1864 Map of NC-SC border on the Great Pee Dee River. [14]
Jones Creek was north of Morven, North Carolina.
Mill Creek is the unnamed creek south of Morven.
Sneedsboro is north of the state border with South Carolina.
Research Notes:
These are research notes for John Hinson, son of Philip. John Hinson was listed third among the sons in the will of Philip Hinson. If the sons were listed in birth order, then John would have been born before brother Isham, who was already age 21 (taxable) in 1763. These notes focus on John Hinson whose will was dated in 1845 in Lancaster County, South Carolina. The notes below might relate to a different man (or men) named John Hinson, who was born after 1750, perhaps not to the son of Philip Hinson. Some researchers show the children that we show for this family as children of John H Hinson (1751-1845) and Sarah Morgan Blackmer (1764-1850) and show John H Hinson as a son of William Hinson (1705-1799) and Agnes Clarke (1712-1754). Neither ancestry explains the role of William Hinson and Pinckney Hinson in the deeds of 1843 and 1860 listed below.
1765 John Hinson witnessed a deed in Anson County between John Parsons and Benjamin Henson. [1]
1768 John Hinson purchased land from Thomas Tomkins, both of Anson County. The 400 acre tract was on the So Wt side of Great Pee Dee River on the Mill Creek. The deed was dated February 13 and was witnessed by Heza Russ and Charles Hinson. [2]
1772 John Hinson, Benjamin Hinson, and Charles Hinson were appointed by the court to lay out a road in Anson County. Date July 15. [3]
1777 John Henson signed a petition to divide Albemarle county. [4]
1779 John Hinson of Anson County, sold land to Benjamin Hinson [perhaps John's brother]. The tract was on Old Mill Creek, adjacent to lands of John Hinson (where he now lives) and Wm. Haley. John Hinson had received a patent for the land dated June 25, 1774. The deed was dated April 8. [5]
1779 John Hinson entered 100 acres in Anson County, North Carolina. [6] [7]
John Henson enters 100 acres of land in Anson County on the waters of Mill Creek Joining Persons & Jones Transferred from John Dreak.
1780 John Henson purchased land from John Parsons, both of Anson County. The deed was dated April 28 and was witnessed by Morgan Brown and Carney Wright. [8]
1784 John Henson, late a private in the regiment of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hammond, received pay on October 1. [9]
1785 John Hinson received a grant of 100 acres in Anson County, North Carolina. [10]
1787 John Hinson entered 640 acres in Anson County, North Carolina. Dated April. [11]
John Henson enters 640 acres of land in Anson County on the No. side of Jones Creek Joining Yerkis John Auld Richard George & Stephen Tomkins.
1791 John Hinson entered 100 acres in Anson County, North Carolina. Dated February 25. [12]
"John Henson enters 100 acres of land So of old Mill Creek adjoining his own Doctor Dixon and Whiter Lines."
Mill Creek rises about 3 miles southwest of Morven, North Carolina. Mill Creek then flows east-northeast to meet the Pee Dee River about 1.5 miles northeast of Old Sneedsboro. [13]
1795 John Hinson Senr, planter of Anson County, North Carolina, sold land to Jeremiah Robinson Turner. The tract was on old mill creek adjacent to lands of Parson, Well, Doctor Dickson. The deed was dated March 1 and was witnessed by John Hinson Junr and William Hinson. [15]
The notes above are for John Hinson of Anson County, North Carolina, ending with a land sale in 1795. The notes below are mostly for John of Lancaster District, South Carolina. Were these the same men? South Carolina established Lancaster County from parts of Anson County, North Carolina in 1785. [16] In 1800, John Hinson lived near the Wateree River in Lancaster, South Carolina.
1800 John Hinson lived in Lancaster District, South Carolina in a household with males: 2 (Under 10), 2 (10 thru 15), 2 (16 thru 25), and 1 (26 thru 44); and females: 3 (Under 10), 4 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 25), and 2 (26 thru 44). [17]
1806 Land above the mouth of Wateree Creek adjacent to land of Auston Peays and John Henson, perhaps originally granted to Richland Gregory, was mentioned in the will of Robert Ellison of Fairfield District, South Carolina. [18]
1810 Jno Henson lived in Lancaster County, South Carolina in a household with males: 3 (Under 10), 2 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 25), and 1 (45 and over); and females: 1 (Under 10), 3 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 25), and 1 (45 and over). [19]
1820 John Henson was listed in the 1820 census for Lancaster County, South Carolina in a household with Males: 2 (age Under 10), 3 (age 16 thru 25), 1 (age 26 thru 44), and 1 (age 45 and over); Females: 3 (age 16 thru 25), and 1 (age 45 and over). The oldest male was under age 45 in other households for John Henson in Lancaster County. [20]
1823 The committee on pensions cited the petition of John Hinson, mentioning the name William Rouse. [21]
1828 John Hinson sold land to Joseph Cunningham, both of Kershaw District, South Carolina. The land was on Singletons Creek on both sides of Rocky Mount adjacent to land of Clanton. Deed dated may 31. [22]
1830 John Hanson was listed in the 1830 census for Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina in a household with Males: 1 (age Under 5), 2 (age 5 thru 9), 1 (age 30 thru 39), and 1 (age 70 thru 79) and perhaps 1 (age 90-99); Females: 1 (age 30 thru 39), and 1 (age 70 thru 79). [23]
1840 John Hinson Senior was listed in the 1840 census for Lancaster County, South Carolina in a household with Males: 2 (age 20 thru 29), and 1 (age 80 thru 89); Females: 1 (age 40 thru 49). Households of John D Hinson (age 40-50) and Elijah Hinson (age 30-40) were in adjacent listings. [24] John Hinson was a veteran. [25]
1843 John Henson sold land to William Henson, both of Lancaster District, South Carolina. John D Henson lived on the land. Witnessed by John R Welsh, John D Henson, and Pinckney Henson. Dated September 15. [26]
1844 The will of John Hinson, dated December 10, 1844, named John D, Elijah, Molsey Cato wife of Riley Catoe, and Esther Catoe wife of Jessie. [27] We have assumed that son Elijah was the same person as Elijah Hinson named in the notes of James Pickett. [28]
1845 J.D. Hinson relinquished all claims to the land that William Hinson (was William a son of John, not named in his will?) lived on. [29]
1845 The Revolutionary War pension for John Hinson was reinstated in 1845 at age 94. [30]
1845 John Hinson died on January 26 and was buried at Fork Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. He served in the South Carolina infantry. He was born in 1751. [31] [32]
1846 The committee on pensions cited the petition of Richmond R Terrell, administrator for John Henson. Dated March 22, 1854. [33] [34]
… the said John Hinson died in Lancaster District of the 26 day of January 1845 aged about 94 years that he left no widow surviving him, but left the following children who now survive him to wit - John D. Hinson, Elijah Hinson, Molsey wife of Riley Catoe and Esther wife of Jessee Catoe …
1860 E.E. Hinson, William Hinson, and J.D. Hinson sold land to Michael Horton, all of Lancaster District, South Carolina. The land was on the waters of Flat Creek adjacent to lands of J.J. Blackman, William Hinson, and Jesse Catoe. [35]
1876 The heirs of Jesse and Esther Catoe petitioned for a partition of land from the estate of John Hinson. [36]
That John Henson of the County and State aforesaid decesed, in and by his last Will and Testament dated the 10th day of December A.D. 1844 devised to the children of Jesse Catoe a Tract of Land lying in the County of Lancaster and State aforesaid in word as follows "Second I give and bequeath to the children of Jesse Catoe one hundred acres of Land, more or less, it being part of a Tract of six hundred and seventy five acres on which I now live beginning at a Gum corner near the Lawyer Road & running a strait course to the Head of Little Rocky Branch and is represented in a plat hereto annexed and Marked Lot No. 1 That the children of the said Jesse Cato to whom said Land was devised consisted of the following named persons who were living at the death of the Testator, namely, the Plaintiff, Amos Catoe, James Catoe, Nellie Sims wife of Jefferson Sims, Polly Blackmon wife of William Blackmon, and the Defendants Eliza Sweat, Elizabeth Hegler, Caroline Henson wife of Samuel Henson, Rachael Hinson wife of Jesse Henson, Catherine Catoe, and of two other children who have since died, namely Lewis Catoe who left as his sole Heirs at Law his widow the Defendant Clara Catoe and a daughter the Defendant Elizabeth Catoe: and Polly Blackmon who left as her sole heirs at Law her husband the Plaintiff Wm Blackman and her children the following Defendants above named Viz Jesse Blackmon, Burwell Blackman Elizabeth now wife of Cicero J. B. Gregory and Mary Now the wife of Milas Kennington.
That of the above named Defendants, Clara Catoe and (___) are infants under the age of twenty one years. also that of said Defendants Eliza Sweat and Rachael Henson wife of Jesse Henson, reside without the County of this State, viz Eliza Sweat in the State of Alabama, Post office Eden, in the County of St. Clair and Rachel Henson wife of Jesse Hinson in the State of Texas, Post office Mount Pleasant, in Titus County
1876 Several heirs of John Hinson were named in a petition to the Lancaster court to sell his estate. They were the living descendants of Jesse Catoe at the time that John Hinson died.
The State of South Carolina. To Eliza Sweat, Elizabeth Hegler, Caroline Hinson and her husband Samuel Hinson, Rachael Hinson and her husband Jesse Henson, Catherine Catoe, Elizabeth Catoe, Jesse Blackmon, Burwell Blackmon, Elizabeth Gregory and her husband Cicero J. B. Gregory, and Mary Kennington and her husband Miles Kennington, Devisees of John Hinson deceased. You are hereby required to appear at the Court of Probate to be holden at Lancaster Court house for Lancaster County, on the third day of April A D. 1876 to Show Cause if any you can why the Real Estate of John Hinson deceased described in the petition of Amos Catoe, James Catoe, Nellie Sims and her husband Jefferson Sims, Polly Blackmon and her husband William Blackmon, should not be divided or sold allotting to Amos Catoe, James Catoe, Nellie Sims, Polly Blackmon, Eliza Sweat, Elizabeth Hegler, Caroline Hinson, Rachel Henson, and Catherine Catoe each the one Eleventh thereof, also one eleventh thereof to the Heirs of Lewis Catoe deceased viz, the one third of said eleventh to Clara Catoe and the remaining two third to Elizabeth Catoe; and the remaining one eleventh thereof to the Heirs of Mary Blackmon deceased viz, to William Blackmon the one third of said eleventh and the remaining two thirds equally amongst Jesse Blackmon, Burwell Blackmon, Elizabeth Gregory and Mary Kennington. Given under my hand and seal this 21st day of February K. G. Billings, Judge of Probate, Lancaster County. [37] [38] [39]
Research Notes:
Robert Wolfe has a DNA match with a descendant of Esther Hinson.
Flat Creek, Lancaster County is named for Hanging Rock Creek and the overhanging mass of rock for which the creek was named. [40]
Recent Hinsons of Lancaster, South Carolina (searching for a Y-DNA match):
John Daniel (1792-1860) + Sallie Blackmon. Son John Daniel (1810-1884) + Frances Hilton. Son Maredian Lilly Reedy Hinson (1837-1913) + Sarah Ida MIssouri Blackmon. Son James Dunavon Hinson (1869-1941) + Lavicie Walters. [41] Son Alexander Merida Hinson (1893-1971)+Ellen Crenshaw. Son Ira Lee Hinson (1918-1997). Several sons. [42] Paul A has 4 sons. [43]
Douglas Reese Hinson (1929-2007): [44] Has son Ricky of Lugoff, SC. Has brother Kenzie of NC. Son of J.B. (James Boyd) [45][46] James Boyd (1910-1994) had sons Doug and Kenzie. [47] Kenzie (1938-2013) [48][49] James Boyd was son of George and Lila Weaner Hinson. [50][51] George was a son of John Marion (1850-1921). [52][53] John was a son of Washington. [54]
John D Hinson: [59]
Allan J Hinson: 1999 Allan Jackson Hinson Jr, age 25, and Anna Catherine Davis were married. Allan Jackson Hinson Jr was born on abt 1974. [60] [61][62][63][64]
Philip J Hinson: [65]
Roy J Hinson: [66]
David Roy Hinson (1898-1981): Has son David Roy Jr. [67]
David Roy Jr (1929-1985): [68] Has son Richard L. [69]
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