My Genealogy Hound

A. Northcut, planter of Warren County, was born in this county April 9, 1837, the fourth child of James and Susan (Hammons) Northcut, both natives of Tennessee. The father was born about 1810, was a successful farmer, owning before the war fourteen slaves. He began life poor, paying for his first horse by picking cotton in Mississippi. At the time of his death his property was valued at $16,000, although he had lost considerable by trusting his friends, and on this account at one time was in debt $4,000. Very little was known of his parents, but they are supposed to have come from England. He died in 1866. The mother’s death occurred in 1868. Our subject was reared on a farm and at the age of twenty-one years began farming on his own resources and is now an extensive stock raiser. In January, 1867, Mr. Northcut wedded E. W. King, a daughter of Wilson and Elizabeth (Cellers) King, of Warren County, and to them have been born two children: Sanford, born March 16, 1868, and Susan A., whose birth occurred June 28, 1878. Father, mother and children are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Northcut served three years as school director and is much interested in educational institutions. His son is attending the Southern Normal at Bowling Green, Ky., and his daughter, the Viola Normal College. He is a stanch Democrat in politics.