 This house would come to be known as the Virginia Place.Huckeby was elected a justice of the peace in 1833, served on the county board of school examiners in 1836, and was county surplus revenue agent in 1843.He represented the county in the Indiana General Assembly for the sessions of 1836–1837, 1842–1843, and 1844–1845, but lost for state representative in 1846 and 1850.