Willis NUTTER

1815 - 1860  (44 years)

• Name	Willis NUTTER
  Birth	15 Sep 1815  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Occupation	farmer  [2]
  Occupation	Justice of the Peace  [3]
  Death	Jan 1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA   [2]
  	Cause: fall of tree
  	Death date reported in Don Norman's "The Descendants of Christopher Nutter (based on "The Nutter Family" by Barr Wilson)" as 8 March 1860, location and cause of death not indicated. But the 1860 Federal Census Mortality Schedule of Doddridge County shows it as January 1860, cause "fall of tree."
  Person ID	I6232	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Andrew NUTTER,   b. CA 1791, Harrison Co, (W)VA d. 1855 (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Malinda WILLIS,   b. CA 1798   d. 1861 (Age ~ 63 years)
  Family ID	F2370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Juliet RICHARDS,   b. CA 1820
  Marriage	31 Jan 1839	Harrison Co, (W)VA   [1, 3, 4]
  Notes	Willis and Juliet Richards Nutter, of pioneer families, settled on land on Hughes River, Southwest District, in present-day Doddridge Co, WV, where Willis served as Justice of the Peace for 20 years. After his death in 1860, the farm passed out of the family. Willis was a direct descendant of Thomas Nutter (d. 1732), Captain in the Revolutionary War, who built Fort Nutter on his land, now Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV. His gravesite is marked by a government historical marker. Willis and wife Juliet had nine children, four of whom, Andrew, Thomas, Willis Floyd, and Phylander served in the Union Army in the Civil War, as did their sister Mary Catherine's husband, John Gribble. 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 231850: Willis Nutter, 34, farmer; Juliett, 30; Mary C, 10; Andrew J, 8; Thomas, 6; Floid, 4; Nancy, 2. 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 12 1860: A. J. Nutter (male), 19, farmer; J. Nutter (female), 50; T. J. Nutter (male) 16; Mary C. Nutter (female), 20; F. W. Nutter (male), 14; P. A. Nutter (male), 10; E. M. Nutter (male), 8; William F. Nutter, 5. [3]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Catherine NUTTER,   b. CA 1840   d. Bef Feb 1872 (Age ~ 32 years) + 2. Andrew J. NUTTER,   b. 28 Nov 1841   d. 26 Aug 1920, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 78 years) + 3. Thomas E. NUTTER,   b. 17 Oct 1843, Doddridge Co, (W)VA d. 23 Feb 1886, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 42 years) + 4. Willis Floyd NUTTER,   b. 16 Dec 1845, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV d. 24 Nov 1921, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co, WA (Age 75 years)   5. Nancy Adeline NUTTER,   b. 28 Mar 1848, Doddridge Co, (W)VA d. Bef Jul 1860 (Age 12 years) + 6. Filander Austin NUTTER,   b. 21 Sep 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA d. Abt Jan 1882 (Age 31 years) + 7. Eli Marion NUTTER,   b. 16 Jul 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA d. 30 Apr 1938, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 84 years)   8. William Franklin NUTTER,   b. 3 Nov 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Family ID	F2193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

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• Sources

  [S770] Donald E. Norman & Pauline Karabogias, The Descendants of Christopher Nutter (based on "The Nutter Family" by Barr Wilson), (http://hackerscreek.com/norman/NUTTER/CHRISTOPHER1.htm). [S2712] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)). [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 216. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Marriage Bonds Book 6, p. 178. Date of Marriage Bond was Jan 28 1839, executed between Willis Nutter and Thomas Richards, presumably the bride's father. Bride identified as Juliet Richards.