David "the Hunter" Halliburton

Biography

David "the hunter" Halliburton, Patriot was born on October 11, 1753 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. His parents were David Halliburton, Sr. and Amey Halliburton (Humphreys).

David married Lucy Allen Halliburton (Reynolds) in 1773 in Virginia,USA.

He died on January 13, 1843 in De Soto County, Mississippi, United States and was buried in 1843 in Halliburton Baptist Church Cemetery, Nesbit, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA, Hernando, De Soto County, Mississippi, United States.

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Wife and children per DAR:

SPOUSE
Number Name

1) LUCY RENOLDS  

Child [Spouse #] Spouse

1. THOMAS [1] LUCINDA HERNDON
2. MARTIN [1] FRANCES TURNER
3. AMY [1] WILLIAM WILSON
4. JOHN [1] X HUMPHRIES
5. GILLIE [1] JAMES A DOLLAHITE
6. WILLIAM [1] ELIZABETH SOUTHERLAND
7. NANCY [1] JOHN HUMPHREYS
8. MARGARET [1] HOWARD WILLIAMS

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GEDCOM Note

Was born in Lunenburg County, which is now Mecklenburg, VA. Burial: Halliburton cemetery near Hernando, Mississippi. Occupation: Justice of the Peace David, the eldest son, was 13 when his father died, then he moved southward into Orange County, NC while still a lad. Although he inherited half his father's land on Crooked Creek in Orange County, he did not permanently settled there as land transaction show he subsequently lived along Blue Wing Creek in Caswell County and adjacent to Wake County.      David married Lucy Reynolds a descendant of the old Colonial family of Thomas Reynolds and Mary Ashall of Middlesex County, VA. The Reynolds moved from VA to NC as the Halliburtons did.  It was in this community the second son Martin was born. David had a Scottish brogue, engaged in a 8 year struggle for the independence of the Colonies.  David served under General Greene of the Revolutionary War frame in the South Carolina campaign and in Greene's celebrate retreat to Yorktown. David's service is also recorded as Private in the Virginia Militia 1781-1784. The financial crisis and inflation which followed affected David who had heavily invested in land prior</p><p>to war. David was known as David the Hunter and was the only one of his father's children to move into the wilderness of Tennessee. His son John blazed the trail westward too in 1796. Along with his children: John, Martin, David and William, David pioneer spirit lead to Tenn, where he purchased land in Humphrey's County, July 20, 1808 and again in August 1811 { Land Grant No. 749, Humphrey's County, TN} and is reputed to have built the first frame house in Humphries County and served as Justice of the Peace and sheriff.  

Source: American Ancestry, Vol. 5, 1890, p. 86.

• In 1834, David and Lucy moved to Henderson County, TN, to make their home with their son William.
• It is here Lucy died in her 80th year. William then his family and his father to Gibson County, TN, where they lived for 7 years. Sources: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas, 1890, p.656 and A Biography of an Early Baptist, Baptist Bannner, Martin Tenn., 1905.
• Moving again to De Soto County, Mississippi, Nov. 1842 and its here that David the hunter died. He was buried in an unmarked grave in the Halliburton cemetery.
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• Below are the Halleburton's listed in our Index. (Please note the e in place of a i in the name).
• A difference in the spelling of a name was common during that period of time.
• HALLEBURTON, David Birth: VA 11 Oct 1753
• Service: VANC
• Rank: Sol PS Death: MS 13 Jan 1843
• Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No
• Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No
• Spouse: Lucy Renolds
• HALLEBURTON, Thomas
• Birth: VA 1763
• Service: NC
• Rank: Pvt
• Death: NC 1763
• Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No
• Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No
• Spouse: Martha Louiza Humphries
• HALLEBURTON, William
• Birth: VA Circa 1760
• Service: NC
• Rank: Pvt
• Death: NC 25 Jun 1847
• Patriot Pensioned: Yes Widow Pensioned: No
• Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No
• Spouse: Mary X
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Son of David Halliburton and Amey Humphreys.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 21 2022, 15:55:29 UTC

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