Joseph Hitt
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Bef 1750 - (Fauquier Co., Virginia) Christening: Death: 1826 (Feb) - Culpeper Co., Virginia Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Hitt (Abt 1717-After 1790) Mother: Mary Cuntze ( -After 1771)
Spouses and Children
Children: 1. Elizabeth "Betsey" Hitt (1770/1775- ) 2. John Hitt (Abt 1774-1836) 3. Joseph Hitt (Abt 1776-After 1850) 4. Mary Hitt ( - ) 5. Margaret "Peggy" Hitt (1784-1868) 6. William Hitt (Abt 1787-Abt 1865) 7. James Hitt (Abt 1790-1842/1850)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:
<pre>1820 Culpeper Co., Virginia
Joseph Hitt 000001 --- 00001; 1 in agriculture; 2 slaves
male female
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10-16
16-18
16-26
26-45
1 >45 1 </pre>
He is in the sequence William Hitt, Joseph Hitt, 2x, Joseph Hitt, Jr.
MOVE TO CULPEPER CO.
On January 21, 1778 Joseph Hitt was a witness to the will of Bromfill Long of the Parish of St. Mark, Culpeper Co. Signed Joseph (his X mark) Hitt. (Culpeper Co. Will Book B/263) Presumably Joseph lived there at that time.
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 Culpeper Co., Virginia. I have not seen the list for years after 1823. From 1782 until 1823 Joseph Hitt is on the list. He usually has no slaves but sometimes 1 and occasionally 2. He usually has from 2 to 4 horses. About one fourth of the time he has more than 1 tithable (male over 16 years of age) in his household. Presumably those extra tithables are his sons.
Joseph Hitt is in Aaron Lane's district from 1787 until 1797; from 1798 onward until 1823 he is in Daniel Brown's district. The district that he is in from 1782 until 1786 (represented by John Waugh and others) is probably the same as the district that later belonged to Aaron Lane.
LAND IN CULPEPER CO.
"Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants" (Gertrude E. Gray, 1987), Vol 3, pg 227:
Joseph Hitt, assignee of French Strother, assignee of William Thompson, heir at law to Rev. John Thompson, dec'd; 150 acres (9 Feb 1747) in Culpeper Co. in Great Fork of Rappanhannock River adjacent to said Thompson, Samuel Coleman. 14 Mar 1798 [Inclosed F. Strother May 1798] -- Land Grant Book Y, pg 28
Joseph Hitt is not in the Culpeper Co. Land Tax List in 1798 and before. From 1799 until 1825 he owns 150 acres in the district of Daniel Brown about 12 miles west of the courthouse. In 1821 it was worth $7/acre or $1050. The buildings on it were worth $150 and he paid a tax of $.95. In 1826 William Hitt owns 127 acres and Joseph Hitt owns 55 acres; in both cases the land is said to be from Jos. Hitt's estate. 150 acres seems to have miraculously grown into 182!
WILL:
Culpeper Will Book K, pg 228:
In the name of God Amen I Joseph Hitt of the County of Culpeper and State of Virginia being oald and infirm but of sound mind and memory do make and constitute this my last Will and Testament hereby revoaking all Wills by me heretofore made as to what worldly goods it hath pleased God to bestow on me my wish is that it be disposed of in the following manner. First that my executor hereafter named out of my personal estate pay all my just debts and the residue if any I wish desposed of in the following manner I give and bequeth to my son William Hitt the land whereon he now resideth as surveyed by Wiat Camp containing one hundred and twenty seven acres more or less on his paying to the Trustee of Betsey Baughan hereafter named one hundred dollars To my daughter Mary Barnes one hundred dollars To my daughter Peggy Baughan one hundred dollars and that my Executor out of my personal estate pay to the said Trustee of Betsey Baughan twenty five dollars To Mary Barnes twenty five dollars and to Peggy Baughan twenty five dollars and the residue of my land whereon I now liv I giv I give and bequeth to my three sons, to wit, John Hitt Joseph Hitt and James Hitt to be equally divided between them the residue of my estate of every discription my will and desire is that it be divided in the following manner my son John Hitt to have one seventh part my son Joseph Hitt one seventh part that my son William Hitt have one seventh part that my son James have one seventh part and that the Trustee of Betsey Baughan have one seventh part with the twenty five dollars above mentioned with the balance that will be a coming to her seventh part at the final settlement of my estate and that he pay her annually the legal Interest and at her deceas to be eaqually divided between all her children To my Daughter Mary Barnes one Seventh part To my Daughter Peggy Baughan one seventh part and lastly I do nominate and appoint my son William Hitt Executor of this my last Will and Testament and also Trustee for my Daugther Betsey Baughan In witness hereof I have hereunto fixed my hand seal this 2nd day of November 1825 NB it is my wish that my Executor pay my son James Hitt one Feather Bed & furniture to Betsey Baughan one Bead and Furniture
Witness Present
Daniel Brown
James Hitt
Thomas C. Brown
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his
Joseph X Hitt (LS)
mark
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At a Court continued & held for Culpeper County the 21st February 1826
This last Will and Testament of Joseph Hitt dec'd was exhibited to the court and proved by the Oaths of Daniel Brown James Hitt and Thomas C. Brown the Witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded and on the motion of William Hitt the executor therein named certificate is granted him for obtaining a probat thereof in due form he having made oath thereto and given bond and security according to law.
Teste Th W. Lightfoot CC
ESTATE:
An inventory and appraisement of the estate of Joseph Hitt, dec'd, was returned to the court March 20, 1826 and ordered to be recorded. (Book K, pg 232) It is a detailed inventory of 91 items in all with a total value of $736.30. Notable items include
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One negro man named Adam $350.00
One Sorrel Horse 30.10
One bay mare 25.00
Six head of Cattle 37.50
Eight head of sheep 10.00
Thirteen head of Hogs 18.00
436 pounds of bacon at $7/100 lbs 30.52
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Before the inventory was returned to the court a sale had been held on March 3, 1826. A report of the sale was returned to the court July 17, 1826 (K/286). 173 separate items were sold for $821.13 1/4. There were many different buyers including the following relatives: William Hitt bought 18 items; Joseph Hitt 23; James Hitt, Sr., 10; John Hitt, Sr., 11; Elizabeth Vaughan 4; Joel Hitt; 3; Marshall Hitt, 2; James Hitt, Jr. 1; Peter Hitt, 1. The first 5 in the list are his children and the next 4 are grandchildren. William Hitt bought the sorrel horse for $39.05; the bay mare sold for $18.10; the hogs in 3 lots went to 2 buyers for $12.59 in all; the sheep in 2 lots to one buyer for $9.60; 5 of the cattle were sold individually and brought $24.95. Morgan Taylor paid $450 for Adam.
WHO WAS HIS FATHER?
On page 28 of GERMANNA RECORD NO. 1 the author Charles Huffman lists this Joseph Hitt as a son of Joseph Hitt, son of the immigrant Peter Hitt. I have done the same, but I am not aware of any evidence for that assignment except the process of elimination mentioned in the notes under Joseph Hitt the father.
EARL J. HITT:
The following was copied from the database of Earl J. Hitt in WorldConnect (no longer existent):
In William Hitt's accounts for the estate were payments to Marshall Hitt "for services rendered", to Joseph Hitt, Jr. for "amount of warrant against estate", and to William Taylor "for crying the sale". A note in the account reads "deduct $25 each for three sisters willed to themselves". (Culpeper County, Virginia Will Book N, p. 377)
Birth: ABT 1742/43 in Fauquier County, Virginia
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