This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: catheis Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.huling/179/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I would like to know what people think of the following information about James Huling(s). Marcus and Rebecca Godfrey Hulings had five children; all with the exception of one have been well researched. The lone exception in my opinion is second to youngest son James. Most items on James say he was born about 1753 in what is now Perry County, and died about 1838 in LA. No references to his death have been found. But where was he all those other years? Even his birth is a mystery, many people put down Duncan Island but Marcus didn't buy this until about 1770. However, the family was living in the area (Northumberland) after 1750. Also I find that many people use the Douglasville Baptism as date//place of birth. The question comes up because Engle in Notes and Queries on p400 says that James use to tell people he was the first white child born west of the Alleghenies. From county history books we learn that the "Indians ran Marcus out of Northumberland by 1756 and he removed to Ft. Pitt. So if James was born west it would have been 1756 or after. This latter info was from Engle's First and Second Series. The family stayed at Ft Pitt during the storming of the Fort and return to Northumberland about 1763/64. James served in Revolution in same unit as his brother Marcus. after the War does he go with brothers Marcus and Samuel to the Pittsburgh area and then from there to Tennessee? In the first Engle, Notes and Queries, p. 400, he says James went to near Nashville and became a successful merchant. I can't find anything to confirm he was a merchant. Engle also says that he was married but no issue. And finally, states he dies at age 85 in MS. The latter makes more sense to me than his being in LA. I find no records for him in LA at any time. This Engle source is found on Google books for those who wish to see it. Ancestry had tax records for James in TN from late 1790s and early 1800's. By the 1790's, James is living in Montgomery County, TN and is found in the Goodspeeds History of Stewart County. In 1805 he is serving as a JP in Montgomery County. He is mentioned several times in various court documents. He lived near Six Mile Tree and the Edwin Gibson Plantation as it mentions he had cleared this area out. In 1806 he resigned as JP. No reason was given for his resignation. In 1816 he was listed in the paper as delinquent in taxes and in 1818 the property was listed for sale at auction if the tax wasn't paid. In 1819 in the Meriwether Papers, Southern Historical Collection there is a bond to Meriwether. This seems to be in Adairsville KY where his cousin Marcus has been involved in early oil exploration. Just what James was doing here isn't explained. This Marcus is Frederick W. Huling's brother. His nephew Frederick W. Huling came to TN to learn to be an attorney. Fred is son of James's younger brother Thomas who dies about 1808 and James and his unknown wife (Engle is source) may have lived with Fred and his wife, family. On Ancestry there are a number of tax and land records for James from Montgomery County. Census records for 1830 in Mont. County for James show one white male and one white female both age 60-69; in 1840, listing for Fred Hulings in Marshall County MS, finds one white male age 70-79. I do not find James listed in any other census. 1837 of Washington Co MS gave POA to "my unkle, James to receive money from those who had purchased land from Fred (or his agent) in NW corner of Madison Co, TN. By 1838 Fred is living in Marshall County, MS with his four children and wife. James may be living with him. Engle (found on Google Books) says he died at age of 85 in MS. No mention of LA. But Fred's remaining son James has gone to LA and married has plantation so this may be where the info came from. Fred and his wife move to LA, son James dies before 1860 and Fred is guardian to the three daughters of James. I would love feedback on this. IF you don't want to post to the list, my email is eas444@ gmail. com Thanks, Beth Sloan Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.