John Huitt NUTTER [Parents] was born 1705 in Maryland. He died 1745 in Maryland. John married Margaret MCCLESKER on 1727.
Other marriages:NUTTER, Ann
Margaret MCCLESKER died 1733. She married John Huitt NUTTER on 1727.
They had the following children:
M i Adam NUTTER. M ii John Huett NUTTER Jr.. M iii Charles NUTTER was born 1731. F iv Margaret NUTTER was born 1734. She died 1734.
John Huett NUTTER Jr. [Parents] married Elizabeth NAIRN on 1765.
Elizabeth NAIRN married John Huett NUTTER Jr. on 1765.
Thomas NUTTER [Parents] died 1760. He married Ann ADAMS.
Ann ADAMS married Thomas NUTTER.
They had the following children:
M i Charles NUTTER. M ii James NUTTER died 1802. M iii William NUTTER. F iv Eleanor NUTTER.
William CANNON was born 1720. He died 1783. William married Mary NUTTER.
Mary NUTTER [Parents] married William CANNON.
William NUTTER Jr. [Parents] was born 1734. He died 1769. William married Sarah TAYLOR.
Sarah TAYLOR died 1773. She married William NUTTER Jr..
They had the following children:
M i David NUTTER.
David was a Captain in the Delaware line during the Revolutionary War. Some records show his death as about 1776.M ii John NUTTER was born 1756 and died 1795. F iii Mary NUTTER. F iv Rebecca NUTTER. F v Sarah NUTTER. M vi William NUTTER III died 1772. M vii Thomas NUTTER was born 25 May 1760 and died 1835. M viii Huitt NUTTER was born 1768.
James NUTTER [Parents] died 1802. He married DAWSON.
They had the following children:
M i William NUTTER died 1826. F ii Ann NUTTER. F iii Eleanor NUTTER. M iv Thomas NUTTER. F v Sarah NUTTER. F vi Mary NUTTER. M vii James NUTTER.
John NUTTER [Parents] was born 1756. He died 1795. John married Nancy.
They had the following children:
M i John NUTTER was born 1780.
John married and migrated to Scott County, Kentucky about 1801.
Thomas NUTTER [Parents] was born 25 May 1760. He died 1835 in Kentucky. Thomas married Sarah BAGWELL on 15 Mar 1781.
Sarah BAGWELL was born 1759. She died 1848. Sarah married Thomas NUTTER on 15 Mar 1781.
Sarah's husband's, Robert and Thomas, were cousins. Robert died in the Revolutionary War
They had the following children:
Mathew Nathen NUTTER Sr. [Parents] was born 26 Nov 1737 in Maryland. He died 1811 in Harrison County, VA. Mathew married Elizabeth GOODWIN on 1775 in Monongalia County, VA.
Other marriages:MILLER, Hannah
He was buried in Trinity Methodist Church Cem., Brushy Fork of Elk Creek, Harrison Co. WV. According to Wirt Co. History, "In 1766 Matthew, together with Christopher, John, Thomas, and Thomas' son, Christopher, moved to Augusta County, Va., where they lived until l769, then removed to Fayette Co., Pa.
Matthew was in the Revolutionary War, a defender of Fort Nutter. Matthew married Elizabeth and lived about the mouth of Simpson Creek area. Matthew had 500 acres on Elk Creek, Harrison County joining John Radcliff's land, 1781 a certificate for 300 acres on the east side of Elk creek was included in his settlement made in 1772.
In this Nutter's lifetime, the Thirteen Colonies would become a nation based on the three principles of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He lived during the Indian Wars, the American Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase! Matthew Nutter was a second cousin of Thomas and John Nutter. Thomas was married to Susan (Sarah) Goodwin and Elizabeth Goodwin (Susan's sister) was the wife of Matthew.
The British government was offering land patents for 400 acres for 7.5 pounds for taxes and the additional costs of surveying the land. In Matthew's land patent, the words 'Improvement of 1772' is used. In 1772, they moved to West Augusta, now Harrison County, WV.
The Indian method of warfare at that time was the indiscriminate slaughter of all ages and sexes. It was therefore necessary to create a defense mechanism. This was generally accomplished by banding together in structures called forts. on the banks of Elk Creek , two miles from what is now Clarksburg on Buckhannon Road on land belonging to Thomas Nutter . Thomas, Matthew's brother-in-law , began Nutter's Fort near the town of Clarksburg, West Virginia. Matthew, Thomas, and John were the three Nutter's who established the Nutter's in the interior of Colonial Virginia. Nutter's Fort, in the modern day world is part of the Roosevelt-Wilson campus in Clarksburg, West Virginia. In 1763, the British government had established the Proclamation of 1763. The proclamation forbade any settlement west of the Alleghenies. The government thought this might prevent the growing problem of Indian hostilities. The proclamation was ineffective and by 1772, the Proclamation had been repealed. According to the Nicholas County History book of 1985 (WV); Christpher Nutter, who was the son of Thomas, page 133, "That the family stopped over at Redstone Fort for a season before moving up the Monongahela to the West Fort." Matthew Nutter was the third generation of the pioneer family. Thus, that covers the fourth generation of the Nutter family and its mark in West Virginia history.
Matthew, Thomas and John Nutter are listed as voters at the Court House in Clarksburg for the County of Harrison on Wednesday, the 7th day of January 1789 for an elector acceptable to an act of the General Assembly passed at Richmond in October 1788. At this election, George Washington was elected President.
Elizabeth GOODWIN was born 1742. She died 1835 in Harrison County, VA. Elizabeth married Mathew Nathen NUTTER Sr. on 1775 in Monongalia County, VA.
They had the following children:
M i John NUTTER was born 1778 and died 1865. M ii William NUTTER was born 1780 and died 1825. M iii Mathew Nathan NUTTER Jr. was born 1785 and died 1861. M iv Isaac NUTTER was born 1794 and died 1862. F v Barsheba NUTTER was born 1795. F vi Elizabeth NUTTER was born 1800. M vii Thomas NUTTER was born 1804 and died 1843. F viii Magdalene NUTTER was born 1805.
David NUTTER [Parents] was born 1769 in Virginia. He died 1851 in Nicholas County, VA. David married Ruth COTTLE on 13 Jan 1789 in Greenbrier County, VA.
Other marriages:O'DELL, Christina
David may have been born in Maryland since he was only three years old when his father, Matthew, originally entered Virginia. It is thought he was likely born during the migration from civilization to wilderness that generally was accomplished in several moves.
The research comes from Nicholas County History books and West Virginia Archives at the Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia as well as the series of " Mountain Memories" by Dennis Deitz. David was 48 years old when he married the 27 year old Christina Odell. The Nutter's were active in Bethel Methodist Church at Poe on Laurel Creek, the oldest Church (1810) in Nicholas County. David was elected Senior Class leader in 1782. Their farm was on Backus Run, which David sold and then purchased property at Hominy Falls, Nicholas County, West Virginia from his father-in-law, Jeremiah in 1827. David later purchased 200 acres at Kessler's Cross Lanes.
Grandison was Christina's child from a previous marriage.
In 1814, David Nutter and family came here from Monroe county and settled where Rev. A. N. Rippetoe lives. He was very industrious. -- Afterwards he sold his farm on which he first settled and moved to the farm, cleared out by Robert Foster, where he ended his days. His second wife to whom he was married in this county, was a daughter of Jerry Odell, the Revolutionary soldier.--She is still alive and about 93 years old.
Source: West Virginia History, A Quarterly Magazine, Cecile R. Goodall, Editor; Volume XVI; January, 1955; Number 2; excerpt from Nicholas County's first Settlers, written by Edward Campbell in 1883; page 136
Ruth COTTLE was born 10 Jul 1770 in Monroe County, VA. She died 10 Jul 1810 in Monroe County, VA and was buried in Old Rehobeth Methodist Church, Union, Monroe County, VA. Ruth married David NUTTER on 13 Jan 1789 in Greenbrier County, VA.
Ruth died after the birth of her ninth child. She was buried at the north corner of Rehobeth Church in Monroe County, West Virginia. Rehobeth Church is the first Methodist Church west of the Alleghenies
They had the following children:
M i Joseph NUTTER. F ii Elizabeth NUTTER was born 21 Jun 1790 and died 20 Apr 1869. M iii Elijah NUTTER was born 1792. F iv Nancy Myra NUTTER was born 1802 and died 1848. F v Ruth E. NUTTER was born 1804 and died 1876.