Lenoir County NcArchives History....Invoice-Receipt, 1838

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Joe P. Sutton, PhD, sutton@edtesting.com, August 3, 2017.

Clellan Sutton Collection, Bucklesberry Community, La Grange, NC.

SALLY SUTTON TO JAMES AND JOHN C. WASHINGTON INVOICE-RECEIPT, 1838

Mrs Sally Sutton 
1834 To J & J Washington & Co  Dr 
August -22nd  1 lb Epsom Salt 2/4____________ 0.25  
Octo    4     1 lb Salt ???__________________ 0.10 
        23    34 pr F?? 2 large blankets 15/ 12.35  
Nov     24    69 ?? ??_______________________ 4.14
        25    3 pr Brogans @ ? pr ?? knife ?? 4.65 
1834 
Augt   -12    1 Brace & Bitts ?? ??__________ 3.00 
        29    1 S? B?  ?? per lbs 25g________ 2.56
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                                             26.99  
1834          Cr
Nov     25    By Cotton $19.11½ _____________19.11½
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                                             $7.87½   
Acct paid in full for Hardy Sutton 
Jny 31, 1838 J & Jno C Washington & Co.
 
END OF DOCUMENT

Comments:

Hardy was a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Sally) Hardy Sutton. Benjamin 
died in 1837, which may explain why the account was not paid until the 
next year, 1838, by his wife, Sally. 

Benjamin and Sarah had a daughter also named, Sarah (Sally), who married 
Jesse Hardy; however, at about 56 years of age in 1838, she would have 
been using her married name, Sally Hardy. Therefore, the Sally Sutton 
named in this document is Benjamin’s wife. 

That the account was settled and paid by Sally Sutton’s son, Hardy Sutton, 
is reasonable. Itemized purchases dated four years before the receipt date 
would indicate unpaid debts that were settled as part of Benjamin’s estate. 

J & Jno C Washington named herein are James and John C. Washington, whose 
names are identified in-full in a 1797 Benjamin Sutton receipt in this 
Collection.

Excerpt from NC Department of Archives and History, The Story of Lenoir 
County and Kinston, North Carolina (cited The Historical News, vol. 34(8)-
NC, February, 2014, p. 20, Civil War & Reconstruction):

“John C. Washington represented Lenoir county at this “Secession Convention.” 
The delegates took North Carolina out of the Union and within an hour 
ratified the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States of America. 
A witness described the Convention as “a sea partly in storm, partly calm, 
the Secessionists shouting and throwing up their hats and rejoicing, the 
Conservatives sitting quietly, calm, depressed….The Washington family operated 
the shoe factory, also on Queen Street [Kinston], and in connection with it 
had a large tannery on the river side of Heritage Street at the intersection 
of Gordon [Street].”