Lazarus Hitt and Charlotte Stephens

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Husband Lazarus Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1814 - South Carolina
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           Died: Abt 1872 - Smith Co., Texas
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         Father: John Hitt (1790/1792-1846)
         Mother: Sarah Frances Ball (1790/1794-1848) 1

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       Marriage: 5 Jan 1836 - Greene Co., Alabama 2 3

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   Other Spouse: Ruth C. Torbert (Abt 1829-      ) - 24 Jul 1845 - Sumter Co., Alabama 4 5

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Wife Charlotte Stephens

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           Died: Bef 1845 - (Sumter Co., Alabama)
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         Father: Charles Stephens (1770/1775-1830/1840)
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M James R. Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1838 - Alabama
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2 M Willis B. Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1839 - Alabama
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3 F Rebecca J. Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1840 - Alabama
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4 M Richard Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1840 - Alabama
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General Notes: Husband - Lazarus Hitt

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CENSUS:

<pre>1840 Sumter Co., Alabama; pg 77
Laz Hitt 20001 -- 0001; no slaves
male female
2 < 5
5-10
10-15
15-20 1
1 20-30
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, Mt. Carmel Beat, p.o. Mt. Carmel; July 23; pg 68
458/462
Lazarus Hitt 46 MW SC $3000/$11000 Farmer
Ruth " 31 FW Al
James R. " 22 MW Al --/$100 Farm Laborer
Willis B. " 20 MW Al Farm Laborer
Mary " 14 FW Al
John " 12 MW Al
Sarah " 7 FW Tx
Wm. J. " 5 MW Tx
Smith " 4 MW Tx
Anna " 6/12 FW Tx </pre>

In the Slave Schedule he is the owner of 12 slaves. He is in the sequence Lazarus Hitt, x, James Thorn, J. W. Hitt, Aswell Hitt, x, Henry Hitt, Thos. Jarmon, x, x, John Hicks.

REBECCA & RICHARD:

There is no clear proof that Rebecca and Richard Hitt are the children of Lazarus Hitt and his first wife Charlotte Stephens, but in the 1850 census they are living in the household of Moore Stephens, who is probably the brother of Charlotte, and Charlotte died relatively soon after they were born. They are both 10 years old in 1850 and so we assume that they were twins. One can conjecture that Charlotte died shortly after their birth, that Lazarus was ill prepared to take care of two tiny babies and two other small children, that they were taken in by Charlotte's brother Moore Stephens, and that after Lazarus remarried in 1845 they continued to live with their uncle.

In the decade of the 1850's Moore Stephens was the guardian of three minor children of Richard Hitt and Easter Stephens. Rebecca and Richard were not orphans and there is no mention of them in the guardianship records of the Orphans' Court. There is no record of their marrying in Sumter Co., and I cannot find them in the census after 1850.

LAND:

The following tract in Sumter Co. was patented to Lazarus Hitt:
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SESE S9 T17N R3W 40.13 acres 8/1/1837
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In June 1846 he purchased 10 acres in the SE corner of SW S9 (I/289). Then in September 1850 he sold a 130 acre tract in S9 consisting of the just mentioned 2 tracts and W1/2SE, which had been patented to his father in 1837 (L/732).

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

2 Pauline Jones Gandrud, "Marriage Records of Greene County, Alabama 1823--1860," 1969, pg 69. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 "Familysearch.org," "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ3-HQWB), Lazarus Hitt and Charlotte Stephens, 05 Jan 1836; citing Greene, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,290,852; pg 136, image 184/701.

4 "Sumter County, Alabama Marriage Records," LDS microfilm 1293884, 885, Vol 1, pg 331.

5 "Familysearch.org," "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG17-WK59), Lazarus Hitt and Ruth C Torbert, 24 Jul 1845; citing Sumter, Alabama; FHL microfilm.