Catherine is known to be the child of Abraham and Elizabeth Black because of Abraham's permission (click here) on 4 February 1794 for her marriage to Andrew.  Her birth date is estimated to be about 1777 for a couple of reasons.  The 1820 through 1840 census entries help establish a birth date range.

The 1820 census record of Cabell County, (West) Virginia - no township listed, page 165:

This census places her birth date as 1776 or later.

The 1830 census record of Cabell County, (West) Virginia - no township listed, page 16: This census places her birth date as 1780 or before.

The 1840 census record of Hancock County, Indiana - Blue River Township, page 216: This census demonstates the consistency of the previous enumeration data captured, and shows her birth date range as 1776 through 1780.  Based on Mary born in 1774 and Adam born in 1779, her birth date is estimated to be late 1776 to early 1777.  This also places her age as approximately 17 when married.  Any later would have made her rather young for marriage, although granted not unheard of.

Andrew Huggart first appears in the Greenbrier Personal Property Tax (PPT) rolls in the Robert Renick tax district in 1791.  That is consistent with estimating his birth as about 1770.  When Abraham and Peter Black first appear in the Greenbrier PPT rolls in 1793 they are enumerated on June 12 in the James McCay district and John, William, James, and Andrew Hugart are enumerated in the same district on June 11.  Andrew continues to appear close to Abraham through their common 30 March 1801 PPT enumeration and then Andrew is missing from the 1802 PPT enumeration, but reappears in the 1803 enumeration along with Abraham in the Joseph Mayse district.  Absence from one year of the PPT rolls is not usually worth noting, except in this case.

During this time period Andrew and Catherine were in Green County, Kentucky.  This is according to a deed in the Greenbrier County Deeds, Vol. 2, pages 572-574, which was brought to our attention by James Willhite, a descendant of Andrew and Catherine.  There is recorded Andrew and Catherine's 13 October 1801 sale of 110 acres for 5 shillings to Mathias Louermilk, and William Felix, this "being part of a survey made for James Hugart Deceased of four hundred acres", and Andrew's inheritance.  Recorded along with this deed is the instrument provided by Greenbrier Clerk of Court, John Stuart, empowering John Emerson, Robert Allen and Charles Zachary, Justices of Green County, Kentucky, to secure the approval of Catherine for the sale of this property.  The instrument specifically states that "Catherine can not conveniently Travel to our County Court of Greenbrier to make Acknowledgement of the said Convayance".  It is likely she was with child, or had recently given birth, since the 1850 census entry for child Rebecca shows her birth place as Kentucky (Brown Township, Hancock County, Indiana, page 177).  A document dated 10 June 1802 stated that Catherine, while in the presence of the above John Emerson and Robert Allen and not in the presence of Andrew, did relinquish her dower rights to the Greenbrier property.  This document was attested to by James Allen, Clerk of Court of Green County, Kentucky and entered in the Greenbrier County Court record in the December 1802 session and the property had now officially transferred to Mathias Louermilk and William Felix.

It is unknown at this time why they traveled to Green County, and then only stayed such a short time?  But their return to the same Greenbrier tax district as father-in-law Abraham and Andrew's siblings would not last very long.  By 1806 Andrew Hugart was found in the PPT rolls in the other Greenbrier tax district.  This move is supported by a deed dated 6 February 1806 where Andrew purchases from Henry Dozer for 5 shillings 120 acres on Muddy Creek Mountain.  The following shows they were in Cabell County by 1809.  The above census data also tells us that something happened to Andrew between the 1820 and 1830 Cabell censuses.  A look at the Cabell PPT rolls clearly shows this.

These PPT entries tell us several things.  First, the PPT tells us that Andrew and Catherine were among the first in the family (along with William and Elizabeth Black Saxton) to migrate to Cabell County upon its formation in 1809.  It also tells us something did happen to Andrew between the 1820 and 1830 census since Andrew disappears from the listings in 1822 and Catherine starts being enumerated as head of household that year.  No will has been found for Andrew, so it is from this PPT listing that we got Andrew's death date range.  As well, we can see the three sons James, Joseph and William appearing in the enumeration and get an approximate date of birth.  There were three sons enumerated in the 1820 Cabell census besides James (he was enumerated as head of household in 1820), and there was another son appearing in Catherine's houshold by 1830, namely Andrew.  Catherine does not appear in the Cabell PPT rolls after 1832.

This is where land records are able to tell us more about this family.  In March 1818 Andrew Hugard and James Lamay were jointly issued a land grant for 150 acres "situate in the County of Cabell, on a branch of Mud river known by the name of Fodge's (sic) Creek ..." from Land Office Grants No. 67, 1817-1818, page 148.  The Cabell County marriage register shows a James Lemay marrying Nancy Huggert on 19 November 1811.  So, Andrew and son-in-law enter into a joint farming arrangement.  On 25 March 1820, 50 of the 150 acres was carved off and deeded to son James by Andrew Hugert and wife Catherine and James Lemay and wife Nancy for $1 (Cabell County Deed Book 3, page 144).  Andrew and James Lemay appear jointly and continuously in the Cabell Land Book (used to record real estate tax assessments) until 1822 when the entry reads Andrew Huggard Estate and James Lamay.  It continues thus until 1831 when the entries in the Land Book read Andrew Huggard Estate 50 acres on Fudges Creek and John Saxton and Andrew 50 acres on Fudges Creek by deed from James Lemay.  According to the deed recorded in Cabell County Deed Book 4, page 600, John and Andrew purchased the 50 acres for $150.  John and Andrew Sexton were cousins of Nancy Hughart Lemay.  James Hughart appears in the Land Book in 1827 still with 50 acres on Fudges Creek, but with the notation that his residence is Ohio.  This notation continues until 1831 when the Land Book entry reads Andrew Huggard 50 acres on Fudges Creek by deed from James Huggard.  On 10 September 1830 James sold brother Andrew his 50 acres for the sum of $1 (Cabell County Deed Book 4, page 595) which also identified James as living in Gallia County, Ohio.

Why did Catherine not appear in the Cabell PPT rolls after March 1832?  Cabell County Deed Book, page 94, contains a 1 September 1832 deed whereby Catharine Huggart, James Lemay and Nancy his wife, Joseph G. Huggart, Andrew Huggart, William Huggart, James Dennison and Margaret his wife, Andrew Hazlett and Elizabeth his wife, James Huggart and Rebecca Huggart sell to Edward Ellmore the remainder of the Andrew Huggard estate on Fudges Creek for the sum of $250.  The legal description is amended to "except fifty acres contained within said bounds which has been sold by James Lemay...".  This deed is a gold mine of names pertaining to Andrew and Catherine's family.

Shortly after this sale, many of the family moved to Hancock County, Indiana.  Catherine is found in 1840 Blue River Township census, page 216 and two lines above is found Andrew Hazlett.  James Lamay is found on page 215, while James R. Dennison is found on page 202 of Green Township.  Rebecca married widower William L. Hargrove in 1842 and William Huggard married Mary Winn in 1841, both in Hancock County.  The decision to move to Hancock County predated the 1832 sale of the Cabell property as evidenced by the earlier Hancock County land patents of those listed below:

The 1820 Cabell census offered a bit of a puzzle for a while.  On the line immediately following Andrew Hugart's enumeration is an enumeration for James Hugart:

James married Agnes Patton 25 July 1821 in Cabell County.  This was the wife named Agnes in the 1850 Laclede County, Missouri census of James and family.  But there was a female of 16 years and under 26 in the above 1820 household.  It was then I found the marriage in Greenbrier County of James Hugart and Caty Perkins on December 24, 1818.  What about the young girl under 10 years of age?  What happened to this daughter of James and Caty?  Did Caty die or did they divorce?  The answers are unknown at this time.

The children of Andrew Hughart and Catherine Black are:

1. Nancy Hughart, b. 29 April 1795, Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; d. 27 May 1863, Blue River Township, Hancock County, Indiana
2. James Hughart, b. Abt. 1798, Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; d. Aft. 1870, possibly Sebastian County, Arkansas
3. Elizabeth B. Hughart, b. Abt. 1800, Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; d. 2 November 1889, Mt. Vernon, Linn County, Iowa
4. Rebecca E. Hughart, b. Abt. 1802, Green County, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1850-1860
5. William Hughart, b. Abt. 1804, Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; d. (unknown)
6. Joseph G. Hughart, b. Between 1805-1810, Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; d. (unknown)
7. Margaret Hughart, b. Between 1810-1815, Cabell County, (West) Virginia; d. (unknown), Green Township, Hancock County, Indiana
8. Andrew Hughart, b. possibly 12 May 1812, Cabell County, (West) Virginia; d. possibly 19 February 1871, Richland Center, Richland County, Wisconsin