William Hinkle
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1821 - Madison Co., Alabama 1 Christening: Death: 14 Feb 1901 2 3 Burial: in El Campo, Wharton Co., Tx Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Baltis Hinkle (Abt 1797-Abt 1827) Mother: Ann Downing (1799-1855) 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Francis Carolina Tinkle (5 Mar 1825 - 22 Aug 1903) 1 3 Marriage: 13 Feb 1845 1 Children: 1. Sarah Ann Hinkle (1846-1878) 2. John William Hinkle (1849-1923) 3. Jesse Baltis Hinkle (1852-1891) 4. Mary Catharine Hinkle (1854- ) 5. Martha Alpha Elizabeth Hinkle (1858- ) 6. Eliza Ellen Hinkle (1861- )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:
<pre>1850 Clark Co., Ar, Cedar Township; Oct 22; pg 388
77/77
William Hinkle 29 MW Al Farmer
Frances C. " 25 FW Al
Sarah Ann " 4 FW Tn
John W. " 10/12 MW Ar </pre>
He is not in the Slave Schedule. William is the only Hinkle in Clark Co.
<pre>1860 Clark Co., Ar, Cedar Township, p.o. Arkadelphia; June 2; pg 5
28/28
Wm. Hinkle 39 MW Al $600 Farmer
Caroline " 35 FW Al
Sarah Anne " 14 FW Tn
Jno. " 10 MW Ar
Jesse " 8 MW Ar
Mary " 5 FW Ar
Martha " 21 FW Ar </pre>
He is not in the Slave Schedule. William is the only Hinkle in Clark Co., but his sister Catharine and her husband Jesse Gifford live at 46/46.
<pre>1870 Dallas Co., Texas, Pct. No. 2, p.o. Lancaster; July 6; pg 8
47/47
William Hinkle 49 MW Al $1500/$533 Farmer
Frances C. " 45 FW Al Keeping House
John W. " 20 MW Ar
Jesse D. " 18 MW Ar
Mary C. " 15 FW Ar
Martha E. " 11 FW Ar
Eliza E. " 8 FW Ar </pre>
<pre>1880 Dallas Co., Texas, ED 66; June 9; pg 19
150/151
William Hinkle 59 Al SC SC mar Farmer
Frances C. " 55 wife Al SC SC mar Keeping House
Jesse B. " 28 son Ar Al Al sng Farmer
Calvin H. Eoff 28 son-in-law Ar Tn Tn mar Farmer
Ellen E. " 18 wife Ar Al Al mar
Nettie A. " 1 dau Tx Ar Ar </pre>
There are also 2 hired hands in the household. William is sick and appears to have bronchitis. His brother Baltis D. Hinkle lives in the northernmost part of Ellis Co., not far from where William lives. Lancaster is in the southernmost part of Dallas Co.
In 1900 William Hinkle and his wife Frances C. are living in Falls Co., Texas in the household of their son-in-law Calvin H. Eoff.
LAND IN DALLAS COUNTY:
William Hinkle is in the tax list of Dallas Co. for the first time in 1870. He owns 80 acres worth $1000 in W. P. Holman and 150 acres worth $450 in James A. Joy. He is also taxed on 3 horses worth $195 and miscellaneous property worth $210. He appears in the deed records for the first time on January 18, 1870 (M/245). In 1871 he is taxed on the same land, 4 horses worth $140, 21 cattle worth $110, 3 mules worth $225, and $20 miscellaneous. He pays $10.59 state tax including the $1 poll tax and $18.94 county tax including the $1.50 poll tax and an additional Justices' tax of $1.14.
The W. P. Holman (640 acres) and James A. Joy (320 acres) surveys form a rectangle of 960 acres that adjoins the Ellis Co. line about 3 miles south and 3 miles west of the town of Lancaster. Bear Creek flows through the northern part. W. P. Holman is L-shaped and James A. Joy is in the SE corner of the 960 acre rectangle. The latter survey conflicts with a grant to Peter's Colony. James A. Joy is probably 1900 varas EW x 950 varas NS and both surveys together are probably 2850 varas EW x 1900 varas NS. A vara is 33 1/3 inches.
On January 18, 1870 William Hinkle purchased all the land he ever owned in either Dallas Co. or Ellis Co (M/245-46). He paid $1500 in gold to Tilman Patterson of Ellis Co. for 3 tracts: 1) a rectangle 475 varas NS by 1307 varas EW on the waters of Bear Creek about 15 1/2 miles south of the town of Dallas entirely in James A. Joy and containing 110 acres, 2) another rectangle 1425 varas NS and 475 varas EW contiguous with and north of the first rectangle, containing 120 acres 40 acres of which are in James A. Joy and 80 acres of which are in W. P. Holman, and 3) 20 acres on the waters of Red Oak Creek in Ellis Co. The 230 acres tract in Dallas Co. is L-shaped.
On March 16, 1874 William Hinkle and his wife sold 60 acres to their son-in-law V. O. Brown (39/119), and on the same date they sold 50 acres to their son John W. Hinkle (55/568). On July 2, 1883 William Hinkle and his wife of Dallas Co. sold to V. O. Brown another 70 acres in Dallas Co. and the 20 acres on Red Oak Creek in Ellis Co (171/10-11). They owned 230 acres in Dallas Co. and sold 180. It is not clear what happened to the other 50.
On October 27, 1879 John W. Hinkle sold the 50 acres to his brother Jesse Baltis (44/476), who sold it on January 10, 1883 (58/602-03).
BIOGRAPHY:
There is a biographical sketch of William Hinkle on page 281 of the following book, which also contains a biographical sketch of William's son John William Hinkle, who also lived in Hamilton County, Texas. The author of the two sketches is unknown.
History of Texas, Supplemented with Biographical Mention of Many Familes of the State
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1896
Volume 1, Central Texas
WILLIAM HINKLE, a prominent and leading farmer of Hamilton county, like many of the best citizens of Texas, is a native of Alabama, born in Madison county, April 4, 1821, and is the son of Baltis and Annie (Downing) Hinkle, the former of German descent and the later of Irish lineage, her grandfather having come to this country from the Emerald Isle and foundng the family here. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Jesse Hinkle, was born in South Carolina, whence he went to Alabama, and later became a resident of Tennessee, where his death occurred in 1832, at the age of seventy years. In his family were four children, -- William, Jonathan, Baltis, and Zuly.
By trade the father of our subject was a carpenter. He died in Alabama when our subject was about six years old, at the age of thirty years. William was the oldest in the family of five children, the others being John, Alexander, Catherine and Baltis; but himself and John are the only ones now living. After the death of Mr. Hinkle his widow returned to the home of her parents, Andrew and Elizabeth (Jones) Downing, whose children were: Mary, John, Catherine, Annie, William, James, Sarah and Jonathan. Mr. Downing died in Tennessee, in 1844, at the ripe old age of seventy-eight years. For her second husband the mother of our subject wedded Tyrance Emerson, by whom she had five children. Her death also occurred in Tennessee, in the fall of 1855, at the age of fifty years.
When between the age of six and seven years, William Hinkle was taken by his parents to Wayne county, Tennessee, where he made his home until 1848, when he removed to Saline county, Arkansas. Later he became a resident of Clark county, the same state, and during the war went to Hot Springs county. In January, 1869, however, we find him a resident of Dallas county, Texas, where he bought two hundred and fifty acres of partially improved land, living there until the fall of 1883, when he came to his present farm of one hundred acres of rich and productive land in Hamilton county.
Mr. Hinkle was married Febrary 13, 1845, to Miss Frances Carolina Tinkle, who was born in Limestone county, Alabama, March 5, 1825, and is the daughter of John and Sarah (Browning) Tinkle. By this union six children have been born: Sarah Ann, born January 24, 1846, married Valentine O. Brown, by whom she had five children, and died January 26, 1879; John William, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume, is next in order of birth; Jesse Baltis, born April 18, 1852, wedded Mollie Butcher, by whom he had two children, and died February 28, 1891; Mary Catherine, born December 18, 1854, married Isaac Darby, a farmer of Dallas county, Texas, and they have eight children; Martha Alpha Elizabeth, born August 16, 1858, married James Monroe Knight, an agriculturist of Young county, Texas, and they have seven children; and Eliza Ellen, born October 30, 1861, is the wife of Calvin H. Eoff, a farmer of Falls county, Texas, and they have seven children.
Since casting his first vote, up to eighteen years ago, Mr. Hinkle was always identified with the Democratic party, then voted the Greenback ticket, and is now a Populist. In 1849 he became a member of the Missionary Baptist church, in which he has taken an active part and is now serving as deacon. His life has been spent in deeds of usefulness and industry, and the name of William Hinkle deserves an honored place among the representative and highly esteemed citizens of Hamilton county.
1 History of Texas, Supplemented with Biographical Mention of Many Families of the State; Volume 1, Central Texas, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1896, pg 281. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
2 Judy Fimiani, descendent of Baltis Hinkle and Ann Downing, "Direct Descendents of Jacob Hinkle," e-mail.
3 Wharton Co. Historical Association, Wharton County Cemetery Survey, 1998, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
4 "Downing Bible," http://www.biblerecords.com/downing.html.
5 History of Texas, Supplemented with Biographical Mention of Many Families of the State; Volume 1, Central Texas, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1896, pg 282. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
6 History of Texas, Supplemented with Biographical Mention of Many Families of the State; Volume 1, Central Texas, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1896, pg 280. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
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"Ellis Co., Texas Cemetery Records," vol 2. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
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