Margaret Mary Counts (1828–1892) • FamilySearch

Margaret Mary Counts

1828–13 February 1892 (Age 64)
Russell, Virginia, United States

The Life of Margaret Mary

When Margaret Mary Counts was born in 1828, in Russell, Virginia, United States, her father, Ezekiel Counts, was 23 and her mother, Mary Elisabeth Amburgey, was 22. She had at least 10 sons and 6 daughters with Henry N. Sutherland. She lived in Buchanan, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Buchanan, Botetourt, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 13 February 1892, in Dickenson, Virginia, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Owens Cemetery, Dickenson, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Henry N. Sutherland

1823–1905

Margaret Mary Counts

1828–1892

Elizabeth Sutherland

1845–1905

Zachariah Taylor Sutherland

1847–1923

Mary Sutherland

1849–1853

John Marshall Randolf Sutherland

1851–1929

William John Counts "Jack" Sutherland

1852–1934

Ezekiel Sutherland

1854–

Sylvia Sutherland

1856–1938

Napoleon Bonaparte Sutherland

1858–1922

Reinford Sutherland

1858–

Stephen Douglas Sutherland

1860–1912

Martha Sutherland

1862–

Martha Alice Sutherland

1863–1910

Henry Walker Sutherland

1864–1911

Garland Bruce Sutherland

1867–1900

Garland Sutherland

1868–

Mary Sutherland

1874–1939

Spouse and Children

Henry N. Sutherland

Male1823–1905Male

Margaret Mary Counts

Female1828–1892Female

children

(16)

Elizabeth Sutherland

Female1845–1905Female

Zachariah Taylor Sutherland

Male1847–1923Male

Mary Sutherland

Female1849–1853Female

John Marshall Randolf Sutherland

Male1851–1929Male

William John Counts "Jack" Sutherland

Male1852–1934Male

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Parents and Siblings

Ezekiel Counts

Male1805–1871Male

Mary Elisabeth Amburgey

Female1806–1853Female

siblings

(2)

John Bunyan “Jack” Counts

Male1825–1874Male

Margaret Mary Counts

Female1828–1892Female

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 2

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

Age 16

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1846

Age 18

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Counts

Margaret

Mary

Americanized spelling of a Dutch patronymic from Coen or of German Kuntz . Compare Coons .

Possible Related Names

Coen

Kuntz

Coons

Sources (3)

Margaret Sutherland in household of Henry Sutherland, "United States Census, 1860"
Margrate Sutherland in household of Henry Sutherland, "United States Census, 1880"
Margaret Sutherland in household of Henry Sutherland, "United States Census, 1850"

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