John Hinds and Esther

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Husband John Hinds

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         Father: Levi Hinds Sr. (1742-1817) 1 2 3
         Mother: Sarah (      -Bef 1817)

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Wife Esther

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General Notes: Husband - John Hinds

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LAND IN WAYNE CO., KENTUCKY:

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. 1266 -- John Hinds -- 200 acres 2nd rate land beginning on 2 hickories standing on the west side of a trace leading from Price's Landing to Knoxville about 4 miles from the river running NE 180 poles & off at right angles for quantity including his improvement about 50 poles from the NW side of the entry.

On the same day in No. 1267 Joseph H. Hinds entered 100 acres near the above tract. It seems highly likely that Joseph H. and John are sons of Levi Hinds, Sr.

It is not clear what happened to the 200 acre tract. On December 18, 1801 John Hinds and Easter, his wife, of Wayne Co. sell 200 acres in Wayne Co. on the south side of the Cumberland River about 4 miles from the river to Anthony Gholson of Wayne Co. for £318 (Bk A, pgs 9-12). In this deed the wife's name is spelled both 'Easter' and 'Esther'. On the other hand the tax rolls for 1804 and 1806 indicate that John is the owner of a 200 tract entered and surveyed but not patented.

WAYNE CO., TAX ROLLS:

Tax lists are available for Wayne Co. in 1801 and later. John Hinds is not in the 1801 list, but he is present from 1802 until 1806. He is a white male over 21 with 3 or 4 slaves and 1 or 2 horses. In 1803 he has 3 horses. In 1803 he pays taxes on a 100-acre tract, in 1806 on a 200-acre tract, and in 1804 on both. Presumably he left Wayne Co. in about 1807. He shows up one more time, in 1812, with no slaves and no horses.

PULASKI CO.:

A John Hines appears one time on the Pulaski Co. tax rolls -- in 1819 with no slaves and no horses. Two entries in the Pulaski Co. deed records may refer to this John Hinds.

On December 12, 1812 John (his X mark) Hines grants a power of attorney to Samuel Hendricks. He asserts that he has served a "Tour of Tuty[sic] for the Term of seven months, one month and five days under the Capt. D. Farris the ballance of the time under Ambrose Arthur of the Kentucky militia commanded by Dudley and Boswell", and he authorizes Hendricks to receive any money that he may collect from the paymaster of the indicated regiment (Pulaski Co. Deed Records, Vol 2, pg 480, image 249/796).

On March 22, 1819 the Pulaski County Court indentures Joseph Hines, orphan of John Hines, to Samuel Fitzpatrick. "Witnesseth that the said Hines is honestly & industriously to serve & obey the said Fitzpatrick in all commands until he shall be twenty one years old, & the said Fitzpatrick doth covenant & agree to find the said Joseph a sufficency of good clothes as also a sufficency of good holesome diet, & all other necessaries so long as he shall serve him, & to Learn him the said Joseph all the common arts & misteries of the wheelright trade & to have him taught to read write & common arithmetic including the Rule of Three & to treat him in a humane & tender manner in all things, & at the expiration of the said Joseph's service the said Samuel Fitzpatrick is to give him three pounds ten shillings & a decent new suit of clothes" (Pulaski Co. Deed Records, Vol 4, pg 30, image 530/796)

OVERTON CO., TENNESSEE:

An article entitled "Hinds Family" by Dero A. Darwin, Jr. in History of Overton County, Tennessee, volume 1, whose focus is Simeon Hinds, says the following about John Hinds:

"Simeon and John Hinds were early land owners in what is now Overton County. On June 24, 1793 John Hinds and Francis Mayberry acquired 4400 acres on Wolf River from the State of North Carolina (Deed Book C, page 75).

"John Hinds (b. 1760; d. 1818 Knox County, TN) married 1783 Elizabeth Prudden, daughter of Moses Prudden who lived at Morristown, Tennessee."

The article states that Simeon and John were sons of Joseph Hinds and briefly describes the father, saying that he died in Knox Co., Tennessee. In fact he probably died in Wayne Co., Kentucky where he had lived since the early 1800's and where his will is recorded. That will names his children. Simeon is included, but John is not. John is probably Simeon's first cousin, the son of Levi.

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.