James (Madison?) "Madi" Hinson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 21 Jan 1863, Rappahannock Co, Virginia

Notes:

James Hinton was born about 1785 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He was living on 1 March 1823 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
On this date he purchased land on Carter's Run next to Augustine Ball and Dulin's saw mill from John Dulin, Mary's uncle. The deed of conveyance when this land was purchased indicated that John Dulin had purchased the land from George B. Pickett. He was living on 23 January 1835 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.61
On this date James and Mary Hinson purchased 16 acres of land from Charles Kemper in Fauquier County on Carter's Run. In this deed it is shown that James and Mary Hinson were then of Rappahannock County (which had only in 1833 been formed from Culpeper County) James was living on 27 March 1835 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.61
On this date a deed was executed by James and Mary Hinson of Rappahannock County to Thomas Ingram for 107 and 1/4 acres of the same land on Carter's Run. He was living on 25 March 1841 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.53
On this date James and Mary Hinson purchased from William C. and Elizabeth Jane Scott (their daughter) 42 acres of land, lying immediately south of Hinson's Mill adjoining the Hedgman's (Rappahannock) River and George Dulin's (Mary's brother) land. He died in January 1863 in Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. James was buried in January 1863 in Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia.


He served in the military War of 1812 in 44th Regiment and 41st Regiment, Virginia, (Branhams and Paynes), Arlington, Virginia.
James Hinson served in the war of 1812 during the period when the British sacked the Capitol and White House. He was stationed at Arlington, Virginia. He received two land warrants for this service, 40 acres and 80 acres. It is not known what disposition he made of these warrants, nor where the land acquired was located.
Order of children as to age was deduced by order in which children were listed in will of James Hinson, supra.

James Hinson served in the 44th Regiment and 41st Regiment, Virginia, (Branhams and Paynes) during the War of 1812 during the period when the British sacked the Capitol and White House. He was stationed at Arlington, Virginia. He received two land warrants for this service, 40 acres and 80 acres. It is not known what disposition he made of these warrants, nor where the land acquired was located.

The 1860 Census shows James Hinson's real estate as being valued at $10,000 and his personal property at $6,725!

Tax lists in 1850 Rappahannock County, shows that James Hinson had on the tax rolls, three tracts of land, 105 1/4, adjacent E. Griffin, 13 1/4 on N. River, and 42 acres adjacent E. Griffin. This was before he had purchased the 64 acres at the trustees sale mentioned under the John G. Hinson notes.

James Hinson at the time of his death was possessed of a considerable estate. Disputes arose between his children who migrated before the Civil War to Missouri and those who stayed in Virginia. Settlement of the disposition of the land in the estate was not settled until many years later. Some of the children were deceased by that time and distribution of the monies realized from the sale went to the grandchildren.

The Hinson property was close around the Hinson's Mill, and on the north side of the Hinson Mill Road on what is now called "Scotia" a beautiful horse farm. According to Circuit Records at the time of his death, he owned 595 acres, 425 being in Rappahannock and 170 in Fauquier Counties, (which was occupied by his oldest son, George,) remarkable fact, considering that he lost his father while very young and was raised solely by his mother, in addition to being bonded out as a servant while still a juvenile. He apparently inherited nothing upon the death of his grandfather, Robert Hinson, in 1803. Possibly his marriage to Mary Dulin helped him get started. For that day and time, taking note of the fact that in the year of his death, 1863, there was a war going on and armies were passing through the Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties, almost at will, it was commendable that his personal property apparently was kept in tact.

Hinson's Mill on the Rappahannock River near Amissville was the site of the crossing of Confederate troops under General Stonewall Jackson en route to the second Battle of Manassas on or about 25 August, 1862. This mill was later destroyed by a flood. Before Bushrod Hinson migrated to Missouri, he was the Miller at the mill, according to the 1850 census of Rappahannock Co.

A deed recorded in Rappahannock County, Book C, p. 511 on 9 March 1840 from John Cropp, et al. to James Hinson, may indicate the second tract of land purchased by James Hinson in Rappahannock County, and will probably be found to be just west of the Henry Grigsby survey.

No deed records have been obtained for the purchase of the mill site, formerly called Briggs or Rector's Mill, and subsequently Hinson's Mill, which, according to the 1850 tax list in Rappahannock County was 13 and 1/4 acres.

On 9 September 1845, he purchased from Henry N and Frances F Grigsby, of Clark County, Virginia, 66 acres of land out of the Henry Grigsby survey, this land being tract No. 4 next to the dower interest of Frances Grigsby, widow. This tract adjoins Hinson's Mill Road.

Bill and Lenora Henson have seen field stones on the property just south of Hinson's Mill, which was apparently that sold by William C. Scott and Elizabeth Jane, which stones are the markers of a very old cemetery. However, it is believed that James Hinson would not have marked graves with field stones, but with marble. At the time of the deaths of the close members of his family, he was a fairly affluent person. [It is possible that the Hinsons were Quakers. This religious group does not believe in ceremony or ritual and none of their members have a tombstone.]

There are many cemeteries in Rappahannock County today which have marble tombstones erected during the period before and after the Civil War. The most likely place for the Hinson cemetery would be the north side of the road on the first farm acquired, and which it appears is on or immediately east of the farm called, "Scotia".

The executors sale on 24 March 1863 disposed of considerable personal property, including three slaves: Lewis, Martha, and Ann. The total proceeds from the sale were $12, 947 of which over $4,000 was for the three slaves. The man and one woman were purchased by Albert R. Singleton, his son-in-law. It is not known whether the dollar denominations were in currency of the Commonwealth of Virginia or The Confederate States of America. It is unlikely that the proceeds were in US currency. In any event, the sum bid for the slaves seems unreasonable in view of the fact that on January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Perhaps the bidders felt it was ineffective as to them. Among the bidders at the executor's sale were James Jeffries, Albert R. Singleton, George Hinson, and Smith Tharp, the husband of Narcissa (Cecy) Hinson. John G. Hinson was by far and above the largest bidder.

It is also questionable whether the sums bid were ever paid or distributed to all of the heirs, especially as about half of them were living away from Virginia and there was a war going on. Obviously, the ravages of war had not yet struck around Amissville.

The land of James Hinson was not sold at the executor's sale. In 1876 a new survey was made of the Hinson land, and division boundaries were outlined on the various tracts to be conveyed to the heirs. In 1887 the records show that Joseph A. Jeffries had purchased previously 27 acres from what was later determined to be his mother's interest and that because of this he was allotted another 43 acres out of a 72 acre tract by the Court. It appears that Joseph A. Jeffries purchased from the estate, previously, 70 or 73 acres, and that in this tract was 27 acres which tract was actually that portion inherited by this mother. No record has been found in the deed records, however, that such a purchase was recorded. This tract most likely was that which was the homestead of James Hinson, and that Mary Margaret Hinson Jeffries, being the oldest daughter, still living in Virginia, would have liked that for her own. At the time of the death of James Hinson, his holdings on the north side of the Hinson's Mill Road ran for about 240 poles or 3/4 of a mile or more from the river. The distance to the river the Amissville-Warrenton road was 2 miles.

In 1876, the Circuit Court Records show that there were 336 acres remaining in the estate in Rappahannock County; that is, 425, less 73, less the Mill tract which had been sold to a John Amiss of approximately 16 acres. By then, according to papers written between 1863 and 1867, it is indicated that Bushrod and Alcinda Hinson Darnell were deceased.

Jim Ball: "Charles is said to have been robbed and murdered in the late 1700s while on a trip "west" to buy a farm. He is not connected directly with the Robert Hinson family of Licking Run in Fauquier though there may be a relationship."

Related to the Millers of Howard Co., Missouri Mary "Polly" DULIN and James [Madison?] "Madi" HINSON were married on 30 December 1806 in Fauquier County, Virginia.63
Polly Dulin, daughter of William and Elizabeth, and James Hinson, Dec. 30, 1806, Edw. Dulin, bondsman.

Actual marriage date was probably a few days later, so might have been Jan 1807

13. Mary "Polly" DULIN14,56,58,64,65 was born in 1788 in Fauquier County, Virginia. She died before 1850 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.

In the Census of 1840, Rappahannock Co., VA the wife of James Hinson is shown living and being between 50 and 60 years of age. In the 1850 census she is not shown. She is shown to be the daughter of William Dulin, Jr. and her mother as Elizabeth Glasscock Dulin, the daughter of Peter Glasscock, Sr. Records of Fauquier Co. and the Glasscock-Glassco Saga by Lawrence Glassco reflect that William Dulin, Sr. obtained a lease of land near Upperville in northern Fauquier Co. in the mid 1700's and that also Peter Glasscock moved into that area in about 1760.

They were apparently in that area a number of years until Peter Glasscock moved to Rowan County, N. C. in about 1782, leaving behind his daughter Elizabeth Glasscock Dulin, the wife of William Dulin, Jr., as well as the other children of his first marriage to a Jane. No other Dulin families are known to have lived in the area of northern Fauquier Co. at that same time, thus the presumption that the mother of Mary Dulin was Elizabeth Glasscock, not Stone. The Jeffries connection with William Dulin being the descendants of William Dulin, Jr. and Elizabeth Stone appears to be accurate, in that it is consistent that they were from the first marriage of William Dulin, Jr. The Glasscock-Glassco Saga also mentions that some of the Dulins moved from Fauquier Co. to Rowan Co., N.C. at the same time as the Glasscocks. The identities of these Dulins are not known now (1993).

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Will:
He signed a will on 21 January 1863 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.62

p. 265
" . . . [first part missing from copies] him equal subject to this the same limitations provisions and ? as set forth in Item second.

"And lastly I constitute and appoint John G. Hinson and John T Hughes Executors of this my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 21st day of January 1863.
in the presence of James Hinson
Alexander Davis
Wm R. Burke
It is also my wish of a majority of my children wish the land on which I reside sold, then my executors shall advertise and sale to the highest Bidder if not to be equally divided.
James Hinson
Witnesses
Alexander Davis
Wm H Burke
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James married Mary "Polly" Dulin on 30 Dec 1806 in Fauquier Co, Virginia. Mary (daughter of William Dulin, Jr. and Elizabeth Glasscock) was born in 1788 in Fauquier Co, Virginia; died before 1850 in Rappahannock Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George Hinson is listed in will of James Hinson as the first of many children. He is shown in marriage records of Fauquier Co., VA. as having married Susan Ball, the ward of Enoch Smith, on 28 Nov. 1828. Later the census of 1850, Fauquier Co., VA. shows in Ashby's District, Page 236, Dwelling 518, Family 533, George married to Susanah, and her mother Letty Ball, age 80, living in the same household with them, with the children set forth in this family group. George Hinson's occupation is shown as schoolteacher.

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George married Susan Ball on 28 Nov 1825 in Fauquier Co, Virginia. Susan (daughter of Edward Ball and Lettice Glending "Lettie" Rosser) was born in 1812 in Fauquier Co, Virginia; died after 1880 in Ashbys, Fauquier Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

i. George HINSON was born in 1808 in near Poorhouse, Fauquier County, Virginia. He was living in 1876 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He died on 3 September 1894 in near Poorhouse, Fauquier County, Virginia. Mrs. H.H. Ball says hr died at Marshall, Fauquier Co !NOTES: George Hinson is listed in will of James Hinson as the first of many children. He is shown in marriage records of Fauquier Co., VA. as having married Susan Ball, the ward of Enoch Smith, on 28 Nov. 1828. Later the census of 1850, Fauquier Co., VA. shows in Ashby's District, Page 236, Dwelling 518, Family 533, George married to Susanah, and her mother Letty Ball, age 80, living in the same household with them, with the children set forth in this family group. George Hinson's occupation is shown as schoolteacher.

There is another George W. Hinson, age 66. with other occupants of the same household recorded in Turner's District in the 1850 census. He is shown as a wheelwright. Other occupants are: Catharine,age 35, James R., 19 Napoleon, 17, George W. (Jr.), 12, Thomas I (or J), 10, William H., 8, Joseph W., 2, and Virginia, 6. This George is not likely to be the brother of the above first mentioned George, but he may have been a cousin or uncle. The early map of Fauquier Co., VA. shows a Hinson's shop in the northeast section of the county, which may be the same George W., the wheelwright's.

ii. James D. (Dulin?) HINSON57 was born on 9 October 1812 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He was living in 1850 in Lafayette County, Missouri.66 He was living in 1876 in Missouri. James died on 17 November 1877 in Dover, Lafayette County, Missouri. He was buried in Dover, Lafayette County, Missouri. ! The will of James Hinson of Rappahannock Co., Va. lists James D. Hinson as the third child. If tradition follows, this would be the third in line of date of birth. This would place him between Alcinda, who married Sidney Darnell 10 Apr 1836, and Narcissa. who married Smith Tharp. James D.'s date of marriage was 27 Oct 1847. As George was born in 1808, it would appear that James was born sometime between 1810 and 1820. The 1850 census of Lafayette Co., MO. shows him age 26, which would place him born in 1824.
A broken and fallen headstone at the Dover Cemetery shows a J. D. b 9 Oct 1812, and d. 7 Sept 1880. (Another note says he died 17 Nov 1877.) It was thought by Ida Alma Johnson Campbell, daughter of Mary Frances Hinson, that this grave was for James D. Hinson, the brother of her grandfather, Bushrod H. Hinson.

Family tradition is that he and his wife had no children.

! The will of James Hinson of Rappahannock Co., Va. lists James D. Hinson as the third child. If tradition follows, this would be the third in line of date of birth. This would place him between Alcinda, who married Sidney Darnell 10 Apr 1836, and Narcissa. who married Smith Tharp. James D.'s date of marriage was 27 Oct 1847. As George was born in 1808, it would appear that James was born sometime between 1810 and 1820. The 1850 census of Lafayette Co., MO. shows him age 26, which would place him born in 1824.

A broken and fallen headstone at the Dover Cemetery shows a J. D. b 9 Oct 1812, and d. 7 Sept 1880. (Another note says he died 17 Nov 1877.) It was thought by Ida Alma Johnson Campbell, daughter of Mary Frances Hinson, that this grave was for James D. Hinson, the brother of her grandfather, Bushrod H. Hinson.

Family tradition is that he and his wife had no children.


iii. Alcinda HINSON57 was born about 1813 in Fauquier County, Virginia. She died about 1860 in Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia.

iv. Narcissa\Narcissus "Cecy" HINSON was born about 1815 in Fauquier County, Virginia. She died before 1875 in Prince William County, Virginia. She was living in 1876 in Fauquier or Prince William County, Virginia. !Source: Will of James Hinson, 1863 filed in Fauquier Co., VA. Will of her husband shows his wife, Emma, which will was filed in 1889. It is probable that Emma was the second wife of Smith H. Tharpe, and that Narcissa had died sometime between 1863 and 1889.

v. Mary Margaret HINSON was born on 12 February 1816 in Fauquier County, Virginia. She was living in 1876 in Orange County, Virginia. She was buried in June 1886 in Baptist Church, Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. Mary died on 26 June 1886 in Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. !Source: A memo entitled "The Jeffries Family" probably written by Joseph Arthur Jeffries, in about 1900. It recites that the children of Mary Margaret Hinson and James Jeffries, Jr. were Frederick, James William, John Albert ( who was known to the John Albert Johnson family as "Ab"), Joseph Arthur, Elizabeth Ann (who later was Mrs. A. Z. Gardner), Mary M., Agnes Mayo ( who was later known as Ms. W Carley), Milton Fitzhugh, Richard F. and Andrew. See also book entitled "Joseph Arthur Jeffries, Fauquier Co., 1840-1919, edited and compiled by Helen Jeffries Klitch, San Antonio, Tex.1989.
She is buried at the Amissville Baptist Church graveyard, which is near to her Rappahannock County home "Scotia" (Latin for Scotland) on the north side of the road leading to the old Hinson mill and ford across the Rappahannock River. During the Civil War she and her husband moved the family to near Orange Courthouse, Orange County, for safety reasons, as the Union soldiers frequently foraged through the countryside in Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties.

See also book entitled "Joseph Arthur Jeffries, Fauquier Co., 1840-1919", edited and compiled by Helen Jeffries Klitch, San Antonio, Tex.1989.


vi. Elizabeth Jane "Eliza" HINSON67 was born in 1817 in Fauquier County, Virginia. She was living in 1876 in Rappahannock County, Virginia. She died after December 1876 in Howard County, Missouri. Will and Estate records show that Isiah Corbin, Joseph F. Hinson, Joseph Basye, William H. Roberts and Armistead Corbin were appointed by the court to appraise the estate of Elizabeth W. Singleton. Joseph F. Hinson was the brother of Elizabeth Hinson Singleton, and the Basyes and Corbins were related through marriage. Purchasers of property of the estate were A. R. Singleton, Turner A. Jones, Isaiah Corbin, Joseph F. Hinson, Francis M. Jeffries, William H. Roberts, Joseph Basye and Elijah Tapp. on 15 May 1850. Elizabeth J. Singleton, the wife of Albert R. Singleton, was mentioned in litigation in chancery court of Rappahannock Co., Va. in Dec. 1876, in which the distribution of land in the estate of James Hinson, father of Elizabeth Jane Singleton, was disputed. It may well be that the Elizabeth W. Singleton above-mentioned was the mother of Albert R. Singleton, as in this litigation John R. Miller was mentioned as the trustee of Elizabeth J. Singleton. This would indicate that she was still living in 1876.

vii. Charles W.(William?) HINSON was born between 1820 and 1825 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He died between 1870 and 1880 in Lafayette County, Missouri. He was living in 1876 in Missouri. !Charles W. Hinson married Narcissus Ann Johnson (Sissie, or Secy). It is not known whether she was a sister of Chapman Johnson, but this is possible. The couple moved to Missouri from Rappahannock Co., VA. The first documented presence in Missouri was when they purchased land 15 Nov 1847, about 120 acres. See Deed Book M, p. 181; and Deed Book V, p. 102. E. half of N/W 1/4 Sec 27, R. 25, Twp. 51, sold 2 Dec. 1853. 1880 census of Lafayette Co., Mo. shows C. A. Hinson, a widow, age 55, Line 158-162, Waverly Township, p.16. with two sons, Spencer, age 22 and Lee, age 18. Apparently by this time Charles was deceased. as he is mentioned in a letter of Joseph Hinson in 1870.
Marriage records of Lafayette County, MO. show a C. W. Hinson married to Mary H. Saper 13 June 1878. It may be that this is the son of Charles W. Hinson.

viii. Huldah Ann HINSON.

ix. John G.(George?) HINSON was born in 1822/3 in Culpeper County, Virginia. He was living in 1850 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.36,59
Occupation listed as "Miller". He was living in 1860 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.
Census shows him, his wife and children living in the household of James Hinson. John was living in 1876 in Rappahannock County, Virginia. He died after 1880.
John G. Hinson married Lucy A. (Sallie) Grigsby 10 Dec, 1848, in Rappahannock Co., Virginia, per marriage records, and family tradition. After Bushrod Hinson, his brother, and Sarah Ellen Miller Hinson left Virginia and came to Missouri in about 1852, John G. took over as the "miller" at the Hinson family grist mill near Amissville, Va. on the Rappahannock River. The 1860 census shows him still there with children: James H., age 12, John M., age 10, Eliza, age 8, Florence, age 6, Sarah. age 4. and Anna, age 1. It appears that John M. (Marion) ("Matt") came to Missouri in 1872, locating in Lafayette County, where he was a farmer. (Family tradition as related by his grand-daughter, Jeanne Hinson Irish).
On 16 February 1847 James M and Vienna (Parker) Grigsby and also Narcissa B Grigsby sold to John G. Hinson, 64 acres out of the Henry Grigsby survey. this tract of land was that of the dower interest of Frances, the widow of Henry Grigsby. She by this time was herself, deceased. It will be noted that John G. Hinson married Lucy A Grigsby, owner of Tract No. 3 of the Grigsby survey, consisting of 64 acres on 10 December 1846.

Henry N & Frances Grigsbyr sold to John G. Hinson, 64 acres of land from the dower interest of Frances Grigsby, widow, on 25 November 1847, out of the Grigsby survey. This was the same land as related as having also been sold by James M and Narcissa.

On 8 May 1856, John G. Hinson gave a deed of trust as security for his debts, considerable personal property, household goods and 64 acres of land to Joseph A. Grimsely for the benefit of James Hinson and others. This property was sold by the trustee 4 November 1856, the purchasers being James Hinson for 64 acres of land, the other purchasers of personal property being Turner A. Jones, James Hinson, Franklin Pierce , Henry G. Jones, etc. This land was that which was formerly the dower interest of Frances Grigsby.

The will of James Hinson bequeathed back to John G. Hinson, 54 acres out of the 64 acres he had previously acquired at the trustees sale, due to the fact that Lucy A. Hinson had repaid him.

As late as July, 1875 John G. Hinson is still involved in litigation in the Chancery Court of Fauquier Co., VA. with the heirs of his father, James Hinson. This litigation involved the distribution of the assets of the estate of James Hinson, deceased, of which John G. Hinson was one of the executors.

x. Joseph F. (Francis?) HINSON was born about 1825 in prob. Fauquier County, Virginia. He died in prob. Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.
Joseph is one of the sons of James Hinson. He married Hannah Bayse. He moved from Virginia to near Jackson, Mississippi. apparently before the Civil War. Source: Lucille Wahrenbrock, Jewell, Iowa (1991). It is reported that he had no children, however, the census of Rappahannock Co., VA. in 1850, Family No. 770, taken Nov 1850, shows that he had a daughter, age 1, whose name appears to be "Falsona". On 30 Mar 1853 he was one of the purchasers of property from the estate of Henry Jones in Rappahannock Co., VA. Book C, p.331, when he purchased a Buffalo Cow. His occupation in the 1850 census shows that he was a blacksmith.
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xi. Bushrod H.(Henry?) "Bush" HINSON.

xii. Mildred Catherine HINSON was born on 28 January 1831 in Culpeper County, Virginia. She was living in 1876 in Missouri. She died on 22 September 1918 in Corder, Lafayette County, Missouri. Source: Lucille Wahrenbrock, Jewell, Iowa. (1991), Census Lafayette Co., Mo. 56th District, 1880. By reason of Mary Eliza being born in Virginia, in 1852/53 and the next being born in Missouri, it is assumed they family removed from Virginia to Missouri in about 1854 or 1855.

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Mildreth married Benjamin Scott Payne on 21 Dec 1876 in Fauquier Co, Virginia. Benjamin was born on 1 Apr 1850 in of, Marshall, Fauquier Co, Virginia; died on 16 Jun 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]