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THE SUTTON FAMILY
Colonel Norborne E. Sutton, son of John Carter Sutton and
Elizabeth Page Pendleton, was born at the "Old Mansion,"
Bowling Green, Va., in the year 1798. His ancestors came to
Caroline from Manor House, Oxfordshire, England, in the early
years of the eighteenth century—before Caroline had been formed
of Essex, King William and King and Queen.
Colonel Sutton was first m. to Dorothea Washington, dau.
of George and Elizabeth Washington, of "Woodpecker," Caroline
county. By this marriage there were six children: Braxton,
Courts, Hugh, Daniel and Norborne and one daughter, Georgianna.
The second marriage was to Mary Jane Hutchinson, of "Chantilly"
Henrico county. Miss Hutchinson's mother, Mildred Woolfolk
Brown, was said to have descended directly through the royal
family of King George, of England. She was the granddaughter
of Ursula George who was a granddaughter of William Byrd, of
Westover. To Colonel Sutton and Mary Hutchinson were born
four children: Ida, Mary, William and Marion
Colonel Sutton was an attorney and practiced his profession
in Bowling Green. He was postmaster of the town in 1834 and
in 1845 represented Caroline in the State Senate. He served as
a private in the War of 1812 under Captain Armistead Hoomes,
of "Old Mansion."
During the Polk-Tyler campaigns Colonel Sutton had built
on his estate at Bowling Green a log cabin. It was drawn
by twenty horses, each led by his own groom. In the door of
the cabin sat an old colored man playing a banjo. This was the
chief object of interest in the election parade in Richmond. It
was afterward carried from county to county and many speeches
were made from its platform. During the Mexican War Colonel
Sutton was one of twelve men who volunteered to help draw the
cannon up the hill to bombard the city of Montaguna. Late in
life he removed to Red River Texas where he died.
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