Genealogy for
James Wiley Sutton
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James Wiley Sutton
1789 - 1841
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James Wiley Sutton was born about 1789 in Pitt County, North Carolina and died about 1841 in Baker County, Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 52 years old.
He married Lorana Cottle in 1812 | 
 | Marriage | 10/1/1812 | GA (Jefferson County) | 23 yrs old | | Name: Willis Sutton,
Spouse: Lorana Cottle,
Marriage Date: Oct.1 , 1812,
Marriage County: Jefferson,
Marriage State: Georgia |
| Census | 8/7/1820 | GA (Jefferson County) | 31 yrs old | Page: 16, line - Wiley Sutton:
one male - (Under 10),
two males - (26 thru 44),
two females - (Under 10),
one females - (16 thru 25),
three persons Engaged in Agriculture
| Additional information about Jefferson County, GA around 1820: Created in 1796, Jefferson County was created from land previously in Burke, Montgomery, Warren and Washington Counties. Land in this area originated from Creek treaties signed in 1733 and 1783. | |
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| Census | 1/1/1830 | GA (Jefferson County) | 41 yrs old | | Wiley Sutton - one male under 5, one male (5-9), one male (15-19), one male (40-49), two females (10-14), one female (20-29) |
| Marriage | 1/17/1830 | GA (Jefferson County) | 41 yrs old |  Name: Wiley Sutton,
Spouse: Charlotte Peoples,
Marriage Date: 17 Jan 1830,
Marriage County: Jefferson,
Marriage State: Georgia |
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James Sutton's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
James, his family, and friends. For example, James is 4 years old when Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role.
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1790 |
Alexander McGillivray, a mixed-blood of the Upper Creek Nation cedes the Altamaha lands to the Oconee. This treaty -- Treaty of New York -- is signed by President George Washington. |
| 1 |
1790 |
Columbia and Elbert Counties are created. |
| 4 |
1793 |
Hancock, Bryan, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oglethorpe and Warren Counties formed. This same year, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. |
| 5 |
1794 |
General Clarke surrenders ending the Oconee War. |
| 6 |
1795 |
Governor Mathews signs the Second Yazoo Act selling somewhere between 35,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres of land for $500,000. |
| 12 |
1801 |
Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed. |
| 13 |
1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become a border between,GA, FL and AL. GA's western border reaches to the Mississippi River. |
| 14 |
1803 |
Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811. |
| 18 |
1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
| 19 |
1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
| 20 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
| 22 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
| 22 |
1811 |
Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks". |
| 23 |
1812 |
The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks". |
| 23 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
| 24 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). |
| 28 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
| 30 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
| 31 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
| 32 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
| 33 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
| 34 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
| 35 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
| 36 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
| 37 |
1826 |
January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826. |
| 38 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
| 41 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
| 42 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
| 43 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
| 44 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| 47 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
| 48 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 49 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 4 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
| 10 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 11 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
| 18 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
| 25 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 41 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 50 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 11 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
| 22 |
1811 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians. |
| 23 |
1812 |
NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured. |
| 39 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 45 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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| 41 |
1830 |
The U.S. Government begins forcing Cherokee Indians from their homes in what becomes known as the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee hide in the mountains of North Carolina and surrounding states. |
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| 4 |
1793 |
Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role. |
| 5 |
1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
| 9 |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
| 14 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
| 15 |
1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
| 16 |
1805 |
Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier. |
| 17 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
| 22 |
1811 |
By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians. |
| 31 |
1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
| 41 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 46 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 48 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 51 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
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| 3 |
1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
| 4 |
1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
| 6 |
1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
| 7 |
1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
| 8 |
1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
| 44 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Marriages
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| Lorana Cottle
Born about 1793 and died about 1829
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The Children of James Wiley Sutton
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Gatsey Ann Sutton
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1821 and died in Anacoco, Louisiana about 1879. She was about 58 years old.
Gatsey married Francis and had eight Children:
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Eliza (1840 FL) married John T. Hall
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Mary Elizabeth (1844)
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Martha Ann (abt. 1837)-married Andrew Jackson Howard (Castor Ce...
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