Charles Hitt 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Bef 1755 - (Fauquier Co., Virginia)
    Christening: 
          Death: 1821 - Fleming Co., Kentucky
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Joseph Hitt (Abt 1717-After 1790)
         Mother: Mary Cuntze (      -After 1771)
Spouses and Children 
       Children:
                1. William Hitt (1770/1773-      )
1. Sarah Vincent (       -       )
       Marriage: 7 Apr 1810 - Fleming Co., Kentucky
Notes
General:
On page 28 of GERMANNA RECORD NO. 1 Dr. Huffman lists Charles Hitt as a son of Joseph but says that he might be a son of John rather than of Joseph. Note that the Rev. Benjamin Hitt, one of Joseph Hitt's grandsons named one of his sons Charles. If Charles is a son of Joseph, then Benjamin named his son for one of his uncles.

If Charles were a son of John we would reasonably expect that he would have shared in the distribution of his father's land in 1782 when his father died. He did not receive any of that land. The Fauquier Co. personal property tax lists indicate that Charles was in Fauquier Co. in 1782 and for many years thereafter.

CENSUS:

<pre>1810 Fleming Co., Kentucky
Charles Hitt 00001 -- 00001; 1 slave
male female
<10
10-15
16-25
26-44
1 >45 1 </pre>

<pre>1820 Fleming Co., Kentucky
Chas. Hitt 000001 --- 00001; 1 in agriculture; 1 slave
male female
<10
10-16
16-18
16-26
26-45
1 >45 1 </pre>

He lives next to his son William Hitt.

PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LIST:

1782 is the first year that a list of men required to pay a tax on personal property is available for Fauquier Co., Virginia. From 1782 through 1795 Charles Hitt is on the list. He has no slaves, from 1 to 4 horses (usually 2 or 3) and from 3 to 6 head of cattle. From 1789 through 1795 his son William is an additional tithable (male 16 years of age or older) in his household. In 1796 and later Charles is absent from the list suggesting that he left for Kentucky about 1796.

If William became 16 in 1789, he was born about 1773. Often young men do not appear as a tithable in their father's household until they are beyond 16, so he may have been born somewhat earlier. The censuses suggest that he was born between 1770 and 1775. That suggests that his father was born in 1755 or earlier.

WILL:

Fleming Co., Kentucky Wills and Estates 1798-1822 (Charles M. Franklin, 1986), pg 14:

Charles Hitt, dated 2 July 1821, recorded 5 Aug 1821; Will Book B, pg 47
wife: Sarah Hitt
son: William Hitt
Exec: Benjamin Bravard, Adam Lee
Wit: Randle Leas, John Hammond, Samuel Crain
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