... Samuel was born to James and Elizabeth in 1795, in Kentucky. He presumably made the move to Indiana with them in about 1811. He may have returned to Kentucky temporarily in 1814, however. A Samuel McCutchan took part in the War of 1812, joining the Kentucky Detached Militia in 1814, in a company commanded by Captain William Wade. We?re not sure if this was our Samuel; by this time there were so many Samuel McCutchans and James McCutchans in Kentucky and Tennessee that they probably rode two to a horse. It might have been; it's less than a hundred miles from Big Indian Creek in Indiana to Bourbon County, KY. Sam may well have decided to return to Kentucky to join the militia, and fight alongside his friends.

"Whether he did, or not, 10 years later he was back on Big Indian Creek, farming, and known as "Kentucky" Sam. His neighbors there (in addition to second cousins Hard-Hearing Sam McCutchan and Virginia Sam McCutchan), included Daniel Reasor. The latter is important to our family history, because in 1824 he was visited by his 19-year-old sister Sarah, from Spencer County, Kentucky, the youngest child of Michael Reasor and Anna Herbert Reasor. Michael's father was a Revolutionary War veteran. A romance bloomed between Kentucky Sam and Sarah; and in early 1824, he returned with her to Kentucky, to request permission from her parents to marry her. It was granted; the bans were published in April, and they were married in May 1824. Following their marriage, Samuel and Sarah returned to Indiana, where they lived and died in Floyd County, on Big Indian Creek. They had 10 children. Anna, Fanny, James, William, John, Larue, Josiah, Sarah, David, and Samuel.

"So Samuel and Sarah lived and died in Floyd County, Indiana. It was probably a nice life, although Sarah's life was cut short in 1854. Although five of their children were still under 21 at the time, Samuel never remarried. The children grew, married, and moved away, as children tend to do. Samuel, Jr. and Larue each got married; the two families moved to Iowa together. David homesteaded in Kansas. Josiah moved to Iowa as a young man, still single. John became a minister, staying in Indiana (but moving several times), and raising 11 children. Sarah married, and remained in Floyd County.

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From the book "McCutchan and Related Families - Our Family History" by M.L. McCutchan, Chapter 4, "The Direct Line - McCutchans" privately printed, Feb, 2000.