Individual Details

Archibald and Miram were 2nd cousins, once removed, both descended from Hermann Otterbach, if the correct wife has been found for the immigrant Peter Hitt.

A Chancery Court Case found at Library of Virginia
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ChanceryWebQ/ChanceryBasicQuery.asp#basicdatastart
Archibald Holtzclaw v. Heirs of Peter Hitt, #1822-109
Peter Hitt had died possessed of land and slaves that were subsequently divided between the widow and the other distributees. Sarah Hitt, widow has also died and the dower land and slaves which she held are incapable of division and should be sold. The share of each distributee in the dower land is probably worth less than $300 and there are only eight slaves. Sons Joel Hitt and Peter Hitt Jr had also died leaving heirs, some of Peter Jr's who were minor children. Archibald sued to bring about a sale of the land and slaves.
The sale was held 4 Mar 1822. After the sale, and accounting for expenses, there remained $452.44 for each of the nine devisees or children of Peter and Sarah. That was of course, divided further among the children of Joel and Peter Jr.
The list of heirs is as follows:
Archibald Holtzclaw & Mariam his wife
Tilman Kemper & Dinah his wife
Elizabeth Arnold
Joseph Barnett & Mary his wife
Reuben Hitt
Nimrod Hitt
Jno Miller & Nancy his wife
Children of Joel Hitt: Joel, James W., William Y. Jno Button & Nancy his wife, and Fanny and James W. Keller [The husbands of the ladies appear to be wrong. Online databases have these two married girls reversed - this family had left the area and show Nancy married James W. Keller and Fanny married John Button. There is a marriage record Nancy Hitt to an Abraham Kellar, 18 Mar 1811, Henry Co KY & they are in the 1850 census in Moultrie Co IL, and there is a marriage record for Fanny to John Button, 9 Mar 1808, Henry Co KY. There is also an earlier court case in 1832 which names Jack Button & wife Fanny, as well as Abraham G. Kellar, and wife Nancy.]
Children of Peter Hitt Jr: Peter Pierce and Lucinda his wife, Polly Hitt; and Aldridge, Nimrod Jr and Elizabeth who were minors, their guardian ad litum was Asa Hume.

Birth	11 Nov 1764	Fauquier County, Virginia
Marriage	3 Jan 1786	Fauquier County, Virginia - Miriam Hitt
Death	1828	Clay County, Missouri

Spouse	Miriam Hitt (1766 - 1841)
Child	Elizabeth Holtzclaw (1792 - )
Child	Sarah Holtzclaw (1795 - )
Child	Rebecca Holtzclaw (1797 - )
Child	Cathy Holtzclaw (1798 - )
Child	Peter Lycurgus Holtzclaw (1802 - )
Child	Nancy Holtzclaw (1804 - )
Child	James Holtzclaw (1806 - 1854)

Father	Joseph Holtzclaw (1735 - 1786)
Mother	Catherine "Caty" James ( - 1810)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Betsy" Holtzclaw ( - )
Sibling	Sarah "Sally" Holtzclaw ( - )
Sibling	Agnes Holtzclaw ( - )
Sibling	Eli Holtzclaw (1771 - )
Sibling	Stephen Holtzclaw (1770 - 1841)
Sibling	Frances "Frankey" Holtzclaw (1776 - )
Sibling	Caty Holtzclaw ( - )