Joseph T. Sitton - Bryant Creek Cemetery - Silex, MO
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N 39° 08.298 W 090° 54.471
15S E 680817 N 4334208
You may find this cemetery listed as Elsberry, MO..it is halfway in between each town.
Waymark Code: WMW873
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Sneakin Deacon
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County of grave: Lincoln County
MO State Hwy B & Bryant Creek Rd., Lincoln County, 7 miles E. of Silex; 6 miles W. of Elsberry

"Joseph's family lived in Tennessee for 17 years. In 1811 the Sitton family, children, grandchildren and relatives went to Missouri Territory. Joseph and Diannah (Beck) Sitton are buried (headstones) in Bryant's Creek Cemetery near Troy, Missouri. This cemetery was located on Missouri County Road "E," east of Silex. Joseph was born in Virginia, but served in the Revolutionary War in North Carolina according to the North Carolina state record, Volume 7, page 247. However, DAR states he was born in Perquemon Co., NC. He lived in North Carolina, then South Carolina, then Tennessee, for 17 years. In 1816, he moved to Lincoln County, Missouri.

"Joseph's tombstone reads: Joseph Sitton, b. Oct 15, 1745; d. Feb 8,1832; NC Regt. Contl. Line. Rev. War. His wife's (Dinnah) information is on his tombstone as well. [on the reverse side] Her information reads: Consort of Joseph, b. May 14, 1749; d. Feb. 8, 1842.

"Joseph Sutton (Sitton) of Virginia was born in 1745. He was in the Revolutionary War and his application for a pension is on file in the National Archives. He lived among the Cherokees in Tenn. as an Indian Trader. Moved in 1816 to Lincoln Co, Missouri." ~ Family Search

The Find-A-Grave listing has the location wrong, it is State Hwy B, not E...people not from Missouri mistaken our lettered hwy's as country roads...they are not...they are State Maintained Highways.

Location type: Single Grave

Date of Birth: 15 October 1745

Date of Death: 8 February 1832

Cause of death: Died Later

Grave Marker Text:
Two stones here:
Grave Stone: Joseph T. Sitton, North Carolina Regt.
Cont'l Line, Rev. War.
Born: Oct. 15, 1745
Died: Feb. 8, 1832

Second stone placed by the DAR:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER
JOSEPH SITTON
Born October 15, 1745
Died February 9, 1832
Marker Placed by
St. Charles Chapter NSDAR
May 27, 2012



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