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Susannah Sitton (b. about 1795) is believed to be the wife of John Sitton (b. January 11, 1793 South Carolina, d. after 1860 Henderson County, NC), son of Phillip Sitton (b. November 7, 1770, d. June 19, 1843) and wife Winifred Bradley (b. July 20, 1766, d. September 28, 1841). Susannah Sitton’s identity is unknown. Boyd McCrary (b. about 1750-1755 Rowan Co., NC; Buncombe County Will devised October 18, 1815, Proven March, 1819) and his wife Anna “Nancy” Merrill (b. about 1750-1760, d. 1828) had a daughter Susannah who was mentioned in McCrary’s will of 1815. However, it is not known whether this is the same person or not. John and Susannah were probably married between 1810-1812. On the 1820 census of Buncombe County, NC (p. 96), the household of John Sitton contained 1 male 26-45 (1775-1794), 1 female 26-45 (1775-1794), 4 males under 10 (1810-1820), and 2 females under 10 (1810-1820). Ten years later, his household was enumerated on the 1830 census of Buncombe County, NC (p. 218) with 1 male 30-40 (1790-1800), 1 female 30-40 (1790-1800), 2 males 15-20 (1810-1815), 2 males 10-15 (1815-1820), 1 female 10-15 (1815-1820), 1 female 5-10 (1820-1825), and 2 males under 5 (1825-1830). In 1840, John Sitton was listed in the Southern Division of Buncombe County, NC (p. 170) with 1 male 40-50 (1790-1800), 1 female 30-40 (1800-1810), 1 male 15-20 (1820-1825), 2 males 10-15 (1825-1830), 2 males 5-10 (1830-1835), 1 female 5-10 (1830-1835), and 2 males under 5 (1835-1840). In the late 1840s, the minutes of French Broad Baptist Church indicate that John Sitton was excluded for “putting his wife away,” suggesting that they had separated. No evidence of a divorce proceeding has been found in the minutes of Buncombe or Henderson Counties.
In 1850, Susanna Sitton was listed on the federal census of Buncombe County (p. 331B, Household 1867) age 58 born in NC, along with children Jane age 24 (1826) born NC, and John H. age 14 (1836) born NC. The John H. Sutton is probably identical with Joshua H. Sutton. It is unclear why his name was rendered as John. John Sitton was listed as age 51 (1799) in Henderson County, NC (p. 229, Household 204) residing in the household of Hodge Huggins age 23 (1827) and wife Sally age 22 (1828). It is not known if he was related to them or not. By 1860, Susannah was residing in Gilmer County, Georgia with her son Joshua H. Sitton age 23 born NC and his wife Hannah E. age 24 born GA. Susannah was listed as a 65 year old (1795) female born in Tennessee. Prior to 1870, she went to live in Union County, Georgia. She is listed in the 1870 Union County census (p. 7, Household 95) as a 75 year old (1795) midwife born in NC. Listed next door to her (p. 6B-7, Household 94) was Montraville Sutton age 25 M born NC, Sarah age 20 F born NC, Mary age 18 F born NC, and George Sutton age 16 M born NC. These were the children of George Sitton (b. about 1812 Buncombe County, NC, d. after 1860 probably Union County, GA).
Researcher Bert Sitton of Hendersonville, NC believes that John Sitton and his wife Susannah were the parents of George Sitton (b. 1812, d. between 1860-1870; md. Sarah Swearingim), Philip Sitton (b. 1814, md. Cassandra Allison), and Joshua H. Sitton (b. 1836; md. Hannah E. Clonninger), as well as several others. Information on the Sitton family can be found on his website under the title “Descendants of Philip Sitton”.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/t/Bert-J-Sitton/GENE8-0001.html
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