James Hinds

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 24 Jul 1836 - Pulaski Co., Kentucky
    Christening: 
          Death: 12 Dec 1863 - Stanford, Kentucky 1
         Burial: in Keeney Cemetery, Pulaski Co., Kentucky
 Cause of Death: 

Parents
         Father: Stephen Hinds (Abt 1794-Abt 1844)
         Mother: Sarah Reese (Abt 1798-Abt 1849)

Spouses and Children
1. *Mariah Jane Gregory (Mar 1841 - 7 Jun 1902)
       Marriage: 12 Dec 1859 - Pulaski Co, Ky 2 3 4
       Children:
                1. Mary Lincoln Hinds (1860-1911)
                2. William Hayden Hinds (1863-1902)

Notes
General:
CENSUS:

In 1850 James (16, Ky, farmer) is living in Pulaski Co. in the household of his older brother Samuel. Another brother, Joel (23, Ky, farmer) is also living there.

<pre>1860 Pulaski Co., Kentucky, District No 2, p.o. Somerset; Aug 31; pg 89
624/611
James Hinds 23 MW Ky --/$75 Farmer
Martha " 17 FW Ky </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule. His wife remarried in 1866. Before his death they had 2 children.

CIVIL WAR:

"Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky 1861-1866",
Vol 2, pg 503 -- Roll of Company I, 49th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry:

James Hinds, private, enrolled August 17, 1863, mustered in September 19, 1863 at Camp Nelson, Ky for 1 year, died December 12, 1863 at Stanford, Ky.

See Vol 2, pg 505 for summary of regiment's action.

"The Roster of Union Soldiers 1861-1865" (Janet B. Hewett, 2000):

James Hinds, 49th Inf. Co. C,I

Index to Civil War Pension Applications:

James Hinds -- I, 49 Ky Inf; widow Mariah J. Hinds, minor Samuel Hinds, Gdn
1865 Mar 21 -- widow; application no. 86823; certificate no. 49954
1867 Jun 8 -- minor; application no. 148302; certificate no. 123556

PENSION:

On November 29, 1864 Mariah J. Hinds, age 22 and a resident of Pulaski Co., applied for a widow's pension. She is the widow of James Hinds, who was a corporal in Company I, 49th Kentucky Infantry and who died in Lincoln Co., Kentucky December 12, 1863 of typhoid fever. They were married December 12, 1859 by Wm. B. Gragg, a preacher, and her name before marriage was Mariah J. Gregory. She and her husband had two children, Mary L. Hinds, aged 3 years, and Wm. H. Hinds, aged 2 years next January.

On May 10, 1867 Samuel Hinds, resident of Pulaski Co. and guardian of the minor children of James Hinds, deceased, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress approved July 14, 1862, granting pensions to minor children under sixteen years of age of deceased officers and soldiers, states that he is the guardian of Mary L. Hinds, born October 18, 18__, and James H. Hinds, born January 7, 1862, whose father was a private in Company I commanded by Captain I. L. Hardgrove in the 49th Regiment of Kentucky Infantry Volunteers and that the said James Hinds died in Lincoln Co., Kentucky December 12, 1863 by reason of typhoid fever. He had only two surviving children. His widow, formerly Mariah J. Gregory, married William Edwards in 1866, with whom she is now living.

In another document he says that Mary L. was born October 18, 1860, that Wm. H. was born January 7, 1863, that the widow remarried Wm. Edwards April 12, 1866, and that the parents of the two children were married in Pulaski Co. December 12, 1859 by W. B. Gragg. Jno. R. Richardson makes a statement about the children and the remarriage.

Samuel Hinds was appointed guardian of the two minor children September 17, 1866.

Another document says that Mary L. was born October 18, 1860 and will be sixteen October 17, 1876 and that William H. was born January 7, 1863 and will be sixteen January 6, 1879. A pension certificate was issued for $8/month commencing April 13, 1866 and ending January 6, 1879. Two additional dollars per month were awarded to each of the children commencing July 25, 1866 and payable to Samuel Hinds, guardian.

The widow had already remarried when Samuel Hinds applied for a pension for the minor children. It appears that her purely widow's pension was terminated March 4, 1866 before her second marriage on April 12 and then later reinstated because of the minor children.

On July 11, 1871 John E. Cossen was appointed guardian of the two minor children to replace Samuel Hinds.

BIRTH DATE:

See application for bounty land in notes under Stephen Hinds. Samuel and John Hinds provide the birth dates for their brothers Stephen, James and Benjamin.

BURIAL:

James Hinds and his third cousin once removed John R. Hinds were both in Company I of the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. James died in 1863 and John died in 1872. Their graves are side by side in the Keeney Cemetery in Pulaski Co. The two headstones are very similar and have only the name (James Hinds/Jno. Hinds) with the company and regiment. They were supplied by Sheldon and Sons by contract dated July 8, 1887. (Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 -- National Archives and Records Administration; ancestry.com database)
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Sources


1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 120731538.

2 Pulaski Co. Historical Society, "Pulaski Co. Marriage Records, Book 2, 1851-1863," pg 55. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 "Familysearch.org," "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWRX-GFC ), James Hinds, 1859.

4 "Familysearch.org," "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1D-T9MS), James Hinds and Maria Jane Gregory, 10 Dec 1859; citing Marriage, Pulaski, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,912,848.


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