Joseph Nutt was a blacksmith, but during most of his adult life he was engaged in farming. He was born in Washington township in 1793. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and married a Miss Ann Randolph. She was born in 1808 and died in 1867. Her father, Stephen Randolph, was born in New Jersey, was a boat builder, came to Fayette county and engaged in farming.
Listed on the same page as Jacob Wells in 1830 census.
male: 1<5, 1=5-10, 2=10-15, 1=30-40 fem: 1=10-15, 1=20-30
Moved to Jefferson Twp in 1831.
Listed in 1840 near Margaret, Joseph, and James Wells in 1840:
male: 2<5, 1=10-15, 1=15-20, 1=20-30, 1=40-50 fem: 2=5-10, 1=20-30, 1=30-40
He is listed in 1850 as Joseph Nut, a farmer (57, PA) with his wife Ann (48, PA), and their children. Listed with them is an Elizabeth Cage (69, VA) who is a bit young to be his mother, who was supposedly deceased.
He went for his health to Coxe's Bar, California, in September, 1851, where he died in December of the same year.