Margaret never married. The family story states that Margaret was in love with a young man in Ireland who was of the Catholic faith. Her family objected to the match. She left Ireland with her family and came to America. In giving him up she vowed to never marry. After she arrived in America it is said that she donned the cap worn by married women and sat with them in the church.

Margaret lived with her brother Gregory Sinclair after she came to America.

Margaret is the 30-40 female on the 1830 Lincoln Co., North Carolina census. Also in this household was her father Samuel and her brother Gregory who was the head of the household.

Margaret, age 40-50, is found on the 1840 Wayne Co., Tennessee census in the household of her brother Gregory Sinclair. Gregory and Margaret are the only two people in the household.

Lutts was known as Pinhook at the time of her death.