John D. Sutton was a West Virginia private

 John D. Sutton was a West Virginia private in the Union Army who fought in the battle of Droop Mountain. He later led the movement to create Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park while serving in the West Virginia House of Delegates

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. Sutton was born in Flatwoods, West Virginia, in 1844, and was a member of the first constitutional convention and served in the first West Virginia legislature

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. His father, John Sutton, purchased 7,000 acres of land in Braxton County, West Virginia, and his son, John D. Sutton, explored the area in 1798 and discovered an abandoned settlement

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. In 1863, John D. Sutton served in the First West Virginia Legislature as a representative of Braxton County

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. In 1986, there was a Democratic Primary election for the West Virginia House of Delegates, and Ronald Rose, Roscoe F. Tucker, Thomas A. Knight, Everett Bledsoe, James A. Wood, and John D. Sutton were among the candidates for District 23

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