d. 1815
Marriage | | Sarah Dickson married James Hutton, son of Edward Hutton.1 |
| | Sarah's sister Jane married James Hutton's brother, John. |
Migration | | The Hutton family was from York County Pennsylvania. They, along with the Reid, Orr, and other families, left Pennsylvania and migrated south, settling in Washington County, Virginia. James and his brother John (and their wives) probably made the move together. |
Land-Buy | 21 Nov 1785 | James purchased 250 acres in Washington County from John Fulton on Nov. 21, 1785. The land was part of a tract called Big Glade on Cedar Creek. It had first been surveyed in 1755 for James Wood and was part of his 2,800 acre patent on Cedar Creek.2 |
Land | | James purchased 206 acres from George and Margaret Buchanan (who lived in Mercer Co., KY) on Nov. 10th, 1794 for 190 pds. This appears to have been part of a pre-arranged transaction as George Buchanan had purchased the tract the same day from Mary Wood [widow of James]. James and Sarah Hutton did not keep the land; they sold it 3 weeks later, on 16 Dec. 1794, to Samuel Scott Jr. [their son-in-law] for 85 pounds.3 |
Land-Sell | 18 Oct 1796 | In 1796, James and Sarah sold 154 acres of their "Big Glade" land on Cedar Creek to Leonard Hutton [their son] for $1. This was the south half of the land on which James and Sarah lived.4 |
Widowed | | James probably died in early 1815 as his will was probated on Feb. 21st of that year. |
Will | 17 Aug 1815 | Not many months later, in August of 1815, Sarah, no doubt extremely ill, dictated an oral will. She instructed that her property was to be sold and the monies divided among her children who she named as Leonard, Mary Smith, Jean Scott and Sarah Scott. The will was recorded in court on August 17th on the oath of Leonard Hutton and Jane Scott.5 |
Death | 1815 | Sarah died on or before Aug. 17th, 1815.5 |