Elizabeth Easter Stephens 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: 1845 - (Sumter Co., Alabama)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Charles Stephens (1770/1775-1830/1840)
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Richard Hitt (appr 1812 - 1843)
       Marriage: 11 Feb 1834 - Greene Co., Alabama 1 2
       Children:
                1. Mary Elizabeth Hitt (Abt 1835-1854/1859)
                2. Benjamin Moore Hitt (Abt 1837-      )
                3. Jane Meek Hitt (Abt 1838-Bef 1849)
                4. Charles B. Hitt (Abt 1839-Bef 1867)
                5. Lewis C. Walton Hitt (Abt 1841-Abt 1853)
Notes
General:
WILL:

Sumter Co., Alabama Probate records at FamilySearch.org, "Will books v. 1-2 1828-1872", film # 1293803, item 3, image 486/1178 (Will Book 1, pg 258):

Will of Easter Hitt
Recorded August 18, 1845

The State of Alabama Sumter County. Be it remembered I Easter Hitt of the State and County aforesaid on this the third day of July Eighteen hundred and forty five being very sick and weak but sound in mind and memory and Knowing that it is appointed to all men and women once to Die to feel resolute to make my last Will and Testament. I first of all give my soul to God who giveth. and as to my Earthly Estate my three sons Benjamin Moses Hitt and Charles B. Hitt and Lewis Walton Hitt to them I give and bequeath my forty acres of Land and my Daughter Mary Elizabeth Hitt to her I give and bequeath one feath Bed and furniture also one chest and also one side saddle and to my daughter Jane Meek Hitt I give and bequeath to her one feather bed and furniture also one trunk and all the balance of my estate after paying my debts I give and bequeath to Benjamin B. Hitt my Father in law and do set my hand and seal to this certifying that this is my only and Last will and Testament.
Acknowledged Signed and her
Sealed in the presence of Easter X Hitt
Benjamin M. Hitt mark
B. N. B. Hammond
Jesse B. Thorn

On August 18, 1845 Jesse B. Thorn attests to the validity of the will before the clerk of the County Court.

Another version of the will (slightly different) can be seen in "Estate papers Hines, Frederich (pt. 2 of 5) to Hitt, Easter", film # 2051642, images 1996-2002/2008.

In image 1998/2008 Moore Stephens, Lazarus Hitt, and James Beavers are held and firmly bound unto the Judge of the Orphans' Court in the sum of $500 on November 29, 1849 relative to Moore Stephen's guardianship of Benjamin M. Hitt of the age of 12 years, Charles B. Hitt of the age of 10 years, and Lewis Hitt of the age of 8 years, minor heirs of Easter Hitt, deceased.
picture

Sources

1 Pauline Jones Gandrud, "Marriage Records of Greene County, Alabama 1823--1860," 1969, pg 69. 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-HSLD), Richard Hitt and Elizabeth Stephens, 11 Feb 1834; citing Greene, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,290,852; pg 74, image 153/701.

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