Person:Thomas Tuttle (28)

Thomas S. Tuttle was born in Virginia or Kentucky according to his children's census records. Internet pages list his birth date as 30 Oct 1787 in Fairfax County, Virginia to William Simpson Tuttle and Jane Stapleton, but original sources need to be found for this data.

By 1814 Thomas had moved to Kentucky, where he married Ann/Hannah Haydon on 4 Jan 1814 in Clark County (sources needed). Ann bore Thomas two sons, Samuel Robert b. 20 Sep 1814, and William George b. 15 Nov 1815, before she died on 16 May 1816 in Madison county, Kentucky.

It didn't take Thomas long to remarry, as he was wed to Nancy Thomas on 2 Jan 1817 in Clark County, Kentucky. Their first son John Gilpin was born 7 Oct 1817 in Madison county, Kentucky, named after Thomas' brother Gilpin Stapleton Tuttle. Thomas and Nancy's first daughter Martha Ann was born about 1821 in Missouri (according to her 1850 and 1860 census records). This means that the family moved from Kentucky to Missouri (probably Boone County) some time between 1817 and 1821. No census record has been found for Thomas before 1840, but as the census returns only recorded the head of the household there is every chance he and his family were living in the household of cousins or friends in Missouri.

James H. Tuttle was born to the couple in August 1822 in Missouri; followed by Thomas Dydemus Tuttle born 7 Jun 1826; Warren W. Tuttle on 10 Sep 1833 and Mary F. Tuttle on 14 Sep 1835, all in Boone County. A biography of Warren W. Tuttle written in 1884 says the family moved to Callaway County around 1837.

Thomas appears in the 1840 census in Cote Sans Dessein, with a household count that indicates that Nancy and their children James, Thomas, Warren, and Mary were living with him, with elder children John and Martha Ann having left home. John may have married Orlinda Hunt in Polk, MO; Martha Ann had married William G. Monroe and had her first child.

The biography of Warren Tuttle states that Thomas was a farmer and a merchant, and that son Warren later formed a company to build a tobacco warehouse in Fulton. It is reasonable to assume that Thomas brought a tradition of growing tobacco with him from Kentucky to Missouri, along with the slaveholding traditions that went with tobacco cultivation in the southern states. In any case, by the 1840 census he had 10 slaves living with him, including both men and women and 5 children under 10.

Thomas' probate records deal with the distribution of twenty-two slaves among his five living children. Slaves were usually the most valuable kind of property, and the inventory included in his probate records also hint that Thomas was pretty well-off. He died on 9 October 1843 and his property passed to his wife Nancy. She died on 27 Dec 1858 and the family property was soon under dispute among the Tuttle children.

Research notes

Original sources are needed for this person - at this stage the only contemporary records found by the author are Thomas' 1840 census record and the records for the settlement of his estate. So most of the above is as they say "mythology".

Land records from Boone County in the 1820s or 1830s would support the theory that this is where the family were living when most of the children were born. Land records for Callaway County would also show when the family first moved to that area. Land records are available at the State Archives in Jefferson City, MO, and a search of the land patents index shows a few records of interest for a Thomas S. Tuttle.

1. ↑ Missouri State Archives
   Microfilm court records of Callaway County, exact reel not noted at the time.

   Please note the microfilm was often difficult to read so transcript is not of good quality.
   
   pg. 1
   COUNTY OF CALLAWAY: ss. The State of Missouri: To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Know Ye that the will and testament of Thomas S Tuttle deceased, hath in due form of law been exhibited, proved and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county court for Callaway county, a copy of which is hereunto annexed; and in as much as it appears that the Executrix of said last will has died has been appointed executor in and by the said last will and testament to execute the same, and to the end that the property of the testator may be preserved for those who shall appear to have a legal right or interest therein, and that the said last will may be executed according to the request of the testator, We do hereby authorize the said appoint Warren W Tuttle administrator oebonis non with the ???, to collect and secure, all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said Thomas S. Tuttle at the time of his death, in whosesoever hands or posession the same may be found, and to perform and fulfill, all such duties as may be enjoined upon him by said will, so far as there shall be property and the law charge him; and in general to do and perform all other acts which now are or hereafter may be required of him by law.
   In testimony whereof I T B Harris clerk of the county court in and for said county of Callaway, have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said court at office, this 1st day of January A. D. 1859
   Thos B Harris CLERK
   
   STATE OF MISSOURI
   COUNTY OF CALLAWAY
   
   I, T B Harris clerk of the county court in and for said county, do certify that the foregoing letters testamentary have been duly recorded in my office in will book C page 344 as the law directs.
   Given under my hand and seal of said court, this 14 day of January A. D. 1859
   Thos B Harris CLERK
   
   pg. 2
   KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we Warren W. Tuttle as principae and George H. Thomas, William H. Thomas, Presley E. Thomas & Robert McClanahan as securities are held and firmly bound to the State of Missouri, in the sum of forty thousand dollars for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, &c., jointly, severally and firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, and dated this 19 day of April A. D. 1859
   
   The condition of the above bond is, that if Warren W. Tuttle administrator ??? with the will ???Thomas S Tuttle decsd, shall well and faithfully execute the last will and testament of said deceased, pay and deliver all money and property of said estate, and do all other things touching said administration required by law and said last will and testament, or the order or decree of any court having jurisdiction, then the above bond to be void, otherwise to remain in full force.
   Signes, sealed and acknowledged in presense of
   Thos B. Harris W. W. Tuttle
   Clk George H. Thomas
   W. H. Thomas
   Prisley C. Thomas
   Robt M. McClanahan
   
   STATE OF MISSOURI
   COUNTY OF CALLAWAY
   I, Thos B Harris clerk of the county court, in and for said county, do certify that the above bond has been DULY recorded in my office in will Book E page 363 as the law directs. Given under my hand this 19 day of April 1859
   Thos. B Harris CLERK, c. c.
   
   
   pg. 3
   An inventory of the estate of Thos S.Tuttle deceased made by W W Tuttle Admr in the presence of John M. Houston? Robert A Craig Weldon R Young witnesses appointed by the Clerk of the Court of Callaway County to assist in making the ???
   
   To wit
   Amt of Cash on Hands 10.00
   Note on Alfred Williams with
   Hubbard Williams family for him
   of Amount due Dec 25 1858 for 50.00
   Note Hubbard Williams
   with Alfred Williams security
   for ??? of amt due December
   25, 1855 (no interest mentioned) 75.00
   Note on Wm G Monroe 244.00
   due Sept 22nd 1846, at 10prc
   12 years & 4 mos into to date $300..93 544.93
   Note on James H Taate dated
   Jany 1st 1851 at 6 pr cent 100.00
   8 years 1 month into 48.50 148.50
   Account against H. C. Hayden 13.33
   Account against Craig & Fruitt(?) 30.60
   Total amt of money & notes $872.36
   
   Evidence of ???
   
   Deed from Jos Esham & wife to
   Thos S Taate to the west ½
   of A.W. Quarter Section Township 48
   Range 11 West of the 5th principal
   meridian line containing 80 acres
   Also 46 3/100 Acres it being a part
   of the west half of the ??? East
   
   pg. 4
   Quarter of Section 11 and on
   the south end in Township
   A8 of Range 11 and
   bounding as follows beginning
   at the Quarter Section Corner on
   the South Side, thence no 89 ¾
   East 91 86/100 ??? - thence South
   89 3/11 West 91 ??/100 ??? thence
   to ??? 1/3 West 81 24/100 ??? to the
   beginning, Also 36 30/100 acres
   being a part of the N. E. qr of
   Section Eleven in said Township
   Range & meridian aforenamed.
   Decd from Daniel Tolsen & wige
   to Deceased for one hundred
   & twenty acres of land, it being
   the East half of S. W. ??? Sec 10
   Township 45 Range 11 North of the
   base line & West of the 5th principal
   meridian containing 80 acres, also the
   S. E. Qr of N. W. Qr of the above named
   Section & Township Containing 40 acres
   
   
   pg. 5
   Sale bill of the property of Thomas
   S Tuttle deceased sold on the 3rd day
   of February 1859 on a credit bill ???
   day of January 1860 by W. W. Tuttle
   Adm of said Estate
   
   Thos Selby 1 Large Wheel $1.60
   Benj Baker 1 Small Do. 0.50
   W. W. Tuttle 1 Reel 0.25
   J. Brown 1 Large Wheel 1.00
   N. T. Miller ½ keg White lead 2.00
   T. O. Carter 1 Kitchen table 0.10
   Jm Adcock 1 Loom 3.00
   Jos Culbertson 1 box spools 0.90
   W. W. Tuttle 1 pot ??? 0.25
   Do. Do. 0.25
   L. Norton 1 Kettle 1.60
   T. O. Carter 1 Do. 2.50
   L. Norton 1 pot 0.60
   W. Roberts 1 Oven ??? 0.50
   R. M. McKin 1 Do. Do. 0.25
   James Overton 1 skillet lid 0.25
   Do. Do. 0.40
   T. O. Carter 1 pr pot hooks 0.10
   H. S. Murphy 1 lot of old things 1.00
   Thos Davis 2 Saws 1.25
   Jas. M. Baker 4 sugar ??? 2.00
   W. Young 1 ??? sheepshears 0.75
   W.O. Tulley 1 lot of irons 0.40
   J. Austen 4 small ??? 0.60
   Do. 1 Coffee grinder 0.50
   Do. 1 Tin ??? bucket 0.50
   J. S. James 1 Large fan 0.30
   
   pg. 6
   P. Robnell 1 Freezer 0.75
   Thos Fruill 2 Cake plates 0.30
   P. Robnell 2 Copper candle moulds 0.60
   do.
   W. H. Jacobs 2 Corn Knives 1.60
   T. O. Carter 1 reflectors tray 0.65
   do. 1 gridiron 0.50
   J.B. Phillips 3 Iron wedges 0.87
   Jefse Darby 2 Pr. Cake irons 0.25
   R. Vivion 2 Small Sacks salt 0.45
   R. H. Carter Varnish Jar 0.10
   J.B. Phillips 1 Cross cut saw 2.50
   P. Robnell 1 pr Steelyards 1.75
   J.B. Phillips 1 Grind Stone 0.50
   W. Haynes 1 Bucket 0.50
   Thos Fruitt 1 Bed pan & chain 0.30
   J. Stewart 1 do. do. 0.35
   John Allen 1 ??? iron 0.70
   H. Murphy 1 lot of old irons 0.20
   P. Robnell 1 Tub 0.70
   do. 1 Pr quilting frames 1.63
   Alvin West 4 meal sacks
   Jno. Adcock 1 Sausage Grinder 1.30
   Jeremiah Nuin 1 Clock 5.10
   T. O. Carter 1 Apple peeler 0.85
   ??? ??? 1.10
   W.F. Baker 1 pr. Candle sticks 0.80
   J. Stewarts 1 Caster 0.30
   S. B. Davis 1 chest 0.75
   T. O. Carter 1 cupboard 1.30
   W. Robnell 1 do. 0.30
   R. H. Carter 1 book case 4.50
   Amount 81.80
   
   
   pg. 7
   R. H. Carter 1 Dining table 5.25
   J. J. Finlay 1 sugar ???? 6.00
   R. H. Carter 1 Divan 6.50
   Martha Monroe 1 Do. 6.50
   Do. 1 Center table 8.25
   Do. 1 Wash Stand 0.50
   R. H. Carter 1 pair curtains 0.50
   T. O. Carter 3 pr Pillow Cases 0.90
   R. H. Carter 2 Pr Curtains 2.55
   Martha Monroe 6 Towels 0.50
   R. H. Carter 1 Lot Towels 0.75
   Martha Monroe 1 Pr Curtains 0.50
   H. Young Bolster Slips 0.50
   J. L. Day 4 Pillow Slips 0.45
   T. O. Carter 1 Jackenel Curtain 0.35
   P. Roberts 1 Pr Table Cloths 1.50
   M. Monroe 1 Pr Table Cloths 1.50
   P. Roberts 1 Pr Table Cloths 1.65
   M Monroe ½ doz. Sheets 2.25
   R. H. Carter 1 Pr Table Cloths 2.75
   Do. 1 Bed's bedding 30.00
   R. H. Carter 1 Underbed 1.25
   Do. 1 ??? 4.50
   Do. 2 Do. 5.75
   Do. 1 Pr Counterpanes 12.00
   Do. 1 Quilt 7.00
   Do. 1 Do. 2.50
   Do. 3 Pair sheets 2.00
   Do. 1 Blanket 3.75
   Amount 122.60
   
   pg. 8
   Jno. M. Huston 1 Wash Stand $1.00
   J Fruitt 1 Do 1.00
   S. N. Rolland 1 Bed & Bedding 18.00
   Jas. R. Baker 1 Bedstead 3.95
   T. Stewart 1 Bed & Bedding 13.00
   Jas. R. Baker 1 Bedstead 4.00
   Do. 1 Currycomb 0.80
   W. T. Baker 3 Split bottom chairs 4.20
   T. O. Carter 6 Windsor Chairs 2.75
   R. H. Carter 1 Rocking chair 13.00
   Do. 1 Carpet 3.25
   T. O. Carter 1 Do. 3.30
   Rufus Hisey 1 Do. 14.75
   W. Haynes 1 Do. 3.25
   T. O. Carter 1 Do. 1.50
   W. W. Tuttle 1 Gravy Dish VC 0.75
   J. James 1 Pr Pitchers 0.75
   W. Robnell 5 Knives & Forks 1.00
   J. Trimble 1 Butcher Knige 0.60
   Jos Potton 1 Tea okate 0.95
   T. O. Carter 1 set Knives & forks 0.50
   W. Robnell 1 Dish 0.20
   G. Stewart 13 plates 0.85
   J. Adair 12 Do. 0.85
   J. Broughton 1 Pr. Dishes 0.60
   Jos. Pollen 1 Dish 0.50
   Do. 1 Cream Pitcher 0.45
   W. H. Runnels 1 Set Cups VC 0.75
   T. H. Wilary 1 Dish VC 0.55
   J. S. Baker 1 Do. Do. 0.30
   James R. Baker 1 Dining Table 2.90
   R. H. Carter 1 Set Chairs 6.50
   Amount 106.55
   
   
   pg 9
   (map of streets)
   To the Honorable County Court of Callaway County
   Greeting
   Your petitioners respectfully ask permission to close up that portion of the Richland & Columbia Road marked beginning at the West corner of Jas ???? field running fifty range ???? west to the school house ???? the above plot & representing that the lane is unnecessary for the public good, and that the line of travel marked out by the “Crooked line”, on said Plot is ??? and ??? good a road ??? marked by A, abd that we, as the immediately entered partied, do not consider the ??? necessary for a neighbourhood convenience.
   W. W. Tuttle Amdr Estate of T. S. Tuttle
   James Moss
   (other names illegible)
   
   pg. 10
   To the Honorable the County Court in & for Callaway County MO
   The undersigned beg leave to remonstrate against the change asked for by the petition of Thomas B Truitt & others in the Richland & Columbia Road as Marked out in Said petition for the Reason that the same is crruel, unjust & ruinous to one of Your petitioners Jos W Jolley in this that said change will cut him off from any outlet to his timber or other purposes and Your petitioners therefore beg of the Court not to permit said change to be made.
   Respectfully
   Joseph W Jolly
   Chas L Stephens
   W. B. Made
   
   pg. 11
   State of Missouri
   County of Callaway
   In ??? Court 1863
   The petition of sundry citizens of this county was this day presented to the court read & filed, praying a ??? in the Columbia road... (rest not transcribed – difficult to read but seems to be about the Columbia road rather than Thomas Tuttle)
   
   pg. 12
   To the Hon
   The county court of Callaway
   The undersigned Commissioners appointed to divide he slaves belonging to the estate of Thos Tuttle decsd beg leave to report that after being duly sworn we proceeded to make the following distribution among the children of sd decd
   
   To William Tuttle
   Jane & 3 Children 1683
   Moses 966
   2649
   
   To James Tuttle
   Amanda & 4 Children 1700
   John 750
   2450
   
   13.
   In the Callaway County Court
   
   Plaintiffs:
   Warren W Tuttle in his own right and as admin of Thomas S Tuttle
   James H Tuttle
   Richard H Carter & Mary F Carter his wife
   
   Against:
   Martha A. Monroe
   William G Tuttle
   
   To the Hon. the Callaway County Court
   Plaintiffs state that they and the defendants are the sole heirs and distributors of the estate of Thomas S Tuttle deceased upon whose estate letters testamentary and of administration have long since been granted in your court, in the first instance to Nancy Tuttle executrix under the will of the said Thomas S. and upon her decease to Warren W. Tuttle letters ??? ??? ??? of the estate remaining unadminastered, Plaintiff states that all the debts against said Thomas S Tuttle have long since been fully discharged and satisfied and there remains
   
   pg. 14
   for distribution among the plaintiffs and defendants the folloing slaves to wit twenty two in number, Elick & Sukey his wife, Harrison, Moses, George, John, Charlotte, Amanda and her two infant children Ellie & Suckey, Jane, Alice, Madison, Henrietta, Eliza, Emily, Susan, Daniel, Joanah, Lucinda, Lizzie & Margarett.
   They pray ??? honorable ??? to appont commissioners to divide said slaves in kind into five lots assigning to plaintiffs and defendants their equal share of ??? saving that is to say to Warren W Tuttle one fifth, James H. Tuttle one fifth William G. Tuttle one fithth William G Monroe and Martha Ann Monroe one fifth Richard H Carter & Mary his wife one fifth. They further state that William G Tuttle is not now a resident of the state of Missouri and they pray that an order of publication be issued to notify hum of his part
   
   pg. 15
   ...dings and also asks such
   ...ers and decrees in this
   ... as may be proper
   ... right.
   
   James ???
   for plffs
   
   ... W Tuttle makes ??? and
   ... achives the above and
   ...ing petition and m???
   ... as stated are true
   ... W. W. Tuttle W. W. Tuttle
   day of Oct 1839 James H. Tuttle
   Thos B ??? R. H. Carter
   Mary F. Carter
   Martha A. Monroe
   
   pg. 16
   State of Missouri
   County of Callaway
   In the County Court in and for said County on the 20th day of December 1859 the following proceeedings were had, to wit,
   It is ordered that John Duncan John Huston and Marshall Bright be and they are appointed Commissioners to divide the slaves belonging to the estate of Thomas Tuttle deceased among the heirs of said deceased according to their respective rights, as set forth in the following petition.
   “Warren W. Tuttle in his own right and as administrator of Thomas S. Tuttle decsd, James H. Tuttle, Richard H. Carter and his wife Mary F. Carter & Martha A. Monroe Pltffs against
   William G. Tuttle ???
   Plaintiffs state that they and defendant are the sole heirs and distributiors of the estate of Thomas S. Tuttle decsd upon whose estate letters of administration have long been granted in your Court. Plaintiffs state that all the debts against Thomas S. Tuttle have long since been paid and there remains for distribution among the Plaintiffs and defendants the following slaves to wit Twenty two in number.
   Ellick, Sucky, Harrison, Moses, George, John, Charlotte, Amanda and her two infant children Ellice & Sucky, Jane, Alice, Madison, Henrietta, Eliza, Emily, Susan, Daniel, Joanah, Lucinda, Lizzie & Margarett. They pray you to appoint Commissioners to divide said slaves in kind into five lots, assigning to Plaintiffs and defendants their equal share of the same, that is to say to Warren W. Tuttle one fifth
   
   pg. 17
   To James H. Tuttle one fifth, Martha Ann Monroe one fifth, Richard H. Carter and Mary his wife one fifth, they further state that William G Tuttle is now a non resident of the state of Missouri, they therefore pray an order of Publication be entered against the said William G.
   And it is further ordered that said Commissioners make report at the next term of this Court.
   Witness Thomas B. Harris Clerk with the seal affixed at office this 22nd day of December 1839.
   Thomas B. Harris Clk.

2. ↑ History of Callaway County, Missouri, written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of its townships, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri: a reliable and detailed history of Callaway County -its pioneer record, resources, biographical sketches of prominent citiz ens, general and local statistics of great value; incidents and reminisc ences. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974)
   729-731.

   Biography of Warren W. Tuttle

3.   Callaway, Missouri, United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Cote Sans Dessein, p. 195A, line 19, Thomas S. Tuttle; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 Oct 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 195.