Solomon J. Hitt and Eliza Strother Everett
Husband Solomon J. Hitt
Born: 2 Jun 1811 - Laurens Co., South Carolina Christened: Died: 3 Feb 1892 - (Rankin Co., Mississippi) 1 Buried: - Concord Baptist Church Cemetery, Rankin Co., Mississippi 2
Father: David Hitt (Abt 1776-1857) 3 Mother: Jane Meek (1783-1848) 3
Marriage: 10 Nov 1836 - Greene Co., Alabama 4 5
Other Spouse: Malvina McLehany (Abt 1832- ) - 12 Jul 1869 - (Rankin Co., Mississippi)
Wife Eliza Strother Everett
Born: Abt 1820 - Alabama Christened: Died: 17 Jul 1868 - (Rankin Co., Mississippi) Buried:
Father: Benjamin Everett , Jr. (1789- ) 6 Mother: Martha Washington Gaines (1787-1851) 6
Children
1 M Jasper W. Hitt
Born: Abt 1838 - Mississippi Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M Samuel J. Hitt
Born: Abt 1841 - Alabama (Greene Co.) Christened: Died: Buried:
3 M Edmund P. Hitt
Born: Abt 1844 - Alabama (Greene Co.) Christened: Died: Buried:
4 F Sarah H. Hitt
Born: Abt 1846 - Alabama (Greene Co.) Christened: Died: Buried:
5 M John S. Hitt
Born: Abt 1848 - Alabama (Greene Co.) Christened: Died: Buried:
6 M David Hitt
Born: Abt 1850 - Alabama (Greene Co.) Christened: Died: Buried:
7 M Stuart E. Hitt
Born: Abt 1854 - Alabama (Greene Co.) Christened: Died: Buried:
8 M Solomon J. Hitt , Jr.
Born: Abt 1856 - Alabama (Greene Co.) Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Solomon J. Hitt
CENSUS:
<pre>1840 Greene Co., Alabama; pg 31
Solomon J. Hitt 10001 -- 00001; 1 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
1 < 5
5-10
10-15
15-20
1 20-30 1
30-40 </pre>
<pre>1850 Greene Co., Alabama; Dec 18
1000/1000
Solomon J. Hitt 38 M SC $1000 Farmer
Eliza S. " 30 F Al
Jasper W. " 12 M Ms
Samuel J. " 9 M Al
Edmund P. " 6 M Al
Sarah H. " 4 F Al
John S. " 2 M Al
John Doss " 16 M Al Laborer </pre>
In the Slave Schedule (Coxs Store Beat; Nov 19) he is the owner of 2 slaves (black male, 30; black female, 20). His father David Hitt lives at 1005/1005, his brother-in-law Benjamin Williams lives at 1010/1010 and another brother-in-law James Everet lives at 1002/1002. John Doss Hitt is really Solomon's nephew John Doss, who is also in the census in the household of his mother Nancy A. Doss.
Snedecor's Directory of Greene County for 1855-1856 (1963 reprint) has the following entry for Solomon J. Hitt:
Hitt, Solomon J., planter and baptist minister, Clinton, 29, 22, 1e
Clinton might be his precinct of residence or his post office. He resides in Section 29, T22N R1E.
<pre>1860 Rankin Co., Mississippi, p.o. Brandon; Sept 12; pg 146
947/1001
S. J. Hitt 49 MW SC $1960/$5582 Farmer
E. S. " 41 FW Al
S. J. " 19 MW Al Student
E. P. " 16 MW Al Student
S. H. " 14 FW Al
S. J. " 12 MW Al
David " 10 MW Al
S. E. " 6 MW Al
S. J. " 4 MW Al </pre>
In the Slave Schedule he is the owner of 5 slaves (black female, 30; black male, 10; black male, 8; black female, 5; black male, 2).
<pre>1870 Rankin Co., Mississippi, Township Six, p.o. Fannin; July 29; pg 44
294/294
Solomon J. Hitt 59 MW SC $1000/$800 Minister Gospel
Melvina " 38 FW Ms Keeps House
David " 20 MW Al Laborer
Stuart E. " 15 MW Al at Home
Sol J. Jr. " 13 MW Al at Home
Eliza H. " 1/12 FW Ms (May) </pre>
His son Sam'l J. Hitt lives at 295/295.
<pre>1880 Rankin Co., Mississippi, ED 77 (Pelahatchie); June 18; pg 84
301/300
S. J. Hitt 69 SC Va SC Farming
Melvina " 48 wife Ms Tn La House Keeping
S. H. Lee 34 dau Al SC Al Asst House Keeping
Olivia " 7 g-dau Ms Al Al
S. E. Hitt 24 son Al SC Al Farming
S. J. " 22 son Al SC Al Farming
E. H. " 10 dau Ms SC Ms
L. J. " 4 dau Ms SC Ms </pre>
LAND:
On September 22, 1835 a tract of 80.02 acres (SWNE & SENW S10 T21N R1W) in Greene Co., Alabama was patented to Solomon J. Hitt. It was about 3 miles west of his father's plantation. In October 1844 he bought a tract of about 95 acres in S36 T22N R1W (N/635) and then in Octboer 1848 he sold it to Harris Samuel (Q/125). In January 1856 he sold 220 acres in S28 & S29 T22N R1E (T213). I found no record of purchase.
On February 27, 1841 200 acres were patented to him in Noxubee Co., Mississippi, and on March 1, 1859 160 acres were patented to him in Rankin Co., Mississippi.
MINISTRY:
According to Myers and Phillips the following sketch is from "Mississippi Baptist Preachers", pgs 382-3. Find-a-Grave Memorial # 108055837 says that it is from the Minutes of the Springfield Association:
S. J. Hitt. The subject of this sketch was born in Laurens District, South Carolina, June 2, 1811, where he lived with his parents, David and Jane Hitt, until his 11th year, when, with his parents he moved to Greene County, Alabama, where he grew to manhood, enjoying the benefits of a common English education. He was fourth from the oldest of a family of ten children, who grew to man and womanhood, all of whom he survived except the two youngest; one of whom is still living. He passed the early years of his manhood in teaching and farming until 25 years of age, when he was married to Eliza Strother Everett, November 10, 1836. To this union, there were nine children born, seven boys and two girls, all of whom, (save one who died in infancy) lived to man and womanhood, and six are still living, three of whom are members of the Baptist Church.
Rev. S. J. Hitt joined the Baptist church of Christ at Clinton, Greene County, Ala., early in the year 1851, and was ordained to the full work of the gospel ministry by the same church on the 18th of April, 1852, Rev. E. B. Teague, pastor of Providence Church, Sumter County, Ala., and Rev. Wm. L. Boyd, pastor of Memphis Church, Pickens County, Ala., officiating. He was actively engaged in the ministry in Alabama during the four years he lived there until 1856. During those years he served the churches, viz: Clinton, Beulah, Buck Creek, Cooksville, State Line and others not remembered. In 1865 [actually in 1860 or before] he moved with his family to Rankin County, Ms., where he soon arose to eminence as a Baptist minister, receiving more calls than he could possibly fill. He has supplied churches in four or five different counties, viz: Polkville, Mt. Carmel, Shiloh and White Oak, in Smith County; Mountain Hill and Zion Hill, in Simpson County, Line Creek, in Scott County, and others not remembered. Some of the above churches he served fifteen or twenty years successfully in the Master's cause until about three years before his death, when declining health and old age put on the brakes and placed a check on his hitherto active life; however, he continued to preach occasionally until two months before he died, and never seemed satisfied to give up serving churches. On the 17th of July, 1868, he lost the companion of his early life, death severing the tie, and on the 22nd of July 1869, he was married to Miss Malvina McLehany. To this union there were two children born, both girls, and both are living at this time - one married and the other single; both are members of the Baptist church. On the 3rd of February, 1892, he passed peacefully and gently from this life to enter that reward which Christ, the Lord, has reserved for them that love Him and keep His commandments, aged eighty years eight months and one day, having been actively engaged in the ministry nearly forty years. (Minutes of the Springfield Association)
EARL J. HITT:
The following was copied from the database of Earl J. Hitt in WorldConnect (no longer existent):
The cornerstone of the White Oak Baptist Church, White Oak, Smith County, Mississippi (which is in the possession of John Ezra Hitt) has the following inscription:
WHITE OAK
BAPTIST CHURCH
ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 1842
PASTORS:
CADER PRICE 1842-1851
JIM MERCHANT 1851-1857
JOE CHANDLER 1857-1860
F. MEEKS 1860-1865
W. A. HUTSON 1865-1867
S. J. HITT 1867-1891
H. F. HUSBAND 1891-1892
L. J. CAUGHMAN 1892-1903
M. WALTERS 1903-1905
D. W. MOULDER 1906-
1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 108055837.
2 Jim Presgraves, Editor, Smyth County Families and Histories, 1974, Vol 2, pgs 170-71. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas, Call Number: GEN 975.5 P933.
3 Earl J. Hitt, "http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: hitthaynie."
4 Pauline Jones Gandrud, "Marriage Records of Greene County, Alabama 1823--1860," 1969, pg 69. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
5 "Familysearch.org," "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ3-HQJB), Solomon J. Hitt and Eliza S. Everett, 10 Nov 1836; citing Greene, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,290,852.
6
Smith County Genealogical Society, "Smith County Mississippi and its Families," 2003 Vol 1; 2006 Vol 2, Vol 2, pgs 170-71. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
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