Oklahoma
Below is part of an email that someone sent me. I am trying to
find out if
this John Cotral had a brother named John W. Rutledge who married Susan H.
Lyons. Does anyone know? Thanks, Cheryl
My line is Abraham W. Rutledge, 1786, Maryland;
Fletcher L. Rutledge, 1816, KY (brother of John Cotral);
Abraham Wheeler Rutledge 1837, Vermilion, IL;
Wm. Franklin "Frank" Rutledge, 1892, Burlington, Coffey, KS; Pierre Leroy
Rutledge, 1919, Collinsville, Tulsa, OK (my father).
My family moved from Oklahoma City to Norman, OK in Sept. 1935.
At that time
we were the only Rutledge family in town. I never heard mention of an Elmer or
Robert Rutledge in Norman's history. In 1900 the population was about 3,000.
In 1935 about 5,000.
Sarge
Since Cheryl has gotten me back on my obcession with this Robert
C.
Rutledge, I'm going to pass on some other details that I have found
while researching him. I was also checking on his wife Sydney, this this
info this morning. I'm not saying that this is her, just thought that
this info might help someone with their lines. Jan
Sydney J. Rutledge
ss 440-05-7690 issued Oklahoma bef 1951
last res: Garland, Dallas Co. Texas 75042
b. Aug 27, 1915
d Feb. 1991
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Database: Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
June 3, 2005
6:46 AM
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Name Birth Date Gender Birth County Father's Name Mother's Name
View Image
Stephanee Lynn Ruthledge <javascript:goafa1090()> 31 Aug 1978 Female
Comal Sydney Eugene Rutledge Jr. Jeri Lynn Schwarz
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Ashley Gene Rutledge <javascript:goafa1091()> 28 Dec 1981 Female
Comal Sydney Eugene Rutledge Jr. Jeri Lynn Schwarz
<http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8781&iid=TXBTH_1981_0016j14&desc=Ashley+Gene+Rutledge&pid=13631354>
Sydney Taylor Rutledge <javascript:goafa1092()> 29 Oct 1994 Female
Potter Douglas Michael Rutledge Margaret Anne Vankampen
<http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8781&iid=TXBTH_1994_0018f16&desc=Sydney+Taylor+Rutledge&pid=19091844>
William Corlas Rutledge <javascript:goafa1093()> 19 Jan 1953 Male
Brazoria Sydney Eugene Rutledge Lenora Mae Rash
<http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8781&iid=TXBTH_1953_0013h14&desc=William+Corlas+Rutledge&pid=5631776>
Sydney Eugene Rutledge Jr. <javascript:goafa1094()> 27 Dec 1948 Male
Brazoria Sydney Eugene Rutledge Lenora Mae Rash
<http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8781&iid=TXBTH_1948_0011o11&desc=Sydney+Eugene+Rutledge+Jr.&pid=4755399>
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Database: Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002
June 3, 2005
6:48 AM
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Name Estimated Birth Year Age Spouse Spouse's Estimated Birth Year
Spouse's Age Marriage Date Marriage County
Sydney E Rutledge <javascript:godcb2240()> 1949 25 Jeri L Schwarz
1951 23 10 Aug 1974 Hays
Jeri L Schwarz <javascript:godcb2241()> 1951 23 Sydney E Rutledge
1949 25 10 Aug 1974 Hays
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002 [database online]. Provo,
Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas Department of State
Health Services. Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002. Texas Department of
State Health Services, Texas.
1910 Cimmerron twp Wood County Oklahoma census
John W. Rutledge age 73 married 1 time 53 years born Illinois father Ky
Mother Ky
Susan age 72 married 1 53 born Indiana
Ky Va
mother of 10 children 6 living
Byers, Tillie (Servant) (b) age 15 born Mississippi
Don, while you're at it, see if you can find out anything
about any railroad
workers named Rutledge. Remember Julie said her grandpa,
Charlie Rutledge
(John B's youngest son) said after John B died, his mother,
Elizabeth Roark
Rutledge, worked at the railroad camps doing laundry and when the
boys got
old enough they worked for the railroad too. Guthrie's just
not that far
from our neck of the woods.
Cousin Kathye
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Kelly [mailto:donkelly@grovenet.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 4:11 PM
To: RUTLEDGE-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [RUTLEDGE] Re: Guthrie, Oklahoma
Thank you Keith. Your review has flashed my attention to Logan
County,
OK.
I contacted the CC of Logan County and started the ball rolling
in an
effort to find our 3gpa William Owen Jr. who *reportedly* died in
Guthrie 1924, death certificate or obit, and to discover if
possible why
he lived so far from his sons who had farms in Benton County,
Arkansas.
William would not have been a Sooner to Guthrie because we have
his
image with the Rutledge family of Tyrone, MO which, judging by
age of
grandma in the photo, must have been taken in 1893. 4gpa Stephen
Rutledge was in the photo so it had to be before 1895 (his year
of
death?????not documented.
Further, Grandma Owen Kelly often spoke of her sister coming by
train
from Tyrone to visit her in Benton County. Grandma had a farm
between
the farm of her dad Henry and her brother ????Rutledge. She owned
that
farm until around 1940.
So we extrapolate that Henry and William with families came to
Benton
County around 1895 to 1905 and betwixed and between William Owen
ended
up in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Thanks again for the spark Keith.
Cousin Don
----- Original Message -----
From: <KEYVANOR@aol.com
To: <RUTLEDGE-L@rootsweb.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:26 AM
Subject: [RUTLEDGE] Re: Guthrie, Oklahoma
Hi Don,
Guthrie is 30 miles due north of Oklahoma City and is the capital
of
Login
County. Between them is the town of Edmund. The three
have been
growing
together as Edmund and OKC spread out. Guthrie itself is still
small,
about 10,000
population. It was part of the Unassigned Lands that were
opened to
settlement
by the first land run on April 22, 1889. It was one of six
towns
founded on
the day of the run. The others were Oklahoma City, Norman,
El Reno,
Kingfisher and Stillwater. Guthrie, OKC, and Norman were
originally
watering stations
for the Sante Fe Railroad. Guthrie was the projected
Territorial
Capital and
all land claims had to be filed at the land office there.
Townships
were to be
one-half mile wide and one mile long laid out on a N-S
grid. One mile
equaled 12 city blocks. So many settlers jammed into the
Guthrie
townsite that
first day that several more contiguous townships were laid out,
and to
keep it in
line with the rules, they were called East Guthrie, West Guthrie,
and
Capitol
Hill. By sundown of that first day, over 15,000 settlers had
arrived
and had
become a surging mob around the little red brick office of the
Sante
Fe
Railroad. In only a few years the downtown, built mostly of
locally
made red brick
with wide streets paved of brick as well, was a bustling
commercial
and
governmental center. But, not for long. Soon after
Statehood in 1907,
the more
aggressive leaders and movers of Oklahoma City pushed Guthrie out
of
the picture by
establishing the legislature at the Huckins Hotel in OKC.
They stole
the
Great Seal, took it to the hotel and declared that OKC was the
new
state capital.
A referendum election was held on the question of capital
location
and, of
course, OKC won. Growth in Guthrie nearly came to a halt.
Today we
are happy
that it is like a museum town where most of the old buildings
still
stand
although the brick streets are now covered with asphalt, too
bad. It
is becoming a
tourist, and arts and crafts center. Part of the Tom
Cruise/Dustin
Hoffman
movie, "Rainman" was filmed there. It is built on
rolling hills
unlike most
flatland Oklahoma Towns. You would almost certainly enjoy a
trip to
Guthrie and
OKC. There are quite a few things for tourists to see and
do and
there are
several lakes for boating, etc. Also, expenses are still lower
here
than in most
of the country.
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: <PatSproat@aol.com
To: <RUTLEDGE-L@rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:48 AM
Subject: [RUTLEDGE] Oklahoma 1910 census for Rutledge names
snip
Clifton E. Rutledge age 38 born Missouri Oklahoma census
Woodward
County
snip
I believe that Clifton 1873-1959 is the son of Thomas Boulware
Rutledge
1826-1900 & Martha Norris. Clifton married Mary Luella Moore.
Here is an article about a reunion:
"Woodward News, Tuesday, July 15, 1997
Reunion Notes
Rutledge Family
Descendants of the late C.E. and Mary Luella
Rutledge gathered for
the 24th annual reunion July 6 at the Woodward Senior Center.
Out of 13 children, five are living and attended the
reunion. They
were Ruby L. Rutledge Trent and her husband, Robert Trent; Carl
F.
Rutledge and his wife Lily Rutledge; Robert "Ray"
Rutledge and his wife
Twyla Rutledge, all of Woodward; Bertha Carmen, Mooreland; Mary
Rutledge
Dean and her husband, Art Dean, of Waggoner. Eleanor
Rutledge, a
daughter-in-law, came from Hubbard, Texas.
Other family members and friends at the reunion were
Roger and
Tressia Trent Ruttman, Jody and ReLonda Ruttman, Bernie Rutledge,
Harold
"Levi" Rutledge, Tonya Rutledge Wells, Trevor and
Amanda Wells, Bill and
Phyllis Rutledge Kerchner, Jean Gardner Rutledge, Wayne and Peggy
Rutledge, Bessie Rutledge Gonser, Leslie Gonser, David and Vickie
Hunter, Dustin and Drew Hunter, Larry Rutledge, Juanita Matthews,
Tammy
Gonser and Mark Miller, Mike and Carol Gonser, Elsie Irene,
Michael Jr.,
and Tyler Jesse Gonser, Zetha Nelson, Quincy Nelson, Dorothy and
Bill
Geddes, Calvin Lynn Nelson, and Regina, Andy and Stephen Dumas,
all of
Woodward.
From out of town were Pete and Betty Lehr Laubach,
Okeene; Chester
and Melba Rutledge Felber, Leroy Rutledge, Albert and Betty
Rutledge,
Bert Rutledge, Arletta Bludnick and Joe Cooper, all of
Stillwater; Keith
and Evelyn McLain, Fairview; Joe, Melba, Whittney and Hilary
McLain,
Kingfisher; Chester (Ted) Felber II and Kathy Osborn, Bison;
Travis,
Lisa, Lora, Trace and Seth Rutledge, Quinlan; and Susan Kee,
Mooreland.
Registering from out of state were Johnny, Betty and
Jodi Rutledge,
eunice Blanch, Wichita, Kan.; Beverly Trent Morrison and
Tarrah
Barclay, Perryton, Texas; and Janice Rutledge, Scott City, Kan.
Jodi Rutledge received the children's door prize and
Twyla Rutledge
won the adult door prize. The reunion was hosted by Beverly
Morrison
and Jody Ruttman. Next yeaar's reunion will be at the
Woodward Senior
Center on Sunday, July 5, 1998, hosted by Evelyn McLain and Susan
Kee."
Donna in Oregon
1910 census Kiowa County Cooperton twp
Arthur W. Rutledge age 27 born Texas
Lula
P.
age 21 born Arkansas
Virgil
R.
age 1 born Oklahoma
Addie
age 5 born Oklahoma
Alice Rutledge (Mother) age 44 born Texas
Kiowa Co. Cooperton twp
Columbus M. Rutledge age 33 born Texas
wife
Mary L. age 32 born Alabama
Ruth
age 7 born Oklahoma
Mary L. age
9 born Oklahoma
Fred
A.
age 4 born Oklahoma
These two families are next door to one another
Pat,
That sounds like a good map. It must date from the late
1880s. Do you have
a date for it? After the Civil War and the assignment and removal
of the
Plains Indians and some others to the western half of Oklahoma,
the western half
was usually referred to as (Tribal name) Reserve or Reservation,
and the Eastern
half as Indian Territory or, more specifically, as (Tribal Name
such as
Cherokee) Nation. What follows here is a precis of facts from
"Oklahoma: a history
of the Sooner State," by Edwin C. McReynolds, U of O Press,
Norman, 1956.
When Pres. T. Jefferson bought the Louisiana Lands from
Napoleon's France, "the
Louisiana Purchase," in 1803 the exact boundaries of
Louisiana were not to be
found in the vague term of the treaty. After Louisiana
Territory was ceded to
Spain at the end of the Seven Years War in 1763, there was little
change in
the colony. But forty years of Spanish rule did leave some
results in law and
Spanish blood lines. The United States took official possession
of Louisiana
Territory on Dec. 17, 1803, just 17 days after Spain returned the
territory to
France. Napoleon needed the money to continue his conquests in
Europe. The
territory extended at a northwest diagonal across the continent
to the Canadian
border and included today's Oklahoma exclusive of the
Panhandle. The southern
border between the Oklahoma area and Mexico, or today's Texas,
was the South
Bank of the Red River. The Red River meanders and so the
border changed with
nearly every spring flood. This caused disputes between Texas and
Oklahoma for
over a century. A set border was not agreed upon until last
year, 2002.
Official exploration of the territory began in the southern part
after the Lewis
and Clark explorations of the northern part. To be short
and skip over the
hardships of these men in the hard winter of 1806 and of other
exploring parties,
the gist is that the North Fork of the Red River at the SW corner
of today's
Oklahoma was entered on the maps as the main stream of the Red
River. The
State of Texas established in 1836 claimed the region contending
that North Fork
of Red River was the boundary stream indicated in the Adams-Onis
Treaty of
1819. By 1886 about nine thousand settlers lived in this
area which by then was
organized as Greer County, Texas with Mangum as the county seat.
Pres. Grover
Cleveland proclaimed the disputed area a part of Indian Territory
on Dec. 30,
1887. A suit over this fertile 2,300 sq. miles began in the
Supreme Court of
the US in 1890 and continued for six years. The Choctaw
Nation also claimed
the land and the US entered a claim that the land was part of the
public domain.
Finally, an Act of Congress declared the region a county in
the Territory of
Oklahoma and made provision for the unoccupied part to be
settled. The US
Court of Claims was left to decide the amount of compensation to
be awarded to
the Choctaw Nation. Another Act of Congress in Jan. 1897
allowed the old (Texas
citizens) settlers to file upon 160 acres of land already
occupied and to
purchase additional quarter section for one dollar per acre. Over
four thousand
old settlers laid claims leaving about four more thousand
homesteads to be
settled. A lot of Texans didn't like being made Okies.
Keith
INDIAN TERRITORY OKLAHOMA, 1904
Found this while looking for my grandfather who, supposedly, was
born in
Indian Territory (Little Dixie) in 1904. Have never found
any evidence...
Anyone know who this Ace and Alice are? They're the only
Rutledges I found in
this archive...
Cyndi in Baltimore
From Rootsweb archives for Indian Territory:
Here is the continuing...index of the Indian Pioneer
Papers--Western History
Collection---University of Oklahoma. The Indian Pioneer
History Papers is a
collection of interviews done in 1937 & 1938, which includes
biographical data
on both living and deceased persons of Indian and pioneer
heritage whose lives
have been important in the history of Oklahoma. There is also a
collection of
information on family customs, tribal histories, social
organizations,
folklore, legends, cemeteries, old trails, ferries, forts,
trading centers and other
unrecorded facts known only to oral tradition.
VOLUME 79------MICROFICHE #6016944-----6 FICHE--
RUTLEDGE,
Ace
Altus, OK
RUTLEDGE,
Maud
" "
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 From:
"Rebecca L. York" <dalton@nidlink.com
To: CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [CherokeeGene] Fw: [OKGEN ] Indian Territory Marriages
Marriage Records U.S. District Court, Central District South
McAlester,
Indian Territory Book #10 - 6 Jan 1902 – 10 Nov 1903
18 April 1902 Mrs. Tenney RUTLEDGE age 25 Bennington, I.T.
Ben BLANTON age 31 Bennington, I.T. Rev G.H.
Jones
Marriage Records U.S. District Court Central
District South McAlester,
Indian Territory Vol.
11 9 Nov 1903 – 26 Aug 1905
15 March 1904 James BLANTON age 34 South McAlester
Ms Lucill STUMBAUGH age 25 South McAlester pg 142
--- RDCLEMONS@aol.com
wrote:
Hello Ali. This may be a little of the subject but I
have a framed (wood)
picture of Abraham Lincoln. My father said he could
not remember that picture
not hanging on the wall. The frame is probably more
valuable than the
picture. When Dad's Mother died the 4 (3 boys & a
girl) drew straws as to see
got it. My Dad was the lucky one and when he died my
two brothers and I drew
straws and I was the lucky on.
I took the picture to a man that was supposed to be
a specialist and he said
it was not as valuable as we had been told.
It is valuable to all of our family.
Rachel Demaree Clemons
=================================================
Rachel,
Isn't that what is important? The picture is a
cherished keepsake in your family. Irregardless of
what its monetary value is, it is valuable for the
memories; "...he could not remember that picture NOT
hanging on the wall".
I kept very few things when my mother died, a couple
of her favorite blouses and a set of lotion and powder
that smelled exactly like her. I gave it to my niece
when she said she missed the smell of her grandma. She
doesn't use it, just takes it and sniffs it when she
starts missing her grandma. Special smells can really
conjure up memories.
I imagine you'll pass the picture on in the same way
that you received it. Although I for one hope its not
for a good many years yet.
=====
Ali,
Live well, laugh often, love much !!
William Levi RUTLEDGE
Died in Sardis OK probably in the 1890's John Henry RUTLEDGE born
in Rush Springs(No date) and died in 1945 in Clayton, OK. let me
know if you have any information, Thanks.
MISCELLANEOUS (RUTLEDGE) Contd. 1840 CHEROKEE CO. ALA. p 124 -
Federal Census line 4, JAS.RUTLEDGE males 1 (20-30) fem. 1
(6o-7o) index shows "Ruthledge" 1 (60-70) line 5s JAS.
RUTLEDGE males 1 (30-40) fem. 1 ( - 5) (index shows
"Ruthledge" 1 (20-30) Note: Wilson Rutledge was
enumerated on page 132. North - Dist. 1850 CHEROKEE CO. ALA. 26th
Dist. Roll 3, Federal Census #555, RUTLEDGE, JAMES 47 NC MARY A.
31 NC SARAH C. 12 AL JOHN S. 10 AL JAMES A. 6 AL LYDIA C. 3 GA.
THOMAS B. 8,/.I2 GA RUTLEDGE, THOMAS 40 NC (Shown as Ruttage)
#685 RUTLEDGE, JOHN 39 NC REBECCA 36 TN GILERT 14 AL FRANCIS 11
AL LUTHY E 7 AL COLUMBUS 5 AL AMANDA L. 3 AL ? This is the John
Rutledge of Independence CO. AR. If Lucinda Jane Rutledge had
been his daughter she should have been included at about age 11
on this census. ? On the 1840 census above, the elder James
Rutledge is undoubtedly the James of the 1830 Monroe CO. TN
census which leads to speculation that he was the father of :
WILSON RUTLEDGE. b. ca 1803 NC JAMES RUTLEDGE b. ca 1803 NC (Mike
Rutledge Bible says 1802) THOMAS RUTLEDGE b. ca. 1810 NC JOHN
RUTLEDGE b. ca. 1811 NC Cherokee CO. AL was created in 1836 from
the 1835 Cherokee Cession. County records burned in 1882 ( burned
twice) but census records are available from 1840. 1830 Monroe CO
TN Census page 80 Rutledge , James Males 1 (10-15) females 1
(10-15) 2 (15-20) 1(50-60) 1 ( 50-60)
This is a letter explaining some of the thoughts about Wilson's
family. My interest in Wilson is that I believe Wilson to a
brother of my ggg-grandfather James A. (I HAVE NO PROOF OF THE
RELATIONSHIP) Their families lived at the same place at the same
time, BUT the James who is supposed to be the father of Wilson
and John Rutledge lived with my James in Cherokee Co. AL. Mike
Rutledge, Boaz AL WILSON (W.A.) RUTLEDGE Born ca 1803) in NC Died
21 Feb. 1863 of typhoid fever while A POW-CSA, Camp Douglas, IL.
MARRIED TWICE: (1) md ca 1829 possibly in Monroe Co. TN. She has
not been identified; no marriage record found. ISSUE: 3, possibly
4, sons, and 1 daughter. 2) md 1840 (per 1850 census taker), to a
woman named Jane who possibly was Jane Nations. A Pate descendant
said she was ' referred to as "Grandma Nations
Rutledge" by older members of the family which would
indicate that she was not their grandmother by blood. ISSUE: 2,
possibly 3, sons and 3 daughters. Again, no marriage record has
been found. Early Monroe Co. TN and Cherokee Co. AL are
"burned" counties. WILSON RUTLEDGE owned 320 acres in
Independence Co. AR in 1859- BY 1860 census he was in Saline Co.
AR. After the start of the Civil War he joined. a CSA unit in
Saline Co. where he is shown on the roster of Co. B, Arkansas 1st
(Crawford's) Cavalry as Wilson Rutledge, Sgt. The original CSA
record is filed as "W.A. Rudley." He was taken prisoner
on 11 Jan. 1863 at Arkansas Post, AR and imprisoned at Camp
Douglas, IL where he died of typhoid fever on 21 Feb. 1863- There
were no muster roll cards dated prior to his capture so the date
of enlistment is unknown. (Buried as W.A. Rudley in Oak Woods
Cemt. Chicago IL, Confederate monument) If JANE RUTLEDGE, wife
#2, followed an old custom, then her first daughter, Martha, may
have been named for the deceased wife. HUGH RUTLEDGE named a
daughter MARTHA LUCINDA. Could this have been for his mother and
sister? There are many JOHN RUTLEDGE descendants in Independence
Co. AR and the chronicler of this line shows my (Lucinda) Jane
Rutledge as his daughter even though she is not listed in the
family Bible. My research has proved this to be incorrect. John
Rutledge possibly was her uncle. Jane may have made her home with
this family between the 1850 census and, her marriage to Tom Pate
in 1859- WILSON RUTLEDGE'S SON, JAMES CALVIN, known as CALVIN,
was born ca 1840; the year Wilson married his second wife. The
fact that Calvin was enumerated with Tom and Jane R. Pate in the
1860 Indep Co. AR census makes me wonder whether he was a son by
the first wife. However, in 1870 he is living with his family
adjacent to Ja(i)ne Rutledge and her children in Jefferson Co.
AR. Calvin Rutledge also served in the CSA but in a different
outfit than Wilson. As a side note, Columbus (Lum) Knox Polk
Rutledge, son of the above John Rutledge and Rebecca Parsons,
married Mollie Pate, sister to my Grandfather Tom Pate. One of
John's sons, G.C. (Gilbert Calloway Lorenzo Huston Rutledge)
bears a striking resemblance to a photo of Hugh Rutledge. Oh,
that other mothers were as careful in recording their children's
full names as was Rebecca! As compiled October 1994 by Jimmie
Jean Pate Bowman, granddaughter of Thomas H. Pate and Lucinda
Jane Rutledge. Jimmie Jean Pate Bowman, b 8-23-25 Newport, AR,
8th child
(Page three) marked his grave is missing. His wife, Rebecca, died
August 5, 1860, and her grave in the same cemetery is marked. Not
much is known of John's 28 years in Independence County.
Apparently he was a farmer and a stock raiser in the Jamestown
area. John and Rebecca Rutledge had ten children. Eight of them
were born in Cherokee County, Alabama, and two in Independence
Coi-inty, Arkansas. Their oldest son was Gilbert Calloway Loranzo
Huston Rutledge, born in Alabama October 28, 1335, and died in
Jamestown April 18, 1918. On June 29, 1854, he married Miss
Lovisa James, daughter of Daniel James, another prominent settler
of Jamestown. Calloway served in the Confederate Army as 2nd
sergeant in Captain J. W. Cullin's company of the 2nd Arkansas
Cavalry and as a sergeant of Company C, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry.
Calloway Rutledge's service in the Masonic Lodge was notable as
he served as master of Neil Lodge at Jamestown 28 years, which
although impossible to verify may be a record in Arkansas. (See
Chronicle Vol. 111, NO. 4, page 40, and Vol. V, No. 4, page 13)
The other children of John and Rebecca were: Sarah Jane Rutledge,
born November 22, 1837, and died September 2, 1839. She is buried
in an unmarked grave in Cherokee County, Alabama. Francis Marion
Rutledge, born January 30, 1840. He served in the Confederate
Army in Captain Thomas J. Morgan's Company D, 8th Arkansas
Infantry, being mustered into service at Oil Trough in July of
1861. He married Miss Sarah P. Moses January 11, 1872. Leetha
Emiley Rutledge, born September 15, 1842. She became the wife of
John T. Carter December 27, 1859, and died December 31, 1878. Mr.
Carter was listed in Dr. Dickson's ledger. We do not have
information concerning children of this family. Columbus Knox
Polk Rutledge, known as "Lum", was born December 23,
1844. He was also a Confederate
This is page 4 of the John Rutledge information Soldier in
Captain Cullin's company. About 1865 he married Mollie Pate,
member of another prominent James- town family. One of his
daughters, Mrs. Prisilla Jane Haney, now lives in a rest home in
Enid, Oklahoma. Amanda L. Rutledge, born February 24, 1846, and
died in May of 1873. I have been told that she married a John
Clayton. However, her marriage is not listed in the family Bible
and we have no other information concerning her or her children.
Jane Rutledge, born about 1848. She married Tom H. Pate a brother
of Mollie Pate who married Lum Rutledge a brother of Jane. Tom
Pate also served in Captain's Company during the Civil War with
his brothers-in-law, Calloway and Lum. A curious fact is that
Jane is not listed with other members of the family in the Bible,
but a letter preserved in the Bible she wrote in 1876 to her
(brother) Lum has proved the relationship. William H. Rutledge,
born March 24, 1850. He married Miss Malinda Emboden whom was
born in Texas in 1872. They were living in the Indian Territory,
now Oklahoma, when they became engaged, and her parents sent her
to Arkansas for the ceremony so she would be married in the
United States. Their daughter, Mrs. Essie E. Duncan, still lives
in Conway, Arkansas. John Gard Rutledge, born August 29, 1853, in
Independence County. In 1872 he married Miss Martha Hargrave and
lived near Ft. Smith, Arkansas. We do not have the names of their
children. Their last child was Daniel C. Rutledge who was born in
Independence County November 5, 1856. He died at the age of seven
and was buried in the cemetery at Jamestown. The stone, which
once marked his grave, is now missing. Many descendants of John
and Rebecca live in Independence County today and once each
summer they gather with those from out of state who can return
for a family reunion. (Added at the bottom of the Article) Jane
(Lucinda or Jane) was the Daughter of Wilson Rutledge. Wilson was
possibly a brother of John Rutledge. Among other relatives, Jane
had brothers Hugh, Thomas Huston and Andy (James Andrew or Andrew
James) who migrated to Boise Idaho about 1860. (Jimmie Jean Pate
Bowman 1989)
NOTE: from Richard
and Carol:
I first searched in McKinney, Collin Co. for Thomas Henry
Rutledge, son of John Rutledge and Jane Gaw Brown Rutledge, I
found another Rutledge who was a plumber in McKinney. I asked if
he was related to Thomas Henry and he told me no, but his Dad was
still living and sometimes would mention that their family left
Tennessee in the middle of the night and moved to Oklahoma! No
one EVER spoke of that night or the reason why? I want to say his
name was also a Richard Rutledge, Plumber, but that might not be
so; however, he was very intrigued at how I found my information
and did go to the trouble to let me meet his 72+ year old Dad who
almost told me not to go hunting for trouble! What a weird man!
I found my grandson, James Clarence Rutledge with information on
Thomas Henry Rutledge that filled several pages of notes. His
grandfather THR was the oldest Mason in Collin County in 1943
when he died at 93 years old. He told me a friend painted the old
Rutledge homestead in McKinney, the house his grandfather built
himself at the turn of the century and that he had hauled wood on
a sled, saving his money to buy a mule and sell from a wagon. He
also showed me a cane, handmade by Thomas Henry himself that at
one time had a name plate with T H Rutledge, but his father James
Charles had worn it off or it broke off from the cane.
I photographed all this for posterity and future cousins that I
might meet. I was quite bewildered at all the other Rutledges
buried in Wilson Chapel Cemetery and no connection to my first
cousin, 6 times removed. There was a Jane Rutledge, with the N
turned backwards, and Hamilton C. Rutledge and Jack Rutledge. All
of these Rutledges can be found in the Collin County Cemetery
Book published by Collin Co. History Soc.
If anybody wants this, contact me at gawbuck@swbell.net Jean.
John S. Rutledge, confederate
veteran, attended several confederate soldier reunions in OK and
TX. In conf file he has an X over his head, in rutledge2 he is
3rd from left bottom row.
John S. Rutledge born Aug. 20,1843 Mo. He was a confederate
soldier. Died 1-27-1920 Vernon,Wilbarger Co.,Texas Buried
Eastview Cemetary Have a picture of him at Confederate Reunion at
Chickasha, Okla. made 8-15-1878. His daughter LillianRutledge
born 7-18-1867, she married Tommy R Baker 11-18-83 at Seymour,
Webster Co., Mo. They had a son Walter John Baker born 5-16-1884.
In 1898 they moved to Geary, Bain Co., Okla. In 1904 they moved
to Vernon, Wilbarger Co., Texas
I am William B Baker grandson of Walter John Baker. My email is
wbakersr@wt.net
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Anita,
My family is from Ada, OK. I still have many relatives there. I
am aware of another Rutledge family still living there, but do
not know any details.
My Rutledge family branch starts with William in Stokes Co., NC,
but my GGrandfather James William moved to Overton Co., Tn as a
young man, and in later life he and his family moved to Texas in
the Dallas area in 1895.
There are several Rutledge names currently listed in the Ada
phone book. Have you tried to contact any of them? Also, what
time frame are you speaking of for "Uncle George"? I
have two volumes on the History of Ada and the area. Do you have
any other names?
Larry D. Rutledge
Houston, TX
Larry@Rutledges.org
My grandfather (Avon Guy Rutledge) had spent time in Oklahoma , his children were borned in Oklahoma he came back out to Lamont and Bakersfield area in 1936. Lived in Sunset Labor camp,(Grapes of Wrath),Worked as a Carpenter all his Adult life, Belonged to Carpenter Union Local #743 will any of this help me and how would I use it? Patricia Rutledge Stewart
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