Elizabeth Huffman

1746 - after1831  (84 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Huffman
  	Moved from Madison County Virginia to Knox County Kentucky after selling her land in 1809. Her sons John, Henry, and Lewis also made the move to Kentucky and are found in multiple records with her. She moved to Kentucky about the same time her sister Margaret Huffman Back, widow of John Back, moved to Rockingham County Virginia.
  Born	13 Jul 1746	Orange County, Virginia
  	Elizabeth's exact date of birth in her father John Huffman's Bible is identical to her date of birth in the English Catechism which is archived in Breathitt County Kentucky. She is the same person.
  Gender	Female
  Died	after1831	Harlan Co., KY
  	Elizabeth died after she deeded her 100 acres on the Poor Fork to her son Lewis Back.
  Buried	Maggard Cemetery, Oven Fork, Letcher Co., KY
  Person ID	I9306	Bach to Back
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	John Huffman,   b. 8 Mar 1692, Siegen Germany ,   d. 1772, Culpeper County, Virginia USA  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Maria Sabina Folg,   b. 29 Mar 1710, Germany ,   d. 1782, Culpeper County, Virginia USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	13 Jul 1729	Virginia
  Family ID	F159	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Henry Back, Sr.,   b. Before 1750, Orange Co Virginia ,   d. 1807-1809, Probably Virginia  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Married	1762-1773	Culpeper County, Virginia
  	Elizabeth was not yet married when her father wrote his will in 1762 but was married to Henry Back when the estate was settled in 1773. The estate documents prove the marriage of Elizabeth Huffman to Henry Back. The Huffman Bible and the English Catechism prove Elizabeth Back who died after 1830 in Harlan County Kentucky was the wife of Henry Back of Culpeper County Virginia.
  Children	1. John Back,   b. 19 Nov 1774, Culpepper County, Virginia ,   d. Nov 1853, Breathitt Co., Kentucky  (Age 78 years) + 2. Benjamin Back,   b. 1775, Virginia, USA ,   d. Before 1810  (Age 34 years) + 3. Mary Back,   b. 01 Nov 1777 + 4. Henry Back, Jr.,   b. 06 Feb 1785, Virginia ,   d. 28 May 1871  (Age 86 years) + 5. Joseph Back,   b. 1766-1781, Virginia, USA ,   d. After 1810, probably Madison County Virginia  (Age 30 years) + 6. Lewis Back,   b. 14 Oct 1787, Virginia ,   d. After 1860, probably McDonald County, Missouri  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F2709	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Elizabeth's first two tombstones that were "thrown over the hill" by feuding factions. Hazel Bach Craft retrieved both stones and set them up in a memorial garden at her home. She told me if it happened again she would bring another one home, and laughed about it.
  		Elizabeth's third stone, after the first two were "thrown over the hill." Hazel Bach Craft retrieved the first two and set them up in a garden at her home and said she would do it again if another one met the same fate.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Family Bible of John Huffman, father of Elizabeth Huffman Back and Margaret Huffman Back. Ealizabeth's date of birth in her father's Bible is identical to the date of birth in the Old English Catechism archived at the library in Breathitt County Kentucky The disposition of the Huffman Bible was given in detail in John Huffman's will.
  		Title: A Course of Lectures Upon the Church Catechism: In Four Volumes, Volume 1 Author: Thomas Bray (Anglican/Church of England) Publisher: Leonard Litchfield, printer to the University, 1696 Length 343 pages This copy is archived at the Breathitt County Library, Jackson, KY and has been in the Back Family for more than two centuries.
  		Comparison of the date of birth of Elizabeth Huffman, daughter of John Huffman who died in Madison County Virginia and Elizabeth Back's entry in the English catechism book which served as the Back family Bible for recording births and deaths.
  		Deed 1809 Madison Co VA Boox 4 page 500, Elizabeth signed, meaning she did not have a living husband
  		1809 Deed page 2 Second page of 1809 deed
  		1811 Knox County Kentucky John Back on the 175 acres on the Poor Fork he bought from his brother-in-law Thomas Robinson. His brother "Luwis"Back 100 acres on the Poor Fork land granted to Andrew Cope that Elizabeth later settled on, bought from Cope, and sold to son Lewis before her death. Both Thomas Robinson and Andrew Cope had moved from Knox Co KY to White Co TN the year before. Henry Back was on a different page in this tax year. Elizabeth may have been on the 100 acres she later occupied but the tax assessor chose to record a man's name.
  		1815 Knox County Kentucky Tax List Elizabeth and her three sons Henry, John, and Lewis listed together. Elizabeth's 100 acre tract was on the Poor Fork, entered by Andrew Cope. Cope did not give her a deed until 1825 indicating she probably bought it as a contract for deed. Elizabeth may have been there earlier but several tax lists are missing or unreadable.
  		1823 Harlan county Kentucky Deed 9 Aug 1823, Harlan County Kentucky Deed Book A, pg 100-101, Andrew Cope to Elizabeth Back for 100 acres on the Poor Fork "tract of land on which above Elizabeth Back now lives." See 1815 tax list for Knox Co KY. Elizabeth Back had been paying taxes on that land since at least 1815. Son Lewis Back was on that 100 acres on the 1811 tax list, next to his brother John Back. The 1812 tax list is unreadable, 1813 & 1814 are not extant. Witnesses to the deed were Elizabeth's son John Back and Catharine Robinson Back.
  		1831 Harlan County Kentucky Deed 1831 Harlan County Kentucky Deed Book A page 356, Elizabeth Back to Lewis Back. Witnesses were Elizabeth's son Henry Back and his wife Susannah.
  		COUSINS, NOT BROTHERS 06 Feb 1785 is Henry Back Junior's date of birth, recorded in the catechism book that served as his family’s Bible for recording births and deaths, currently in the archives of the Breathitt County Library, Jackson, Kentucky. 18 June 1785 is Aaron’s date of birth, recorded on his tombstone. Aaron was born just a little over four months after Henry and therefore cannot share the same mother. Henry is the son of Henry Back and Elizabeth Huffman Back. Aaron is the son of John Back and Margaret Huffman Back. They were double first cousins, not brothers. Aaron is not listed with his sisters on the deed disposing of his mother’s land because he was just 17 years old at the time.