FOUND IN HH BK
(4652.) TRUMAN WILCOX HIATT (2620.) (940.) (276.) (49.) (6.) (2.) (1.):
b. 17-1mo-1903, Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, Iowa; m. EMMA LOUISE WILHELMINE JOSTMEYER, dau, of S.D.K. and Lydia P.A.W. (Spree). Jostmeyer; b. 21-5mo-1905; they live, 1950, at 508 S. Spring St., Independence, Mo.CH: (6138.) Patricia Lee; (6139.) Truman Edward. (R144).
Hiatt Hiett Family History, Volume I, page 503, 504
SEVENTH GENERATION: DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HIATT, JR.
(2620.) EDWARD VAIL (or VERN). HIATT (940.) (276.) (49.) (6.) (2.) (1.) :
b. 29-7mo-1878, Waukee, Iowa; d. 30-6mo-1945, Dalles, Oregon (bur. 3-7mo at Portland, Oregon).; m.10-llmo-1900, at Galena, Cherokee Co., Kansas, to EDNA PEARL GARDNER, d/o Marion Homer & Flora (La Porte). Gardner; b. l-llmo-1919, Baxter Springs, Cherokee Co., Kansas (bur. 5-llmo at Webb City, Mo.)CH: (4650.) Hazel Alsina; (4651.) Blanche Pearl; (4652.) Truman Wilcox; (4653.) Harry Franklin; (4654.) Samuel Floyd; (4655.) Owen. (R93, 94, 143, 144).
In 1990 Samuel Floyd Hiatt wrote: …my father, Edward Vern Hiatt and Edna my mother, separated when I was 7 years old and I was put in a childrens home for two years and then reared by some people by the name of Winchester. I did not know where the rest of the family was until I was about 28 years old.
After joining the Mormon church I become interested in finding my people. I did locate my father, my mother being dead, also my brothers and sisters But even then I did not have much chance to talk to my father before his death and what little I did talk to him he did not know much about his father because he died when my father was small and my father was raised by his older sister. (R144).
(4651.) BLANCHE PEARL HIATT (2620.) (940.) (276.) (49.) (6.) (2.) (1.):
b. 10-3mo-1902, Galena, Cherokeee County, Kansas; d. 20-7mo-1904. (R144).
Sent by Diana Simonds and Marian Klima, Marian sent the obituary, not a
direct relative. Also received a copy of the obituray 29 Sept. 1992 from his daughter, Rahlys Hiatt Nelson of Yankton, S.D.Herman E. Hiatt, 83, Army and Agriculture Draftsman.
Herman Elroy Hiatt, 83, a retired employee of the Army Map Service died
Wednesday at the Washington Sanitarium Takoma Park, Md.
Mr. Hiatt whose home was 5609 Twenty-ninth avenue, Hyatttsville, Md. came to the area in 1936 as an employe of the printing division of the Agriculture Department.
Before his arrival in the area, Mr. Hiatt taught school in Nebraska and
served as a county superintendent of schools in Winter, S. Dak.Returned in 1950
He retired from the Agriculture Department position in 1948 but in 1950,
when the Korean War broke out, he returned to Government service as a draftsman with the Army Department's map service. He had been in retirement since then.
Mr. Hiatt was a member of the Theodore Roosevelt Lodge No. 44 FAAM;
Nebraska Camp No. 3, United Spanish War Veterans; the American Art League and
the South Dakota State Society.
He leaves three daughter, Mrs. Lorraine Hahn of 3421 Toledo terrace,
Hyattsville, Md.; Mrs. H.C. Worcester of White River, S. Dak. and Mrs. Harry W. Nelson of Yankton, S. Dak.Services Monday
He also leaves two sons, Lindley E. of Bloomfield, Ind. and Maurice E. of
White River, S. Dak.
Friends may call at the W. W. Chamber Funeral Home, 5701 Cleveland Avenue Riverdale, Md.
Services will be held at 11 am Monday in the Ager Road Methodist Church
Ager and Roanoke Streets, Green Meadows, Md.
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Cem.
Found in H-H BOOK, also found in IGI records of LDS Gen. Library in SLC.
Marr date of 12 April 1744 given by Phyllis Slater of Bremond, Tx. Ronald Coleman gives birth place as Bucks Co., Penn.
Sent by Clifford Hardin. John and Mary Hiatt were deeded land in Frederick County, Vir. by John Hiatt, his father, and by Enos Thomas, brother of Mary. They removed to North Carolina in 1759. There were deeded 248 acres by his father and step-mother on 19 April 1760 in the Deep River area of what became Guilford County. They had eleven children between 1744 and 1770.JOHN HIATT (2.) (1.):
John Hiatt m. 1744 at Hopewell Friend's Meeting in Frederick Co., Virginia, to Mary Thomas, d/o Evan and Albert (Ross). Thomas (see p. 54, this volume - ed.) their marriage certificate being recorded by New Garden Mo. Mtg., Guilford Co., NC.:
"Whereas: John Hiatt son of John Hiatt of Opeckon in the County of Frederick Colony of Virginia and Mary Thomas, daughter of Evan Thomas of the same place having declared their intention of marriage with each other before several monthly meeting of the people called Quakers at Opeckon aforesaid and having consent of parent and parties concerned, their proposal was allowed of by said meeting and they left at liberty to accomplish their marriage according to the good order used among Friend which they did on the 12 day Second Month 1744 at Opeckon in presence of many witnesses, twelve of whose names are here inserted,
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR.To wit:
Mary Ballinger James Wright
Mary McGrew William Hoge
Rachel Perkins Joseph Ballinger
Rachel Mills James McGrew
Ann Hoge Isaac Hollingsworth
Ann Taylor Hur MillsOn 28 of September 1755, Enos and Rachel Thomas deed 40 acres of land - consideration 5 shillings - on " Draines of Opeckon", land willed to Enos by his father Evan- to John Hiett, Jr. - Deed Book 4, p.69, Frederick Co., Va. (B39).
Deed Book 6, p. 412, Frederick Co., Va.: 18 September 1761 - John, Jun., late of Frederick Co., Va., now of Orange Co., NC., to John and Thos. Cunningham, sons of Thos. Cunningham, dec'd, late of Frederick Co., Va. -- Tract of 40 acres, part of a tract of 1014 acres granted to Evan Thomas by patent 12 November 1735, and part of a tract of 240 acres devised to Enos Thomas by will of Evan Thomas and granted by Enos Thomas to John Hiatt, Jr., 28 September 1755 -- Also a parcel of land, 345 acres (adjoining this one). which was granted to John Hiett, Jr., by Lord Fairfax, 29 March 1761 -- Wit.: John Ridgeway, Cuthbert Hayhurst, Jnc. Smith. Signed: John Hiatt, Jr., and Mary (her X mark). Hiatt. (R39).
Cane Creek Mo. Mtg., Orange (now Alamance). Co., NC.: 3-2mo.-1759 -- John Hiatt received on certificate. 3-2mo.-1759 -- Mary Hiatt with husband and children received on certificate from Hopewell Mo. Mtg. 6-8mo.-1763 -- John Hiett granted certificate to New Garden Mo. Mtg., NC. 6-8mo. - 1763 -- Mary Hiatt with husband granted certificate to New Garden Mo. Mtg., NC. (R45).
New Garden Mo. Mtg., Rowan (now Guilford). Co., NC.: 12-2mo.-1744 -- John Hiatt, son of John, Opeckon, Frederick Co., Va. m. Mary Thomas (m. at Opeckon). (see full copy of marriage certificate, above, as found in the original records of New Garden Mo. Mtg. -- editor.) 24-9mo. - 1763 - John Hiett and wife and children received on certificate from Cane Creek Mo. Mtg., NC., dated 6-8mo. - 1763. (R45). John and Mary Hiatt and family came under the jurisdiction of Deep River Mo. Mtg., Guilford Co., NC. when it was formed in 1778.
The following deed on record at Greensboro, guilford co., NC., indicate a division of the estate of John Hiatt, although it is not so stated: Deed Book 7, p. 363: Evan, John, Enos, Joseph William, Ezekiel, and Ameriah (Hiatt). to Isaac Hiatt -- 110 acres -- consideration 110 pounds -- Deep River -- E. along Joseph Merany's line 176 poles, N. Joseph Stanfields line 132 poles, thence along river north 42 degrees West 49 poles, then S. 40 degrees West 225 poles to sd Merany's line, thence along his line to begin. Wit. By Joseph Hiatte, Jr., and Isaac Odle. Signed: Evan, John (his X mark)., Enos (his X mark)., Joseph (his X mark)., William, Ezekiel, and Ameriah Hiatt. 12 of February 1801.
Deed Book 7, p. 529 of December 1801 -- Evan, John, Enos, Joseph, William, and Ezekiel (Hiatt)., late of Guilford Co., to Ameriah Hiatt --103 acres -- consideration $50 -- Deep River - oak on Joseph Meranys corner - run along his line 84 poles E. 8 poles N. 16 - E. 64 - N. 75 - W. 8 (or 80?). - N. 15 - E. 92 on west bank of river, thence along river to mouth of branch thence up sd branch to first station.
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR.Wit. By Joseph Hiatt, Jr., and James Johnson. Signed: Signed: Evan, John (his X mark, Enos (his X mark)., Joseph (his mark). William, and Ezekiel.
Deed Book 7, p. 519; 20 of December 1801 -- Evan, John, Enos, Joseph, William, and Ezekiel and Ameriah (Hiatt)., late of Guilford Co., to Joseph Hiatt --143 acres -- consideration $50 -- Deep River -- s. bank of Deep River -- N. 5 poles along John Stanfields line, then E. along his line 92 poles, N. along Shelleys to and along James Martins line 235 poles, then w. along his line 62 poles, S. 24 west 90 then S. 16 W. 82 to a Burch on E. bank of sd river then along river to begin. Wit.: Joseph Hiatt and James Johnson. Signed: Evan, John (his X mark, Enos (his X mark)., William, Ezekiel, and Ameriah Hiatt.
Deed Book 7, p. 533: 24 of December 1801 -- John, Evan, Joseph, William, Ezekiel, and Ameriah (Hiatt). to Enos Hiatt -- 126 acres -- consideration $50 -- Deep River -- Daniel Evans line W. 58 poles -- N. 200 poles along Horney's claim -- E. along Stalkers line 190 poles to River -- thence S. along river, 15, W. to W. bank of River, S. 56, west 45, S. 34, W. 23. Along creek S. 56, W. 86, along branch to first. Wit.: Joseph Hiatt, Jr., and James Johnson. Signed: Evan, John (his X mark)., Joseph (his X mark)., William, Ezekiel, and Ameriah Hiatt.
Deed Book 7, p. 534: John, Enos, Joseph, William, Ezekiel, and Ameriah Hiatt to Evan Hiatt -- 24 of December 1801 -- 111 acres -- consideration $50 - at Deep River in Stalkers line -- E. 50 -- N. 88 E. along Gilfford’s and Martins 80, S.80 along Martins. E. on Martins 56, S. 24, W. 82, then along river to 1st station. Wit.: Joseph Hiatt, Jr., and James Johnson. Signed: John (his X mark)., Enos (his X mark)., Joseph (his X mark)., William, Ezekiel, and Ameriah Hiatt.
Deed Book 7, p. 533: 24 of December 1801 -- Evan, John, Enos, Joseph, William, and Ameriah (Hiatt). to Ezekiel Hiatt -- 120 acres -- consideration $50 -- W. bank of Deep River -- S. 15 -- W. 92 -- S. 75 -- E. 80 -- S. 16 -- W. 64 -- W. along Joseph Merany's and Dan'l Evans line 116, to branch, along branch to a creek and down Creek 86 poles to a tree on N. bank of creek, thence N. 34 -- E. 23 -- N. 56 -- E. 45 to west bank of river, thence along River to begin. Wit.: Joseph Hiatt, Jr., and James Johnson. Signed: Evan, John (his X mark)., Enos (his X mark)., Joseph (his X mark)., William, and Ameriah Hiatt. (R49).
From the above deeds and other data, plus a careful study of all data pertaining to the family of John and Mary (Thomas). Hiatt, it is evident that there were eleven children in the family, rather than the eight listed by New Garden Mo. Mtg., NC.
Below is the family of John and Mary Hiatt, and with the exception of the data in parenthesis it is as appears on the records of New Garden Meeting.
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John Hiatt
Mary Hiatt
Ch: Evan b. 10 - 24 - 1744
(John " c1746).
Enos " 10 - 24 - 1748
Martha " 7 - 17 - 1751
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR.Joseph ". 10 - 20 - 1753
Rachel " 7 - 20 - 1756
William " 7 - 27 - 1759
Mary " 4 - 2 - 1762
(Ezekiel " c1765).
Elizabeth " 4 - 15 - 1766
(Ameriah). " c1770). (R45).
Deep River Mo. Mtg., Guilford Co., N
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John Hiatt d. 12-28-1790
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Mary Hiatt, widow John Hiatt, lately dec., d. 3 ---- 1791 ( R45).(6.) JOHN HIATT b. cl724, prob. Bucks Co., Pa.; d. 28-12mo. - 1790. Guilford Co.,
NC.; m.12-2mo. - 1744 at Hopewell Mo. Mtg., Va., to MARY THOMAS d/o Evan, Jr., and Albenah (Ross). Thomas; b. 30-11mo. - 1723, Philadelphia Co., Pa.; d. 3mo.1791, Guilford Co., NC..; removed on 1759 from Hopewell to Cane Creek Mo. Mtg., Orange (now Alamance). Co., NC.; in 1763 to New Garden Mo. Mtg., Rowan (later Guilford). Co., North Carolina; members of Deep River from its beginning (1778). until their deaths; John Hiatt was a farmer.CH: (41.) Evan; (42.) John; (43.) Enos; (44.) Martha; (45.) Joseph; (46.) Rachel; (47.) William; (48.) Mary; (49.) Ezekiel; 49.A.) Elizabeth; (50.) Ameriah.
The following item form the minutes of Hopewell Mo. Mtg., Va., refers to this John Hiatt: 4-2mo - 1748: Jas. McGrew, and Jno. Hiatt is appointed to enquire into Richard Merchants Conversation and what else may be needfull and necessary to prepare a Certificate accordingly, to North Carolina or elsewhere. (R48).
D/o Evan Thomas Jr. and Albenah Ross Found in HH Book Vol 1.
Sent by Phyllis Slater, Dr. Wm. Allee of Houston, Texas. Ronald Coleman gives death date as May 1791. Death date also given as March 1791.
(45.) JOSEPH HIATT (6.) (2.) (1.):
b. 20-10mo-1753, Frederick Co., Va. (now Jefferson Co., W. Va.) ; d. post 1813, Guilford Co., NC.; unmarried. Came from Va. with parents 1975 to Orange (now Guilford Co., NC.)
In 1801 he purchases 143 acres from his six brothers (see p. 63).; he sells this in 1813: Guilford Co., NC., Deed Book 11, p. 179 -Joseph Hiatt to Joseph Stanley - 143 acres - $715 - Deep River - John Stanfields line - Shelleys and Martins - 5 March 1813 - signed: Joseph (his X mark ). Hiatt. (R49).
Deep river Mo. Mtg., Guilford Co., NC.:
7-2mo-1803 - Joseph Hiat disowned. (R45).
Found in HH book, Vol. I by WPJ.
(49A.) ELIZABETH HIATT (6.) (2.) (1.) ;
b. 15-4mo-1766, Rowan (now Guilford). Co., NC.; no further record.(R45).
Sent by Connie Dabel, 6468 W 3935 So.,West Valley, Utah. Jan. 1989. See Hiatt Vol.1.
Sent by Clifford Hardin. William and Susanna Hodson Hiatt lived in the Deep River area of North Carolina until the late 1760's. They then moved with several of their relatives and nieghbors to that part of Rowan County that became Surry County in 1770. Here they were affiliated with Tom's Creek Preparative Meeting. The latter was located about 5 miles south of the North Carolina-Virginia state line and what was then Grayson County, Vir. but now is Patrick County, Vir. After Susanna's death in 1792, William moved to Grayson County, Vir.
In the first decade of the 1800's, William Hiatt with many of his children and grandchildren settled in Ohio, and prior to 1830, was living in Henry County, Ind. He was 100 years old when he died in Henry Co.
See also the Index of Surnames, Vol I, pg. 132, by Iowa Gen. Historical Society. Code M50.
Sent by Ethel Hiatt. William Hiatt lived first in the New Garden Quaker settlement in Rowan (now Guilford Co.,) Co., North Carolina. He removed probably in the 1760's to that section of Rowan Co., which became Surry Co in
1770. The family moved along with divers friends and relatives. All were early members of Tom's Creek preparing Mtg. and the founders of Westfield MM. Was located in Surry Co., NC very close to the Stokes Co., line. It was only five miles south of the North Carolina-Virginia State Line, and what was then Grayson Co., Vir. It is now Patrick Co., Vir. Until Westfield MM was established in 1786, records of the members of Tom's Creek preparative MM were kept by New Garden MM in Guilford Co., N.C. Ne Garden MM was some forty or fifty miles southeast of Westfield.
While living in N.C. William and Susannah had a large family. Seven boys and five girls were added to the union. Although William was only 48 years of age at the time of Susannah's death, no record has been found to show that he remarried, in which case he remained a widower for 52 years.
William is included in the Tax lists in Surry Co., N.C 1784-1795. He does not appear to have record his 300 acres on the Deed books of Surry Co., N.C.
About 1795 William removed with his family from Surry N.C. to Grayson Vir.
William removed prior to 1830 to Henry Co., Ind. which at that time was a veritable stronghold for the Quaker Hiatts and their center of population. Of the 72 families of Hiatt listed on the 1830 Census of Ind. 20 of these family resided within the bounds of Henry Co., William Hiatt, in 1830 was living with a grandson, William Hiatt Son of William, and his wife and three children. He is the male listed as aged between 90 and 100.
When he died about 1834, age 100, he left a little estate of unfinished business back in Grayson Co., Vir. Grayson Co., Vir. will book 1,pg 445, Settlement of William Hiatt's Estate - 29th July 1834 - William Hiatt Jr. Dr. of the estate of William Hiatt Sr. one Rect in the hands of William Davis principal and interest.Have two places of possible birth. Orange Co. VA. and Frederick Co. No. Carolina.
FROM HIATT HISTORY Vol. I
Page 67(11.) WILLIAM HIATT (2.) (1.):
B. c1734, Prob. In what was then Orange Co., Va. (now Jefferson Co., W. Va.): d. c1834, prob. in Henry Co., Indiana; m. 20-2mo-1754, Guilford Co., NC., to SUSANNA HODSON, dau of George and Mary (Thatcher). Hodson or Hodgson; b. c1735, Chester Co., Pa.; d. 8-9mo-1782, Surry Co., NC.
CH: (76.) Sarah; (77.) John; (78.) George; (79.) Susannah; (80.) Ann; (81.) William; (82.) Rachel; (83.) Ruth; (84.) Joseph; (85.) Jacob; (86.) Jesse; (87.) Richard.
Following is a full copy of the marriage certificate of William Hiatt and Susanna Hodgson:
"Whereas: William son of John Hiatt of Roan county North Carolina, and Susanna Hodson, daughter of George Hodson of the same place, having declared their intention of marriage with each other before several monthly meetings of the people called Quakers at Cane Creek and New Garden in North Carolina, aforesaid and having consent of parents and parties concerned, their said proposal was allowed of by the meeting and they left at liberty to accomplish their said marriage according to good order, the which they did on the 20th day of 2nd Mo. 1754 in the presence of many witnesses, twelve of whose names are here inserted, to wit:
Mary Hodson George Hodson
Mary Mills John Hiatt
Martha Hiatt Robert Summer
Catharine Harrold William Hunt
Rachel Moon David Dillon
Catharine Hunt Thomas Thornburgh" (R45).
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR.Cane Creek Mo. Mtg., Orange (now Alamance). Co., NC.: 4-7mo.-1752 - William Hiatt received on certificate from Hopewell Mo. Mtg., Va., dated 2-7mo.-1751.
New Garden Mo. Mtg., Rowan (now Guilford). Co., NC.: 20-2mo.-1754 - William Hiatt, son of John, Rowan Co., m. Susanna Hodson. (R45).
William Hiatt lived first in the New Garden Quaker settlement in Rowan (now Guilford). Co.,NC., but probably in the 1760's removed to that section of Rowan Co. which became Surry Co. in 1770, along with divers friendsd and relatives, and all were early members of Tom's Creek Preparative Meeting and the founders of Westfield Mtg. Was located in Surry Co., NC., ver close to the Stones County line, and only five miles south of the North Carolina- Virginia State line and what was then Grayson co., Va., but is now Patrick Co., Va., Until Westfield Mo. Mtg. Was established in 1786, records of the members of Tom's Creek Preparative Mtg. Were kept by New Garden Mo. Mtg. In Guilford Co., NC., some forty or fifty miles souteast of Westfield. So many families left North Carolina in the early 1800's (including most of the Hiatts). that the membership at Westfield Mtg. Dwindled rapidly, until finally in and about 1832 it was "laid down" and the remaining members to Deep Creel Mo. Mtg. In the southern section of Surry Co. which became Yadkin Co. around 1850.
1771 Tax List, Surry Co., NC.: William Hiott - 1 poll
1774 Tax List - Capt. Deatherage's District (Westfield section of what is now Stokes Co. and the Dan River section).- William Hiatt and John Hiatt, son, and George Hiatt, son - 3 polls.
1784 Tax List - Capt. Gaine's District - William Highott - 1 poll.
1785 Tax List - Capt. Gaine's District - William Hiett, Sr. - 1 poll.
1786 Tax List - Capt. Gain's District - William Highett, Sr.- 1 poll.
1789 Tax List - Capt. Gain's District - William Hiott - poll
1790 Cenus, Surry Co., NC. :William Hiett - 4 males over 16 years of age including Heads of Families - 4 males under 16 years of age - 3 dfemales.
1790 Tax List - Capt. Lovill's District - William Hiett - 1 poll.
1791 Tax List - William Hiett - 1 poll.
1793 Tax List - William Hiott, Sr. - 300 acres.
1794 Tax List - William Hiett - 300 acres.
1795 Tax List - William Hiatt, Sr. - 300 acres. (R54).William Hiatt, Sr., does not appear to have recorded his 300 acres on the Deed Books of Surry co., NC. About 1795 he removed from Surry co., NC. to Grayson Co., Va.
Deed Book 1, p. 294, Grayson Co., Va.: 25 march 1800 - David Reese of Grayson to William Hiett of Grayson - 80 acres - 25 poundsd - waters of Chestnut Creek a branch of New River - recorded March 1800.
Deed Bool 1, p. 445 - 6 of 3rd. mo 1802 - William Hiatt of Grayson to nathan Lundy pf Grayson - 80 acres - 30 pounds - on Chestnut Creek a branch of New River - Wit: Byrom Ballard, John Pickrell, Sarah Ballard - recorded March 1802. (R56).That William Hiatt left Grayson Co., Va., in the early 1800's and settled in Ohio along with many of his children and grandchildren there can be no doubt. Also, it is believed he removed prior to 1830 to Henry co., Indiana, which at that time was a veritable stronghod for the Quaker Hiatts and their center of population. Of the seventy-two families of Hiatt listed on the 1830 Census of Indiana, twenty of these families resided within the bounds of Henry Coutny. Willim Hiatt, in 1830, was living with a grandson, William Hiatt (son of William)., and his wife and three children and is the male listed as aged between 90 and 100. When she
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR.died about 1834, aged 100, he left alittle estatre or unfinished business back in Grayson Co., Va. Grayson Co., Va., Will Book 1, p. 445: Settlement of Wiliam Hiatt's Estate - 29th July 1834 - William Hiatt, jr. dr the estate of William Hiatt Ser one Rect in the hands of William Davis principal and Interests $135.00. Jon Cook and Peter Stephens being appointed to settle with the said Hiatt find the above amount in his hands. John Coock, Comm. July Court 1834: This Report and Settlement made with the administrator of William Hiatt Decd was returned and ordered to be recorded. Test. James Dickenson, C.C. Persuant to an order of court to us directed we procede to settle with William Hiatt administrator of William Hiatt Decd:
Dr. to Bond Collectec $ 101.72
Cr. Commission on $ 101.71 @ 5% 5.08
Cost of Administration 1.25
Lawyers fee for advice and etc. 5.00
Cr. Part of $ 90.39 Cents 15.061/2
Paid William Davis (power of atty
to receive it). 55.0081.391/2
There appears to be in the hands of William Hiatt $20.321/2 due to the estate.
4 Septmeber 1834.
Jonathan Cook Comr.
Peter StephensGrayson County Court October term 1834.
This report and settlement made with the administrator of William Hiatt deceased was returned to court, and ordered to be recorded.
Teste.
James Anderson C. C. (R56).In 1944 Iva (Hiatt). Allen wrote: "Speaking of our William Hiatt maybe being the one who died in Grayson Co., Va., in 1833/34. I remember hearing my father's oldest sister - who was born in 1842 - saying her great-great-grandfather lived to be one hundred years old." (R590
New Garden Mo. Mtg., Rowan (now Guilford). co., NC.:
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William Hiatt
Susanna Hiatt d. 9-8-1782
Ch: Sarah b. 3 - 17 - 1755
John " 3 - 19 - 1756
George " 6 - 4 - 1757
Susanna " 8 - 14 - 1759
Ann " 3 - 1 - 1761
William " 11 - 28 - 1762
Rachel " 5 - 4 - 1764
Ruth " 5 - 31 - 1766
Joseph " 6 - 15 - 1769; d. 4 - 10 - 1781
Jacob " 3 - 27 - 1771
Jesse " 4 ------ 1773
Richard " 1 - 5 - 1775Westfield Mo. Mtg., Surry Co., NC.: Page 19
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR.William Hiett
Susannah Hiett
Ch: Sarah b. 3 - 17 - 1755
John " 3 - 19 - 1756
George " 6 - 4 - 1757
Susannah " 8 - 14 - 1759
Ann " 3 - 1 - 1761
William " 11 - 28 - 1762
Rachel " 5 - 4 - 1764
Ruth " 5 - 3 - 1766
Joseph " 6 - 15 - 1769; d. 4 - 10 - 1781
Jacob " 3 - 27 - 1771
Jesse " 3 - 17 - 1773
Richard " 1 - 5 - 1775
Susannah Hiett, wife of William, d. 9 - 8 - 1782.The minutes of the Quaker Meetings in Va. and North carolina to which William Hiatt belonged are silent as to his removals, etc., but both New Garden and Westfield Mo. Mtgs. Give their family records, as above. (R45).
In addition to appearing on the Surry Co., NC., Tax Lists as given on page 68, William Highott is also listed on the 1782 tax List of Surry Co., NC., with 3 horses or mules, and 10 cattle. This was the year that William's wife, Susannah died. Although he was but 48 years of age at that time, no record has been found to show that he remarried, in which case he remained a widower for 52 years.
In 1751 the Hodgsons removed from Pa. And settled in the Quaker community at New Gardem in rowan (now Guilford). Co., NC. There have been many intermarriages between the Hodson and Hiatt families beginning in 1750 and continuing to the present. Through her maternal grandmother, who was Hanah Dicks, Susannah (Hodgson). Hiatt was a first cousin, once removed, to the Zachariah Dicks who married Ruth Hiatt, daughter of George and Martha (Wakefield). Hiatt. Susannah's sister, Sarah Hodgson, married John Hiatt, son of George and Martha. Through the Thatchers, Susannah was also a cousin to the Phebe Thatcher who married John Hiatt, son of John and Mary (Thomas). Hiatt.
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CHART SHOWING ANCESTRY OF SUSANNAH (HODGSON). HIATT(GEORGE HODGSON
( b. 1701 England ( RICHARD THATCHER
( d. 1774, NC. (
SUSANNAH HODGSON JONATHAN THATCHER
m. 1754, NC. ( m. 1729; b. 1667 Eng.
WILLIAM HIATT, (Wilmington, Del. d. 1750 (JANE STEVENS).
( MARY THATCHER Penna.
b. Pa. ( (PETER DICKS - Immigrant
d. NC. ( (
(NATHAN DICKS (NATHAN MADDOCK
b. Eng. ( ( Immigrant
( ESTHER MADDOCK
(
(ALICE
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!John Hiatt and His Descendants by Jeanne Oliphant Guymon, pp. 135 to 148The following material was taken from my book "John Hiatt And His Descendents" by Jeanne Oliphant Guymon which I put into the Salt Lake Library in 1992.
WILLIAM HIATT MOVES TO NORTH CAROLINA ALONG THE GREAT WAGON ROAD
Many of the Quakers came into the "Hollows" between 1740 and 1760. William was one of the first of his family to move into these Hollows in the year 1751.
One group traveled down through what was known as the Piedmont area, settling in what would become Guilford County which is where William Hiatt settled. The other group came into the Hollows by the way of the Sauratown Mountains taking up lands along Big Creek, Tom's Creek and other streams north and west of Pilot Mountain.
The road on which the greater part of the settlers came to the Carolinas was called the Great Wagon Road. Historic records show that extensive emigration occurred between Orange (now Frederick County Virginia) and the Yadkin Valley in North Carolina during the middle of the 18th century. One of the early land developers in Frederick County, Morgan Bryan (1691-1763), led a movement to Yadkin in 1748.
Bryan previously came to Orange Ccunty, Virginia, (now Frederick) with the Quakers in 1730 where he and Alexander Ross set up the Quaker community of Hopewell Meetinghouse. The main transportation route led through this community. The road was generally called the Great Wagon Road to distinguish it from the Indian trail on which it was built.
William L. Kerns says that a crude map bearing the date 1755, published in London, showed the course of the Great Wagon Road. Generally speaking, the road commenced in Philadelphia and followed a westerly course through Lancaster and York. At some point below Shipensburg (sic), it turned south which took it across the Potomac River into old Frederick County. This section of the road was labeled "The Great Wagon Road to Philadelphia."
He goes on to say that a companion survey map showed the path of The Great Wagon Road as it moved through the Shenandoah Valley, with the notation "Indian Road by the Treaty of Lancaster." An extension of the same road, illustrated on a third map dated 1747, showed the road continuing up the valley until it crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains where the Staunton River cuts through a mountain pass. This map labeled it "The Great Road from the Yadkin River thru Virginia to Philadelphia (distance 455 miles)."
A minister writing from Virginia, in 1756, reported that three hundred Virginians en route to North Carolina passed Bedford courthouse in one week, that between January and October of 1755 five thousand had crossed the James River bound for North Carolina, and that great numbers were following each day. If the figures such observers cited were not always very accurate, at least they give some impression of the magnitude of the movement.
The Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) did not interrupt the flow, which continued unabated in the 1760's. In 1763, Benjamin Franklin estimated that ten thousand families, or forty thousand persons, had emigrated from Pennsylvania to North Carolina in the previous few years. Other Southern colonies were also experiencing large increases but Governor Tryon was not far wrong when, in 1766, he boasted that his colony was being settled faster than any on the continent. The rate of increase was greater only in Georgia, where much smaller increments sufficed to produce a greater rate of increase because of the smaller size of the total population involved.
Many of the immigrants headed for the western part of the colony. A newspaper report from Williamsburg, Virginia, described the effect of the uneven impact of the incoming waves of settlers:
There is scarce any history, either ancient or modern, which affords an account of such a rapid and sudden increase of inhabitants in a back frontier country, as that of North Carolina. To justify the truth of this observation, we need only to inform our readers, that twenty years ago there were not twenty taxable persons within the limits of the above mentioned County of Orange; in which there are now four thousand taxables. The increase of inhabitants, and flourishing state of the other adjoining back counties, are no less surprising and astonishing.
William and Carrie Carter in their book Footprints in the Hollows describe the Great Wagon Road this way. The road began at Schuykill River ferry on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania - thense through York to Williams' Ferry on the Potomac where it entered the great valley of Virginia, passing through Winchester, Strasburg and Staunton, crossing the James River at present Buchanan and turning almost due south to the present site of Roanoke, thence eastward through Stauton Gap of the Blue Ridge, then southward crossing the Blackwater, Irvine and Dan Rivers on to Wachovia on the Yadkin River. Here in the "Hollows" they came to make their homes, (far from the persecutions of the Old World and the exactions of the English government along the coasts), and to know freedom in its sweetest sense. 1 p.7
The following Quaker document shows that William Hiatt "was received" from Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Virginia as a member in good standing into the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County, North Carolina on the 4th of July 1752, as indicated below.
Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange (now Alamance) County, North Carolina: 4th day-7th month-1752 - William Hiatt received on certificate from Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia, dated 2nd day 7th month-1751.
For a discussion about the significance of these Quaker "certificates of removal" turn to page 153.
His sister Catherine Harrold and her husband, Jonathan came to North Carolina in 1751 also as shown in the following Quaker record.
Jonathan Harrold received on certificate from Hopewell Monthly Meeting Virginia, dated 2nd day 7th month 1751.
The Hodsons, Mary and George Hodson, parents of the bride to be , and their family also came to North Carolina the same day in 1751 from Pennsylvania and settled in the New Garden Quaker community in Rowan County (now Guilford) in or near the present town of Greensboro.15 p.70 This leads us to believe that William came with the Hodson family when he was eighteen years of age. Three years later he and Susannah Hodson were married.
Regarding George and Mary (Thatcher) Hodson, parents of Susannah , wife of William who was son of John Hiatt Jr. the March 1989 Hiatt Newsletter, page 11 Nancy P. Speers tells about research done on the Hodson/Hodgson family. She states that Robert Hodson, an officer in the King's army, left England for Ireland in 1701, and came to America in 1710. His son George was born 6 Jan 1701 in England, and died in North Carolina in1774. The father and the rest of the family died at sea of smallpox. George and Mary Thatcher removed to North Carolina in 1750, according to her. Children of George and Mary were: John born 1731 who married Mary Mills, Sarah born 1733 married John Hiatt # 22 in Hiatt Book, Susannah born 1735 married William Hiatt, (my line), Robert born 1738 -married Rachel Mills, Joseph born 1740 - married Margaret Williams and George Jr. married Rachel Oldham.
MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM HIATT AND SUSANNAH HODSON
The marriage of William Hiatt and Susannah Hodson was a Quaker wedding. His father John Hiatt Jr. and sister, Catharine Harrold were both present at their marriage which took place on the 20th day-2nd month-1754 at Guilford County, North Carolina. The first sentence of the marriage certificate below shows that John Hiatt, the father, was living in Rowan County, North Carolina at the time of the marriage. Following is a full copy of the marriage certificate of William Hiatt and Susanna Hodson and witnesses of the marriage ceremony:
Whereas: William, son of John Hiatt of Roan County, North Carolina, and Susannah Hodson, daughter of George Hodson of the same place, having declared their intention of marriage with each other before several monthly meetings of the people called Quakers at Cane Creek and New Garden in North Carolina, aforesaid and having consent of parents and parties concerned, their said proposal was allowed of by the meeting and they were left at liberty to accomplish their said marriage according to good order, the which they did on the 20th day of 2nd month, 1754 in the presence of many witnesses, twelve of whose names are here inserted, to wit:
Mary HodsonGeorge HodsonRachel Moon
Mary MillsJohn HiattCatharine Hunt
Martha HiattRobert SumnerDavid Dillon
Catharine HarroldWilliam HuntThomas ThornburghNotice that Mary and George Hodson, parents of the bride, signed as the witnesses of the marriage ceremony. Martha Hiatt could be his step-sister who married Evan Hiatt, a step-brother of William. Catharine Harrold is an older sister to the groom, William Hiatt.
William and Susannah Hiatt lived first in the New Garden Quaker settlement in Rowan (now Guilford) County in North Carolina but probably in the 1760's they removed to that section of Rowan County which became Surry County in 1770, along with divers friends and relative, and all were early members of Tom's Creek Preparative Meeting and the founders of Westfield Monthly Meeting located five miles from the Virginia-North Carolina border which is now the present town of Mt. Airy, North Carolina.
With high hopes for the future they set about constructing houses of logs and native stone and clearing lands for farming. The forests and fields offered game in abundance while the streams were abounding in fish. There was plenty of wild fruit in season and soon the vegetables would be appearing in the rich garden soil. The few cattle they were able to bring into the region would soon become herds, and sheep would range the hillsides.
Nature had provided iron ore along some of the streams and this they mined and forged into farm implements, - kettles, posts of various sizes, and many other needed commodities used in building such as hinges, latches, iron bars, andirons, horseshoes, and the crane which hung in every chimney. One such mine was located on the Ararat, originally called the Tarrarat River, another on Tom's Creek near Pilot Mountain.
Flax, the fiber used to make cloth, was grown on the farms. Nearly every home contained flax wheels, set up on wooden looms, where skillful hands wove it into the cloth for clothing, bedding and table linens. In the same way wool from the sheep was woven into clothing and blankets. They commonly used wood to make basins, bowls, spoons, tubs etc., and the man with a whittling knife found a real welcome from the housewife. After wood they started to use pewter for plates, cutlery, candlesticks and many other articles. Then later on the traveling tinker found his way into various parts of the country, mending and selling kitchen wares. 1 p.9
Later the houses were generally constructed with a great stone fireplace in the center of one wall where all the food would be cooked. They added crude furniture of their own con-struction to the few pieces they were able to bring with them. They used skins of animals for much of their clothing and for shoes. Deer skin was preferred for hats and leggings. The hides of large animals were tanned and made into harnesses, saddles, rugs and numerous other articles; bear skins were especially prized for use as rugs. The cobbler's bench was a familiar object in many homes, with its wood moulds for shoes, ranging from a man's size to the tiny baby's mould which would fit into the hollow of a hand.
Twelve children were born to William and Susanna. The names of their children were Sarah, born 17 March 1755; John, born 19 March 1756; George, born 4 June 1757; Susanna, born 14 August 1759; Ann, born 1 March 1761; William, born 28 November 1762; (my direct ancestor) Rachel, born 4 May 1764; Ruth, born 3 May 1766; Joseph, born 15 June 1769; Jacob, born 27 March 1771; Jesse, born 17 March 1773; and Richard born 5 January 1775.
They lived on a 300 acre tract of land which must have been located near Mt. Airy, Surry County North Carolina. The 1771 and 1774 Tax Lists locate William Hiatt Sr.in Captain Deatherage's District. In the 1782 Tax List of Surry County indicate that he owned 3 horses or mules, and ten cattle.- The 1784, 1785, 1786, 1789 Tax Lists reveal he was in Captain Gains District. William Hiatt Sr. does not appear to have recorded his 300 acres on the Deed Books of Surry County, North Carolina. About 1795 he removed from Surry County, North Carolina to Grayson County, Virginia (which is just across the Virginia border). 15 p.67,WIFE AND MOTHER, SUSANNAH HODSON DIES
William Hiatt suffered a great loss in 1781 and 1782. On April 10th, 1781 their son Joseph died. He was only twelve years of age. Another great loss took place the following year when on 8 September 1782 his wife, Susannah died when she was 47 years of age. Their youngest child was only seven years old. Susannah was born in 1735 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. William, left a widower at 49 years of age, raised his large family by himself. None of his children were married except Ruth though the older ones were of marrying age.REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN NORTH CAROLINA
The Revolutionary War had been raging since 1775. The war was still going on in 1782 when Susanna died. Since the Quakers did not believe in fighting they did not serve in the Revolutionary war. But they greatly cherished their freedom.
Money was badly needed to pay the soldiers who were fighting these battles. The colonies were asked to pay a property tax to supply the food, clothing and ammunition for the soldiers who were fighting for the freedom of an emerging New Republic.
The following two pages about the war in North Carolina was taken from The North Carolina Guide found in the Surry Community College library in Dobson eight miles from Mt. Airy, North Carolina. It gives some background about the underlying causes of this war.
From early colonial times, a marked distinction existed in Southern colonies between inhabitants of the coastal region and of what was known as the backwoods.
It is easy to see why the independent and usually poor immigrants, whether Scotch-Irish or German, (or Quakers) did not linger on the coast where an aristocratic society had taken root. Instead, they pushed on toward the interior, where land was comparatively free and living was simpler.
The people in the coastal region were sometimes referred to as Tuckahoes, from their use of an edible plant grown in the coastal swamps. The back-woodsmen were often called Cohees from their crude expression, "Quo(th) he" shortened to Quohe or Cohee. The Tuskahoes were pleasure-loving, drank good wines, enjoyed considerable leisure, and were confident that they had a divine right to rule. The Cohees, on the other hand, were passionately eager for freedom and willing to work long and hard, providing only that they be let alone to enjoy the fruits of their labor. The Tuckahoes wanted slaves to do their heavy work; the Cohees disliked slavery, did their own work, and with thrift and perseverance often built up a considerable fortune.
At the close of the Great War for Empire, [French and Indian War] in 1763 England was complete master of North America east of the Mississippi, but the mother country, faced with a national debt which had doubled as a result of the war, inaugurated a "New Colonial Policy", designed to tighten up on colonial administration and to raise additional revenues from the colonies by means of taxation.
In 1764, William Tryon became the royal governor of North Carolina, a vain, ambitious man who was eager to become rich at the expense of his colony. Having most of the appointive power, he named the justices of the courts that levied the taxes and also named the sheriffs who collected them. Abuses of the most sordid kind were soon in evidence, and the backwoodsmen arose in masse, calling themselves Regulators. Governor Tryon led his forces against the Regulators, and in the battle of Alamance, 1771, completely overpowered them. This may well be called the first battle of the American Revolution, since the Regulators were fighting for justice, freedom, and representation in government. The following ten years were marked by repeated instances of Appalachians rising on their own initiative to demand fair treatment, representation, and independence.
The shooting war started at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, April 19, 1775. North Carolina's last royal governor, Josiah Martin, fled, and royal authority broke down. A provisional government was set up. There was a provincial council which, in a sense, replaced the governor. The provincial congress was the law-making body, while safety committees were chosen in counties and towns to take charge of local government and raise troops and military supplies.
According to tradition, the Mecklenburg County Safety Committee met at Charlotte, May 20, 1775, and drew up a Declaration of Independence from the mother country. The Declaration made plain that they were declaring themselves a free and independent people, sovereign and self-governing, under the control of no other power than that of God and the general government of Congress.
For the maintenance of this independence they pledged to each other their mutual co-operation, their lives, their futures, and their most sacred honor.
PROBLEMS OF THE NEW STATE
The new State government faced many critical problems. Troops had to be raised, organized, trained, and equipped. Additional revenues had to be raised to prosecute the war and to operate the new government. Tories had to be watched, though their ardor had been cooled by the defeat at Moore's Creek. The Cherokee Indians, who were keeping the frontier settlements in a state of constant alarm, had to be subdued.
There were also the acute problems of taxes, paper currency, and inflation. Perhaps the greatest problems were those of unifying the State politically and of making a constitution work. In a situation which necessitated centralization of power in the prosecution of the war, this latter problem was even more difficult, since the constitution emphasized decentralization of power.
Beginning in the year 1779 the Revolutionary War was fought almost entirely in the south. The army in the south had twice been depleted through bad generalship. Consequently George Washington assigned Nathanael Green to take the command. The battles of Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse were fought by a band of rustic backwoodsmen against Cornwallis, one of Britain's brightest commanders. From a military standpoint, Cowpens was undoubtedly the best American battle of the entire revolution. By July 1781, after having been in the southern theater for less than eight months, Green had recaptured all of the south with the exception of Savannah and the Charleston area. The victories had not come easily.
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781 took place some fifty miles away. Edna G. Bender, a descendant, wrote in the Hiatt Book that one of her ancestors "acted as a guide to General Green and the soldiers molded bullets at his house for the Americans. Afterwards he and another son were taken prisoners by the British, but soon released, as they were noncombatants. The stand for attack was made on their farm for the battle of Guilford Court House."15p.83 (A map of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse is in the Hiatt Book page 85) It shows that both the Quaker meetings, New Garden and Deep River Monthly Meetings were located in the town of Guilford Courthouse.
Another experience which happened during the Revolutionary War was recorded in 1943 by Mrs. Luther J. Hiatt, a relative, as follows: William Hiatt, son of George Hiatt, (brother of John Hiatt Jr. my line) inherited his father's farm and married Charity Williams. It was during his lifetime that the Battle of General Green and Cornwallis took place on the farm and adjoining territory. The wounded soldiers of both armies were taken into the New Garden meeting house; and grandmother Hiatt baked bread for them.
The years from 1781 to 1789 were extremely critical for the 350,000 people in the State's 47 counties. Archibald D. Murphey some years later said: "When the war ended, the people were in poverty, society in disorder, morals and manners almost prostrate." There were many grave problems: a weak and inefficient state government, unsatisfactory local government, political strife and bitterness between Conservatives and Radicals, economic depression, and general social demoralization.
Problems that demanded immediate action were demobilization of soldiers; release of prisoners of war; state policy regarding confiscated Tory (British sympathizers) property (under the laws of 1777 and 1779 vast tracts of Tory lands had been confiscated and sold by the State); and the location of a permanent capital.
The war ended in 1783 but it was not until 1787 that America adopted a completely different form of government, one in which the national government would be much stronger and the states would in many ways hold a subordinate position. After much conflict and compromise the Constitution of the United States was signed on 17 September 1787. This document was truly a masterpiece to protect and serve a people to keep them free from tyranny.
INDIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA
The Indian nation claimed all the mountain lands from Georgia to the Ohio River. This mountain land which they owned became a great mountain barrier between the English settlements on the east and French garrisons along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. The Cherokees being the strongest tribe, forced the other tribes southeast. One of the early travelers stated that the Cherokees in their disposition and manners' are grave and steady, dignified and circumspect in their deportment, frank and cheerful, tenacious of their liberties and natural rights of man.
Meanwhile white settlements were being made in the mountain area of North Carolina. By treaties with the Cherokee Indians in 1777, all lands east of the Blue Ridge were ceded to the State; and, by Indian treaties with the United States in 1785, 1791, and 1795, nearly all lands in North Carolina east of the Alleghenies became state property.
Prior to the settlement of the whites or palefaces in the "Hollows" there was a Cherokee Indian village along the Ararat River, which according to tradition, was located near Mt. Airy on the present site of Bannertown, or so there is reason to believe. The chief, whose name was Renfrow, had his home high on a hill above the village. The earliest settlers in those parts named this hill Renfro Hill after the chief, a name which it kept for at least two hundred years. The hill was bulldozed to form the site for a new Mt. Airy postoffice in 1932. 1 p.6WILLIAM HIATT MOVES TO VIRGINIA THEN TO OHIO
In 1795 William Hiatt moved from his 300 acre farm where he had raised his large family to an 80 acre farm in Grayson County, Virginia just across the Virginia border. He bought this farm on the 25 March 1800. for "25 pounds". It was located on the waters of Chestnut Creek a branch of New River. All of his children were married except Richard his youngest child, who was twenty years old.
Many of William Hiatt's relatives also moved to Grayson County Virginia in 1795. His brother Joseph bought land there on the 14th of November 1795. His Uncle Joseph (son of George Hiatt who was a brother of John Hiatt Jr) bought land and was living there before September of 1801. His son John moved there that same year. His daughter Rachel moved there in 1803. Two other sons Jacob and Richard also lived there. It would be interesting to know why they all moved there at a close proximity of time and seemingly together as one body.
William Hiatt did not stay long in Grayson County, Virginia. He sold the recently purchased 80 acres already noted, on the 6th of March 1802 for 30 pounds. (Grayson County Deed Book 1- page 445) Then within five to ten years he and all his children moved away from there at approximately the same time between 1801 to 1808.
This Quaker migration began. Zachariah Dicks, a typical southern Quaker, and respected Quaker leader was responsible for their great migration to Ohio and Indiana between the years of 1805 and 1815. He was thought to have had the gift of prophecy. He visited the Carolinas between 1800 and 1804. The massacres on the island of San Domingo were then fresh in the minds of the Quakers. He warned the Friends "to come out from slavery". He told them that if they did not, their fate would be that of the slaughtered islanders. This produced a sort of panic and removals to Ohio commenced in 1805. O'Neall, Annals of Newberry. 15 p.82
The recently opened Northwest Territory which composed the present states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Mishigan, was very attractive to them. The charter for this territory made a law against owning slaves. This was a great incentive for the Quakers to move and thus by 1830 almost all of them had moved to this new Territory. The Louisana Territory was acquired by the United States in 1803 but this was not their destination because slavery was not banned there.
That William Hiatt left Grayson County, Virginia in the early 1800's and settled in Ohio along with many of his children and grandhildren there can be no doubt. Also, it is believed he moved prior to 1830 to Henry County, Indiana, which at that time was a veritable stronghold for the Quaker Hiatts and their center of population. Of the seventy-two families of Hiatt listed in the 1830 census of Indiana twenty of these families resided within the bounds of Henry County.
William Hiatt, in 1830 was living with a grandson, William Hiatt, (son of William) and his wife and three children. On the 1830 census, he is the male listed as aged between 90 and 100.15 p.68
DEATH OF WILLIAM HIATT SR.
No record has been found to show that William Hiatt ever remarried in which case he remained a widower for 52 years. He outlived his son William Hiatt Jr. by four years who died in 1830. When he died about 1834 at age 100, he left a little estate back in Grayson County, Virginia.15 p.67
So many families left North Carolina in the early 1800's that the membership at Westfield Meeting dwindled rapidly, until finally in or about 1832 it was "laid down" and the remaining members attached to Deep Creek Monthly Meeting in the southern section of Surry County which became Yadkin County around 1850. 15 p. 68
NORTH CAROLINA AND ITS EARLY GOVERNMENTBefore the Revolutionary War, the Carolinas was a British royal colony owned by many English proprietors living in England. They showed consideration for the people whom they hoped would colonize their lands by setting down a charter. A few of the Articles of the Charter gave the proprietors license, liberty and authroity to permit all religious groups to follow their own forms of worship. They expected everyone to have a religion. - "No man shall be permitted to be a Freeman of Carolina that does not acknowledge a God." This charter marked the beginnings of colonization in the Carolinas. The eastern sections along the coasts and inland where rivers made navigation possible were thickly settled by 1730. West of these settlements was virgin country, the home of the native Indians. In 1729 the rule of the Carolinas by Lord Proprietors came to an end when all except the Earl of Granville sold their interest to the English Crown. The Earl of Granville is said never to have come to see the vast and richly endowed land that was his in the New World but administered his property through agents who executed grants and collected rents. Most of these grants were for a few hundred acres though a person could have more than onegrant. Thus the Granville district covered about half of the state, excepting grants made by the Crown before the final settlement in 1744. 1 p.2
FOUND IN THE HH BOOK, Sent by Colleen Milbocker
Found in The North Carolinian. Hodson also spelled Hodgson.
The following records have been copied from a volume at Guilford College,
N. Carolina, labeled "New Garden M.M., VOl 1 Records" a transcript, the original being too fragile to handle.Page 41 - William Hiatt, Son of John Hiatt of Roan County, N.C. and Susanna
Hodgson, daughter of George Hodson of the same place, have declared intentions at Cane Creek and New Garden in North Carolina, were married 20 of 2 Mo. 1754Witnesses: Mary Hodson George Hodson
Mary Mills John Hiatt
Martha Hiatt Robt. Sunmer
Catherine Harrold Wm Hunt
Rachel Moon Daniel Dillon
Catherine Hunt Thos. ThornbrughFrom Nancy P. Speers, researcher, to Phyllis Slater of Bremond, Texas
written 26 May 1985.Dear Friend,
I just ran across some research done by Bill Carter, 27280 Gasparilla
Drive, Bonita Springs, Flor 33923, on the Hodson/Hodgson Family. He states
that Robert Hodson, an officer in the Kings army, left England for Ireland in
1701, and came to America in 1710. His son George was b. 6 Jan 1701 in Eng.
and died in NC 1774. The father and the rest of the family died at sea of
smallpox. George and Mary (Thatcher) removed to NC in 1750, according to him. Chidlren of George and Mary were: John b. 1731, marr Mary Mills, Sarah b. 1733 marr (#22 in HH Book) John Hiatt, Susannah b. 1735 marr (#11 in HH Book) William Hiatt, Robert b. 1738 marr Rachel Mills, Joseph b. 1740 marr Margaret Williams, and George Jr. marr Rachel Oldham. Write to him for more information.Also place of birth is given as Guilford Co., NC and death as 1792 instead of 1782.
Her maiden name could have been spelled Hodgson.
Chris says Susanna (Sarah) died 1 Mar. 1817?According to the Westfield monthly meeting of Friends: Page 19 listing children of William and Susannah...it notes that Susannah died 8 Sep 1782.
FOUND IN H-H BK
(76.) SARAH HIATT (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 17-3mo-1755, Rowan (now Guilford). Co., NC.; no further record.
Never Married FOUND IN H-H BK
1782 Tax list, Surry Co., N.C., listed as George Highott Jr. single, no further information.(78.) GEORGE HIATT (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 4-6mo-1757, Rowan (now Guilford). Co., NC; 1782 Tax List, Surry Co., NC. - George Highott, Jr. - single; no further record.
FOUND IN H-H BK Vol I
(80.) ANN HIATT (11.) (2.) (1.) :
b. 1-3mo-1761, Rowan (now Guilford). Co., NC.; Westfield Mo. Mtg., Surry Co., NC., - 24-10mo-1795 - Ann Hiett disowned (R45).; no further record.
Found in HH book, pg.130.
(84.) JOSEPH HIATT (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 15-6mo-1769, Rowan (now Surry). Co., NC.; d. 10-4mo-1781, Surry Co., NC.
See HH book Vol. I, pg. 65
"Capon Bridge was settled in the late 1740's. Fort Edward was erected nearby about 1750, after George Washington had surveyed three tracts of land for David, Joseph, an Thomas Edwards. In a bloody battle here in 1756, Indians killed and scalped almost 100 men in a regiment under the command of Goerge Washington ...(etc.)"Sent by Charles House.
From Edwards, Progenitors, Siblings, Descendants of Andrew Edwards by Lela
Lillian Lones. Published 1985.
Page 34.
During the Rev. War Thomas Edwards, Samuel Parks, and Evan Hiatt from
Hampshire Co., Va. volunteered to serve against the Indian raids.
1778 was the year of mourning for Thomas Edwards and Mary Hiatt. A daughter and a son were victims of the Indian raids in western Virginia. Maude Pugh published the Hiett version of the Green brier incident:
"Hugh McIvor (McKeever) married a daughter of Thomas and Mary Hiett Edwards and went to live in the fertile valley of Greenbrier River, remote from White Settlements. The Indians came and killed the father and carried the mother and children into captivity. After five years she escaped but never again saw the children who she had been permitted to see only once while with the red people.
In the fall of 1778, the son David Edwards was killed in Monongahela
county by the Indians.
Lord Fairfax died in December of 1781 at the age of 92. The Fairfax estate was confiscated at the endo f the war "Because it belonged to a Tory during the Revolution". The confiscated land was thrown open to settlement under the regulations of the other state lands.
It was not until 1786 that the Court of Appeals handed down it's final decision in the fifty year old case of HITE vs. FAIRFAX. The decision was in favor of the plaintiff.
The Revolutionary War was followed by inflation. Then came the depression. The new paper money the government had had printed was of little value. It took seventy four Continental dollars to equal one silver dollar, which gave rise to the saying, "Not worth a Continental." (The common coinage of that time was a spanish coin known as a Piece of Eight, could be cut into pieces for 1 bit, 2 bits, etc, up to 8 bits a dollar, hence the saying, 2 bits, four bits, six bits a dollar -, etc., Larry Anderson)
As early as 1777 a law had been passed covering "taxation in kind". Tobacco had always been a species of currency - a substitute for precious metal. Scarce coin was replaced by barter. large sums, even taxes, were paid in products: tobacco, deer skins, grain.
The following tax receipt was located at the Virginia state library:
"Received of Thomas Edwards for Publick Taxes one hundred & Seventy three Pounds of Flour at Fifty Pounds W.C't. J'r. Elias Posten173 Lbs/Fir Ls 6.10 February 1st 1781"
From the book, Historical Records of Old Frederick Co., Va.
by Dr. Wilmer KernsEdwards, Thomas, son of Joseph and Sarah Edwards, born circa 1722 and died in 1791 in the Cacapon Valley, Hampshire County, Va. His will was probated on July 14, 1791, per Hampshire County Will Boook I, page 274. The Executors were his wife, Mary (HIETT) Edwards and her brother, Evan Hiett. Witnesses were:
John SLANE, David FOREMAN and Evan JENKINDS. He received valuable Fairfax grants, and Edwards' Run was named after this man. It is believed that he and his wife were buried on top of Edwards Mountain, on his own land. Their children were: (1) David EDWARDS who was deceased by 1786. A book has been written on this branch, titled, Edwards: Progenitors, Siblings, Descendants of Andrew Edwards. Contact: Miss Lela Lilian Lones, 3400 Willis, Perry, Iowa 50220. (2) Margaret EDWARDS who married William ALDERTON. (3) Ann EDWARDS who married Samuel PARKE. (4) Naomi EDWARDS who married: (a) John OWENS (b) Bernard BRELSFORD. (5) Hannah EDWARDS who married Samuel PARKE and (7) Thomas EDWARDS, II, married Martha KEENER.
See Hampshire County Will Book I, pp. 369-370, for a list of legatees found in the administration papers, dated 3 May 1794, Hampshire County Court, Romney, W. Va. 26757.
The West Virginia Advocate, Wednesday, Sept 14, 1988.
Search for the Exact Location of Historic Noah Hampton's Mill
...the first mill located on the former land of pioneer Caudy was not
built until sometime during the early 1800s. The first mill by Thomas Edwards. As early as 1748, a stream now know as Edwards Run was named "Edwards Mill Run." Sent by Jo An SheelyEdwards, Thomas, son of Joseph and Sarah Edwards, was born circa 1722 and died in 1791 in the Capon Valley, Hampshire County, Va. His will was probated on July, 14, 1791, per Hampshire Will Book 1, page 274. The executors were his wife, Mary (Hiett) Edwards and her brother, Evan Hiett. Bondsmen were: John Slane, David Foreman and Evan Jenkins. He receive valuable Fairfax grants, and Edwards' Run was named after this man. It is believe that he and his wife were buried on top of Edwards Mtn., on own land. Their children were: (1) David Edwards was deceased by 1786. A book has been written on this branch, titled, Edwards: Progenitors, Siblings, Descendants of Andrew Edwards. Contact: Miss Lela Lillian Lones, 3400 Willis, Perry, Iowa 50220. (2) Margaret Edwards married William Alderton. (3) Sarah Edwards married James McBride. (4) Ann Edwards married Samuel Parke. (5) Naomi Edwards married: (a) John Owens (b) Bernard Brelford. (6) Hannah Edwards married Samule Parke and (7) Thomas Edwards, II, married Martha Keener. See Hampshire County Will Book I, pp. 369-370, for a list of legatees found in the administration papers, dated May 3, 1794, Hampshire County Court, Romney, W.Va. 26757.
Hiatt Hiett Family History, Volume I, page 65
(8.) MARY HIATT (2.) (1.)b. c. 1728 prob. Bucks Co.. Pa.; d. post 1786, Hampshire Co., Va.; m. c1750, Frederick Co., Va., t. THOMAS EDWARDS, son of Joseph and (Sarah?). (-------). Edwards; b. c1725 (?).; d. c1791, Hampshire Co., Va. -- he names: Wife Mary, son Thomas, son David (deceased - his children: Jesse, Andrew, David)., dau. Sarah Ann, dau. Naomi, dau. Margaret, dau. Hannah (deceased - her children have her share). -- Executors: brother-in law Evan Hiett, and wife Mary -- Witnesses: John Slane, David Sonnen, Evan Jenkins, Thomas Edwards is given on 1790 Census of Va. (1782-84 Tax Lists).: Hampshire Co., Va.: (1784 Tax List). - Thos. Edwards - 8 white, 1 dwelling, 2 other buildings; in 1786 Thomas Edwards and wife Mary deeded 600 acres of land in Hampshire Co., Va., to James McBride. (R41).
CH. (61.) Thomas; (62.) David; (63.) Sarah Ann; (64.) Naomi; (65.) Margaret; (66.) Hannah.
"Capon Bridge was settled in the late 1740's. Fort Edwards was erected nearby about 1750, after George Washington had surveyed three tracts of land for David, Joseph, and Thomas Edwards. In a bloody battle here in 1756, Indians killed and scalped almost 100 men in regiment under the command of George Washington….(etc.) " (R50).There were several intermarriages between the Hiatt family and the Edwards family. The Thomas Edwards who married Mary Hiatt may well have been son of the Margaret (Stephens?). Edwards who later maried John Hiatt, Jr., as his named in the will of John Hiatt, Jr., is in reality his step-daughter, a daughter of Margaret (Stephens?). Edwards. (See page 44.)
Joseph Edwards, Sr., died 1782 in Hampshire Co., Va., leaving three sons and a daughter: sons: David, Joseph, and Thomas-- daughter Mary, who married Robert Pugh. David had a son Samuel who married Catherine, probably Catherine Hiatt, daughter of William (See No. (36.) )./. Thomas married Mary Hiatt, daughter of John, Jr., as given above. The Sarah Edwards on 1790 Census of Hampshire Co.,Va. (1782 Tax List)., with 5 white polls, may be widow of Joseph Edwards, Sr.; she does not appear on the 1784 Tax List. (R41).
Sent by Charles House, Clifford Hardin.
It is suggested in the Hiatt Genealogy Page 65 that Thomas Edwards might have been a son of the widow, Margaret Edwards who married John Hiatt as a second wife. Margaret and Thomas were probably related, but she could not have been his mother. Margaret's last child with John Hiatt was in 1764 and then she had three more with James Largent. If the last child was born by 1770, she could hardly have had a son of marriageble age in 1750. Thomas and Mary Hiatt Edwards lived in both Frederick County and Hampshire County, Vir. It is probable that they never moved. Hampshire was carved out of Frederick in 1753 and is today a part of the State of West Vir.From Capon Valley 1698 to 1940 by Maud Pugh.
Mary, married Thomas Edwards, of Joseph Edwards. See the will of the "Fort Builder", Romney Records, W.B.2. They removed from Hampshire County to Ohio and lived near what is now Sandusky. There is a tradition that after Mr. Edwards' death there she came to Jefferson county and married a second time, the name of the second husband being Hiett, presumably a cousin. Mary Hiett and Thomas Edwards had several children, the second daughter married Hugh McIvor of Capon Valley and they went to Greenbriar River to live; rich lands, but yet sparsely settled.
The Indians came and killed the husband and took the wife and children into captivity. After five years she managed to escape and return to her friends. During captivity she had been separated from her children and never allowed to see them but once; and she never again heard of them. This story is also known to the McIvor (McKeever) family, you will note, though told in a somewhat different way.
See pg. 65 of HH book, Vol. I, ancestors of Ann have not been traced.
b. c1730, prob. In Pa.; date and place of death are unknown; m. prior 1764 to ---- HARRIS, given name and parentage unknown; dates and places of birth and death are unknown; Ann is named in her father's will, 1764, as Ann Harris; Ann's husband may have been the John Harris who witnesses one of John Hiatt's deeds in North Carolina, 1757 (See p. 37, this volume -- editor).CH. (Descendants of Ann (Hiatt). Harris have not been traced -- editor.)