The Death of Eunice “Nicey” Huneycutt, 2nd Wife of Martin Irenus Huneycutt

Martin Irenus Huneycutt was born 14 December 1835 in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He was the last of six boys borne into the family before the arrival of three sisters. He had five older brothers and 3 younger sisters. His parents were Marcus I. “Mark” Huneycutt and his wife Charity Dry. Martin, like his father, was a farmer.

Early in the Civil War after enlisting into 42nd Reg't NC Infantry on 9 April 1862, Martin and Elmira Adeline Hinson, daughter of Sampson Hinson and Mary Parker was wedded that same year. Their known first borne arrived in April 1864. A marriage Licensee/Certificate has not been found. After the birth of four children, all daughters, Elmira Adeline Hinson Huneycutt, passed away  at some point between the birth of Bessie Jane, 15 February 1873 and 24 June 1880.  

After the death of of his first wife, Elmira Adeline Hinson, Martin married about 1880 Eunice “Nicey” Huneycutt. Eunice Huneycutt had previously been married to Alexander Simmons. Her parents were Gabriel  W. Huneycutt and Jane “Jincy” Rowland.  The year of marriage (1880) is based on information obtained from the 1900 Census  for Big Lick, Stanly County where Martin and Nicey reported they had been Married 20 years, 4 children, 4 living. The children are from his first marriage. Martin and Nicey did not have any children from their union.

Martin Irenus Huneycutt died on 12 April 1918. Before his death he spent his waning years in controversary with his siblings and their offspring's over a 200 acres farm own by his father, Mark I. Huneycutt.  Settlement was made in Superior Court. March Term 1911.

North Carolina} In Superior Court,
Stanly County.} March Term, 1911

3- It is further adjudged and decreed that the Defendant, M. I. Huneycutt, is the owner in fee and entitled to the possession of the following described tract of land in controversy in this action said tract of land situate in Stanly County, N. C., in Furr Township, adjoining the lands of R. S. Smith, George Crayton heirs, C. Crayton, Frank Whitley, L. G. Brattian, I. J. Barbee, and N. F. Barbee, known as the Mark I. Huneycutt, lands, and bounded and described as follows:

Eunice “Nicey” Huneycutt, died on 19 March 1922 in Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina.

MRS. EUNICE HUNEYCUTT
  Mrs. Eunice Huneycutt, widow of the late Irenus Huneycutt, who prior to the death of her husband resided in Western Stanly, but who has been residing in Albemarle for some time, died Sunday, at the ripe old age of seventy eight years. The funeral was conducted at Canton Church Monday at 4 o'clock P. M. The deceased was the mother of our townsman, Mr. John Henry Simmons, of West Albemarle. She was well known and had a host of friends throughout the Western part of the county.

The Stanly News-Herald, Albemarle, North Carolina, 21 Nov 1922, Tue., Page 5, Column 2].

Martin Irenus Huneycutt  is my 2nd Great Grand Uncle.

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 August 2019); Memorial page for M I Huneycutt; (14 December 1835–12 April 1918); Find a Grave memorial # 62077011, Citing Running Creek Baptist Church Cemetery; Locust, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA.

2. 1850 Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Furrs, Stanly County, North Carolina, Page: 38B; Line 28, Dwelling 542, Family 545, Household of Mark HONEYCUTT; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 31 July 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 645.

3. 1860 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Stanly County, North Carolina, Page: 9 (stamped); Line 30, Dwelling 113, Family 113, Household of Mark HUNEYCUTT; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 31 July 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 914.

4. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 4 August 2019), entry for Martin I, Huneycutt, Private; 42nd Reg't North Carolina Infantry; Confederate.

5. 1880 U. S. Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, New Salem, Union, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 216, Page: 497D (Stamped); Line 47, Dwelling 391; Family 391, Household of Arenas HUNEYCUTT; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 August 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0983.

6. 1900 US Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Big Lick, Stanly County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0123, Page 15A/205(Stamped), Line 33, Dwelling 275, Family 275, Household M. S. HUNEYCUTT; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 March 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1218.

7. Stanly County, North Carolina, Deed Book 28: Pages 481 & 482, R. W. Simpson, Commr. to M. I. Huneycutt; 9 April 1903, Register of Deeds, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina.

8. Stanly County, North Carolina, Deed Book 35: Pages 352 & 353.

9. 1910 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Furr, Stanly, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0122, Page: 19A/223(stamped); Line 48, Dwelling 344, Family 346, Household of Martin I. HUNEYCUTT; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 August 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1096.

10. Stanly County, North Carolina, DEED BOOK 42: Pages 83 & 84.

11.  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com: 3 August 2019),  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, Martin V Honeycutt; Certificate number 409, 12 April 1918.

12.  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Martin V Honeycutt, Certificate number : 12 April 1918.

13. 1860 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, Page#137/69 (stamped), Line#26, Dwelling#984, Family#999, Household of Sampson HINSON.

14. 1860 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Stanly, North Carolina, Page: 8 (stamped); Line 28, Dwelling 100, Family 100, Household of Gabriel W. HUNEYCUTT.

15. 1900 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Johns River, Cabarrus, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0023, Page: 29A; Line 20, Dwelling 472, Family 472, Household of John H. SIMMONS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 March 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1100.

16. 1900 US Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Big Lick, Stanly County, North Carolina, ED 0123, Page 15A/205(Stamped), Line 33, Dwelling 275, Family 275, Household M. S. HUNEYCUTT.

17. MRS EUNICE HUNEYCUTT DEAD obituary, The Stanly News and Herald, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, 21 November 1922, Page 5, Column 2.

Stanly County NC Estate~Marcus ‘Mark’ Huneycutt

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.

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 Huneycutt
2. 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

James W. Huneycutt, Civil War Soldier

 
James W. Huneycutt, age 28, enlisted into Company ‘C”, 42th NC Infantry.¹ The 42th NC Infantry was organized at Salisbury, North Carolina, in April, 1862. The unit served gallantly until it’s surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at the end of the War. Unit members consisted of men from Mecklenburg, Catawba, Iredell, Rowan, Davie, Davidson and Stanly counties.

James W. Huneycutt enlisted on March 27, 1862 for 3 years or the War. The 42nd was commanded by Colonel George C. Gibbs, of Florida. Company “C:” consisting mostly of men from Stanly County, NC were led by Capt. D.A. Underwood, Stanly Co. and Capt. Jas. A. Howell, Stanly Co.  There were 10 Company’s within the 42nd Infantry. 

The 42nd NC Infantry fought at:

• Cold Harbor, took its place in the
• Petersburg trenches,
• ended the war with the Army of Tennessee

Its losses were minimal for the the duration of the war.
“This unit lost 6 killed and 48 wounded at Ware Bottom Church and had 1 killed, 2 wounded, and 74 missing at Sugar Loaf. It surrendered on April 26, 1865.” ²

James W. Huneycutt, son of Mark Huneycutt and Charity Dry, survived the war to return home to his family; wife Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” Page Huneycutt and their two daughters Louvena and Nellie Isabella. After the war they would have 3 more children, a son and two additional daughters. 

Mark Huneycutt and Charity Dry are my 3rd Paternal Great Grandparents.
James W. Huneycutt and Sarah Elizabeth Page are my 2nd Great Grandparents.
Louvena Huneycutt is my Great Grand Mother.

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[1] https://www.fold3.com/image/271/49881974
[2] https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CNC0042RI

Top Genealogical Events, Finds and Mysteries for 2015

The following is a small lists of significant events, finds and mysteries found during my genealogical research endeavors this past year.

1. Probate Record of Marcus ‘Mark’ I. Huneycutt naming his three granddaughters; children of his daughter Louvena and John Calvin Deese.
 

Pearly (misspelled) listed first is my Grandmother.  Her two sisters are Etta (Etter) and Theresa (Erser).


"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 11 November 2015), Stanly County > H > Huneycutt, Mark I (1902) > image 1 of 24; State Archives, Raleigh.



2. Will of Martin Duerr/Dry naming his son-in-law, Mark Huneycutt, husband of his daughter, Catroul [Charity] Dry.

Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Pleas & Quarter Sessions Minutes; C.016.30003; Vol. 2, p. 405; Will of Martin Dry (PQS 2/405).

http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2015/12/amanuensis-mondaythe-last-will-and.html

3. DNA results that proves that my maternal 3rd Great Grandmother is related to the “Boan/Boan” of Chesterfield, South Carolina.

http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2015/11/dna-and-other-evidence-suggests.html














4. Family Visit and Genealogy Research Trip to Utah – 4 August –14 August 2015.

Here I am on 12 August 2015, transferring Digital Files to my thumb drive using their e-ImageData Scan Pro micro film scanner. In 1976 I was transferred from Holloman AFB, NM to Hill AFB, Utah arriving in October 1976. From Oct. 1976-Apr 2000 I lived in Utah and spent many days in the LDS Family History Library. Since 1976 until today I have spent time in the Library at least part of one day of every year between 1976-2000 with two exceptions. There has been two years between 2000 and 2015 that I have not returned to Utah for a visit with my son and his family plus doing some research in the Library. 


5. Marriage Notice – William A. Pervis/Purvis to Sarah Jane Graves
This marriage notice was actually found in December 2014; but, it’s an important and irreplaceable  find that deserves a mentioned within this blog posting.

http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2014/12/serendipity-while-internet-browsing.html









Mystery:

One of my top mysteries of 2015 is the death of Tobias Huneycutt. When did he die? I wrote about it here:
http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2015/08/perplexedwhen-did-tobias-huneycutt-die.html

Brick Wall:
I have two major “Brickwalls” in my first 4 generations.
The  1st is-- Who are the parents of William A. Purvis, my 2nd Great Grandfather,  born between 1823-1827 and died between Sept 1899 and May 1900? I wrote about this “brickwall” extensively in 2012. DNA testing in 2013 and 2014 proved a connection between myself and a descendant of James  Purvis, Sr., born in 1760, a brother of Gilbert Purvis. However, no document has been found that will tie these two lines together. Hopefully more DNA testing in this line will provide a breakthrough in this wall.  
http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-brickwall-william-purvis.html
http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-brickwall-william-purvis-part-2.html
http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2014/07/surname-saturdaypurvis-pervis.html

There are other articles if you care to do a search on my web blog. 

The 2nd “brickwall” is my Great Grandmother Laura Driggers – who are her parents.
There is so little data on Laura that I don’t know where to start. Her marriage at such a young age to my Great Grandfather was a “tragedy”. She was so young; yet he was old enough to be her father plus some. She has only been found in one document, the 1880 Census for Marlboro County. In this Census, she is listed in the Jeremiah Polston household as a granddaughter, age 10. She died having her 8th child in 1898. It is believed that Laura and Joseph John married as soon as she turned 13. Their fist child, Walter was born 2 August 1883.

Tuesday’s Tip~Confirmation, Verification of Derivative Sources

Here a good case why derivative sources should be double checked. My 3rd Great Grandmother is Charity Dry wife of Martin ‘Mark’ I. Huneycutt. Many on-line trees have a man by the name of Martin Dry as her Father; so I’m off looking for Martin Dry in all available resources within my library and on-line. 

On of those major resources is a book compiled by Thornton W. Mitchell in 1987, revised and republished in 1992. His book is:

North Carolina Wills, A Testor Index, 1665-1900

I have a Corrected and Revised Edition and on Page 142 of that book Martin Dry is listed.










Thornton W. Mitchell’s book says that Martin Dry left a Will in 1837 and that it can be found in PQS 5/405 (Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Book 5, page 405). 

Now, I’m a genealogist and I found this information about a week ago. Due West of me about 40 miles, by Interstate 85, is the County seat of Cabarrus County, North Carolina. I’m ready to head west and get a copy yesterday. So early this morning the wife and I drove over to Concord, North Carolina to retrieve this WILL. 

It was not to be!! I left empty handed.  

I was informed by the very nice clerk at the front window that all those books had been transported to the State Archives for safe keeping. She did say I was welcome to examine the basement and see if what I was looking for was still on-hand and had not yet been shipped. So I took a stroll down the stairs into the basement of the Cabarrus County Courthouse. To me this small excursion was very fruitful. While I DID NOT find the Pleas and Quarters Session books; I did find several indexes and one of those index books that  I found was a Will Index Book. 

So I open up the WILL INDEX Book to the page for the DRY surnames and low and behold but there he was listed on the very first line. 






BUT, his WILL IS NOT in PQS-5, page 405 according to this WILL INDEX BOOK; it is listed being in PQS-2, page 405.

Mitchell’s Book is WRONG according to the Courthouse indexes. 

I will not go so far as to say that this typewritten Index is an Original Source but I will say that I would put more faith in the data within the Index over the Book. 

I still need a copy of this WILL and while Raleigh, NC is just a 1 1/2 hour trip eastward  I instead went to the NC State Archives and requested a copy of the Will by e-mail -- http://req.archives.ncdcr.gov/

Has requested information on A Court Minute.
For Person: Martin  Dry
In Year: 1837
County: Cabarrus County
Other  Info:
Seeking the Will of Martin Dry, 1837
Will Index at Cabarrus Courthouse show WILL is in
Pleas and Quarter Session 2/405
Thornton Mitchell Book give source as
Pleas and Quarter Session 5/405
Charles L. Purvis

This is a good lesson in the necessity to verify information from derivative sources.

Amanuensis Monday~Mark Huneycutt to Tobias A. Huneycutt

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.


His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is a land deed from Mark Huneycutt to his oldest son, Tobias A. Huneycutt.¹

Mark Huneycutt to Tobias A. Huneycutt
This indenture made on the 18^th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty nine between Mark Huneycutt of the county of Stanly and state of North Carolina of the first part & Tobias A. Huneycutt of the county and state aforesaid of the second part and Mathias Furr of the county & state aforesaid of the third part Witnefseth that whereas the said Mark Huneycutt is justly indebted to the said Mathias Furr in the sum of Twenty dollars due by note and whereas the said Mark Huneycutt is honestly desirous to secure the payment of the said debt. Now therefore this indenture witnefseth that for and in consideration of the premises together with the further consideration of one dollar to the said Mark Huneycutt in hand paid by the said Tobias A. Huneycutt the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged he the said Mark Huneycutt hath bargained granted & sold and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said Tobias A. Huneycutt a certain parcel or tract of land lying and being in the county & state aforesaid on the waters of Stoney Run Creek containing about one hundred acres adjoining the lands of Leonard Tucker and others and more fully described in a grant to Mark Huneycutt bearing date the 28^th day of Sep 1848 to have and to hold the said lands & tenements and the appurtenances there unto belonging or in anywise appertaining to him the said Tobias A. Huneycutt his heirs and afsigns in fee simple forever … and discharged of any and all encumbrances whatsoever in special trust and confidence Witnefseth that the said Tobias A. Huneycutt shall and will hold keep use and apply the same to use and intent following and no other that is to say if the aforesaid debts and every part thereof shall not be fully paid off and satisfied on or before the 1^st day of January A. D. 1850 then and in that case it shall be lawful and shall be the duty of the said Tobias A. Huneycutt being thereunto required by the said Mathias Furr having first advertised the same at the Court house in Albemarle and three other public [places] within the county of Stanly for the space of twenty days to proceed to sell the said land and premises at public to the heist <sis> bider <sic> and convey the same by proper assurances to the purchaser and out of the money arising from said sale to retain all necessary expenses of his trust or such part thereof as shall remain unpaid at the time of said sale and the over plus if any he the said Tobias A. Huneycutt shall well and truly return to the said Mark Huneycutt his executors and administrators In testimony whereof we have here unto set out hands and affixed our seals the year and date just above written.
Signed in the presence of        Mark (X his mark) Huneycutt {seal}
W. M. Furr                               Tobias A. Huneycutt {seal}
Caleb Osborn
North Carolina} May Session 1849
Stanly County} Then the foregoing deed of trust was duly proved on open court by the oath of W. M. Furr and ordered to be registered.                                 B. Hearne Clk
Handed in for registration the 29^th May 1849 and registered May 29^th 1849
                                                           Saml. Stone Regs
 
On Sept.. 28, 1848, the State of North Carolina provided Mark Huneycutt with a Land Grant (#151) of 100 acres on Stoney Run Creek.² Now on the 18th of April 1849 Mark is selling this land (100 acres) to his oldest son (Tobias) to clear up a $20.00 dollar debt to Mathias Furr.  







 
 
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[1] North Carolina, Deed Book: Volume 2, pages 199 & 200, Mark Huneycutt to Tobias A. Huneycutt; Register of Deeds, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina.
[2] http://www.nclandgrants.com:8081/grant/?mars=12.14.111.168&qid=75031&rn=1

Amanuensis Monday~Mark Huneycutt Land Grant

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.


His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
Today’s subject is 1847 NC Land Grant No. 151 – Mark Huneycutt.¹



Mark Honeycutt Grant
State of North Carolina      No 151
Know ye that for and in consideration of the sum of five dollars for every hundred acres hereby granted paid into our treasury by Mark Honeycutt hath given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Mark Huneycutt a tract of Land  containing one hundred acres lying and being in the County of Stanly on Strong run Creek adjoining Josiah Tucker formerly Leonard Tucker Beginning at a post oak by two post oaks in said Tucker's line and runs south sixty five west thirty one chains and seventy five links crossing Stoney Creek three times to a stake by two post oaks and a red oak thence south thirty east thirty one chains and seventy five links to a red oak by a pine and post oak thence north sixty five east thirty one chains and seventy five links to the said Tucker's line thence with it north thirty west thirty one chains and seventy five links crofsing said creek to the Beginning Entered 9th August 1847
As by the plat hereunto annexed doth appear together with all roads waters mines minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the said land belonging or appertaining to hold to the said Mark Huneycutt his heirs and assigns forever yielding and paying to us such sums of money yearly or other wise as our general assembly from time to time may direct provided always that the said grantee shall cause this grant to be registered in the registers office of our said County of Stanly within twelve months from the date hereof otherwise the same shall be void
In testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent and our great seal to be here unto affixed. Witnefs William A. Graham our governor at Raleigh the 28th day of September in the 75th year of our Independence and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight
By command Wm Hill Secretary of State.             Will A. Graham

Registered 14th May 1849.                  Saml. L.  Stone, Regs

Mark Huneycutt received his land grant on Stony Run Creek in Stanly County on Sept. 26, 1848. Mark continued to farm this land up until his death sometime between 1860 and 1870. Even though he died before 1870; his estate was not probated until May 1902.

Did the family hang onto the land and continue to farm it to provided a living: I don’t known. But, I do know that in May 1902, the family and executors petitioned the state to sell the land because there was not enough acreage to partition and divide among all the legatees. ^{2 3}



Wherefore your petitioner pray that the Court will appoint some competent person to sell said land after due advertisement to the highest bidder on such terms as to the Court may seem proper and report his proceeding in regard to said sale to this court without delay. M. H. Colwell,
This May 22^nd – 1902                                            Austin & Smith atty
                                                                            for petitioners
M. I. Huneycutt, one of the plaintiff being duly sworn says the foregoing petition is true of his own knowledge, except to those matters therein stated upon information and belief as to those he believes it to be true.
Sworn to and subscribed to before}
Me this 24 day of May, 1902. } M. I. (X, his mark) Huneycutt
R. A. Crowell Clerk
Superior Court

 
Mark Huneycutt is my 3rd Great Grandfather.














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[1] Grant No:151 - Mark Huneycutt, 26 September 1848; NC Land Grants, Book No:154: Page No:124; Warrants, Receipts and Plats; Office of Secretary of State, Raleigh, North Carolina.
[2] "North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-35569-26321-38?cc=1911121&wc=93PV-CNL:1066690002,183304101,1066691914 : accessed 31 July 2015), Stanly County > H > Huneycutt, Mark I (1902) > image 1 of 24; State Archives, Raleigh. Courtesy of Julie Hampton
[3] Stanly County, North Carolina, Probate Files & Loose papers, Mark I. HUNEYCUTT; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 31 July 2015); Mark I. Huneycutt.