Perhaps the following notes from my HITT data base will be of some assistance in the discussion on James Weaver HITT: Descendants of James Weaver HITT - 22 Feb 1998 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 1. James Weaver HITT[1,2,3,4] was born on 19 Feb 1797 in Orange County, Virginia. He died on 24 Jul 1856 in Oldham County, Kentucky.5 Died: 58 years, 5 months, 5 days. Moved to Oldham County prior to 1818 (Henry County at that time; Oldham formed in 1823). James received, in 1821, a land patent for land in Twp 49, Range 14, Boone County, Missouri. On 6 June 1823, Joel Hitt, James Hitt, and Absalom H. Kellar and Nancy his wife, all of Jefferson Co., Ky., appoint Eli and Henry Holtzclaw of Fauquier Co. their attorneys to secure their share of the property of Peter Hitt, decd., and of Sarah Hitt, late decd., widow of Peter Hitt. (Fauquier County, Virginia Deed Book 27, p. 297). Joel was James' father; Peter Hitt was his grandfather; and Nancy Kellar was James' sister. James Weaver was married to Lucinda W. KALFUS (daughter of Henry Frederick KALFUS Sr. and Anna FISHER) on 12 Feb 1822 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.[6] Marriage Bond was issued on 7 February 1822; bondsman was Henry F. Kalfus.[7,8] Lucinda W. KALFUS[1,9] was born on 17 Oct 1796 in Kentucky. She died on 9 Oct 1830. (Kentucky Bible Records) James Weaver HITT and Lucinda W. KALFUS had the following children: +2 i. Joel Kalfus HITT. +3 ii. Ann Elizabeth HITT. +4 iii. Henry Kalfus HITT. 5 iv. John William HITT[10,11] was born on 14 Nov 1827 in Oldham County, Kentucky.12 Believed to have died young. 6 v. James Kalfus HITT[13,14] was born on 21 Feb 1829.15 He died on 21 Nov 1847 in Vera Cruz, Mexico. Believed to have died in the Mexican War. 7 vi. Jacob HITT was born after 1829. He died INFANT. James Weaver was married secpmd to Eliza BUTTON (daughter of Thomas BUTTON and Frances ????) on 20 Jan 1831 in La Grange, Oldham County, Kentucky.[16] Eliza BUTTON[1,17,18] was born on 10 Jul 1811 in Kentucky. She died on 26 Mar 1892 in La Grange, Oldham County, Kentucky.[19] Eliza died at the home of her son, Lattimore Hitt, who was living in the Morris ancestral home in LaGrange, Kentucky. James Weaver HITT and Eliza BUTTON had the following children: +8 i. Thomas Button HITT. +9 ii. Addison Montaque Ballard HITT. +10 iii. William C. HITT. +11 iv. John HITT. +12 v. Albert HITT. +13 vi. Lucille "Lucy" HITT. 14 vii. Charles M. HITT[20,18] was born on 25 Dec 1845 in Oldham County, Kentucky.[21] He died about 1860. +15 viii. Lattimore HITT. +16 ix. Julius Coleman HITT. SOURCES [1]. Ruby Cox Eddleman; copyright 1983. The Cox-Bates Family and Related Families; Allen, Kincaid, Hitt, Banks, Holtzclaw, Bruce, Echols, Hicks, Royall, Fleming, Starnes, Povall, Miller, Pannill, Simmons, and others. Robert E. Parkin; Genealogical R&D Research & Productions, 661 Clayton Road, Suite 1B, St. Louis, MO 63117; 1983. [2]. Compiled by Dorothy Lee Gibbs Mamel.. The Hitts, A Study of the Descendants of Joel and Elizabeth (Young) Hitt. [3]. Emma Jane Walker and Virginia Wilson. Kentucky Bible Records, Vol III; from the files of the Genealogical Records Committee, Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lexington, Kentucky, 1963. p. 141. [4]. Dr. Benjamin C. Holtzclaw; Charles Herbert Huffman, Editor. The Germanna Record, Number 1; Peter Hitt, John Joseph Martin, and Tillman Weaver of the 1714 Colony and their descendants. The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies, Inc., Culpeper, VA, July 1961; Second printing February 1982. p. 39, 42. [5]. Arkansas Genealogical Records - Leonard Young- Hitt Bible. Arkansas D.A.R., Vol 74. p. 73. [6]. Jefferson County, Kentucky Marriage Book I, 1784-1842, "Early Oldham County Marriages". [7]. International Genealogical Index, L.D.S. FHC; Batch A457563, Call No. 457563-457567. [8]. Jefferson County, Virginia-Kentucky Marriages 1781-July 1826; Filson Club book 1. [9]. Arkansas Genealogical Records - Leonard Young- Hitt Bible. Arkansas D.A.R., Vol 74. p. 73. [10]. International Genealogical Index, L.D.S. FHC; Batch 8513305, Sheet No. 72, Call No. 1396003. [11]. Emma Jane Walker and Virginia Wilson. Kentucky Bible Records, Vol III; from the files of the Genealogical Records Committee, Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lexington, Kentucky, 1963. p. 141. [12]. Arkansas Genealogical Records - Leonard Young- Hitt Bible. Arkansas D.A.R., Vol 74. p. 74. [13]. International Genealogical Index, L.D.S. FHC; Batch 8513305, Sheet No. 72, Call No. 1396003; Batch 8429704, Sheet No. 74, Call No. 1395879. [14]. Emma Jane Walker and Virginia Wilson. Kentucky Bible Records, Vol III; from the files of the Genealogical Records Committee, Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lexington, Kentucky, 1963. p. 141. [15]. Arkansas Genealogical Records - Leonard Young- Hitt Bible. Arkansas D.A.R., Vol 74. p. 74. [16]. Ibid. p. 74. [17]. Emma Jane Walker and Virginia Wilson. Kentucky Bible Records, Vol III; from the files of the Genealogical Records Committee, Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lexington, Kentucky, 1963. p. 141. [18]. The Young-Hitt Bible; printed by Isaac Collins at Trenton, N.J., 1791; last in the possession of Mrs. Ella Hitt Swan of Pewee Valley, Kentucky (granddaughter). [19]. Arkansas Genealogical Records - Leonard Young- Hitt Bible. Arkansas D.A.R., Vol 74. p. 74. [20]. Emma Jane Walker and Virginia Wilson. Kentucky Bible Records, Vol III; from the files of the Genealogical Records Committee, Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lexington, Kentucky, 1963. p. 141. [21]. Arkansas Genealogical Records - Leonard Young- Hitt Bible. Arkansas D.A.R., Vol 74. p. 74. ----------------------------------------------End Notes Earl J. Hitt -----Original Message----- From: D DeVries <devriesd@concentric.net> To: golane@United.Net <golane@United.Net> Cc: hitt-l@rootsweb.com <hitt-l@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 9:17 AM Subject: Re: Hitt kin ... James Weaver Hitt & Wives >>K DeVries wrote: >> > >> >Hitt, James Weaver b. 19 February 1798 Kentucky, d.24 July 1856 >> sp.Kalfus, Lucinda m.12 February 1822, Jefferson co.Kentucky 1822 >> >> Gordon >> Where did you get the marrage date for Eliza Button and James W. as 18 >> January 1856 ?? >> If this date would be true (which to my info. it is not). Their children >> would be embarrassed. >> For Eliza and James where living together in 1850 with 7 children, there >> eldest in the house >> Sadison was 17yr. >> Next Lucinda Kalfus Hitt did not die 26 July 1856, James W. did. >> How / Are you related to James and Eliza ? >> >> ..James Weaver Hitt b.19 February 1798 Kentucky d.24 July 1856 >> +Lucinda Kalfus b.17 November 1796 Kentucky m.12 February 1822 Jefferson >> co, Kentucky, d.09 Oct 1830 >> *2nd Wife of James Weaver Hitt: >> +Eliza Button b.c.1811-1812 Kentucky m. c.January 1831 d. ? Father: ? >> Mother: ? >> >> Do you know Eliza's parents and / or sibs ? > >> ~ KD ~ >