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HUCKABY - PIERCE

Two possibilities have been found for the parentage of Samual Huckaby
See Wildman-Huckaby Families by by Betinna Pearson Higdon, 1983

John Huckaby came 1675 to Charles City Co, VA born in Devonshire?? Died 1744 in Goochland Co, VA??  apparently two sons: [check Bristol Parish]

1. James Huckaby (1703), married about 1720 in Bristol Pr, VA, Mary Fellows, daughter of Robert Fellows of Surry Co, VA. John was born in Virginia, was in Bute Co, NC 1765.  Either he or his son James was in Wilkes Co, GA by 1784, and died 1796 in Oglethorpe Co, GA. sons Samuel, John, Charles, Thomas, and James
2. John Robert Huckaby of Cumberland Co, VA.  Possibly had sons Thomas, James, and Samuel

Thomas Huckaby (d.1738) married Mary.  Imported 1676 by Capt. William Byrd, granted land Brunswick Co, VA, 1726. He died in Brunswick Co, in 1736. His will lists son Richard and daughter Anne Gower.

Richard Huckaby married Mary
Richard patented land in Brunswick Co, VA, 1728, sold in 1745; bought in Granville Co, NC 1745 and sold in 1754. Sons Charles, Isham, Thomas

Samuel Huckaby (1721-1775) married Elizabeth.
Samuel was born 19 May 1721, in Bristol Pr, Virginia. He sold land in Brunswick Co, VA 1745, and lived in Granville Co, NC, but not as early as the 1755 Tax List.  In 1771, he signed two petitions concerning new taxes imposed by the Assembly.  His will, probated May, 1775, lists sons William and Samuel, daughters Hannor Lott, Elizabeth Pearce, Mary Hucabay and Suke Huckabay.  His widow married George Brister(Bristow).

NOTE: Granville County was formed in 1746 from Edgecombe.  The eastern portion became Bute County in 1764, and Bute was divided in 1779 to form Franklin and Warren Counties.

Elizabeth Huckaby married a Pearce, according to her father's will.  The following records appear to apply to this family, but specific connecting documentation is lacking.  Jonathan Pierce left a will 14 Jun 1762 in Granville Co.  Wife Elizabeth, children James, Phillip, Milly, Nancy, Elizabeth, and Mary.  Executors: son James, Thomas Sherrod and Charles Ivey.  In Bute County, James sold 17 Jan 1764 to Thomas Sherrod 270 acres in Fox Swamp, adjoining Ivey and others, part of a Granville Grant dated 9 Mar 1761.  He sold 27 Jun 1764 to Joseph Williams 250 acres adjoining Ivey and others.  He sold household goods and livestock to his mother Elizabeth Pierce 25 Aug 1764, and disappeared.  Elizabeth was sued by neighbor Charles Ivey in February, 1768, the court minutes do not say what for.  Robert Mayfield, James Ross, and Frances Mabry were called and paid as witnesses.  It was apparently resolved in August 1769 when she "came into court and took the benefit of the forty shilling act" and was discharged.  As best I can deduce, this act allowed prisoners who had already been imprisoned a minimum time for a debt of less than 40 shillings, to be released free.  
In Bute County 15 Aug 1772, Philip Pearce, orphan of Jonathan, now 18, was bound to Jenkins Devinney to learn the blacksmiths trade.  On the same date, William Elliott was paid £2/19/8 "for keeping Phil Pearce in gaol 49 days at the suit of the king."  There was a Philip Pearce of approximately the same age, who married Nancy Bunn and raised a family in Franklin County.  But he was the son of Nathan and Nancy Wester Pierce, who moved from Northampton Co, VA to Franklin (Bute) County shortly before the War.  Philip, son of Jonathan, disappeared.
The Franklin County Court on the third Friday in March, 1787, "ordered Issabel Williford, __ Marlow, John Marlow, Eliz Peirce, and Alice Holliday to appear tomorrow to answer such things as may be alledged against then as pests or nusances to the inhabitants of the county."  Jesse Marlow and David Williford, 10, were bound as apprentices the next day.  No further record of Elizabeth Pierce has been found in Franklin County.  Shortly thereafter, Randol Pierce appears in Burke County, Georgia.

Randall Huckaby Pierce (1769-1853) married about 1790 Mary Whatley (1770-1852)  The Whatley Family was also in Granville/Bute/Warren County from 1754 until several sons of Shirley Whatley moved to Georgia in the 1780's.  I have been unable to find any connection between Mary and that family, but there obviously is one.  Her name was consistently recorded as Mary, everywhere except for the 1850 Census, which incorrectly called her Nancy.  Randol Pierce was in Burke Co. Georgia by 1789, and Wilkes Co in 1790; and came to Mississippi before 1814, According to family tradition, he came to Mississippi in company with his brother John and the Loving, Lott, Furr, and Slay families. Randall settled on Little Bahala Creek, Lawrence Co.

John Pierce (c1761-1814) presumed (?) brother of Randall, married c1804 in Adams Co, MS, Christiana (Jacoby) James (13 Oct 1786-17 Apr 1853) daughter of Bartholomew Jacoby, who changed his name to James while on the boat moving from Pennsylvania to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1800.  She later married Thomas Rule.   John was killed by Indians during the War of 1812.  Three children. 

. 1. Nancy Delilah "Dilly" Pierce (3 Mar 1791-c1840) m.5 May 1808 Andrew Jackson Townsend 
. . . (1787-c1845) lived in Copiah County, MS.  9 children
. 2. Catherine "Katie" Pierce (17 Jan 1792-20 Dec 1882) m.20 Oct 1812 Christian Jacob Furr 
. . . (15 Aug 1792-30 Aug 1850) lived in Brookhaven, MS, 13 children
. 3. Mary "Polly" Pierce (3 Sep 1798-22 Oct 1871) m.c1815 D Henry Furr (15 Mar 1790-26 Jun
. . . 1880) son of Leonard Furr and Elizabeth Stutts; lived in Lincoln County, MS; 13 children
. 4. Lucy Pierce (3 Sep 1800) married William "Bill" Leonard (c1796)
. 5. Randall Huckaby Pierce (4 Jul 1802-26 Apr 1855) m.2 Dec 1826 Cynthia Case (c1802-c1850)
. . . lived in Lincoln County, MS, 10 children
. 6. John Watley Pierce (20 Jul 1804-6 May 1887) m.7 Aug 1831 Malinda Loving (17 Dec 1813-12
. . . Jul 1891) lived in Copiah County, MS, 13 children
. 7. Martha "Patsy" Pierce (20 Mar 1810-10 Nov 1857) m.23 Feb 1839 Thomas Jefferson James 
. . . (13 Nov 1808-29 Oct 1869) lived in Lawrence Co, MS, 9 children
. 8. James Mitchell Pierce (12 Aug 1812-1881) m.14 Sep 1837 Mary Ann Cagle (or Smith); m.23 
. . . Feb 1853 Malinda Short, widow Cook (23 May 1815-10 Jun 1876); m.24 Oct 1876 Sarah Ann
. . . Anderson, widow Rigsdall (1834-1910) lived in Copiah Co, MS, 6 children

John Watley Pierce (20 Jul 1804-6 May 1887) m.7 Aug 1831 Malinda Loving (17 Dec 1813-21 Jul 1891) daughter of Bailey Loving (1775-1830) and Nancy Cook (1777-1844) John purchased land in Lawrence (now Lincoln) County in 1836. After the War, John lost 87 bales of cotton, 500 pounds each (valued at 50 cents per pound $21,750 - a huge sum in those days) Federal agents hauled it off in wagons to Natchez, presuming it to have been sold to the Confederate Government, as many people had done. John had not. He sent his son to follow his cotton. He boarded the boat at Natchez and appeared before the authorities in New Orleans. They shipped it on to New York and never paid John "a red cent for it." John sold the farm and moved to Copiah County in 1866.

. 1. James Watley Pierce (7 Jun 1832-c1861) m.5 Jan 1852 Nancy M Edwards
. 2. Nancy Pierce (23 Nov 1833-c1880) m.23 Dec 1858 John M Mobley
. 3. Appleton Pierce (8 May 1835-Jul 1865) m.28 Aug 1855 Elizabeth Jane Callender
. 4. Mary Pierce (19 Mar 1837-20 Jul 1915) m.c1853 J M Murray; m.20 Aug 1858 Nathaniel Williams
. . . Francis (7 Sep 1832-27 Mar 1888)
. . . 45. Nathaniel Thomas  Francis (5 Feb 1862-27 Nov 1924) m. Lucy Ella Matthews (1862-1948)
. . . 46. William Green Francis (2 Jan 1864-8May 1941) m. Hattie C Inistine, widow of Elijah Slay, Jr
. 5. Elizabeth Pierce (5 Jan 1839-28 Dec 1928) m.c1870 Frank Mobley
. 6. Lucy Pierce (23 Oct 1840-5 Dec 1922) m.1857 Elijah Slay, Sr; m.1866 Arthur Matthews
. 7. Thomas Jefferson Pierce (28 Jan 1843-18 Dec 1934) m.23 Nov 1870 Faitha Biggs
. 8. Maria Louisa "Lou" Pierce (28 Feb 1845-31 Jul 1922) m.13 Nov 1864 John W Etheridge
. 9. John C Calhoun Pierce (3 Feb 1848-26 Oct 1864)
10. Randall N. Pierce (1 Feb 1850-10 Aug 1854)
11. Albert Gallatin Brown Pierce (25 Apr 1852) m.6 Apr 1873 Callie Paul (1854-1913)
12. Malinda Catherine Pierce (9 Aug 1855-8 Aug 1859)
13. Martha Ellen "Mattie" Pierce (1 Apr 1858-13 Jan 1933) m.16 Oct 1873 Gilbert Morris Cook

Lucy Pierce (1840-1922) m.1866 Arthur Matthews

Carson B Matthews (1874-1948) m.1913 Jeanne Marie Tynes

Frances Mary Tate Matthews (1917) m.1949 Virgil Raymond Liptrap

James Matthews Liptrap (1951)

 
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