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Dorothy Renick Luttrell was in her mid-nineties when she died in 1991. She had been an English teacher, and was the first woman to be a reporter for the Waco, Texas newspaper. She was also an avid genealogist, spending many years tracing the Campbells, Moors, Andersons, Witchers, and the DeLoaches. The trail of her DeLoach ancestry starts in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and winds through Middle Tennessee to Waco, Texas. Her genealogy hobby was done in the pre-home computer period, when notes and copies of documents were filed in shoe boxes and bulging folders. Periodically, time was taken to get things organized, to put research into notes so that nothing would be forgotten. Following are five pages of those notes. In these notes, she refers to these documents:
SUTTON AND DELOACH FAMILIES A Manuscript written by Dan Browning, indexed and published by J.W. Sneed, Jr. in 1960
A Family Called Fort, by Homer T. Fort. Published in 1964
Note-These notes were transcribed from a copy of the original that was barely legible. Where possible, the original form of the document, including punctuation, was retained. The initials DRL are Dorothy's, and are inserted where she comments on quotations from the references.
Page 1 Copied from SUTTON AND DELOACH FAMILIES from mss. by Dan Browning Indexed and published by J.W. Sneed, Jr. 1960 EDGECOMBE N.C. DEEDS Deed Book 5 p 553 Deed 23rd Dec. Wm. DeLoach , planter, Edgecombe Co NC acknowledges in person in court 1791-Feb. Session Bk 6-- p 55 March 1791 Wm. DeLoach and wife Purity Ruffin Bk 8--p859-- date May May 26th, 1791 Wm. DeLoach deeds land to Lamon Ruffin (DRL Purity's Brother) and gives Edgecombe Co. as his residence. Bk. 6 p 506 June 4, 1792 Wm. DeLoach of the Territory south of River Ohio, Cumberland. Davidson Co. appoints "my loving brother" Samuel DeLoach and Simion Horne of Edgecombe Co. NC, both or either of them to collect--- etc--- attend to matters for me as ex. of Richard Ruffin deceased. (DRL Richard Ruffin married Avarilla DeLoach, sister of Wm.) Proven in Edgecombe court N.C. by witness Henry Bloodworth August Court 1792 (Samuel DeLoach, brother, made deed in 1796, at which time he lived in Johnson {sic} Co. N.C.) Bk 8 p 133-4 Wm. DeLoach Jr. (no state or county given) appoints brother, Ruffin DeLoach to receive lands which to me belong. (DRL Wm. DeLoach Jr. married Milbrey Fort, and they had come to Robertson Co. Tenn with the Fort migration 1791.) for further details on the above Case top of page 2 Bk. 8 p 134-5 Wm. DeLoach Sr. dated Aug. 16, 1794 appoints my loving son Ruffin DeLoach my atty to get what was due me as representative of Jesse DeLoach, deceased heir at law Nov. court 1794. Bk. 8--p 478 Deed 29 November 1794 by Ruffin DeLoach of Sumner County in territory south of River Ohio as atty to act for Wm. DeLoach of same place to Penelope Ruffin of Edgecombe Co. N.C. acting under power-of-atty of June 16, 1794, sells and conveys int. of Wm. DeLoach as heir and co-heir-at-law of Jesse DeLoach deceased, late of said Co. of Edgecombe, land whereon deceased last lived, and Penelope Ruffin now lives. 300 A (DRL-- Ruffin went back to North Carolina to claim his father's part of money due as one of the heirs of Jesse DeLoach. Penelope Ruffin had only a widow's dower in her husband Jesse's land, usually a third of the value of the inheritance. Had there been children, or even one child, Jesse's part of the inheritance would have passed to the child or children. Evidently Penelope bought the others' share. When Avarilla DeLoach Wm.'s sister lost her husband Richard Ruffin, the circumstances were the same. That time the matter was attended to by brother Samuel DeLoach, but when Jesse died without heirs, the matter was of enough importance for Ruffin to make a trip back to NC. While there he also tended to the Fort inheritance for his brother, Wm. DeLoach who had married Milbry Fort. (see top of next page) Page 2 SUTTON & DELOACH families hereinafter refered to as Browning since the mss.is his, although it was published and indexed by J.W. Sneed Jr. EDGECOMBE, NC Deeds continued from page one Book 18- p 88-9 Nov. 4, 1823 Wm. DeLoach & Milbrey Fort (DeLoach) we hereby constitute, appoint and ordain Josiah Fort of the Co. and State aforesaid (i.e. Robertson Co. Tenn) our attorney to sell and convey all our interest in a tract of land on Tar (or War--hard to read) River in Edgecombe Co. N.C. unto us by the last will of our late father Elias Fort Sr. decd and by the will of our nephew Chesterfield Jackson, decd, late of the Co. of Warren and State of Ky Proven at Feb. Court 1824. Edgecombe Co. N.C. (DRL) concerning the fourth son of William DeLoach, Sr. who died in Davidson Co. Tenn before or in 1792. (DRL apparently without a will) Browning (p119) Inventory: Samuel DeLoach mentions sale to Mathew Talbot, account of sale Jan. 7, 1794. Division of estate of 348 pounds mentions wife Elizabeth DeLoach, alias Hooper, remainder to Mary, heir of Samuel DeLoach, James Sneed, administrator of Samuel DeLoach Bk 4 p 223, 1793. Davidson Co. marriage Records (still quoting Browning) p 77 July 28, 1804 Mary DeLoach to Wm. Sneed, page 237 Mary D. (DeLoach?) Sneed 6 Oct. 1827 to George Sneed, William Hume officiating. (Footnote to P. 199 Browning: Samuel DeLoach had daughter Mary who married Wm. Sneed (Zachariah2 Wm.1) Mary DeLoach and Wm. sneed had a daughter Mary DeLoach Sneed who married her cousin George Sneed (James3,Zachariah2,Wm.1) and in 1850 moved to Texas. He was a Methodist preacher. DRL-- a clearer version of this is given in "A Family Called Fort", by Homer T. Fort 1964: Elizabeth Sugg married as her first husband Samuel DeLoach. When he died in 1792 his estate was administered by her father (DRL-- This differs from Browning who names James Sneed as administrator) Her father was Noah Sugg. Elizabeth Sugg md 2nd Joseph Hooper. In the will of her father dated Jan. 8, 1800 he (Noah Sugg) left "to my oldest daughter, Elizabeth Hooper, five shillings to be raised out of my estate." The story of Mary D. Sneed continues in three books, all published by the Central Texas Genealogical Society: McLennan Co. Tex. Cemetery Records Vol I including old First Street Cemetery Records; McLennan County Cemetery Records III (Oakwood); McLennan County Marriage records VI Samuel DeLoach Eliz Sugg dau. Mary D. m. Wm Sneed dau. Mary Deloach m. George Sneed moved to Waco 1850 page 3 Marriage Records, Appendix B--pp9-10 The importance of the Sneed family of Davidson County in early Texas Methodism: Rev. Joseph P. Sneed preached the first sermon in Waco in 1848. His brothers were Nicholas T. Sneed in Alabama and Texas conferences. George W. in Tenn. & Texas conferences ......... The original list of members lost, but in 1851 Nicholas T. Sneed and Mary D. Sneed were admitted as new members of the 1st Methodist Church Waco, Tex. Captain Nicholas T. Sneed married Mrs. Gennett 4 October 1865. His monument in Oakwood, Block 5 (older part of cemetery) Gives his birth date as May 15, 1826 his death as May 19, 1892. Evidently the family had in former times buried in Old First Street Cemetery. Only this stone is left, N.T. Sneed, Jr., Dec 15, 1876- June 14, 1880. Neither the birth date May 15, 1826 of Captain Sneed nor the marriage date 6 Oct 1827 of Mary deLoach Sneed's marriage to George Sneed fit, but neither has been checked for accuracy. Was Captain Sneed the oldest child of Mary DeLoach Sneed, or was he a nephew? Was Mary DeLoach Sneed buried in Old First Street Cemetery. so many of the older stones were lost. Then there is another grave in Oakwood: George W. Sneed died ( October 1915 aged 57 (block 1:) ********************* THOMAS DELOACH "oldest son" of Wm. DeLoach Sr. b. ca 1762 or 3 (my estimate) and Thomas DeLoach, b 1790 appearing in Yazoo Co. Miss 1830 and Holmes Co. 1840 (Holmes was formed from Yazoo in 1833) William DeLoach Sr. (wife Purity Ruffin) last appeared in North Carolna in person February Court, 1791 (See page 1 this mss.) By June 4, 1792 he was in Cumberland, Davidson Co Tenn. His four sons were leading independent lives on their own by that time. By 1794 he was of Sumner Co. Tenn. and by August 26, 1796 200 A was surveyed for him in the border state (touching Tenn.) of Logan County, Ky. where he was to live until his death after 1810. No son of his, other than Thomas, ever lived in this county. His two daughters and their husbands did live in Logan County. Dan P. Browning infers that his sons Ruffin and Wm. Jr. "lived nearby". There is no evidence of this in Logan County records. Ruffin was a tax payer in 1790 (on 200 acres of land, while his Uncle John at that time laid tax on 340 acres, in Sumner County, Tenn. Ruffin remained there until about 1810 when he appears in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, along with his nephew (?) Jesse DeLoach. William Jr. and his wife Milbrey Fort had come to Robertrson County with the Fort migration of 1791. This family left Robertson County page 4 just before 1830 (almost 20 years after the settlement of Ruffin and his family in Wilkinson County.) Wm. Jr.'s family settled in Yazoo County, from which Holmes Co was taken in 1833. William Sr., (Purity Ruffin wife) had a fourth son Samuel, who died 1792 in Davidsom County. (See page 2, this manuscript). Browning also states that William Sr.'s son Thomas "went to Miss." along with Ruffin and Wm. Jr. This is not true as Logan County records show. These records are taken from the Browning Book: Extracts from Logan Co. Ky Records Surveyor's Book A p 136, Oct. 27, 1796. "I have surveyed for Wm. DeLoach 200 acres in Logan County--waters of Clifty beginning at black oak on bank of Wolf Lick Creek fork of Muddy River, Aug. 26, 1796. As this survey included Wm. DeLoach's improvements, he must have been there before August when the survey was made. This was witnessed by Isaac Pennington and Thos DeLoach (Wm.'s son,)DRL, if C.C. means witness. Surveyors Book B., p 76 June 20, 1799-- Surveyed for Thomas DeLoach 200 A on small creek emptying into Little Clifty. Survey made Nov. 15, 1798. C.C. Glidewell Killebrew and Wm. Brasswell Order Book-- Dec. 1801 p 323 Wm. DeLoach enters 200 A land in Logan County, on waters of Clifty running with the south line of his former survey where he now lives, etc. Survey Book B p 259 Sept. 1802 for $262 200 A in addition to his former settlement in Clifty Fork, Muddy Rivers: Thomas DeLoach Other transactions of no special significance not copied. William DeLoach Sr.'s Bequests Logan Co. Deed Book b p 569 On September 1809 Wm. DeLoach Sr., state of Kentucky Logan County willed all his land to son Thomas with all appurtenances thereto, with a negro fellow named Simon, negro woman named Tucky, girl named Abba, negro boy named Simeon, child Arthur. This bequest laid down no conditions as did further bequests. Then on May 16,1810, he made five other bequests but none of them for land, and each with a condition to be fulfilled by the recipient. Deed Book C-- pages 188 and 189. These bequests were made as separate items. Ruffin DeLoach in exchange of $400 and "my maintenance for life a negro man named Jake. To Thomas DeLoach, Isaac Pennington and John Sutton certain stock and Household goods, the bulk of it going to Thomas. To William DeLoach Jr. for $400 and "maintenance for life" one negro page 5 one negro man named Mingo. Glidewell Killebrew a negro girl with only $200 to be paid by the recipient. Isaac Pennington a negro girl, conditions same as the above. ****************** Thomas lived in Logan County for ten years after the first bequest from his father, then he left-- not for Mississippi but for the Jackson purchase. On Apr 2, 1821 he went on a note, and ay about the same time (exact year and day not noted he gave power to one E.M. Curd to sell his lot in Morganfield, Union County, Ky. From the tax-book of Isaac Browning, Sheriff of Logan County 1818-19-20 Thomas paid tax on 800 A of land, 10 balcks, 4 of whom were grown men, 5 horses and one lot in Morganfield. By this tax entry is written "Moved to the Jackson Purchase (Indian lands purchased from the Cherokees in west Tennessee and Kentucky? Nothing is known of Thomas after that. There is no proof of his going to Mississippi. **************** Thomas DeLoach, the only one by that name located by the Mississippi Archives was a younger man who settled in Yazoo County where the William Jr. (wife Milbrey Fort) family settled, in contrast to the family of the brother Ruffin's people who came very early to Wilkinson County. This Thomas was born in 1790 (by comparison of the census of Yazoo County for 1830 and the Holmes Co. census of 1840. (Holmes Co. was formed from Yazoo in 1833. Elias Fort, the oldest son of Wm. Jr. and Milbrey Fort, appears on the 1830 census along with Thomas although Thomas is in a younger age group. The Mississippi Archives provided some very interesting items on the Wilkinson County family of Ruffin. They sent three zeroxes of pages from Goodspeed's Historical Memoirs of Miss. Goodspeed Volume I page 181 names Ruffin and John W. DeLoach as among the very earliest settlers in Wilkinson County. (DRL As there is no further mention of a John W., I assume that the John W. should have been John Mercer (John M.), "Captain Jack" who came with his father Ruffin to Wilkinson County. Captain Jack was a grown man when they came to Miss- Goodspeed V I p 235 gives in geat detail the experiences of William P. DeLoach, lieutenent and adjutant in the Militia raised by Wilkinson Co. in 1812. The story is very different from the one told by descendants. These men were held for a year at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Some of them were dispatched to Fort Mims. Alabama, where they were caught in the Fort Mims massacre by the indians, the bloodiest massacre ever perpetuated in United States history. Descendants say that John R. DeLoach (Ruffin's son) died "of his wounds", no further details.
