Sutton

Private Bruce Sutton, now at Fort Sam Houston.

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In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 716 East Green, rented for $14/month, Joseph Sutton, 61; wife Malissa, 60; children Beatrice, 26, James, 25, Fred, 23, Bruce, 19, Beulah, 17, and Mable, 16; and grandchildren Ivan, 8, and Geraldine, 7.

The 1941 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory lists laborer Fred Sutton, maid Beatrice Sutton, CCC worker Bruce Sutton, tobacco worker James W. Sutton, laborer Levi Sutton and wife Josie, and Melissa G. Sutton at 716 East Green.

The 1947 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory lists student Bruce Sutton, housekeeper Melissa G. Sutton, and domestic Rosa Sutton at 716 East Green.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 606 Green Street, Jane White, 48, laundry checker; son-in-law Bruce Sutton, 28; daughter Lucille Sutton, 20; and children William E., 2, and Bruce Jr., 1.

Corporal Haddie Sutton, somewhere in Corsica.

In the 1920 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: on Stantonsburg Road, farmer John Sutton, 47; wife Peniza, 35; and children Kirby, 19, Sanka, 15, Jenetta, 13, Effie, 11, Oscar, 10, Walter, 8, Primas, 7, Augustus, 5, Jessie, 3, Mary, 2, and Hady, 2 months.

In the 1930 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: farmer John Sutton, 53; wife Panisco, 44; and children Effie, 21, Arthur, 20, Water, 19, Primas, 17, Gustas, 14, Jesse, 12, May, 11, Haddie, 9, Jay B., 7, Bessie, 6, and Rena, 4.

In the 1940 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: farmer John Sutton, 60; wife Lizzie, 45; children Hadie, 30, J.B., 17, Bessie, 16, and Rena, 14; stepchildren Addie, 18, Willie, 16, and Eugene Suggs, 14; stepdaughter Fannie Edwards, 25, widow, and her children Shirley L., 3, and Julie L., 8 months.

In 1941, Haddie Sutton registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 4 January 1920 in Wilson County; resided on Route 1, Walstonburg, Wilson County; worked as a farmer for Earl Lane; and his contact was Lizzie Sutton.

Image courtesy of Veterans of World War II Wilson County, spiral-bound volume, Wilson County Public Library.

Williams-Sutton wedding in Wilson.

Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 25 January 1947.

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  • Mable Estelle Sutton — in the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 716 East Green, rented for $14/month, Joseph Sutton, 61; wife Malissa, 60; children Beatrice, 26, James, 25, Fred, 23, Bruce, 19, Beulah, 17, and Mable, 16; and grandchildren Ivan, 8, and Geraldine, 7.
  • Rev. Fred M. Davis
  • Beulah Green — Beulah Sutton Green. In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 716 East Green Street, Malissie G. Sutton, 70, widow; daughter Rosa R. Jones, 39, hotel cook; grandson Harold Jones, 16, “house cleans”; daughter Beaulah Green, 28; and granddaughter Judy C., 4.
  • Carolyn Barnes — in the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 913 East Green Street, city high school principal Edward M. Barnes, 44; city high school English teacher Odell W., 37; and daughter Carolyn, 8.
  • Barbara Foster — in the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 801 East Green Street, county farm agent Carter W. Foster, 36; wife Estelle, 34; daughter Bobbie J., 7; and nephew Donnie Jones, 4.
  • Deloris Haskins
  • Willie Smith — in the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: shoeshine parlor manager McDuffie Smith, 51; wife Willie H., 53, city grammar school teacher; and mother-in-law Luvenia Hargrove, 80, widow.
  • Ethel Hines
  • Mrs. S.J. Satchell — Bessie Satchell.
  • Mrs. E.M. Barnes — Odelle Whitehead Barnes.
  • Mrs. Eddie Batts — probably, Elizabeth H. Batts. In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 1203 Washington, Eddie Batts, 47, butler, and wife Elizabeth H., 43, cook.
  • Walter Battle

Escapes death — now a stage star!

Jackson (Miss.) Advocate, 9 March 1946.

Javotte Sutton Greene was born in Wilson, but her family lived there only briefly, and she grew up in Durham, North Carolina.

More about “Striver’s Row” from the 2 March 1946 edition of The Ohio State News:

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Per the U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936-2007, Javotte Sutton Greene was born 6 January 1922 in Wilson, North Carolina, to Ezekiel Sutton and Allensia M. McKinnon.  She died 4 November 1998.

Seeking Mary Sutton and family.

Pittsburgh Courier, 30 April 1949.

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The Curries, natives of Robeson County, North Carolina, were only briefly Wilson County residents. When Katie Currie, 24, daughter of Worth and Isabelle McKinnon Currie, married John Adams, 24, in Halifax County, Virginia, she reported Wilson as her birthplace. The couple lived in Durham, North Carolina.

The Mary Sutton sought appears to have been the mother of Javotte Sutton Green. The Suttons moved from Wilson to Durham between 1922 and 1930.

Sgt. Sutton goes to Japan.

Wilson Daily Times, 2 September 1949.

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In the 1930 census of Gardners township, Wilson County: farm laborer John Sutton, 30; wife Jane, 31; and children Haywood, 14, Mittie, 11, John, 9, and David L., 6.

In the 1940 census of Gardners township, Wilson County: farmer John Sutton, 41; wife Jane, 40; children Mittie, 21, John H., 19, David Lee, 16, Henry G., 6, and Nina Bee, 2.

In 1942, David Sutton registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County, North Carolina. Per his registration card, he was b0rn 1 July 1924 in Wilson County, North Carolina; lived at R.F.D. 3, Wilson; his contact was John Sutton; and he worked for John Sutton.

On 7 November 1946, David Sutton, 22, of Wilson, son of John Clarence Sutton and Jane Sutton, married Jessie Gray Newsome, 17, of Wilson, daughter of Richard L. Sutton and Mable Newsome, in Snow Hall, Greene County, North Carolina.

Jessie Gray Sutton died 30 July 1947 at Mercy Hospital, Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was one day old; was born in Wilson County to David Sutton and Jessie Gray Newsome; and was buried in Rest Haven cemetery.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 211 South Vick Street (front), Redmond Barnes, 30; wife Mittie, 31, maid; children Jessie L., 8, Bernice, 6, and Redmond Jr., born in August; and in-laws John, 52, Jane, 53, and Nina B. Sutton, 12; and, in “back trailer,” Jessie G. Sutton, 22, and son David Jr., 1, born in Washington, D.C.

Burial in “Round Tree.”

Laura Williams Sutton was born in Nash County and died in Farmville, Pitt County, in 1930, but her body was brought to Wilson, where she had lived for decades, for burial in Rountree Cemetery.

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On 21 March 1906, William Sutton, 27, of Wilson, son of Providence and Marguret Sutton, married Laura Williams, 24, of Wilson, at the Graded School. Free Will Baptist minister John Steward performed the ceremony.

William Sutton registered for the World War I draft in Wilson County in 1918. Per his registration card, he was born 30 June 1878; lived at 620 Stantonsburg Street; worked as a laborer for Southern Oil Mill; and his nearest relative was wife Laura Sutton.

In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Robinson [Robeson] Street, oil mill laborer Willie Sutton, 41; wife Laura, 37; and daughter Dora, 2; boarders Fannie Brown, 18, private nurse; Willie Taylor, 19, oil mill laborer; Geneva Jones, 20, cook; and Nelson Thompson, 20, oil mill laborer; and roomer Sadie Hardy, 40, tobacco factory laborer.

Laura Sutton died 23 June 1930 in Farmville, Pitt County. Per her death certificate, she was born 15 December 1888 in Nash County to Jake and Kizzie Williams; was married to Willie Sutton; and was buried in “Round Tree” Cemetery, Wilson.

Schoolhouse “I do.”

Well into the twentieth century, African-American couples married overwhelmingly at an office of a justice of the peace or the home of a relative. However, on 21 March 1906, as carefully noted a Wilson County marriage register, William Sutton and Laura Williams tied the knot at Wilson’s Colored Graded School. Free Will Baptist minister John Steward performed the ceremony, and Charles Best, Charley Dawson, Minnie Sutton, and Henry Garnett.

Studio shots, no. 200: Hattie Sutton Taylor Joyner.

Hattie Sutton Taylor Joyner (1877-1957).

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In the 1880 census of Black Creek township, Wilson County: farmer Calvin Sutton, 25; wife Silvania, 26; children Hattie, 3, and twins Joel B. and Josephin, 1; mother Dolly, 55; brothers Dallow, 18, and Henry, 16; and sister Mary, 12.

On 20 December 1899, Frank Taylor, 21, of Wayne County, son of Alfred and Pleasant Taylor, married Hattie Sutton, 22, daughter of Calvin and Sylvania Sutton, at Calvin Sutton‘s house in Spring Hill township, Wilson County. Rev. W.H. Horton performed the ceremony in the presence of R.R. Braswell, A.B. Braswell, and L.H. Horton.

In the 1900 census of Cross Roads township, Wilson County: farmer Frank Taylor, 19;  wife Hattie, 23; and nephew Alfred, 7.

In the 1910 census of Springhill township, Wilson County: on Upper Black Creek Road, farmer Calvin Sutton, 54; wife Sylvania, 58; daughter Hattie Taylor, 33; and grandchildren Olivia, 9, Viola, 7, Lillie M., 5, Georgiana, 4, and Mittie, 2; plus adopted grandson Frank McNeal, 16.

Olivia Barnes died 28 October 1918 in Cross Roads township, Wilson County. Per her death certificate, she was born in 1899 in Wayne County, N.C., to Frank Taylor and Hattie Sutton; was married to Rossie Barnes; and was buried in Pate graveyard.

In the 1920 census of Selma township, Johnston County, N.C.: farmer Icm J. Joyner, 52; wife Hattie, 40; and children Viola D., 17, Lillie M., 15, George A., 14, Mittie L., 12, Lizzie, 7, Annie, 3, Zalista, 2, and James I., 5 months.

In the 1930 census of Beulah township, Johnston County: farmer James I. Joyner, 59; wife Hattie, 50; and children Lillie, 24, Lizzie, 18, Annie, 12, and James I., Jr., 10.

In the 1940 census of Black Creek township, Wilson County: farm laborer Isom Joyner, 67; wife Hattie, 61; daughter Annie, 23; son James, 20; daughter-in-law Victoria, 20; and granddaughter Lenis Atkinson, 5.

Isom Joyner died 3 June 1943 in Spring Hill township, Wilson County. Per his death certificate, he was born 28 July 1875 in Wilson County to Mary Barnes; was married to Hattie Joyner; was a farmer; and was buried in Polly Watson.

Hattie Joyner died 4 August 1957 in Spring Hill township, Wilson County. Per her death certificate, she was born 26 January 1878 in Wilson County to Calvin Sutton and Sylvania Simmons; was the widow of Isom Joyner; was a retired farmer; and was buried in Polly Watson cemetery. Annie Edwards was informant.

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