Huddlestone Family

David Huddlestone 
1720-1786

David Huddlestone, Sr. was born circa 1720 and came to North Carolina, then Anson County,  around 1760.   David Sr., received a land grant patent of 350 acres on Camp Creek in Anson County, later Rutherford County, on April 10, 1760.  A later grant of 400 acres on Cane Creek of the Second Broad River was made on November 16, 1764.  A third tract of land, 400 acres, was granted on April 6, 1765.  This land was in the same area as the Smart's land received from the state of North Carolina.  The land was parcelled out among his sons David Jr., William and John during the following years.  David Sr., was taxed in Rutherford County for 350 acres, 6 slaves, 4 horses, and cattle. 

The Last Will and Testament of David Huddlestone, was witnessed the the 18th of August 1786 and proved in court in October 1786. The original is on file at the State Archives and Library in Raleigh, NC.  Provision was made for his wife Hannah, his children William, David Jr., John, James, Mary and Jane Huddlestone-Smart.  Hannah, apparently his second wife, married David while she was the widow of John McFadden.   His property included 7 slaves and 500 acres of land and his son, William, was the executor along with William Cennalland. 

The mother of David Sr.'s children is unknown.  Hannah's will was dated November 26, 1796 and named her two daughters, Margaret Etherington and Rachel Sweeny to receive her property.  This suggest that David Sr., and Hannah had no children of their own.

David Huddleston born in 1720 and his brother William born by 1730 are living in what would become Rutherford, NC by 1750.

In 1755 they witness a deed between Reynolds and Moore in Anson Co, NC and thirty years later they are still living by Reynolds and Moore.