Barry Dunagan's Genealogy and Military History Of Gibson County, Tennessee
SUTHERLIN MAYFIELD,born in 1763 in Virginia. He was killed March 10, 1789 by Indians. He and a Mr. Joclyn and Sutherlin's two sons were building a wolf pen out from Mayfield's Station, which is near the present Smyrna Road. He had a guard keeping watch, but the Indians were able to get between the men and their guns. Mr Joclyn was captured and set afire. With no weapon, Sutherlin made a run for the fort. His body was found the next morning. One of his sons was also killed and his son George captured. Sutherlin was a son of James Mayfield.
