Sandy, apparently you have something about Littleberry "Hunt" attributed to me circulating without my knowledge. But in any case, I do remember telling the late Clara Hunt Miller that certain information in Bedford County amounts to circumstantial evidence that Littleberry "Hunt" was actually Littleberry HURT. Moses Hurt made his Bedford will Feb. 1, 1802, but the Index in Bedford called him "Hunt". After receiving copy of the recorded Will from the Bedford Court it certainly looked to me like the handwriting was HURT, not Hunt. Others have agreed. Moses "Hurt" named a son Littleberry in his will. Referring to your e-mail of this date, "New London in VA" was the original seat of government for Bedford County, VA, at it's inception in 1754. It remained so until Campbell County was cut off in 1782, which caused Campbell to establish it's own Court in Rustburg and Bedford County to establish a new Court in Liberty - its name changing to Bedford City & ultimately to plain Bedford as today. New London still survives. Littleberry "Hunt/Hurt" apparently stated he was born in Bedford Co. VA, June of 1761, and as you quote, had 'rendezvous in New London' (Jan. or Feb. of 1781) and marched to Bedford, and resided in Bedford until called into service. I suppose by "rendezvous" he meant "muster". Well, until 1782 all of Campbell was still Bedford County with New London as the county seat. As for the Bedford Capt. Jones he mentioned, there was a William Jones who was sworn to the rank of 1st Lt. Feb. 28, 1780 in Bedford Court, allowing the possibility this identical Lieutenant Jones to have been promoted to Captain later. But that's non-probative. The Bedford Co. Will of Moses "Hurt" was proved 28 July 1806, and named his wife as Ruth; sons James, Elisha, Nathan, William & Littleberry. Daughters named were Mary, Apphia Stone, Bathsheba, grand-dau Mollly Stone. Son Elisha was nominated as Executor, plus William Leftwich Jr. Patrick G. Wardell, in his "VA & W. VA Genealogical Data from Rev. War Pension & Bounty Land Warrants, Vol. 2, p. 355", did state that Littleberry HURT, [not Hunt], was born June, 1761 in Bedford and pensioned in Franklin Co. MO, 1833, #S 18047. According to some data in Wm W. Hinshaw's "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy", Vol. 6, Ruth Hurt was a Quaker, but her husband, Moses, was not. Allegedly she was daughter of one James Turner of Bedford - which can be gleaned from Bedford County records, not Hinshaw. Most of the children Moses Hurt named in his 1802 will can be accounted for in Bedford records, i. e. marriages, deeds, taxes, etc. BUT NOT LITTLEBERRY. He disappears. So to wrap this up I'd offer the opinion in 2002 that more complete research could be done on proving the identity of Littleberry Hunt/Hurt. Littleberry, as a given name, wasn't unusual in early families of SW Virginia. There were other men named Hunt who lived in Bedford County from 1754 to ca 1800 or so who might have been the father of Littleberry b. c1761, but proof for any children for them is extremely elusive. Their names were James, John (2 or 3), Thomas (2 or 3), Memucan, & Crispin Hunt. I hope this sheds a little light on the subject. Anyone who needs to know more detail or sources can just ask me. Regards, Bill, Fairport, ----- Original Message ----- From: "SANFORD B HUNT" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [HUNT-L] John Hunt descendents > Littleberry is a single entry on my computer with the following notation, no parents or children shown: > > Taken from his R.W.(Revolutionary W.) pension papers: "Appeared before court in town of Union, county of Franklin, Mo. on 22nd day of July 1833 stating he is aged seventy-two and upwards. He entered service in Jan. or Feb. 1781. His first rendevous was at New london in Virginia, but then marched to Bedford Co. Va. and from thence to N. Carolina and S. Carolina........................