Treasure Chest Thursday~Andrew Jackson Huneycutt

Mr. Andrew Huneycutt of western Stanly, is in his 84th year, and is still able to attend court. He is a man of extraordinary physique, and tips the beam at 270 pounds. He was never sick two days at a time in his whole life until last winter when the grip held him down some 20 days or more. If we are right he was one of the first commissioners of Stanly county and has always figured as a prominent citizen. He is remarkably stout for one of his age and looks as if he might yet attend several other courts. ¹


Mr. Andrew Huneycutt of Stanly county, says the Stanly News, is in his 84th years, and is still able to attend court. He is a man of extraordinary physique, and tips the beam at 270 pounds. He was never sick two days at a time in his whole life until last winter when the grip held him down some 20 days or more. ²



Andrew Huneycutt was a prominent farmer in Stanly County between about 1830 and his death in May 1903.

He married Mary Ann ‘Polly’ Crayton about 1830. Their first born, Sarah Ann Caroline, was born about 1831 according to census data. To this union were born 10 children; 5 sons and 5 daughters.

Polly Crayton Huneycutt died on 16 July 1887.

On 12 January 1888, at age 79, Andrew married Sarah Catherine Morton, age 29, daughter of John and Emaline Morton.

Andrew Jackson Huneycutt, son of Elias Branson ‘Eli’ Huneycutt and Leah Stough died on 29 May 1903. His widow, Sarah Catherine then married George M. Teeter on 15 July 1904. Sarah Catherine Morton Huneycutt died 1 November 1911.


The obituary for Andrew Jackson Huneycutt can be found in the “Monroe Journal,” Monroe, NC, 2 June 1903. To quote from that obit - “He was a link between the present and the past, and was full of interesting reminiscences of the past. He had shot buffalo and deer at the famous Big Lick, years and years ago.”






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[1] [The Concord Times (Concord, North Carolina) 27 October 1892, page 2, col 5].
[2] [The Southern Home (Charlotte, North Carolina) 19 July 1875, page 3, col 7].
[3] "Mr. Andrew HONEYCUTT, the oldest man in Stanly county, died," Obituary, THE MONROE JOURNAL, Union County, N.C., 2 June 1903, . Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncstanly/NewsAbs19041909.htm.