Thomas Nutter (1735 - 1807)

Born 1735 in Sussex County, Delaware, British America

Died Jul 1807 at about age 72 in Nutter's Fort, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Wife believed to have been Sarah Goodwin. Parents' of Thomas: John Huett Nutter and Ann.

Birth
1735 Sussex County Delaware, USA

Died
JUL 1807.
Nutter's Fort, Virginia, United States.
Aug. 6, 1807 Nutter Fort Harrison County West Virginia, USA^[1]

Arriving in the early 1770s, the families of brothers Thomas, Matthew, and Christopher Nutter were early European settlers to western Virginia. Thomas Nutter had received a land grant for 1,400 acres (5.7 km²) of land along Elk Creek in what was then Monongalia County. Together with the settlers Obadiah and Daniel Davisson, the Nutters constructed a fort in 1772, later known as Nutter's Fort, said to have been one of the strongest forts south of Fort Pitt. Located on the eastern side of Elk Creek, the fort was used by the Virginia state militia from 1776-1780 in conflicts with Native Americans. Thomas Nutter served as a Captain in the Revolutionary Army and died in early August 1808. When the community was incorporated in 1923, it took its name to honor both Nutter and the original settlement. A marker at the Nutter Fort campus of West Virginia Business College (formerly the location of Roosevelt-Wilson High School) indicates where the fort was located. -Per Wikipedia   

Family links:   Spouse:   Sarah Goodwin Nutter (1737 - 1802)

•    Children:   Christopher Nutter (1760 - 1845)*   *Calculated relationship  

Burial: Nutter Fort Nutter Fort Harrison County West Virginia, USA^[1]  

Note: West Virginia site - Evelyn J Kurtock. 2 Historical Marker reads. "Nutter's Fort. Built by Thomas Nutter in 1772 after settlement two years earlier. Nutter was a captain in the Revolutionary Army and is buried here. Refugees from Hacker's Creek settlements came here during the Indian raids of 1779".

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86387547/thomas-nutter: accessed 22 December 2022), memorial page for Capt Thomas Nutter (1735–6 Aug 1807), Find A Grave: Memorial #86387547, citing Nutter Fort, Nutter Fort, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by rondotswfl (contributor 47457058).