RUTLAND FAMILY
BY: Robert Powell Carver

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Diane,

Thanks for your research for me. I will send my address by private e-mail:

Now for the RUTLAND material:

Will of JOHN RUTLAND (RUTLEDGE) - made May 20, 1762 -
(1) son, BLAKE
(2) son, JOHN
(3) son, WATSON
(4) son, READING
(5) daughter, MILBRY
(6) daughter, CHARITY
(7) son, RIDDICK
(8) daughter, RENNEY
(9) my wife, name not given
(10) executors, wife, JAMES and WILLIAM RUTLAND
witnesses EDWARD CALLUM, JOS. (JAMES?) RUTLAND and WILLIAM RUTLAND
[Hathaway, NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1901, p. 352.]

JAMES RUTLAND married ELIZABETH RHODES, May 4, 1802, Bertie Co., NC, with BENJAMIN COFFIELD, bondsman. - [Ibid., p. 375]

JAMES RUTLAND married SALLY BAILEY, November 12, 1807, Bertie Co., NC, with MOSES GILLIAM, bondsman [Ibid., p. 378]

Will of SHADRACK RUTLAND - made November 28, 1796, proved Feb.Ct. 1797, Halifax Co., NC -
(1) wife, ELIZABETH RUTLAND
(2) daughter, MARTHA RUTLAND
(3) daughter, DOLLY RUTLAND
(4) son, SHADRACK RUTLAND
(5) sister, MARY RUTLAND
(6) son-in-law, JOHN RICKS
(7) MARMADUKE NORFLEET to be guardian of daughter, MARTHA RUTLAND
(8) extrs, WILLIAM VAUGHNE and ASAHEL (?) BRUNSON
[Hofmann, GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, 1758-1824, Halifax County, North Carolina, p. 104, will #561]

Will of WILLIAM VAUGHNE, SR. May 7, 1808, August Ct. 1808
(1) son, WILLIAM VAUGHNE, JR - all land bought of DR. ASAHEL BRUNSON
(2) son, JOHN VAUGHNE
(3) son, THOMAS VAUGHNE
(4) daughter, SALLY MILLER VAUGHNE, not 18
(5) daughter, DOLLY H. VAUGHNE
(6) (unclear) JOYNER to be guardian of SALLY
(7) ELIZABETH RUTLAND to be guardian of DOLLY
(8) extrs, friend JAMES BARNES and if he dies WILLIAM RAWLS
witnesses A. MARSHALL, JOSIAH VICE
[Ibid., p. 134, #735]

Will of ELIZABETH RUTLAND - 13 June 1823, August Ct 1823
(1) daughter, SALLY WHITAKER
(2) daughter, ELIZABETH SLATTER (may be dead)
(3) daughter, MARY WIGGIN (may be dead)
(4) son, SHADRACK RUTLAND
(5) grandson, THOMAS P. FINNEY
(6) extr, not named
witnesses THOMAS VAUGHAN and THOMAS SHIELDS
[Ibid., p. 180, #1007]

SHADRACK RUTLAND was witness to the will of CULLEN EDWARDS, dated September 20, 1764. [Ibid., p. 66, #318]

SHADRACK RUTLAND was one of the extrs named in the will of HENRY COTTON, dated May 11, 1765 [Ibid., p. 69, #336] Also one of exrs of will of JAMES PARKER, January 26, 1790. [Ibid., p. 81, #412] Also extr of the will of THOMAS PRITCHETT, dated November 21, 1795. [Ibid., p. 101, #543]

Nuncupative will of WILLIAM HARDIN, dated March 30, 1791, was sworn to before SHADRACK RUTLAND at JOHN LOWE's. [Ibid., p. 85, #433]

BLAKE RUTLAND was a witness to the will of JOHN NARSWORTHY, dated July 1, 1789, Northampton Co., NC. In this will, the testator leaves as residual heirs to his wife, ANN, all of his children except his daughter, PARMELA RUTLAND.
[Hofmann, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 1759-1808 GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, p. 88, will #387]

Will of WILLIAM RUTLAND, made September 2, 1790, March Court 1795
(1) wife, SARAH RUTLAND
(2) son, LEMUEL RUTLAND
(3) son, MILES RUTLAND
(4) daughter, MARY RUTLAND
(5) my five youngest children, SARAH, MILES, LEMUEL, REBECCA, and MAHALA RUTLAND
(6) son, ABEDNIGO RUTLAND
(7) son, JAMES RUTLAND
(8) son, SHADRACK RUTLAND
(9) son, MESHACK RUTLAND
(10) son, WILLIAM RUTLAND
(11) son, RANDOLPH RUTLAND
(12) daughter, ELIZABETH GRANT
(13) extrs, son, JAMES RUTLAND and WILLIAM GRANT
witnesses WILSON RUTLAND, LAWRENCE DAUGHTREY, JOSEPH HORNE
NOTE: June Court 1796 "JAMES RUTLAND came into Court and qualified as Ectr to the above will of WILLIAM RUTLAND, decd." [Ibid., p. 88f, #388]

Will of WILSON RUTLAND - June 18, 1802, September Court 1803
(1) wife, MILBRA RUTLAND
(2) son, GREEN B. RUTLAND
(3) daughter, CHARITY RUTLAND
(4) son, WATSON RUTLAND
(5) son, ORREN RUTLAND
(6) extr, friend, WILLIAM GRANBERRY
witnesses PENNY F(unclear) and WILLIAM GRANBERRY
[Ibid., p. 114f, #505]

In the will of ISABEL NASWORTHY (sic) - March 21, 1778, March Court 1781, the testatrix mentions her granddaughter, PAMELA RUTLAND. [Ibid., p. 37, #158]

SHADRACK and THOMAS RUTLAND were witnesses to the will of JOHN COTTON, September 6, 1782. [Ibid., p. 70, #320]

In the will of MOSES HORN, April 26, 1781, the testator mentions his brother-in-law, SION RUTLAND. [Ibid., p. 38, #163]

SION RUTLAND was a witness to the will of JOHN DICKINSON, June 12, 1787
[Ibid., p. 56, #254] Also a witness to the will of JONAS WOOD, August 17, 1790.
[Ibid., p. 63, #285]

Will of MARTHA RUTLAND - November 24, 1791, March Court 1792
(1) daughter, MILDRED FOREMAN
(2) son, SION RUTLAND
(3) granddaughter, MARTHA COBB, daughter of ELIZABETH COBB
(4) daughter, ELIZABETH COBB
(5) son, WILSON RUTLAND
(6) daughter, WINNIFRED MANSON
(7) extrs, friend HENRY AUGUSTINE WOOD, and son SION RUTLAND
witnesses HENRY AUGUSTINE WOOD and ELIZABETH WOOD
[Ibid., p. 68f, #315]

Will of THOMAS RUTLAND - April 5, 1793, September Court 1793
(1) wife, ABIGAL RUTLAND
(2) daughter, ELIZABETH RUTLAND BRYAN, not of age
(3) daughter, MARY RUTLAND BRYAN, not of age
(4) the negroes ELIZABETH LEA owns for life to go to my wife and her Sister
(name not given)
(5) extrs, ROBERT LAWRENCE and JOSIAH OUTLAND
witnesses HENRY AUG. WOOD and SION RUTLAND
[Ibid., p. 82, #358]

The will of JOSEPH WOOD, September 18, 1790, mentions
(1) son, HENRY AUGUSTIN WOOD
(2) relation not stated, CULLEN WOOD and LAWRENCE WOOD
(3) land adjoins land of THOMAS RUTLAND
[Ibid., p. 65, #296]

The lands of WILSON RUTLAND and WILLIAM GRANBERRY and RUTLAND VEAL adjoin those of JOHN DUKE, whose will was dated January 30, 1783. [Ibid., p.70f, #321]

ABEDNEGO RUTLAND was a witness to the will of JAMES WOOD, April 3, 1795  
[Ibid., p. 100, #434] Also a witness to the will of MOSES DREW, January 22, 1804
[Ibid., p. 118, #520].The last will was repeated on the next page, 119, as #527]