Austin M. Hitt

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: Mar 1854 - Mississippi
    Christening: 
          Death: 1916 1
         Burial: in Hibdon Cemetery, Hamilton Co., Texas
 Cause of Death: 

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Parents

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         Father: Marshall Hitt (Abt 1802-1870/1880)
         Mother: Nancy (Abt 1812-      )

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Polly Francis Griffith (27 May 1849 - 8 Nov 1946)
       Marriage: 9 Sep 1883 - Hamilton Co., Texas 2 3
       Children:
                1. Austin Luke Hitt (1885-1973)
                2. Polly E. Hitt (1887-      )

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Notes

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General:

CENSUS:

<pre>1880 Coryell Co., Texas, ED 23; June 22,23; pg 37
312/315
Austin M. Hit 24 S Al SC SC Farmer
Nancy " 70 Wd SC Va Va
Herriet " 44 sister S Ms SC SC </pre>

<pre>1900 Hamilton Co., Texas, Justice Precinct #2, ED 83; June 12; sheet 7A
113/113
Austin M. Hitt Mar 1854 46 M16 Ms Ms Ms
Ollie F. " wife May 1849 51 M16/7/5 Tn Tn Tn
Austin L. " son Oct 1885 14 S Tx Ms Tn
Ollie E. " dau May 1887 13 S Tx Ms Tn
John I. Pruett st-son Oct 1870 29 Wd Tx Tx Tn
Rhoda E. " gr-st-dau Sep 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx </pre>

<pre>1910 Hamilton Co., Texas, Justice Precinct No 2, ED 66; Apr 20; sheet 5B
60/60
Austin M. Hitt 57 M1/26 Ms US US Farming
Polly F. " wife 60 M2/26/7/5 Tn Tn Tn no
Polly E. " dau 22 S Tx Ms Tn Laborer/Home Farm
Rhodie E. Pruitt grdau 11 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer/Home Farm
Luke H. Griffith b-i-l 72 Wd Tn Tn Tn none </pre>

He owns a mortgaged farm. His son Austin L. Hitt lives at 59/59.

MARRIAGE:

The death certificate of Austin Luke Hitt, who died in Hamilton Co., Texas June 19, 1973 at age 87, identifies his father as Austin M. Hitt and his mother as Ollis F. Griffith.

See

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gazetteer2000/h/hibd_cem.htm

for documentation, especially relative to death and burials.

HITT, AUSTIN MARION 1916 No Marker

HITT, MARY FRANCES "POLLY" (GRIFFITH) (PRUITT) 1946 (Husband #1: Thomas S. Pruitt; Husband #2: Austin Marion Hitt, Married: 1883, Hamilton County, TX; Parents: Jesse Griffith & Violet Hendrix)

HULL, OPHELIA JANE (HITT) 05/18/1876 Marker

PRUITT, THOMAS S. 1881 No Marker (Wife: Mary Frances "Polly" Griffith)

Sources

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1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 110344209.

2 Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965, FHL film # 1020863. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

3 "Familysearch.org," "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGD-MDR), A M Hitt and P F Pruit, 08 Sep 1883; citing Hamilton, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,020,863.

4 Social Security Death Index, Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

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