Joshua Counts
and Martha Kiser

Joshua Counts b 27 Sept 1801 Russell Co VA d 15 Feb 1883 Russell Co VA buried Cleveland Baptist Cemetery, Russell Co VA s/o John "of Cleveland" Counts and Margaret "Peggy" Kelly. Joseph Counts m. 1st to Martha Kiser b Feb 1807 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA d 18 Oct 1839 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA d/o Abednigo Kiser and Mary "Polly" Jessee. Children of Joshua Counts and Martha Kiser;

1. Sylvia "Sib" Counts b 5 Oct 1826 Cleveland, Russell Co VA d 26 Dec 1916 Dickenson Co VA m. Aug 1843 Russell Co VA to William "Billy" Sutherland b 25 Mar 1822 Russell Co VA d 3 Jun 1909 Dickenson Co VA s/o Daniel Sutherland and Phoebe Fuller. Source: Vivian Bales, Lebanon, OH (27 Dec. 1997). "William Sutherland's mother was Phoebe Fuller, also an old Scotch family. Phoebe's parents were Jesse and Betsy (Lea) Fuller. They had brought her as a child out of North Carolina, when they came to make their home on the north banks of the Clinch River, only a few miles west of the Sutherland cabin at Carbo among the Blairs, Counts, Grizzle, Jessee, Kiser, Smith, and other pioneer families." Children of William "Billy" Sutherland and Sylvia "Sib" Counts;

i. Jasper Sutherland b 1 FEB 1845 Russell Co VA d 18 Jun 1936 Nora, Hatchet Branch, Russell Co VA

ii. Newton Sutherland b 8 FEB 1847 Russell Co VA d 13 Jan 1930 Russell Co VA

iii. Elijah Thurman "Lige" Sutherland b 2 FEB 1849 Russell Co VA d 29 Feb 1932 Russell Co VA m. 17 Feb 1870 to Nancy Dyer b 9 Jun 1840 VA d 3 Apr 1937 Russell Co VA. Children of Elijah Thurman "Lige" Sutherland and Nancy Dyer;

1. Martha M. Sutherland b 21 JAN 1871 VA m. John Mullins

2. Horatio S. Sutherland b 28 DEC 1872 VA d about 1874

3. Eunice Bell Sutherland b 27 FEB 1875 VA

4. Thurman L. Sutherland b 9 MAR 1877 VA d 1919 m. Kate McReynolds

5. George Kilgore Sutherland b 18 SEP 1879 in Straton, VA d 15 Mar 1972 Hominy OK m. 7 Jun 1911 Leon IA to Margaret Ellen Crawford b 8 Feb 1882 IA d 13 Mar 1940 Hominy OK

6. Ailey A. Sutherland b 2 MAR 1882 VA

7. Grover Sutherland b 7 APR 1884 VA

8. Fitzhugh Sutherland b 20 JUL 1886 VA

9. Richmond Sutherland b 4 FEB 1889 VA

10. William A. Sutherland b 21 JAN 1892 VA

11. Charles Sutherland b 23 FEB 1896 VA

iv. Joshua P. Sutherland b 21 JAN 1851 Russell Co VA d 9 Mar 1906 Dickenson Co VA m. 8 Apr 1876 to Isabel Counts b 11 Jan 1854 Russell Co VA d 11 Mar 1924 Dickenson Co VA. Child; 1). Tivis Colley Sutherland b 12 Feb 1880 Dickenson Co VA d 20 Oct 1960 Dickenson Co VA m. 24 Feb 1911 Dickenson Co VA to Emma B Yates b 25 Nov 1887 Dickenson Co VA

v. Phoebe Sutherland b 20 DEC 1853 Russell Co VA d 14 Aug 1945 Buchanan Co VA

vi. Martha Taylor Sutherland b 3 MAR 1855 Russell Co VA d 15 Apr 1937 Buchanan Co VA

vii. Daniel Boone R. Sutherland b 10 MAR 1857 Russell Co VA d 25 Dec 1901 Buchanan Co VA

viii. Mary "Polly" Deel Sutherland b 21 JAN 1859 Russell Co VA d 14 May 1881 Buchanan Co VA

ix. William "Bill" Beauregard Sutherland b 24 FEB 1861 Russell Co VA d 29 Oct 1944 Buchanan Co VA m. 27 May 1881 Dickenson Co VA to Eliza Jane "Jenny" Counts b 12 Mar 1863 Lick Creek, Russell Co VA d 7 Nov 1942 Long Ridge, Russell Co VA d/o Noah Counts and Aily Amburgey. Children of William "Bill" Beauregard Sutherland and Eliza Jane "Jenny" Counts;

1. John Morgan "Cuba" Sutherland b 27 JAN 1883 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA d 9 Jan 1844 Russell Co VA

II. Noah Cleveland Sutherland b 4 JAN 1885 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA d 15 Feb 1885 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA

III. Elihu Jasper Sutherland b 22 DEC 1885 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA d 9 Jul 1964 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VAl; lawyer, judge, historian and genealogist; m. 11 Sept 1926 Dickenson Co VA to Hetty Jane "Jean" Swindall b 14 Dec 1901 d 6 Jun 2004 age 102, local genealogist and historian, teacher, d/o Milburn Eddie Swindall and Ardelia Austin. Children of Elihu Jasper Sutherland and Hetty Jane "Jean" Swindall;

i. William Sutherland m. Thora McElrath St. Paul, VA;

ii. James Sutherland m. Marjorie Ann Pearson, Clintwood, VA;

Obituary: Hetty Jane "Jean" Swindall Sutherland:
Source: Obituary in Dickenson Star, 5/7/2004.

Hetty Jean Swindall Sutherland
Local Genealogist and Historian, Hetty Sutherland, of Clintwood, Dickenson County, Virginia, died June 6, 2004; at the age of 102.

Hetty was born December 14, 1901 to Milburn Eddie and Ardelia Austin Swindall in a log cabin at Osborns Gap (now Norland), Virginia, north of Pound River and "South of the Mountain" in Dickenson County. Her early education was at a one-room log school house. She attended "Big Seven" School in Clintwood where she boarded seven miles from her home and walked home and back each weekend. After one year of "Big Seven" School, she passed the state teacher's examination and then taught grades one through seven at a one room school house; 1 year at Camp Creek & 1 at Honey Camp. In 1921 she went to Fort Worth, TX where she took a six month course at the National Business School.

Her first business job was secretary to Lawyer John Flannagan, later Congressman for the 9th District of Virginia. In 1926 she married Elihu Jasper Sutherland, lawyer, judge, historian and genealogist and settled at their home "Sunset Hill" in Clintwood where he lived until his death in 1964 and where she lived the rest of her life. Hetty was a charter member of the Southwest Virginia Historical Society (served as treasurer for over 20 years), the Dickenson County Home Demonstration Club and the Dickenson County Historical Society, which honored her by establishing the "Hetty Swindall Sutherland Archives" at the Johnny Deel County Library in Clintwood.

She was a member of the Sandy Basin Historical Society, the Mountain People and Places, and the Clintwood Senior Citizens. In 1978 she compiled, supplemented and published her late husband's information on the Counts family and related families in Some Descendants of John Counts of Glade Hollow (Southwest Virginia) 1722-1977 & in 2003 published a larger supplement to this book.

In 1984 Hetty, with Gregory and Joan Short Vanover, published Pioneer Recollections, personal interviews with pioneer citizens of Dickenson County collected, compiled and edited by her late husband. In 1996 she published Swindall-Austin Families of Virginia and North Carolina 1622-1995, information she had collected, compiled and edited on these and other related families. With her vast and intimate knowledge of family and relatives, her remarkable recall, and her tireless efforts; persons asking local authorities in Clintwood about local area or family history were routinely referred to her by the Post Office, Library, County Officers, members of the Senior Citizens Center and Historical Society members.

Hetty is survived in death by a sister, Lora Anita "Betty" Swindall Hibbitts of Clintwood; two sons William Sutherland and his wife Thora McElrath Sutherland, St. Paul, VA; James Sutherland and his wife Marjorie Ann Pearson Sutherland, Clintwood, VA; two grand-children Sharon Sutherland of Georgia, and Susanne Sutherland and her husband Micheal Frame, and her great-grandchildren April Beth Frame and Ian Sutherland Frame of Telluride, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and eight siblings; William Theodore "Ted" Swindall, Flora Etta Willis, Arnold Joseph Swindall; Leonard Bruce Swindall; Arizona Powers; Robert Ervin "Bob" Swindall; Lyle Noel Vernon Swindall and Nile Austin "Jack" Swindall. Surviving sisters-in-law, Hester Moore Swindall and Ruby Cox Swindall

Pallbearers are Freddie Mullins, Gary Mullins. Larry Mullins, Richmond Short, Russell Sutherland, and Leonard Douglas Swindall. Honorary pallbearers are her nephews and grand nephews.

Hetty requests that there be no flowers, except one pink rose, and that donations be made to the charity of your choice.

Clintwood Colley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements with visitation at 7 pm Thursday, June 10 and funeral services at 11 am, Friday, June 11 at the Funeral home; followed by burial in the William Sutherland Memorial Cemetery, Fairview, on Frying Pan Creek, Dickenson County.

IV. Fitzhugh Lee Sutherland b 19 DEC 1887 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA

V. Isabel "Belle" Sutherland b 26 JAN 1890 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA

VII. Phoebe Jane Sutherland b 13 MAR 1893 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA

VIII. Lillie May Sutherland b 18 FEB 1895 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA

IX. Daniel Ellyson "Ed" Sutherland b 30 MAY 1897 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA

X. Judge Morrison Sutherland b 23 DEC 1898 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA

XI. Sylvia Aily Sutherland b 20 NOV 1900 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA

XII. Troy Kilby Sutherland b 28 OCT 1902 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA

XIII. Living Sutherland

x. Margaret Sutherland b 9 MAR 1863 Buchanan Co., VA

xi. Unnamed Sutherland b 17 APR 1865 Buchanan Co., VA

xii. George Washington Sutherland b 2 AUG 1867 Buchanan Co., VA

xiii. Unnamed Sutherland b 31 AUG 1870 Buchanan Co., VA

xiv. Leander Sutherland b 11 APR 1872 Buchanan Co., VA

2. Elijah Shelby Counts b 10 Feb 1828 Reeds Valley Russell Co VA d 18 Oct 1907 Lick Creek, Dickenson Co VA m. 23 Nov 1848 Russell Co VA to Catherine "Katy" Rasnick b 24 Apr 1832 Russell Co VA d 24 Dec 1910 Lick Creek, Russell Co VA, d/o Jonas Rasnick and Rachel La Force.

3. Mary Pop Counts b 12 Nov 1829 Reeds Valley Russell Co VA d 17 Nov 1900 Dumps Creek, Russell Co VA m. 1851 to Abraham Kiser b 5 Nov 1830 Russell Co VA d 1 Aug 1920 Dumps Creek, Russell Co VA, s/o Joseph Kenton Kiser and Mary Polly Childress. (Source).

4. Noah Counts b 26 Apr 1831 Reeds Valley Russell Co VA d 1 Dec 1898 Lick Creek, Russell Co VA m. 10 Mar 1853 Russell Co VA to Aily Amburgey b 12 Feb 1832 d 7 Dec 1918 Lick Creek, Russell Co VA, d/o John Amburgey and Aily Alcy Grizzle. (Source).

5. Margaret Counts b 12 Mar 1833 d 27 Aug 1908 m. 1854 to James Harvey Rasnick b 18 Jun 1837 d 19 Feb 1898 Brushy Ridge Dickenson Co VA, s/o Jonas Rasnake and Rachel La Force. (Source).

6. Joshua T Counts b 23 Oct 1835 Reeds Valley Russell Co VA d 17 Jan 1859 Reeds Valley Russell Co VA m. 1 Nov 1854 to Martha M Finney b about 1839 d 30 Apr 1860 Reeds Valley Russell Co VA buried Joshua Counts Graveyard, Cleveland RC VA, d/o Reuben Finney and Rebecca Johnson. (Source).

7. Martha F Counts b 2 Mar 1838 Reeds Valley Russell Co VA d 12 May 1839 Reeds Valley Russell Co VA.

Joshua Counts
and Rebecca Kelly

Joshua Counts b 27 Sept 1801 Russell Co VA d 15 Feb 1883 Russell Co VA buried Cleveland Baptist Cemetery, Russell Co VA s/o John "of Cleveland" Counts and Margaret "Peggy" Kelly. Joshua Counts m. (2) to Rebecca Kelly b 1816 Russell Co VA, d/o Peter Kelly and Susanna Banner. 

Joshua Counts and
Margaret Fannin

Joshua Counts b 27 Sept 1801 Russell Co VA d 15 Feb 1883 Russell Co VA buried Cleveland Baptist Cemetery, Russell Co VA s/o John "of Cleveland" Counts and Margaret "Peggy" Kelly. Joshua Counts m. (3) to Margaret Fannin (aka Fanning) b 20 Jan 1820 Russell Co VA d 15 Dec 1889 Russell Co VA, d/o Francis Fannin and Matilda Browning. Children of Joshua Counts and Margaret Fannin;