Selected Families and Individuals


Levi C. NUTTER [Parents] was born 1829. He died 1901. Levi married Rebecca GREATHOUSE on 1851 in Harrison County, VA.

Rebecca GREATHOUSE married Levi C. NUTTER on 1851 in Harrison County, VA.


Benjamin Stout was born 1835. He died 1908. Benjamin married Affa Jane NUTTER on 1858 in Harrison County, VA.

Affa Jane NUTTER [Parents] was born 1834. She died 1863. Affa married Benjamin Stout on 1858 in Harrison County, VA.


Isaac NUTTER [Parents] was born 1794 in Brushy Creek, Harrison County, Virginia. He died 1862 in Indiana. Isaac married Sarah Elizabeth WEBB on 1813 in Harrison County, Virginia.

Isaac Nutter, after leaving Addis Run made his first settlement where the village of Rusk now stands. In 1844 he moved to the mouth of Gillespies Run. Isaac Nutter moved to Windfall, Tipton County, Indiana in l856 where he later died. William L. and Jane Enochs (his daughter) lived in Indianapolis. Isaac was one of the first settlers in Cairo, Ritchie Co., area. He was a Private in the War of 1812 serving for one year at the age of 18 under Captain Bozier and Colonel Webb. He returned to Nutter's Fort and married Elizabeth Webb.

Sarah Elizabeth WEBB was born 1796. She died 1856 in Indiana. Sarah married Isaac NUTTER on 1813 in Harrison County, Virginia.

They had the following children:

  F i Margaret Magdalena NUTTER was born 1814 and died 1900.
  M ii Mathew NUTTER was born 1815.
  M iii John NUTTER was born 1817. He died 1900 in Indiana.

John lived in (West) Virginia until he was 19 years old. He had only a few months of formal schooling. In later years, he became very knowledgeable although self taught. John traveled to Pennsylvania in 1836, to New Orleans in later 1836, then to Lawrence County, Ohio in 1837 and to Boone County, Indiana in 1849 and arrived in Tipton County, Indiana in 1841 three years before the county was organized. He was a town trustee and a county commissioner. He was instrumental in getting the first county jail erected. he wrote the first petition for a road in Wildcat Township and was appointed supervisor to oversee the cutting of the road. He served as Bailiff for the first grand jury in Tipton County. His memoirs indicate he took a government claim of 160 acres in 1841, built a log cabin and lived as a bachelor until 1845. he supported himself by hunting deer and raccoon. He save $130, with which he bough 80 acres in 1848.
  M iv George Washington NUTTER was born 1822 and died 1896.
  F v Jane NUTTER was born 1825.
  M vi David NUTTER was born 1826 and died 1875.
  F vii Elizabeth NUTTER was born 1831.
  M viii Levi N. NUTTER was born 1836.
  F ix Nancy NUTTER was born 1837.

Jessie J. CAIN was born 1812. He died 1898 in Wood County, WV. Jessie married Margaret Magdalena NUTTER on 1837 in Rusk, Ritchie County, VA.

Margaret Magdalena NUTTER [Parents] was born 1814 in Ritchie County, VA. She died 1900. Margaret married Jessie J. CAIN on 1837 in Rusk, Ritchie County, VA.


George Washington NUTTER [Parents] was born 1822 in Rusk, Ritchie county, VA. He died 1896 in Wisconsin. George married Eliza HALL on 1845 in Ritchie County, VA.

George served in the Civil War in Company A., 47th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry under Captain William Young, Commander. He was discharged on September 15, 1865 at Madison, Wisconsin. The only injury George sustained was that he had the heel of his boot shot off by a mini ball and the shock twisted his leg causing him to walk with a limp and use a cane. While Geoge was gone, Eliza died as the result of over work and the flu. Eliza's grandmother was English royalty and was disowned when she married a commoner.

Eliza HALL was born 1824. She died 1862. Eliza married George Washington NUTTER on 1845 in Ritchie County, VA.


William L. ENOCHS married Jane NUTTER on 1848 in Ritchie County, VA.

William was in the Civil War and was promoted to Captain in the Union Army.

Jane NUTTER [Parents] was born 1825. She married William L. ENOCHS on 1848 in Ritchie County, VA.


David NUTTER [Parents] was born 1826 in Rusk, Ritchie County, Virginia. He died 1875 in California. David married Mary E. FISHER on 1855 in Wirt County, VA.

Mary E. FISHER was born 1836 in Wood County, VA. She died 1862. Mary married David NUTTER on 1855 in Wirt County, VA.


Alexander BICKERSTAFF was born 1825. He married Elizabeth NUTTER on 1849 in Ritchie County, VA.

Elizabeth NUTTER [Parents] was born 1831. She married Alexander BICKERSTAFF on 1849 in Ritchie County, VA.


William LINDSEY was born 1780. He died 1850. William married Barsheba NUTTER on 1808 in Harrison County, VA.

Barsheba NUTTER [Parents] was born 1795. She married William LINDSEY on 1808 in Harrison County, VA.


Alexander REED was born 1798. He married Elizabeth NUTTER on 1817 in Harrison County, VA.

Elizabeth NUTTER [Parents] was born 1800. She married Alexander REED on 1817 in Harrison County, VA.

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