Fought in the Revolutionary War. Information in the National Archives.
William "Elder Billy" McCutchan, son of Samuel McCutchan, was an elder in the Bethel  Presbyterian Church and later transferred to Old Providence Church. Married to Jean Finley.
First Sgt. McCutchan's Company, Virginia Troops. Revolutionary war Government Marker is at his grave in North Mountain Cemetery. Elder Billy named the town of Middlebrook after a town in New Jersey where he was encamped during the Revolutionary war. He owned most of the lots in Middlebrook and three houses. In 1778 he built the house where the Meeks lived. As a child with his parents, he attended North Mountain Meetinghouse until it was discontinued in 1779 and Bethal Church was built. For a time he had served as an Elder at Bethel Church until 1806 when the hymns, in addition to Rouse's version of the Psalms were introduced into the church service. A short time after he joined Old Providence Church where he was taken to the front of the church by the Pastor, the Rev. William Adair and introduced to the congregation as "Elder Billy" hence the origin of the title "Elder Billy".

About Elder Billy's house. Elder Billy built his house next to the old log cabin of John McCutchan. He built a breezeway between the two. To get from one room of the house to another, one always had to go outside, even to the second floor. The style of the house was "saltbox" style which he had seen when he went north during the Revolution. The long sloping roof allowed the snow to slide off the back. Ada Meeks called the farm the "Lone Pine Farm" because of the one pine tree in front of the house. The Bethal Cemetery in Augusta County is 11 miles southwest of Staunton at junction 340 and 693.
The North Mountain Meeting House Graveyard is one mile north of Mount Tabor in a clump of woods to the west of route 620.
Old Providence Cemetery is at the junction of route 613 and 667, about 18 miles southwest of Staunton and 2and one half miles from Route 11.