Brief Life History of James E
When James E Sutton was born on 26 February 1821, in Emanuel, Georgia, United States, his father, Jordan Sutton, was 26 and his mother, Malinda J. Durden, was 19. He married Merenda Hulda Ann Martin on 1 February 1850, in Emanuel, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in District 19, Bryan, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died in March 1881, in Bryan, Georgia, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Bulloch, Georgia, United States.
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- James E Sutton, "United States Census, 1870"
- James E Sutton, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- James E. Sutton, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1832 · Worcester v. Georgia
In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
1838 · Orders No. 25 Removes Cherokees
A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Sutton, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English surname is also common in Ireland (Wexford, Kildare), where it has been established since the 13th century and Gaelicized as de Sutún.
Jewish (from the former Ottoman Empire, including Syria): unexplained.
English: topographic name from Middle English (bi) suthentune ‘(at the place to the) south of the village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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