James Huitt

Birth: 1774 Death: 12 AUG 1814 in WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES Burial: HUITT-BROCK CEMETERY -- BELGRADE TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSOURI,

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In 1804 James Huitt purchased 800 arpents of land on Big River in the northern part of Belleview Valley in what would later become Washington County, Missouri.  The Huitt family left Georgia and arrived here in the spring of 1805. 

Washington County was formed in August of 1813. The first court session of the Court of Common Pleas was held in January 1814. At this session the grand jury filed presentments against James Huitt along with John Cavender and Seth Hyatt for an "affray". This was the beginning of the "official" criminal business of the county.

**James Huitt Sr. died in August, 1814 allegedly when a rock was thrown through a window hitting him in the head.

Children of Elizabeth Webb & James Huitt, Sr.:

Lemuel - b: 1798, Georgia - m: Sarah (Sally) Ann ?? circa 1818 - d: 1852-1860 - 1819 Lemuel is in Caledonia, WashCoMo, in the 1850 census he is in CrawCoMo.

Elijah - b: 1800, Ga. - d: after 1830 - Elijah left his Washington County, Missouri home in 1818. He went to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Elijah's son, James, returned to Washington County, Missouri & in February, 1853 married his cousin, Elvira S., who was the daughter of Sarah & Lemuel Huitt. Elvira & James left Missouri with a wagon train shortly after their wedding for the gold fields of California. They arrived in ROUGH & READY, CALIFORNIA shortly before their first child was born in December, 1853. In 1878 they sold their gold mine claim & moved to Portland, Oregon.

John - b: 1802, Ga. - d: after 1829 -

William C. - b: 1804, Ga. - m: Elizabeth Henderson

James, Jr. - b: 1806, Bellevue, WashCoMo - m: Lettie H. Sullivant

Green - b: 1809, Bellevue, WashCoMo, - m: 1) Mary "Polly" Sullivant 2) Barbary Sullivant

Wilkinson - b: 20 March 1812, Washington, Adams Co., Mississippi - m: Sarah Ann Roberson 2 July 1833, WashCoMo - d: circa 1870 - For more information on Wilkinson Huitt see WASHINGTON COUNTY & THE HISTORIC MORMON MOVEMENT

Mary "Polly" - b: 1814, Bellevue WashCoMo - m: James Eidson 6 may 1831

At the time of James death he owned 6 slaves and by 1828 Elizabeth owned 14 slaves total, which were divided among the family members .

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