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The descendents of John and Elizabeth have spread to the four corners of this country; however, the major concentrations of the descents are in Ross Co. Ohio and central Illinois. The obituary said John and Elizabeth were the parents of 12 children. Only 10 are known at this time. There is a single page document called "The Cutright Bible" which lists 10 children and then goes on to to list the children of John " the Deer Hunter" Cutright.
The known children of John and Elizabeth were the following:
The 1st child was Elizabeth Cutright who was born January 1, 1776. She was probably born at their home on the South Branch of the Potomac near present Moorefield WV, and named for her mother. Elizabeth traveled with her parents to the West Fork of the Monongahela and then in 1789 to Kentucky where she married Alexander Ramsay in 1792 in Lexington Kentucky. Alexander had been born on board a ship when his parents were immigrating from Ireland. The family went to Virginia. One time Alexanders' father, John Ramsay, was chased by Indians. He got away from them but was so exhausted and over heated then drank a great deal of water and died. Alexander was a blacksmith. In about 1800 Elizabeth, Alexander, and their three children followed her parents to Ross Co. Ohio. Elizabeth died in about 1810 in Ross Co. Elizabeth and Alexander had 8 children. Their 1st born was Polly who was born in about 1793. She married Henry Shaner in 1816 in Ross Co. They came to Cumberland Co. Ill. in about 1840. Polly and Henry Shaner were living southwest of Union Center in 1851 when there was a cholera epidemic in the area. Polly died of cholera. Everyone was so afraid of the disease that 2 of the neighbors, Uriah and David Walling, wrapped her in the bed clothes and buried her in a field near the house. A rail fence was built around the grave. Years later the Timothy road was built through the field. For many years the road went around the grave and fence. Finally the fence rotted down and road was straightened and now runs over the grave.
Polly and Henry Shaner had a son named John who was born in about 1820 in Ross Co. In 1845 he married Rachel Cutright who was a daughter on John ( the Deer Hunter) Cutright. A daughter named Elizabeth was born on June 21, 1821 in Ross Co. She married John Cutright lll, a son of of John (the Deer Hunter) Cutright in 1848.
Elizabeth is believed to have died in about 1810, and is probably buried at Hill cemetery.
The second child was Mary Cutright who was born on December 2, 1778, probably at their home on the South Branch of the Potomac. Nothing else is known about her. She is presumed to have died while she was young.
The 3rd child was Catherine Cutright who was born on August 19, 1780, probably at their home on the South Branch of the Potomac. She married Col. John McDonald on 2/5/1799 in Ross Co. Ohio. John was a frontier woodsman, boatman, surveyor, Indian fighter, pioneer settler, veteran of the War of 1812, state Senator from Ross Co., and the author of "Western Sketches". His father was William McDonald who was a soldier in the Revolution. John was an associate of Simon Kenton, and Nathaniel Massie. His sister married Duncan McArthur. John and Cathreine had 8 children--7 girls and one boy.
Their son John Cutright McDonald, married Hannah Teter who was the granddaughter of Captain Samuel Teter--a hero of the Revolution. John was a lawyer, Sheriff of Ross Co., veteran of the Civil War, and State Senator from Ross Co. John and Hannah had a son William H. McDonald who became a lawyer in 1862. He came to Charleston Illinois in about 1864, then moved to Toledo, then East St. Louis, back to Ohio, and finally in 1880 he returned to Greenup, Illinois where he set up a law office. William had a son named John McDonald who edited a newspaper in Greenup called "The Rising Sun" for several years.
One of their daughters, Mary Teter McDonald, married David Core. They had a child Kenton Core, named for Simon Kenton. Kent was Captured in the Civil Was. He was paroled but couldn't fight any more. He came to Illinois during the last of the war. He traveled from Ohio to Illinois many times over the next 50 years.
Catherine died on March 22, 1850 and is buried in Lattaville cemetery.
The 4th child was Andrew Cutright who was born on May 14, 1784 probably at their home on the South Branch of the Potomac. He married Pheobe Engle who was the daughter of Hinerich Engle, a Revolutionary War Soldier. John served in the War of 1812, and was a Justice of the Peace in Seneca Co. Ohio. It is believed Andrew and Phoebe had nine children. Andrew died after 1836 in Seneca Co.
The 5th child was Henry Cutright who was born on August 16, 1787, probably at their home on the West Fork of the Monongahela near Clarksburg WV . He married Susannah Neff on October 29, 1809 in Ross Co. Ohio. She was a sister of Hanah Neff, the wife of William Cutright. Henry served in the War of 1812. It is believed Henry had 5 children, at least one of them, John N. Cutright, went to Illinois in 1837.
The 6th child was John (the Deer Hunter) Cutright who was born on September 24, 1789 probably at their home on the West Fork of the Monongahela near Clarksburg WV. There used to be a question about whether John was born in Virginia or Kentucky because the family moved to Kentucky in 1789; however, on August 26, 1850 John reporter in the 1850 Federal census that he had been born in Virginia. John married Marthe Engle on October 29, 1809 in Ross Co. Ohio. Martha was a sister of Phoebe who married his brother Andrew. John was a frontiersman, soldier in the War of 1812, a Justice of the Peace in Ross Co. Ohio, and one of the administrators of his fathers estate. John was involved in several court cases---one time he was sued over a dam and mill he built in Chillicothe Ohio. The jury found in John's favor. Another time he defended his son Albert in a paternity case. He lost that case. John was in the Ohio Legislature in 1835 and attended a presidential convention as Ohio favorite-son candidate for Vice President. John was called the Deer Hunter because of his ability to shoot a deer from a galloping horse. His Kentucky Rifle is still in existence.
In November 1838 John started buying land in Cumberland Co. Illinois from the government, and about that time John and several of his children and other family members moved from Ohio to Illinois. John eventually bought at least 1470 acres from the government, and other tracts from individuals so that at one time he had about 2000 acres in Illinois. Eventually all of Johns children except Camden moved to Illinois along with several nephews and sisters-in-law after their husbands died. According to tradition John also had $2000 in gold which he buried on his Illinois farm. Numerous people tried to find it over the next century but as far as is known no one found it. In about 1910 Oliver Cutright was plowing a pasture field next to a hill that hadn't been plowed before. When he reached the end of the field he noticed the lid of a pot that he had hit and dragged on the bottom of the plow with him. The underside was clean, indicating that it had covered a pot--perhaps a pot of gold. Oliver never was able to find the pot or the gold.
John and Martha had 6 children--Albert, Rachel Shaner, Oliver, Camden, John III, and Elizabeth Redman. Camden stayed in Ohio and the rest of the family eventually came to Illinois. One of the children Oliver married Mary Baumgartner, the granddaughter of Henry Baungartner, a Hessian Soldier who was brought to this country to fight for England in the Revolution. Henry deserted and stayed to fight for the colonies.
John died on June 29, 1860 and is buried in the Cutright Cemetery in Cumberland Co. Illinois.
The 7th child was Nathaniel who according to his obituary was born in Fayette Co. Kentucky on November 1, 1791. Nathaniel moved to Ohio with his parents in 1796. He married Margaret Veill on June 18, 1812. Nathaniel served in the War of 1812. In 1842 he ran a saw mill and was noted for practical jokes. He died on April 10, 1844 and was buried at Aaron Keller Cemetery. In 1968 his body was moved to New Holland Cemetery because of the construction of a Deer Creek Reservoir. His wife Margaret came to Illinois and is buried in Cutright Cemetery.
The 8th child was William, who was born in Kentucky on July 18, 1794. He also served in the War of 1812. He married Hannah Neff on April 11, 1814 in Ross Co. Ohio. She was a daughter of Henry Neff and a sister on Susannah who married Andrew. Hannah came to McLean Co. Illinois after Williams death. Hannah attended the funeral of Simon Kenton.
The 9th child was James who was born in Ross Co. Ohio on February 26, 1798. He was the 1st white child born in Ross Co., Ohio. He married Sabra Neff on July 4, 1819 in Ross Co. Sabra was the daughter Leonard and Lydia Neff. James was a farmer, owning 821 acres in Springfield Township. James died on June 16, 1870. The genealogist Ruth Marie Clark was descended from James.
The 10th child was Hiram who was born on November 30, 1801 in Ross Co. Ohio. He first married Sally Groves. She died and he married Hannah Neff on January 22, 1829. Hiram was a farmer and grocery merchant. He died in July 1882.
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