Re: George Mutters, 1789,settled Eastern KY
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George Mutters, 1789,settled Eastern KY
6/05/99
Phoebe,
My ancesters are lewis mutters ans Elizabeth Johnson.The following is from my genealogy.
Lewis Mutters was born in Kentucky (7) (approx. 1830) and married to Elizabeth Johnson on Oct. 21. 1850 (8).He was not mentioned in the 1900 census.
Elizabeth Johnson [Mutters] was born in Kentucky (approx. 1830) and married to Lewis Mutters (7).She was living with her son, John, during the 1900 census.Children included:
1. John Dixon Mutters***, born Nov 23, 1852died Nov 28, 1919.
The 1850 census (9) shows the following entries:
No. Name Age Sex Born in
789. William Nunley 33 M VA farmer (b. 70/15/1815 - died 08/11/1872)
Elizabeth“ 30 F KY (nee: Mutters, born 10/20/1820; married 7/08/1843)
John “ 06 M KY (m. 02/04/1865 in Boyd County – Nancy Lusk)
Lewis “ 04 M KY
Ibby“ 02 F KY
Robert F.“ 01 M KY
790 Isaac Mutter(s) 26 M KY farmer
Elizabeth” 41 F VA
John” 17 M KY
William” 16 M KY
John Dixon Mutters was not born yet.
Dr. John Dixon Mutters was born on Nov. 23, 1852 in KY.He was a physician.He married Nancy Ann Lusk on Feb. 4, 1865 according to Jackson (9).If this date is true, he would have been 13 years old.Jackson may be wrong.The 1900 census found Dr. John D. Mutters living in Kenton County, KY with his mother, Elizabeth Johnson Mutters.He died on Nov. 28, 1919 at the age of 67 of leukemia in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky (7).He is buried in the Ashland Cemetery in Section 7, Lot L (see photo).He delivered his great grandson, Raymond E. Graber, Jr., at the age of 65.
Nancy Ann Lusk [Mutters] was born in Kentucky.She married Dr. John Dixon Mutters on February 4, 1865.She is not buried in the Ashland Cemetery.
Oral family history says that Nancy’s ancestor, Sir Samuel Lusk, received a land grant from the King of England through William Penn and lived somewhere near Pittsburgh.He was later captured by the Indians and held for a long period of time.Assuming he was dead, the authorities dispersed his possessions.He subsequently escaped from the Indians to find he had lost everything.No evidence for this story has been found yet.This writer has researched the original land grant of William Penn in the Pennsylvania State Historical Society Library in Harrisburg, Pa. and found no Lusk.Other, later land grants may have occurred, or the land may have been deeded by William Penn in subsequent arrangements.
The Nunley half brothers may have been adopted from the neighbors.In the 1850 census (9), the Mutters and Nunley families were next door neighbors.Also, according to Jackson (9), John Nunley, born in 1844, (not John D. Mutters) married Nancy Lusk in Boyd County on Feb. 4, 1865.See also Lewis Mutters in the previous generation.
Children include:
1. Hattie L. Mutters b.07/25/1879 ***
2. John Mutters, Jr.
3. Lewis Nunley(half brother) (15).
4. Charles Nunley(half brother) (15). He may have died of typhoid (17).
Let me know if any of this matches with you.
Don Graber
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Re: George Mutters, 1789,settled Eastern KY
Gail Lamer 1/22/04