Elizabeth 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 9 Jan 1794
    Christening: 
          Death: 17 Sep 1828 - Wayne Co., Tn 3
         Burial: in Mt. Hebron Cem., Houston, Wayne Co., Tn
 Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children 
1. *John Downing (31 Dec 1796 - 24 Sep 1863) 1 2 4 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Andrew P. Downing (1820-1898)
                2. Frances Downing (1821-1872)
                3. Jesse Downing (1824-      )
                4. Elizabeth Downing (1826-      )
                5. Jonathan J. Downing (1828-1828)
                6. William Alexander Downing (1828-      )
Notes
General:

There is clear documentary evidence about John Downing and his wife Elizabeth, including her birth and death dates in the family Bible of James J. Porter, whose wife, Frances Downing, was their daughter. Some researchers think that Elizabeth was a daughter of Jesse Hinkle, 1763, but I know of no evidence for that belief beyond the fact that one of their sons was named Jesse, a common name in the Hinkle family, and the fact that over a period of several decades Hinkles and Downings lived close to each other and migrated together. William Hinkle married Sally Downing, and Baltis Hinkle married Ann Downing.

In a biographical sketch of Jesse's grandson William Hinkle (son of Baltis) published in 1896, the author says that Jesse had 4 children: William, Jonathan, Baltis, and Zuly.

A photograph at Find-a-Grave Memorial # 71180119 shows an old lichen-covered tombstone at the base of a tree and a newer granite marker in front of it. The old tombstone is unreadable. The new marker reads

MRS. ELIZABETH DOWNING
JAN. 9, 1794 -- SEPT. 17, 1828
WIFE OF JOHN DOWNING
DAU.-IN-LAW OF ANDREW &
ELIZABETH JONES DOWNING
picture

Sources

1 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: jdamewood.

2 Faye and William Leigon, Porters of Fishing Creek, 1987, Appendix B. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 71180119.

4 "Downing Bible," http://www.biblerecords.com/downing.html.

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