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Cornett Research Inquiry

Posted: June 6, 2012 in 1860's, David Blue Cornett, Greene Co Illinois, James Cornett, John Kendrick Shuler, petition, Phebe Sutherland, Polly Rankin Cornett, research, Rockbridge, Sarah Cornett Shuler
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The following message is from a fellow researcher seeking information on the Cornett surname.

 If anyone has a copy of a Petition, filed in the 1860’s in VA by two daughters of James and Polly Rankin Cornett against their half-brother and sister, David Blue Cornett (married Phebe Sutherland) and Sarah Cornett Shuler (think she married John Kendrick Shuler), I presume for land as their father, James, died without a Will in 1851 in Rockbridge, Greene Co., Il (but there is no record of him being buried there), please contact me at dorisjoann1@yahoo.com.  Thank you.

If you, my readers, have any information, no matter how insignificant you may think it is, please respond to the above email address. 


Thank you for your help in this matter 🙂


We are also seeking a Mae Berting who had the following email address back in 2002 but apparently she is no longer working in the school system according to the School Superintendent.
Any help in locating her or getting in contact with her would be wonderful, as the petition spoken about in the above email message is very important. It may be the only document in existence that we know of that will prove who David “Blue” Cornett’s parents really were. We think that Mae now lives in the Asheboro or Greensboro area in North Carolina. bertinm@guilford.k12.nc.us


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David "Blue" Cornett and Phebe "Feby" Sutherland

Posted: August 4, 2011 in Central Cemetery, David Blue Cornett, Excel Spreadsheet of children, Feby Sutherland, Flat Ridge Virginia
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David Cornett (November 3, 1805-January 25, 1886)
Feby Sutherland (March 15, 1808- March 5, 1885)
Married: February 22, 1826
Buried in Central Cemetery
Flat Ridge, Grayson County, Virginia
Children                       Birth                 Death            Spouse Name           Birth                Death

**Allen
03/27/1827
12/08/1844
N/A
N/A
N/A
*Rachel  Isobel
04/25/1828
11/18/1908
*Nelson Anderson
11/11/1824
4/16/1905
Peter
03/03/1829
11/11/1866
Aseneth Welch
09/11/1824
N/A
James Monroe
12/23/1831
03/13/1885
Polly Ann Cornett
12/25/1835
12/17/1900
*Lorenzy Dow
09/24/1833
01/24/1900
*Rose Ann Anderson
01/08/1840
05/08/1936
Joseph Alexander
03/16/1835
N/A
Mitchel Moore
N/A
N/A
*Margaret Jane
05/20/1837
05/06/1919
*Wesley Robinson
N/A
N/A
Dudley Jackson
03/30/1839
N/A
Virginia Evaline Livesay
02/25/1847
10/17/1904
*Wesley Isom
03/27/1841
08/03/1921
*Sarah Jane Livesay
11/03/1849
04/1933
*Barbara Evaline
01/02/1843
04/01/1894
Wiley Livesay
N/A
N/A
**Olive Melvine
06/12/1844
02/06/1847
(Died at 2 yrs, 8 months)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Nancy Levine
07/11/1846
N/A
? Cascio
N/A
N/A
*Stephen Thomas Columbus “Doc”
03/09/1849
08/15/1926
Elvira Lutitia McKee Weiss
09/21/1848
03/30/1923
**John
07/13/1851
03/13/1852
(Died at 8 months of age)
N/A
N/A
N/A

 ** Three children died young: Allen (#1), Olive Melvine (#11), and John (#14)

   *Buried at Central Cemetery, Grayson County, VA




A cousin I just recently made contact with through a genealogy source, sent the following photos of David and Feby Cornett’s home. Someone else now owns the home and has for the past 30 years or so. If you can look past all the “debris” and just look at the main structures and woodwork, you will see what it would have been like at one time. The gentleman who lives here now, apparently gives tours of this old house to the descendants of David “Blue” Cornett and Phebe “Feby” Sutherland. I wish I lived closer because I would definitely take the tour of my 3rd Great Grandparents home!







Original 4×4 boards in the house. 
These are two of the boards in which were used to build the house. 
There are 2 rooms upstairs and 2 rooms downstairs.


This is a photo of the original ceiling inside the home.


Exterior of the house and the front porch.


The stairway from the kitchen maybe?
 It looks pretty steep too but not so narrow as I thought it might be.


Original flooring. Can you imagine what these floors 
would look like if they were sanded and buffed to a shine?
A touch of varnish or polyurethane and they would be brought back to life!


Original fireplace but looks as if it was closed up for some reason.


Photo Credit: Jo Ann Leifeste

Phebie "Feby" Sutherland (Cornett)

Posted: July 4, 2011 in Ancestry.com, cornett, David Blue Cornett, Feby Sutherland, Find A Grave web site, Grayson County VA
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Also Found Same Image On Find A Grave Web Page
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Feby was my 3rd great grandmother, born in 1809 and died in 1885; she married David “Blue” Cornett on February 22, 1826 in Climes Branch, Grayson County, Virginia. Feby was born in Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia. Place of burial is at Central Cemetery in Flat Ridge, Grayson, Virginia. 




Ancestry.com File: 
ID: I117654
Name: Phebe SUTHERLAND
Sex: F
Birth: 15 MAR 1808 in Montgomery County, Virginia
Death: 5 MAR 1885 in Grayson County, Virginia


Father: Alexander A. SUTHERLAND b: 3 JUN 1743 in Sutherland, Caithness, Scotland
Mother: Margaret Elizabeth BRYAN b: 1771 in Culpepper County, Virginia

Marriage 1 David Blue CORNETT b: 3 NOV 1805 in Grayson County, Virginia

  • Married: 9 FEB 1826 in Grayson County, Virginia

Children

  1. Has No Children Allen CORNETT b: 27 MAR 1827 in Grayson County, Virginia
  2. Has Children Peter CORNETT b: 3 MAR 1829 in Grayson County, Virginia
  3. Has Children Rachel Isabell CORNETT b: 25 APR 1828 in Grayson County, Virginia
  4. Has Children James Monroe CORNETT b: 23 DEC 1831 in Grayson County, Virginia
  5. Has Children Lorenzy Dowell “Dow” CORNETT b: 24 SEP 1833 in Grayson County, Virginia
  6. Has Children Joseph Alexander CORNETT b: 16 MAR 1835 in Virginia
  7. Has Children Margaret Jane CORNETT b: 30 MAY 1837 in Grayson County, Virginia
  8. Has Children Dudley Jackson CORNETT b: ABT 1838 in Grayson County, Virginia
  9. Has Children Wesley Isom CORNETT b: 27 MAR 1841 in Grayson County, Virginia
  10. Has Children Barbara Eveline CORNETT b: 2 JAN 1843 in Grayson County, Virginia
  11. Has No Children Olive Melvine CORNETT b: 12 JUN 1844 in Grayson County, Virginia
  12. Has No Children Nancy Levine CORNETT b: 11 JUL 1846 in Grayson County, Virginia
  13. Has Children Stephen Thomas Columbus “Doc” CORNETT b: 19 MAR 1849 in Grayson County, Virginia
  14. Has No Children John Wesley CORNETT b: 13 JUL 1851 in Grayson County, Virginia


Image from Find A Grave WebPage
Photos Submitted by: Clinton G.





David "Blue" Cornett

Posted: June 10, 2011 in ancestry library, Daniel Boone, David Blue Cornett, Davy Crockett, Feby Sutherland, Flat Ridge Virginia, Jamestown Colony, Polly Rankins
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David “Blue” Cornett was born in 1805, married Phoebe “Feby” Sutherland (born March 6, 1808) on February 2, 1826, and died January 24,1886 in Grayson County, Flat Ridge, Virginia. According to Ancestry Library, the marriage records indicate that his last name was Connute. The 1850 Federal Census of Grayson County,Virginia has his occupation as being a farmer. You can access the above information here: Ancestry Library. (In this posting I will be referring to David as “Blue” and Phoebe as “Feby”.)


Blue’s father was James Cornett, born in 1783 in Grayson, Virginia. His mother was Rachel Wright, born circa 1783 and died circa 1827. Rachel was 22 years of age when she gave birth to “Blue”. How ironic is it, that when Rachel died, “Blue” was 22 years old. I have seen other references as to whom “Blue’s” mother was- Polly Rankins was her name. But this hasn’t been confirmed yet. See It Here!


“Blue” and “Feby” had 14 children! I  couldn’t imagine having to feed, clothe, and shelter 14 children in those days, or even today for that matter. That’s a lot of children to care for in any day and age. They had a daughter named Olive Melvine that died at the age of 3, she was born June 12, 1844 and died on February 6, 1847; so she almost made it to her fourth birthday. They also had a son by the name of John Wesley Cornutt, who was not even a year old by the time he passed. John Wesley was born July 13, 1851 and died on March 13, 1852. 


From an email I received:
“Phoebe’s maternal grandmother, who was believed to be related to the West family in early Virginia.  It’s possible that she may be a descendant of Thomas West, Lord De La Warre, who saved the Jamestown Colony and for whom the State, River and Bay of Delaware are named.”


“There is some reference to the Sutherland family (Feby) being involved in the Revolution and with Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone in the Carolinas and Kentucky.”


I am keeping the sender of this email private, but wanted to thank them for sending this information to me. ❤ I will update as I come across more information about David “Blue” Cornett and Phoebe “Feby” Sutherland.


This is all the information I have on David “Blue” Cornett and Phoebe “Feby” Sutherland. If anyone can add anything to this post, I would be forever grateful!