Michael Motes shares his research of the Thomas Collins family of Cumberland County Myrtle Bridges. 12/9/99
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS COLLINS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Generation No. 11. THOMAS2 COLLINS (JAMES1) was born 1718 in Probably Perquimans Co., NC, and died Aft. 28 July 1778 in Cumberland Co., NC. He married ANNARITTA MINGE 25 January 1742 in Chowan Co., NC, daughter of JOSEPH MINGE and RACHEL WARD. She was born Abt. 1725.
Children of THOMAS COLLINS and ANNARITTA MINGE are:
i. JOSEPH3 COLLINS.
2. ii. FRANCES COLLINS, b. Abt. 1755, Cumberland Co., NC; d. Pendleton District, SC.
iii. JAMES COLLINS, b. Abt. 1758; m. TEMPERANCE VINSON.
Generation No. 22. FRANCES3 COLLINS (THOMAS2, JAMES1) was born Abt. 1755 in Cumberland Co., NC, and died in Pendleton District, SC. She married RANDOLPH HUNNICUTT1,2,3 03 March 1767 in Cumberland Co., NC, son of JOHN HUNNICUTT and JEMIMA ROWELL. He was born 14 January 1747 in Surry Co., VA4, and died Bet. 1833 - 1834 in Pendleton District, SC.
Notes for RANDOLPH HUNNICUTT:
Randolph Hunnicutt's birth is recorded in his father's Family Bible as 14 January 1747. At that time his father is thought to have still be residing in Surry Co.,VA.
Randolph purchased land in Cumberland Co., NC, in 1773 and made his residence there. In 1779 he was appointed Overseer of Road Repairs for Cumberland County. This civil service during the American Revolution may be used by his descendants for membership in DAR, SAR and CAR. It was first established by J. V. Michael Motes as a supplemental lineage in the National Society Sons of the American Revolution [NSSAR #91863] in November 1999.
On 27 March 1792, he was granted 371 acres of land in Abbeville District, SC, located on Beaver Dam Creek. This was followed by an additional grant of 371 acres in Pendleton District, SC, 5 November 1792. Both of these grants were surveyed in 1801 by James Milwee. On 22 March 1766, he received a grant of 762 acres on 26 Mile Creek of the Savannah River, Ninety Six District, SC. He also left behind papers showing that he owned land in Jackson Co., NC.
He is shown as a resident of Pendleton Co., SC, in the first Federal Census of 1790 and continues to appears in the census returns of 1800, 1810 and 1820 in Pendleton. In the 1830 census, he is listed as a resident of Anderson Co., SC, where he died during the winter of 1833-1834.
Children of FRANCES COLLINS and RANDOLPH HUNNICUTT are:
i. THOMAS4 HUNNICUTT5, b. Abt. 1768, Proabably North Carolina; d. Abt. 1868, South Carolina; m. SARAH C. SAXON.
Notes for THOMAS HUNNICUTT:
Buried at Hopewell Church, near Seneca, SC.
ii. MEREDITH HUNNICUTT5, b. Bet. 1770 - 1780; d. Bef. 1850, Probably Anderson Co., SC6; m. SARAH MILWEE.
Notes for SARAH MILWEE:
In the 1850 Census of Anderson Co., SC, she is the widowed head of household.
iii. WILLIAM HUNNICUTT7,8, b. 1779, Probably Cumberland Co., NC; d. 1853, Near Seneca, SC; m. ELIZABETH YOUNG, 1802; b. Abt. 1786; d. Abt. 1850.
Notes for WILLIAM HUNNICUTT:
Conflicting birth dates of 1779 and 1784 have been found, as well as conflicting death dates of 1853 and 1862. He and his wife were first buried in the Hunnicutt Cemetery near New Hope Baptist Church, six miles north of Seneca, SC. Their remains were later moved to Stamp Creek Baptist Church. Little is known of him other than he lived and farmed in the area where he was first buried.
iv. SARAH HUNNICUTT8, b. 19 March 1779, Cumberland Co., NC; d. 07 April 1869; m. WILLIAM ENTREKIN9.
Notes for WILLIAM ENTREKIN:
William Entrekin served as a Revolutionary War soldier. Both he and his wife are buried at Hopewell Baptist Church, near Seneca, SC.
v. ELIJAH HUNNICUTT10,11, b. Bet. 1780 - 1790, North Carolina; d. 1846; m. MARY MCKENZIE, Abt. 1810, Pickens Co., SC; b. 1768; d. 1871.
Notes for ELIJAH HUNNICUTT:
He was a doctor.
vi. JOHN HUNNICUTT12, b. 10 October 1781, North Carolina; d. 08 February 1860, Benton (now Cleburne) Co., AL; m. REBECCA THOMPSON, 1811, Pendleton District, SC; b. 18 September 1793, South Carolina; d. 31 October 1884, Franklin Co., AL13.
Notes for JOHN HUNNICUTT:
Buried Belgreen Cemetery, Belgreen, AL.
vii. JAMES HUNNICUTT14,15,16, b. 10 December 1785, Probably Cumberland Co., NC17; d. 09 September 1854, Clayton, Rabun Co., GA17; m. (1) NANCY SMITH, Abt. 1802; m. (2) CATHERINE WILKES, Abt. 1823; b. 18 August 1807, North Carolina18; d. 14 April 1899, Clayton, Rabun Co., GA18.
Notes for JAMES HUNNICUTT:
James Hunnicutt was a school teacher and first taught in Banks Co., GA, before moving to Rabun County.
On 6 June 1819, James Hunnicutt addressed a letter to his father, "Mr. Randolph Hunnicutt, South Carolina, Pendleton Dist." and began the letter, "Dear Father." [Reference: Unpublished manuscript, "A Genealogical Sketch of the Hunnicutt Family in America" by Leila Hunnicutt de Jarnette, copies presented in notebook form to her grandchildren, 1935, pages not numbered. Letter from John R. de Jarnette to Michael Motes, 10 June 1960, discusses his grandmother's work and includes copies of the manuscript. The letter from James Hunnicutt was not copied other than as given in these notes.]
He is first mentioned in Rabun Co., GA, records in 1838. when he bought lots number 23 and 24 in the town of Clayton on November 30, 1838. This land was purchased from George Lutes. On 9 February 1839, he bought Lot No. 27 in the town of Clayton from the Justice of the Inferior Court. On 21 October 1852, he bought 250 acres of land in the Second Land District and "distinguished by the number 49." The last tract of land he bought consisted of 50 acres in the Second Land District and "distinguished by the number 50." This transaction was dated 12 January 1854. These lots, numbers 49 and 50, were the property of his son, William McEwen Hunnicutt, as recorded in the 1869 Rabun County Tax Digest.
He died as a result of a rattlesnake bite. He and his wife Catherine are buried in Clayton, Rabun Co., GA.
viii. ANNARITTA HUNNICUTT19,20, b. Bef. 1790; m. BARNETT SMITH21.
Notes for BARNETT SMITH:
He was a minister.
ix. JESSE HUNNICUTT22,23, b. 12 July 1795, Pendleton Dist., SC; d. 23 January 1871, Cherokee Co., GA; m. SARAH WILBANKS23, 04 February 1821, South Carolina.
Notes for JESSE HUNNICUTT:
Settled in Alabama or Mississippi.
x. JEHOIDA HUNNICUTT24,25, b. Abt. 1800, Pendleton Dist., SC; d. Union Co., GA; m. NANCY MCCALL.
Notes for JEHOIDA HUNNICUTT:
Like his brother, James Hunnicutt, Jehoida was also a school teacher. He is listed in the 1850 Census of Union Co., GA, age 50 with wife Nancy, age 45, and children Amanda, age 23, Warren, age 18, Madison, age 15, William, age 11, Albert, age 7, Robert, age 3 and Floyd, age 1, all of whom were born in North Carolina.
In a letter dated 31 August 1955, Mrs. Kate Hunnicutt Deavors (granddaughter of Jehodia Hunnicutt's brother James) written to J. D. Hunnicutt, one of the first to extensively research this family, she states that Jehoida lived near Lavonia in Hart Co., GA, and was the father of Towers Hunnicutt who married Frances Ash and that they were the parents of the noted Methodist minister, the Reverend Warren Towers Hunnicutt.
xi. CALVIN HUNNICUTT26,27, b. Bet. 1800 - 1810; m. CELIA RISENER.
Notes for CALVIN HUNNICUTT:
Still single at the time of the 1830 Census. No know children..
Endnotes1. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume VI, Page 251-252.
2. John Hunnicutt Family Bible.
3. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), Pages 107 and 122.
4. John Hunnicutt Family Bible.
5. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume VI, Page 252.
6. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), Page 150.
7. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), Pages 150-151.
8. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume VI, Page 252.
9. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), Page 122.
10. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume VI, Page 252.
11. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), Page 122.
12. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume VI, Page 252.
13. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), Page 151.
14. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume VI, Page 252-253.
15. Rabun County Heritage Book Committee, Rabun County, Georgia And Its People, Volume 1, (Rabun County Heritage Book Committee and Don Mills, 1992), Page 221.
16. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), Pages 122 and 152.
17. James Hunnicutt Tombstone, Clayton Cemetery, Rabun Co., GA.
18. Catherine Hunnicutt Tombstone, Clayton Cemetery, Rabun Co., GA.
19. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume VI, Page 252.
20. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), Page 122.
21. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), age 122.
22. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume VI, Page 252..
23. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), Page 122.
24. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume VI, Page 252.
25. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), Page 122.
26. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume VI, Page 252.
27. Richard N. Gookins, A History of the Gookin Family of England, Ireland and America, (Revised Edition, Salem, Oregon, 1991), Page 122.
Descendants of Randolph Hunnicutt1 Randolph Hunnicutt 1747 - 1833
.. +Frances Collins 1755 -
2 Thomas Hunnicutt 1768 - 1868
.... +Sarah C. Saxon
2 Meredith Hunnicutt 1770 - 1850
.... +Sarah Milwee
2 William Hunnicutt 1779 - 1853
.... +ELizabeth Young 1786 - 1850
2 Sarah Hunnicutt 1779 - 1869
.... +William Entrekin
2 Elijah Hunnicutt 1780 - 1846
.... +Mary McKenzie 1768 - 1871
2 John Hunnicutt 1781 - 1860
.... +Rebecca Thompson 1793 - 1884
2 James Hunnicutt 1785 - 1854
.... +Nancy Smith
.. 3 Bayliss/Ballace Hunnicutt
.. 3 Buchannon Hunnicutt
.. 3 Reese Hunnicutt
.. 3 Charlotte Hunnicutt 1803 -
...... +Mr. Smith
.. 3 Joseph Berry Hunnicutt 1806 -
.. 3 John Calvin Hunnicutt 1808 -
...... +Sarah Entrekin
.. 3 James Wesley Hunnicutt 1811 -
...... +Nancy Smith
.. 3 Wilson Fletcher Hunnicutt 1815 -
.. 3 Jesse Randolph Hunnicutt 1817 -
*2nd Wife of James Hunnicutt:
.... +Catherine Wilkes 1807 - 1899
.. 3 Elizabeth Hunnicutt
...... +Dr. J. H. Ashworth
.. 3 Sarah Ann Hunnicutt 1824 - 1892
...... +Jeremiah McCurry 1823 - 1886
.. 3 Meredith Manson Hunnicutt 1828 - 1903
...... +Sarah Ann Mathis 1830 -
.. 3 William McEwen Hunnicutt 1829 - 1883
...... +Matilda Agnes O'Neal 1838 - 1910
.... 4 Thomas Walter Hunnicutt 1860 - 1931
........ +Algia Nevada Wooddall 1868 - 1945
...... 5 Demorest O'Neal Hunnicutt 1889 - 1927
.......... +Bertha Thomas 1897 - 1955
...... 5 Agnes Elizabeth Hunnicutt 1887 - 1961
.......... +Charles Melvin Drury
...... *2nd Husband of Agnes Elizabeth Hunnicutt:
.......... +Frederick John Alexander Sarman 1874 - 1955
...... 5 Ruby Nell Hunnicutt 1893 - 1965
.......... +Dr. Vartain K. Osigian
...... 5 Thelma Madge Hunnicutt 1897 - 1981
.......... +James Alexander Birmingham II 1889 - 1995
........ 6 Nelle Elizabeth Birmingham 1920 -
............ +Virlyn Moore Motes 1923 - 1977
.......... 7 James Virlyn Michael Motes 1945 -
.............. +Betty Lou Bredemus 1934 -
............. 8 Nancy Dabbs Birmingham Motes 1976 -
.......... 7 Sherri Elizabeth Motes 1948 - 1981
.............. +William Robert Cadle 1948 -
............. 8 Jason Alexander Cadle 1969 -
................. +Tara Kerby
............... 9 Sydney Alexandra Cadle 1994 -
............... 9 Jason ("Jake") Alexander Cadle II 1997 -
........ 6 James Walter Birmingham 1930 - 1948
...... 5 Jasper Gordon Hunnicutt 1899 - 1954
.......... +Anna Jean Lewis
...... 5 William McEwen Hunnicutt 1903 - 1964
.......... +Suwanee McCrackin 1911 - 1989
...... 5 James Robert Hunnicutt 1905 -
.......... +Wilhelmina Williams
.... 4 Mary Elizabeth Adeline Hunnicutt 1865 - 1918
........ +William Harvey Hughes
.... 4 Matilda Catherine Evaleolah Hunnicutt 1868 - 1954
.... 4 Frances Olive Eudor Hunnicutt 1870 - 1954
........ +John Samuel DeMontmollin III 1844 - 1912
.... 4 Sarah Leicester Hunnicutt 1873 - 1954
........ +Dr. Percy Trant Hickson Norcop 1853 - 1922
.... 4 Margaret Alice Hunnicutt 1876 - 1945
........ +James Robert Taylor 1861 - 1934
.... 4 William Emory Speer Hunnicutt 1880 - 1941
........ +Blanche Inez Sweet 1880 - 1956
.. 3 Isaac P. Hunnicutt 1832 -
...... +Rebecca Murray
.. 3 Giles M. Hunnicutt 1835 - 1863
.. 3 Thomas Harrison Hunnicutt 1840 - 1926
...... +Elizabeth Jordan Goodrich 1840 - 1932
.. 3 Serena Hunnicutt 1843 -
...... +Samuel P. Queen 1833 - 1905
.. 3 Nathan Andrew Hunnicutt 1845 - 1913
...... +Charlotte (Lottie) Rogers 1851 - 1926
.. 3 Susan Hunnicutt 1849 -
...... +Zachariah Sweatman
.. 3 Mary Minerva Hunnicutt 1850 -
...... +Clement (Clemmy) Rogers
2 Annaritta Hunnicutt 1790 -
.... +Barnett Smith
2 Jesse Hunnicutt 1795 - 1871
.... +Sarah Wilbanks
2 Jehoida Hunnicutt 1800 -
.... +Nancy McCall
2 Calvin Hunnicutt 1800 -
.... +Celia Risener
Research notes compiled by J. V. Michael Motes, 282 Kennesaw Avenue, NW, Marietta, Georgia 30060–1636. Telephone 770–429–8262. E-mail: Michael Motes
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