NOTE: the image here on Find A grave is NOT of William Fitzhugh. It's Johann Gottlieb Fichte. There only one known image of George Fitzhugh, and it appeared in the title pages of his book.

Some sources give his year of birth as 1804 and spell the surname as "Fitz-Hugh."

The Oakwood Cemetery page on the Walker County Historical Society website states that Fitzhugh's Sociology for the South is the first known book to include the term "sociology" in its title. (http://www.walkercountyhistory.org/oakwood_cemetery.php accessed on Aug. 27, 2017.)

According to "Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families who Settled in the Colonies Prior to the Revolution" by Stella Pickett Hardy. (New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911), page 235, George Fitzhugh and Mary Brockenbrough Fitzhugh had the following children:

(1.) Champ Brockenbrough Fitzhugh (b. 1831) who married Charles Thornton.

(2.) Maryella Fitzhugh (1839-1919) who married a Mr. Foster.

(3.) Augusta Fitzhugh (1839-1908)

(4.) Emma Fitzhugh who married a Mr. Queensberry.

(5.) George Fitzhugh.

(6.) Robert Hunter Fitzhugh (1836-1919) who married Agnes Macon Dade.

However, this information may be incorrect as the following warning appears on the Google™ Book page for this title: "Be careful using this 1911 edition. Several entries were fabricated by Ms. Hardy and they never existed. You should cross check with the 1958 revised edition to see if the person has been 'de-fabricated.'" The creator does not have access to the 1958 edition.

The following information unverified by the creator of this memorial, appears on the Fitzhugh, An American Family website (URL: http://cigararmy.com/fitzhugh.htm )

6.2.5.3.1.1 - George Fitzhugh - was born 4 November 1806 in Brentown Tract, Port Royal, Prince William County, Virginia in the Northern Neck. He has remote family connections with the prominent abolitionist leaders Gerrit Smith and James G. Birney. He visited Gerrit Smith in 1855 in Petersboro, New York. In 1829 he was living in Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia. George married in 1829 to Mary Metcalf Brockenbrough, who was born in 1805 and died 1877 in Huntsville, Texas. She was the daughter of Champe Brockenbrough and Sarah Skinker Bowie.

The old Fitzhughs were both literary and military people. George Fitzhugh, Esq., of Port Royal, Va. Was the distinguished author of "Sociology for the South" published in 1854 and "Cannibals All," and a number of other works of merit in ante bellum days. In 1856 the New York Times speaks of him thus: "A genuine Virginian, conservative, talented, refined—one of the old school heroes of the South whose presence and counsel in this age of turmoil should be regarded as a benefaction. Mr. Fitzhugh, probably more than any other writer in the South, has given to the world correct ideas of our institutions and our resources." At that time (1856) George Fitzhugh, residing in that ancient village on the Rappahannock, wrote a series of genealogical articles for De Bow's Review from 1857 to 1867 in which he gave to the world some of the most interesting facts in the history of the ancient noblesse of the Old Dominion. He defended slavery as better than socialism to overcome evils of 'laissey faire'.

After his wife's death in 1877 he moved to Kentucky to live with a son, then to Texas and lived with an impoverished daughter. In 1880 and 1881 he was living in Huntsville, Texas.

During his lifetime he was known as a writer, lawyer and a sociologist.

George died 30 July 1881 nearly blind and aged 74, in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas

Children: George Fitzhugh (Writer

7.2.5.3.1.1.1 - Lucy Stuart Fitzhugh

7.2.5.3.1.1.2 - Austin Brockenbrough Fitzhugh

7.2.5.3.1.1.3 - Harriet Marmion Fitzhugh

7.2.5.3.1.1.4 - Champe Brockenbrough Fitzhugh (b. 1831) md. Charles Thornton

7.2.5.3.1.1.5 - Maryella Fitzhugh

7.2.5.3.1.1.6 - Augusta Fitzhugh (1839-1908) md. Charles Woodall

7.2.5.3.1.1.7 - Emily (Emma) Elliott Fitzhugh

7.2.5.3.1.1.8 - George Stuart Fitzhugh (1844-1925)

7.2.5.3.1.1.9 - Robert Hunter Fitzhugh (1836-1919)

SOURCES: [60], [10], [11], [9], [59] AND MANY MORE.

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ID: I20154

Name: George Fitzhugh

Sex: M

Birth: 9 NOV 1806 in Prince William Co., Virginia

Death: 29 JUL 1881 in Kentucky

Occupation: Lawyer

Note:

1850 - Port Royal, Caroline, Virginia

George Fitzhugh - 43 - attorney at law - $10,000 - all Va.

Mary M. - 44

Sarah C. - 19

Lucy - 17

Robert H. - 14

Augusta B. - 12

Mariallyn - 11

Geo. - 6

Emily - 2

1 laborer

1860 - Port Royal, Caroline, Virginia

George Fitzhugh - 53 - author - $3,000 + $18,000

Mary M. - 54

Sarah C. - 28

Augusta B. - 22

Mary E. - 20

Emma W. S. - 13

George - 16

1870 - Port Royal, Caroline, Virginia

George Fitzhugh - 63 - author

Mary M. - 64 $500 land

Sallie C. - 35

Eusua E. - 21

1 servant

living with his son and his family:

1880 -Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky

R. H. FITZHUGH------ Self M Male W 44 VA Civil Engineer VA VA

Agnes FITZHUGH----- Wife M Female W 42 KY Keeping House VA VA

Agnes D. FITZHUGH--- Dau S Female W 18 VA At Home VA KY

Nannie N. FITZHUGH--- Dau S Female W 14 VA At School VA KY

Mary B. FITZHUGH------- Dau S Female W 13 VA At School VA KY

Robert H. FITZHUGH----- Son S Male W 10 VA At School VA KY

Lawrence D. FITZHUGH--- Son S Male W 7 VA VA KY

Lucy S. FITZHUGH----------- Dau S Female W 4 KY VA KY

Evelyn L. FITZHUGH--------- Dau S Female W 1 KY VA KY

George FITZHUGH------------ Father W Male W 73 VA Retired Lawyer VA VA

Father: George Fitzhugh b: 1780 in Maryland

Mother: Lucinda 'Lucy' Stuart b: 1786 in Virginia

Marriage 1 Mary Metcalf Brockenbrough b: 4 MAR 1806 in Caroline Co., Virginia

Married: 21 DEC 1829

Children

Has No Children Sarah 'Sallie' Champe Fitzhugh b: 16 AUG 1831 in Caroline Co., Virginia