The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-13

or Emily Sledge. There are several Yail- ceys on the list of Georgia soldiers in the office of the Secretary of State, but l cannot say at present whether either was father of Priscilla Yancey but will look further and hope to find out. If io shall write you. I am fully satisfied from many letters I have received from descendants. that Priscilla Yancey was the first wife of William Hurt The re. cord made by Col. K. A. Hardaway says that Priscilla. wife of Wm. Hurt de- parted this lite 9th September. li9o. Wm. Hurt married 2nd wife. Mary (Hunnicut), 18th of June. 1'9i A. II. A.
 72. BASS-Now I have always heard that wm Hurts second wife was Polly Bass and do not know how to recon ciIe this with the above record which says Mary Hunnicut Mary and Poilt are of course the same My old aunt. who was S7 years old at the time. said she was Polly Bass and that ''Grand- ma Bass of Baldwin County was the grandmother of Patsy Hurt Hendrick. caused her to confuse her grandfather. Vim. Hurt. with her uncle. Win. Hurt. but she distinctly asserted that the lat ter married Miss Bass" and that Grand ma Bass of Baldwin County. was the grandmother of Patsy Hurt Hendrick:
 fThe editor suggests that perhaps Polly Bass married Hunncut first and was O or perhaps Grandma Bass married a Hunnicut first and was the mother of Mary Hunnicut and then as widow mar ried a Bass)
 2es. JAUDON- George C. Paine. a D. A. R living in Aberdeen. Miss. kindly published a note in the Aberdeen paper asking for information about the grave or Isaac Jaudon and his history; sevesa, re- 2. plies have been received. The soldier IS buried in an unmarked grave m Ne" Prospect Cemetery seven miles from AD- erdeen. The cemetery is well cared TOT. The fact of his being ReVoiutIohary soldier Is we'll known but no proof can be obtainsd as there is no inscription on the grave.
 I54 HERITAGE-Mr. I. R. B Hatha- way of Edenton. N. C.. editor of the North Carolina Historical Register. says that William Heritage was very prom- nent in the early history of North Caro- lima and was Clerk of one or the Coio- nial Assemblys: The proof or this can be found in the 'Colonfai hecoros oi North Carolina"
 25s. CRoFT-The following facts about this family sre taksn from the
 Elizabeth Brewton. daughter or Niles Brewton, "a consnicuous leader Tn the days of the Proprietary and Royal gov, ernments." married July 10. 17e2. Edward I
 three are recorded as having married Susannah Croft born June 22d. l14 mar ried November g. TAI, Thomas Boone. elizabeth Croft, born March a. 1726. mar ried June 15. 17i5. Archibald Knox. Ed, ward Croft. born August 9. 1729. married March l5. I74S. Mary Wilson.
 Besides this family. MT. Childermas Croft Is described as captain or the fourth company of the Charles Town battalion of militia. November 8. l735. In Simms' Life of Marion an account is given on page 1S0 of how Marion pun, ished some men in his command who nad been guilty of robbing the house of MT. George Croft who lived on piantat on on Sampit Creek. Marions men were uuartered upon this plantations: MT. Croft had proved invariably true 10 the American cause: had supplied the paro- sans secretly with the munitions of war. with cattle and provisions. lie was an
 aralid. however suffering from mortal ;ofirmity which compelled his removal for medical attendance to Georgetown, then in possession of the enemy. During ms lhsence the house was robbed; his Wiie complained at once to Marion. who i'm. mediately punished the guilty ones ana forced them 10 restore the property.
 Mir. George w. Croft whose address IS Aiken. S c, may be able to give other facts about the history of this famliy-