John Richard Litton Sr. (bef. 1726 - 1804)

Born before 4 Jul 1726 in Prince George's County, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Ann (Wilcoxen) Litton — married 3 May 1745 (to 3 Jan 1804) in Fincastle, Augusta County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1804 after age 77 in Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Soldier John Litton Sr. served with Washington County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

John Litton Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A202089.

John Lutton was born in 1726. He is the son of Caleb Letton and his wife Grace. He was christened on 4 July 1726 in Frederick, Maryland.^[1] He served as an officer (Lieutenant) in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. He married Sarah Ann Ann (Wilcoxen) Litton on 3 May 1745 in Botetourt Co., VA. They had nine or more children.

Sources

1. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYLH-7J3Z : 12 February 2020), John Lutton, 1726.

• Buried in Litton Cemetery, Russel Co. VA.

John was a barrister and jurer. From 1771-1773 john Richard Letton is often found as a jurer in Botetout Co., VA (Annals of Southwestern Virginia by Lewis Preston Summers). John Richard Letton is mentioned as one of the militiamen under Summers and Caleb is listed under Selby on page 200 of Katherine Keogh White’s book “The King’s Mountain Men”. Information at Washington Historical Society says that the John Litton listed as a mulitiaman at the Battle of King’s Mountain in 1781, is John Richard Litton father of Solomon. URL https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-3H6N

THE LITTON FAMILY: CALEB POLLECKFIELD LETTON/LITTON of Eng., & MD to MARY EMELINE (LITTON) CURTIS Of Livingston Co., MO 2nd Generation

JOHN RICHARD LITTON and SARAH JANE WILCOXEN of PRINCE GEORGE CO., MD and VA

John was born 4 July 1726 in Prince George Co., MD. He moved to Botetourt Co., VA about 1740 and married there on 3 May 1745 to Sarah Jane Wilcoxen. She was born 29 Feb 1728 in Montgomery Co., MD. John served in the Rev. War. (as a lieutenant) as did all of his brothers. John and Sarah are said to have had these children, Elizabeth, Brilliance/Bellicent, Emeline, James Edward, Solomon Caleb, Burton, Nancy, Hamilton, Thomas, and John--and perhaps others. John was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. He died 3 Jan 1804 and she died Jan 1808, both in Russell Co., VA. They are both buried in Solomon Litton Hollow Cem., Russell Co., VA. URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nmllanera/notesLitton.html

Son of Caleb Polleckfield Litton and Mary Grace Burton Litton. Husband of Sarah Ann Wilcoxen Litton. Father of Soloman Caleb Litton, James Litton, Nancy Litton, Hamilton Litton, Burton Caleb Litton, John Lee Litton, and Thomas W. Litton.

John Linton Or Linten SOURCE: United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914,] database with images, FamilySearch ([1] : 24 May 2014), John Linton Or Linten, 13 Oct 1798; citing p. 60, volume 015, , , , United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 350,314.

John Richard Litton Find A Grave Index, database, FamilySearch [2] : 13 December 2015), John Richard Litton, 1804; Burial, , Russell, Virginia, United States of America, Soloman Litton Hollow Cemetery; citing record ID 29327892, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Buried in Litton Cemetery, Russel Co. VA.

John was a barrister and jurer. From 1771-1773 john Richard Letton is often found as a jurer in Botetout Co., VA (Annals of Southwestern Virginia by Lewis Preston Summers). John Richard Letton is mentioned as one of the militiamen under Summers and Caleb is listed under Selby on page 200 of Katherine Keogh White’s book “The King’s Mountain Men”. Information at Washington Historical Society says that the John Litton listed as a militiaman at the Battle of King’s Mountain in 1781, John Richard Litton the son of Solomon.

• Military Service: Virginia, USA.

• Residence 1778 Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA.

• Source: Text: Michael Marshall mrmarsha2004@@yahoo.com, “Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia’s Northern Neck Counties”, GEDCOM Database last updated 20 Mar 2014, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I012748, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project (Online: MyFamily.com, 2014), accessed in part 20 Mar 2014 by Eric J. Montgomery clanmontgomery.md at gmail.com. Mike has advanced formal genealogical training and has researched family history since 1982. There are over 101,000 people in the file. There are many extracted wills in this document. Wills abstracted by Jane Baldwin Cotton and F. Edward Wright, Inventory & Administation Accounts abstracted by Vernon L. Skinner. 1640-1753 Transcribed Rent rolls posted in the Charles County Archives; http://usgwarchives.net/md/charles/land.htm. Many of EJM’s family refer to the book Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 9. Data Changed: Date: 25 MAR 2014
• U.S. Revolutionary War Roles, 1775-1783.
• 1790 U.S. Federal Census.
• U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership no. 90052.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
• Family Data Collection-Births.
• Maryland, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1790.
• U.S., Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006.
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