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John Rutherford Luttrell
Son of Thomas and Tabitha Rutherford Luttrell
b. April 1, 1810 in Adair Co., Kentucky
m. Margaret Alice Duncan
d. July 20, 1900 Morgan Co., Illinois
Children of John Rutherford & Margaret Luttrell
Hiram J. Luttrell b. c. 1834
Martha Jane Luttrell b. 1837, Morgan Co., IL
Isaac Newton Luttrell b. 1841 Franklin, Morgan Co., IL
Tabitha Ellen Luttrell b. 1845 Morgan Co., IL
John W. Luttrell b. 1850 Franklin, Morgan Co., IL
possible daughter, Sarah, died in infancy?
Re: Margaret Alice Duncan Luttrell
b. July 9, 1811
d. August 22, 1884
Buried at Franklin, Illinois
Mother is Jane McCulloch Duncan, born Jan. 22, 1780 in North Carolina.
Father is John Duncan, born Feb. 10, 1777.
"He owned a sawmill in Tennessee and died after 1817 in a mill stream".
Luttrell Family of Morgan County, Illinois, Related Families, and Roots, by Jerry W. Ramsey, June 1999
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6 Jan. 1835, Jane Duncan, Robert C. Miller and wife Martha, James McBride and wife Nancy, Josiah Dodd and wife Elizabeth, Abraham Childers and wife Ellenor, and
John Luttrell and wife Margaret, Abraham Childers and John Luttrell by their attorney Jane Duncan, for $500, to Benjamin January, 100 acres in Jefferson Co. TN, part of a tract of land formerly belonging to estate of Joseph McCullah decd, adj. Henry Dicks corner. Wit. Alexander Douglass, Saml. Evans. Rec. in Jefferson Co. TN on oath of wit.
6 Feb. 1835, Jane Duncan, Margaret Evans, Saml. Evans and Martha McCullah (by their attorney Samuel Evans), all heirs at law of estate of Joseph McCullah Jr. decd, quit claim to the heirs of Joseph McCullah, Jane Kaliast, land in line of old tract which said McCullah Sr. lived on at his death, McCullah orig. corner, land 62 poles x 62 poles (no acreage). Wit. Samuel A. Evans, Matilda J. Evans. Rec. on oath of wit.
7 Feb. 1835, Margaret Evans and Nancy McCullah by Saml. Evans their attorney, and Benjamin C. Haslet by Saml Evans Jr. his attorney, Martha McCullah and Saml. Evans, all heirs at law of Joseph McCullah Senr. decd, quit claim land sold to John Duncan decd by said McCullah decd, part of the place that said McCullah lived on at his death (no acreage). Wit. Saml. A. Evans, Matilda J. Evans. Reg. on oath of wit.
Jefferson Co. TN Deed Indexes 1792-1929
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Notes re: John Rutherford Luttrell
1835 US Census Morgan Co., IL shows
Hiram Luttrell (brother), Thomas Luttrell (father), Armstrong Luttrell (brother)
and John Luttrell
all listed consecutively as though living on adjoining properties
John Luttrell shows 2 M under 10; 1 M 20 to 30; 1 F 10 to 20; 1 F 20 to 30
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Notes re: Jane McCullah Duncan
Father is Joseph McCullah/McCulloch
"He was a justice at the May Sessions of Court in 1796, the year Tennessee was formed from "the territory south of the Ohio River", the "former state of Franklin" and previous Washington County, N. C."
from Jerry Ramseys "Luttrell Family of Morgan County, Illinois, Related Families and Roots. Jun 1999
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* Ramsey information shows "James Madison"
Claude Atherton Luttrell, Sr. (grandson of J. M.) diary notes show "James Monroe". Article about William T. Luttrell in "Portrait and Biographical Album of Morgan and Scott Counties, Illinois" by Chapman Brothers, 1889 also shows "James Monroe".
