Reuben Hitt and Francis "Fanny" Samuels

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Husband Reuben Hitt ¹

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           Born: 25 Aug 1773 - Fauquier Co., Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Oct 1854 - Virginia 2
         Buried: 

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

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       Marriage: 18 Sep 1797 - Culpeper Co., Virginia 1 3

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Wife Francis "Fanny" Samuels ¹

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           Born: 9 Mar 1775 - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Jul 1863 - Culpeper Co., Virginia
         Buried: 

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Reuben Hitt

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CENSUS:

<pre>1810 Fauquier Co., Virginia
Reuben Hitt 10010 -- 31010; 2 slaves
male female
1 <10 3
10-15 1
16-25
1 26-44 1
>45 </pre>

He is next to his mother.

<pre>1820 Fauquier Co., Virginia
Reuben Hitt 111011 --- 02211; 4 in agriculture; 5 slaves
male female
1 <10
1 10-16 2
1 16-18
16-26 2
1 26-45 1
1 >45 1 </pre>

<pre>1840 Fauquier Co., Virginia, Leeds District or Parish
Reuben Hitt 000010001 -- 000001001; 3 in agriculture; 5 slaves
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15
15-20
1 20-30
30-40 1
40-50
1 50-60
60-70 1
70-80 </pre>

<pre>1850 Fauquier Co., Virginia, Ashbys District; Sept 19; pg 477
563/578
Rhuben Hitt 72 M Va $2000 Farmer
Francis " 75 F Va
Polly " 40 F Va </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1860 Fauquier Co., Virginia, Southwest Revenue District, p.o. Warrenton; Sept 26; pg 148
1125/1094
Fanny Hitt 85 FW Va $2700/$6320 Housekeeper
Polly " 50 FW Va Weaver
Sally Kemper 62 FW Va Weaver </pre>

In the Slave Schedule she is the owner of 6 slaves.

TAX LISTS in FAUQUIER CO.:

In 1797 Reuben Hitt is present for the first time in the Fauquier Personal Property Tax List. He was about 19 when he first appeared in the list although the titles in the list indicate that he should have appeared for the first time at age 16. In 1804 he has 1 slave and 3 horses. Prior to then he has no slaves and 1 or 2 horses. He is absent from the list until 1811. From 1811 to 1819 (the last year for which I have seen the list) he has from 3 to 7 slaves, mostly commonly 5 or 6, and he has from 1 to 7 horses. He is always in the same district as his father and his brother Peter, Jr. In 1812 and before Reuben is never in the Fauquier Co. Land Tax List. I have not seen the list subsequent to 1812.

EARL J. HITT:

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

Birth: 25 AUG 1778 in Fauquier County, Virginia
Death: 09 OCT 1852 in Culpeper County, Virginia

On 26 July 1814, Reuben Hitt and Fanny his wife of Fauquier Co. deeded to John Edmunds of same, land in Culpeper purchased of Samuels. (Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book GG, p. 219).

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

2 Virginia, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index 1853-1917, Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

3 John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr, "Culpeper County, Virginia Marriages 1780 -- 1853," 1986, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.