Peter Hitt, son of Henry and Alice Katherine (Holtzclaw) Hitt: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 1. Peter HITT[1,2,3] was born about 1763 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He died about 1836 in Greenville County, South Carolina. On 15 June 1784, Peter deeded 140 acres in Halifax County to George Wiley (Halifax County, Virginia Deed Book 13, p. 207). Peter appears in the first U.S. Census of 1785 in Halifax County, Virginia as follows: Peter Hitt, 1-person, 1-dwelling, 7-other buildings. Peter would have been 22 at the time and single. According to one source Peter moved to Greenville County, South Carolina in 1824 where in 1832 he made his will. An abstract of his will can be found in the book: "A Collection of Upper South Carolina Genealogical & Family Records", Vol II,, Edited by Jas. E. Wooley, 1981. In his will, Peter lists all of his children by his first marriage and also names his youngest children. Peter Hitt was paid by the State of Virginia for supplies furnished the Revolutionary troops in Halifax County, Virginia (Public Service Claims, Department of Archives, Virginia State Library). Peter was 1st married about 1781; wife's name unknown. Peter HITT and his first wife had the following children: Elizabeth, William, James, Nancy, Sarah, Robert, John, Henry, Susannah, and Thomas HITT. Peter was married second to Jane STANFIELD (daughter of William STANFIELD) after 1810; their are no known children of this marriage. He was married a third time to Mary (Polly) ???? about 1817. Peter HITT and Mary (Polly) ???? had the following children: Joseph, Elisha P., Jane HITT. SOURCES 1. Ruby Cox Eddleman. The Cox-Bates Family and Related Families. 1983. 2. Maurice Darnell Hitt. Peter Lebeus Hitt. 3. 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. 29-30. ---------------------------------------------------End Notes Earl J. Hitt -----Original Message----- From: Gordon Grant Lane <golane@United.Net> To: HITT-L@rootsweb.com <HITT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, February 09, 1998 5:21 PM Subject: Peter Hitt >I am looking for information on the marriages and issue of Peter Hitt b. >1763. I was told that one wife was a "Polly" or Mary and the other wife >was Lucy Hitt a cousin. I am not sure who Lucy's parents were. Can >someone set me straight? >Thanks... > >Gordon Lane >Sewanee, TN > > >==== HITT Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >