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Descendants of Bryant Spencer Rutledge




Generation No. 1


1. BRYANT SPENCER1 RUTLEDGE1 was born May 21, 1809 in South Carolina1, and died October 24, 1896 in Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia2. He married ELIZA H. WILLIAMS2 January 19, 1832 in South Carolina3. She was born September 1811 in South Carolina4, and died September 26, 1888 in Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia5.

Notes for BRYANT SPENCER RUTLEDGE:
Bryant S. was 23 when he married Eliza, she was 21. When he was 29 years old he received 160 acres in the Cherokee Land Lottery of 1838 on the first day of January 1838. [ Listed in the Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery of 1838 page 282, Fourth District, Second Section, Cherokee, Bryan S. Rutledge, Say's, Dekalb, Garnter the previous to the first day of January, 1838.] This land lies in Walker Co., GA where he farmed this land.

History of Gwinnett County Families 1818-1968, pages 436-477.
Listed in the 1850 Census of Walker County, Ga. living in the Taylors Ridge District.
Listed in the 1860 Census of Chattooga County, Ga. page 586.
The History of Walker County, page 384 list Bryan S. Rutledge as an early member of Church of Christ or Christian called Philadelphia.
Listed in the 1870 Census Dekalb County, Stone Mountain Dist. Ga., page 308, line 9.
Listed in the 1880 Census of Gwinnett County, Duluth, Ga. page 32.


Patricia S. Gray has the Bryant S. Rutledge family Bible. The bible was given to Pat by her grandfather James Leonard Burnett. The births of Mary Elizabeth, Armendy and Frances are not listed in the bible. The marriage date of Bryant and Eliza Williams is in the family bible.

Photos and documents included within the database of Mary Jane Rutledge Yasui:
+1832 Cherokee Land Lottery record
+1840 Walker Co. Census listing
+1840 Walker Co. Federal Census record
+1850 Walker Co. Census listing
+1915 Newspaper article on 1st settlers
+Walker Co. Library Index on History of Walker Co.
+1860 Chattooga Co., Census listing
+1860 Chattooga Co., Federal Census record
+1870 Dekalb Co., Federal Census record
+1870 Dekalb Co., Federal Census record
+History of Duluth, Georgia
+Gwinnett Co., Death Book listing
+1880 National Archives Census record
+1880 National Archives Census record
+1880 Gwinnett Co., Federal Census record
+photo of tombstone of Bryant Spencer Rutledge in Duluth, GA.
+photo of the Bryant Spencer Rutledge family bible records.

More About BRYANT SPENCER RUTLEDGE:
Burial: Unknown, Duluth, Methodist Cemetery, Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia5
Census: 1840, Walker Co., Georgia

Notes for ELIZA H. WILLIAMS:
Photos and documents included within the database of Mary Jane Rutledge Yasui:
+1850 Walker Co. Census listing
+1860 Chattooga Co., Federal Census record
+1870 Dekalb Co., Federal Census record
+1870 Dekalb Co., Federal Census record
+Gwinnett Co., Death Book listing
+1880 National Archives Census record
+1880 National Archives Census record
+1880 Gwinnett Co., Federal Census record
+photo of tombstone of Eliza H. Rutledge in Duluth, GA.

More About ELIZA H. WILLIAMS:
Burial: Unknown, Duluth, Methodist Cemetery, Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia5
     
Children of BRYANT RUTLEDGE and ELIZA WILLIAMS are:
2. i.   JOSEPH SPENCER2 RUTLEDGE, b. November 12, 1832, Dekalb County, Georgia; d. June 30, 1913, Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia.
  ii.   MARTHA ANN RUTLEDGE6, b. January 23, 1833, Georgia6; d. November 23, 1916, Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia7.
  Notes for MARTHA ANN RUTLEDGE:
She never married.

1900 Federal Census list G. W. Rutledge as Head of household living with his sisters, Martha A. and Arminda and nephew William A.

Photos and documents included within the database of Mary Jane Rutledge Yasui:
+photo of her tombstone reads that she was born January 23, 1833 but the family bible of Bryant Spencer Rutledge has her birth as January 23, 1834. This latter day must be the correct because Jospeh S. was born 11/12/1832.


  More About MARTHA ANN RUTLEDGE:
Burial: Unknown, Duluth Methodist Church Cemetery, Duluth, Gwinnett Co., Georgia7
Census: Bet. 1860 - 1880, Living with parents
3. iii.   WILLIAM H. RUTLEDGE, b. March 08, 1837, Georgia; d. 1908, Walker County, Georgia.
  iv.   JAMES M. RUTLEDGE8, b. December 07, 1837, Georgia8; d. February 13, 1865, Nashville, Tennessee9.
  Notes for JAMES M. RUTLEDGE:
James died of pneumonia at Camp Chase O. on February 13, 1865. Grave 1217 Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery.

Photos and documents included within the database of Mary Jane Rutledge Yasui:
+Documents of his Civil War records.

  More About JAMES M. RUTLEDGE:
Burial: Unknown, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery - Grave #12179
Census: 1850, Walker Co., Georgia
Military service: March 04, 1862, Private in GA 42nd Infantry Regiment, Comapny D
4. v.   THOMAS JEFFERSON RUTLEDGE, b. August 16, 1840, Walker County, Georgia; d. Abt. 1906, Fulton County, Georgia.
  vi.   JOHN H. RUTLEDGE10, b. December 31, 1842, Georgia10; d. June 18, 1864, Richmond, Virginia11.
  Notes for JOHN H. RUTLEDGE:
He was wounded at Fredericks burg, Virginia on December 13, 1862. He died in Richmond, Virginia on June 18, 1864 and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery. [ From Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Volume 6, page 148].

John H. Rutledge enlisted on March 1, 1862of the 60th Georgia infantry that was formed in the spring of 1862 as part of a new brigade of elite Georgia troops being raised for the service in Virginia.

Photos and documents included within the database of Mary Jane Rutledge Yasui:
+Documents of his Civil War records.

  More About JOHN H. RUTLEDGE:
Burial: Unknown, Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.11
Military service: March 01, 1862, Private in GA 60th Infantry Regiment, Company C.
  vii.   IRVINE A. RUTLEDGE12, b. December 25, 1844, Georgia12; d. Unknown; m. MARTHA LOWE13; d. Unknown.
  viii.   ROBERT RANDOLPH RUTLEDGE14, b. November 10, 1847, Georgia14; d. Unknown.
  ix.   GILBERT WITHERSPOON RUTLEDGE14, b. October 15, 1849, Georgia14; d. December 28, 1906, Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia15.
  Notes for GILBERT WITHERSPOON RUTLEDGE:

He never married.
1900 Federal Census list G. W. Rutledge as Head of household living with his sisters, Martha A. and Arminda and nephew William A.

Photos and documents included within the database of Mary Jane Rutledge Yasui:
+photo of the tombstone of Gilbert W. Rutledge in Duluth, GA.



  More About GILBERT WITHERSPOON RUTLEDGE:
Burial: Unknown, Duluth Methodist Cemetery, Duluth, Gwinnett Co., Georgia15
Census: 1900, Gwinnett Co., Georgia -Martins Dist.
Occupation: Farmer
5. x.   MARY ELIZABETH RUTLEDGE, b. November 28, 1851, Georgia; d. January 20, 1928, Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia.
  xi.   ARMENDY LEUTITIA RUTLEDGE16, b. November 14, 1853, Georgia17; d. February 08, 1934, Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia17.
  Notes for ARMENDY LEUTITIA RUTLEDGE:
1900 Federal Census list G. W. Rutledge as Head of household living with his sisters, Martha A. and Arminda and nephew William A.

Photos and documents included within the database of Mary Jane Rutledge Yasui:
+photo of tombstone of Armendy Leutitia Rutledge in Duluth, GA.
+photo of Armendy is copied from Sheiliah Rutledge Craig, Lafayette, GA

  More About ARMENDY LEUTITIA RUTLEDGE:
Burial: Unknown, Duluth Methodist Church Cemetery, Duluth, Gwinnett Co., Georgia17
  xii.   FRANCES ISABELLE RUTLEDGE18, b. March 29, 1856, Georgia18; d. Unknown.

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