Joseph Hinds and Elizabeth Sharp
Husband Joseph Hinds
Born: Bef 1765 Christened: Died: 1820 - (Wayne Co., Ky) Buried:
Father: Levi Hinds Sr. (1742-1817) 1 2 3 Mother: Sarah ( -Bef 1817)
Marriage: Abt 1790
Wife Elizabeth Sharp
Born: Abt 1768 - Maryland Christened: Died: After 1850 - (Wayne Co., Ky) Buried:
Father: Matthias Sharp ( -Bef 1796) Mother:
Children
1 F Rhoda Hinds
Born: Abt 1792 - Tennessee Christened: Died: Abt 1866 - (Wayne Co., Ky) Buried:Spouse: James Payne ( -Bef 1840) Marr: 5 Jun 1819 - Wayne Co., Kentucky 4
2 F Sarah Hinds
Born: Abt 1794 Christened: Died: Abt 1848 Buried:Spouse: Nicholas Mercer (1790/1794-1830/1837) Marr: 26 Jan 1809 - Wayne Co., Kentucky 5 6
3 F Polly (Mary) Hinds
Born: Between 1794 and 1804 Christened: Died: Bef 1831 - (Wayne Co., Ky) Buried:Spouse: Pleasant Smith Johnson (Bef 1794-Abt 1825) Marr: 1 Oct 1816 - Wayne Co., Kentucky 7
4 M Archibald Hinds
Born: Abt 1795 - Tn or Ky Christened: Died: Abt 1862 - (Wayne Co., Ky) Buried:Spouse: Patsy Cowan (Abt 1808- ) Marr: 31 Aug 1826 - Wayne Co., Kentucky 8
5 M Levi S. Hinds
Born: Abt 1801 Christened: Died: Abt 1838 Buried:Spouse: Polly Edgemond ( - ) Marr: 9 Jan 1827 - Wayne Co., Kentucky 9
6 M Benjamin Hinds 10
Born: 17 Mar 1803 - Wayne Co., Kentucky Christened: Died: 2 Jul 1859 - (Miller Co., Mo) 11 Buried: - Spring Garden Cemetery, Miller Co., Mo.Spouse: Jane N. Bond (1807-1878) 10 Marr: 24 Feb 1826 - Wayne Co., Kentucky 8
7 F Margaret Hinds
Born: Abt 1804 - Kentucky Christened: Died: 1850-1860 Buried:Spouse: Elliott P. Wade (Abt 1809-1850/1860) Marr: Abt 1829
8 F Mariah Hinds
Born: Abt 1806 - Kentucky Christened: Died: Abt 1881 - (Wayne Co., Kentucky) Buried:Spouse: John B. Hinds (1803-Abt 1875) Marr: 25 Dec 1826 - Wayne Co., Kentucky 8
9 M Matthew Hinds
Born: Abt 1808 - Kentucky Christened: Died: Buried:
10 F Elizabeth Hinds
Born: Abt 1812 - Kentucky Christened: Died: After 1880 Buried:Spouse: John S. Wray (Abt 1809-Abt 1865) Marr: 6 Mar 1828 - Wayne Co., Kentucky 12
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Hinds
CENSUS:
<pre>1800 Randolph Co., North Carolina, Hillsboro; stamped pg 316
Joseph Hinds 00200 -- 31100; no slaves
male female
<10 3
10-15 1
2 16-25 1
26-44
>45 </pre>
This may or may not be the Joseph Hinds who is in Wayne Co., Kentucky in 1810. Here he and his wife are too young. The second adult man might be Joseph's younger brother John.
<pre>1810 Wayne Co., Kentucky; stamped pg 369
Joseph Hinds 30111 -- 11110; 5 slaves
male female
3 <10 1
10-15 1
1 16-25 1
1 26-44 1
1 >45 </pre>
There are 4 Joseph Hinds in the county, so matching census entries with persons is tricky. According to the tax roll, this Joseph Hinds had 5 slaves in 1810. Hannah Hinds is separated by 1 entry from Joseph. She is presumably his sister who married in 1811. The bride and groom are characterized as "parties of age".
<pre>1820 Wayne Co., Kentucky; stamped pg 544
Mrs. Joseph Hinds 111211 -- 22201; 9 in agriculture; 4 male slaves, 6 female
male female
1 <10 2
1 10-16 2
1 16-18
2 16-26 2
1 26-45
1 >45 1 </pre>
She is 10 entries away from her brother-in-law Levi Hinds, and she in the sequence Pleasant S. Johnson, 3x, Mrs. Joseph Hinds, x, John Mercer, Nicholas M. Mercer, James Mercer, Nicholas Mercer. The large number of children suggest that the four Brady children are still in the household. See the will of Joseph Hinds.
<pre>1830 Wayne Co., Kentucky; pg 224
Elizabeth Hinds 10112 -- 11010001; 8 slaves
male female
1 < 5 1
5-10 1
1 10-15
1 15-20 1
2 20-30
30-40
40-50
50-60 1 </pre>
In 1850 Elizabeth Hinds (82, Mayerland) is living in Wayne Co. in the household of her son-in-law John B. Hinds.
LAND:
In Abstracts of Green Co., Kentucky Land Entries (R. N. Smith & Laura Lee Butler, 1975) we find on page 163 the following land entry for March 23, 1799. The land is in what is now Wayne Co. Remember that Wayne County was formed in 1800 from Pulaski and Cumberland, and that Pulaski County was formed in 1798 from Green and Lincoln.
No. 1267 -- Joseph H. Hinds -- 100 acres 2nd rate land on the west side of the trace leading from Price's Landing to the Elk Spring about 4 miles from the river running to the N of E 180 poles thence off a rt. angles northwestwarly for quantity.
On the same day in No. 1266 John Hinds entered 200 acres near the above tract. It seems highly likely that Joseph H. and John are sons of Levi Hinds, Sr.
In the tax roll of Wayne Co. beginning in 1802 Joseph Hinds is the owner of 100 acres said to be on the Cumberland River. It has been entered and surveyed but not patented. He is the owner until 1808, but not in 1809 and subsequently. There is no record of a sale in the deed records, presumably because the land was never patented to him. In 1806 for the first time Joseph Hinds is the owner of 200 acres entered and surveyed in the name of Hugh Pierce but not patented. By 1809 it is patented to Joseph Hinds. Again there is nothing in the deed records concerning the transaction between Hugh Pierce and Joseph Hinds. He continued to own this tract until his death, after which it was on the tax roll in the name of his widow Elizabeth until 1830. He was living on this tract when he died, and it is referred to as the Joseph Hinds home place. The rolls for 1831 and 1832 are missing, and in 1833 Elizabeth Hinds is no longer on the roll and the home place is probably listed under John B. Hinds. A reasonable assumption would be that the widow has died, but the 1850 census shows that she is living with her son-in-law John B. Hinds. Perhaps in the early 1830's she decided to relinquish her rights to the property of her husband and let it be divided among the children.
On August 3, 1816 Joseph Hinds purchased from George Worley and Elizabeth, his wife, for $700 a 200 acre tract on the south side of the Cumberland River patented in the name of Thomas Simpson (Bk B, pg 318). The tax roll shows him to be the owner for the first time in 1817. After his death in 1820, this tract is never in the name of his widow. She is on the tax roll for the last time in 1830 (1831 and 1832 are missing), and in 1833 the Worley tract is probably in the name of Archibald Hinds, executor of the estate of Joseph Hinds. I say "probably" because the home place and the Worley tract both contain 200 acres, and the 200 acre tract under John B. Hinds is not distinguishable from the 200 tract under Archibald Hinds, executor. In 1835 they are distinguishable and are assigned as indicated in 1833 with the caveat of "probably".
The tax roll for 1820 indicates that Joseph is the owner of another 200 acre tract, which was entered and surveyed in the name of H. Gledson (?), but not patented. His will, dated June 10, 1820, states that Elizabeth is to have the home place during her lifetime and that the other two plantations are to be rented. I find no further mention of the Gledson tract.
On April 22, 1820 Joseph Hinds sold 100 acres on the north side of the Cumberland River to James Bramblatt for $700. The witness was Archibald Hinds. (Bk C, pgs 177-78) It isn't clear how Joseph Hinds acquired this land.
On February 13, 1821, not long after the death of Joseph Hinds, his heirs paid $500 to James Ward and Jane, his wife, for a tract of 206 acres "by Patent issued to John Martin on February 4, 1818 and since deeded to me". It is described by metes and bounds. (Bk C, pgs 212-13) James Ward had bought it for $550 on January 18, 1819 from John Martin and his wife Jane. (Bk C, pgs 25-26) A later deed (Bk L, pgs 122-23) says that it was surveyed in the name of Nancy Johnson and patented to John Martin on February 4, 1818, and it is routinely referred to in the deed records as the Nancy Johnson tract. Another deed (Bk M, pgs 349-50) says that it was patented in the name of John Martin, assignee of Nancy Fry, formerly Nancy Johnson. Peter Fry married Nancy Johnson on September 21, 1804.
Willard Rouse Jillson in The Kentucky Land Grants says that a tract of 206 acres in Wayne Co. on the Cumberland River was surveyed on April 18, 1806 in the name of Jno. Martin and that another tract of 400 acres also in Wayne Co. on the Cumberland River was surveyed October 12, 1807 in the name of Nancy Martin. The Nancy Johnson tract, the Joseph Hinds home place, and the Worley tract figure prominently in a large number of deeds in which the heirs transfer, chiefly among themselves, what they have inherited. A fourth tract of 200 acres sold to Pleasant S. Johnson in 1823 and taken out of the 400 acre tract surveyed in the name of Nancy Martin plays a lessor role in these transfers.
WILL:
Joseph Hinds wrote his will on June 10, 1820, and it was proved in 1820 by the September Court. A copy was recorded in Will Book A, pg 21, in 1840, and the text of that copy follows (Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990, Wayne Co., Will records, 1836-1909, Vol. A, pg 21, image 35/266 at familysearch.org). He refers to his wife Elizabeth, but he does not explicitly name his children. The executors are his "beloved son Archibald" and his friend Nicholas M. Mercer. The witnesses are Walter Emerson, William Reese, and William Davis. He mentions 4 people by name (Minerva Brady, Mariann Brady, John Brady, and Charity Brady) and says that they are to have an equal share. It is not clear what relationship they had to Joseph Hinds.
I, Joseph Hinds, of Wayne County & State of Kentucky being now on a sick bed but sound in mind & memory calling to mind the mortality of the body do ordain this my last will & testament. First I order & ordain that my just debts & funeral charges be paid and Second that the remainder of my estate with which it hath pleased God Almighty to bless me with. I ordain that it shall be divided and disposed of in the following manner, to wit: I ordain that my wife Elizabeth Hinds shall have the home plantation & all the negroes that belong to me & the increase if any during her natural life to enable her to raise and maintain the family. I do also ordain that at the death of my wife Elizabeth Hinds that the remainder of my estate be equally divided amongst my children as follows and that Minerva Brady, Mariann Brady, John Brady, & Charity Brady shall have an equal part of said estate with those my legal heirs and representatives. I do further order and ordain that the rest of the family that is yet single shall have an equal proportion of property with those that are married before the property is divided. It is also my desire that my wife Elizabeth shall have what is considered a sufficient quantity of the Stock of all kinds that I have and also a sufficiency of farming utensils for the support of the family and cultivation of the farms. I do also order that the two other plantations shall be left with the Executors to be rented and the rent to be disposed of in the most advantageous manner, and in case that my wife Elizabeth Hinds die before the children is raised & schooled that my Executors shall see to the raising & schooling of them & the expenses be paid out of the proceeds of the farms. I do hereby ordain & appoint my beloved Son Archibald Hinds and my friend Nicholas M. Mercer my Executors to carry this my said last will & testament into effect and I do hereby abrogate and disanul any other will or wills by me heretofore made and I do declare and ordain this to be my last will and testament & none other in witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seal this 10th day of June 1820.
his
done in the presence of Walter Emerson, Joseph X Hinds ((seal))
Wm Reese, Wm Davis mark
Commonwealth of Kentucky Wayne County Court Sct
I, William Simpson, Clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid do certify that the foregoing last will and testament of Joseph Hinds, dec'd, which appears from the record of the Wayne County Court to have been proven at the September Court 1820 in open Court by the oath of Walter Emerson and William Davis subscribing witnesses thereto has been duly recorded in my office agreeably to an order of said County Court made pursuant to an act entitled an act to authorize certain records of the Wayne County Court to be transcribed.
Given under my hand this 13th day of June 1840
William Simpson, Clk
CHILDREN:
Joseph Hinds was not thinking about future genealogists when he wrote his will in 1820, as he neglected to name his children, but by giving each heir an equal share, he created a mess, and the deeds by which the heirs sell their inherited property to sort out this mess reveal who his children were. The first of these transactions took place in 1823 and the next in 1836. This resolution of ownership went on for at least 25 years after 1833, the first year in which the "Home Place" is no longer on the tax roll in the name of the widow. Since several deeds refer to a 1/14 interest in the estate of Joseph Hinds, deceased, and since the will names as heirs the children in additon to 4 persons with surname Brady, it seems reasonable to assume that there were 10 children. They are Sarah, Rhoda, Archibald, Polly, Levi S., Benjamin, Margaret, Mariah, Matthew and Elizabeth; and except for Matthew, who probably never married, we know the name of the spouse. See the notes for the sons and the sons-in-law of Joseph Hinds for the details of these transactions, each of which is mentioned only once under the name of the buyer.
A summary of the heirs and their transactions follows. The inherited property consisted principally of 1) the home plantation (200 acres) where Joseph Hinds lived at the time of his death and where his widow continued to live after his death and where John S. Wray later lived, 2) the 200 acre tract purchased in 1816 from George Worley, where John B. Hinds later lived, 3) a tract of 206 acres puchased by the heirs in 1821, where Archibald Hinds later lived, and often referred to as the Nancy Johnson tract, and 4) slaves. (L/121) means Book L, page 121 of the deed records of Wayne Co., Kentucky. The symbol a-> means that the seller transfers his entire interest in the inherited property, r-> means that he sells only his interest in the real property (land), h-> means that he sells only his interest in the home plantation, W-> means that he sells only his interest in the Worley tract, N-> means that he sells only his interest in the Nancy Johnson tract, and s-> means that he sells only his interest in the slave property. An asterisk or a dash indicates a sequence of transactions.
Several of these deeds refer to John Bond and Mary Ann, his wife, and one of them describes her as 'late Marian Hinds' (Book K, pg 215). In "Wayne Co. Kentucky Pioneers", volume 4, (June Baldwin Bork, 1974) there is a multipage description of the Bond family, and on page 246 there is a sketch of John Bond, son of Joseph Bond and Abigail Hinds. According to this sketch his first wife was Marian Brady, whom he married in Wayne Co. and by whom he had 4 children, and his second wife was Mary Ann "Polly" Barker or Baker, by whom he had 6 children, all born in Cole Co., Missouri. I think we can be confident that John Bond's wife was Marian Brady, not Marian Hinds. That a certain deed (K/215) refers to her as 'late Marian Hinds' suggests a strong relationship between the Brady children and the Hinds family.
<pre>
HINDS:
Benjamin 22 Oct 1850 (L/121) h-> JSW
22 Oct 1850 (L/120) W-> John B. Hinds
22 Oct 1850 (L/122) N-> Arch. Hinds
Sarah 27 Sep 1847 (K/215) h-> JSW
m. Nicholas Mercer 20 Mar 1848 (K/179) *R. C. Mercer a-> Arch. Hinds
22 Oct 1850 (L/53) *Arch. Hinds s-> Benj. Hinds
22 Oct 1850 (L/52) R.C. & B.W.S. Mercer s-> BH
22 Oct 1850 (L/124) R.C. & B.W.S. Mercer W-> JBH
22 Oct 1850 (L/124) R.C. & B.W.S. Mercer N-> AH
Rhoda m. James Payne 8 Jan 1851 (L/177) h-> JSW
9 Jan 1851 (L/173) W-> JSW
9 Jan 1851 (M/349) N-> Arch. Hinds
Archibald 8 Jan 1851 (L/177) h-> JSW
8 Jan 1851 (L/169) W-> John B. Hinds
30 Dec 1852 (L/551) s-> Benj. Hinds
Polly 13 Jan 1841 (H/412) *Joseph M. Johnson r-> JSW
m. Pleasant S. 8 Jan 1851 (L/171) *JSW W-> John B. Hinds
Johnson 8 Jan 1851 (L/168) *JSW N-> Arch. Hinds
27 Sep 1847 (K/215) Eliz. Ann Johnson h-> JSW
8 Jan 1851 (L/599) *Eliz. Ann Bolen(Johnson) W-> JSW
8 Jan 1851 (L/171) *JSW W-> JBH
9 Jan 1851 (M/349) -Eliz. Ann Bolen(Johnson) N-> AH
29 Nov 1853 (M/163) -Eliz. Ann Gibson(Johnson) N-> AH
1 Sep 1847 (K/80) Polly Mariah Ford(Johnson) h-> JSW
7 Jun 1856 (N/247) Mary M. Ford(Johnson) WN-> JSW
Margaret 24 Jan 1851 (L/284) h-> JSW
m. Elliot P. Wade 11 Apr 1857 (N/250) Sarah Wade WN-> JSW
6 Dec 1858 (O/155) Wade heirs WN-> JSW
John B. 8 Jan 1851 (L/177) h-> JSW
8 Jan 1851 (L/174) N-> AH
Levi S. 11 Feb 1823 (C/410) N-> Pleasant S. Johnson
9 Jan 1851 (M/349) *Eliz. Ann Bolen(Johnson) N-> AH
29 Nov 1853 (M/163) *Eliz. Ann Gibson(Johnson) N-> AH
3 Apr 1841 (H/446) -Sheriff hW-> JSW
8 Jan 1851 (L/171) -JSW W-> John B. Hinds
25 Sep 1849 (K/346) *Joseph K. Hinds s-> JSW
22 Oct 1850 (L/52) *JSW s-> Benj. Hinds
Matthew 18 Feb 1859 (O/78) h-> JSW
Elizabeth 7 Oct 1836 (G/121) *a-> Allen R. West
m. John S. Wray 25 Jul 1838 (G/433) *ARW a-> JSW (half)
30 Mar 1844 (J/319) *ARW r-> JSW (half)
8 Jan 1851 (L/171) W-> John B. Hinds
8 Jan 1851 (L/168) N-> Arch. Hinds
BRADY:
John 12 Jul 1852 (L/650) T. A. Hinds a-> Elliot P. Wade
6 Dec 1858 (O/155) Wade heirs r-> JSW
Marian m. John Bond 21 Jan 1837 (G/171) a-> ARW, JBH, SM, AH
30 Mar 1844 (J/319) *Allen R. West r-> JSW
8 Jan 1851 (L/171) *JSW W-> John B. Hinds
8 Jan 1851 (L/168) *JSW N-> Arch. Hinds
26 Nov 1838 (H/8) -John B. Hinds a-> JSW
8 Jan 1851 (L/171) -JSW W-> John B. Hinds
8 Jan 1851 (L/168) -JSW N-> Arch. Hinds
27 Sep 1847 (K/215) Sarah Mercer h-> JSW
22 Oct 1850 (L/52) R.C. & B.W.S. Mercer s-> BH
22 Oct 1850 (L/124) R.C. & B.W.S. Mercer W-> JBH
22 Oct 1850 (L/124) R.C. & B.W.S. Mercer N-> AH
8 Jan 1851 (L/177) Arch. Hinds h-> JSW
8 Jan 1851 (L/169) Arch. Hinds W-> John B. Hinds
30 Dec 1852 (L/551) Arch. Hinds s-> Benj. Hinds
Minerva 29 Apr 1839 (H/74) *a-> John McHenry
m. John W. Jones 28 Aug 1847 (K/68) *JMcH h-> JSW
2 Nov 1851 (L/648) -heirs a-> Wm. McCleudon
5 Nov 1853 (N/113) -Wm. McCleudon WN-> JSW
Charity 18 Feb 1837 (G/200) *a-> John McHenry
m. Joseph Bond 28 Aug 1847 (K/68) *JMcH h-> JSW
2 Nov 1851 (L/648) -heirs a-> Wm. McCleudon
5 Nov 1853 (N/113) -Wm. McCleudon WN-> JSW </pre>
There are 3 general trends in these transactions: 1) John S. Wray is trying to become the sole owner of the Joseph Hinds home place (200 acres), 2) John B. Hinds is doing the same relative to the Worley tract (200 acres), and 3) Archibald Hinds is doing the same relative to the Nancy Johnson tract (206 acres).
John S. Wray started in 1938, 18 years after the death of Joseph Hinds and 5 years after the home place ceased to be on the tax roll in the name of the widow, and by 1859 he owned all 14 shares. For purposes of making this assertion assume that R. C. Mercer and B. W. S. Mercer are the only heirs of Sarah Mercer so that John S. Wray has all of her share. He appears to be a wealthy man with adequate resourses to finance his project.
By January 1851 John B. Hinds owned 8 shares out of 14 in the Worley tract, where he lived. Make the same assumption about Sarah Mercer as above. He seems to lack the resources of John S. Wray, who in January 1851 and on several subsequent occasions purchased shares in that tract and who by 1858 owned significantly more than 3 shares, and perhaps 5 if he had acquired all of John McHenry's interest. Others still possessed between 1 and 3 shares.
By April 7, 1854 Archibald Hinds owned 8 1/3 out of 14 shares in the Nancy Johnson tract, where he lived. Apparently he had fallen on hard times because on that date he sold 4 shares to his brother-in-law John S. Wray. On three occasions the latter bought significantly more than 2 shares and perhaps 4, making the same assumptions as above, so that by 1858 Archibald owned 4 1/3 shares out of 14, John S. Wray owned between 6 and 8, and others owned between 3 2/3 and 1 2/3. The transaction of April 7, 1854 (M/190) is not included in the above summary because we don't know which 4 shares were sold and which were retained. Then on January 10, 1859 poor Archibald sold all his remaining interest to John S. Wray. Archibald has nothing, and John S. Wray owns most of the Nancy Johnson tract.
Another generality is that Benjamin Hinds, who has moved to Missouri, is buying slaves from other legatees.
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Sharp
The following is from the website of Ken Hinds (http://hindskw.com/KennethHinds/4474.html):
In the McClung Library Hinds papers is an indenture in 1798 from Joseph Hinds son of Levi to John Hinds Senior for half of three tracts of land. This land was "willed by the said Matthews Sharp by his last will and testament unto Elizabeth the wife of the said Joseph Hinds".
1 Gonzales County Historical Commission, "The History of Gonzales County, Texas," 1986, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
2 Kenneth Hinds, http://hindskw.com/genealogy.html.
3 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: tvdavis.
4 June Baldwin Bork, "Wayne Co., Ky. Marriages & Vital Records 1801--1860," Vol 2, pg 82. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
5 June Baldwin Bork, "Wayne Co., Ky. Marriages & Vital Records 1801--1860," Vol 2, pg 50. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
6 "Familysearch.org," "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ3-MFJW), Nicholas Mercer and Sarah Hinds, 26 Jan 1809; citing Marriage, Wayne, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 591,550.
7 June Baldwin Bork, "Wayne Co., Ky. Marriages & Vital Records 1801--1860," Vol 1, pg 155. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
8 June Baldwin Bork, "Wayne Co., Ky. Marriages & Vital Records 1801--1860," Vol 1, pg 141. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
9
June Baldwin Bork, "Wayne Co., Ky. Marriages & Vital Records 1801--1860," Vol 1, pg 141. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas. Levi Hinds and Polly Edgemond
married 9 Jan 1827 by Mathew Floyd; bond missing.
10 Kelsay, Tombstone Inscriptions of Cemeteries in Miller County, Missouri, Richwoods and Saline Townships.
11 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 21038136.
12
June Baldwin Bork, "Wayne Co., Ky. Marriages & Vital Records 1801--1860," Vol 2, pg 200. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
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