Benjamin A. Hitt 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 6 Feb 1825 - South Carolina/Alabama 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 1860-1870
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: David Hitt (1800-1880) 2
         Mother: Catherine Addison (1800-1834) 3
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary A. E. Bennett (       -       )
       Marriage: 8 Feb 1849 - Sumter Co., Alabama 4 5
       Children:
                1. Mary Hitt (Abt 1849-      )
                2. Sarah Hitt (Abt 1851-      )

2. Harriett Sadler (Abt 1825 -       )
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Felix Daniel Hitt (Abt 1854-      )
                2. Uriah Davis Hitt (1857-      )
                3. Jesse Marshall Hitt (Abt 1858-      )
                4. Emily Hitt (Abt 1859-      )
                5. Benjamin Hitt (Abt 1859-      )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1860 Newton Co., Mississippi, p.o. Union; Aug 8; pg 114
766/781
Benjamon A. Hit 33 MW SC $--/$250 Farm Laborer
Harriett " 35 FW SC
Mary " 11 FW Al
Sarah " 9 FW Al
Danuel " 6 MW Ms
Uri Davis " 3 MW Ms
Jesse " 2 MW Ms
Emily " 1 FW Ms </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule. His uncle Benjamon Hit lives at 764/779.

<pre>1860 Newton Co., Mississippi, p.o. Decatur; Aug 31; pg 153
1020/1030
Benjamon Hitt 30 MW Al $--/$-- Day Laborer
Harriet " 35 FW SC
Elen " 13 FW Ms
Danil " 7 MW Ms
Uriah " 2 MW Ms
Benjamon " 1 MW Ms </pre>

His uncle Charles Hitt lives at 1013/1023. I believe that the above 2 census entries are the same family although they are significantly different.

<pre>1870 Lauderdale Co., Ms, Township 6, p.o. Meridian; July 29; pg 96
449/449
Jeremiah Sadler 57 MW SC Farm Laborer
Harriet Hill 30 FW SC
Felix D. " 14 MW Ms Farm Laborer
Uriah " 11 MW Ms Farm Laborer
Marshall " 9 MW Ms </pre>

<pre>1880 Neshoba Co., Mississippi, Beat No 3, ED 58; June 23; pg 6
45/50
Harriet Hitt 59 Wd SC SC SC Farmer
U. D. " 22 son S Ms SC SC
Jessie M. " 19 son S Ms SC SC </pre>
picture

Sources

1 Beatrice Myers & Vada Phillips, "Benjamin Hitt and Nancy Curnal, their Antecedents and Descendants," 1987, pg 157. Repository: Orange Public Library, Orange, Texas.

2 Lois Tessmer Strebeck, "Newton County, Mississippi Cemeteries," 1993, Vol II, pg 5. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 Beatrice Myers & Vada Phillips, "Benjamin Hitt and Nancy Curnal, their Antecedents and Descendants," 1987, pg 155. Repository: Orange Public Library, Orange, Texas.

4 "Sumter County, Alabama Marriage Records," LDS microfilm 1293884, 885, Vol 2, pg 56.

5 "Familysearch.org," "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG17-XQXY), Benjamin A Hitt and Mary A E Bennett, 8 Feb 1849; citing Sumter, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL mic.

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