Benjamin Hitt and Sarah L. Austin

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Husband Benjamin Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1832 - South Carolina (Laurens Co.)
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           Died: 29 Jun 1862 - Savage's Station, Henrico Co., Virginia
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         Father: William Hitt (Abt 1805-1861)
         Mother: Millie (Abt 1802-1875)

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Wife Sarah L. Austin

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           Born: Abt 1835 - South Carolina
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Children

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1 M Henry F. Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1854 - South Carolina (Laurens Co.)
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2 M William Hitt

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           Born: Abt 1856 - South Carolina (Laurens Co.)
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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Hitt

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CENSUS:

<pre> 1860 Laurens Co., South Carolina, p.o. Cross Hill; June 14; pg 40
343/329
Benj'n Hitt 28 MW SC $--/$500 Farmer
Sarah " 25 FW SC
Henry " 6 MW SC
Wm. " 4 MW SC </pre>

He is is the sequence Jesse Hit, Henry Hitt, Benj'n Hitt, Martin Hitt, 6x, Benj'n Hitt. The first 4 are brothers; the last is their nephew. The Beng'n Hitt in the Slave Schedule is probably the uncle rather than the nephew.

<pre>1880 Laurens Co., SC, Cross Hill Township, Ed 100; June 10; pg 12
133/133
Melinda Austin 70 FW Wd SC Md SC Keeping House
Sallie L. Hitt 45 dau FW Wd SC SC SC At Home
Elizabeth Austin 35 dau FW S SC SC SC At Home
Willie Hitt 24 gr-son MW S SC SC SC Laborer
Clarence Lowe 5 gr-son MW S SC SC SC
Isaac " 48 son-i-l MW Wd SC SC SC Farmer </pre>

They are in the sequence Henry F. Hitt, Rainy Hitt, Melinda Austin. Henry is Sallie's son and Melinda's grandson. Rainy is Henry's first cousin once removed.

MILITARY SERVICE and DEATH:

Benjamin Hitt, Cpl., Henry Hitt, and E. S. Hitt were in the South Carolina 3rd Inf. Co. F according to Confederate State Roster -- South Carolina, Vol. II (Unit Roster).

The following is on page 451 of South Carolina Troops in Confederate Service by A. S. Salley, Volume II. The battle of Savage's Station was one of the battles in the Peninsular Campaign.

Hitt, Benjamin, joined for duty, at Boyd's Old Field, Laurens District, April 14, 1861; mustered into Confederate service, at Columbia, June 6, 1861; on muster roll of June 14, 1861; not on next available muster roll (October 31, 1862). The unofficial compilation says killed at Savage Station, June 29, 1862.

The following entry is in Roll of the Dead, South Carolina Troops, Confederate States Service (William James Rivers, 1856-70):

Hitt, Benj. Laurens Priv. F 3d S. C. I. June 29, '62 K'd b. Savage Stat'n

For an explanation of the 3rd Infantry Regiment see

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/3rd_Regiment,_South_Carolina_Infantry

The 3rd Infantry Regiment, South Carolina Infantry was also known as the 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. It began its organization in the first part of 1861 and mustered into state service in March 1861. Further enlistment was at Camp Johnson north of Columbia, South Carolina in April, 1861, and it was then mustered into Confederate service.

Company F - (also known as the Wadsworth Volunteers and the Wadsworth Guards) Many men from Newberry District and Laurens District.

PROBATE:

Probate records for Benjamin Hitt are in Box 146, Package 4 (image 470/1340) of Laurens Co. Estate Papers. They can be seen online at familysearch.org.

Benjamin Hitt signed his will on April 14, 1861. He left all of his estate, after his debts and funeral expenses were paid, to his brother Henry Hitt in trust for his wife Sarah during her life or widowhood. At her death or marriage the executor is to sell all his estate and divide it equally among his children. His brother Henry Hitt is the executor.

On December 23, 1862 Henry L. Hitt renounced the executorship of the estate. On January 7, 1863 Wm. Austin, Isaac G. Austin, and B. L. Hitt were bound in the amount of $1500 to guarantee that William Austin would faithfully execute his duties as administrator. The estate was appraised by Benjamin L. Hitt, Henry Hitt, and Isaac G. Austin. A sale took place January 21, 1863. A mare sold for $180 and a colt for $53. The value of the remaining 48 items was relatively low.

In 1883 M. E. Babb submitted a petition to the Probate Court of Laurens Co. stating that he is the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Laurens Co., that Benjamin Hitt died in 1862 leaving a will in which he appointed his brother H. L. Hitt to be executor, that H. L. Hitt renounced the office of executor, that in 1863 William Austin obtained letters of administration, that William Austin has died without having fully administered the estate, that the estate has been for some years without a representative, that said Benjamin Hitt is a son of William Hitt and Milly Hitt, deceased, that the estates of William Hitt and Milly Hitt cannot be legally settled unless the said Benjamin Hitt has a personal respresentative, and that the estate of Benjamin Hitt consists of personalty in the estate of William Hitt and Milly Hitt, dec'd and is worth about $100. The petitioner asks that he be granted letters of administration de bonis non.