Alexander McNutt was the son of John "Scotch Johnny" McNutt and Katherine Rebecca Anderson. He married Rachel Grigsby, on 7 Jan 1790, at her Fruithill Home in Rockbridge Co., VA. Rev. Samuel Houston performed the ceremony. She was the daughter of John Grigsby and Elizabeth Porter. They had 13 known McNutt Children, that are listed in detail on his wife's site.
He served in the Revolutionary War in the Rockbridge County VA Militia, in 1780 as a Sergeant and Ensign under Capt. Jas Gilmore and Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan in SC. (See the VA Genealogist, Vol. 43, #2, Apr-Jun 1999, p 144, John H. Gwathmey's History Register of VA In the Revolution, p 538 and VASSAR's Master Spreadsheet of Revolutionary War Veterans. )
He's in the NSDAR Patriot Index and my app for him was approved.
DAR Genealogical Research Database includes:
MCNUTT, ALEXANDER Ancestor #: A078588
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): ENSIGN
Birth: 12-10-1754 AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA
Death: 3-29-1812 ROCKBRIDGE CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: THE VA GENEALOGIST, VOL 43, #2, APR-JUN 1999, PP 144-145; GWATHMEY, HIST REG OF VA IN THE REV, P 538
Service Description: 1) ROCKBRIDGE CO MILITIA
2) ALSO SGT, CAPT JAMES GILMORE, BGEN DANIEL MORGAN, 1780
Residence: County: ROCKBRIDGE CO - State: VIRGINIA
Spouse: 1) RACHEL GRIGSBY
He is listed as member #43 on the Falling Spring Church register, right below #42, John Grigsby. McNutt has pew #24 and pledged a 6 pounds before 1794. Notes: "Contributions 1801 & 1809; 1811 Pew #8. 1212 pew assigned to Mrs. Rachel McNutt. He married 7 Jan 1790 to Rachael Grigsby by Rev. Sam Houston. Died Mar. 12, 1812." Family Search original register.
Granddaughter, Henrietta Hamilton McCormick, owned Alexander McNutt's powder horn used in the Revolutionary War's Battle of Cowpens, SC. His father, brother Robert and his Mc Corkle brother in law, all died in that battle. Alexander died from pneumonia. Alexander and his brother served in the same unit. See photo.
Sgt. Alex. McNutt and his brother, Private Robert McNutt served together in the Rockbridge company in Gilmore's Rifles at the Battle of Cowpens. Their brother in law Ensign John McCorkle (Rebecca McNutt McCorkle) was also there.
His property was 7 miles east of Lexington, on the North River, or a mile west of Buena Vista (in 1897). Some of this land was granted to his father John in 1768.
On 21 April 1798, Alexander McNutt, grantee, bought 318 acres on the north fork of James River adjoining land of David Templeton the heirs of John Walker dec'd and others in Rockbridge County, VA. The patent was dated 1 Sep 1780, land warrant #1108, issued 13 Oct 1795. Plus 20 acres were conveyed by John McNutt, possibly his father.
He died intestate. His wife inherited her share of his estate and lived there until Jan 1840. His son in law James McChesney handled the administration of his estate, including about 125 acres in Rockbridge Co., VA. See 1841 Chancery case in Rockbridge Co., 108 pages, Jas MCCHESNEY & wife vs Heirs of Benj McNutt, Etc. See page 7, plus page 65 has plat map.
"ALEXANDER McNUTT. Son of John and Katherine (Anderson) McNutt. Born Dec. 10, 1754; died March 29, 1812. Married Jan. 1, 1788, (or 1790) Rachel Grigsby, daughter of John Grigsby. She was born May 7, 1791. A woman of unusual ability and character, left a widow with thirteen children, she reared and educated them. This Alexander was a nephew of Sir Alexander. He served with the colonial forces, and probably was at Guilford. A grandson of Alex. McNutt, by name William Jenkins, built the house at Buffalo Forge, now owned by Mr. D. E. Brady. Morton, page 375, Taxpayers of 1782: Alexander McNutt, 2 horses, Thomas McNutt, 1 horse, 4 cattle. (Pencil note, Which Alex is this ?)." Rockbridge Men in The Revolutionary War compiled by the DAR, by regent Linnette B Peak, of Glasgow, VA. Article includes many other McNutts. Per article in the Lexington Gazette, dated 24 Jul 1941, p 6, Library or Virginia.
I note in the Jackson Memorial Cemetery Survey, Complete to 1960 (sic) by Col. William Couper, available at the Washington and Lee Library Special Collections Dept., page 12 says that the monument says: A tribute by his daughter Sarah Sims of Vicksburg, Miss. to the memory of Alexander McNutt who died March 29, 1812 aged 56 years and to her mother Rachael McNutt who died Jan. 7, 1840, aged 69 years.
The monument is about 6' tall in the shape of an obelisk and it is hard to read but clearly lists his name and death date. GPS: 37° 46' 49 N 079° 26' 48 W, South Main Street.
Photo shows the readable part of Alexander's inscription and the full photo below it shows Rachael's inscription, on the reverse side.
Other sources: Genealogies and Reminiscences, by Henrietta Hamilton McCormick, 1887, p 17, 23, 55-60 plus the Fork of the James Family Ties; The MacNauchtan Saga; Rockbridge Co., VA Marriages, DAR Dec 1989.
Marker says:
A tribute
by his daughter
Sarah Sims of Vicksburg,
Miss. to the memory of
ALEXANDER McNUTT
Who died
March 29, 1812
aged 56.
Bio researched and written by LSP
He served in the Revolutionary War in the Rockbridge County VA Militia, in 1780 as a Sergeant and Ensign under Capt. Jas Gilmore and Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan in SC. (See the VA Genealogist, Vol. 43, #2, Apr-Jun 1999, p 144, John H. Gwathmey's History Register of VA In the Revolution, p 538 and VASSAR's Master Spreadsheet of Revolutionary War Veterans. )
He's in the NSDAR Patriot Index and my app for him was approved.
DAR Genealogical Research Database includes:
MCNUTT, ALEXANDER Ancestor #: A078588
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): ENSIGN
Birth: 12-10-1754 AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA
Death: 3-29-1812 ROCKBRIDGE CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: THE VA GENEALOGIST, VOL 43, #2, APR-JUN 1999, PP 144-145; GWATHMEY, HIST REG OF VA IN THE REV, P 538
Service Description: 1) ROCKBRIDGE CO MILITIA
2) ALSO SGT, CAPT JAMES GILMORE, BGEN DANIEL MORGAN, 1780
Residence: County: ROCKBRIDGE CO - State: VIRGINIA
Spouse: 1) RACHEL GRIGSBY
He is listed as member #43 on the Falling Spring Church register, right below #42, John Grigsby. McNutt has pew #24 and pledged a 6 pounds before 1794. Notes: "Contributions 1801 & 1809; 1811 Pew #8. 1212 pew assigned to Mrs. Rachel McNutt. He married 7 Jan 1790 to Rachael Grigsby by Rev. Sam Houston. Died Mar. 12, 1812." Family Search original register.
Granddaughter, Henrietta Hamilton McCormick, owned Alexander McNutt's powder horn used in the Revolutionary War's Battle of Cowpens, SC. His father, brother Robert and his Mc Corkle brother in law, all died in that battle. Alexander died from pneumonia. Alexander and his brother served in the same unit. See photo.
Sgt. Alex. McNutt and his brother, Private Robert McNutt served together in the Rockbridge company in Gilmore's Rifles at the Battle of Cowpens. Their brother in law Ensign John McCorkle (Rebecca McNutt McCorkle) was also there.
His property was 7 miles east of Lexington, on the North River, or a mile west of Buena Vista (in 1897). Some of this land was granted to his father John in 1768.
On 21 April 1798, Alexander McNutt, grantee, bought 318 acres on the north fork of James River adjoining land of David Templeton the heirs of John Walker dec'd and others in Rockbridge County, VA. The patent was dated 1 Sep 1780, land warrant #1108, issued 13 Oct 1795. Plus 20 acres were conveyed by John McNutt, possibly his father.
He died intestate. His wife inherited her share of his estate and lived there until Jan 1840. His son in law James McChesney handled the administration of his estate, including about 125 acres in Rockbridge Co., VA. See 1841 Chancery case in Rockbridge Co., 108 pages, Jas MCCHESNEY & wife vs Heirs of Benj McNutt, Etc. See page 7, plus page 65 has plat map.
"ALEXANDER McNUTT. Son of John and Katherine (Anderson) McNutt. Born Dec. 10, 1754; died March 29, 1812. Married Jan. 1, 1788, (or 1790) Rachel Grigsby, daughter of John Grigsby. She was born May 7, 1791. A woman of unusual ability and character, left a widow with thirteen children, she reared and educated them. This Alexander was a nephew of Sir Alexander. He served with the colonial forces, and probably was at Guilford. A grandson of Alex. McNutt, by name William Jenkins, built the house at Buffalo Forge, now owned by Mr. D. E. Brady. Morton, page 375, Taxpayers of 1782: Alexander McNutt, 2 horses, Thomas McNutt, 1 horse, 4 cattle. (Pencil note, Which Alex is this ?)." Rockbridge Men in The Revolutionary War compiled by the DAR, by regent Linnette B Peak, of Glasgow, VA. Article includes many other McNutts. Per article in the Lexington Gazette, dated 24 Jul 1941, p 6, Library or Virginia.
I note in the Jackson Memorial Cemetery Survey, Complete to 1960 (sic) by Col. William Couper, available at the Washington and Lee Library Special Collections Dept., page 12 says that the monument says: A tribute by his daughter Sarah Sims of Vicksburg, Miss. to the memory of Alexander McNutt who died March 29, 1812 aged 56 years and to her mother Rachael McNutt who died Jan. 7, 1840, aged 69 years.
The monument is about 6' tall in the shape of an obelisk and it is hard to read but clearly lists his name and death date. GPS: 37° 46' 49 N 079° 26' 48 W, South Main Street.
Photo shows the readable part of Alexander's inscription and the full photo below it shows Rachael's inscription, on the reverse side.
Other sources: Genealogies and Reminiscences, by Henrietta Hamilton McCormick, 1887, p 17, 23, 55-60 plus the Fork of the James Family Ties; The MacNauchtan Saga; Rockbridge Co., VA Marriages, DAR Dec 1989.
Marker says:
A tribute
by his daughter
Sarah Sims of Vicksburg,
Miss. to the memory of
ALEXANDER McNUTT
Who died
March 29, 1812
aged 56.
Bio researched and written by LSP
Alexander McNutt was the son of John "Scotch Johnny" McNutt and Katherine Rebecca Anderson. He married Rachel Grigsby, on 7 Jan 1790, at her Fruithill Home in Rockbridge Co., VA. Rev. Samuel Houston performed the ceremony. She was the daughter of John Grigsby and Elizabeth Porter. They had 13 known McNutt Children, that are listed in detail on his wife's site.
He served in the Revolutionary War in the Rockbridge County VA Militia, in 1780 as a Sergeant and Ensign under Capt. Jas Gilmore and Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan in SC. (See the VA Genealogist, Vol. 43, #2, Apr-Jun 1999, p 144, John H. Gwathmey's History Register of VA In the Revolution, p 538 and VASSAR's Master Spreadsheet of Revolutionary War Veterans. )
He's in the NSDAR Patriot Index and my app for him was approved.
DAR Genealogical Research Database includes:
MCNUTT, ALEXANDER Ancestor #: A078588
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): ENSIGN
Birth: 12-10-1754 AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA
Death: 3-29-1812 ROCKBRIDGE CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: THE VA GENEALOGIST, VOL 43, #2, APR-JUN 1999, PP 144-145; GWATHMEY, HIST REG OF VA IN THE REV, P 538
Service Description: 1) ROCKBRIDGE CO MILITIA
2) ALSO SGT, CAPT JAMES GILMORE, BGEN DANIEL MORGAN, 1780
Residence: County: ROCKBRIDGE CO - State: VIRGINIA
Spouse: 1) RACHEL GRIGSBY
He is listed as member #43 on the Falling Spring Church register, right below #42, John Grigsby. McNutt has pew #24 and pledged a 6 pounds before 1794. Notes: "Contributions 1801 & 1809; 1811 Pew #8. 1212 pew assigned to Mrs. Rachel McNutt. He married 7 Jan 1790 to Rachael Grigsby by Rev. Sam Houston. Died Mar. 12, 1812." Family Search original register.
Granddaughter, Henrietta Hamilton McCormick, owned Alexander McNutt's powder horn used in the Revolutionary War's Battle of Cowpens, SC. His father, brother Robert and his Mc Corkle brother in law, all died in that battle. Alexander died from pneumonia. Alexander and his brother served in the same unit. See photo.
Sgt. Alex. McNutt and his brother, Private Robert McNutt served together in the Rockbridge company in Gilmore's Rifles at the Battle of Cowpens. Their brother in law Ensign John McCorkle (Rebecca McNutt McCorkle) was also there.
His property was 7 miles east of Lexington, on the North River, or a mile west of Buena Vista (in 1897). Some of this land was granted to his father John in 1768.
On 21 April 1798, Alexander McNutt, grantee, bought 318 acres on the north fork of James River adjoining land of David Templeton the heirs of John Walker dec'd and others in Rockbridge County, VA. The patent was dated 1 Sep 1780, land warrant #1108, issued 13 Oct 1795. Plus 20 acres were conveyed by John McNutt, possibly his father.
He died intestate. His wife inherited her share of his estate and lived there until Jan 1840. His son in law James McChesney handled the administration of his estate, including about 125 acres in Rockbridge Co., VA. See 1841 Chancery case in Rockbridge Co., 108 pages, Jas MCCHESNEY & wife vs Heirs of Benj McNutt, Etc. See page 7, plus page 65 has plat map.
"ALEXANDER McNUTT. Son of John and Katherine (Anderson) McNutt. Born Dec. 10, 1754; died March 29, 1812. Married Jan. 1, 1788, (or 1790) Rachel Grigsby, daughter of John Grigsby. She was born May 7, 1791. A woman of unusual ability and character, left a widow with thirteen children, she reared and educated them. This Alexander was a nephew of Sir Alexander. He served with the colonial forces, and probably was at Guilford. A grandson of Alex. McNutt, by name William Jenkins, built the house at Buffalo Forge, now owned by Mr. D. E. Brady. Morton, page 375, Taxpayers of 1782: Alexander McNutt, 2 horses, Thomas McNutt, 1 horse, 4 cattle. (Pencil note, Which Alex is this ?)." Rockbridge Men in The Revolutionary War compiled by the DAR, by regent Linnette B Peak, of Glasgow, VA. Article includes many other McNutts. Per article in the Lexington Gazette, dated 24 Jul 1941, p 6, Library or Virginia.
I note in the Jackson Memorial Cemetery Survey, Complete to 1960 (sic) by Col. William Couper, available at the Washington and Lee Library Special Collections Dept., page 12 says that the monument says: A tribute by his daughter Sarah Sims of Vicksburg, Miss. to the memory of Alexander McNutt who died March 29, 1812 aged 56 years and to her mother Rachael McNutt who died Jan. 7, 1840, aged 69 years.
The monument is about 6' tall in the shape of an obelisk and it is hard to read but clearly lists his name and death date. GPS: 37° 46' 49 N 079° 26' 48 W, South Main Street.
Photo shows the readable part of Alexander's inscription and the full photo below it shows Rachael's inscription, on the reverse side.
Other sources: Genealogies and Reminiscences, by Henrietta Hamilton McCormick, 1887, p 17, 23, 55-60 plus the Fork of the James Family Ties; The MacNauchtan Saga; Rockbridge Co., VA Marriages, DAR Dec 1989.
Marker says:
A tribute
by his daughter
Sarah Sims of Vicksburg,
Miss. to the memory of
ALEXANDER McNUTT
Who died
March 29, 1812
aged 56.
Bio researched and written by LSP
He served in the Revolutionary War in the Rockbridge County VA Militia, in 1780 as a Sergeant and Ensign under Capt. Jas Gilmore and Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan in SC. (See the VA Genealogist, Vol. 43, #2, Apr-Jun 1999, p 144, John H. Gwathmey's History Register of VA In the Revolution, p 538 and VASSAR's Master Spreadsheet of Revolutionary War Veterans. )
He's in the NSDAR Patriot Index and my app for him was approved.
DAR Genealogical Research Database includes:
MCNUTT, ALEXANDER Ancestor #: A078588
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): ENSIGN
Birth: 12-10-1754 AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA
Death: 3-29-1812 ROCKBRIDGE CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: THE VA GENEALOGIST, VOL 43, #2, APR-JUN 1999, PP 144-145; GWATHMEY, HIST REG OF VA IN THE REV, P 538
Service Description: 1) ROCKBRIDGE CO MILITIA
2) ALSO SGT, CAPT JAMES GILMORE, BGEN DANIEL MORGAN, 1780
Residence: County: ROCKBRIDGE CO - State: VIRGINIA
Spouse: 1) RACHEL GRIGSBY
He is listed as member #43 on the Falling Spring Church register, right below #42, John Grigsby. McNutt has pew #24 and pledged a 6 pounds before 1794. Notes: "Contributions 1801 & 1809; 1811 Pew #8. 1212 pew assigned to Mrs. Rachel McNutt. He married 7 Jan 1790 to Rachael Grigsby by Rev. Sam Houston. Died Mar. 12, 1812." Family Search original register.
Granddaughter, Henrietta Hamilton McCormick, owned Alexander McNutt's powder horn used in the Revolutionary War's Battle of Cowpens, SC. His father, brother Robert and his Mc Corkle brother in law, all died in that battle. Alexander died from pneumonia. Alexander and his brother served in the same unit. See photo.
Sgt. Alex. McNutt and his brother, Private Robert McNutt served together in the Rockbridge company in Gilmore's Rifles at the Battle of Cowpens. Their brother in law Ensign John McCorkle (Rebecca McNutt McCorkle) was also there.
His property was 7 miles east of Lexington, on the North River, or a mile west of Buena Vista (in 1897). Some of this land was granted to his father John in 1768.
On 21 April 1798, Alexander McNutt, grantee, bought 318 acres on the north fork of James River adjoining land of David Templeton the heirs of John Walker dec'd and others in Rockbridge County, VA. The patent was dated 1 Sep 1780, land warrant #1108, issued 13 Oct 1795. Plus 20 acres were conveyed by John McNutt, possibly his father.
He died intestate. His wife inherited her share of his estate and lived there until Jan 1840. His son in law James McChesney handled the administration of his estate, including about 125 acres in Rockbridge Co., VA. See 1841 Chancery case in Rockbridge Co., 108 pages, Jas MCCHESNEY & wife vs Heirs of Benj McNutt, Etc. See page 7, plus page 65 has plat map.
"ALEXANDER McNUTT. Son of John and Katherine (Anderson) McNutt. Born Dec. 10, 1754; died March 29, 1812. Married Jan. 1, 1788, (or 1790) Rachel Grigsby, daughter of John Grigsby. She was born May 7, 1791. A woman of unusual ability and character, left a widow with thirteen children, she reared and educated them. This Alexander was a nephew of Sir Alexander. He served with the colonial forces, and probably was at Guilford. A grandson of Alex. McNutt, by name William Jenkins, built the house at Buffalo Forge, now owned by Mr. D. E. Brady. Morton, page 375, Taxpayers of 1782: Alexander McNutt, 2 horses, Thomas McNutt, 1 horse, 4 cattle. (Pencil note, Which Alex is this ?)." Rockbridge Men in The Revolutionary War compiled by the DAR, by regent Linnette B Peak, of Glasgow, VA. Article includes many other McNutts. Per article in the Lexington Gazette, dated 24 Jul 1941, p 6, Library or Virginia.
I note in the Jackson Memorial Cemetery Survey, Complete to 1960 (sic) by Col. William Couper, available at the Washington and Lee Library Special Collections Dept., page 12 says that the monument says: A tribute by his daughter Sarah Sims of Vicksburg, Miss. to the memory of Alexander McNutt who died March 29, 1812 aged 56 years and to her mother Rachael McNutt who died Jan. 7, 1840, aged 69 years.
The monument is about 6' tall in the shape of an obelisk and it is hard to read but clearly lists his name and death date. GPS: 37° 46' 49 N 079° 26' 48 W, South Main Street.
Photo shows the readable part of Alexander's inscription and the full photo below it shows Rachael's inscription, on the reverse side.
Other sources: Genealogies and Reminiscences, by Henrietta Hamilton McCormick, 1887, p 17, 23, 55-60 plus the Fork of the James Family Ties; The MacNauchtan Saga; Rockbridge Co., VA Marriages, DAR Dec 1989.
Marker says:
A tribute
by his daughter
Sarah Sims of Vicksburg,
Miss. to the memory of
ALEXANDER McNUTT
Who died
March 29, 1812
aged 56.
Bio researched and written by LSP
Inscription
A tribute
by his daughter
Sarah Sims of Vicksburg,
Miss. to the memory of
ALEXANDER McNUTT
Who died
March 29, 1812
aged 56.
Family Members
Siblings
Children
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Margaret "Peggy" McNutt Paxton
1792–1856
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Elizabeth McNutt Hamilton
1794–1871
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Anderson McNutt
1796–1860
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Martha "Patsy" McNutt Glasgow
1798–1865
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Rebecca McNutt Hickman
1799–1861
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Alexander Gallatin McNutt
1802–1848
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Janetta J. Grigsby McNutt Jenkins
1804–1843
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Catharine Anderson McNutt
1804 – unknown
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Frances Ann McNutt McChesney
1806–1877
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Joseph Porter McNutt
1808–1833
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Benjamin Franklin McNutt
1810–1835
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Sarah "Sallie" McNutt Sims
1812–1858
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