From: <DuttonNC@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Thomas Dutton and William C. Dutton/ Judy/
Date: 1998-08-22 10:46:34
First things first: Thomas Dutton has been quite elusive. Here is what I have on him. In or around May 16 1882 in Anson Co. (after Betsey Dutton died) her property that she owned was probated. According to this probate record he is not living at this time and he has no family. It only mentions Edmund, William, Zachariah Jr., Alexander, Sarah and her husband William Patrick,Rosanna, John, Henry Beverly and his wife Susan (she was George W. Dutton's daughter) Thomas Brooks and wife Mary(also a daughter of George) in contention with the Fort family which includes Mary A. ( S.S. Duttons' daughter) her children Samuel, George, Gaston, Oliver, and Robert. It also mentions a William White, Lilly White, Mary White, and Josiah White who were Theodore and Lucy White"s Children. It could have been that Thomas had left earlier and gone to Alabama but I don"t believe he was alive or had any children at the time of this Probate. I am the J.L. Dutton who supplied the information to the Threadgill Book. Also here is some information of William C. (Cavasso) Dutton. I'm not even sure about the spelling of his middle name or where he got it. William C. Dutton b. June 01, 1852 d. April 28, 1917 Married to Martha Jane Maner b.June 19 1852 d. January 24, 1941. Children: Mary Blanche, James Gaston, Charles Marshall, Hattie Cornelia, Alice Martin, Henry Guilford,(my Grandfather), Mimmie Mills, Clay Battle, and Jane. All these children lived to be in their eightys with the exception of James(died with a brain tumor) and Nellie who lived to the age of 94. Judy, if you need any more information let me know. Getting back to Thomas Dutton, I don't believe he is My Thomas as to there is no mention of him or his family in the probate records. I'll keep digging. Cousin James