Fifth Generation

81. John RUTHERFORD²³ was born about 1742 in VA.²³ John Rutherford was listed on the Virginia Tax List as a resident of Wythe County from 1795 through 1799. The 350 acre tract of land conveyed by John Rutherford and his wife Sarah, 9 Aug 1803 to Robert Rankin, lay on the waters of Peek Creek and New River, partly in Wythe County and partly in Montgomery County, VA.
John was enrolled with his brothers, Julius and Randolph Rutherford on the roll of Capt. Morgan in Montgomery Co., VA 5 Apr 1781.

John RUTHERFORD and Sarah "Sally" MOSS were married on 1 April 1794 in Montgomery Co., VA.²⁴ A deed in Wythe Co., VA in 1824 lists John and Sally and they were in TN at the time. John and Sally had deeded land in Wythe Co., VA in 1803.
Sarah "Sally" MOSS was born (date unknown).