Nathan Futrell

Nathan Futrell

Male 1773 - 1829  (55 years)

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    Historical Marker - Drummer Boy at 7
    Historical Marker - Drummer Boy at 7

  • Name Nathan Futrell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Birth 10 Sep 1773  Northampton County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 7
    Gender Male 
    DAR/SAR Daughters of the American Revolution: # A042796, Sons of the American Revolution: # P-163323  [8, 9
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    _MILT Aft 1776  [2, 8, 9
    American Army - Revolutionary War and War of 1812: Drummer Boy 
    Historical Marker - Drummer Boy at 7
    Historical Marker - Drummer Boy at 7
    Death 31 Aug 1829  Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 7, 10
    Burial Nathan Futrell Cemetery, Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7
    • Charity Futrell and Nathan Futrell, buried together ~ Drummer Boy in North Carolina Militia
    Grave Marker-FUTRELL Nathan
    Grave Marker-FUTRELL Nathan
    Grave-FUTRELL Charity and Nathan
    Grave-FUTRELL Charity and Nathan
    Person ID I26435  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father William Shadrack Futrell,   b. 1750, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1816, Christian County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Lassiter,   b. 1752, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1817, Christian County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1770  Northampton County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charity Futrell,   b. 5 Feb 1777, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1872, Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 1798  [1
    • First cousins, (both named Futrell)
    Children 
     1. Rebeckah Futrell,   b. 5 May 1818   d. 26 Aug 1886 (Age 68 years)  [natural]
     2. Daniel Futrell,   b. 16 Feb 1811   d. 1870 (Age 58 years)  [natural]
     3. William Futrell,   b. 25 Jul 1816, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1875, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [natural]
     4. Littleberry Futrell,   b. 3 Aug 1806   d. Between 1807 and 1896 (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     5. Catherine 'Caty' Futrell,   b. 17 Nov 1798   d. Bef 1892 (Age < 93 years)  [natural]
     6. Richard 'Ricks' Futrell,   b. 5 Feb 1802   d. 2 May 1851 (Age 49 years)  [natural]
     7. Faithia Futrell,   b. 22 Oct 1808   d. 1887 (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     8. Shadrack Futrell,   b. 26 May 1804   d. 22 Aug 1885 (Age 81 years)  [natural]
     9. Thomas Futrell,   b. 26 Nov 1812   d. 1870 (Age 57 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F11225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Sep 1773 - Northampton County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Aug 1829 - Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 

  • Sources 
    1. [S61] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;), Coalson v18t1909.FTW.

    2. [S1249] Direct Data Capture, comp, U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Record for Nathan Futrall
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1812muster&h=398149&indiv=try

    3. [S526] Hatcher, Patricia Law, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;), Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 2; Serial: 12356; Volume: 9.
      Record for Nathan Futrell
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=graves&h=19952&indiv=try

    4. [S115] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;).
      Record for Nathan Futrell
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolb&h=1658903&indiv=try

    5. [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Nathan Futrell BIRTH 10 Sep 1773 Northampton County, North Carolina, USA DEATH 31 Aug 1829 (aged 55) Golden Pond, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL Nathan Futrell Cemetery Trigg County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 10445883.
      Nathan Futrell is listed as the youngest to serve in the North Carolina Militia. He served as a Drummer Boy.

      IN 1799, they settled on Donaldson Creek. However in 1820 they removed to the west side of the Cumberland River, in the area from which Trigg Co. had been formed. They bought 2000 acres of land on the waters of Ford Creek. Here they buil a spacious home. The late Mrs. Charles W. Ross, great grandosn of Nathan Futrell rlated in a deposition dated 18 Sep 1960, that the Nathan Futrell Home was built directly opposite what later became the site of Laura Ore Furnace, built in 1855 by Gentry, Gunn and Company. Mr. Ross said, that it was a two story log house with a "Dog trot" through the center of the lower floor. He could distinctly remember the old house, as a child, when his mother took him to visit the grave of her grandfather, Nathan Futrell. He said, that Charity Futrell kept an inn or travern at the old home from about 1855 to 1860 for the frequenting of employees of Laura Furnace.

      Having planted the first apple trees in Trigg Co. He erected on of the earliest primitive grist mills in Trigg Co. October 29, 1824, from Governor Joseph Desha.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10445883/nathan-futrell

    6. [S1268] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;).

    7. [S609] Ancestry.com, Web: Kentucky, Find A Grave Index, 1776-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Nathan Futrell Birth 10 Sep 1773 Northampton County, North Carolina, USA Death 31 Aug 1829 (aged 55) Golden Pond, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA Burial Nathan Futrell Cemetery Trigg County, Kentucky, USA Memorial ID 10445883.
      Nathan Futrell is listed as the youngest to serve in the North Carolina Militia. He served as a Drummer Boy.

      IN 1799, they settled on Donaldson Creek. However in 1820 they removed to the west side of the Cumberland River, in the area from which Trigg Co. had been formed. They bought 2000 acres of land on the waters of Ford Creek. Here they buil a spacious home. The late Mrs. Charles W. Ross, great grandosn of Nathan Futrell rlated in a deposition dated 18 Sep 1960, that the Nathan Futrell Home was built directly opposite what later became the site of Laura Ore Furnace, built in 1855 by Gentry, Gunn and Company. Mr. Ross said, that it was a two story log house with a "Dog trot" through the center of the lower floor. He could distinctly remember the old house, as a child, when his mother took him to visit the grave of her grandfather, Nathan Futrell. He said, that Charity Futrell kept an inn or travern at the old home from about 1855 to 1860 for the frequenting of employees of Laura Furnace.

      Having planted the first apple trees in Trigg Co. He erected on of the earliest primitive grist mills in Trigg Co. October 29, 1824, from Governor Joseph Desha.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10445883/nathan-futrell

    8. [S2830] SAR: Nathan Futrell, Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998; SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004,.
      Ancestor # P-163323
      Type of Service: Drummer boy
      http://patriot.sar.org/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=Grave%20Registry&-loadframes
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    9. [S2831] DAR: Nathan Futrell, FUTRELL, NATHAN Ancestor #: A042796 http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm.
      FUTRELL, NATHAN
      Ancestor #: A042796
      Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank: NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER
      Birth: 9-10-1773 NORTHAMPTON CO NORTH CAROLINA
      Death: 8-31-1829 TRIGG CO KENTUCKY
      Service Source: FILSON CLUB HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL 41, 1967, P 169
      Service Description: 1) DRUMMER IN NC LINE
      http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm
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    10. [S324] Family Bibles, Nathan Futrell.