Sutton Family Papers, 1796-1831
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Sutton Family
Title: Papers, 1796-1831
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 0.66 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A S967
Scope and Content Note
Papers include land papers and will of John Sutton (d. 1810); will, 1819, and estate papers, 1826, of John Sutton, II (1759-1826); and correspondence, 1813-1829, accounts, 1806-1830, account books, 1814-1828, canceled checks, 1824-1829, Louisville land papers, 1813-1829, and legal papers, 1823-1829, of John Sutton, III (1780-ca. 1830), Louisville architect and building contractor. Also included is Samuel Moorhead’s statement of account, 1802, against the First Regiment, Jefferson County Militia; and family papers, 1788-1825, of William Smith of Louisa County, Ky., father of Emily Smith Sutton. A portion of this collection has been digitized; please see links in the folder list below.
Folder List
Box 1
1 Family records of the Sutton and allied families of Caldwell and Lightburne. [click to access PDF]
2 John Sutton (d. 1810) Scott County, Ky. land papers, 1796-1799. [click to access PDF]
3 John Sutton (d. 1810) will, 1799 Feb. 14. [click to access PDF]
4 John Sutton, II, bill of sale for slaves, 1817 Aug. 2. [click to access PDF]
5 John Sutton, II will, 1819. [click to access PDF]
6 John Sutton, II estate papers, 1826. [click to access PDF]
7 John Sutton, III correspondence, 1813-1829. [click to access PDF]
8 John Sutton, III accounts, 1806-1810.
9 John Sutton, III accounts, 1811-1813.
10 John Sutton, III accounts, 1814-1815.
11 John Sutton, III accounts, 1816-1817.
12 John Sutton, III accounts, 1818-1820.
13 John Sutton, III accounts, 1821-1823.
14 John Sutton, III accounts, 1824-1827.
15 John Sutton, III accounts, 1828.
16 John Sutton, III accounts, 1829.
17 John Sutton, III accounts, 1830.
18 John Sutton, III accounts, n.d.
Box 2
19 John Sutton, III account books, 1814-1828.
20 John Sutton, III canceled checks, 1824-1829.
21 John Sutton, III Louisville land papers, 1813-1829. [click to access PDF]
22 John Sutton, III legal papers, 1823-1828. [click to access PDF]
24 Samuel Moorhead’s statement of account against the 1st Regiment of Jefferson County Militia, 1802 Apr. 8.
25 John Sutton, III papers as administrator of the estate of Owen Afflick of Louisville, 1817-1831.
27 Papers of William Smith of Louisa County, Va. and his family, 1788-1825.
28 Boundaries of deed from Benjamin Brown to his son-in-law, Charles Smith, for263 acres of land in Hanover County, Va., 1737 May 2.Contemporary copy.
29 Letter from William Loftus Sutton to “Mr. Collins,” Shelby County, n.d. [click to access PDF]
30 William Richardson papers.
31 Charles B. King Kentucky land papers.
32 Miscellaneous papers.
