After years of research all that is known about the death of my 3rd Great Grandfather is that he died sometime between 1860 and 1870. No record of his death or a tombstone has been found.
No Last Testament and Will has been found but there was a probate of his estate.
Mark I. Huneycutt 1
Probate Folder
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-35569-26321-38?cc=1911121
I’m know this estate was created for the sole purpose to protect the heirs at law in the division of the real estate and personal property of one Mark I. Huneycutt.The last record we have for Mark Huneycutt is his presence in the 1860 Census for Stanly County.
1860 CENSUS: Stanly County, North Carolina; Roll: M653_914; Image: 18; Family History Library Film: 803914, Page: 9 (stamped); Line 30, Dwelling 113, Family 113; Mark HUNEYCUTT, male, age 60, born in NC; Charity HUNEYCUTT, female, [wife], age 57, born in NC; Martin I. HUNEYCUTT, male, age 24, born in NC; Sallie HUNEYCUTT, female, age 28, born in NC; Bedy L. HUNEYCUTT, female, age 17, born in NC; John FURR, male, [Son-in-Law], age 30, born in NC; Betsey [HUNEYCUTT] FURR, female, age 21, born in NC and Mary E. FURR, female, [grand Daughter] age 9/12, born in NC
His wife Charity Dry is listed (without husband) in the 1870 Stanly County Census.
1870 CENSUS: Furr, Stanly County, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1160; Image: 127; Family History Library Film: 552659, Page: 58A(stamped); Line 25, Dwelling 4, Family 4; Cath [Charity Dry] HUNEYCUTT, Female, age 70, born in NC; Sarah HUNEYCUTT, Female [Daughter], age 37, born in NC; Beedy L. HUNEYCUTT, Female [Daughter], age 22, born in NC and Tobitha [Tabitha] HUNEYCUTT GrandDaughter], Female, age 15, born in NC.
This seems to indicate that Mark passed away between 1860 and 1870. But, why did the heirs wait until 1902 to settled his estate.
There are 24 images or pages to his estate on Family Search. I think the estate is incomplete. The earliest document is Image 13 and 14; both related to appointing a Guardian for my Grandmother and her two sisters.
The three sisters, Pearl, Etta and Theresa are grandchildren of Mark through his daughter Louvena Huneycutt Deese. It was amazing to see my grandmother named within this probate file.
The next document I want to discuss is a documents listing the children of Mark and Charity Dry. That document is image 19.
The Children of Mark and Charity are:
i. John Wiley Huneycutt, born 16 Jan 1823, Montgomery County, North Carolina; married Elizabeth Love.
ii. Tobias A. Huneycutt, born abt 1824, Montgomery County, North Carolina; married Elizabeth Mariam Huneycutt.
iii. David M. Huneycutt, born abt 1828, Montgomery County, North Carolina; married Edith Underwood.
iv. William Riley Huneycutt, born Mar 1830, Montgomery County, North Carolina; married Lydia Brooks.
v. James Wiley Huneycutt, born 26 Apr 1833, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Sarah Elizabeth Page.
vi. Martin Irenus Huneycutt, born 14 Dec 1835, Montgomery County, North Carolina; married Unicey [LNU], 1880; married Elmire Hudson.
vii. Sarah "Sallie" Huneycutt, born 29 Nov 1836, Montgomery County, North Carolina; married Allen McDaniel Page.
viii. Elizabeth "Betsy" Huneycutt, born abt Jan 1842, Montgomery County, North Carolina; married John Furr.
ix. Beada Huneycutt, born abt 1842, Stanly County, North Carolina; married Nathan T. Starnes; married Darling Ephriam Huneycutt.
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Image 19 {Click on image to make larger) |
The first things I want you to notice is that every child except Martin I. Huneycutt (#1) is listed as deceased (dead)
Key for Image 19 and listed children:
1. M. I. Huneycutt = Child #6 – Martin Irenus Huneycutt2. Jim Huneycutt = Child #5 – James W. Huneycutt (My Direct Line)
3. M. M. Huneycutt = Child #4 – William Riley Huneycutt
4. Wiley Huneycutt = Child #1 – John Wiley Huneycutt
5. David Huneycutt = Child#3 – David M. Huneycutt
6. Tobe Huneycutt = Child#2 - Tobias A. Huneycutt
7. Bette Furr = Child#8 – Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Huneycutt
8. Sallie Page = Child#7 – Sarah ‘Sallie’ Huneycutt
9. Beadie Huneycutt = Child#9 – Beadie Huneycutt
In the listing above #2, Jim Huneycutt is my 2nd great grandfather and also the grandfather of the three sisters, Pearl, Etta and Theresa Deese mentioned at the beginning of this blog post.
Mark Huneycutt is my 3rd Great Grand Father.
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[1] "North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-35569-26321-38?cc=1911121: accessed 31 July 2015), Stanly County > H > Huneycutt, Mark I (1902) > image 1 of 24; State Archives, Raleigh. Courtesy of Julie Hampton
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