Philip Huff (abt. 1785 - bef. 1826)

Born about 1785 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Snuffer) Huff — married about 1804 in Overton, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died before Sep 1826 before about age 41 in Monroe County, Indiana

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Biography

Philip HUFF (c 1785 Virginia - bef Sep 1826 probate Monroe County, Indiana) was the son of Daniel HUFF and Elizabeth (TURMAN) HUFF. He was born in Virginia, most likely in southwest Virginia in or near what nowadays would be in the Copper Hill community, Floyd County, Virginia. In 1785, that area would have been in Montgomery County, Virginia.

In about 1803 or Spring 1804, likely in a part of Overton County, Tennessee that later became Fentress County, Tennessee, Philip married Margaret SNUFFER (15 Mar 1789 Virginia - 12 Dec 1854 Monroe County, Indiana), daughter of George SNUFFER. Philip and Margaret lived in Overton County (a part that later became Fentress County), Tennessee and Cumberland County (probably in a part that later became Clinton County), Kentucky, before moving to Indiana, finally settling in Monroe County, Indiana.

Philip's place of burial remains unknown. Descendant Helen Huff Schuck (1903-1997), recorded her suspicion that he may have been buried in a Kendrick cemetery in Washington Township, Monroe County, Indiana. It is known that Helen Huff Schuck never found or identified an actual burial site, despite extensive searching while she lived in the area. In attempting to identify the location of the referenced Kendrick cemetery, it appears that there was more than one Kendrick cemetery in the county.^[1] The Carlton / Huff / Kendrick #1 cemetery may be the one to which she was referring.^[2] In the Monroe County, Indiana - County Cemetery Locator,^[3] this cemetery appears to be described as Polley/Kendrick/Sullivan cemetery in Washington Township section 14 , located behind 8789 Old 37N, 2 cemeteries side by side.

Children

Years of birth or death may be approximates:

1. John Huff (c 1804 Tennessee-1864 Arkansas )
2. James Huff (1806-1849)
3. Calvin Huff (1810-1889)
4. Louisa Huff, nickname Lucy Huff (or Lourissa, Levicy, or other variant spellings/misspellings also appear in records) (c 1811 Kentucky-1893 Indiana), on 3 May 1827 in Monroe County Indiana, married Joseph N. Hensley.
5. Dinealy Huff (1813-1880)
6. Alfred Huff (1814-1854)
7. Lucinda Huff (1816-1901 Hindustan, Monroe County, Indiana)
8. Minerva Huff (1821-1891)
9. Pearson Miller Huff (1823-1891)
10. Angelina Huff, nickname Gelina (or Jelina, or other variant spellings/misspellings also appear in records) Huff (1824- ), had one child, father unknown, William Francis Huff (5 May 1849 - 11 Apr 1928). May have married married James Henry in 1859.

Censuses

• 1820^[4]: Philip Hough [sic, Huff], Monroe County, Indiana

Sources

1. ↑ USGenWeb Project. Monroe County, Indiana. Monroe County Cemeteries. © 2020. http://ingenweb.org/inmonroe/Cemeteries/MonroeCountyCemeteries.htm
2. ↑ Monroe County Plan Review Committee, [Meeting] Thursday, September 9, 2021. page 7. https://www.co.monroe.in.us/egov/documents/1630680417_78215.pdf. Excerpt: The Washington Township Trustee explained there is a cemetery on the site and staff confirmed that the Cemetery Carlton / Huff / Kendrick #1 is on or adjacent to the site and demarked by a large tree stump on the eastern property line. (aerial photo included)
3. ↑ Monroe County, Indiana - County Cemetery Locator. https://monroehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/monroecountycemeteriesdrivingdirections.pdf
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG4-ZC9 : accessed 15 July 2018), Philip Hough, Monroe, Indiana, United States; citing p. 120, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 14; FHL microfilm 205,608.