Benjamin M. Hitt 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1817 - South Carolina
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Benjamin B. Hitt (1786-1850)
         Mother: Milly (      -Bef 1847)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Albina B. Rainey (       -       )
       Marriage: 30 Aug 1838 - Greene Co., Alabama 1 2
       Children:
                1. James M. N. Hitt (Abt 1843-      )
                2. John L. Hitt (Abt 1845-      )

2. Amanda Hales (Abt 1832 -       )
       Marriage: 14 Jun 1849 - Greene Co., Alabama 1 3

3. Margaret Whitehead (Abt 1816 -       )
       Marriage: 29 Nov 1854 4
       Children:
                1. Sarah G. Hitt (Abt 1856-      )
                2. Milly Hitt (Abt 1859-      )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1850 Greene Co., Alabama; Nov 20
488/488
Benjamin M. Hitt 33 M SC $300 Farmer
Amanda " 18 F NC
James M. N. " 7 M Al
John L. " 5 M Al </pre>

In the Slave Schedule (Pleasant Ridge Beat, Nov 14) he is the owner of 1 slave (black female, 17).

Snedecor's Directory of Greene County for 1855-1856 (1963 reprint) has the following entry for Benjamin Hitt:

Hitt, Benj, planter, Pleasant Ridge, Hopewell

Pleasant Ridge is his precinct of residence and Hopewell in his post office. Other possible Benjamin Hitts had either left Greene Co. or had died by 1855.

<pre>1860 Jefferson Co., Ar, Baraque Township, p.o. Rock Springs; Sept 23; pg 39
270/270
B. M. Hitt 43 MW SC $2900/$350 Farmer
Margarett " 44 FW NC
John " 15 MW Al
Sarah G. " 4 FW Al
Milly " 1 FW Al
Harriett C. Whitehead 10 FW Al
J. M. Hitt 18 MW Al Labor </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

LAND:

The following tract in Sumter Co., Alabama was patented to Benjamin M. Hitt:

<pre>
E1/2SE S7 T17N R3W 80.19 acres 11/2/1837
</pre>

In July 1838 he purchased 80 acres in S28 T17N R3W (E/234). By June 1842 he was in financial difficulties and he mortgaged both land and personal property to Richard Hitt, who was instructed to sell the property and pay Benjamin's debts if he does not pay them himself by January 1, 1845 (F/767). In December 1851 he owed $111.40 to two businessmen in Gainesville and he transferred to them all of his interest in the estate of his deceased father (L/905). See also K/818.
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Sources

1 Pauline Jones Gandrud, "Marriage Records of Greene County, Alabama 1823--1860," 1969, pg 68. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 "Familysearch.org," "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ3-H31X), Benjamin M. Hitt and Albina B. Rainey, 30 Aug 1838; citing Greene, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,290,852.

3 "Familysearch.org," "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ3-H4SM), Benjamin Hitt and Amanda Hales, 14 Jun 1849; citing Greene, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,290,852.

4 Earl J. Hitt, "http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: hitthaynie."

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