherford county,
as well as scores elsewhere, who
trace their ancestry to these two
pioneer settlers. The Blantons,
Flacks, Harrills, Bostics, Baxters,
Moores, Carpenters, Camps, Griffins
and many other families are closely |
connected through their relation toj
George Suttle, pioneer Rutherford.
planter. There is possibly more than
a thousand descendants who are eli- i
gible for membership in the Daught- !
ers of the American Revolution and
Sons of American Revolution through,
the Suttle line.
Revolutionary Patriot.
Isaac Suttle was born in Virginia, j
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Forest City, N. C.
A
(probably about 1740. He was a sol
; dier in the Revolution, and saw ser
'jvice both in the Virginia State mi
litia and in the Continental line. His
son, George Suttle, was also a sol
i dier in the Revolution, it is said, but
the writer has been unable to estab
j lish this as a fact, and nothing of
i importance bearing fc>n (hisl record
jas a Patriot soldier has been found
j in the archives of the War Depart
ment or Bureau of Pensions, to sub
stantiate the statement, yet the Re
-1 volutionary records of those two de
partments are far from complete.
George Suttle, came to Rutherford
( county shortly after the Revolution,
and settled near the present "Car
penter" brick house place. He pur
| chased three tracts of land, between 1
I 1787 and 1803, on Floyd's Creek, i
lying in the present townships of l
Sulphur Springs and High Shoals. 1
The first tract of land was purchas- \
ed May 14, 1787, from Elizabeth'
Thomasson. The consideration was:
thirty-five pounds (about $85.00> !
for which Mrs. Thomasson agreed to j
sell "150 acres in the old field where ;
John Thomasson "usted to live," i
lying and being on both sides of j
Rocky Creek of Floyd's Creek", An |
adjoining tract of 350 acres was pur- |
chased by George Suttle on March !, j
1803, for SSOO, and is described as j
"300 acres granted to William Beam !
by the state of North Carolina and i
since granted to Thomas Goode, to- j
gether with a part of a 100 acre j
tract survey granted to said Goode
bearing the date of the 16th day of j
December, 1799, containing 350 ;
acres, including improvements." On;
the 22nd of March, 1803, Suttle pur-;
chased another tract of land from j
Goode, "lying and being on both
sides of Floyd's Creek which Thomas!
'
Goode purchased at a Sheriff's sale" J
[This last tract contained 114 acres,}
for which S2OO was paid. The three !
purchases brought his total holdings ;
'to 614 acres, all of which adjoined,!
and lay in the two townships already
mentioned. Much of this land was in t
j cultivation, and while in his posses
jsion he cleared more of it and plant-;
!ed it. At one time he owned nearly j
i fifty slaves, which necessitated a
• large area of land in cultivation to
'maintain them.
Builds "Carpenter" Brick House.
About 1808 George Suttle built
iwhat is erroneously called the Car
penter Brick House. This house is
on one of the three tracts of
lar.d purchased by him, and is loc'at
id just across the township line in
Sulphur Springs township, about
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930.
I three' miles south *of When
it was "built, and for many years af
, jterwards, it was considered one of
| the most magnificent structures in
■ the county. Of two stories, with
j large, well-construCted rooms, the
■ house presents a fine example of the
j old planters homes of the ante
bellum south. The house has been
|in use over a century, and is yet in
good condition for another two hun
jdred years. This is one of the old
| est houses now standing in Ruther
. ford county, and there are only four
.•others in Rutherford that can ap
_ * proach its age within twenty-five
• i years. After the death of George
_! Suttle in 1816 the house, together
•! with the lands, passed to his wife,
.land upon her death the property
? | was sold and the proceeds divided
['among his children. In this manner
['theh house passed from the Suttle
.' family, being owned for a time by
. ' Tennessee Carpenter, from whom it
.! takes its present name.
| George Suttle died about March,
j 1816. His will follows:
J
Will of George Suttle.
| "In The Name of God, Amen!
• "I, George Suttle, of the county
of Rutherford, being at present very
i sick and weak of body, but of per
' feet mind and memory, thanks to
j Almighty God, calling to mind the
i mortality of my body, knowing that
jit is appointed for all men to die,
do make and ordain this my last will
J
i and testament, revoking all others
i
| heretofore made by me. ;
I
I "First, principally, I resign my
. soul to God who gave it, trusting in
: his eternal goodness. My body I com
mit to the earth to be buried de
!cently at the discretion of my execu-;
j l
itors and as to the worldly goods that
j it has pleased God to bless me with
; in this life I give and dispose, of in
;the following manner:
i
• "First, my will is that all my just
| debts be paid.
I "Secondly, I give and bequeath
jto my well beloved wife, Nancy Sut
-1 tie, Dassa, a negro woman, Frank
; ancj Matilda, her two children,
j also Ned, a negro boy, to be by her
I held and enjoyed in her own right
during his natural life, and after her
i decease the said negroes, with their
| increase, if any, to be equally divid
|ed among my children. My will fur
| ther is that all my live stock of
! every description that I shall die
j possessed, shall be and remain in
'the possession of my wife to be us
ed toward the support of my family
' during their minority and for the
I benefit of the whole during their
i continuance together, unless in the
; opinion of my wife and my execu
tors there is or should be more than
necessary for their support, then and
in that case I would advise or rather
Imy will is that the surplus be dis
posed of to the best advantage and
j equally divided among my children.
Further, as respecting my household
i furniture and implements of hus
• bandry and working tools of every
; description, including the whole of
' my personal estate, (not otherwise
disposed of) my will is that it bo
•and remain in the possession of my
jWife to be used for the support and
I maintenance of my children during
•their minority or continuance to
;gether And further, my will is that
! if any of my sons or daughters, af
ter arriving at full age, should marry
I or separate themselves from the fam
jily that then and in that case that
( each of my children shall receive a
! bed and furniture of value or any
;other article that in the opinion of
imy said wife and executors can be
spared out of the common stock and
1 they dispose of to be accounted for
in their distributive share.
; | "My will further is that the resi
due of my negroes, viz: Winny, Vio
■ let, Ben, Lewis, Jacob, Jack, Jerry,
IJ Jenny, Harry, Harriet, Suckey, Ce
; lia, Davie, Lucy and their increase,
• j if any, shall at the expiration of three
.! years and six months from date,
, which will be the first day of Au-
gust, 1819, be valued by five judi
► cious men of good repute, who is to
►| be nominated by the county court
►! of Rutherford at the July term, im
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i' mediately preceding the aforesaid
■ day of August, and providing the
- whole of them does not attend on the
- day or days set apart for the pur
-1 pose that those who of that number
- do attend shall supply the number
s absent by the men of their own
- choice,- having respect to their char
i acter as aforesaid —that the real
i value they ascertained of my said
- negroes shall be divided into lot
■ agreeable to the number of my child
- ren, to wit: William Byars Suttle,
r Sarah, Elizabeth, Joseph, Benjamin,
- Nancy, 'George, Susannah and John
? Suttle, —that in apportioning the said
i lots care shall be taken to make each
: lot as equal as possible, consistent
, with justice and humanity, which
T said lottery shall be conducted in an
1 open and fair manner in the pres
* ence of the said commissioners and
! my executors—that immediately on
r the aforesaid division taking place,
; those of my children who are of full
? age will be entitled to their distri
,: bution share of said negroes, agree
' able to said agreement, liable to the
demand of the legaties if there
should be any excess in those to he
divided, and to be accounted for in
the manner that my executors shall
deem most advisable, and for these
my will is that until the expiration
of the term aforesaid my negroes
shall be continued in the possession
( of my wife and employed for the
benefit of the whole in providing
what is necessary for their subsis
tence.
j
1 "And further, my will is that my
said wife remain in possession of
the whole of my buildings, orchard, '
land, instruments and improvements
; that I died possessed of to be used i
' and| cultivated during her natural
life Jior the support of herself and
such of my children as shall contin- :
ue to live with her and under her
care and as respects that portion of
my estate that shall fall to the lot
of my children who are under age
particularly three nec r, " N "~ T leave
it with my dear wife and my execu
tors to manage according to their
discretion in hiring or employing it *
on the premises toward the mainten
ance of the family, and further and
finally my will is that after the death '
of my said wife that the who'e oc .
my lands with all the appurtainencss
thereto with every other species of
my property of whatever description j
not otherwise disposed of shall be j
so'd in an open and fair manner, i
and equally divided among my child- '
ren, so as to make the whole of
their distribution shares equal, and
in order that this my last will, be
duly executed I nominate and ap
point my loving and dutiful son,
William B. Suttle, and my trusty
friends, William McKenny and
George McKenny to be sole execu
j tors of this my last will and testa
ment. In witness whereof I have
| hereunto set my hand and seal this
Ist day of February, 1816."
! GEORGE SUTTLE,
"Signed, Sealed and Acknowledg
> ed in the presence of us, the sub
, scribing witnesses.
JONATHAN HAMPTON,
1 j "A. MILLER."
George Suttle was survived by the
following children:
• William B. Suttle, Joseph Suttle,
r Benjamin F. Suttle, Elizabeth Sut
i tie, George W. Suttle, John B. Sut
tle, Sarah Suttle, Susan Suttle and
i Nancy Suttle.
Elizabeth, the oldest daughter,
• j married William Lewis Griffin in
, 1 1820. He was register of deeds for
I eighteen years, and was taken from
. office by the Reconstruction acts of
1868. He furnished three sons to the
'Confederacy, two of whom did not
| return. The present Griffin family
|in Rutherford is descended from L.
W.. Griffin, the surviving son of this
! union. The Moores, Daniels, Carrols
and Greens are descendants of child
-1 ren of W. L. and Elizabeth Suttle
1 Griffin.
i
f Sarah, married Aaron Camp, Susan
> a Kelly and Nancy married a Bax-
II ter. Benjamin Suttle also married
- . Sarah Baxter, a sister to the husband
ij of Nancy Baxter. B. F. Suttle rear
ed a large family, some fifteen in
number, and four of the girls married
Harrills; Carolina Suttle married Bill
J Bland; Jane Suttle married Sam
| Bostic, parents of Rev. Wade Bos
jtic, missionary to China; Patsy mar
iried Pleas Fortune, and Judy mar
| ried Tennessee Carpenter. George
| Suttle, a son, was a brilliaht lawyer,
| and practised law at Rutherfordton
j for a number of years. Two of the
j other brothers acted as sheriffs of
j Cleveland county for a number of
| years and Joe Suttle was a
minister.
A detailed genealogy of the des
cendants of George Suttle would oc
cupy an entire issue of the paper.
There are today hundreds of des
cendants of this worthy pioneer liv
: ing in Forest City and surrounding
•community. All are respected citi
zens, farmers, doctors, ministers and
business men. All have adhered to
the advice of their worthy progeni
tor to attend to business, plant corn
in March and have corn to sell in
the fall.
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MAN DIED FRIDAY
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Funeral Held Sunday at Gil
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Aged 70 Years.
I
; Spindale, Mar. 24.—Mr. T. J.
Silvers, aged 70, died at his home
here Friday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock i
after an illness of about two weeks. |
He was taken ill several days ago
with complications. Little could be j
done to combat his illness, due to his J
advanced age.
Funeral services were neld Sunday
'afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Gilkey
Methodist church. Rev. M. M. Hunt
ley, pastor of the Spencer Baptist.
church, and Rev. W. Arthur Barber,
pastor of the Spindale Methodist
church were in charge of the funeral
services, Interment was in the Gilkey
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cemetery.
Mr. Silvers is survived by his wid-!
ow, who is nearing her 85th birthday, j
three children, J. W. Silvers, of Shei- j
by; J. L. Silvers, of Spindale; Mrs.
E. M. Lavender, of Spindale, nine
teen grandchildren and several great
grand children. j
! Mr. Silvers was a native of Yancey,
county, North Carolina. He has been .
making Spindale his home for sev-'
eral years, and was employed by the ,
Stonecutter Mills. He was one of
: Yancey county's oldest citizens, and j
remembered vividly many stirring,
events which occurred in the coun-
ty. He was a fine Christian charac-;
ter, a good neighbor and a friend to
all., He was a member of the Ebe-'
nezer Methodist church, of near Old
Fort. I
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i Pall bearers were members of the j
mens' and young mens' Bible class-:
es of the Spindale Methodist church J
and were as follows: Messrs J. C.
Wylie, H. L. Smith, Clyde Laughlin,'
Clarence Griffin, Max Tolleson and •
Russell Northey. ;
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