Joel Hitt and Elizabeth Young

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Husband Joel Hitt ¹

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           Born: 26 Feb 1765 - Fauquier Co., Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Oct 1807 - Henry Co., Kentucky
         Buried: 

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         Father: Peter Hitt (Abt 1726-1810)
         Mother: Sarah James (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 23 Dec 1790 - Fauquier Co., Virginia 1

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Wife Elizabeth Young ¹

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           Born: 4 Nov 1767 - Spotsylvania Co., Virginia
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           Died: 26 Feb 1844 - Henry Co., Kentucky
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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Joel Hitt

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EARL J. HITT:

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

Joel appears as an independent tithable in Fauquier County in 1787, and with his birth date of 1765 he had just turned 22. Joel's Estate Records: Inventory, Henry County, Kentucky Will Book 1, page 138, 1807; Allotment of Slaves, Will Book 1, page 303, 1812; Administrator's Account, Will Book 2, page 15, 1813. The inventory includes eight negros and several pages listing livestock, personal and household goods.
All of Joel and Elizabeth's children are believed to have been born in the log cabin that still exists approximately 0.3 mile north of State Road 53 on US 42 in Oldham County (originally in Jefferson County, a part of Shelby County in 1792, a part of Henry County in 1798, and finally in 1823 a part of Oldham County). The property which is approximately 9 acres in size includes a filled-in cave, a spring and a burial grounds, all of which are visible from the log cabin. The property is part of a parcel of land 79 acres in size which was part of the 355 acres originally owned by Joel and Elizabeth. Elizabeth and her second husband, Edward Tyler, sold the land to John and Frances (Hitt) Button, Elizabeth's son-in-law and daughter. The land was transferred to the trustees of a proposed city named Lynchberg for use in establishing a County Seat, however the city was never developed and the Coutny Seat was established at La Grange.
The original log cabin was built with two floors, the lower floor consisted of two rooms and a staircase leading to the upper floor. The upper floor was a one room loft with a divider down the middle. After the original construction, additions were made to the cabin by attaching one room cabins moved from other sites in Oldham County. The original cabin fell into dis-repair, but in 1964 a major restoration project was begun by Mayor Charles Farnsley purchased the cabin from a Mckenzie family.

CHILDREN:

On May 9, 1810 Elizabeth Hitt of Henry Co., Kentucky, widow of Joel Hitt, dec'd, and guardian of the heirs of Joel Hitt, dec'd, namely, Fanny Hitt, now Fanny Button, Nancy Hitt, William Hitt, James W. Hitt, Joel Hitt and John Hitt, appoints her trusty friend Archibald Holtzclaw her attorney to transact all her business in Fauquier Co., Virginia relative to the estate left to her husband Joel, dec'd, by his father Peter Hitt of Fauquier Co., lately dec'd. Signed Elizabeth Hitt. (Fauquier Co. Deed Records 17/730)

On 6 June 1823, Joel Hitt, James Hitt, and Abraham H. Kellar and Nancy, his wife, all of Jefferson Co., Kentucky, appoint Eli and Henry Holtzclaw of Fauquier Co. their attorneys to secure their share of the property, real and personal, of Peter Hitt, dec'd, and of Sarah Hitt, dec'd, widow of Peter Hitt, both of Fauquier Co., Virginia, to which they may be entitled (Fauquier Co. Deed Records 27/297). Joel was the son of Peter Hitt; James was the son of Joel; Absalom Kellar was Joel's son-in-law married to Nancy, Joel's daughter.

1 Earl J. Hitt, "http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: hitthaynie."