Maria 'Betsey & Betty' Elizabeth Huffstutler, AKA "Betsey Roberts"

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Maria 'Betsey & Betty' Elizabeth Huffstutler (Davidson and/or Roberts), AKA "Betsey Roberts"

Also Known As: "Betsey Harpe", "Betty"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Death: circa 1865 (78-87)
Canada
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. John Davidson and Clarissa Davidson
Wife of John Huffstutler
Partner of Micajah "Big" 'Joshua Harper' Harpe

Managed by: Erica Howton
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Immediate Family

About Maria 'Betsey & Betty' Elizabeth Huffstutler, AKA "Betsey Roberts"

According to Jon Musgrave, the Harpe women, after cohabitation with the brothers, led relatively respectable and normal lives.

Upon the death of Micajah "Big" Harpe in Kentucky, Wiley "Little" Harpe went into hiding and their women were apprehended and taken to the Russellville, Kentucky state courthouse and later released.

Sally Rice Harpe went back to Knoxville, Tennessee to live in her father's house. For a time, Susan Wood Harpe and Maria Davidson (aka Betsey Roberts Harpe) lived in Russellville.

According to Ralph Harrelson, a McLeansboro, Illinois historian, records show that on September 27, 1803, Betsey Roberts remarried, moved with her husband to Canada in 1828, had many children, and eventually the couple died in the 1860s.

Also seen: "Betsey Roberts later married John Huffstutler and they lived as tenants on Colonel Butlers Plantation. They moved to Hamilton County, Illinois in 1828, and had many children; the couple eventually died in the 1860s."


  • page 145 of The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock By Otto A. Rothert
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Maria 'Betsey & Betty' Elizabeth Huffstutler, AKA "Betsey Roberts"'s Timeline

1782
1782
North Carolina, United States
1865
1865
Age 83
Canada