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[98] Catharine Huey,wife of William Harper III,was called Katie but signed her name Catharine.She was the daughter of Hercules Huey,Jr. and his wife the former Isabella Smith.
Hercules Huey,Jr.,was the son of Hercules and Catharine Persee(Adams)Huey who migrated to america and settled in what is now Lancaster County before the revolutionary war.Hercules born in Ireland in 1725 died in Lancaster (Camden) in 1775,aged 50 years.His wife,the former Catherine Persee (whose first husband was an adams) was born in 1728 in Ireland and died in Lancaster District November 16,1808,aged 80.The stone erected to their memory in the Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery where they were buried is a double stone which bears the following inscription:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
Hercules Huey Catherine Huey
Who died,Sept 1775 Who died
aged 50 years Nov.16,1808
aged 80 years.
This monument is erected by Hercules Huey their son.
According to Huey family history,Hercules Huey,Sr.,was the son of James and Margaret Ellis Huey.Margaret Ellis was sister to Lord hercules Ellis of Antrim,Ireland.James huey was born near Londonderry,Antrim,Ireland about 1680.The Hueys (Huets) left France about 1660 and settled in Ireland.Catherine was the daughter of Sir.Richard Persee of Ireland.The will of Hercules Huey,Sr.,is on file in the Kershaw County Wills.He died,as shown on the tombstone in 1775 just before the revolutionary war.In his will he named the following children:Alexander,John,James,Arculeas(hercules,jr.),Mary and Eleasebeth Huey and stepchildren,Margaret and Abram Adams.
William settled in three miles of the town of Lankister and lived there until he died in year of 1831.Catharine left SC in the fall of 1833 and settled in Harris County,Ga and sold out in 1837 and moved to Sumter County.Settled on the place that Wm.Dozier now lives and died there.Harkless(Hercules) Huey and Isabella raised ten children.Oldest was Sam married Sally Hagins settled in Harris County,Ga.,James md.Mary Smith,Harris Co.,Ga.John and Alexxander do not who they married.Joe got burned to death when he was 21 years.Alex md and lived in SC.Catharine md.William Harper.Sally md John Sibley lived in SC,several years moved to Macon County,Al.Margaret md. John McMerray had one child McMerry died child name John after his father.She then married William Deen.Nancy md. William Woods.Mary md. William Hinkle moved from SC to Miss.The harpers and Hueys all belonged to Shiloh Presbyterian Church in SC.

Cemetery Inscription:

(Double marker)

Sacred to the Momery / of / HERCULES / HUEY / who died / Sepr. 1775 Ag- / ed 50 Years / (Then beside this inscription is: ) CATHERINE / HUEY / who died / Novr. 16th 1808 / Aged 80 Years. / (At the bottom of the stone under above inscription is: ) This Monument is erected by / Hercules Huey their Son. /

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Kershaw Wills, Vol 1, page 55, S.C. Archives, Columbia, S.C.:

"I Hercules Huey, (Hughey), being weak of Body but sound of Mind and Judgment Do make this my last will and Testament in the manner and form folling... Secondly I do give and bequeath to my well beloved Wife Cathren Hughey and my six children, Alexander,John,James,and Hercules, Mary and Elizabeth all my real and personal Estates, Shear and Shear (Share)like Except one cow to my son and Daughter Aprahan and Margaret Adams (these are Katherine's children by her first husband Adams) . Thirdly I do order My Wife and family to live on the Plantation together that I now live upon on Cain Creek untill they come of age and if Mary and Elizabeth should die before they come of Age, their peart of the land is to go to the rest and when they are of age they are to have no land and if my son Alexander comes from Ireland and what money he brings with him or goods of my property he is to deliver them up to Executor or he is to have no Peart of My Estate heare..."

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WILL OF HERCULES HUEY

Kershaw, SC 1775

SC Will Transcriptions

Not Recorded Wills page 55

From microfilm

In the name of God Amean I Herculeas Hughey Being Weak of Bodey but of sound Mind and Judgment Do Make this my Last will and Tastment in the Manner and form following------

first of all I give My Soul to God ho give it me and my Body to be Buried in A Christian Menner as my Executors Shal think fit.

Secondly I Do give and Bequeth to My Well Beloved Wife Cattren Hughey and My Six Childer Alexander John James and Arculeas Mary and Eleasebth all My Real and Personal Estates Shear and Shear a Like Except one Cow to My Son and Daughter Abrham and Margaret Adams,

Thirdly I Do order my Wife and family to Live on the Plantation together that I now Live upon on Oain [Cain] Creek until they Come of age, and if Mary and Eleasebth Should Die before they Come of age their Peart of the Land is to go to the Rest and when they are of age they are to have no Land, and if my son Alexander Comes from Irland and what money he Brings with him or goods of my Property he is to Deliver them up to my Executor or he is to have No Peart of my Estate heare and if my wife Do Marrey She is to have No Shear in any of my Estates save her Bed and Close---

and Lastly I do order and Constitute my Beloved tastment and John Crage to Joyn her and see Justise Dun [or Dan] and I Do Renounce all former will and tastments whatsover

Signed Sealed and Delivered Published and Decleared at Cain Creek in the provance of South Carolina this 26-Day of Suptembr in the year of our Lord---1775--- in the Presents of us

John Walker Hercules hughey (SEAL)

Davd* Murray

Andrew Walker

Not Recorded

Ord, not given

Apt. 33 Pkg. 1193

More About HERCULES HUEY:

Burial: Sep 1775, Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina (Source: Cemetery)


Will: Recorded in Camden, Kershaw County, wills Vol. I page 55 South Carolina Archives Columbia, South Carolina. (Source: WFT Volume 4, tree 4335.)

Notes for CATHERINE PERSEE:

Cemetery Inscription:

(Double marker)

Sacred to the Momery / of / HERCULES / HUEY / who died / Sepr. 1775 Ag- / ed 50 Years / (Then beside this inscription is: ) CATHERINE / HUEY / who died / Novr. 16th 1808 / Aged 80 Years. / (At the bottom of the stone under above inscription is: ) This Monument is erected by / Hercules Huey their Son. /

More About CATHERINE PERSEE:

Burial: Nov 1808, Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina

Fact 1: Howell Youmans (Source: "Descendants of William Harper, Irish Immigrant to Lancaster County, South Carolina", (published in 1965).)

Fact 2: Bill Brasington (Source: Viola Caston Floyd, Bill Brasington, Descendants of William Harper, Irish Immigrant to Lancaster, South Carolina, 1965.)

More About HERCULES HUEY and CATHERINE PERSEE:

Marriage: 1740, Ireland

Children of HERCULES HUEY and CATHERINE PERSEE are:

3. i. JOHN3 HOEY, b. 1756, Unknown; d. 05 Apr 1803, Lancaster District, South Carolina.

ii. ALEXANDER HUEY, b. Abt. 1757, Ireland; d. East Indies.

More About ALEXANDER HUEY:

Fact 1: Howell Youmans (Source: "Descendants of William Harper, Irish Immigrant to Lancaster County, South Carolina", (published in 1965).)

4. iii. CAPT. JAMES HUEY, b. 08 May 1759, Antrim County, Ireland; d. 06 Apr 1836, Lancaster District, South Carolina.

5. iv. HERCULES HUEY, JR., b. 1766, Antrim County, Ireland; d. 1841, Camden District, Lancaster County, South Carolina.

6. v. MARY HUEY, b. 1763, Antrim County, Ireland; d. 02 Jan 1841, Lancaster District, South Carolina.

vi. ELIZABETH HUEY, b. Abt. 1765, Antrim County, Ireland; d. Lancaster District, South Carolina.

More About ELIZABETH HUEY:

Fact 1: Howell Youmans (Source: "Descendants of William Harper, Irish Immigrant to Lancaster County, South Carolina", (published in 1965).)

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Daniel BOONE / Rebecca Ann BRYAN

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[150] Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 [O.S. October 22] – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia but on the other side of the mountains from the settled areas. Despite some resistance from American Indian tribes such as the Shawnee, in 1775 Boone blazed his Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina and Tennessee into Kentucky. There he founded the village of Boonesborough, Kentucky, one of the first American settlements west of the Appalachians. Before the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 European people migrated to Kentucky/Virginia by following the route marked by Boone.[2]
Boone was a militia officer during the Revolutionary War (1775–83), which in Kentucky was fought primarily between the American settlers and the British-aided Native Americans. Boone was captured by Shawnee warriors in 1778, who after a while adopted him into their tribe. Later, he left the Indians and returned to Boonesborough to help defend the European settlements in Kentucky/Virginia.
Boone was elected to the first of his three terms in the Virginia General Assembly during the Revolutionary War, and fought in the Battle of Blue Licks in 1782. Blue Lick was one of the last battles of the Revolutionary War, coming after the main fighting ended in October 1781.
Following the war, Boone worked as a surveyor and merchant, but fell deeply into debt through failed Kentucky land speculation. Frustrated with all the legal problems resulting from his land claims, in 1799 Boone emigrated to eastern Missouri, where he spent most of the last two decades of his life (1800–20). Boone remains an iconic figure in American history. He was a legend in his own lifetime, especially after an account of his adventures was published in 1784, making him famous in America and Europe. After his death, he was frequently the subject of heroic tall tales and works of fiction. His adventures — real and legendary — were influential in creating the archetypal Western hero of American folklore. In American popular culture, he is remembered as one of the foremost early frontiersmen. The epic Daniel Boone mythology often overshadows the historical details of his life.[3]

[151] Rebecca Ann Bryan was born on January 9, 1738 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.

Rebecca married Daniel Boone, son of Squire Boone and Sarah Jarmen Morgan, on August 14, 1756 at Yadkin River Valley, Rowan County, North Carolina.1,3 Rebecca Ann Bryan was a witness at the wedding ofIsrael Boone Grant and Susannah Bryan at home of Daniel and Rebecca Boone, Fort Boonesborough, Madison County, Kentucky.5
Rebecca died on March 18, 1813 in St. Charles County, Missouri, at age 75.She was buried in 1813 Defiance's Boone grave. Daniel Boone has suffered similar body-snatching shennanigans but with a twist:He appears to have ended up in two graves.

Everyone agrees that Boone died at his son's home near Defiance, MO, in 1820. Everyone also agrees that he was buried nearby in Marthasville (about 14 mi. west), near the grave of his wife, Rebecca. But then the story gets muddled. The folks in Frankfort, KY, would have you believe that Rebecca and Daniel were exhumed 25 years later and reinterred in Frankfort Cemetery. The marker near Defiance mentions the reinterrment, but...

According to Defiance, Frankfort dug up the wrong body. The grave next to Rebecca's was already occupied when Daniel died, they say, so he was buried at her feet. Daniel's relatives were angry at Frankfort and didn't tell them about his true burial plot. They let Frankfort cart away the body next to Rebecca's, the body of a stranger.
Scientific scrutiny seems to support Defiance's claims. A forensic anthropologist studied a plaster cast of the skull in Frankfort's "Daniel Boone" grave in 1983 and said that it really belonged to a large black man. Frankfort, of course, pooh-poohed those allegations.

Both graves have worthy monuments. Frankfort's is bigger (that was, ostensibly, the reason for the move in the first place) but it's in a big cemetery and must share its surroundings with other dead people. The memorial near Defiance is out by itself, and it's worth remembering that Daniel Boone's own reason for leaving Kentucky was that it was "too crowded."

Rebecca Ann Bryan was reinterred in 1845 at Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky.

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