H.C. Huckaby - Historical Sketch of the Huckaby Family

Date: 1745 to 1857
Location: [unknown]
Surname/tag: Huckaby

Historical Sketch of the Huckaby Family

Written by H.C. Huckaby, Huckaby, MO (CA 1910-192)

Received from Bill (TBeng@aol.com) in 1996

Thomas Huckaby was born 1745 in England, came to Virginia in 1765, married Keziah Nichols/Nuckolls on 22 June 1772, and then moved to Bedford Co., Va.

He served four years in the war with Great Britian, which begun in 1775. He took up 150 acres of land in Bedford Co., VA. He cleared out three acres of branch bottom land; then he dug holes four feet apart and one foot square and planted corn in each corner of the hole. It was cultivated by digging the ground with a matix. He had no horse and only one cow. Later on he sowed wheat and cut in with a reaphook and threashed it with a pole.

There were eight children as follows:

1. John Huckaby was born 17 May, 1775, the first Huckaby born on American soil - moved from VA to Barren Co., Ky, raised a family and died, but we have no record of this family. 2. Bettie Huckaby was born on the 11 Dec. 1777 no record of her. 3. Mollie Huckaby was bornn 6 July, 1779. She married Jessie Bewley of Bolivar. His grandfather was Jess Bewley of Bolivar. They were Baptist in religion and democrats in politics. They llived and died in Barren Co., Ky. 4. Thomas Huckaby, Jr. was born 25 May, 1782, no record of him. 5. Joshua Huckaby was born in 1784, married, raised a family I Barren Co., Ky, he had one daughter named Sarah Huckaby who married William Frances, they moved near Huckaby, Polk Col. Mo. 6. William Huckaby married in Ky, moved to Polk, co., Missouri, raised a family and died. 7. Nathan Huckaby was born in 1791, moved on the White River in At, raised a family and died,

8. Joseph Huckaby was born 13 Oct, 1780 in VA, moved with his parents to Barren Col, Ky, served in the War of 1812, was in the battle of New Orleans and fought on Sunday, Jan 8, 1815. On his way home he traveled by foot, he became so hungry he traded a new home made jeans vest to Indians for two loaves of corn bread. The family belonged ot the Concord Batists Church in Barren Co., Ky. He was a Jackson Democrat until death. He first married a women by the name of Bridges.

To this union were born nine children: - 1. Nancy who married Ben Litteral; raised two children and died I Ky; - 2. Thomas Huckaby raised a family and died near Huckaby, Polk Co., Mo; - 3. Joseph married and had three children and died; - 4. Mary who married J. Payne. She was the mother of Asa, James, Ben, Tom Payne and four girls. She lived and died near Huckaby, Polk Co., Mo; - 5. William raised eight children and died near Louisburg, Mo; - 6. Nathan married and died near Rondo. He had an uncertain amount of children - 7. James married Barr, raised a family, and lived in OK at age 23; - 8. Rebecca married Barnet Paynes and lives in Ok. - 9. ??

Joseph Huckaby's first wife died in Barren Co., Ky, he then married Agnes Kenslow, sho maiden name was Payne. She had two children by her first marriage. P.C. Kenslow who lives near Sentinel and Ann Kenslow-Goodman who lives in Il. To this union 15 children were born, as follows: - 1. Margaret who married Tom Bridges, only lived on eyear after marriage and died in Huckaby, Mo. - 2. John who died in the Federal Army, single; - 3. Jubal who died in 1863, age 17; - 4. Hayden who lives at Huckaby, Mo; - 5. Allen lives at Hermitage, Mo and is the present County Treasurer. He has eight children, four of whom are living; - 6. Elizabeth married W.R. Shaw. To this union were born 12 children, 11 of whom are still living, all live at Huckby, Mo; - 7. Felix lives near Sentinel, raised 11 children; - 8. Crit lives at Venita, Ok; - 9. Jennie married Wesley Howe and lives at Kingfisher, Ok. She raised six children; - 10. Mary married Richard Howe and lived at Ocharchee, Ok. She raised eight children; - 11. Joseph B. married Sarah Fisher, moved to Chelsea, Ok, raised five children and died there. - 12. Martha Ann married Alexander L. Pitts; - 13. Joshua lived to be three years old; - 14. George Washington died. - 15. ???

the 24 children described above was Joseph Huckaby's besides raising two step children. He moved to Polk Co., Mo in 1857, and united with the church at Hopewell. Some of these dates were taken from great-grandfather, Tomas Huckaby's English Bible, which ahs been in the family about 145 years, now in the poession of Reverend H.C. Huckaby, a great-grandson. The descendants of Joseph Huckaby, as near as can be ascertained, now living are 10 children out of the 24; 89 grand chldrne, 191 great-grandchildren and 50 great-great-grandchildren.

Written by H.C. Huckaby, Huckaby, Mo (CA.1910-1920)