The Sutton Family Cemetery is located off the Mt. Olive Road near the Partlow Camp in Township 20S Range 11W Section 12. Hidden in the woods, it has sustained the test of time. When the Partlow Camp was established decades ago, it gave refuge to this pioneer family cemetery.
The original pioneers in this cemetery are Abner Sutton and his wife Elizabeth Wilkins Sutton both born ca. 1780. They had three sons, William, George, Clements, and two daughters Nancy Jane & Martha. Abner & Elizabeth Sutton came to Tuscaloosa County from Smith County, Tennessee in the 1830?s and settled near what is now the Mt. Olive Road. They were members of Big Creek Baptist Church.
Their son, William A. Sutton, was born ca. 1806 in Georgia and died July 4, 1868. William married Martha Elizabeth Skelton born ca. 1810 in Georgia and died December 15, 1886. She was the daughter of James Robert & Rebecca Skelton.
In 1850, all three sons and their families are living in District 2 of Tuscaloosa County.
The cemetery has been well kept with updated memorial markers.
Abner Sutton,
born 1780 died l840?s
Elizabeth Wilkins Sutton,
born 1780 died 1840?s
William A. Sutton,
born 1806 died 4 July 1868
Martha Elizabeth Skelton Sutton,
born 1810 died 15th Dec. 1886
Joseph R. Sutton, born 1848
Permelia Sutton, born 1849
Lucy Sutton, born 1852
Swan Sutton, born 1855
Source: Ruby Sutton, Northport, Alabama
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth: