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Major George Sutherland was born in Virginia in 1877, was one of the Alabama settlers that settled on the Navidad River in Jackson Municipality in 1830. He was as very large man, six feet and four inches tall, weighing almost three hundred pounds. He married Fanny Menefee, who was in Tennessee in 1780. She was a sister of Thomas and William Menefee. Major George Sutherland was elected as a delegate from the district of Lavaca in a convention called in 1832. He was in the storming of San Antonio in 1835, as a volunteer under Ben Milam and served until the surrender of the city. He was a hero of the Battle of San Jacinto, and was in Company D, First Regiment of the Texas Volunteers. His horse was killed under him in the battle on April 20th. The next day he went in the battle on foot in Captain Barker’s Company, and displayed the courage of a great hero on that glorious day. Hon. George Sutherland was elected to the Second Congress in 1837 of the Republic of Texas. He was also elected to Ninth Congress of the Lone Star Republic. In 1842 he was in the campaign against Vasquez and was made a major in the Woll campaign in 1842. He was a brave man of superior mind, but very limited education. He died in Jackson County in 1853. Mrs. Bell Sutherland Faires of Edna, a granddaughter of Major George Sutherland, gave his family Bible to the University Library. The Bible of Thomas S. Sutherland, a prominent Texas pioneer has also been loaned for display purposes to the University of Texas by Thomas S. Sutherland, Jr. The portraits of Major Sutherland and his wife, Fanny Menefee Sutherland, are also displayed through the courtesy of Mrs. R. M. Crockett of Austin. The University Library has on exhibit the contract for the introduction of immigrants into Texas between Major Sutherland and Stephen F. Austin which belongs to the Austin collection of papers in the University Library.
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Mrs. Elizabeth M. Sutherland was born in Franklin County, Alabama, March 23, 1828. She came to Texas with her father, Major George Sutherland, who settled in 1830 near Texana in Jackson County. She joined the Methodist Church in 1838 or 1839 and lived in that faith throughout her life. She was a noble, Christian, Southern lady. After living a very useful life, she died in Georgetown, Texas, January 18, 1883
The Cavalcade of Jackson County, Third Edition, pages 424-425 |
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William Sutherland was a son of Major George Sutherland. He was a promising young man and greatly beloved by the pioneers of Jackson Municipality. Young Sutherland had been in Mexico with his father and the two were returning to their home in Navidad by the way of San Antonio. Major Sutherland went on ahead to care for his family, while his son, William, remained in San Antonio. He was there when the Mexican Army attacked the Alamo. He was one of the martyrs of the Alamo who was massacred along with Travis, Bowie and Crockett in the Alamo tragedy of March 6, 1836.
The Cavalcade of Jackson County, Third Edition, page 426 |
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Partial List of Alamo Defenders Who Died More Particulars Respecting The Fall Of The Alamo Telegraph and Texas Register Thursday March 24, 1936 William DePriest Sutherland |
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Sutherland Cemetery |
From records compiled by M. C. "Possum" Shelby
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Sutherland, E. M. |
28 Mar 1828 | 18 Jan 1883 | |||
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Sutherland, Florence G. |
04 Feb 1863 | 05 Jun 1866 |
Daughter of T. S. & Mary Sutherland |
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Sutherland, Frances
"Fanny" Menefee (w/o George Sutherland) |
19 Sep 1789 | 15 Mar 1874 |
Frances Sutherland |
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Sutherland, George Major (h/o Frances "Fanny" Menefee Sutherland) |
08 Jan 1788 | 22 Apr 1853 |
To the Memory of |
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Sutherland, John Wiley |
06 Feb 1857 | 01 Oct 1897 |
In Loving Memory of
John Wiley Sutherland |
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Sutherland, Mary
Elizabeth Hodges |
08 Apr 1832 | 09 Jan 1872 |
Wife Of T. S. Sutherland |
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Sutherland, Thomas Shelton |
02 Nov 1820 | 04 Apr 1900 |
Son of George And
Frances Sutherland |
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Wells, E. M. Sutherland |
27 Jan 1852 | 13 Jan 1876 |
Wife of Dr. R. W. Wells |
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By order of the Honorable Probate Court of Jackson County, will be sold, on the 29th day of September, 1853, at a credit of six months, on the premises of George Sutherland, deceased. Eight Head of Horses & Mules, and one Spanish Jack. Bond with approved security will be required from the purchaser. Thos. S. Sutherland, Adm'r, Sept. 16, 1858
The Texian Advocate, Victoria, Texas,
Saturday, September 24, 1853 |
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The Ranger & Lone Star, Washington, Texas,
Thursday, June 23, 1853 |
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Edna, Texas, October 1.--The news of the frightful death of one of our most esteemed citizens, Mr. John W. Sutherland, which occurred at his ranch in this county about seven miles southeast from Edna, was received here this morning. As far as particulars can be obtained he was driving a two-horse wagon near his home on the ranch, when the team took fright, became uncontrollable and threw him out of the wagon, frightfully mangling his body and causing almost instant death. No sign of violence is reported and the above account of the cause of his death is true as far as the particulars can be obtained. The news of his death has cast a gloom over the entire county and Jackson county will feel the loss of one of her staunchest citizens, he having served several years as commissioner from his precinct, which office he filled with credit to himself and his constituents. Mr. Sutherland is a member of one of the old pioneer families of Jackson county and no citizen in this county was better known as a man of moral worth. His character was unimpeachable. He was a member of Edna lodge Knights of Pythias, in good standing, and will be buried under the auspices of the order. He had an aged father and many sisters and brothers and the entire citizenship of this county to mourn his loss.
Houston Post, October 2, 1897 |
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