Henry Hitt and Alice Katherine Holtzclaw

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Husband Henry Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1719 - (Germantown, Stafford Co., Va)
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         Father: Peter Hitt (1680/1683-1772)
         Mother: Elizabeth Otterbach (1689-Abt 1773) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Alice Katherine Holtzclaw

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         Father: Jacob Holtzclaw (      -      )
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Children

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1 M Peter Hitt

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           Born: 1750-1760 - Virginia
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           Died: Abt 1836 - Greenville Co., South Carolina
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         Spouse: Jane Stanfield (      -After 1815)

         Spouse: Mary (      -      )
           Marr: 1816-1822

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2 M John Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1759
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           Died: 2 Nov 1839 - Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
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         Spouse: Frances "Franky" Banks (1763-1852)

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Hitt

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LAND:

Fauquier Co. was created in 1759 from a part of Prince William Co. The land in the 1748 deed is now in Fauquier Co. All references to Prince William Co. deeds are from "Deed Abstracts of Prince William County, Virginia" by Ruth & Sam Sparacio, 1989.

On July 22 & 23, 1748 George Doggett and Anne, his wife, of Orange Co. sold (lease and release) to Henry Hitt of Prince William Co. for £29 200 acres in Prince William Co. binding on Goose Creek. It adjoins lands of Tilman Weaver, George Johnstone, Capt. Timothy Thornton, and the boundary crosses Grummels Run. (Prince William Co. Deed Records L/58-64)

On October 16, 1764 Henry Hitt and Alice, his wife, of Halifax Co., Virginia sold (lease & release) to Harman Hitt of Fauquier Co. for 5 shillings and then £47 a tract of 200 acres in Fauquier Co. binding on Goose Creek. It adjoins George Johnston, Tilman Weaver and Capt. Timothy Thornton, and the boundary crosses Crommels Run. The deed is signed Henry (his Q mark) Hitt. One of the witnesses is Martin Picket. (Fauquier Co. Deed Records 2/301, 303)

On November 15, 1764 John Lawson, Jun. of Orange Co., North Carolina sold to Henry Hitt of Halifax Co., Virginia for £146 5s, current money of Virginia, a tract in Halifax Co. on the south side of the Dan River containing by estimation 202 acres. It is described by metes and bounds and starts at a tree near the bank of the Dan River. (5/249, Halifax Co. Deed Records)

On October 12, 1779 Henry Hitt of Halifax Co. sold to John Dickie of Halifax Co. for £1600 a tract of 202 acres on the south side of the Dan River. It is described by metes and bounds. The witnesses are Marmaduke Stanfield and others. (11/371) This is the same tract that Henry Hitt bought in 1764.

MIGRATION:

Henry Hitt was probably born at Germantown in what is now Fauquier Co., Virginia. In 1764 when he was about 45 years old he sold his land in Fauquier Co. to his brother Harman and in the same year bought land in Halifax Co., Virginia. Presumably Henry moved from Fauquier Co. to Halifax Co. in 1764.

In 1779 when Henry sold his land in Halifax Co. he was about 60 years old. His son Peter sold his land in Halifax Co. 6 years later in 1785, and he probably went to South Carolina shortly thereafter. He was there by 1790. His father may have gone with him to South Carolina and died there before the 1790 census, or he may have died in Halifax Co. Peter is in the 1785 census of Halifax Co., but Henry is not.

BIRTH YEAR:

The year of his birth is just a guess. See notes under his father.

GERMANNA RECORD NO. 1, pg 29:

[Henry Hitt] married Alice Katherine Holtzclaw, third or fourth daughter of Jacob Holtzclaw, the 1714 immigrant, perhaps a daughter of the first wife, Margaret (the name Alice Katherine would indicate that she was named for Margaret's sister, Mrs. Kemper), but possibly of the second wife, Catherine.

Jacob Holtzclaw's will, dated Jan. 15, 1759 and probated in Fauquier Co., Va. Feb. 29, 1760, left 300 acres apiece in Culpeper Co. to his daughters Alice Katherine, wife of Henry Hitt, and Elizabeth, wife of Harman Miller, and states that the two couples were living on the land in 1759. This land was close to the second Nassau-Siegen group who were settled in the Little Fork of the Rappahannock, and Harman Miller seems to have been settled there as early as 1748, as indicated in my article on the second Nassau-Siegen colonists in the July, 1960 bulletin of the Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies. Both the Millers and the Hitts moved from Culpeper Co. to Halifax Co., Va. a year or two after Jacob Holtzclaw's death. Miller died in Halifax Co. in 1772, but Hitt moved to South Carolina, where he died, according to his descendant, Mrs. L. N. Johnson, Chico, Calif. (letter written to me in 1950).

Henry Hitt was deeded 200 acres of land on Goose Creek in Prince William Co. (later Fauquier) by George Doggett and Ann his wife on July 22, 1748 (Prince William Co. Deed Book "L", p. 58). On Oct. 18, 1764 Henry Hitt and Alice his wife of Halifax Co., Va. deeded this same 200 acres to his brother, Harman Hitt (Fauquier Co. Deed Book 2, p. 301). Henry Hitt seems to have moved away from Halifax Co. to South Carolina about 1779, as on Oct. 12, 1779 he deeded to John Dickie 202 acres in Halifax Co., both men being from Halifax at the time (Halifax Co. Deed Book 11, p. 371). Henry's son Peter Hitt, continued to live in Halifax Co. through 1784, as shown by the tithables there, but he seems to have moved away about that time. On June 15, 1784 [should be 1785] Peter Hitt deeded to George Wiley 140 acres in Halifax Co. (Deed Book 13, p. 207). There is no extant deed showing the disposal of Henry Hitt's land in Culpeper Co. left him by Jacob Holtzclaw. However, he sold that to James Spilman of the Little Fork group (son of John Spilman, the 1714 immigrant), as mentioned in James Spilman's will, dated 1784 and probated in Culpeper Co., in 1790.

Mrs. Johnson, mentioned above, states that Peter [sic, should be Henry] and Alice Katherine Hitt, moved to South Carolina, where Henry Hitt died, and that they had two sons, Peter Hitt, b. 1763, and John Hitt, her ancestor, who married Frances Banks Jan. 21, 1782; and four daughters, Sally, Ailsey, Susan, and Anna Hitt.

EARL J. HITT:

The following was copied from the database of Earl J. Hitt in WorldConnect (no longer existent):

Peter Hitt, Henry's father, willed him only 100 pounds cash money. This could be interpreted that Peter had disinherited Henry, however, it is more likely that Henry was given his inheritance when he and Alice Holtzclaw married. The couple also inherited property (300 acres) from Alice's father, Jacob Holtzclaw and they were living on this land in 1759 according to Jacob Holtzclaw's will.

On 22 July 1748, Henry was deeded 200 acres of land on Goose Creek in Prince William County, Virginia (Later Fauquier County) by George Doggett and his wife Ann. (Prince William County, Virginia Deed Book L, p. 58). On 18 October 1764, Henry and his wife Alice, Halifax County, Virginia, deeded the same 200 acres of land to Henry's brother, Harman Hitt (Fauquier County, Virginia Deed Book 2, p. 301). On 15 November 1764, John Lawson, Jr. of Orange County, North Carolina deeded to Henry Hitt of Halifax County 202 acres of land on the South Side of Dan River (Halifax County, Virginia Deed Book 5, p. 249). On 12 October 1779, Henry deeded to John Dicke 202 acres of land in Halifax County. (Halifax County, Virginia Deed Book 11, p. 371).

Based upon the land records cited, it is believed that Henry and Alice moved from Culpeper County to Halifax County, Virginia in about 1759 and were living in South Carolina in 1779. Henry would have been about 53 years old when his father died and he and Alice may have already moved to Edgefield County, South Carolina. It is believed that Henry died intestate in South Carolina before the 1790 Census was taken. No will has been found.

1 B. C. Holtzclaw, Ancestors and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750, 1964; Germanna Record No. 5; The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, pg 482.