Some years ago, I read material dealing with one branch of the descendands of Randolph Hunnicutt (1747-1833/4) in which some buttons had been passed down from generation to generation. The story was that these buttons had been on the uniform of Randolph Hunnicutt as a Major during the Revolutionary War. Randolph Hunnicutt has never been found to have had military service during the American Revolution. He is established as a Revolutionary War Patriot because of civil service in Cumberland Co., NC. His father-in-law, Thomas Collins, suddenly becomes much less of a figure in Cumberland Co., NC, politics about the same time MAJOR THOMAS COLLINS appears in the local militia. Could the "heirloom buttons" in this one branch of the family have actually belonged to Thomas Collins? Is anyone familiar with this story? Does anyone know in which branch of the family the buttons descended? Thanks for any help.
Michael Motes
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