following from Earl Hitt, Jr.:
i. FRANCES Y. "FANNY"4 was born on 23 Nov 1791 at Fauquier County, Virginia. She
married John Thomas BUTTON, son of John BUTTON and Susannah Hopper,
on 9 Mar 1818 at Henry County, Kentucky. She died on 28 Nov 1845 at Oldham
County, Kentucky, at age 54.
ii. NANCY J. was born on 10 Jun 1793 at Shelby County, Kentucky. She married
(...?...) Butler. She married Absalom H. KELLAR on 18 Mar 1811 at Henry
County, Kentucky. She died on 22 Mar 1874 at Moultrie County, Illinois, at age
80.
iii. WILLIAM YOUNG was born on 23 Oct 1795 at Shelby County, Kentucky. He
married Elizabeth "Betsey" JEWELL, daughter of George JEWELL and Mary
(...?...), on 20 Mar 1814 at Gallatin County, Kentucky. George Jewell, father of the
bride, gave his consent to the marriage which was witnessed by John Conway and
Sally E. Jewell. He married Elizabeth "Betty" O'REAR on 12 Apr 1836 at Boone
County, Missouri. He died on 8 Jul 1864 at Audrain County, Missouri, at age 68.
He was buried at Jewell Cemetery, Boone County, Missouri.
162. iv. JAMES WEAVER was born on 19 Feb 1798 at Henry County, Kentucky. He married
Lucinda W. KALFUS, daughter of Henry Frederick KALFUS Sr. and Anna
Nancy Fisher, on 12 Feb 1822 at Jefferson County, Kentucky. The marriage bond
issued on 7 February 1822 by Henry F. Kalfus, father of the bride. He married Eliza
BUTTON, daughter of John Thomas BUTTON and Frances Tapp, on 20 Jan
1831 at La Grange, Oldham County, Kentucky. He died on 24 Jul 1856 at Oldham
County, Kentucky, at age 58. Died: 58 years, 5 months, 5 days.
163. v. JOEL PETER was born on 2 Nov 1798 at Henry County, Kentucky. He married
Sarah KELLAR, daughter of Rev. William KELLAR and Elizabeth Rebecca
Netherton, on 23 Nov 1817 at Brownsboro, Oldham County, Kentucky. The
marriage bond was issued on 19 November 1817 by Rebecca Keller for Wm. Keller,
father deceased. He married Lucy (...?...). He died on 19 Sep 1881 at Oldham
County, Kentucky, at age 82. Joel is buried in the graveyard of the Kellar
homestead in Oldham County, Kentucky; the Kellar homestead now owned by Joel's
great-grandson, Thomas W. Ingram.
vi. J OHN was born on 20 Mar 1800 at Henry County, Kentucky. He married Nancy
Force on 21 Aug 1821. He died before 5 Jan 1822.
This son of Joel is believed to be the Jonathan in Henry Co. who married
Nancy Force on 21 August 1821, however, there is no proof. Regardless, John had
died before 5 January 1822 when his share of his father's property was given to John
Button, his brother-in-law.217,218,219
40. MIRRIAM3 HITT (Peter2, Peter1)220,221 was born on 14 Jan 1766 at Fauquier County, Virginia. She married
Archibald HOLTZCLAW, son of Joseph HOLTZCLAW and Catherine JAMES, on 5 Jan 1786 at Fauquier
County, Virginia. Date of marriage bond was 3 January 1786. Peter Hitt gave his consent to the marriage of his
daughter.222,223 She died on 4 May 1848 at Woodford County, Kentucky, at age 82.
ARCHIBALD HOLTZCLAW was born on 11 Nov 1764 at Fauquier County, Virginia. He died circa 1828 at
Liberty, Clay County, Missouri. Archibald is listed in the account book of his father-in-law, Peter Hitt, Jr.
Archibald and his family moved about 1795 to Fayette County, Kentucky and, later moved to
Missouri.224,225,226,227
Known children of Mirriam3 HITT and Archibald HOLTZCLAW were as follows:
164. i. ELIZABETH4 was born on 9 Jan 1792. She married Shelton Mansfield.
i i. S ARAH was born on 7 Feb 1795. She married John ADAMS on 5 Jun 1813 at
Fayette County, Kentucky. She married Abraham GROOMS.
iii. REBECKAH was born on 29 Jan 1797 at Fayette County, Kentucky. She married
John Capps on 14 Nov 1816. She died circa 1864 at Clay County, Missouri.
JOHN CAPPS was born on 20 Aug 1784 at Virginia. He died circa 1857 at Clay
County, Missouri.
iv. CATY was born on 30 Dec 1798 at Fayette County, Kentucky.
165. v. PETER was born on 1 Jan 1802 at Fayette County, Kentucky. He married Elizabeth
Duncan on 2 Aug 1827 at Clay County, Missouri. He died on 24 Apr 1855 at Clay
County, Missouri, at age 53.
vi. NANCY was born on 22 Jan 1804 at Fayette County, Kentucky. She married John
C. LINCOLN.
vii. JAMES was born on 4 Jul 1806 at Fayette County, Kentucky. He died on 13 Dec
1854 at age 48.
The 1850 Federal Census, Clay County, Missouri, Liberty Twp, enumerated 16
August 1850, lists: Holtzclaw, James age 40 born in Kentucky; listed with brother,
Peter Holtzclaw.
41. MARY "POLLY"3 HITT (Peter2, Peter1)228,229,230,231 was born on 6 Jan 1772 at Fauquier County, Virginia.
She married Joseph Barnett on 12 Jan 1789 at Fauquier County, Virginia. The date of the marriage bond was
12 January 1789. Peter Hitt consented to the marriage of his daughter.232,233
JOSEPH BARNETT234,235,236,237 was born on 22 Nov 1761 at Fauquier County, Virginia. He died in Nov 1854
at Harrison County, Kentucky.
Known children of Mary "Polly"3 HITT and Joseph Barnett were as follows:
166. i. NANCY4 was born on 6 Dec 1789 at Virginia. She married James Holding, son of
William Holding and Ann (...?...), on 28 Jan 1808 at Cynthiana, Harrison County,
Kentucky. She died on 26 Sep 1826 at age 36. She was buried at Mt. Gilead
Church Cemetery, Leesburg, Harrison County, Kentucky.
i.i NIMROD238 was born on 29 Nov 1791. He married Lydia Holding, daughter of
William Holding and Ann (...?...), on 28 Sep 1815 at Grant County, Kentucky. He
died circa 1852.
LYDIA HOLDING239,240 was born circa 1790. She died circa 1838.
167. iii. SARAH "SALLY" was born on 1 Dec 1793 at Virginia. She married Benjamin
"Bennie" Holding, son of William Holding and Ann (...?...), on 26 Feb 1818 at
Harrison County, Kentucky. She died on 18 Apr 1878 at Boonsville, Livingston
County, Missouri, at age 84. Sarah died at the age of 83. Cemetery records
indicate that she died on 19 May 1877. She was buried at Mooresville, Livingston
County, Missouri.
vi. P ETER241 was born on 13 Sep 1795. He married Lucynda Robson on 25 Feb 1819.
.v MARY ANN242 was born on 28 Feb 1799. She married George W. Johnson in Feb
1843 at Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky.
iv. E LIZABETH243 was born on 9 Jul 1801. She married John Randol on 25 Oct 1825 at
Harrison County, Kentucky. She died in Nov 1834 at age 33.
JOHN RANDOL. The Soward/Barnett Bible give the surname as Randolph.244
vii. JOSEPH245 was born on 9 Jan 1804. He married Mary Ann Prichard on 19 Sep 1836.
He died on 18 Apr 1841 at age 37.
viii. CYNTHIA ANN246 was born on 9 Aug 1805. She married (...?...) Johnson on 10 Feb
1843.
xi. ALICE247 was born on 14 Sep 1808 at Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky. She
married Reason Virgil Soward on 18 Sep 1826 at Leesburg, Harrison County,
Kentucky. She died on 13 Mar 1880 at Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, at
age 71. She was buried at Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Scott County,
Kentucky.
.x BENNETT JAMES248 was born on 29 Mar 1811. He married Letty McDanniel on 9
Sep 1830 at Kentucky.
xi. WILLIAM HITT was born on 19 Jun 1813 at Harrison County, Kentucky. He married
Mary Nickellson on 23 Apr 1835.
xii. EMILY Y. was born on 4 Apr 1815 at Harrison County, Kentucky. She married
William Smith Simmons on 23 Sep 1834 at Harrison County, Kentucky.
42. NANCY3 HITT (Peter2, Peter1) was born on 14 Jun 1774 at Fauquier County, Virginia. She married
Johannes "John" MILLER, son of Henrich Adam "Henry" MILLER and Susannah Sibberine SIBLER,
on 16 Dec 1789 at Fauquier County, Virginia. The date of the marriage bond was 16 December 1789. Peter Hitt
consented to the marriage of his daughter. Nancy was only fifteen when she married John Miller.249,250 She died
on 26 Sep 1859 at Mountain Green, Rappahannock County, Virginia, at age 85. She was buried at Miller
Graveyard, Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia. Miller Graveyard located about 2 miles south of
Washington, Virginia on Route 248.
Nancy was named an heir in the will of her brother, Nimrod Hitt, probated in Culpeper County on 19
September 1825. Nimrod's will names "sister Nancy Miller" and appoints his brother-in-law, John Miller,
executor.
Nancy's will was written 25 October 1847 and is recorded in Rappahannock County, Virginia.251,252,253
43. PETER3 HITT (Peter2, Peter1) was born on 1 Apr 1776 at Fauquier County, Virginia. He married Lucinda
"Lucy" ROSSER on 23 Aug 1796 at Fauquier County, Virginia. Bond issued on 9 July 1796; bond identifies
Lucy as the daughter of Mary.282,283 He died circa 1806/7 at Fauquier County, Virginia.
Peter appears in the 1800 Tax List for Fauquier County, Virginia, listed as Peter Hitt, Jr.(Virginia Magazine
of History and Biography, Vol 62, No. 1, January 1954, p. 124). In the 1807 personal property tax list for
Fauquier County, Peter's widow, Lucy O., is shown with no tithables but with personal property, which
establishes Peter's death in 1806 or 1807.
On 24 January 1810 after Peter's death, George James (second husband of Lucy (Rosser) Hitt) was appointed
1759-1871; Gott).284,285,286,287
LUCINDA "LUCY" ROSSER married George JAMES, son of Capt. John JAMES and Dinah ALLEN, on
23 Dec 1808 at Fauquier County, Virginia. Eli and Sally Holtzclaw were witnesses to the marriage George James
and Lucy Hitt, widow of Peter Hitt.288 Lucy was the granddaughter of Mary Rosser.289,290
Known children of Peter3 HITT and Lucinda "Lucy" ROSSER all born at Fauquier County, Virginia, were
as follows:
175. i. LUCINDA4 was born on 27 May 1798. She married Peter PIERCE on 30 Nov
1819. She died between 8 Aug 1825 and 19 Sep 1825 at age 27.
i i. MARY "POLLY" was born on 14 Jul 1800. She died circa 1882 at Rappahannock
County, Virginia.
Polly was named an heir in the will of her uncle, Nimrod Hitt, probated in
Culpeper County on 19 September 1825. Mary was living in a boarding house in
Rappahannock County Virginia in 1850. She died unmarried.291,292,293
176. iii. ALDRIDGE A. was born on 14 Aug 1802. He married Catherine "Kitty"
Allensworth, daughter of Phillip Allensworth and Elizabeth Singleton, on 1 May
1828 at Christian County, Kentucky. He died circa 1896. He was buried.
Headstone gives the following dates: birth 1802, death 1896.
177. iv. NIMROD MILTON was born on 3 Apr 1804. He married Elizabeth Krogler circa
1831.
178. v. ELIZABETH was born on 5 Jul 1806. She married John GREEN on 25 Sep 1826 at
Fauquier County, Virginia. Elizabeth's brother, Aldridge, signed the marriage bond.
She died between 1831 and 1835.
44. REUBEN S.3 HITT (Peter2, Peter1) was born on 25 Aug 1778 at Fauquier County, Virginia. He married
Frances "Fanny" SAMUELS, daughter of James Samuels, on 18 Sep 1797 at Culpeper County, Virginia.
Marriage bond was dated 17 February 1797, and the marriage was performed by John Pickett, Baptist MG.294
He died on 9 Oct 1852 at Culpeper County, Virginia, at age 74.295
Rueben first appears as an independent tithable in Fauquier County in 1797, and appears again in the 1800
Tax List for Fauquier County, (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol 62, No. 1, January 1954, p.
124).
On 26 July 1814, Reuben Hitt and Fanny his wife of Fauquier Co. deeded to John Edmunds of same, land in
Culpeper purchased of Samuels. (Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book GG, p. 219).
The 1850 Federal Census, Fauquier County, Virginia, Ashby Distr, enumerated 19 September 1850, lists:
Reuben Hitt age 72, farmer; wife Francis age 75; dau. Polly age 40; all born in Virginia.296,297,298
FRANCES "FANNY" SAMUELS299 was born on 9 Mar 1775 at Virginia. She died on 10 Jul 1863 at
Culpeper County, Virginia, at age 88. The 1860 Federal Census, Fauquier County, Virginia, SW Rev Distr,
enumeraged 20 September 1860, lists: Fannie Hitt age 85, housekeeper; dau. Polly age 50, Weaver; dau. Sally
Kemper age 62; all born in Virginia.
Known children of Reuben S.3 HITT and Frances "Fanny" SAMUELS were as follows:
179. i. SARAH "SALLY"4 was born on 17 Jun 1798 at Fauquier County, Virginia. She
married William Kemper, son of Charles Kemper, on 4 Jun 1821 at Fauquier
County, Virginia. The marriage bond notes that Sarah is the daughter of Reuben.
Witness to the marriage was: William Hitt.
180. ii. ELIZABETH was born on 31 Dec 1800 at Fauquier County, Virginia. She married
John Anderson Moffett, son of Jesse Moffett and Elizabeth Bailey, on 21 Nov
1820 at Fauquier County, Virginia. The date of the marriage bond was 21
November 1820. Reuben Hitt gave consent for the marriage of his daughter.
181. iii. JAMES SAMUEL was born on 4 Mar 1804 at Fauquier County, Virginia. He married
Nancy CUNNINGHAM, daughter of Enoch CUNNINGHAM Sr. and Lucy
Bashaw, on 26 Jan 1826 at Davidson County, Tennessee. License issued 18 January
1826, marriage solumnized 26 January 1826 by J. Pirtle, J.P. He died on 5 Jul 1869
at Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee, at age 65.
NANCY was born on 4 Mar 1807 at Fauquier County, Virginia. She married
George C. Kemper on 28 Feb 1829 at Fauquier County, Virginia. Bondsman for
marriage of George and Nancy was Wesley Riley. She died on 4 Aug 1881 at
Davidson County, Tennessee, at age 74. She was buried at on their property on Dry
Creek Road, Near Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee. Nancy is buried on
their property on Dry Creek Road near Goodlettsville, Tennessee.
P OLLY was born on 18 Oct 1809 at Fauquier County, Virginia.300 She died on 8
Aug 1867 at Homeland, Culpeper County, Virginia, at age 57.
Polly never married.
She died at the home of Reuben Brown Hitt. She was buried in the private
cemetery on the old Wheatley estate (Laurel Hill Farm) near Homeland,
Virginia.301,302
PETER ALLEN (ARTHUR) was born on 27 Mar 1810 at Fauquier County, Virginia.
He married Elizabeth E. PEYTON, daughter of Henry PEYTON and Elizabeth
Bronaugh, on 26 Nov 1833 at Fauquier County, Virginia. Henry Peyton, father of
Elizabeth, was bondsman. He died on 29 Aug 1871 at Missouri at age 61.
184. vii. REUBEN BROWN was born on 3 Jun 1815 at Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia.
He married Mary Catherine WHEATLEY, daughter of George Thornton
WHEATLEY and Sarah MILLER, on 27 Feb 1845 at At the Laurel Hill Farm,
Homeland, Culpeper County, Virginia. He died on 11 Jun 1889 at Homeland,
Culpeper County, Virginia, at age 74 ( Died at the Old Cottage Farm near
Homeland, Va ). He was buried at Wheatley Cemetery on Laurel Hill Farm,
Homeland, Culpeper County, Virginia.


About the Hitts where we cross paths. Peter Hitt II and Sarah James Hitt operated a General Store in Fauquier County , Virginia. Peter Hitt II was a soldier in the Fauquier County Militia and was wounded (sabre wound to arm) and taken prisoner at the Battle of Camden, SC. Daughter ElizabethHitt Arnold, brother Nimrod Hitt, and John Arnold were at the siege of Bryan's (Bryant) Station. Nimrod was wounded when splinters from gun fire struck him in the face. John Arnold suffered temporary blindness when a gun misfired and flared in his face. A cousin of Elizabeth Arnolds was killed shortley afterwards at the Battle of Blue Lick. ( I have the Elizabeth Arnold interview for Draper's Manuscripts if you don't have it. I also have a copy of John Arnold's will if you are interested.
What do you know much about Sarah James ? She was the daughter of Captain John James but I'm not sure which John James. There are a couple of them, I think? She is a descendent through her mother of George Mason I who I assume is the George Mason that fled England and great-grandfather of George Mason IV ?????
There's one James that can be traced back to Edward III, but don't know if that is the same Captain John James.
As far as Peter Hitt I, comes mostly from www.germanna.org so am sure that . Seems that the Germanna/Germantown.

Baptist preacher who was imprisoned. He kept an general store in Fauquier CO, and his account book is still extant. The origianl is in the Warrenton Library, but a photostatic copy is in the library of the VA Baptist Historical Society at the University of Richmnond. It indicates that he was a prominet member of Carter's Run Baptist Church.Peter servied as a Patroit in the Rev. War from VA.

Germanna Record # 1death date from DAR application.The Hitt Family of Siegen and Germanna and others connected therewith SAR #18597 shows him born 1719 in Fauquier Co. and dies 12-1809. and he was a soldier of infantry in the Virginia Continental line. He owned a general store. Earl Hitt says died Dec. 1809.A. Rodick says born bef 1725.The account book from his store still exists and is in the library of Va. Baptist Historical Society. He was a member of Carter's Run Bapt. Ch.was a Baptist preacher and had been imprisoned for some reason. Enlisted from Fauquier Co. in 1777 under Captain Elias Edmonds and Col. Thomas Marshall for the war. Wounded and taken prisoner at Camden and continues to the close of the war. This from DAR App # 38746. His land was adjacent to that of Harman, his brother near Branch of Great Run of Rappahannock and Col. Lee and Rosser's line. John Blankenbaker shows survey near Rosser's branch between 6-6-1746 and Feb 7 1747. Surveyor was James Genn and chain carriers were Henry and Harmon Hitt.
Fort Germanna was built in Essex County and it was still Essex when Peter I left with his family for Germantown. Germantown was in Stafford Co. in 1718-19 but became part of Prince Wm, then later became part of Fauquier Co. Where Ft. Germanna stood became Spotsylvania Co, then Orange Co.

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GRANTEE Hitt, Peter. grantee.
DATE 13 February 1746.
NOTE Location: Prince William County.
NOTE Description: 276 acres adjoining land of Joseph Martin, Richard Buckner, and Peter Kemper.
NOTE Hitt, Peter (the younger).
NOTE Source: Northern Neck Grants F, 1742-1754, p. 263 (Reel 292).
NOTE Original survey exists.
NOTE Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
SUBJECT Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Prince William County.
SUBJECT Prince William County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
SUBJECT Land grants -- Virginia -- Prince William County. aat.
SUBJECT Surveys (land) -- Virginia -- Prince William County. aat.
ADDED ENTRY Martin, Joseph.
ADDED ENTRY Buckner, Richard.
ADDED ENTRY Kemper, Peter.

PETER HITT (c1726-c1810)â?¢This Peter Hitt was born about 1726. [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42]; [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] [â??DAR HOWLANDâ?�] He was the 6th child (5th son) of another Peter Hitt (c1683-1772), who had immigrated to Virginia in 1714 as part of the Germanna Colony [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 5-10] and had moved with other of the original Germanna settlers to their new home at Germantown about 1720. Peter Hitt (c1726-c1810) was therefore born at the Germantown settlement in what was then Stafford County, Virginia (the area became Prince William County in 1731 and then Fauquier County in 1759). [â??GERMANNA COLONIESâ?� history pp 1-4]; [â??HITT FAMILY LINEâ?� pp 1-3]â?¢Sarah James was the wife of this Peter Hitt. She was born about 1738, probably in Stafford County. Sarah and Peter were married at Germantown apparently on 27 Apr 1759. [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42]; [â??HITT & JAMESâ?� hitt3 p 1]; [â??DAR HOWLANDâ?�]â?¢Peter Hitt operated a general store in Fauquier County. His account book is believed to have survived at the Warrenton Library with a copy of it housed in the collection of the Baptist Historical Society at the University of Richmond. [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42]â?¢Peter Hitt is recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution as a supporter of the Patriot cause during the Revolutionary War. [NOTE: I have not yet located the references in the Howland application, but Fauquier Co records that show Peter Hittâ??s claims in 1782 for the provision of beef. [â??DAR HOWLANDâ??]; [â??MILITARY REC FAQUIERâ?� pp 74-75]â?¢Peter Hitt died in Fauquier County in 1809 or 1810. The inventory of the estate of â??Peter Hitt, Sen.â?�, filed in Fauquier County on 28 May 1810, states that the inventory was ordered in Feb 1810, so Peter died in late 1809 or very early 1810. [â??PROBATE REC FAUQUIERâ?� Will Bk 5, pp 152-154]; [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-38]; [â??HITT REPORTâ?� #7]; [â??HITT & JAMESâ?� hitt3 p 1]â?¢Sarah (James) Hitt died in Fauquier County, apparently in early 1822. A deed from Sarah Hitt, â??relict of Peter Hitt, Sen.â?�, dated 18 Jun 1811, shows that Sarah survived her husband and that there was no second wife. [â??DEED REC FAUQUIERâ?� Bk 18, p191] The inventory of the estate of Sarah Hitt was filed 27 Mar 1822. [â??PROBATE REC FAUQUIERâ?� Will Bk 8, p 171]; [â??HITT & JAMESâ?� hitt3 p 1]â?¢Children of Peter Hitt (c1726-c1810):â?¢Elizabeth Hitt B: 21 Mar 1760, Fauquier Co. VA [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / D: 04 May 1848, Woodford Co KY [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat563] / M: John Arnold, 21 Aug 1775, {Fauquier Co. VA}** [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat563] / â??John Arnoldâ?� & â??Mrs. Arnoldâ?� were legatees of the estate of Peter Hitt in 1810. [â??PROBATE REC FAUQUIERâ?� Will Bk 5, p 152-154]â?¢Nimrod Hitt B: 21 Jul 1762, Fauquier Co. VA [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / D: 1825, Culpeper Co VA [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42] / â??Nimrod Hittâ?� was a legatee of the estate of Peter Hitt in 1810 [â??PROBATE REC FAUQUIERâ?� Will Bk 5, p 152-154]â?¢Dinah Hitt B: 15 Apr 1764, Fauquier Co. VA [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / D: 18 Jul 1842, Fayette Co. KY [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat554] / M: Tillman Kemper, 22 Oct 1779, {Culpeper Co. VA}* [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat554]; [â??HITT REPORTâ?� #7] / â??Diner Kemperâ?� was a legatee of the estate of Peter Hitt in 1810 [â??PROBATE REC FAUQUIERâ?� Will Bk 5, p 152-154] / Children: Thomas Kemper; Anna (Kemper) Boyer; Benjamin James Kemper; Sarah (Kemper) Hardesty; Jonathan Kemper; Nimrod Kemper; Elizabeth (Kemper) Seiggaert; Polly (Kemper) (Mathews) Dudley; Nancy (Kemper) Marsh; Charles Weaver Kemper; Joel Hitt Kemper; Peter Kemper; Merriam (Kemper) Goodnight; Levi Kemper; Reuben Kemper [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat56, dat554, dat555]â?¢Joel Hitt B: 26 Feb 1765, Fauquier Co. VA [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / D: 09 Oct {1807}*, Henry Co KY [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat562] / M: Elizabeth Young, 23 Dec 1790, {Fauquier Co. VA}** [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat562] / â??Joel Hittâ?� was a legatee of the estate of Peter Hitt in 1810 [â??PROBATE REC FAUQUIERâ?� Will Bk 5, p 152-154] / Children: Frances (Hitt) Button; Nancy I. (Hitt) Keller; William Young Hitt; James Weaver Hitt; Joel Hitt; John Hitt [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat562]â?¢Miriam Hitt B: 14 Jan 1768, Fauquier Co. VA [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / D: {c 23 Jun}* 1841, Clay Co MO / M: Archibald Holtzclaw, 06 Jan 1786 [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42]; [â??HOLTZCLAW GENâ?�â?� p 67] / â??Archibald Holtzclawâ?� & â??Mrs. Holtzclawâ?� were legatees of the estate of Peter Hitt in 1810 [â??PROBATE REC FAUQUIERâ?� Will Bk 5, p 152-154] / Children: Elizabeth (Holtzclaw) (Mansfield) Sampson; Sarah (Holtzclaw) (Adams) (Groom) McMahon; Rebecca (Holtzclaw) Capps; Caty Holtzclaw; Peter Holtzclaw; Nancy (Holtzclaw) Lincoln; James Holtzclaw [â??HOLTZCLAW GENâ?� pp 67, 84-85]â?¢Mary â??Pollyâ?? â??Mollyâ?? Hitt B: 06 Jan 1772, Fauquier Co. VA [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / D: {Harrison Co KY}* [â??DAR HOWLANDâ??]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat560] / M: Joseph Barnett, 12 Jan 1789, Fauquier Co KY [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42]; [â??DAR HOWLANDâ??]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat560] / â??Joseph Barnettâ?� & â??Mrs. Barnettâ?� were legatees of the estate of Peter Hitt in 1810 [â??PROBATE REC FAUQUIERâ?� Will Bk 5, p 152-154] / Children: Nancy (Barnett) Holding; Esslmrod Nimrod Barnett; Sarah Barnett; Peter Barnett; Ann Mary (Barnett) Johnson; Elizabeth (Barnett) Randall; Joseph Barnett; Cynthia (Barnett) Johnson; Alice (Barnett) Soward; Bennet James Barnett; William Hitt Barnett; Emily (Barnett) Simmons [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat560]â?¢Rueben Hitt B: 25 Aug 1773, Fauquier Co. [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / D: 09 Oct 1854, Fauquier Co VA [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / M: Fanny Samuels, 17 Sep 1797 [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / â??Reuben Hittâ?� was a legatee of the estate of Peter Hitt in 1810 [â??PROBATE REC FAUQUIERâ?� Will Bk 5, p 152-154] / Children: Sarah â??Sally (Hitt) Kemper [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat555]; Elizabeth (Hitt) Moffett [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat555]; James Samuel Hitt [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat555]; Nancy (Hitt) Kemper [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat555]; Polly Hitt [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191]; Peter Allen Hitt [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191]; Reuben Brown Hitt [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191]â?¢Nancy Hitt B: 14 Jun 1774, Fauquier Co. VA [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / D: Sep 1858, Rappahannock Co VA [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat556] / M: John Miller, 16 Dec 1789 [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42] / â??John Millerâ?� & â??Mrs. Millerâ?� were legatees of the estate of Peter Hitt in 1810 [â??PROBATE REC FAUQUIERâ?� Will Bk 5, p 152-154] / Children: James Miller; Peter Miller; Elizabeth (Miller) Settle; Henry Miller; George Miller; Sarah (Miller) Wheatley; John Miller; Charles Miller; Nancy (Miller) ({Tayleo}*) Carter; Mary (Miller) (Miller) Jones; Lucy (Miller) Wood; Eliza (Miller) Jones; Asenath Miller [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat56,dat556]â?¢Peter Hitt: B: 01 Apr 1776, Fauquier Co. VA [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / D: c1807, {Fauquier Co VA}* [â??NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTSâ?� p 191] / M: Lucy Rosser, 09 Jul 1796, Fauquier Co. VA [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37-42]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat57] / Lucy Hitt, widow of this Peter Hitt, M(2): George James, 1808. [â??GERMANNA RECORDâ?� pp 37 42]; [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat57] / â??George Jamesâ?� was a legatee of the estate of Peter Hitt in 1810. [â??PROBATE REC FAUQUIERâ?� Will Bk 5, p 152-154] / Children: Lucinda (Hitt) Pierce; Mary Hitt; Aldridge A. Hitt; Elizabeth (Hitt) Green; Nimrod Milton Hitt [â??OHIO FAMILIESâ?� dat57, dat557]

from Earl Hitt, Jr.
Peter lived at Carter Run, Upper Fauquier County, Virginia. Peter operated an ordinary/general store and his
account book is still in existance (the original is in the Warrenton Library and a copy is in the Library of the
Virginia Baptist Historical Society at the University of Richmond). Peter's account book indicates that he was a
member of Carter's Run Baptist Church. The account records generally cover the period of about 1770 through
1780 and his contributions to the church are mingled with the store accounts. Joseph and Henry Hitt, brothers,
and A. Holtzclaw, son-in-law Archibald, are listed in the accounts.
Peter appears in the records of Prince William and Fauquier Counties several times in 1743 to 1780. Peter
appears almost continuously in the Personal Property Tax Lists for Fauquier County, Virginia from 1783 to
1806.
Herman Hitt, son of Peter Hitt of Prince William Co. 294 A. in Prince William Co. Surv. Mr. Thomas Davies.
Adj. Worden Pope, near Branch of Great Run of Rappahannock, Col. Lee, Peter Hitt, Rosser's line. 20 Feb
1743 (Patent Book F, page 150).
Peter Hitt the younger son of Peter Hitt of Prince William Co. 276 A. in said Co. Surv. Mr. James Genn. Adj.
Joseph Martin, Mr. Richard Buckner, the Great Run, Peter Kemper, Willis, Henry Martin, Rosser's Run. Lord
Fairfax granted Peter Hitt 276 acres of land on 13 February 1746. (This grant is recorded in Northern Neck
Grant Book F, Vol 263, Fairfax County, Virginia). The text of this grant provides some insight into families
associated with the Hitt family and is copied here:
The Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that part of Great Britain, called Scotland,
Proprietor of the northern neck of Virginia. To all whom this present writing shall come sends greetings: Know
ye that for and in consideration of the composition for my use paid and for the annual rent thereafter reserved I
have given to and confirmed and by these presume to give, grant and confirm unto Peter Hitt, the younger and
son of Peter Hitt, of the County of Prince William, a certain track of waste and ungranted land in the said
County joining on Joseph Martin, Mr. Richard Buckner and . . .(worn). . . and bounded by a survey thereof
made by Mr. James Genn as followeth, beginning at a large white oak marked IWHW to corner Martins,
Buckner and Willis and extending thence SE, one hundred and sixty poles to where Buckner and Willis line
intersects Henry Martin's by a branch of the great run, thence with Martin's line S 55d Nth two hundred and
twenty poles to a small marked white oak on a Hitt side corner of the said Martin's line, thence with another of
his lines N 72d W one hundred and sixty poles to a large white oak marked IM, another of the said Martin's
corners on the west side of Rohen Run, thence 11d 7d one hundred and sixty poles to a pine and red oak
marked PH on the side of a mountain, thence S 51dE fifty poles to a white oak in Peter Kemper's line, thence
with his line S 30dE fourteen poles to three white oaks on the east side of Roper's Lane, thence S 80dE
sevent-four poles to a chestnut on the top of a hill, thence N 46d E eighty poles to a white oak in a bottom,
finally along another of Kemper's lines, N 31dE thirty-six poles to the beginning, two hundred and seventy-six
acres, together with all rights mentioned in thereunto belonging. Royal mines excepted and a full third part of
all lead, copper, tin, coals, iron mines and iron ore therefrom or thereon. To have and to hold the said two
hundred and seventy-six acres of land together with all rights, profits and benefits to him belonging or
pertaining, except before excepted to him the said Peter Hitt, the younger, his heirs and assigns forever. He the
said Peter Hitt, his heirs and assigns therefore . . .(worn). . . and paying to my heirs or assigns or to my certain
attorney, agents, . . .(worn). . ., or certain attorney or attorneys of my heirs or assigns, protectors of the
northern stock yearly and every year on the feast day of Saint Michael the Arch Angel the fee rent of one
shilling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionally for a greater of lesser
quantity. Provided that if the said Peter Hitt, his heirs or assigns shall not pay the before-mentioned annual
rent so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole years, afar the
same shall become due if lawfully demanded, that when it sahll and may be lawful for me, my heirs or assigns,
proprietors as aforesaid, my or their certain attorney or attorneys, agent or agents into the above granted
premises to re-enter and to hold the same so as if this grant had never passed. Given at my office in the County of Fairfax within my said proprietory. Witness my agent and attorney lawfully authorized thereto. Dated the
thirteenth day of February in the twentieth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the
grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King Defender of the faith. A one thousand, seven hundred
and forty-six.
Signed by Lord Fairfax.
The 1770 and 1777 Fauquier County Rent Rolls list Peter Hitt, Jr. with 275 acres of land which is most likely
the land of the above grant. From 1783 through 1789, Peter is listed in the Fauquier County Land taxes with
276 acres of land, and from 1790 through 1793 he is listed with an additional 60 acres of land, most likely
purchased from Martin.
Others living adjacent to Peter Hitt who were also issued patents were:
William Fairfax Esq. of Fairfax Co. 488 A. in Prince William Co. Surv. Mr. James Genn. On Carter's Run,
adj. Capt. Thomas Carter, Richard Thornberry's now Dennis Conyers, James Crapp(?), John Dagg, Benjamin
King, Peter Kemper, Peter Hitt. 3 Aug 1747. (Patent Book F, page 284)
William Pickett of Fauquier Co. 340 A. in said Co. Surv. John Moffett. Adj. Jacob Kemper, Joseph Holtzclaw,
Mr. Chapman, Henry Martin, Peter Hitt, Mr. Buckner, Naked Mt., James Crockett, Daniel Rector, Peter
Kemper. 25 Nov 1778. (Patent Book I, page 332)
Capt. William Pickett of Fauquier Co. 420 A. in said Co. Surv. Mr. John Moffett. Adj. John Rosier, said
Pickett, Peter Hitt, William Henry Fairfax Esq. dec'd, Dennis Conyer dec'd, Mr. Joseph Blackwell, Reuben
Bramblett, Carter's Run, Thomas Carter, Hegman River. 4 Apr 1780. (Patent Book I, page 376)
On 6 January 1802, John James and Elizabeth his wife deeded 138 acres of land to Peter Hitt and Sarah his
wife (Fauquier County, Virginia Deed Book 15, p. 123). John James was the brother of Sarah, Peter Hitt's wife.
Peter Hitt's will was recorded in Fauquier County on 28 May 1810. (Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 5,
page 153). The complete will is as follows:
In the name of God, Amen. I, Peter Hitt of the County of Fauquier and Commonwealth of Virginia, being
advanced in life but of perfect sense and memory, thanks be to Almighty God for the same, do make and ordain
this my last will and testament in manner and form following; viz.: I bequeath my precious and immortal soul
to Almighty God who gave it in full hope of pardon and remission of all sins and trasgressions through the
mediatation of my blessed Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, and my body I desire may be decently buried at
the discretion of my executor, hereafter named. As to such worldly estate wherewith God hath blessed me, I
dispose of the same in following. (to wit). Then I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Sarah Hitt, during her
natural life for her support all the land I possess in the County of Fauquier except at least of two hundred acres
heretofore given to my son, Reuben Hitt, but not yet conveyed; also one negro woman named Pender and her
daughters, Sarah and Brooks; also Harry, Bill, George and Bobb; also four horses, choice of my stock and my
wagon and gear and all the plantation vessels; all the stock of horned cattle that may be on my estate at my
death, also twenty sheep, choice of my flock, also twenty head of hogs, choice of my stock; and all my
household and kitchen furniture for and during her natural live only. Then I give to my son, Nimrod Hitt, after
the death of his mother, also one bed and furniture, one cow and calf, two ewes and lambs, one sow and pigs,
which is all property to Nimrod who shall will to whom he pleases if he lives longer than his mother, but should
he decease before his mother, in that case it is my will that the aforesaid property willed to him be equally
divided among my other children or their representatives. Then I give and bequeath to the heirs of Peter Hitt,
Jr., lawfully begotten of his body, the land I bought of Reuben Martin and one negro girl named Filler and her
increases forever, which said property I estimate at one hundred and twenty pounds, the negroes now in
possession of the widow of Peter Hitt, deceased. Then I give and bequeath to my son, Reuben Hitt, and his
heirs the lease of two hundred acres of land he formerly lived on and which is heretofore excepted and onenegro boy named Cato now in possession of my son Reuben Hitt, which said property in addition to what I have
formerly given and moneys paid for him, I estimate at one hundred and twenty pounds. Then it is my will and
desire that all my personal estate not heretofore willed to my wife be sold at my death on such terms as my
executor, hereafter named, may think best for the interest of my legatees and the money arising from such sale
be divided between my children hereafter named; to wit, Elizabeth Small, Diana Kemper, Miriam Holtzclaw,
Molly Barnett, Nancy Miller or their lawful heirs and the heirs of Joel Hitt, deceased, so as to make the
dividend equal to one hundred and twenty pounds which my two sons, Peter and Reuben, have received and
after the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds be received by my five daughters or their heirs and the heirs of
Joel Hitt, deceased, that the residue of my estate at the death of my wife, Sarah Hitt, be equally divided between
all my children or their representatives (except my son Nimrod whom I exclude from such division). Then it is
my will that my tract of land on Elk Run which I got by my wife be sold at the death of my wife upon the terms
that my other estate may be sold, upon which I leave discretionary with my executor and the money arising from
such sale to be divided as above. Lastly, I constitute and appoint my son-in-law John Miller my only executor to
this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills and testaments by me made. Signed with my hand and
dated this the 26th of April 1808.
Peter Hitt
Witnesses: Arthur Galdstone
Mary Shaw
In 1810 the property of Peter Hitt, Sr., decd. is appraised (Fauquier County, Will Book 5, page 152). On 28
May 1810, the slaves of Peter Hitt, decd, are divided among Joel Hitt, Reubin Hitt, George James, Archibald
Holtzcalw, John Arnold, John Miller, Nimrod Hitt, Dinah Kemper, and Joseph Barnett. George James is
named because he married the widow of Peter Hitt, Jr.'s son Peter, Lucy. George was later named guardian of
Peter and Lucy's children.
Peter Hitt's land was divided into 10 parts and apportioned among his widow and children. No names are
mentioned, however, this confirms that Peter and Sarah had at least 9 children.(Fauquier County, Virginia Will
Book 5, page 169).
On 10 December 1818, another appraisal of Peter Hitt, Jr.'s estate was recorded (Fauquier County, Virginia
Will Book 7, p. 227).
On 6 June 1823, Joel Hitt, James Hitt, and Absalom H. Kellar and Nancy his wife, all of Jefferson Co., Ky.,
appoint Eli and Henry Holtzclaw of Fauquier Co. their attorneys to secure their share of the property of Peter
Hitt, decd., and of Sarah Hitt, late decd., widow of Peter Hitt. (Fauquier County, Virginia Deed Book 27, p.
297. Joel was the son of Peter Hitt, Jr.; James was the son of Joel, grandson of Peter Hitt, Jr.; Absalom Kellar

• Married: 27 Apr 1759 in Germantown, Stafford, Va.

1. Lucy HITT b: ABT 1761 in ,Stafford,Va.
2. Elizabeth HITT b: 21 Mar 1760 in Warrenton, Fauquier, Va.
3. Nimrod HITT b: 21 Jul 1762 in , Fauquier, Va.
4. Dinah HITT b: 15 Apr 1764 in Germantown, Fauquier, Va.
5. Joel HITT b: 26 Feb 1765 in , Fauquier, Va.
6. Miriam HITT b: 14 Jan 1766 in , Fauquier, Va.
7. Mary(Molly) HITT b: 6 Jan 1772 in Germantown, Fauquier, Va.
8. Reuben S. HITT b: 25 Aug 1773 in , Fauquier, Va.
9. Nancy Ann HITT b: 14 Jun 1774 in Germantown, Fauquier, Va.
10. Peter HITT III b: 1 Apr 1776 in Warrenton, Fauquier, Va.
11. Sally HITT b: 17 Jan 1779