Nathan Futrell b. 10 Sep 1773 Northampton County, North Carolina, USA d. 31 Aug 1829 Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, USA: Smith Family Tree

Nathan Futrell

1773 - 1829 (55 years)

Name	Nathan Futrell [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Birth	10 Sep 1773	Northampton County, North Carolina, USA [1, 4, 5]
Gender	Male
DAR/SAR	Daughters of the American Revolution: # A042796, Sons of the American Revolution: # P-163323 [7, 8]
		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution
Military Service	Aft 1776 [2, 5, 7, 8]
	American Army - Revolutionary War and War of 1812: Drummer Boy
		Military-FUTRELL Nathan (Drummer Boy) Nathan Futrell is listed as the youngest to serve in the North Carolina Militia. He served as a Drummer Boy.
		Historical Marker-Drummer Boy at 7 DRUMMER BOY AT 7 ---------------- Nathan Futrell, reputed to be the youngest drummer boy in War of the Revolution, was born, N.C., 1773. Joined N.C. Continental Militia. Married, 1798, came to Ky., 1799. Settled here on Ford's Creek, 1820, where he farmed, set out the first apple orchard, built one of the area's first grist mills, was…
Death	31 Aug 1829	Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, USA [1, 5, 9]
Burial	Nathan Futrell Cemetery, Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, USA [5]
	Charity Futrell and Nathan Futrell, buried together ~ Drummer Boy in North Carolina Militia
		Burial-FUTRELL Charity and Nathan Charity Futrell and Nathan Futrell, buried together - Nathan Futrell Cemetery, Golden Pond KY ~ Drummer Boy in North Carolina Militia + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10445883/ nathan https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10445886/ charity
		Memorial-FUTRELL Nathan http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10445883
Person ID	I25873	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	William Shadrack Futrell, b. 1750, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA d. 4 Mar 1816, Christian County, Kentucky, USA (Age 66 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Sarah Lassiter, b. 1752, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA d. 15 Oct 1817, Christian County, Kentucky, USA (Age 65 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1770	Northampton County, North Carolina, USA
Family ID	F4472	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Charity Futrell, b. 5 Feb 1777, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA d. 5 Aug 1872, Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, USA (Age 95 years)

Marriage 1798 [1, 10]

First cousins, (both named Futrell)

Children

	1. Rebeckah Futrell, b. 5 May 1818, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 26 Aug 1886, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. William Futrell, b. 25 Jul 1816, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 1875, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA (Age 58 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Daniel Futrell, b. 16 Feb 1811 d. 1870 (Age 58 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Littleberry Futrell, b. 3 Aug 1806 d. Between 1807 and 1896 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Richard 'Ricks' Futrell, b. 5 Feb 1802 d. 2 May 1851 (Age 49 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Catherine 'Caty' Futrell, b. 17 Nov 1798 d. Bef 1892 (Age < 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Faithia Futrell, b. 22 Oct 1808 d. 1887 (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Thomas Futrell, b. 26 Nov 1812 d. 1870 (Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Shadrack Futrell, b. 26 May 1804 d. 22 Aug 1885 (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F11146 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 10 Sep 1773 - Northampton County, North Carolina, USA
	Death - 31 Aug 1829 - Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, USA

= Link to Google Earth

Arms Icons & Insignia		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
Arms Icons & Insignia		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution

Burials		Burial-FUTRELL Charity and Nathan Charity Futrell and Nathan Futrell, buried together - Nathan Futrell Cemetery, Golden Pond KY ~ Drummer Boy in North Carolina Militia + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10445883/ nathan https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10445886/ charity
Burials		Memorial-FUTRELL Nathan http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10445883

Military Records

Military-FUTRELL Nathan (Drummer Boy)
Nathan Futrell is listed as the youngest to serve in the North Carolina Militia. He served as a Drummer Boy.

Places

Historical Marker-Drummer Boy at 7
DRUMMER BOY AT 7 ---------------- Nathan Futrell, reputed to be the youngest drummer boy in War of the Revolution, was born, N.C., 1773. Joined N.C. Continental Militia. Married, 1798, came to Ky., 1799. Settled here on Ford's Creek, 1820, where he farmed, set out the first apple orchard, built one of the area's first grist mills, was…

Sources

[S78] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;), Coalson v18t1909.FTW.
[S1375] Direct Data Capture, comp, U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;).
Record for Nathan Futrall
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1812muster&h=398149&indiv=try
[S602] Hatcher, Patricia Law, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;), Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 2; Serial: 12356; Volume: 9.
Record for Nathan Futrell
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=graves&h=19952&indiv=try
[S210] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2001;).
Record for Nathan Futrell
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolb&h=1658903&indiv=try
[S5026] Find a Grave: FUTRELL Nathan 1773-1829, Nathan Futrell (Veteran).
Nathan Futrell is listed as the youngest to serve in the North Carolina Militia. He served as a Drummer Boy.

IN 1799, they settled on Donaldson Creek. However in 1820 they removed to the west side of the Cumberland River, in the area from which Trigg Co. had been formed. They bought 2000 acres of land on the waters of Ford Creek. Here they buil a spacious home. The late Mrs. Charles W. Ross, great grandosn of Nathan Futrell rlated in a deposition dated 18 Sep 1960, that the Nathan Futrell Home was built directly opposite what later became the site of Laura Ore Furnace, built in 1855 by Gentry, Gunn and Company. Mr. Ross said, that it was a two story log house with a "Dog trot" through the center of the lower floor. He could distinctly remember the old house, as a child, when his mother took him to visit the grave of her grandfather, Nathan Futrell. He said, that Charity Futrell kept an inn or travern at the old home from about 1855 to 1860 for the frequenting of employees of Laura Furnace.

Having planted the first apple trees in Trigg Co. He erected on of the earliest primitive grist mills in Trigg Co. October 29, 1824, from Governor Joseph Desha.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10445883/nathan-futrell
[S470] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1997;).
[S4149] Sons of the American Revolution - Patriots, Nathan FUTRELL -- SAR Patriot #: P-163323.
State of Service: NC Qualifying Service: Not Rev War Patriot
DAR #: A042796

Birth: 10 Sep 1773 / Northampton / NC
Death: 31 Aug 1829 / Trigg / KY

Qualifying Service Description:
Drummer in NC Militia at age 7 - Rev War Service previously accepted by NSSAR

Additional References:
Rev War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993
SAR Rev War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
FILSON CLUB HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, Volume 41, 1967, pg 169
Affidavitt executed by the wife of Nathan Futrell, dated 1/3/1829. Recorded Christian County, KY Court Clerk's Office, Deed Book 315, pg 434

Spouse: Charity Futrell
Children: Shadrach; Thomas; Richard Ricks; Catherine/Caty; Rebecca; Daniel; William; Faithy;
https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/163323

Seal-SAR
Sons of the American Revolution
[S4094] Daughters of the American Revolution - Ancestors, FUTRELL, NATHAN -- Ancestor #: A042796.
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank: NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER
Birth: 9-10-1773 NORTHAMPTON CO NORTH CAROLINA
Death: 8-31-1829 TRIGG CO KENTUCKY
Service Source: FILSON CLUB HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL 41, 1967, P 169
Service Description: 1) DRUMMER IN NC LINE
https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A042796

Seal-DAR
Daughters of the American Revolution
[S315] Family Bibles, Nathan Futrell.
[S2943] Find a Grave: FUTRELL Charity Futrell 1777-1872, Charity Futrell Futrell.
BIRTH: 5 Feb 1777 Northampton County, North Carolina
DEATH: 5 Aug 1872 (aged 95) Golden Pond, Trigg County, Kentucky
BURIAL: Nathan Futrell Cemetery, Trigg County, Kentucky
MEMORIAL ID: 10445886

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Wife of Nathan Futrell American Revolutionary War Drummer. Charity is the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bittle Futrell.
Nathan and Charity were the parents of 9 children:
Catherine Ann
Richard (Ricks)
Shadrach
Littleberry
Faitha
Thomas
William
Rebecca
and Daniel.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10445886

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