Veteran Bio

Mr.McNutt was elected a Major in the First Regiment of Texas Volunteers, April 8, 1836. He was in command of the camp near Harrisburg. On February 20, 1838 he wasissued Bounty Certificate No. 2398 for 320 acres of land for having served in the army from March 1 to May 20, 1836. On November 19, 1840 he received Donation Certificate No. 1087 for 640 acres of land for having been detailed to guard the baggage at the camp opposite Harrisburg, April 21, 1836.

Major McNutt died in 1854. (Page 582, D. W. C. Baker’s A Texas Scrap Book)

There was a Robert McNutt who was a friend of Judge John H. Money. Judge Money was Chief Justice of Austin County in 1838 but he eventually moved to Washington County where he died in 1855. His will, signed February 26, 1855, is in the County Clerk’s office at Brenham. His sister Elizabeth Robb was appointed administratrix of his estate May 7, 1855. He had never married. He left the bulk of his estate to Elizabeth Rabb, but asked that five hundred dollars be given to his namesake, John Hamilton McNutt, son of Robert and Polly McNutt, who resided on Brushy Creek in Washington County.

There was a Robert B. McNutt and his wife, Mary, who were living in Austin County in 1849.

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