Hughes
Witt
Born about in Henry, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Joel Witt
and Mary (Taylor) Witt
Died
at about age 44
in Goliad, Texas
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Biography
Hughes was born about 1792. He was the son of Joel Witt and Mary Taylor. He was among the men captured and killed by Santa Ana's men at Goliad on 27 Mar 1836.[1]
Per Whitt, 2004, page 53-54[2]:
- Hughes Witt ...was a member of Captain Horton's Mounted Rangers (Georgia Battalion) under James Walker Fannin's command in the Texas War of Independence. Hughes Witt was one of many soldiers in Colonel Fannin's command who were captured and then summarily executed by Mexican soldiers after the Battle of Goliad, Texas on March 19 and 20, 1836. The Battle of Goliad took place shortly after the Battle of the Alamo, which fell on March 6, 1836.
Sources
- ↑ IBlomquist, Ann K. Taylors and Tates of the South. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1993. Page 97.
- ↑ Whitt, David F. 2004. Ancestors and descendants of William Whitt, 1775-1850: portrait of an American family. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hughes by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hughes by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ron Witt
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #815200
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~0.78%
Mary (Taylor) Cornell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T596059 [compare], Ancestry member mt_cor33
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T596059 [compare], FTDNA kit #N18414
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~0.39%
Thomas Alexander Taylor :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #194518
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