William Hinkle and Sarah "Sally" Downing
Husband William Hinkle 1 2
Born: 7 Dec 1792 - Chester Co., South Carolina Christened: Died: 15 Apr 1867 - (Izard Co., Arkansas) 3 Buried: - Flatwoods Cem., Mtn. View, Stone Co., Arkansas
Father: Jesse Hinkle (1763-Abt 1832) Mother: Frances Riley ( - )
Marriage:
Wife Sarah "Sally" Downing
Born: Abt 1790 Christened: Died: 1840-1850 - (Izard Co., Arkansas) 4 Buried: - Flatwoods Cem., Mtn. View, Stone Co., Arkansas
Father: John Downing (1744-1802) 5 Mother: Mary Pagan (Abt 1746-1832) 5
Children
1 M Jesse Hinkle
Born: 10 Jun 1814 - SC (Chester Co.) 6 Christened: Died: 22 May 1891 - Melbourne, Izard Co., Ar 2 7 Buried: - Lunenburg Cemetery, Izard Co., Ar 2Spouse: Sarah Ann Cole ( -Bef 1846) 2 Marr: Abt 1842 - (Wayne Co., Tennessee)Spouse: Mary A. Coburn (1820-1884) 2 Marr: 21 Oct 1846 - Tennessee 2
2 M John D. Hinkle 2
Born: 27 Jun 1816 6 Christened: Died: 1 Sep 1852 - Melbourne, Izard Co., Ar 8 Buried: - Lunenburg, Izard Co., ArSpouse: Arena Beckham (1825-1903) 2 Marr: Abt 1846 - Tennessee 1
3 M Andrew J. Hinkle 1 2
Born: 24 Feb 1818 - (Madison Co., Alabama) Christened: Died: Abt 1869 - Mountain View, Izard Co., Ar 9 Buried:Spouse: Mary Majors (Abt 1820- ) 2 Marr: Abt 1846
4 F Catharine Hinkle 2 10 11
Born: 26 Dec 1819 - Alabama (Madison Co.) Christened: Died: 11 Nov 1863 - Mtn View, Izard Co., Ar Buried: - Flatwoods Cem., Mtn. View, Stone Co., Arkansas 12Spouse: Joshua Mayberry Beckham (1816-1888) 2 11 Marr: Abt 1839 - (Wayne Co., Tennessee)
5 F Mary Hinkle 2
Born: 14 Jun 1821 - Alabama (Madison Co.) Christened: Died: 3 Jun 1877 - Mtn View, Stone Co., Ar Buried: - Flatwoods Cemetery, Stone Co., Arkansas 13Spouse: Unknown ( - )Spouse: Tinsley D. Martin (1825-1900) 2 14 Marr: Abt 1846
6 F Serena Hinkle 2
Born: Abt 1822 - Alabama (Madison Co.) Christened: Died: Abt 1863 - Izard Co., Ar Buried:Spouse: Henry Cole (1819-1871) 2 Marr: Abt 1841 - (Wayne Co., Tennessee)
7 M Baltis Hinkle
Born: Abt 1825 - Alabama (Madison Co.) Christened: Died: Bef 1853 Buried:Spouse: Melly Cole (Abt 1829-Bef 1853) Marr: Abt 1846
8 F Francis Hinkle 2 15
Born: 18 Nov 1826 - Tennessee (Wayne Co.) Christened: Died: 12 Sep 1870 - Izard Co, Ar 16 Buried: - Flatwoods Cemetery, Stone Co., Arkansas
9 M William Riley Hinkle 2 15
Born: 27 Oct 1828 - Tennessee (Wayne Co.) Christened: Died: 26 Feb 1902 - Mtn View, Stone Co., Ar 17 Buried: - Flatwoods Cemetery, Stone Co., ArkansasSpouse: Mary F. Taylor (1836-1856) 2 15 Marr: Abt 1854 - (Izard Co., Ar)Spouse: Frances Malissa Majors (1835-1877) 2 15 Marr: Abt 1862 - (Izard Co., Ar)Spouse: Nancy L. Cooper (1833-1904) 2 15 18 Marr: After 1878 - (Stone Co., Ar) 10
General Notes: Husband - William Hinkle
CENSUS:
<pre>1830 Wayne Co., Tennessee; sheet 291
William Hinkle 112101 -- 121001; no slaves
male female
1 < 5 1
1 5-10 2
2 10-15 1
1 15-20
20-30
1 30-40 1 </pre>
William lives next to his brother Jonathan and 1 entry away from his father Jesse. Andrew Downing lives 5 entries away from Jonathan.
<pre>1840 Wayne Co., Tennessee
Wm. Hinkle 0011301 -- 00120001; 4 in agriculture, 1 in manufacturing &
male female trades; no slaves
< 5
5-10
1 10-15 1
1 15-20 2
3 20-30
30-40
1 40-50
50-60 1 </pre>
<pre>1850 Izard Co., Arkansas, Franklin Township; Oct 23; pg 65
485/485
William Hinkle 58 MW SC $400 farmer
Francis " 24 FW Tn
William R. " 21 MW Tn farmer
Elsusy Jane " 7 FW Tn </pre>
He is not in the Slave Schedule. William's son A. J. lives at 484/484. Elsusy Jane is the daughter of William's daughter Mary.
<pre>1860 Izard Co., Ar, Blue Mountain Twp., p.o. Richwoods; Sept 18; pg 167
1083/1083
Wm. Hinkle 69 MW SC $700/$1350 Mechanic
Fanny " 34 FW Tn Domestic
Wm. R. " 31 MW Tn farmer
Catharine " 14 FW Tn
Madison M. Pate 11 MW Ar </pre>
He is not in the Slave Schedule. William's son A. J. lives at 1082/1082, and a nephew John Hinkle lives at 1080/1080. Catharine is William's granddaughter. She is in the 1850 census as the daughter of Baltis Hinkle and his wife Melly.
CENSUS COMPARISON:
<pre>
1830 1840 1850 1860 1870
<5 (1) 10-15 (11) William R. 21 William R. 31 William R. 41
5-10 (5) 15-20 (15) Baltis 25
10-15 (12) 20-30 (22) A. J. 32 A. J. 42
10-15 (14) 20-30 (24) John D. 34
15-20 (15) 20-30 (25) Jesse 45 Jese 55
30-40 (38) 40-50 (48) William 58 William 69
<5 (4) 10-15 (14) Francis 24 Fanny 34
5-10 (8) 15-20 (18) Syrena 28 Serena 38
5-10 (9) 15-20 (19) Mary 39 Mary 49
10-15 (10) 20-30 (20x) Catharine 40
30-40 50-60 Sarah [?] </pre>
The number after a person's name indicates his age in the indicated census year. Brackets indicate that the person died before 1850, and the number is how old he would be if he were still alive. The parenthsized numbers in previous columns represent real ages to be compared with the age categories that appear in the census. An 'x' after the age indicates that the person is no longer living with his parents.
LAND IN ALABAMA:
On page 261 in "Old Land Records of Madison Co., Alabama" (Margaret Matthews Cowart, 1979) for the year 1818 William Hinkle is associated with section 3, township 1, range 2 west in Madison Co. The source of this information is said to be "Receiver's Ledger, Sale of Public Lands Feb. 1815 -- Sept. 1819" (Ledger 'C'), Book 105. This record may indicate that a survey was done; I don't think the land was ever patented to him. His younger brother Baltis owned land in the same township in section 18. Section 3 adjoins the Tennessee state line.
1838 TAX LIST:
The 1834 Tennessee State Constitution abolished the old Militia Districts that were used for the purpose of representation on the County Court and replaced them by Civil Districts. The 1836 Tax List was used to initially establish the Civil Districts and the 1838 Tax List was used to either confirm the established district boundaries or to alter them based on population.
Wayne County was divided into twelve Civil Districts in 1836. The 1838 Tax List confirmed the 1836 Civil District boundaries, which experienced only minor modifications until after the 1850 census.
The 1838 Tax List has been abstracted and can be seen at http://www.tngenweb.org/wayne/1838taxlist.htm along with a useful map of the 1836 districts. District 7 is contiguous with Hardin Co. There in 1838 we find William Hinkle. John and Jessee are probably his sons.
John Hinkle -- 1 white poll
William Hinkle -- 1 white poll; 160 acres
Jessee Hinkle -- 1 white poll
The 1836 list is at http://www.tngenweb.org/wayne/1836taxlist.htm. Only William and Jesse are present.
William Hinkle -- 1 white poll; 160 acres
Jesse Hinkle -- 1 white poll
ARRIVAL IN ARKANSAS:
On January 6, 1845 William assigned to his son John D. an entry for 21 acres on Indian Creek in Wayne Co., Tennessee. Then on November 6, 1845 he sold 160 acres in the same county, District 7, to his 2 oldest sons, Jesse and John D., for $1300. It seems likely that he came to Arkansas shortly thereafter. He appears on the Izard Co. tax roll for the first time in 1846. He appears again in 1847 and in 1848 and is a landowner for the first time in 1853. Tax rolls exist for the years 1843, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 53, 58, 59 in the period 1843-1859.
According to a biographical sketch of his grandson Jonathan Cole, William Hinkle came to Izard Co., Arkansas in 1846.
LAND in ARKANSAS:
On May 1, 1854 40 acres in S9 T14N R10W were patented to William Hinkle, and on November 1, 1856 another 40 acres in the same section, contiguous with the first 40, were patented to him. On June 16, 1856 80 acres in the same section were patented to his son Andrew J. Hinkle. The son's tract is contiguous with the father's tract. This land is now in Stone Co., which was created in 1873, but in the 1850's it was in Izard Co.
Two other sons of William, Jesse and John D., patented land in T16N R9W during the same time period. They were about 12 miles away from their father.
DEATH DATE:
It is commonly stated that William Hinkle is buried in the Flatwoods Cemetery in Mountain View, Arkansas. I have been there and there is no tombstone. It is not clear what the source of his death date is. It is entirely reasonable that he might be buried there.
On 10 Jan 2010 Stephen Dow Beckham stated the following in an e-mail to me:
"As to the date of death of William Hinkle, Henry W. Hinkle of Bartlesville, OK., former comptroller of Phillips Petroleum and cousin of Otis Hinkle of Oxnard, CA., had, prior to 1961, written a typescript history of the descendants of Jesse Hinkle of Wayne County, TN. In that account he gave the birth and death dates of William Hinkle, possibly obtained from Dr. Charles G. Hinkle of Batesville, AR., a grandson of Jesse Hinkle (1814-1891) great grand son of William and Sarah Downing Hinkle, who compiled a family tree in or about 1940 enumerate the children, grandchildren, and some of the great grandchildren of William and Sarah Hinkle.
"At page two of the section on Jesse Hinkle, Henry W. Hinkle identified the following children:
"A. Son born before 1790--indicated by census of Chester County, S. Carolina.
"B. William--born S. Carolina December 7, 1792--died Izard County, Arkansas April 15, 1867--married Sarah Downing [COMMENT: Henry did not identify where he got these dates, but William's birthdate is confirmed in the William Riley Hinkle Bible].
. . . ."
General Notes: Wife - Sarah "Sally" Downing
Most researchers say that William Hinkle's wife was Andrew Downing's youngest sister Sarah (Sally). What evidence supports that claim?
In the Downing Bible, the names and birthdates of Andrew Downing's 11 children follow his name. After those names are the names and birthdates of four Hinkles: 2 children of Baltis Hinkle and Ann Downing, and 2 children of William Hinkle. Thus it seems obvious that William Hinkle had a very close relationship with the Downing family, specifically with Andrew Downing, and the most likely explantion is that his wife was a member of that family, either a daughter of Andrew Downing or a sister. She died before the 1850 census, and so far as I know her name does not appear on any document associated with her husband.
According to the 1830 and 1840 censuses William Hinkle's wife was born about 1790. That is a reasonable birth date for Andrew Downing's youngest sister, Sally, who in 1811 was still unmarried. See notes under John Downing, her father. The following two letters come to me from Judy Damewood. The people mentioned are mostly the children of John Downing and Mary Pagan. The mention of Sister Sally in the first letter immediately after mentioning William Hinkle suggests (but does not prove) that she is his wife.
[addressed to] Mr. John Downing, Dark County Ohio New Madison P. Off.
State of Indiana
Monroe CountyJuly 6, 1830 at School
Dear Brother & Sister
With pleasure I undertake to inform you that on yesterday I received your satisfactory letter dated 30 May last, which truly gave us all much pleasure to hear after so long a lapse of time, that you were still in the land of the living and enjoying health and strength. At the same time I wrote to you, I also wrote to Brother Andrew and fortunately for us all his answer came to hand yesterday also and they furnished me with an opportunity of complying with some of your requests stated in your letterHe informs me in his letter (it was dated June 11th last) that they were all well at that time, and that William Hinkle and family were also well, Sister Sally had been ailing for some time but was got better. He informed me also that Katy was married last December to a young man by the name of Patterson and Brother to his son William's wife. He states that he has had no late account from Carolina or from any of our relations. I think from the drift of his letter he has some notion of coming to this country, but did not speak positively on that subject. I do not recollect whether in my last letter to you I informed you of my son William's marriage. If I did not he was married two years ago last march to a woman the name of May. They have got one daughter, and are living now close by us. He married very young and contrary to mine and his mother's inclination, but he appears very industrious and I am in hopes he will make out very well. I have not settle myself as yet on a place of my own, neither do I intend so doing provided I was able, until I can have an opportunity of exploring the country some farther. I intend as soon as my school is out, which will be the first or second week of September to explore the Waubash Country and some part of the Illinois, and if I should like it my calculations are at present to move this fall or in the spring. I moved from Tennessee with the intentions of finding a country more to my mind than it was, and such a one I have found but from every information I can gather the above named countries must be far superior to this. You state in your letter that yourself or some of your sons expect to pay us a visit after corn is laid by. If you should come I want you try and come betwixt this and the first of September or about that time. If not more than one of your can come, I hope you will come yourself, and I do not want you or any of your family to think hard of me for telling you so, for I should be truly glad to see you all I intend writing tomorrow to Brother Andrew and will request him also to come by the first of September, and I have same hopes that he will obey me. Will you come?_________Something whispers and me thinks I hear you say yes. As to procuring a support for my family, we have made out tolerable well so far, and I am in hopes there is not much danger we will suffer on that account. As I am not settled in my mind in what part of the country I shall station myself and family, I think if I could have the opportunity of conversing with you on the subject you might perhaps be of great service to me in that head, as you must have a more perfect knowledge of these parts than I can possibly have. As to my circumstances as it respects this worlds good, they are at a very low ebb at the present, I have had to make several sacrifices of property in order to get along, since I have been here. If it should so happen that none of you come to see us, I want you to write to me as soon as the fact is ascertained. I would be glad to know how your mind is effected as it respects religion, and whether or not you have associated yourself to any religious society or not. As to my own part, my contiments on that head are the same as they were the last time we separated in Tennessee White County, which has been several years ago. I would be truly glad to talk with you on the subject of Religion, it is a theme on which I delight to dwell, and ought to be the chief concern of mortals here below, I must now come to a close as it is now time to call Books. I therefore recommend you all into the hands of him who is able to save to the uttermost all who put their trust in him hoping, that provided we should never meet here below we may meet where parting is no more. We must subscribe ourselves your ever affectionate Brother and Sister. Robt and Sarah Downing
NS. The family all join in sending their best respects to you and family.R. G. D.
[addressed to]
Mr. John Downing, State of Ohio, Dark County, Long Prairie, Harrison Township
State of Alabama
Madison CountyJan [or June] 1, 1826
Dr. Brother and Sister,
With the greatest pleasure I now undertake to inform you by letter that in myself and family are all in good health at present for which blessing we feel ourselves thankful and we hope that these few lines when they come to your hand, they may find you all enjoying the same. I have never received any letters from you since I have been in this part of the country except one, that several years since. You certainly must have forgot us, I have wrote to you several times at least three what the reason is that we cannot hear form one another I cannot tell, unless our letters have been miscarried, I cannot impute it altogether to your neglect or forgetfulness of us that we have not received any, but there must be neglect somehow in there. The rest of the connections here are all in good health at this time. William Hinkle lives within half a mile of me at this time. My son John lives within four miles. There has been no deaths in my family lately not I suppose since you heard from me and not many marriages my children all live with me that are not married and those which are close at hand. Brother Robert is now at my house and his family was all well when he left home. He lives in White County Tennessee and tells me he has wrote to you several times, but has never received any in return. Brother William was at Robert's this fall and all were well when he left home. Mother is still alive and able to go about when William left home. He was under a complaint himself call, the Dropsy. Robert received a letter from him since, he went home, which stated he was not any better than when he left his house. He also informed him that three of John Gill's family died last fall, viz. Ellen, Sally and John. Leander is also dead, but I suppose you have heard of it before now. Write to me as soon as you receive this letter, and let me know whether you are permanently settled or not. We have all got in a notion of moving to the Province of Texas, we have not any of us seen it as yet, but from information it is superior to any country that has every yet been settled. Every head of a family gets one league of land by paying one hundred and Eighty Dollars. Examine your geography and let us know whether you are willing to go with us or not. Your relations all desired to be remembered to you. I have not any more worth your attention only that Robert desires to be remembered to you and family. So I conclude with subscribing myself your ever loving Brother and Sister.Andrew & Elizabeth Downing
1 Shirley Drury Patterson, Hinkle/Patterson Families of Hardin Co., Tennessee, Hardin County Historian, Vol 1, No 3, July-Dec 1997, pg 40. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
2 Edgar D. Byler III, "Modified Register for Jesse Hinkle," unpublished.
3 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 29568890.
4 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 29571688.
5 Brent H. Holcomb and Elmer O. Paker, Early Records of Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Chester County, South Carolina, 1799-1859, 1980, pg 158. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
6 "Downing Bible," http://www.biblerecords.com/downing.html.
7 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 33041966.
8 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 77867972.
9 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 93119626.
10 Shirley Drury Patterson, Hinkle/Patterson Families of Hardin Co., Tennessee, Hardin County Historian, Vol 1, No 3, July-Dec 1997, pg 41. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
11 A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region, Goodspeed Brothers, Publishers, Chicago, 1894, pgs 168-69. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
12 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 28703742.
13 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 11382572.
14 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: monkeys.
15 H. Neal Parker, Visit to Flatwoods Cemetery, Mt. View, Stone Co., Arkansas, June 2008.
16 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 29194434.
17 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 29194350.
18
Shirley Drury Patterson, Hinkle/Patterson Families of Hardin Co., Tennessee, Hardin County Historian, Vol 1, No 3, July-Dec 1997, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
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