Note: Harrison County, VA is now Roane County, WV.

Served in the Union Army in the Civil War with rank of colonel. Correspondence of Col. Nutter in WV Archives

Thomas Nutter is said to have walked from Harrison County to Kanawha County at the age of 11, seeking employment where his older brother worked at the Kanawha Salines (Malden).

The genealogy says Thomas Nutter first worked on a steamboat (probably in the transport of salt). "After he married, he operated a cooper shop for several years, barrels for salt and other commodities all being made by hand in those days... He was a very active Republican... at one time nominated for sheriff but was in the Home Guards and as a colonel of Militia, he declined the honor." Nutter served in the Home Guards in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 with the rank of colonel. He was a member of the AC Church.

Marriages

1. Martha McDaniel (8 children) m. 3/23/1841
2. Ann Copen (8 children) m. 1859
3. Caroline J. Shaffer [or Shaver] (Unknown) b. c. 1825 m. 3/5/1876 in Kanawha County

Records

• Census, 1850 - Kanawha Co, VA #66-67 • Census, 1860 - Kanawha Co, VA #1274 • Census, 1870 - Kanawha Co, WV Elk Dist. #266-266 • Census, 1880 - Kanawha Co, WV No. Elk Dist. Pg6

1850 US Census (residence Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia)

Household Gender Age

• Thomas Nutter M 29y
• Martha Nutter F 24y
• America Nutter F 7y
• Mary Nutter F 5y
• Eliza T Nutter F 7m

1860 Kanawha Co., WV census, Kanawha Court House Dist., house 1274

• Thomas Nutter, age 38, b Va farmer
• Ann, age 27, b VA [Ann Copen, second wife]
• America, age 18, b VA [from 1st marriage]
• Mary, age 16, b VA [from 1st marriage]
• Eliza J., age 11, b VA [from 1st marriage] [Eliza Jane]
• Joseph, age 9, b VA [from 1st marriage] [should be Josephine]
• William E., age 7, b VA [from 1st marriage]
• James F., age 5, b VA [from 1st marriage]
• George H., age 2, b VA [from 1st marriage] Note: All children in the 1860 census were by Thomas's first wife Martha McDaniel.

Children of Thomas and Martha (McDaniel) Nutter

1. America, b. 1842, m. G. Arnold
2. Mary, b. 1844
3. Eliza Jane, b. 1849
4. Josephine, b. 1851
5. William E., b. 1853, m. Sarah E. Hammack on Jan 30 1879
6. James F., b. 1855, m. Laura Pierson
7. George H., b. Mar 22 1858 m. Mary Jane Hazelwood Sep 18 1879
8. Melvina (not in 1860 census - died before 1860?)

Children of Thomas and Ann (Copen) Nutter

1. Almeda Walker (Nutter) m. L. Walker
2. Charles McClellan Nutter b. 1861
3. Curtis Nutter
4. Martha Ann "Anna" Jordan (Nutter) b.11/5/1866 d. 11/16/1945 in Charleston (rural), WV, buried in Jordan Cemetery at Cooper's Creek on 11/18/1945; cause of death - Carcinoma Uterous; Senility; m. James Vinton Jordan 5/26/1889
5. Thomas E. Nutter
6. Delia Bowers (Nutter) b. 1/20/1873 d. 1/29/1943, m. George Bowers Jul 1893
7. Olivia Nutter d. infant
8. Carolyn Nutter d. infant

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Mr. Nutter was married second to Anne Copen, who died February 14, 1875, aged forty-five years. She was a daughter of William Copen, who owned a farm near Copenhaver in Elk District. To the second marriage the following children were born: Almeda, who is the wife of L. Walker, of Charleston; McClellan, who resides in Braxton County; Curtiss, who lives at Uniontown, Kans.; Martha N., who is the wife of James Vinton Jordan, of Elk District, Kanawha County; Thomas E., now a resident of Kanawha County, who served as a soldier in the Spanish-American War; Delia, who is the wife of George Bowers, a sawyer at Charleston; and Olivia, who is now deceased.

Source: W. S. Laidley, History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens, (1911), Pgs 942-943.