Alfred Hitt and Alice Jarman

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Husband Alfred Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1819 - South Carolina
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           Died: 20 Aug 1866 - Smith Co., Texas 1
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         Father: John Hitt (1790/1792-1846)
         Mother: Sarah Frances Ball (1790/1794-1848) 1

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       Marriage: 16 Jul 1838 - Sumter Co., Alabama 2 3

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Wife Alice Jarman

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           Born: Abt 1818 - South Carolina
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           Died: Jun 1880 - Smith Co., Texas 1
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         Father: Berryman Jarman (Abt 1788-      )
         Mother: Mary "Polly" Wren (Abt 1788-      )

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Children

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1 F Martha Ann Hitt

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         Spouse: James Miller (      -      )

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2 F Hasseltine Hitt

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         Spouse: Thomas Swann (      -      )

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3 F Lucinda Hitt

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           Born: Jan 1846 - Alabama
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4 M John Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1852 - Texas
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           Died: Bef 1866
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5 M Alfred P. Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1855 - Texas
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General Notes: Husband - Alfred Hitt

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Alice petitioned the court for control of Alfred's estate as follows:
CENSUS:

<pre>1840 Sumter Co., Alabama; pg 77
Alford Hitt 10001 -- 00001; no slaves
male female
1 < 5
5-10
10-15
15-20
1 20-30 1
30-40 </pre>

He is in the sequence David Hill, Ephraim L. Banks, x, Marshall Hitt, x, Nancy Hitt, Drury Sims, 9x, John Altman, 4x, John Hitt, Laz Hitt, Aswell Hitt, Alford Hitt, Willis Ball, Moore Stephens, x, x, Henry Hitt, Benj'n Hitt, 6x, Richard Hitt.

The Hitts are David (1800-1880), Marshall (1802-1870/80), John (1790-1846), Lazarus (1814-1872), Oswell (1812-1877), Alfred (1819-1866), Henry H. (1812- ), Benjamin B. (1786-1850), and Richard (1812-1843).

<pre>1860 Smith Co., Texas, Flora Beat, p.o. Flora; June 18; pg 20
135/141
Alfred Hitt 41 MW Tn $1900/$6000 Farmer
Allis " 41 FW SC
Lucinda " 14 FW Al
John " 8 MW Tx
Alfred P. " 5 MW Tx </pre>

In the Slave Schedule he is the owner of 11 slaves.

<pre>1870 Smith Co., Tx, Garden Valley Beat, p.o. Garden Valley; Nov 2; pg 79
567/571
Alice Hitt 52 FW NC $3274/$890 K. House
Alfred " 15 MW Tx F. L.
Francis Wilson 17 FW Al At Home
Joseph Pool 29 MW Al F. L. </pre>

In 1880 Alice Hitt was living with her son Alfred in Smith Co., Texas on June 1. She died before the census was taken on June 19.

GUARDIAN:

Sumter Co., Alabama Orphans' Court Minutes, Vol 6, pg 386; October 4, 1849:

Elijah Truelove, a minor aged eighteen years and heir of Ransom Truelove, deceased, asks the court to make Alfred Hitt his guardian. The court complies. Alfred Hitt has given bond in the sum of $200 with Henry Altman and Matthew C. Houston securities.

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General Notes: Wife - Alice Jarman

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HITT-HAYNIE:

Estate inventory listed: 320 acres of land valued at $1000; a horse valued at $60; mules valued at $55; 40 cattle valued at $260; and other items for a total value of $1617.40. (Smith County, Texas Court Record; File 625, PMB 1/496,532).

1 Earl J. Hitt, "http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: hitthaynie."

2 "Sumter County, Alabama Marriage Records," LDS microfilm 1293884, 885, Vol 1, pg 78.

3 "Familysearch.org," "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DQ-RT8L), Alfred Hitt and Aley Jarman, 16 Jul 1838; citing Sumter, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,703,923.