ZDUTTON – Alexander Thomas Dutton

James said:
>I need as much information as possible on Alexander Dutton, Z. Dutton's son
>through the first generation.  I have him marrying Racheal Faerell.  Is this
>correct. 
>Thanks
>
>James L Dutton

And James said again:
>Alexander Thomas Dutton b. abt 1784 in Charles Co. Md. d.Dec 26 1818 in
>Madison Co. Alabama. m. Rachel Farrell on June 30 1810 in Madison Co.
Alabama.
>
>Children :George Washington Dutton 1810-1819
>               Sarah Ann Dutton 1810-1819
>                Lousia Dutton 1810-1919
>
>This is passed on to the list by oldolls@ipa;.net(Sue Dutton Rodgers) She is
>having trouble accessing her list.
>
>James L. Dutton

Oh, dear, poor Susie. I'll e-mail her and see what's going on. (Are you
getting this now, Susie?)

James, you're about like I am. I want to hear about it all. :) I'm lucky to
have acquired most of the first-generation data on Zachariah's children;
those resources probably aren't available anywhere else but here.

Sue's information is mostly complete. I figure that I must have given some
of that data to her in my sleep, because I sure can't remember. All of my
data came originally from Madison County records. Cousin Julie Dutton found
them first, and included them in her Dutton file at the Morgan County
Archives, and that's where I got them. They were printed in Jones &
Gandrud's Alabama Records Vol. 4 (Madison County). 

Alexander Dutton was born in Charles County, Maryland; that much we know.
The ca. 1784 date is from Darlene Cole's data sheet; I assume that it's
speculation. Alexander apparently moved with his brother Jarrard to Alabama
about 1810. Jarrard was on the 1810 census in N.C.; Alexander was not, but
there are records of both of them in Alabama that early, and I'm assuming
that they travelled together.

Both of them originally settled in Madison County, Alabama. I'm not sure
when Huntsville was founded; it may not have been there in 1810--but the
land office was in Huntsville, Madison County, so they probably went there
for land and settled down close by. Also, Huntsville was the only center of
any kind of civilization for miles around--remember that Alabama was not a
state until 1819, and Huntsville was the first capital.

Alexander Dutton was married on 30 Jan 1810 to Rachel F______. For months
people were arguing about what her last name was. Julie originally read the
marriage record to say "Ferrell" or "Fearell". Others said "Fessell" or
"Fezzell". It appears that the last was correct; actually spelled
"Feazell". We did not know this until Julie contacted Don Feazell, a
researcher of that family, who claimed Alexander and Rachel as part of his
family.

Alexander and Rachel were married in 1810, and to them were born four or
more children. Only four are mentioned in records--three because they were
minors, and one because he was their attorney. Alexander died in Madison
County in 1818. Now that I look at the records again, I'm not sure where
the 26 Dec 1818 came from. That's what I have in my database; I think
that's what Julie listed in her files. Although these files are apparently
abstracted in the Gandrud book, it appears that Alexander's estate was
appraised on 26 Dec 1818--that would be pretty quick work, if he died on
the same day.

Accoring to records in Madison County, after Alexander's death, Rachel
moved with members of the Feazell family to Ouachita Parish, Louisiana,
taking the Dutton children with her.

Here are the records I keep referencing:

Alabama Records Vol. 4 - Madison County, Alabama - by Jones & Gandrud 

DUTTON, ALEXANDER. Oldest Will Book. Page 284. Appraisment. 26 Dec. 1818,
by John Priost, Andre Jordan, Joseph Jones. Sworn to before George T.
Jones, J.P.  Page 269 [should that be 289?--JTR]: account of the sale of
the personal property of Rachel Dutton as Administratrix. Gerard Dutton
among purchasers. 6 Jan. 1819. [I assume that Gerard's name was taken from
a longer list of purchasers, and abstracted into the book--I have not seen
this list, and I probably ought to.]

The next record was horribly butchered in transcription into the Gandrud
book; I won't bother copying it. Julie sent Don Feazell her own
transcription of the original record--I include it here.

Rachel Sterling, Tutrix of her minor children, George Washington Dutton,
Sarah Ann Dutton, & Louisa Dutton Pipes, Wm. Pipes acting for his wife,
appoints Columbus Dutton as attorney in settlement of Alexander Dutton,
their father. Dated: 28 Jan 1836.

According to Don Feazell, Rachel Feazell Dutton remarried on 29 May 1821 to
Benjamin Franklin (Lynd) Sterling. Don Feazell also states that his records
include Alexander's middle name: Thomas. As is the case with all of
Zachariah's children, the middle names were never included in official
documents and were often forgotten. It is entirely possible that
Alexander's full name was Alexander Thomas Dutton. 

So, we have the following:

ALEXANDER THOMAS DUTTON
Son of Zachariah Dutton and his wife, a Penn(?)
Born ca. 1784(?) in Charles County, Maryland
Died in 1818 in Madison County, Alabama

Married on 30 Jan 1810 to
RACHEL FEAZELL
Daughter of Johan Jorg (John George) Feazel and Margaret Peer
Born ca. 1793 in Hawkins County, Tennessee [date from 1850 census, place
>from Don Feazell]
Died in 1863 in Louisiana [from Don Feazell]
Buried in Feazel Cemetery, Farmerville, Louisiana [from Don Feazell]

Children:
1. Louisa Dutton, born ca. 1810 [from 1850 census]. Married before 1834 in
Louisiana to William H. Pipes, born 14 Sep 1811 in Mississippi, died 15 Sep
1862. [Full name and dates from Don Feazell.]

2. Christopher Columbus Dutton, born 22 Mar 1813 in Madison County,
Alabama, married on 10 Dec 1840 to Catherine Huey. [Dates and marriage from
Don Feazell]. "14 children, all born in or around Jackson Parish and
Claiborne Parish, Louisiana" [from Don Feazell].

3. George Washington Dutton, nothing known.

4. Sarah Ann Dutton, nothing known.

The two younger children were apparently nowhere to be found in 1850. I
assume Sarah would have married by then, but I should have been able to
find George. Both of them would of course have been born sometime between
1810 and 1818. (The 1810-1818 was not their life-span, just an estimation
of their date of birth.)

While I've got Alexander's folder open, here is a very interesting record:

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THE TERRITORY VS. DANIEL MITCHELL

Be it remembered that heretofore towit, at a Superior Court began and held
for the County of Madison at the court house in the town of Huntsville on
the second Monday in May in the year of our Lord 1813, came Louis Winston,
Attorney for the Territory, and on motion of the said Atty. it is ordered
by the Court that a noleprosecqui be ordered in the case of the Territory
against Daniel Mitchell who was recognized to answer for an assault and
battery committed on the body of Jarrott Dutton & the defendant in his
proper person comes and confesseth judgement for the costs. It is therefore
considered by the Court that the Territory recover against the defendant
its costs in this behalf expended.

THE TERRITORY VS. ALEXANDER DUTTON

Be it remembered that heretofore towit, at a Superior Court began and held
for the County of Madison at the court house in the Town of Huntsville on
the second Monday in May in the year of our Lord 1813, came Louis Winston,
Attorney for the Territory, and on motion of the said Atty. it is ordered
by the Court that a noliprosequi be entered in the case of the Territory
against Alexander Dutton who was recognized to answer for an assault &
battery committed on the body of Daniel Mitchell and the defendant comes
and confesseth judgement for the costs. It is therefore considered by the
Court that the defendant recover against the defendant its costs in this
behalf expended.

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And the moral of the story: "Don't beat up my little brother."



Cousin Joe