Henry Middleton Rutledge
(1775-1844)
BIRTH
April 5, 1775
PLACE
Charleston, Province of South Carolina, British America
DEATH
January 20, 1844
PLACE
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
FAMILY
FATHER
Edward Rutledge
(1749-1800)
MOTHER
Henrietta Middleton Rutledge
(1750-1792)
SISTER
Sarah Rutledge
(1782-1855)
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Henry Middleton Rutledge (1775–1844) was Declaration signer Edward Rutledge and Henrietta Middleton’s son. He married Septima Sexta Middleton and settled near Nashville, Tennessee. The Rutledge Hill neighborhood bears their family name and later developed as the city’s first established suburb. Known as Major Rutledge, he died in January 1844 and was buried in Nashville’s city cemetery. His specific military-service history still requires documentation.
EARLY LIFE
Henry Middleton Rutledge was born on Apr 5, 1775. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Henry Middleton Rutledge is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Henry Middleton Rutledge died on Jan 20, 1844. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
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DEATH
Henry Middleton Rutledge died on Jan 20, 1844, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Henry Middleton Rutledge was Declaration signer Edward Rutledge and Henrietta Middleton’s son. He married Septima Sexta Middleton and settled near Nashville, Tennessee. The Rutledge Hill neighborhood bears their family name and later developed as the city’s first established suburb. Known as Major Rutledge, he died in January 1844 and was buried in Nashville’s city cemetery. His specific military-service history still requires documentation. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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