This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sutton, Dodson, Britt, Camp, Story,White and many more Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wkQBAIB/3266.1 Message Board Post: Donna, Saw your post about the Sutton's in LA and MS. I too am trying to find out about my Sutton heritage. I'm almost postive that my GGGrandfather was Elias Sutton Jr born in NC (poss Pitt or Sampson CO) around 1803. He was the son of Elias Sutton Sr and Elizabeth Ezell Sutton. Elias married Edith Bryant and had three children. Martin Vanburen Sutton (my GGrandfather), Mary and Susan. Mary married John Wise (from LA) and had a number of children, don't know about Susan. Elias Sutton Jr left NC around 1840 and I know nothing about the family between that time and 1859 when they showed up in Columbia County, AR. That's where Martin met and married my GGrandmother Alcey Elizabeth Britt. I've been told that the family had a sawmill somewhere around the Columbia County area but I've not been able to get that info. My GGrandfather Martin Vanburen Sutton was killed in the Civil War and my Grandmother was his only child. I think these families traveled together across country and maybe lived in GA and MS for a while ?? I think they were all related in some way. What do you think?