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Brief Historical Recap (Buck Sutton New Home Place). Buck purchased his new place (140 acres bounded by the New River on the west, in the 9th District, Berrien County, formerly Irwin County) from his first cousin, Ira Newton Sutton through a promissary note in Sep 1911 and a warranty deed a year later.The Buck Sutton family resettled to the Buck Sutton New Home Place, and he died in 1918 as did his son-in-law L.G. Outlaw, who, recall, purchased his Old Home Place. Family continues to own this property, which I often visited as a child because Daddy and Aubrey (first cousins), enjoyed each other. More importantly, it is where my grandmother Della (who owned much of the Home Place) was murdered by her husband, Jim Price. My deep experience is with the Old Home Place, so I was grateful that Leon Sutton, also a greatgrandson of Buck Sutton, offered to let my son, Will, my grandson, Harrison, and I visit. Also, thanks for the vests, which made us not deer.,

The old home is where Leon, Aubrey's son, grew up.

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Brief Historical Recap (Buck Sutton Old Home Place). Early in 1885, Jerry S. "Buck". Sutton (my father's mother's father) bought a 156-acre tract, mostly in Lot 222 of the 10th Land District in orginally Irwin, then Lowndes, and now Berrien County, GA. He purchased it from his brother-in-law Stephen M. Lewis, who--by the 20th Century--had considerable holdings in the area (Deeds). While Stephen Lewis and his wife, Polly nee Sutton, developed what would become the Sam Watson Home Place (est. 1905) on the adjoining farm (mostly in Lot 223), Buck Sutton and his wife Susan nee Connell (married Dec. 1883) developed the Buck Sutton Home Place. In the 1900 Census--the 1890 Census was lost--Buck is shown with his spouse Susan, several children, including Della (the 2d child and my grandmother), Jerry (who later owned much of the Buck Sutton New Home Place), and Newt (who killed his father-in-law on the Buck Sutton New Home Place), Jerry's mother Phoebe (many spellings), and two nephews. In 1908, Buck's mother died and in 1909, Susan died. Buck is represented as a widower in the 1910 Census. Buck married Eliza Sirmans in 1911. Less than 12 months later, in 1912, he sold his Home Place to his son-in-law L.G. Outlaw, who was previously the widower of Steven Lewis' daughter Delia. Eventually, the Buck Sutton Home Place was combined with some Watson land inherited by my mother and adjoining on the west to become the present W.H. Outlaw Farm, which I named for my father whose fierce devotion to the land kept it in our family.
Brief Historical Recap (Buck Sutton New Home Place). Buck purchased his new place (140 acres bounded by the New River on the west, in the 9th District, Berrien County, formerly Irwin County) from his first cousin, Ira Newton Sutton through a promissary note in Sep 1911 and a warranty deed a year later.The Buck Sutton family resettled to the Buck Sutton New Home Place, and he died in 1918 as did his son-in-law L.G. Outlaw, who, recall, purchased his Old Home Place. Family continues to own this property, which I often visited as a child because Daddy and Aubrey (first cousins), enjoyed each other. More importantly, it is where my grandmother Della (who owned much of the Home Place) was murdered by her husband, Jim Price. My deep experience is with the Old Home Place, so I was grateful that Leon Sutton, also a greatgrandson of Buck Sutton, offered to let my son, Will, my grandson, Harrison, and I visit. Also, thanks for the vests, which made us not deer., The old home is where Leon, Aubrey's son, grew up.

Above, left, Will, my son; Leon, Aubrey's son; Harrison, my grandson. Standing at the front door of the historic home. Above, right, Leon, Harrison and Will. The closet behind Harrison was built later and is where Granny Della's bed was when Jim Price murdered her on it. Below left, Bill, Will, and Harrison at a "lake" in New River. Below, right, shallow area in New River.

Below, Harrison and Bill walking back from river to homestead..	Below, Harrison, Bill, and Will after return to the Buck Sutton Old Home Place.

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