(1) Name: David HINKSON
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Death: after 1830
Father: Samuel HINKSON (-1837)
Mother: Nancy WILSON
Misc. Notes
Subject: Hinkston Family
From: Chris Burgoyne cjb@eng.cam.ac.uk
To: "Don, Karen, & Robbie Glasser" DKRGLASSER@prodigy.net CC: darby@visi.net
Thank you for your email. The facts in tree HK on my site are all derived from Bob Francis to whom I am copying this message. I suggest you contact him direct. If you have any changes or corrections you think should go on my site I would be happy to incorporate them.
Regards Chris Burgoyne
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Don, Karen, & Robbie Glasser wrote:
Chris, Found your detail on the Hinkston-Hinkson family. I'm trying to locate the father of one Comfort Miller who married David Hinkson-Hinkston It appears she shows up in Bourbon County marriage records as Comfort Mills. Comfort was the daughter of a Mr. Miller and Elizabeth Custer. Elizabeth was the daughter of Conrad Custer and Elizabeth [Lair?] of Bourbon-Harrison County, Kentucky. Comfort is named in her grandfather's will in 1826 around the time she married David. David is also mentioned as renting property from Conrad. Soon after Conrad Custer died, David and his wife Comfort, along with Comfort's mother and sisters moved to Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
1830 census of Marion County, Perry Twp., Indiana page 393
David Hinkston 1m 20-30
Hezekiah Hinkston 1m under 5 born c1828 In
Comfort Miller Hinkston 1f 20-30 born May 10, 1810 Ky
Margaret Miller 1f 15-20 born 1812 Ky
Mary Miller 1f 15-20 born Dec 10, 1814
Ky Amanda Custer 1f 10-15 born c1816 Ky
Elizabeth Custer-Miller-Custer 1f 40-50 born 1787-1788
Rockingham/Augusta Co., Va
Sister Eliza Miller born Jan 1806 m. Elijah McBride in 1829
David died soon after the 1830 census
Hezekiah m. Rebecca Ann Woodfill Jan 22 1850 son Samuel died in May 1851 at 6 months of age Hezekiah died 1896 buried Round Hill cemetery Indianapolis, In
Possible that Hezekiah had other children, but did not pursue any further.
I descend from Elizabeth's daughter Amanda by a second husband. Haven't been able to identify either husband!
Karen Parish Glasser drkglasser@prodigy.net
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Subject: Hinkston-Miller
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 21:24:05 -0600
From: "Don, Karen, & Robbie Glasser" DKRGLASSER@prodigy.net
Bob,
The information on David and Comfort Hinkston was found in the "History of Indianapolis, Marion County,
Indiana by Berry Sulgrove.
It indicated that Elizabeth Custer came to Perry Township in 1826/28 with her daughters and son-in-law David Hinkston. It goes on to name her daughters and who they married. I assumed they were all Custers until I found their marriage records, and all were Millers except the youngest daughter, Amanda, of whom I decend. I was hoping that if I could figure out who the father of the older children was, I might be able to locate where Elizabeth's was living and find some probate on the first husband that might lead to information on the second husband.
I was looking into the Custer Family and discovered that Elizabeth was born a Custer and the Custer Association has suggested to me that she may have divorced Mr. Miller and might have taken back her maiden name. Don't believe that, but if true, that might mean that Amanda is also a Miller. Conrad Custer named Comfort Miller, his granddaughter, daughter of my daughter Elizabeth Custer, in his will [apparently she was about to marry]. He also named another granddaughter who was also about to marry. In probate records, David Hinkston was mentioned as renting property from Conrad. If you might have any detail on the Miller family that might connect with Elizabeth that would be great!
Conrad and Elizabeth [Lair?] Custer m. cFeb 10, 1776 [wrote his will Feb 10 1826 but doesn't mention his wife who I assume had died]
Children:
Bridget born 1776-1777 Va m. James Wilson 2 May 1796
Arnold born 1776-1784 Va died Wayne Co., In 8 Nov 1829 unmarried
Sally born 1780 Virginia m. Epriam Clark abt 1800 Ky
William born 1776-1784 m. Elizabeth Wilson 4 Oct 1800 Ky
Jacob born 1784-1800 m. Elizabeth Thomas 6 Nov 1806 Ky
Conrad born c1786-1787 m. Leanna Thomas 18 July 1800 Ky
Hannah Craig 12 Aug 1834 In
Elizabeth born 1787-1788 m. Mr. Miller by Mar 1805
Mr. Custer about 1814-1816
Deborah born abt 1789 m. William H Wilson Mar 6 1811 Ky
George born 1790-1794 m. Milly Wilson 4 April 1814
Clarissa born 1790-1794 m. Joseph Pugh April 3, 1809 Ky
Margaret born May 22, 1796 m. Abraham Sharp Feb 11, 1816 Ky
I am probably a double Custer!
Any help would be great.
Thanks for any detail.
Karen
Spouses
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1: Comfort MILLER
Birth: May 10, 1810 Kentucky
Father: Mr. MILLER
Mother: Elizabeth CUSTER (ca1787-)
Children: Hezekiah (~1828-1896)
(2) Name: John HINKSON
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Birth: circa 1729* Ireland
Death: circa 1789 New Madrid, Missouri Age: 60
Father: John HINKSON (-<1751)
Mother: Agnes (~1710->1766)
*1. The actual birth date of John Hinkson is a subject of much speculation. The “official date” (1729) is taken from the Lyman Draper interview with John Hinkson, Jr. (see below). Some D.A.R. records place his birth at 1740 and, while no documentation exists to verify this date, it seems to fit better into the events of his life. Consider the following: (1) Child-rearing: this date certainly fits his mother Agnes’ child-rearing years. Though technically possible, it is hard to imagine that a 21 year span existed between the birth of John in 1729 and his half-brother, William McCune, in 1751; (2) Marriage date: in 1763, he would have only been 24 years old when he married Margaret McCracken; (3) The Wipey Affair (see below): during the Wipey Affair of 1774 he would have been 34 or 35 years old; again, fitting St. Clair's statement about the "young men" of the region and, since St. Clair was born in 1734, he could hardly have called Hinkson "young" if Hinkson were born 5 years before him; (4) Military Rank: The 1740 birthdate also fits John's attainment of military ranking; i.e., age 34, Lieutenant; age 37, Captain; age 46, Major; age 48, Lieutenant-Colonel.
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Refer to the following links related to John Hinkson:
Misc. Notes
Genealogy and History of Captain John Hinkson and his wife Margaret Hinkson (nee McCracken) by George A. Stuhlmann. History of John Hinkson, a great grandfather of Catharine Martin Mitchell and third great grandfather of Edna Mitchell Stuhlmann
Captain John Hinkson, often referred to in early history as Colonel or Major Hinkson, was born near Belfast, Ireland about 1740. He came to America and Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. Quite a lot of history could be written about him between the time he came to Westmoreland County and 1775, but we are leaving that research and history to be written by a younger person.
In March or April 1775, Hinkson and fourteen other men, among them John Martin, the son of Quaker parents, came down the Ohio River in canoes seeking lands to improve in what is now Kentucky. Opposite where Cincinnati now stands, they went up the main Licking River as far as the forks where Falmouth now is. Here they tarried a short time and were joined by the Miller Company and the two companies traveled together for awhile. Miller stopped at Miller's Branch. Hinkson continued on over the Buffalo Trace now known as the Hinkson Trace to the south fork of the Licking to what is now Lair, Kentucky, one of the most beautiful spots in Kentucky. Here they stopped and built a cabin for shelter while exploring. Creeks and branches were named after the men: Hinkson Creek, Stoner's Creek, Cooper's Run, Gray's Run and so on. Little cabins were erected on the claims by the men. Hinkson erecting one on Townsend Creek, Cooper on Hinkson Creek, Martin on Stoner Creek, 4 miles away -- where clearings were made.
In the fall of 1775, the Miller Company and seven of the Hinkson Company returned by way of the Ohio River to Pennsylvania, perhaps for needed supplies and some for families.
In the spring of 1776, Nearly all of the two companies returned. On May 3, 1776, a party of ten called "The Lyons Company" arrived at Hinkson Clearing and William Hoskin, at the suggestion of Colonel Hinkson conducted the party to some rich lands which had not been taken up - lands lying several miles to the east, probably on Hinkson Creek (Page 1446, Kentucky for Kentuckians by Johnson). Captain Hinkson's original fifteen cabins increased in number and a thriving community had developed about the station and around the Martin Station, but it was abandoned in July 1776, through fear of Indians, and nineteen of the settlers including Hinkson stopped at Boonesboro on way back to Virginia and all seemed deaf to anything said to dissuade them. Ten (at least) of them at Boonesboro went with them, which left only thirty men at Boonesboro (Page 327, Collin's History of Kentucky).
No sign of life at Hinkson settlement for three years. Then about 1779, Captain Isaac Ruddle arrived at the abandoned fort and established what is known as Ruddle's Fort (Page 14, Destruction of Ruddle's and Martin's Forts by Maude Ward Lafferty). Later settlers came in a stream down the Ohio and through the Cumberland Gap seeking land in Kentucky (Hinkson Station or Fort was on the north side of the south Licking, his land on the opposite side of the creek. Ruddle increased the size of the Fort, making it one of the largest and strongest in the Kentucky wilderness, capable of accommodations from 200 to 300 people. The garrison was composed of 49 men (see Page 14 Destruction of Ruddle's and Martin's Forts by Maude Ward Lafferty). The land owners near the Fort preempted land for miles around, farming during intervals of peace and taking refuge within the fort when the Indians were on the warpath (Page 15). Hinkson returned to his land on the south bank of the stream bringing his family with him.
The spring following the hard winter of 1779 was unusually fine and the inhabitants saw cattle grow fat on the luscious blue grass. And, the rich soil gave promise of bounteous crops Everywhere there was an atmosphere of peace and prosperity and general well-being. They went hopefully about their spring work with no premonition of the tragedy that awaited them. They were unaware that a formidable force was being collected at Detroit for the invasion of Kentucky (Page 15) by British, Canadians, Indians and Tories. The following account of the capture of Ruddle's and Martin's Station is the fullest and most accurate to be obtained: In the summers of 1780, a formidable military force consisting of 600 Indians and Canadians under command of Colonel Byrd, an officer of the British Army, accompanied by six pieces of artillery, made an invasion into Kentucky. The artillery was brought down the Big Miamie and then up the Licking as far as the present town of Falmouth at the forks of the Licking where with the stores and baggage, it was landed and where Colonel Byrd ordered some huts to be constructed to shelter them from the weather. From this point, Captain Byrd took up his line of march to Ruddle's station with 1000 men. Such a force accompanied by artillery was resistless to the stockades of Kentucky which were altogether destitute of ordinance. The approach of the enemy was totally undiscovered by our people until, on the 22nd of June, 1780, the report of one of the field pieces announced the arrival before the station, and had cleared a wagon road the greater part of the way. This station had been settled the previous year in the easterly bank of the south fork of the Licking River, three miles below the Junction of Hinkson and Stoner branches of the same stream. A summons to surrender at discretion to his Britannic majesty's arms was immediately made by Colonel Byrd, to which demand Captain or Colonel Ruddle answered that he could not consent to surrender, but on certain conditions; one of which was that the prisoners should be under protection of the British and not suffered to be prisoners of the Indians. To these terms Colonel Byrd consented, and immediately the gates were opened to him. No sooner where the gates opened, than the Indians rushed into the station, and each Indian seized the first person he could lay his hands on and claimed him as his prisoner. In this way, the members of every family were separated from each other, the husband from his wife, and the parents from their children. The piercing scream of children when torn from their mothers, the distressed throes of the mothers when forced from their tender offspring are indescribable. Ruddle remonstrated with the Colonel against this barbarous conduct of the Indians, but to no effect. He confessed it was out of his power to restrain them, their numbers being so much greater than that of his troops over which he had control, that he himself was completely in their power. After the people were entirely stripped of all their property and the prisoners divided among the captors, the Indians proposed to Colonel Byrd to march to and take Martin's Station, which was about 4 or 5 miles from Ruddle's Station, but Colonel Byrd was so affected by the conduct of the Indians to the prisoners taken, that he requested that they be entirely under his control and that the Indians should only be entitled to the plunder. Upon these propositions being agreed by the chiefs, the army marched to Martin's Station, and took it without opposition. The Indians divided the spoils among themselves, and Colonel Byrd took charge of the prisoners.
The ease with which these two stations were taken, so animated the Indians that they pressed Colonel Byrd to go forward to assist them to take Bryan's Station at Lexingtion. Byrd declined going, and waged as a reason that the improbability of success, and besides the impossibility of procuring provisions to support the prisoners they already had. Also, the impracticability of transporting their artillery by land, to any part of the Ohio River - therefore the necessity of descending Licking before the waters fell, which might be expected to take place in a very few days.
Immediately after it was decided not to go to Bryan's Station, the army commenced their retreat to the forks of the Licking, where they had left their boats, and with all possible dispatch get their artillery and military stores on board and moved off. At this place, the Indians separated from Byrd, and took with them the whole of the prisoners taken at Ruddle's Station. Among the prisoners was Captain John Hinkson, a brave man and an experienced woodsman. The second night after leaving the forks of the Licking, the Indians encamped near the river, everything was very wet, in consequence of which it was difficult to kindle a fire, and before the fire could be made, it was quite dark. A guard was placed over the prisoners. And, whilst part of them were employed in kindling the fire, Hinkson sprang from among them and was immediately out of sight. An alarm was instantly given, and the Indians ran in every direction, not being able to ascertain the course he had taken. Hinkson ran but a short distance before he ay down by the side of a log under the dark shadow of a large beech tree where he remained until the stir occasioned by his escape had subsided, then he moved off as silently as possible. The night was cloudy, and very dark, so that he had no mark to steer by, and after traveling some time toward Lexington, as he thought, he found himself close to the camp from which he had just before made his escape. In this dilemma he was obliged to tax his skill as a woodsman, to devise a method by which he should be enabled to steer his course without light enough to see the moss on the trees, or without the aid of the sun, moon or stars. Captain Hinkson ultimately adopted this method: he dipped his hand in the water (which almost covered the whole country) and holding it upwards above his head, he instantly felt one side of his hand cold, he immediately knew that from that point the wind came - he therefore steered the balance of night to the cold side of his hand, that being from the west he knew and the course best suited to his purpose. After traveling several hours, he sat down at the root of a tree and fell asleep. A few hours before day, there came a very heavy dense fog, so that a man could not be seen twenty yards distance. This circumstance was of infinite advantage to Hinkson, for as soon as daylight appeared, the howling of wolves, the gobbling of turkeys, the bleating of fawns, the cry of owls, and every other wild animal was heard in almost every direction. Hinkson was too well acquainted with the customs of the Indians, not to know that was Indians and not beasts and birds that made these sound, he therefore avoided approaching these places where he heard them, and not withstanding, he was several times within a few yards of them. With the aid of the fog, he escaped, and arrived safely at Lexington, and brought the first news of that event.
The Indians not only collected all the horses belonging to Ruddle's and Martin's Stations, but a great many from Bryan's Station and Lexington and with these their booty crossed the Ohio River near the mouth of the Licking and there dispersed.
The prisoners were held by the Indians for nearly fourteen years. It was only when Major General - Mad Anthony - Wayne defeated the Indians in 1792 at Maumee Rapids that they were freed. The prisoners suffered much as they were compelled to carry the booty from Ruddle's on their march to Ohio. Some of the prisoners were separated from their families, others were adopted by the Indians. Some now growing up returned when the treaty was signed, (Read Destruction of Ruddle's and Martin's Forts by Maude Ward Lafferty).
Capt. or Major Hinkson was in Lord Dunmores War and other battles.
Captain John Hinkson was married to Margaret McCracken – They had nine sons and daughters:
1. Benjamin
2. Robert, who married Polly Hinch on January 27, 1790 and their daughter married Richard Bibb
3. John, was single and went to Texas
4. Samuel, married Nancy Lyons and had several children and after her death he married Susan Lyons. His descendants prospered in Kentucky and in the city of Cynthianna, Kentucky are evidence of their prosperity. They had monuments and large tomb stones erected to their memory in the cemetery at Cynthianna.
5. Margaret
6. William, married Jane Harrison, Harrison County, Kentucky was named for her father, he was a noted man. William Hinkson settled for a while in what is now Perry County and in the early 1800 home-steaded land in Washington County, Missouri. The land was later owned by Noah Martin, a son-in-law
7. Nancy
8. Thomas, married Elizabeth Foss and were the parents of eleven children
9. Betsy
John Hinkson was noted in Kentucky and had much to do with its success, he died in 1789, and in 1790 his widow Margaret McCracken Hinkson married Humphrey Lyon.
The writer, aged and ill, is hoping that some younger person will take up the Captain Hinkson research and carry it on. Dates here and names will help to do further research. (Collin's History Vol. 2 of Kentucky, Kentucky for Kentuckians by Polk Johnson; Hauck's History of Missouri, and libraries are rich and inviting for research.)
By George A. Stuhlmann, August 1975
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Jeffersonvile Land entries
Hingstons Fk Hingston, John 6-3-1780 400 acres bk A pg 124
" " Hingston, John 6-3-1780 400 acres bk A pg 124
" " Hingston, John 6-3-1780 400 acres bk A pg 124
Hingstons Fk Whaley, Wiliam 5-11-1780 295 acres bk A pg 43
Licking S Fk Hingston, John 6-24-1780 400 acres bk A pg 149
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THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS, Volume 1, Part 1, CHAPTER II VIRGINIA GRANTS (1782-1792), THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY, page 63: (1) Grantee: Hinkson, John, Acres: 2,000, Book: 2, Page: 423; Date Survey: 4-10-1784; County: Fayette; Watercourse: Woods Run; (2) Grantee: Hinkson, John, Acres: 1,000, Book: 6, Page: 103; Date Survey: 1-25-1783; County: Fayette; Watercourse: None
THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS Volume 1 Part 1, CHAPTER II VIRGINIA GRANTS (1782-1792) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY, page 64: (1) Grantee: Hinkson, John, Acres: 400, Book 6, Page 115; Date Survey: 1- 5-1783, County: Fayette, Watercourse: S Fk Licking; (2) Grantee: Hinkson, John, Acres: 1,000, Book 6, Page 572, Date Survey: 3- 1-1785, County: Fayette, Watercourse: Mill Cr.
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Name: HINKSON, John
Cemetery:
Location: Bourbon KY 56
Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.2, p.—Serial: 11999; Volume: 8
NOTE: 1ST REFERENCE EVER TO POSSIBLE BURIAL IN BOURBON COUNTY, KY
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THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS
Volume 1, Part 1, CHAPTER III OLD KENTUCKY GRANTS (1793-1856), THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY, page 188, Grantee: Hinkson, Jno, Heirs. Acres: 60. Book: 18, Page: 23. Date Survey: 2-24-1812. County: Bourbon. Watercourse: S Fk Licking
Volume 1, Part 1, CHAPTER III OLD KENTUCKY GRANTS (1793-1856), THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY, page 188, Grantee: Hinkson, Jno, Heirs. Acres: 87 1/2. Book: 18, Page: 331. Date Survey: 10- 6-1814. County: Bourbon. Watercourse: Townsend Cr
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Subject: John Hinkson
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 22:47:36 -0500
From: Suzanne <suzannecrawford@worldnet.att.net>
Bob,
In recent months I have been reading everything I can find in our libraries as well as on the www about John Hinkson. The reason I became interested in him is because my mother [Grace Piper] was a descendant of James Piper who received a pension for his service under Capt. John Hinkson.
His pension papers held a wealth of information including pages from 2 separate family Bibles giving me proof of the generations from James down to my mother. [I visited the branch of the National Archives in Kansas City and viewed and then copied these records from the microfilm.] When I realized what I had in my hands I "came undone" and my fellow researchers heard my little shout of joy !
But, I digress ! I commenced studying John Hinkson's life because I was interested in finding out more about the life of James Piper and since he served under Col. Hinkson [Capt. ??] perhaps in this manner I would be able to do so.
This is the problem. It appears from everything I have read on Col. Hinkson ... that the dates and places of his activities during certain periods don't line up with the timeline I find descrobed for James Piper !
Here is what I have abstracted from James Piper's records:
Timeline: [According to information given in his Pension Papers.]
1762—June 11th --James Piper was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
1779— A resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania when he enlisted in 1779.
Jan 1779—[Age 17 years] Went out in Captain Thomas Masons company as a substitute for Absolom Kent. Said company went out in the pursuit of the Indians upon the Conemaugh and Allegheny Rivers. Remained in service for a period of 3 months. The service performed by said company was protecting the frontiers of that country which was then much infested by the Indians. Joseph Huston was the lieutenant of said company. At the expiration of 3 months service received a discharge from Captain Mason. Not engaged in any battle during the period for which he served. Captain Mason’s company was raised by draught [draft], but was never attached to any battalion or regiment and never was commanded by any field officer or officers.
Apr 1779—[Age 17]Received the discharge and returned home and remained there until the latter part of the year 1779.
Oct-Nov 1779—[Age 17] [Last of October or first of November 1779] Volunteered his service in a company commanded by Captain John Hinkston which was raised for the purpose of guarding the frontiers of Westmoreland County and was to remain in service during the war or so long as a scouting party should be wanted for the protection of said frontier. The company remained for the period of three years, in service and under arms and engaged during all of that time in guarding and protecting the frontiers of said county from ____of the Indians who were during the whole time very troublesome. This was a company of volunteers raised and commanded by Captain John Hinkson who raised the company by order from one Col. Gibson of Pittsburg. He states that Captain Hinksons company was never attached to any regiment or battalion and was never commanded by any ______officers.
Summer of 1780—[Age 18]Battle with the Indians at Pendergraffs block house on White Pine Run in Westmoreland in which nine Indians were killed.
June 1781—[Age 19]Battle with the Indians upon Monticurss [?] Run in Westmoreland County in which five Indians were killed.
1781—[Age 19] Battle upon French Creek where fifteen Indians were killed and seventeen Indians were taken as prisoner. Destroyed a town belonging to the Delaware tribe of Indians on French Creek and about 40 miles from the mouth of said creek.
1781-1782—[Age 19-20]Engaged in guarding the frontiers. No other battles or engagements.
Sep 1782—[Age 20]Received his discharge.
Joseph Huston was the Lieutenant of said Captain Hinkstons company. The company was alternately stationed as necessity required at: Fort Legonier, Fort Pomery, Fort Kittania [Kittanning], Fort Wallace and Fort Barr.
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Now, from everything I have read about John Hinkson....he was not in Pennsylvania from 1780 to 1782 the years when James Piper said he served under him. Is this correct ?
I will be most grateful for any comments and/or any light you are able to shed on my subject.
I thank you in advance for your response.
Warmest Regards,
Suzanne
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Hinkson Notes from Ruth Thayer Ravenscroft’s “Ravenscroft Family History,” privately publshed, 1954, p. 115a.
HINKSON NOTES
NOTE--- Margaret Hinkson married Capt. Thomas Ravenscroft, p 116
(From "Register of Kentucky State Hist Soc" Vol 44)
Emigrants from Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pa. in 1775 were 14 young men, among them was JOHN HINKSON who settled near Paris, Kentucky. (Note--Paris is in Bourbon Co., part of which was later made into Harrison County) The first potatoes planted in Kentucky were on the farm adjoining Hinkson's on William Steele's place---all of the men returned to Pennsylvania in- the fall but some returned again the following spring 1776. (Ref. pg 27, part 2 of above reference book)
Cumberland Co. Pa. was taken from Lancaster Co., in 1750 and Chester Co., Pa. was carved out of Lancaster in 1750.
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Subject: Notes on Col. John Hinkson
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 17:43:12 +0900
From: "Sellars, James SSgt" <sellarsj@kadena.af.mil>
To: "'bob@shawhan.com'" <bob@shawhan.com>
Bob,
Here are some more records I have. More to come.
Draper MSS 3 S 52
Deposition of Samuel Murphy - John Hinkson & Cooper killed Wipey in Westmoreland - made a great stir with the whites & Hinkson had a small party of rangers (8 or 10, or something like that) Cooper amongst them & were brave & useful, more so than most others. Hinkson and Girty were cronies.
Arthur St. Clair notified the Pennsylvania Assembly about the murder on May 29, 1774. (PA Archives First Series Vol. IV, pg. 503, 504, 520, 524). I may have this, I'm not sure.
Letter of condolence to the Delaware Indian tribe. (American Archives, 4th Series, I, pg. 676). I don't have this but you can get from Library.
PA Colonial Records, Vol. X, pg. 199
"A PROCLAMATION
"WHEREAS, I have received information that some Time in May last, a certain friendly Indian man, called Joseph Wipey, was barbarously murdered in the County of Westmoreland; And Whereas, there is great Reason to believe that John Hinkson, and James Cooper, of the same County, were concerned in the perpetration of the said Murder; And Whereas, it is at all Times, but more especially in the present Situation of our Affairs with the Western Indian Nations, of the utmost Consequence to the Peace of the Province, that the Perpetrators of such atrocious Offenses, not only against the Authority of Government, but in direct Violation of the Treaties with those Indians, should be brought to condign and exemplary Punishment; I have, therefore, thought fit, with the advice of the Council, to issue this Proclamation, And do hereby strictly charge and Command all Judges, Justices, Sheriffs, Constables, and other Officers, as well as all other His Majesty's liege Subjects within this Province, to make diligent Search and Enquiry after the said John Hinkson and James Cooper, and to use all lawful Means for apprehending and securing them, that they may be proceeded against according to Law. And I do hereby promise and engage, the Public Reward of one hundred Pounds shall be paid to any Person or Persons who shall apprehend the said John Hinkson and James Cooper, and deliver them into the Custody of the Keeper of the Gaol of either of the Counties of Lancaster, York, or Cumberland, or the Sum of fifty Pounds for either of them.
"Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of the said Provinces, at Philadelphia, the twenty-eighth day of July, in the fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign and in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four.
"JOHN PENN.
"By His Honour's Command.
"JOESEPH SHIPPEN, Junr., Secretary.
"GOD SAVE THE KING."
Bourbon County Court Order Book B, January 1798
The deposition of John Sellers being of full age and duly sworn deposeth and saith that he saw Eneas McDaniel and his son frequently at work on the improvement mentioned in the preamble in the summer of 1776 and suppose they had between 2 or 3 acres cleared and have ever since known it by the name of said McDaniel's Improvement. And further this deponent saith not. Signed John Sellers. Teste David Clarkson, John Smith, Thomas Mahan
Bourbon County Court Order Book B, January, 1798.
The deposition of John Sellers being of full age and duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he was with John Townsend in the year 1776 at the place where the letters I.M. mentioned in the preamble was made and then there stood a cabbin which he told me there was his cabbin and that he built it the year before, and was generally known by the name of John Townsends Cabbin since. And further saith not. Signed John Sellers. Teste David Clarkson, John Smith, Thomas Mahan.
The deposition of John Sellers of Full age & being first sworn deposeth and saith that some time in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six coming up the South Fork of Licking in Company with Capt. John Hinkson & others. I was informed by Capt. Hinkson of a Cave Spring that we would endeaver to get to that night to encamp at which place we got to a little before sunset which spring was on the south westardly side of the said South Fork which I believe to be the place we are now at between a half and a quarter of a mile below where James Wigglesworth now lives.
Question by John Smith agent of William Woods: How long have been living in this country?
Answer: Since the Spring Seventeen Hundred and Eighty.
Question 2nd: Did you ever know of any other spring on the other Main South Fork of Licking but this from first acquaintance to the present day.
Answer: No.
Question 3rd: Do you consider a Cove Spring & a Cave Spring to mean one & the samething.
Answer: I consider them the same. Signed John Sellers [1]
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The deposition of Benjamin Harrison taken to Establish William Woods land on the South Fork of Licking. I have known this Spring from between the first & ninth of May 1776. At the time I first saw it, there was an improvement at & near source thereof and from that time until this date it has been designated & known by the name or appellation of the Cave Spring. In the year of 1780 I was on this spot in the month of May or early in June in Company with John Hinkson & John Sellers and stayed all night & on the 24th day of June there after made two locations in the neighborhood thereof............... signed Benjamin Harrison [2]
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Deposition of Thomas Moore, taken on the west bank of Stoner's creek near James Patton's house in Clark county, on 20th November 1802 before D. Harrison and H. Chiles, J.P. deposes -
Early in the spring of 1776 this deponent in company with Benjamin Harrison, John Morgan, Belles Collier and one [Robert] Keene came down the Ohio to mouth of Licking River and from thence up Licking to Hingston station and from thence we proceded up this stream now called Stoner's Fork, being pilated by John Morgan, who had been in this country the year before, till he informed us we were about [Christopher] Gist's military survey and sometime, as this deponent thinks, in the month of April we built a cabbin covered it over and made it fit for habitation. At this spot we cleared about a half an acre or 3/4 of an acre of land and planted corn. This improvement we made for John Morgan and after making several other improvements on the right hand fork, which puts in about 300 yards above this place, Harrison, and this deponent returned up the river, leaving Morgan and Collier at Morgan's cabbin, who were to remain there and to endeaver to prevent others from making improvements to interfere with ours, and we were to return the ensuing fall, and bring to Morgan and Collier such necessaries as they had sent for. The spring near this spot had the appearance of a lasting one -- was intended by Morgan as his useing spring. [3]
p.265, Deposition of William McCune, aged 60 years (taken at dwelling house of James Ruddell in Bourbon County on May 1, 1811, before George Mountjoy and Joseph L. Stevens, Justices of the Peace):
He came to this country in the spring of the year 1780 and settled at Ruddell's Station which stood on the bank of the South Fork of Licking, and he continued to reside at said station until it was taken by the Indians during the same year. Said Ruddell's Station was well known throughout the western country at the time he came to it. Thinks it consisted of thirty or Forty men, ladies, women and children, and it was much resorted to by adventurers to this country. John Haggin was his kinsman and informed him at Lexington when on his way to Ruddell's Station, that he had settled a place near said station but was compelled for danger of Indians to leave it. He had been informed of Haggin's cabin before he came to this country, and when he got to said station, he often heard the cabin where John Haggin lived in the year of 1776 spoken of, and believes there was scarcely a man at the station who was ignorant of said cabin. The stream passing Millersburg was known in the year of 1780 as Hingston above the junction with Stoner and below the junction was called South Licking.
p.267, Deposition of Thomas Dunn, aged 71 years (taken at dwelling of James Ruddell in Bourbon County on May 1, 1811, before George Mountjoy and Joseph L. Stevens, Justices of the Peace):
Deponent came to this country in the year 1776 and lived on Hingston's above the junction with Stoner. John Hingston had a settlement or improvement on the south side of South Fork of Licking opposite the place afterwards called Hingston's Station by some and by others Ruddell's Station. Deponent was frequently in the year 1779 at Hingston's settlement which was resorted to by a number of adventurers to this country and deponent was frequently, during the spring and summer of said year, at this place, where John Haggin had built a cabin, cleared and located some lands, and resided with his wife and family at the period named. I returned to this country in the year 1785 or 1786, after leaving it in 1776, and was shortly afterwards at this place, and heard it frequently called Haggin's cabin.
p.268, Deposition of David Wilson, aged 63 years (taken at James Ruddell's in Bourbon County on May 22, 1811, before George Mountjoy and J. L. Stevens, Justices of the Peace):
Deponent came to this neighborhood after the new year of the same year that Hingston erected the station below this place, after the Indians took it while under the said Ruddell, the year the deponent does not recollect. Deponent assisted in the settlement of said station, and at that time he frequently saw the improvement at this place settled by Haggin some years before.
Note: David Wilson was an Ensign in Capt John Hinkson's company in PA.
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Williamsburg VA, August 30, 1776. By William Harrison (Benjamin Harrison's brother and the same man killed at Crawfords defeat in 1782), nine days from Fort Pitt, we have advice; that Capt. John Hinkson, with a number of settlers, arrived from Licking Creek, near the Kentucky, the very day he left home. Capt. Hinkson gave the following account, that one James Cooper, and another person, a Dutchman, being on their way to a buffalo lick, were fired upon by a couple of Indians, who shot down Cooper and frightened the Dutchman's horse so that he flung him; his foot hanging in the stirrup, one of the Indians walked up to him, to tomahawk him, but although in that disadvantages situation he found means to aim his gun so well (which he never gritted) as to shoot the savage dead on the spot and seeing the other Indian walking up to him, he disengaged himself from his horse, mounted Coopers, and got clear off to the inhabitants.
Upon his arrival, many of the Kentucky settlers immediately went about forting themselves at Boonesborough and Harwoodstown (Harrodstown); and numbers agreed to come into the neighborhood of Fort Pitt with Capt. Hinkson. [4]
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Draper MSS ?? The following is from a letter written from Col. Floyd of Boonesboro to Col. Preston in Virginia, July 21, 1776:
The situation of our country is much altered since I wrote you last. The Indians seem determined to break up our settlement, and I really doubt, unless it was possible to give us some assistance, that the greatest part of the people must fall prey to them. They have, I am satisfied, killed several which, at this time, I know not how to mention. Many are missing who, sometimes ago, went out about their business who we can hear nothing of. Fresh sign of Indians is sure almost every day....
The seventh of this month they killed one Cooper on Licking Creek....
A settlement known by the name of Hinkston is broke up; nineteen of which are now here on their way in, himself among the rest, who all seem deaf to anything we can say to dissuade them. Ten at least of our own people, I understand, are going to join them which will leave us with less than 30 men at this fort (Boonesboro). I think more than 300 men have left the country since I came out, and not one had arrived except a few cabbiners down the Ohio... Draper MSS
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Return of Officers of the First Battalion of Westmoreland, SS (c.), June 10, 1777.
Third Company
John Hinkson, Captain
John Wood, Lieutenant
John Sellers, Lieutenant
Thomas Wood, Ensign
Court Martial Men: Joseph McCartney, Samuel Johnston.
Privates: 55 [5]
Thomas Galbraiths Journal from frontier Forts of Pennsylvania:
September 28, [1777] 12 o'clock an Express from Palmer's fort that George Findlay come in wounded and some more men missing. In the evening Capt Shannon with 16 Men was ready to march, but the night's being very dark thot it most advisable to wait till day break. (Thomas Galbraiths Journal at Ligonier).
On September 28, 1777, George Findley, a nearby resident on the Conemaugh River, and his bound boy, fourteen or fifteen years of age, but large and strong, started back from Palmer's Fort, whether they fled, in hopes of recovering a lost mare that had left them and which they supposed had returned home. They kept in the woods, not venturing into clearings, but notwithstanding this they were fired upon by some Indians, the boy falling. Findley, shot through the arm and bleeding much, effected his escape, and returned to Fort Palmer, bringing back with him, however, a girl who had remained about the Rogers settlement.
September 29, 1777 - When day appeared the Men Marched to Palmer's Fort and were reinforc'd with 9 Men more then proceeded for Findlays about Twenty Miles distance from Ligonier. 4 Miles from Palmers we met with CAPT. HINKSTON & 12 Men returning from burying a Boy that the Indians had Kill'd & scalped at Findlays.
October 1, 1777 - Memorand: On our return to Ligonier 4 Miles Distance we were inform'd of THOMAS WOODS being kill'd about five miles from the Town, which occasioned us to make a forc'd March after Dark into the Town to have the greater certainty. (Thomas Galbraiths Journal at Ligonier).
At 3:00 PM on October 22, 1777 two children were killed and scalped and two more were scalped alive within 200 yards of Palmer's Fort. A party of Hinkson men pursued the Indians and a short time later the people at Palmer's Fort fired off their guns to give those persons notice who had gone to their plantations, which the party in pursuit hearing, imagined the Fort to be attacked, immediately quit the pursuit and returned. Ft Ligonier and it's Times, p388
On November 3, 1777, as a party was returning to Palmer's Fort from a Scout about a mile from that, one of the party being a small distance behind was called on to stop - first in a low voice, a second time louder, & a third time very loud. The person made up to the party, but being dusk did not return to the place until the next morning........found the......[Here the manuscript is illegible. Probably the meaning is that the next morning the scouting party returned to the place where the voice called, and found the tracks of Indians.]
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Dr General From Col'l Proctor's, November the 8th, 1777
Whereas I am persuaded that you had not heard of Wallace's fort being invaded and other damages done by the Indians near this place when you gave orders to the Bedford militia to return and whereas there is a loud call for men here at present to defend and protect this distressed frontier; I have ordered the Bedford militia to march in connection with a party of my men over Conemaugh to reconnoiter and scour the woods and if possible to annoy the enemy or drive them over the Allegheny [mountains]; and I hope sir I will be justified by you in so doing. I am sir your most obedient humble servt.
James Smith
To His Excellency General Edward Hand, Fort Pitt
N.B. my intention is to Detain those men but about ten Days; and by that time your pleasure may be known. [6]
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In the year [1777], I received a colonel's commission, and after my return to Westmoreland, the Indians made an attack upon our frontiers. I then raised a body of men to pursue them. We likewise took four scalps, and recovered the horses and plunder which they were carrying off. At the time of this attack, CAPTAIN JOHN HINKSTON pursued an Indian, both their guns being empty, and after the fray was over he was missing;- While we enquiring about him, he came walking back, seemingly unconcerned, with a bloody scalp in his hand - he had pursued the Indian about a quarter of a mile, and tomahawked him. [7]
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James Chambers statement continued from book_______ of Westmoreland County Pa born in 1749.
Capt. Bird's Kentucky Expedition of 1780. - Bird treated prisoners well. Chambers saw the 6 pounder at Detroit taken on Bird's expedition of '80, and saw the man who drove the horse that drew it on the land part of the march. Also got acquainted with several of the prisoners taken by Bird - Capt. Ruddell and Simon Girty was with Bird. JOHN HINKSTON was in possession of the Indians - Girty and HINKSTON were old acquaintances - were great cronies, and swapped clothes when he was prisoner - Girty went to Bird, and said HINKSTON was very supple and active, and if he (Bird) did not take him from the Indians and put him under a guard of British soldiers, he would be certain to effect his escape. Bird did so - that night HINKSTON made his escape and it was thought Girty brought about this change of HINKSTON from the Indians to the British, in order to aid him in escaping. - JOHN SELLERS, another prisoner taken at Ruddells or Martins escaped a little before HINKSTON - they were the only ones who did escape. Girty, too, knew of HINKSTON'S having killed Wipey, about '74, who hunted on Conemaugh, and kept it from the Indians, who, had they known it, would have killed him.
When Bird returned with his prisoners, a number of cabins were built outside the fort at Detroit for the prisoners taken at Ruddell's and Martin's forts; men, women and children, Capt Ruddell and family among them. And these cabins were familiarly called Yankee Hall. The men had their liberty and worked out some of the time for wages. After a while, Du Poister who commanded at Detroit gave the use of an island to Ruddell, some 3 miles above Detroit, and in which were some improvements - and he moved his family there, raised corn, etc. These favors led to the suspicion that Ruddell was tinctured with Toryism and Ruddell when he returned to Virginia was tried on this charge and acquitted. Bird said he would never be engaged in another such expedition as that to Kentucky in 1780. [8]
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I was at Corn's, when Riddle, (that was taken at Riddle's,) got back. One McCune, who was at Bowman's Station when Riddle got there, went out & got a hoop-pole, of which he had a parcel, & wore it out on Riddle. McCune had been a prisoner with (fellow) Riddle and had been planning to run away, where Riddle went and told the British on him, who put McCune in irons. "Now," says McCune, "tell on me again." [9]
Extract upon Capt. Hinkson's narrative, who was made prisoner on the surrender of Ruddle's Fort; in Kentucky the 25th of June (1780), and made his escape on the 28th. On the 24th about sunrise, a heavy fire was begun on the fort by small arms, which continued without intermission until noon, when it was observed, that a battery of two three pounders (cannons) was erected on an advantages spot. The first discharged made such an impression on the fort, that all within were convinced they could not hold out. A flag was sent out and the terms agreed to were that the garrison should surrender themselves as prisoners, be permitted to retain their wearing apparel, and conducted safely to a settlement near Detroit, where provisions should be found there until they could raise corn for themselves.
On the 26th the white, with a party of Indians appeared before Martin's Fort, seven miles up Licking Creek, which surrendered without resistance on the same terms as the other fort and previous were in the hands of the enemy when Capt. Hinkson made his escape; who further adds, that they consisted of a company of regulars from Detroit, under Capt. Bird, a company of Canadians, thirty Tory volunteers, and about 700 Indians from various tribes. Capt. Bird informed Capt. Hinkson; that he had taken the Governors dispatches going down the Ohio, which gave an account that no expedition would be sent into their country this summer; which seemed to elate him much. The enemy came down Stoney River (on the Great Miami) up the Ohio and Licking, without being discovered. [10]
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Draper MSS 2S334-338 From John Hinkson - now (1845) about 72 - born on the Monongahela.
Son of Col. John Hinkson - who was a son of John (a native of Ireland) - emigrated to America a married man, died leaving John the pioneer and a sister - John (Col.) when young man went to Ireland to get some family patrimony, married Margaret McCracken, remained two years, and then returned to America, about 1765 - settled probably in Westmoreland Co. Pa on Monongahela, bringing from Ireland a store of goods.
In Dunmore's War, was a captain or lieutenant - probably the former, came to Kentucky in '75 - moved to Kentucky in Spring of '80, four or five boats came with him with about half a dozen families, stopped at Limestone about a week, built a block-house, the first erected there, and sent a message to his old station (better known as Ruddell's) to get help to aid in moving the families over, and while waiting at Limestone the Indians stole all the horses belonging to the company - some 20 in all. - At the old station there was not a sufficiency of men to share, and advised a continuation to the Falls of Ohio.
Went down there in his boats - got horses to transport some of the property leaving the family at the Falls, and he had been at Ruddell's but three or four days when Bird came - Shot a cannon and knocked the corner of a house down - The station was on the east side of Hinkson's Fork, 8 miles from Paris - located on low land, with a overlooking hill, which the British occupied and from which they fired the cannon. Capt. Ruddell surrendered - Hinkson was opposed to it. Hinkson was kept and escaped the third night. Col. Bird gave him permission to stay with the Indians (who captured him) or with him, Bird chose the latter, and [Hinkson] made a bargain with one of the prisoners to run off, and the latter betrayed him and told Bird - and Bird placed an Indian guard over him, and in the night when raining, going down Licking by land (as he came with wagons - Bird's Old Trace), knocked an Indian over and into the River, at the mouth of Bank Lick Creek (some 3 miles above the mouth of Licking, west side of the river) - and himself plunged into the river and swam over, and escaped. Bird had got bewildered, came to Hinkson and told him as he was an old woodsman, that it would be better for him to tell the best route to take (they were then camped) - and Hinkson said if he must tell he would do his best, and commenced directing and pointing when the Indians were collecting around him, he knocked the one between him and the river down the bank into the river and himself jumped in and swam over, and made his way to Bryan's Station; next morning (that night didn't go far, too dark and got into a tree top and went to sleep, and awoke in the morning within view of a camp of the Indians who took after him, but he outstripped them, but he, in running through briars got the most of his clothing torn off - and was nearly naked when he got to Bryan's.
Don't think Col. Hinkson went on campaign of '80 - nor in '82. Did go out with Logan in '86; was an officer under Col. Edwards on the Blackberry campaign. Was out with Gen. Ben Harrison (who died at New Madrid - some children living near St. Genevieve at the lead mines - Harrison died not long (2 or 3 years) before the War of 1812.) on his expedition. Also went out scouting with parties.
Went and settled at Mann's Lick and stayed there till '81; then moved to Haggin's Station, near Danville and about '83, re-occupied his old settlement on Hinkson's Fork. William McCune, a half brother of Hinkson's, moved with Hinkson to Kentucky in '80, and was captured with him; and was kept nearly two years.
In '89, Col. Hinkson went to New Madrid to look at the country, and there died. - He was probably about 58 or 60 years old: 6 feet and 1 inch - raw boned, dark complexion : leaving a wife and nine children. [11]
He and James Cooper killed Wipey, who had some figure against Hinkson and threatened his life - once came with two other Indians and wanted Hinkson to go a hunting with him - Hinkson went a little distance and knowing of Wipey's threats fell a little behind, and presenting his gun told them he knew their object and to move off or he would shoot some of them. They went off - and a few days after, with Cooper, came upon Wipey in a trail and shot him - expecting he would watch Hinkson and
kill him.
A party of Indians came to the region of Hinkson's Station and stole horses (after '83) and wounded John McCord in the chin riding to meeting on Sunday - Hinkson raised a party of 7 or 8 and pursued the Indians, and near mouth of Locust, came upon them encamped, and Hinkson killed one, David Wilson killed another just as he was getting into his canoe - the third escaped. This occurred the same spring Kenton waylaid and killed Indians at mouth of Locust; and of these latter Kenton rescued a horse they had stolen from Hinkson. [12]
Also:
Halderman Papers - July 1, 1780 - Capt Henry Bird to Maj Arnet DePeyster "Everything is safe so far, but we are not yet out of reach of pursuit - As a very smart fellow [Hinkson?] escaped from me within 26 miles of the enemy."
Halderman papers - July 24, 1780 - Capt Henry Bird to Maj Arnet DePeyster - "Capt Hinxon [Hinkson] who made his escape from us had candour sufficiant to tell Col. Clarke, he and the prisoners were treated in so different a manner from what they expected, that had not his family been at the Falls, he would have preferred going with us to Detroit."
Also in The Draper papers it mentions John Hinkson received a Captains commision in Jefferson County, KY (then Virginia) From records of Jefferson County copied by Draper.
I have several other references about John Hinkson that you may want. I'll list them and you can tell which ones you would like or I'll just send all:
1. Muster rolls of Capt. Hinkson of Westmorlend County (2 lists officers only, and 1 with everyone plus some pay records. All from PA archives)
2. Extracts of letters from Arthur St Clair to Gov Penn regarding Hinkson killing Wipey. (Frontier forts of PA)
3. Gov Penn's Proclamation against John Hinkson and James Cooper.
4. Two depositions regarding Wm. McCune (not a lot of info in these) says he saw John Haggin at Lexington and he was his kinsman. He was 66 in 1810.
5. Deposition of John Sellers, says he went up South For Licking in canoes w/ Hinkson in 1776 and camped all night at Wm. Woods cave spring.
6. Reference to Hinkson being with Col. James Smith in a foray w/Indians.
7. Record of Hinkson being in Hand's expedition. (Nat Arch pay record)
8. Mentioned in Thomas Galbraith's journal when Hinkson was living at Palmer's fort. Galbraith was the one who bought HInkson's land in PA in 1774.
9. Reference in Westmoreland Co. records that Hinkson and others charged with "riot and assault" on John Burns (march 1775)
10. Other info I can't remember off hand, will find though.
In an old KY Gazette I saw it said Hinkson went to MO in 1789 w/Lawrence Harrison. I guess he died there too.
I hope I can help. I would like to share what I have and I would like to learn more about Hinkson and McCune as they were major characters in John Sellers' life. I'm not on the Hinkson list yet, so you can direct your comments to me or I'll catch them later in the archives. Thank you.
Sincerely,
James Sellars
Subject: Hinkson
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 19:20:39 -0800 (PST)
From: "Sellers, James SSgt"
Bob, You're pretty close in connecting these men to the Last of the Mohicans. I read in an article on Col. James Smith which I believe said the book was partly based on his exploits during the French and Indian War. Aiso the affair in Kentucky when Daniel Boone's daughter was kidnapped played a part in the story. There is a book still in print by Neil Swenson called First Rebel, which is book of fiction based on Col. James Smith's life during the French and Indian War.
I don't know if there is a connection or not between the Coopers. I do know that James Cooper's widow and son eventually settled in Bourbon County on Coopers run.
I have a copy of the article on Ruddles Station you talk about, it's pretty good. I've been to the area in Kentucky but I never made it to the actual site of the fort. I do know there is a monument at the site. I'm not sure if it is accessible or not to the public.
Now I'll try to give some of what I have seen in books and records relating to the family of John Hinkson. This should point you in the right direction in you search.
We know Col. Hinkson's father came from Ireland, more correctly, Northern Ireland. This would most likely make the Hinksons Scotch-Irish. There are many good books in print on this subject if you want to learn about these people. In one book, John and Elizabeth Hinkson (don't quote me on the wife's name) were living in Philadelphia around the 1740's or '50. Could be Col. Hinkson parents.
I'm pretty sure John Hinkson was living in Cumberland Co. PA near Shippeneburg at least by 1764. he was listed in the tax records as living in Hopewell Twp. w/ no land. He was in the tax list until about 1769 or '70. Also around 1768 in the same township there was a John Haggin. This is the same place that my Sellers family were living at the time. Hinkson purchased land on the Conemaugh River near the present town of Johnstown in 1769. I'm pretty sure he wasn't at this location before 1769. Before the Treaty of Stanwix was signed in 1769, which opened up this area to settlers, the only people living there were Indian traders and the military.
I don't think the name Johnstown has anything to do with Hinkson, but there is a Hinckston Creek and a Hinckston Dam in this town. This was named after him. Between 1769 and 1774 the only thing I read about Hinkson was that he was ordered to oversee the construction of a road between Ligonier and Squirrel Hill Old Town, this being the place he lived. May of 1774 was the time of the Wipey affair and it angered Arthur St. Clair, a neighbor, but really didn't bother the people in the area, though. Most people didn't care too much for the Indians. As far as family connections, Col. Hinkson's mother married a McCune, probably before 1750. There were several McCunes living in Hopewell Twp. in Cumberland Co. Actually they were one of the founding families who came there in 1733. There were at times according to tax records a John, John Jr., and Robert McCune living in that area. Hinkson's niece married John Haggin according to some records.
Hinkson served in Dunmores war in 1774 commanding a company of about 10-15 men. He was a Lieutenant in the Yougheigheny Co. VA militia despite some accounts saying he was a Major. This was after the Wipey affair. Yougheigheny Co. doesn't exist anymore and actually overlapped with Westmoreland at that time. There is a Book called Virginia records in Pennsylvania which has the muster roll and a record of Hinkson being in court in 1779 proving his service as a lieutenant in that war.
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Lt. John Hinckston’s Roll [13]
Thomas Chenney
James Cooper
James Connell
James Dongan (?)
George Finley
James Grannell
William Haskins
William Haddin
William Anderson
John Jordan
John Hagen
Robert Knox
John Martin
Chris’r McMichael
John McGany (?)
Hugh Porter
Roberter Porter
Matthew Sullivan
Thomas Shores
John Townsend
Thos. Tawnhill (?)
Silas Train
William Worton (?)
William Wilson
Archives Dept., St. Lib., Pittsburgh Rolls
NOTE: The above muster roll was John Hinkson’s company during Dunmore’s War. Confirmed by James Sellers in e-mail correspondence April 2, 1998.
Hinkson came to KY in 1775 returned to PA that fall and went again in '76 and again returned to PA. He returned in 1780 and you know the rest. One myth about Hinkson written in many books is the capture and escape of him in 1775 while in Kentucky. I saw one version in the Bio of John W Hinkson on the Hinkson-L archives. The one thing that makes the story incorrect is that it states the renegade Simon Girty captured him and gave him his uniform and then Hinkson escaped. All that is true except it took place in 1780 and not 1775. Simon Girty was a friend of Hinksons and they served together in the Squaw Campaign in Feb-Mar 1778. Girty didn't go to the British side until Apr of 1778. This was because no one would give him a Captain's commission.
Hinkson was at Mann's Lick in 1780, an old salt station located near the present town of Sheppardsville, KY. He was in Jefferson County Court in April of 1781 w/ John Sellers and appeared on a poll to elect delegates. In the Draper Man. there are some Court records from the same day which show that Hinkson also received a Captain's commission. Also receiving Commission's was Squire Boone, Daniel Boone's brother. By Sept of '81 he moved to Haggin's Station near Harrodsburg.
Hinkson's son didn't think he was out on Clark's campaign of '82 but he was listed as a in Capt. John Smith' company that did go on the Campaign. (Lincoln Co., Nov 1782) It was not uncommon for an officer to serve sometimes as a . He was in a different county anyway. James Harrod was angered one time for receiving a Maj.'s commission instead of a Lt. Col's so he turned it down and served as a . Capt. Smith settled near John Sellers on the So. Fork Licking River. Also, in Jan 1783 in Lincoln County, Nathan Sellers, John Smith and William McCune were ordered to settled Francis McBride's estate after he was killed in 1782.
Hinkson was surveying land w/ Sellers and others around Ruddles Station in 1783 and 1784. He moved back here about that time. Bourbon County was formed in 1785 and Hinkson was elected Major in the militia. Benj. Harrison was Lt. Col. Hinkson was in Harmar's Campaign in 1785 or 86. He was made Lt. Col about 1788 and was the Sheriff. In 1789 he was a Col and went to MO with Lawrence Harrison, brother to Benj. Harrison, to look at the country. He died at New Madrid. [11] Is his grave marked? The Draper Manuscripts have many brief accounts about Hinkson during the years of 1784 to 1789 regarding his forays with the Indians.
Another myth in the books is that Ruddles Station and Ruddles Mills are one in the same, this is not true. Two different places but near each other. the Cedars didn't exist until after Hinkson died, found by the Lairs. Also some accounts state that Hinkson's family were prisoners of the Indians after the capture of Ruddles Station, this is also not true.
Well, that's about all I can think of right now. If anyone has any questions let me know and I'll try to answer them.
Sincerely, James Sellars
Subject: Hinkson
Date: Wed, 4 Peb 1998 22:42:12 0800 (PST)
From: "Sellers, James SSgt"
Bob,
The book I told you about regarding John Hinkson's service in Dunmore's War was actually Virginia Records In Southwestern Pennsylvania. Some of the members of the company were John Haggin,
James Cooper, John Townsends, William Sheilds, and others.
Another book which has a brief mention of Hinkson and the killing of Wipey is the Documentary History of Dunmore's War by Thwaites and Kellogg.
Take care,
James Sellars
HARRISON, Benjamin - commission as lieutenant colonel issued 12 Jan. 1786; on list of field officers 16 April 1788 as lieutenant colonel; John Hinkson recommended lieutenant colonel 20 Aug. 1788 in place of Benjamin Harrison who has resigned; recommended colonel June 1790, commission issued 5 Nov. 1790.
HINKSON, John - Recommended major Sept. 1785. Commission as major issued 12 Jan. 1786. Recommended lieutenant colonel 20 Aug. 1788 in place of Benjamin Harrison, commission issued 4 Nov. 1788.
Officer commissions:
Bourbon County
John HINKSON commissioned as major on 12 January 1786.
Justice of the Peace:
John HINKSON, commissioned JOP on 12 January 1786.
High Sheriff: John HINKSON on 1 Dec. 1787 [14]
Back in Westmoreland County during the Revolution, Hugh Emison served as Ist Lieutenant in Capt. Hugh Mitchell's 3rd Company of the 3rd Battalion, Westmoreland County Militia. Ash Emison served as a in this same company. Other Scott County, Kentucky pioneers in this battalion were Captain David Vance, and Ensigns Mathew Caldwell and Abraham Whitaker (see Penn Archives, 6th Ser., Vol. 2, Pg. 280)
During the latter part of 1779 many of the pioneers were becoming restless from their somewhat temporary stay in western Pennsylvania, and were anxious to move on westward to their new lands in the Kentucky country, of what was then western Virginia. Capt. Wm. Lytle had sold his lands back in Cumberland County, and came west where he set up a camp on a small island in the Ohio River just below Pittsburgh. There he sent out word that an expedition of settlers was being assembled for migration down the Ohio to Kentucky.
Because of their previous association with Lytle, Hugh and Ash Emison, joined him. Most of the streams in this area had been frozen over during this severe winter. And it was not until April 1, 1780 that a large expedition of over 1,000 settlers, with their families and possessions started down the river in 63 Kentucky boats or Arks.
It was on this trip or shortly thereafter, that Ash Emison presumably married Mary Mitchell, daughter of Capt. Hugh Mitchell, his former Company Commander.
On April 11th a stop was made at Limestone, where Capt. Hinkston, the Emisons, Stephen Archer, Moses Cherry, and members of the Baird, Holmes and McClure families started overland to their new lands. Here it may be noted that James and Thomas Baird, two brothers-in-law of Hugh Emison, had descended the Ohio a year before where they purchased lots No. 25 and No. I in the new village (Louisville) at the Falls. These two brothers later founded Bairdstown, now known as Bardstown. [15]
Some bits and pieces:
Thomas Ravenscroft served in Capt Benjamin Fields Company of Light Dragoons in the 3rd Ill Regiment under George Rogers Clark. He was appointed Capt on 28 May 1781, taken prisoner on 12 Sep 1781 and returned on Parole on 20 Jan 1783. He also served in the 13th and then the 18th VA Regiments as an ensign under Colonel John Gibson. He married Margaret Hinkson, d/o Colonel John
Hinkson. In his will (dated 15 May 1827 Harrison Co KY) he mentions his wife Margaret, his sons James, Thomas, William, Samuel and Robert, Sally Milton heir of his son John and Betsy, son of John. His daughters Peggy and Elizabeth were dead by this time (leaving infant children). Also dead were sons Samuel and John (leaving infant children). Will was witnessed by S.W.B. Carnagy and Conrad Custer and the administrator was Humphrey Hinkson.
I have Thomas and Margaret's daughter Nancy m. to Carnet Humble. She could have been married twice....second to Humphrey Hinkson, but I have no proof of this, except in Harrison Co KY Minute Book G, 1832-1835 testimony is given regarding Thomas' estate...."heir...daughter Nancy , now the wife of Humphrey Hinkson." Later in same reference it states: "It is proven that Thomas, James, Robert, and William Ravenscroft are the surviving sons of Thomas Ravenscroft. It is also proven that he had four daughters: Polly (m. Aaron Miller), Betsy (m. John Ewalt) Betsy now deceased, Nancy (m. Humphrey Hinkson) Peggy (m. Garrett Humble) Peggy now deceased.
I don't know if this is of any help or offers anything new, but here you are anyway.
Jack
In Harrison Co KY Circuit Court Civil Case, Bundle 167 #4890, a civil case (over land transaction - unfortunately I have lost the date) was brought against Edmund Singleton by Robert Hinkson, Thomas Hinkson, William Hinkson, John Hinkson Jr, Samuel Hinkson, Marcus Stevenson and Nancy his wife, late Nancy Hinkson, Abraham Kellar and Peggy his wife, late Peggy Anderson, Thomas
Ravenscroft and Peggy his wife, late Peggy Hinkson, etc...... see children of John Hinkson and Margaret McCracken: Thomas m. Elizabeth Poor; John m. Margaret Allison; Agnes m. Marcus Stephenson; Margaret m. Thomas Ravenscroft; Elizabeth m. William Anderson; Benjamin; Robert m. Polly Finch; William m. Jane Harrison; Samuel m. 1) Nancy Wilson; m. 2). Susan Lyon.
Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey Vol. XXIV. edited by William Nelson, New Jersey, 1894. Extracts from American newspapers relating to New Jersey., pg 271"
Philadelphia, March 21, 1765.
--The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1891, March 21, 1765.
CAME to the Plantation of John Hinkson, of Hopewell Township, about the 10th of January last, a black Horse, branded something like A M on the near Shoulder and Buttock, seems to be a natural Trotter. The Owner is desired to come and prove his Property, pay Charges, and take him away.
JOHN HINKSON
Draper MSS 18CC31
Kentucky Gazette - No. 51 - August 16, 1788.
Lexington, August 16.
About the 7th Inst, 2 Indians, (and a white man, who had been prisoner with them about 12 years,) came in on the waters of Licking, to steal horses. The white man made his escape from them, and informed the inhabitants thereof, and on Sunday last Major Hingston with the prisoner
and 7 or 8 other, set out in pursuit of them, the prisoner conducted them to their hunting camp, and in a short time after their arrival at that place, the 2 Indians appeared, both of which were killed, and all their skins and other plunder taken.
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American Militia Wars in the Frontier Wars, 1790-1796, Murtie June Clark, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (I will mail the full muster rolls with your package)
Kentucky Militia
Pg. 13 - Captain Simon Kenton's Company Special Pay Roll. "Acting as spies in the year 1793."
Private Thomas Hinkson
Private William Hinkson
Pg. 14 - Captain Simon Kenton's Company, Sept 23 to Nov 14, 1793.
Private Thomas Hinkson
Private William Hinkson
Pg. 16 - Captain Nathan Rawlings Company, Sept 20 to Nov 11, 1793
Private Thomas Hinkson - transferred to spies Oct 26.
Private William Hinkson - transferred to spies Oct 26.
Private John Hinkson
Pg. 49 - Captain Nathan Rawlings Company, Jun 13 to Oct 26, 1794.
Lieutenant William Hinkston
Private John Hinkston
E-mail Correspondence
Subject: Re: HINKSON
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 14:23:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: grossman@phoenixat.com (Donald W. Grossman)
To: Bob Francis <roberto@snoopy.bunt.com>
Today I went through the 1850 Harrison Co., Kentucky census looking for Worl or Hinkson. I found one John Hinkson age 19 born in Ky with Nancy Hinkson age 45??? Does this sound like possibly your John Hinkson? There also was a Susan Hingston age 66 born in Pennsylvania and probably a son living with her age 30 William born Ky. There just wasn't too many Hinkstons. It seems there was a large number of widows in 1850 Harrison Co., Ky. Could very well be a grandson of my John Hinkson. Don
Donald,
I note also that you have a Peggy Worl marrying a John HINKSON, in Harrison County, Ky. I too have a John HINKSON, father of Melvina HINKSON (b. October 9, 1830), wife of John Shawhan SMITH (they were married November 10, 1850). Does any of this strike a chord with you?
Bob Francis
Subject: Are you related?
Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 07:33:01 -0700 (PDT)
Resent-From: HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:39:22 -0400
From: "Carol L. Marston" <cmarston@bytethis.com>
To: HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Hi: I am descended from Major John Hinkson through his son Samuel and Samuel's daughter Margaret. Margaret married Hezekiah Smart b. 1795. They most likely arrived in Kentucky at some point, possibly Hinkson's Corners. Hez and Margaret are buried in Glenn's Valley Indiana. Their daughter Margaret married Asa Shimer who son Elias married Dircie McVey. Elias's son Asa Shimer married Mary Virgina Steele. Asa and Mary's daughter is my grandmother.
I have several daguerrotypes including Margaret Hinkson and Hezekiah Smart and another of their daughter Margaret. I also have a hand drawn family tree which I expect is over 100 years old. It begins with John Hinkson who married Margaret McCracken and ends with Margaret Hinkson marrying Asa Shimer.
I have just met two other Hinkson researchers who have given some information but I would like to be in contact with others from this line who might help piece together a more complete and accurate history of this family.
This is my first contact with the Hinkson family list, I think. Hope someone can catch me up todate with the main families of the list.
I eagerly await hearing from you all. Thanks, Carol Marston
Subject: Re: could everyone please post?
Resent-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 09:00:51 -0700 (PDT)
Resent-From: HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 12:06:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: JDAHBARK@aol.com
To: cmarston@bytethis.com, HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Carol,
You're absolutely right.
I've posted my meager information on Richard Hinkson.
I went through my notes on the Hinksons and have the following:
William and Mary Quarterly: 22 Apr 1697 concerning the pirate John Hinson Paris (Bourbon Co KY) SesquicentenniAL book: concerning John Hinkston's Company and Fort Hinkson 8 Oct 1782: Lincoln Co VA: bond from Edmund Singleton to John Hinkson for Hinkson to survey land. George Rogers Clark Papers: Capt John Hinkson killing the Indian Wipey in PA in 1774; Notes on John Hinkson's escape from Indians after raid on Fort Hinkson; Hinkson's Run in PA and Hinkson's Fort in KY named for Capt John Hinkson Draper Series, Vol III: Capt John Haggin, nephew of Col John Hinkston;
Thomas Ravenscroft married John Hinkson's daughter. Benjamin Hinkson was a representative in Ohio State Legislature from Clinton Co Ohio (1829-1833). Benjamin was b. in Harrison Co KY s/o Judge Thomas Hinkson. Thomas Hinkson esquire lived in Clinton Co Ohio in 1816 and was the first
associate Judge for that county. Thomas also had the title Colonel. Hinkson Creek in Boone Co MO was named for the tavernkeeper Robert Hinkson. Samuel Hinkson (s/o of Irish parents) was b. in KY and died there in 1837. He married Susan Lyons and they had six children, one of whom was Thomas Hinkson (b. 1819 Harrison Co KY). This Thomas m. Susan Richardson. Major John Hinkson (d. 1789 New Madrid MO) m. Margaret McCracken. Issue: Thomas (m. Elizasbeth Poor/Foos), John (m. Margaret Allison), Agnes (m. Marcus Stevenson), Margaret (m. Thomas Ravenscroft), Elizabeth (m. William Anderson), Benjamin, Robert (m. Polly Finch), William (m. Janes Harrison), Samuel (m. 1). Nancy Wilson, m. 2). Susan Lyon) Destruction of Ruddle's and Martin's Forts in the Revolutionary War. etc.
If this or similar stuff is of interest, let me know.
Jack
Subject: HINKSON
Resent-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:35:34 -0700 (PDT)
Resent-From: HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 97 16:38:50 -0000
From: Arlene Hill <dahill@worldaccessnet.com>
To: <HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com>
Hello fellow HINKSON researchers,
My grandmother was Mary Ethel HINKSON (1873-1944) daughter of Nelson C. HINKSON (1839-1907) son of Andrew H. HINKSON born in St. Genevieve, MO (1806-1876), son of Robert Hinkson (1765-1834). His father was John HINKSON (abt 1740-1790) original immigrant from Ireland to PA. John was in KY in 1775, cleared land at Hinkson’s Station, Harrison, KY (later became Ruddle’s Station). John led an interesting life and had many adventures with Indians, Daniel Boone’s men, etc. I have extensive references and family names at each branch of my tree (one generation of children and spouses). This John HINKSON had nine children--I have their names and the spouses only, none of their children other than in my line. No Richard HINKSON appears in my records until Richard Summers HINKSON (1836-1916.) Do you feel that this line is related to any of you? Will be glad to share if interested.
Arlene Hill
: JDAHBARK@aol.com
To: BSA-A65@concentric.net, HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Hello Debra,
Mary Schwaiger is a cousin of mine and we have worked together for years on our mutual line, including the Hinksons. I have copies of much of her work and I would be pleased to share anything I have. Mary is a delightful lady but she doesn't do much research anymore and I can't get her to use the computer. I can't find (for now) the particular reference you quoted. I have it around here somewhere since I have seen it. When I locate it, I'll be happyto complete the narrative.
Many genealogical libraries have the Draper manuscripys on microfilm. The one here in Cleveland does as does Fort Wayne (the ones I'm most familiar with).
Welcome to the Hinkson fray.
Jack
Subject: Re: HINKSON-EWALT to Lewis Co, MO
Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 06:40:30 -0800 (PST)
Resent-From: HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 09:46:54 -0500 (EST)
From: JDAHBARK@aol.com
To: johnfeisenberg@juno.com, HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Hi John,
What a fine listing on John Hinkson.
I looked the list over carefully since I grew up in Adair Co MO and know many of the people in Lewis and Knox counties (In fact, my wife is from Knox Co), but none of the names were familiar to me.
I'm afraid I have nothing on your John Hinkson. I am seeking a Richard Hinkson from KY (b. abt 1805) who m. Mary Scott. They had one child, a daughter, Jerusha. Shortly after their marriage, Richard deserted his wife and child and was last heard of in 1834 (when Mary was granted a divorce in Harrson Co KY). He was boarding a river boat on the way to Natchez.
Jack
Subject: Re: John HINKSON
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 16:31:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: grossman@phoenixat.com (Donald W. Grossman)
To: Bob Francis <roberto@snoopy.bunt.com>
The following is what I have on the Hinksons:
John Hinkson married Margaret had:
1. John Hinkson married Margaret "Peggy" Worl 07 Jan 1799 Lic Harrison Co., Kentucky by Benjamin Coleman. Peggy Worl b. ca 1784. In the 1810 Census Harrison Co., Ky page 312.
I don't know where they went after 1810 where does your John Hinkson show up? Don
Donald,
I have a John HINKSON in my family line but I have no information about him except his name and his daughter's name (Melvina). Melvina married John Shawhan Smith on November 10, 1850.
Have you run acrossed these folks in your research?
Bob Francis
Subject: John Hinkson Line
Resent-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 21:32:58 -0800 (PST)
Resent-From: HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 97 21:41:03 -0800
From: Arlene Hill <dahill@worldaccessnet.com>
To: <Hinkson-l@rootsweb.com>
I just returned from a month long trip in Europe and I missed responding promptly to other comments on the HINKSON family in the Hinkson rootsweb digest.
The following is the family line of John HINKSON and Margaret McCRACKEN as I have gleaned over the years from family, friends and personal research of data. Corrections and additions desired!
John HINKSON b abt 1740 (estimation from Documentary History of Dunsmore's War) Ire (or PA?) d 24 Mar 1790 (estimation from date of estate inventory) VA; married Margaret McCRACKEN (according to Draper Paper #6, Small size, Fall 1845 interview with John Jr.)
1783-1785--John received land grants on Licking River, Harrison Co, KY
16 May 1786 Bourbon County Court Justice
1788 listed on Bourbon Co Tax List along with son Robert
1789 listed on Bourbon Co Tax List along with son Robert
1790 listed on Bourbon Co Tax List as "John Hinkson estate: along with son's Robert and Thomas
____________________
Children of John and Margaret:
1. Robert: b 24 Nov 1765 PA d 21 Dec 1834 Pulaski, AR; married 27 Jan 1790 Mercer, KY, Mary "Polly" HINCH; they had 9 children.
2. Margaret: b abt 1770; married 6 Sep 1786 Bourbon, KY, Thomas RAVENSCROFT.
3. Thomas: b 1772 Westmoreland, PA; d 1824 IN; married 1794 Harrison, KY, Elizabeth FOOS.
4. William: married 26 Jan 1795 Bourbon, KY, Jane (Jenny) HARRISON.
5. John Jr.: b 1779 d aft 1840 Bourbon, KY; married #1 1779 Peggy WOAL; #2 Margaret ALLISON.
6. Elizabeth: d bef 1712 KY; married 27 May 1781 Harrison, KY. William ANDERSON.
7. Nancy Agnes: d bef 1811, LA Territory; married 8 Aug 1791 Bourbon, KY, Marcus STEVENSON (dau Polly m. Benjamin HARRISON. s/o Bemjamin HARRISON and Mary NEWELL).
8. Benjamin: d bef 1794; married Elizabeth HARRISON
9. Samuel: b bef 1794 Bullit, KY, d 1837 Trickum, KY, was an attorney (ref. Land Records of heirs of John Sr. 1 Jun 1812); married #1 9 Sep 1800 Nancy WILSON, had 4 children; #2 9 Sep 1809 Susan LYONS, had 8 children.
My family line descends from Robert Hinkson.
Arlene Hill
13715 NE 42nd Ave.
Vancouver, WA 98686
Subject: John Hinkson-Woal
Resent-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:15:48 -0700 (PDT)
Resent-From: HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 97 10:19:28 -0000
From: Arlene Hill <dahill@worldaccessnet.com>
To: "HINKSON Digest" <HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com>
To: Bob Francis
I have a hunch that your Melvina HINKSON may have been the daughter of John HINKSON, Jr. (see Donald's letter next.) I do not have the lines of the sons of the original John HINKSON--so many John's and with these two both having a "Margaret" as a wife it is confusing. I have collected so
much on my HINKSON ancestors that It would make up a book! More than I could ever condense down for e-mail.
To confuse the issue there are two other family lines: of John HINKSON (1773-1799) m Mary ASTIN emigrated from Belfast Ire. and John HINKSON, Jr.(abt 1756-1819, s/o John m Jane MORROW) m Abigail ENGLE emegrated from County Caren, Ire.
REMEMBER: see below!
Donald Grossman
John Hinkson (1779-aft 1840) married #2 Peggy WOAL in 1799, had second wife Margaret ALLISON. He was one of six sons of John HINKSON Sr. and Margaret McCRACKEN (the the "original" KY {spring of 1775} HINKSON who cleared Hinkson Station). John, Jr. is listed on 1795 KY Census with brothers, again on the 1830 and 1840 Census in Bourbon County, Kentucky. As you can see with all of these brothers (each one lived to marry) there is potential of many descendants. Tax records in KY list several of the brothers, along with John, over the years. Have land entry description in Washington Co, MO for John as many of the family members seem to "push on west" as the frontier opened up. They were in the St. Genevieve-WA county area for years before my line pushed on to the gold fields in CA. I have some RW papers for this John Jr. also.
Arlene Hill
Subject: Re: John HINKSON
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:29:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: grossman@phoenixat.com (Donald W. Grossman)
To: Bob Francis <roberto@snoopy.bunt.com>
We have to be on the right track, either your John should be a John Jr. or the John Hinkson I show. Harrison Co., Ky is next to Bourbon and the Worl's lived right near the line as some of the information is in one Bourbon county and the other in the other Harrison county. Don
Donald,
Thanks for replying to my query. I have no information at all on my John HINKSON other than he was the father of Melvina. She was born October 9, 1830, in Bourbon County, Ky. If your John was married in 1799, it's pretty doubtful that he could be Melvina's father, at least by Peggy Worl. Interesting. I'll keep your account on file and if I find any connection I'll let you know.
Thanks for taking the time to do this for me.
Bob Francis
Subject: Re: From your listowner
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:01:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: JDAHBARK@aol.com
To: roberto@mail3.bunt.com
Hello,
I'm afraid I have little to nothing on the Hinksons. My Hinkson, Richard Hinkson, was, at best, the black sheep and I know nothing of his parentage. My guess is that the Hinksons wanted to ignore him as well.
Anyway...
Richard Hinkson married Mary Scott (1810-1863) d/o John Scott and Ann Handy in about 1829. (I don't know the location of this family but it is in the Harrison Co KY to Cincinnati Ohio area). They had one child, Jerusha S. Hinkson (1831-1907) who married Daniel Joseph Barker. (Jerusha and Daniel Joseph are my gr-grandparents) The Scotts were rather well known and well placed people in Harrison County so most likely Richard came from a "good" line of Hinksons. They lived in
the Harrison Co - Cincinnati area when Richard abused and then deserted his wife and baby. He is last heard of in 1834 when 1) a divorce was granted by the Harrison Co court (I have those papers) and 2) he was met by Mary's brotherand Richard was boarding a riverboat at Louisville getting ready to sail to Natchez.
I have several document plus a few nothes on Hinkson research but those are those are the only "facts" I have on my Richard Hinkson.
Jack
Subject: HINKSON Bourbon Co, KY-Lewis Co, MO
Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 19:32:11 -0800 (PST)
Resent-From: HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 20:49:35 -0700
From: johnfeisenberg@juno.com (John F Eisenberg)
To: HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
I have traced the descendants of John HINKSON who married Mary EWALT 1/26/1828 Bourbon Co & went to Lewis Co, MO. Will help anyone with this family that needs it. I understand that the parents of John HINKSON were Major John HINKSON & Margaret McCRACKEN. Margaret HINKSON married 9/7/1786 Thomas RAVENSCRAFT. Who were her parents? A John HINKSON married 1/1/1799 Harrison Co, KY, Peggy WORREL. Who were his parents?
John Eisenberg
332 E Broadmor Dr
Tempe, AZ 85282
602-967-8115
Subject: A Piece about Col. John Hinkson
Resent-Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 16:22:14 -0800 (PST)
Resent-From: HINKSON-L@rootsweb.com
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 97 16:30:33 -0800
From: Arlene Hill <dahill@worldaccessnet.com>
To: "Bob Francis" <Hinkson-L@rootsweb.com>
Here, for what it is worth, is another account in the life of our emegrant John HINKSON:
Reference Source: A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians by E. Polk Johnson. Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago-New York, 1912, Vol III, pp. 1587-1589.
John W. Hinkson---A decidedly progressive and influential farmer and stock-grower in Harrison county, Kentucky, is John William Hinkson, who owns and operates a splendid estate of six hundred acres south of Lair, known as Lynnhurst, and who is the owner of a fine business block at Cynthiana. Mr. Hinkson is descended from an old Pennsylvania family, a representative of which, Colonel John Hinkson, came to Kentucky in 1775 with a colony of settlers, whose idea it was to take up and improve the Blue Grass lands.
Colonel John Hinkson, great-grandfather of him whose name initiates this review, was born in Ireland, in the vicinity of Belfast, and he emigrated to America when a young man, locating in Westmoreland county Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1775 a party known as Hinkson’s company started out from Pennsylvania for Kentucky in search of lands to improve. This company consisted of John Hinkson, John Haggin, John Martin, John Townsend, James Cooper, Daniel Callahan, Patrick Callahan, Mathew Fenton, George Gray, William Haskins, William Shields, Thomas Shares, Silas Train, Samuel Wilson and John Wood. Those sturdy pioneers came down the Ohio river in boats and
thence up the Licking river in canoes, landing at the mouth of Willow creek, on the east side of Main Licking, four miles above the forks, where Falmouth now stands. On account of rainy weather and high water the party was forced to remain at the latter place for two nights and one day. They then proceeded up the Licking river to near the Lower Blue Licks. A few days later, in the spring of 1775, another company, known as the Miller Company--fourteen persons in all--came in canoes down the Ohio and up the Licking to Lower Blue Licks, where they joined the Hinkson colony. Each party sent out explorers who examined the country and who reported to their respective companies at the Blue Licks. They all traveled together, following the main buffalo trace toward what is now the city of Lexington until they reached a trace turning westward, which has since been called Hinkson’s trace, because the party headed by Colonel Hinkson followed it, while the Miller party encamped on the small stream which they called Miller’s run, the same being at the crossing of the lower Limestone road. The Hinkson party continued its progress along the Buffalo trace until they came to the south fork of the Licking river, about one mile and a half south of what is now Lair. Here they camped and initiated operations toward settlement, clearing the land and building log cabins the surrounding country, naming the creeks after different members of the company, as
Townsend creek, Cooper’s run, Gray’s run and Hinkson’s creek. In April, 1775 Colonel Hinkson cleared a piece of ground and erected a log cabin on the banks of Licking, near the mouth of Townsend creek. Several other members of the party did likewise and they began to raise corn, with which they later furnished seed to a number of other improvers. Hinkson’s settlement soon became a station and as such was the central source of supply. Shortly after the settlement there was quite an engagement between Colonel Hinkson, who was in command of the station, and the notorious renegade, Simon Girty, of the Indian forces. The ammunition gave out at the station and Colonel Hinkson was forced to surrender himself to the Indians. This he did under promise from Girty that the remainder of his men, women and children should be allowed to remain at the station unmolested and he, Hinkson, to be furnished with Girty’s uniform as a guaranty of safety while a prisoner. These conditions were complied with and he was taken to “broad ford” on the south fork of Licking in the northern part of Harrison county. He was there hid and guarded by large numbers of Indians, who formed a circle facing to the center, and thus lay down to sleep, but when slumber closed upon them his cords were untied by Mrs. Boyers, who also was a prisoner, and he sprang to his feet seized a gun and ran to the bank of the river, which was very deep, plunged in and swam safely to the other side, amid a shower of bullets from the Indians, who had been suddenly awakened and were in hot pursuit. On the following day he returned to the station with clothes torn and presenting a very unnatural appearance. At first he was not recognized by his friends at the station but, when he received a hearty welcome. In the fall of 1775 all of the Miller company and seven of the Hinkson party returned up the Ohio river to their old homes in Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1776 nearly all of May, 1776, the Lyons company, consisting of ten persons, came from the old Keystone state to Hinkson1s station, where at the instance of Colonel Hinkson, William Haskins conducted them to some rich lands which had not been taken up, the same being some miles to the east, probably in what is now Bourbon county. In June and July, however, a great number of Indians came from Ohio to their old hunting grounds in Kentucky. Finding them occupied by white settlers they commenced their depredations on the 7th of July, 1776, and in the ensuing skirmishes killed John Cooper, who was the first man to raise corn in Harrison county. Colonel Hinkson, together with other settlers--nineteen in all--not being strong enough to resist the terrible onslaught of Indians, fled to McClellands fort at Georgetownn, where they remained for a time,
later returning to Harrison county.
Colonel Hinkson was a gallant officer in several Indian wars and he was a leading spirit in this early attempt at civilization. He married Miss Margaret McCracken.
Ruddle’s Fort
The Horrors at Ruddle's and Hinkston's Forts [October 20, 1826]
It has already been noticed, that the summer 1780 was exceedingly wet, and that all the water-courses were full. This circumstance induced Colonel Byrd to change his original purpose of attacking Louisville first. He therefore decided to ascend Licking river into the heart of the country, by which means he would be enabled to take with him his artillery to Ruddle's Station, and would easily take it by land from Ruddle's to Martin's and Bryan's Stations, and Lexington, the ground being level, and the roads easily made passible. Col. Byrd landed his artillery, stores and baggage on the point of Licking, where he put up some huts to shelter them from the weather; and from thence marched by land, a few miles, to Ruddle's Station, where he arrived on the 22d day of June, at the head of 1000 men. In consequence of the extreme wetness of the weather, which had continued for many days, the men at Ruddle's and Martin's Stations, who were accustomed to be in the woods, had all come in, and therefore, Byrd taking advantage of that circumstance, arrived within gun shot of the fort undiscovered, and the first information the people received of the approach of an enemy, was the report from a discharge of one of the fieldpieces. Byrd sent in a flag and demanded a surrender at discretion- to which demand Capt. Ruddle answered, that he could not consent to surrender but on certain conditions, one of which was: that the prisoners should be under the protection of the British, and not suffered to be prisoners to the Indians; to these terms Col. Byrd consented, and immediately the gates were opened to him. No sooner were the gates opened, than the Indians rushed into the Station, and each seized the first person they could lay their hands on, and claimed them as their own prisoner. In this way the members of every family were separated from each other; the husband from the wife, and the parents from their children. The piercing screams of the children, when torn from their mothers-the distracted throes of the mothers when forced from their tender offspring, are indescribable. Ruddle remonstrated with Colonel Byrd against this barbarous conduct of the Indians, but to no effect. He confessed that it was out of his power to restrain them, their numbers being so much greater than that of the troops over which he had controul that he himself was completely in their power.
After the people were entirely stripped of all their property, and the prisoners divided among their captors, the Indians proposed to Colonel Byrd, to march to and take Martin's Station, which was about five miles from Ruddle's; but Col. Byrd was so affected by the conduct of the Indians to the prisoners taken, that he peremptorily refused, unless the chiefs would pledge themselves in behalf of the Indians, that all the prisoners taken should be entirely under his control, and that the Indians should only be entitled to the plunder.-Upon these propositions being agreed to by the chiefs, the army marched to Martin's Station and took it without opposition. The Indians divided the spoil among themselves, and Colonel Byrd took charge of the prisoners.
The ease with which these two stations were taken, so animated the Indians, that they pressed Col. Byrd to go forward and assist them to take Bryan's Station and Lexington. Byrd declined going, and urged as a reason, the improbability of success; and besides, the impossibility of procuring provisions to support the prisoners they already had, also the impracticability of transporting their artillery by and, to any part of the Ohio river-therefore the neceissity of descending Licking before the waters fell, which might be expected to take place in a few days.
Immediately after it was decided not to go forward to Bryan's Station, the army commenced their retreat to the forks of Licking, where they had left their boats, and with all possible dispatch got their artillery and military stores on board, and moved off. At this place the Indians separated from Byrd, and took with them the whole of the prisoners taken at Ruddle's Station. Among the prisoners were Capt. John Hinkston, a brave man and an experienced hunter and woodsman. The second night after leaving the forks of Licking, the Indians encamped near the river; every thing was very wet, in consequence of which it was difficult to kindle a fire, and before a fire could be made it was quite dark. A guard was placed over the prisoners, and whilst part of them were employed-in kindling the fire, Hinkston sprang from among them and was immediately out of sight. An alarm was instantly given, and the Indians ran in every direction, not being able to ascertain what course he had taken. Hinkston ran but a short distance before he lay down by the side of a log under the dark shade of a large beach tree, where he remained until the stir occasioned by his escape had subsided, when he moved off as silently as possible. The night was cloudy, and very dark, so that he had no mark to steer by, and after travelling some time towards Lexington, as he thought, he found himself close to the camp from which he had just before made his escape. In this dilemma he was obliged to tax his skill as a woodsman, to devise a method by which he should be enabled to stear his course without light enough to see the moss on the trees, or without the aid of sun, moon or stars. Captain Hinkston ultimately adopted this expedient: he dipped his hand in the water, (which almost covered the whole country) and holding it upright above his head, he instantly felt one side of his hand cold; he immediately knew, that from that point the wind came-he therefore steered the ballance of the night to the cold side of his hand, that being from the west he knew, and the course best suited to his purpose. After travelling several hours he sat down at the root of a tree and fell asleep.
A few hours before day, there came on a very heavy dense fog, so that a man could not be seen at twenty yards distance. This circumstance was of infinite advantage to Hinkston, for as soon as day light appeared, the howling of wolves, the gobling of turkeys, the bleating of fawns, the cry of owls, and every other wild animal, was heard in almost every direction. Hinkston was too well acquainted with the customs of the Indians, not to know that it was Indians, and not beasts or birds that made these sounds-he therefore avoided approaching the places where he heard them, and notwithstanding he was several times within a few yards of them, with the aid of the fog he escaped, and arrived safe at Lexington. It was the 8th day after Ruddle's Station was taken, when Hinkston arrived in Lexington, and brought the first news of that event.
The Indians not only collected all the horses belonging to Ruddle's and Martin's Station, but a great many from Bryan's Station and Lexington, and with their booty, crossed the Ohio river near the mouth of Licking, and there dispersed. The British descended Licking river to the Ohio, down the Ohio to the mouth of the Big Miami, and up the Miami as far as it was then navigable for their boats, where they hid their artillery and marched by land to Detroit. The rains having ceased, and the weather being exceedingly hot, the waters fell so low, that they were able to ascend the Miami but a short distance by water.
The great panic occasioned throughout Kentucky by the taking of Ruddle's and Martin's Stations, caused the people to look up to General Clarke as their only hope. His counsel and advice was received as coming from an oricle. He advised that a levy of four-fifths should be made of all the men in the country capable of bearing arms, whether inhabitants or strangers, and to meet at the mouth of Licking on the 20th of July. Those from Lincoln and Fayette under the command of Col. Logan, were to march down Licking-those from Jefferson under Gen. Clarke, were to march up the Ohio.
As soon as it was decided that an expedition should be carried on against the Indians, General Clarke gave orders to have a number of small skiffs built at Louisville, capable of taking 15 or 20 men, which together with batteaus, the provisions and military stores, were taken by water from Louisville to the mouth of Licking. These vessels were under the direction of Col. George Slaughter, who commanded about 150 troops raised by him in Virginia for the Western service.
In ascending the river, it was necessary to keep the vessels close to the shore, some of which were on one side of the river, and some on the other; it happened whilst one of these skiffs was near the north side of the river, a party of Indians ran down the water's edge, and fired into it and killed and wounded several before assistance could be obtained from the other boats.
That part of the army commanded by Col. Logan, assembled at Bryan's spring, about eight miles from Lexington, and on the following night a man by the name of Clarke, stole a valuable horse and went off. it was generally believed that he intended to go to Carolina. When the army arrived at the mouth of Licking, the horse was found there, when the conjecture was, that he had been taken prisoner by the Indians; but it was afterwards discovered that he had gone to the Indians voluntarily, in order to give them notice of the approach of an army from Kentucky.
The army rendezvoused and encamped on the ground whereon Cincinnati now stands, and the next day built two block-houses, in which was deposited a quantity of corn, and where several men who were sick were left, with a small guard, until the return of the army.
The division of the army commanded by Col. Logan, took with them generally provisions only sufficient to last them to the mouth of Licking, as it was understood a sufficient quantity for the campaign would be brought up from Louisville to that place; but when the army were about to march, the provisions were distributed among the men, and was only six quarts of Indian corn, measured in a quart pot, for each man, most of whom were obliged to carry it on their backs, not having a sufficiency of pack-horses to convey the whole, together with the military stores and other baggage of the army. [16]
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Destruction of Ruddle’s and Martin’s Forts in the Revolutionary War By Maude Ward Lafferty
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The Wipey Affair
The Wipey Affair: An Incident Illustrating Pennsylvanians Attitude During Dunmore's War [17]
By Clarence D. Stephenson*
*Mr. Clarence D. Stephenson, after graduating from the State Teachers College at Indiana, Pennsylvania, received the degree of Master of Literature from the University of Pittsburgh. Now teaching at the High School in Clymer, Pennsylvania, he is engaged also in writing a history of Indiana County.
JOSEPH WIPEY was a peaceful Delaware Indian who for some years prior to 1774 lived alone in a cabin on the north bank of the Conemaugh River in present Indiana County, opposite the old Squirrel Hill Indian Town on the site of New Florence. He was said to have been somewhat advanced in years. Whether he lived alone for this reason or because of other considerations is not known. He spent his time hunting and fishing in the neighborhood of the "Connemach," known to the Indians as "Otter Creek," and was on friendly terms with most of his pioneer white neighbors. [1] His "cabbin" was a well-known landmark in the neighborhood, being mentioned in various early applications for survey, such as that of George Findley: "Apl. 3, 1769. Application made by George Fendler near Wipsey's Cabin near Conemaugh river. "A tract surveyed for William Clark, June 22, 1776, after Wipey's tragic death, was described as "on the path between Conemaugh and Black-lick adjoining George Findley, and including Wipey's cabbin."[2] According to local tradition, Wipey would leave his cabin home as often as three times a year, remain away for a week or ten days, and then return with pounds of lead ore which he melted and cast into pellets for his gun.[3] No one ever knew where he got it, but a reasonable supposition would be the Sinking Valley in Blair County, where lead was later mined for Revolutionary armies.
Probably Wipey's very name would have been lost in the obscurity of Pennsylvania land records had it not been for an affair in 1774 which was regarded by Governor John Penn and the Provincial Council as of grave concern to the welfare of the frontier inhabitants. This was the murder of Wipey, which occurred while the so-called "Dunmore's War" was raging.
Dunmore's War, it will be recalled, began about April, 1774, when some Indians on the lower Ohio, resentful of encroachments on their lands, fired on a group of Virginia land jobbers who then retreated upriver and sent messengers to Dr. John Connolly, Governor Dunmore's lieutenant at Pittsburgh. The messengers returned with word from Connolly that an Indian war was inevitable, whereupon the jobbers declared war on the Indians and proceeded to commit a series of shameful butcheries of peaceful Indians. Even after these atrocities had been committed, the Indians tried to avoid a general war. The head chief of the Delawares urged his people to keep peace, "in a fatherly manner showing unto them the blessings of Peace and the Folly of War," while Cornstalk, leading chief of the Shawnees, went to great lengths to restrain the "foolish People amongst us to sit still and do no harm till we see whether it is the intention of the white people in general to fall on us…"[4] But Lord Dunmore, last of the colonial governors of Virginia, and others of the land speculating class were determined to make the Ohio safe for their operations, and so the resulting Indian war has been styled "Dunmore's War."
These occurrences were viewed with great apprehension and dislike by the Pennsylvania traders and settlers. Arthur St. Clair, in a letter to Governor Penn, said, "The Distress'd Inhabitants of this place [Hannastown and Westmoreland County] have just cause to Charge their present Calamity & Dread of an Indian War to the Tyrannical . . . Doctor John Connolly, [whose] ... conduct to our friendly Indians convinces us that he means to force them to a war. [5]
Against this background occurred the murder of Wipey. It was first reported by St. Clair in a letter to Gov. Penn dated May 29th:
An affair that has given me much trouble and vexation had like to have excaped my memory. The murder of a Delaware Indian, Joseph Wipey… It is the most astonishing thing in the world, the disposition of the common people of this country, actuated by the most savage cruelty, they wantonly perpetrate crimes that are a disgrace to humanity.... Two of the persons concerned in this murder are John Hinkston and James Cooper. I had got information of their design some time before they executed it, and had wrote to Hinkston, whom I knew to be a leader amongst them to dissuade them, but so far from preventing them, it only produced the enclosed letter. The body was hid in a small run of water and covered with stones. I immediately sent for the Coroner, but before he had got a jury together the body was removed, so that no inquest could be taken. I have issued warrants on suspicion, but they are so much on their guard I doubt they can be executed.[6]
The place of the murder was said to be at or near the mouth of Hinckston's Run, which empties into the Conemaugh in the Fourteenth Ward of Johnstown. This is on authority of W. Horace Rose, late of Johnstown, who related the following circumstances:
The statement I make about him having been shot below or near the mouth of Hinckston's Run is based upon the statement of the original settlers in this neighborhood made to my informants. The Adamses were well acquainted with Wipey and from him directly those who informed me had the statement of his death, and the fact that he was killed while fishing from a canoe or boat just below the mouth of Hinkston's Run. Their statement was that he was hidden in Laurel Run to which point he floated in the canoe; and that the canoe was turned upside down and attracted the attention of some Indians who lived in the vicinity of what is now New Florence. They recognized the boat which led to a search for Wipey.[7]
The Adamses mentioned by Rose were Solomon and Samuel Adams, who settled along Solomon's and Sam's Runs, both in present Stony Creek Township, Cambria County.
On June 12th, St. Clair again reported to Governor Penn that the country between the Forbes Road and the Allegheny River was "totally abandoned, except by a few who are associated with the People who murdered the Indian [Wipey], and are shut up in a small Fort on Conymack, equally afraid of the Indians and the Officers of justice."[8] The fort "on Conymack" is thought to have been Fort Wallace on McGee's Run, about a mile or more south of Blairsville.
Four days later, June 16th, St. Clair, writing to Governor Penn, mentioned being visited by Major Edward Ward, who "informed me that the Delawares had got notice of the Murder of Wipey and that Mr. Croghan [most noted of the traders with the Indians] had desired him [Ward] to come to me on that occasion, that he advised that they [the Delawares] should be spoke to and some small Present made to them as Condolence and 'to cover his bones' as they express it."[9]
On July 12th, St. Clair informed the Governor that:
"Hinkston, with about eighteen men in arms, paid us a visit at Court [in Hannastown] last week, and I am very sorry to say, got leave to go away again, though there was a force sufficient to have secured two such parties. At the Sheriff's direction I got intelligence that they were to be there and expected to be joined by a party of Cresap's people. It is said a Commission has been sent him from Virginia; certain it is, he is enlisting men for that Service."[10]
This is circumstantial evidence that the whole affair was probably engineered by Virginians and was another link in the series of outrages characterizing Dunmore's "War." There is something rather questionable in the leniency of the Court in this instance, especially when there were sufficient men to place Hinckston and his whole party under arrest.
No doubt Wipey's friends and neighbors--George Findley, William Clark, the Adamses, Rodgers, Dills, Brackens, and others were indignant and anxious over the affair. The result of such popular concern, spearheaded by St. Clair's letters, was the passage of a resolution by the Provincial Assembly, July 20, 1774, offering one hundred pounds for the apprehension of Hinkson and Cooper, or fifty pounds for either.[11] Eight days later, on the 28th of July, Governor Penn issued a Proclamation in accordance with the Assembly's action.
The Resolution and Proclamation were noticed by Lord Dunmore, who claimed in his correspondence with the British government that the Pennsylvanians "had contributed, likewise, to the distress and alarm of the Back Settlements, for the Assembly, in their Message offers a reward for apprehending two men (Hinkson and Cooper) for Murdering an Indian within the bounds of their Province."[12] Thus Dunmore tried to justify his war on the Indians by laying part of the blame for a murder engineered by Virginians at the door of Pennsylvania!
During the summer Penn had received a number of petitions from the inhabitants of Westmoreland County expressing great alarm over an Indian war, which they believed was impending. Indian reprisals for the Virginia atrocities were so greatly feared that a force of Westmoreland Rangers had been organized to patrol the northern borders of the settlements. But, as it turned out, the Indians for the most part left the Pennsylvania settlers alone. On July 26th, St. Clair had written to Governor Penn that "All prospect of Accomodation with the Shawanese and Virginians is certainly over for some time, but yet it does not appear that they have any Hostile Intentions against this Province." He also mentioned that he had refused to permit the Rangers to join the Virginia forces, and that "it would be in my idea…not improper that the Shawanese should know this Government is at Peace with them, and will continue so, provided they do not infringe it themselves…"[13]
Governor Penn, acting on this suggestion, sent a personal message to the Delaware chiefs, August 6th:
"Brethren. I was grieved at my Heart when I heard that some of our foolish young Men had killed our brother, Joseph Wipey, and that the Virginians had killed some of your People below Fort Pitt. I was fearful that you would suffer your Young Men to take revenge upon our innocent People. But when I heard that you had a good Heart and viewed these things in their proper Light, and that you remembered the Chain of Friendship made by our forefathers, and would not take revenge upon us for what the Virginians or some of our foolish young Men had done, it gave me the greatest Satisfaction and made my mind Easy.
"Brethren, you may depend that so long as you are inclined to peace and friendship you shall find me in the same mind; for why should we fall out and go to murdering one another for what our foolish young people do, and what neither of us approve of? In such cases let us endeavor to find out such foolish young people and punish them for their wickedness. I have offered a reward of fifty Pounds a piece for those two wicked People who, it is said, murdered Joseph Wipey, and if they can be taken, I shall do everything in my power to have them punished…"[14]
As to Hinckston and Cooper, neither of them was ever brought to justice. The Wipey affair was soon forgotten and probably even condoned when the Revolution began and most of the Indians took up the hatchet against the Colonists. The name of Hinckston appears again in various records, including the Court Order establishing Wheatfield Township in April, 1775. The order makes reference to "the house that John Hinkston formerly occupied to the west of Squirrel Hill…"[15] thus indicating that he was no longer living in the area. Hinckston had previously sold his tract to Thomas Galbraith, innkeeper at Ligonier, August 29, 1774 (a little more than three months after the murder), for four hundred pounds.[16] After the outbreak of Revolutionary hostilities with the Indians in 1777, he served in various companies of frontier rangers. Vouchers of that year credit "Capt. John Hinkson" with receiving funds "for paying his company raised for the defence of the frontiers." He is cited as having served under Colonel James Smith, and Smith himself related the following incident:
In the year 1778 . . . the Indians made an attack upon our frontiers. I then raised men and pursued them, and the second day we overtook and defeated them. * * At the time of this attack, Capt. John Hinkston pursued an Indian, both their guns being empty, and after the fray was over, he was missing. While we were inquiring about him, he came walking up, seemingly unconcerned, with a bloody scalp in his hand-he had pursued the Indian about a quarter of a mile, and tomahawked him [italics mine].[17]
A "Capt. Hinkson" is referred to in the journal kept at Fort Preservation (Ligonier) during the Revolution.[18] It is difficult to believe that Wipey's neighbors could have forgotten or condoned this crime, yet such seems to have been the case.
After the Revolution Hinckston apparently moved to Kentucky. Information in the Draper Collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society indicates that in 1775 he led a company of settlers into Kentucky but that, because of Indian dangers, the settlement had to be abandoned; whereupon he returned east and served with the Rangers in Westmoreland County. After the conflict he returned and became a prominent citizen of Bourbon County, serving as Sheriff in 1788. He died at New Madrid, 1789.[19]
What was the motive for the murder of Wipey? One possibility is covetousness, inasmuch as Hinckston's tract at present New Florence was directly across the river from Wipey's cabin on the north bank. Perhaps Hinckston and the Indian had a disagreement. Even more likely, Hinckston and Cooper may have committed the crime on the theory that "the only good Indian is a dead one."
Bigots from time immemorial have hated other people whose ways of life they did not understand. Hinckston's side of the matter has come down to us through the instrumentality of his son, who told Dr. Draper that the killing was in self-defence, that Wipey had a grudge against his father and threatened to kill him; whereupon Hinckston took the initiative and waylaid the Indian upon the highway.[20] This version must be taken with reservations. For one thing, the unfortunate victim's side of the story will never be known. For another, if Mr. Rose's account is to be credited, Wipey was killed while fishing in a canoe and not on the highway. And, regardless of which way it was, even the Hinckston version admits that the Indian was "waylaid," shot or otherwise killed by surprise and probably from ambush.
The memory of Joseph Wipey, and the events connected with his tragedy, are worthy of notice on an historical marker.
[1] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, ed., Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, 1916), II, p. 229.
[2] History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, Ohio, 1880), p. 421.
[3] Ralph O. Trexler, History of Armagh, Pennsylvania (1949), p. 9.
[4] Pennsylvania Archives, First Series, IV, 497-98, 500, 569-70.
[5] Ibid., p. 528.
[6] Ibid., p. 503.
[7] Montgomery, opt. cit., p. 278.
[8] Pennsylvania Archives, First Series, IV, 514.
[9] Ibid., 520.
[10] Ibid., p. 543.
[11] Montgomery, op. cit., p. 278.
[12] Reuben Gold Thwaites and Louise Phelps Kellogg, Documentary History of Dunmore's War, 1774 (Madison, Wisconsin, 1905), p. 387.
[13] Pennsylvania Archives, First Series, IV, 557-58.
[14] M. St. Clair Clarke and Peter Force, American Archives, Fourth Series (Washington, D. C. 1837), 1, 676.
[15] George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1882), p. 54.
[16] Montgomery, opt. cit., p. 280.
[17] Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, VII, 118-19.
[18] Montgomery, op. cit., pp. 280-81.
[19] Thwaites and Kellogg, op. cit., pp. 387-88.
[20] Ibid., pp. 387-88.
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Murder of Wipey - Spring, 1774 [18]
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Feb. 21, 1885
L.C. Draper, L.L.D.
Dear Sir -
As I refer to you by name in the enclosed brief article, I have thought it was but proper to send you a copy. I am indebted to you for information upon the subject discussed. The article was published in one of the Johnstown (Pa.) newspapers.
Very respectfully, &c.
T.J. Chapman
20 Crawford St.
Envelope - "Histl. Soc. Of West Pa."
[Note in Margin by Draper]
See Mr. T.J. Chapman's "Conemaugh Valley" pages 106 and 107, for reference to Hinkson's Run, which led me to write to the author, informing him further about Hinkson. L.C.D.
[The enclosed article]
Hinkston's Run
Hinkston's Run, as is well known to most Johnstowners, is the small stream that comes down through the classic region of "Frog Hollow," in Millville, and flows into the Conemaugh. The stream no doubt takes its name from Captain John Hinkston, a well known character on the border a hundred years ago. It has always been a tradition in Johnstown, that an Indian, one of the last of his tribe, was killed near the mouth of this small stream. I have lately interested myself a little in looking up the history of this affair. There were no doubt many Indians killed at various times about the locality where Johnstown now stands; but this affair was memorable because it partook more of the nature of a murder than anything else. It was in a time of comparative peace, and the Indian belonged to a tribe that was living on friendly terms with the whites. It was at a time too, when on account of the beginning of our difficulties with the mother country, and the troubles that Conolly and Dunmore were stirring up between the inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Virginia, that it was particularly desirable for our people to maintain a good understanding with the red men of the forest.
The Indian was called Joseph Wipey. He belonged to the Delaware tribe. The tradition is that he was killed while peacefully paddling his light canoe over the placid waters of Conemaugh. How true this is we do not know. The only authentic information we have says nothing about that; but Arthur St, Clair, afterwards a distinguished American soldier, in a letter to Gov. Penn, dated May 29, 1774, at Ligonier, writes of the murder of the Indian. The perpetrators deed were John Hinkston and
James Cooper. "It is the most astonishing thing in the world," he writes, "the disposition of the common people of this country, actuated by the most savage cruelty, they wantonly perpetrate crimes that are a disgrace to humanity." The body of the Indian was found in a small stream of water, perhaps Hinkston's Run, and covered with stones. St. Clair, who was a magistrate, issued warrants for the arrest of Hinkston and Cooper; though, he says, "they are so much on their guard, I doubt they cannot be executed." The murder of Wipey was like to cause serious trouble with the Indians. The Delawares had got notice of the deed, and it was necessary to propitiate them by means of presents and fair words. All this St. Clair desired to do, though he scarcely knew how to proceed; "such a present," he says. "as some few of us would be willing to contribute for, might be thought unworthy of the Province, and such an one as might come up to my idea, would be great presumption to offer." A little later, the Assembly decided to offer a reward for the apprehension of the murderers of Wipey; and accordingly, on the 28th of July, the Governor issued a proclamation, offering a reward of one hundred pounds "to any person or persons who shall apprehend the said John Hinkson and James Cooper, * * or the sum of fifty pounds for either of them."
There is no evidence that they were ever arrested The editor of the "St. Clair Papers" says Hinkston left the western country. This, we think, is not exactly correct. He no doubt disappeared from public view for some time; but only four years later we find him again in the same locality. Col. James Smith, in his "Narrative," a work well known to every student of our early history, makes mention of Captain Hinkston. In 1778, the Indians made an attack on the Pennsylvania frontier. Evidently in Westmoreland county. Smith raised a company of men, and went in pursuit of the Indians. On the second day they came up to them and defeated them. "At the time of this attack," he says, "Captain John Hinkston pursued an Indian, both their guns being empty, and after the fray was over, he was missing. While we were inquiring about him, he came walking up, seemingly unconcerned, with the bloody scalp in his hand; he had pursued the Indian about a quarter of a mile, and tomahawked him."
Shortly after this time, Hinkston went to Kentucky, where he figured somewhat prominently. A branch of the Licking River, in that State, is called Hinkston's Fork. Thus his name is affixed to two streams, widely separated from each other. Dr. Lyman C. Draper, the distinguished historian and antiquary, the author of "Kings Mountain," informs me that Hinkston was captured by Byrd's expedition in 1780, but soon afterwards made his escape. Of his later history, I have not been able to learn anything. Perhaps some reader of this may be able to supply further particulars.
T. J. C.
Hinkson’s Rangers
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 120, page 59
Mrs. Mabel D. Pearce Park.
DAR ID Number: 119180
Born in Saitsburg, Pa.
Wife of James Williams Park.
Descendant of James Flack, as follows:
1. Thomas Stewart Pearce (1856-1912) m. 1878 Juliet W. Woodend (b. 1857).
2. William W. Woodend (1816-86) m. 3rd 1853 Judith McConnell (1831-62).
3. John Woodend (1787-1875) m. 1813 Jane Flack (1793-1841).
4. James Flack m. 1789 Anne Nelson (1769-1841).
James Flack (1753-1841) served as under Capt. John Hinkson, stationed at Palmers Fort, Ligonier Valley, Pa. In 1834 he applied [p.59] for a pension and his claim was allowed. He was born in Ireland; died in Ligonier Valley,
Pa.
Spouses
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1: Margaret McCRACKEN
Birth: Ireland
Misc. Notes
Book 5, pg. 11, Sept. 1816--Humphrey Lyon and wife, Margaret, late Margaret Hinckson, widow of John Hinckson, decd., to Samuel Hinkson and wife, Susannah, said Samuel being son of John Hinckson, decd., and Chas Lair, John Lair, Jr., Wm. Lair, Joseph Lair, Matthias Lair, Betsey Harter, wife of Jacob Harter, late Betsey Smiser, heir to Catherine Smiser, late Catherine Lair, all being heirs of Matthias Lair, decd., deed land located in Harrison Co., Ky. [19]
Marriage: 1763 Ireland
Children: Robert (1765-1834)
Margaret “Peggy” (~1770-)
Thomas (1772-1824)
John (ca1773->1850)
Elizabeth (ca1763-ca1790)
William
Benjamin (-<1794)
Agnes “Nancy” (1778-1865)
Samuel (-1837)
Sources:
[1] Harrison County Court Order Book A, pg 337, November 10, 1803.
[2] Harrison County Court Order Book A, pg 356, June 8, 1804.
[3] Fayette County Circuit court Complete Record Book A, pg 339
[4] Draper 8CC2, 16J26 - Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 11, 1776.
[5] PA Archives 6th Series, Vol 3, p. 300.
[6] Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio, Thwaites, Draper MSS 1 U 130
[7] An Account of the Remarkable Occurances in the Life and Travels of Col. James Smith, pg. 136, Lexington, 1799.
[8] Draper MSS 4S98-99
[9] Draper MSS 11CC35 - Lyman Draper's interview with William McBride.
[10] Draper MSS 16j82 - 83--S. C. Gazette, June 31, 1781
[11] The events leading up to the death of John Hinkson are unclear. However, the following account from “Benjamin Harrison, 1750-1808: A History of His Life And of Some of the Events In American History in Which He was Involved” by Jeremy F. Elliot, 1978, at least give us the historical background of Hinkson’s journey.
“In order to understand Benjamin Harrison's activities in 1788 and 1789, it will be helpful to know the situations of several other men. Colonel George Morgan [l8] had been the Indian agent and commissary for the government during the revolution. He had been stationed at Pittsburgh at the time Ben Harrison was there. It is possible that they knew each other at that time. Morgan's fortunes did not fare very well after the war. He had been a junior partner in the firm of Baynton, Wharton & Morgan at the time of its bankruptcy. During the year 1788 Morgan and other backers were trying to purchase land in Illinois from the U.S. Government. This deal fell through probably because of the efforts of another man. Don Diego de Gardoqui was Charge' D'affaires representing the King of Spain to the American Government. One of Gardoqui's assignments was to alienate western Americans (Kentucky) from the American Government. It was even hoped that some sort of buffer state could be established on Spanish soil and settled by Americans loyal to Spain. At this time, Spain was in possession of the Louisiana Territory. It was obvious to all who lived at that time that Americans were sweeping westward and that it would take more than a river to block this expansion. Gardoqui recognized Morgan as a likely instrument for developing such a state. Gardoqui had a third party discreetly suggest to Morgan that the Spanish Government might help him in a land development scheme.
“Morgan was immediately interested. Morgan and Gardoqui quickly agreed on many details. The site would be bounded on the east by the Mississippi River and on the north by a line extending west approximately from the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. In the South the site extended to the mouth of the St. Francis River. The tract extended west from the Mississippi River by two degrees of longitude and would contain fifteen million acres. George Morgan was to be commander of the colony and subject to the King of Spain. Morgan was to have powers to appoint officials, raise militia, establish schools, and make concessions of land in full title. Settlers were to enjoy religious freedom. Some degree of self-government was to be arranged.
“Gardoqui felt that he had done a brilliant job of protecting his king's interests in the New World and Morgan immediately began to publicize the venture and to interest Americans in following him to "New Madrid". These preparations were being expedited even though the Spanish King had not yet approved the plan. Also, the plan had not even been described to Don Estevan Miro, the governor and intendant of Spanish Louisiana.
“In January of 1789, Morgan assembled an expedition of about seventy farmers, artisans, tradesmen, etc. The expedition probably began at Pittsburgh and picked up additional people during the trip down the Ohio River. It may have been during this initial trip that Benjamin Harrison joined Morgan's project. In the spring of 1789, New Madrid was a busy scene. Surveyors were at work, stores were built and fields were cleared. In May, with everything running smoothly, Morgan went to New Orleans to discuss routine colony business with Miro who was to be his immediate superior. During his absence, Benjamin Harrison was to be in charge of surveying a thousand farms.
“When Morgan reached New Orleans, he found that Miro was not at all in agreement with Gardoqui regarding the establishment of a colony of Americans on Spanish land. And also, another American had presented to Miro a scheme which might better serve the Spanish King's interests. General James Wilkinson of Kentucky had proposed to bring Kentucky out of the United States and over to Spanish rule. Miro was not totally opposed to the New Madrid project particularly since it was well under way. But Miro would not stand for all the liberal policies that Gardoqui had assumed would be acceptable. Morgan could only be an assistant to a Spanish commander. This commander would be Pedro Foucher. Only the Catholic Church would be permitted in New Madrid. No self-government would be tolerated. Also, land was not to be sold but granted free. Another objection was the name of the colony. It was not to be called New Madrid but rather "L'Anse a la Grasse".
“At about the time of Morgan's meeting with Miro, Morgan learned that he had inherited the estate of his late brother. He may have been more interested in the estate, or he may have been disappointed by the limitations placed on him by Miro. What ever the reason was, Morgan never returned to New Madrid but instead returned to Pennsylvania to live. After Pedro Foucher took charge of New Madrid, he replied to a petition from Benjamin Harrison saying that new settlers would not have to pay for land. Some of these settlers were Indians. Many were French whose ancestors had lived in Illinois under French rule during and before the French and Indian War.”
[12] Draper MSS 2S334-338--Interview with John Hinkson, son of COL John Hinkson.
[13] Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. III, Louis A. Burgess, Reprint County, North Carolina, 1973, p. 1246
[14] From “Public Officials in Kentucky 1786-1792” contributed by John Frederick Dorman, Washington, D.C.
[15] From Genealogy of Kentucky Families, “Emisons in America” by James W. Emison, Jr., p. 309.
[16] Source: Clark, Thomas D., editor. The Voice of the Frontier: John Bradford’;s Notes on Kentucky. The University Press of Kentucky, 1993, pp. 35-38
[17] Pennsylvania History, Quarterly Journal of the Pennsylvania Historical Association, Vol. XXIII, Oct., 1956, pp. 504-512.
[18] Draper MSS 15J 125
[19] Kentucky Records, Volume II, Harrison County, Harrison Deeds, p. 150.
(3) Name: John HINKSON Jr.
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Birth: circa 1773
Death: after 1850 Bourbon County, Kentucky [1] Age: 77
Father: John HINKSON (ca1729-ca1789)
Mother: Margaret McCRACKEN
Misc. Notes
Draper MSS 2S334-338
From John Hinkson - now (1845) about 72 - born on the Monongahela.
Son of Col. John Hinkson - who was a son of John (a native of Ireland) - emigrated to America a married man, died leaving John the pioneer and a sister - John (Col.) when young man went to Ireland to get some family patrimony, married Margaret McCracken, remained two years, and then returned to America, about 1765 - settled probably in Westmoreland Co. Pa on Monongahela, bringing from Ireland a store of goods.
In Dunmore's War, was a captain or lieutenant - probably the former, came to Kentucky in '75 - moved to Kentucky in Spring of '80, four or five boats came with him with about half a dozen families, stopped at Limestone about a week, built a block-house, the first erected there, and sent a message to his old station (better known as Ruddell's) to get help to aid in moving the families over, and while waiting at Limestone the Indians stole all the horses belonging to the company - some 20 in all. - At the old station there was not a sufficiency of men to share, and advised a continuation to the Falls of Ohio.
Went down there in his boats - got horses to transport some of the property leaving the family at the Falls, and he had been at Ruddell's but three or four days when Bird came - Shot a cannon and knocked the corner of a house down - The station was on the east side of Hinkson's Fork, 8 miles from Paris - located on low land, with a overlooking hill, which the British occupied and from which they fired the cannon. Capt. Ruddell surrendered - Hinkson was opposed to it. Hinkson was kept and escaped the third night. Col. Bird gave him permission to stay with the Indians (who captured him) or with him, Bird chose the latter, and [Hinkson] made a bargain with one of the prisoners to run off, and the latter betrayed him and told Bird - and Bird placed an Indian guard over him, and in the night when raining, going down Licking by land (as he came with wagons - Bird's Old Trace), knocked an Indian over and into the River, at the mouth of Bank Lick Creek (some 3 miles above the mouth of Licking, west side of the river) - and himself plunged into the river and swam over, and escaped. Bird had got bewildered, came to Hinkson and told him as he was an old woodsman, that it would be better for him to tell the best route to take (they were then camped) - and Hinkson said if he must tell he would do his best, and commenced directing and pointing when the Indians were collecting around him, he knocked the one between him and the river down the bank into the river and himself jumped in and swam over, and made his way to Bryan's Station; next morning (that night didn't go far, too dark and got into a tree top and went to sleep, and awoke in the morning within view of a camp of the Indians who took after him, but he outstripped them, but he, in running through briars got the most of his clothing torn off - and was nearly naked when he got to Bryan's.
Don't think Col. Hinkson went on campaign of '80 - nor in '82. Did go out with Logan in '86; was an officer under Col. Edwards on the Blackberry campaign. Was out with Gen. Ben Harrison (who died at New Madrid - some children living near St. Genevieve at the lead mines - Harrison died not long (2 or 3 years) before the War of 1812.) on his expedition. Also went out scouting with parties.
Went and settled at Mann's Lick and stayed there till '81; then moved to Haggin's Station, near Danville and about '83, re-occupied his old settlement on Hinkson's Fork. William McCune, a half brother of Hinkson's, moved with Hinkson to Kentucky in '80, and was captured with him; and was kept nearly two years.
In '89, Col. Hinkson went to New Madrid to look at the country, and there died. - He was probably about 58 or 60 years old: 6 feet and 1 inch - raw boned, dark complexion : leaving a wife and nine children.
He and James Cooper killed Wipey, who had some figure against Hinkson and threatened his life - once came with two other Indians and wanted Hinkson to go a hunting with him - Hinkson went a little distance and knowing of Wipey's threats fell a little behind, and presenting his gun told them he knew their object and to move off or he would shoot some of them. They went off - and a few days after, with Cooper, came upon Wipey in a trail and shot him - expecting he would watch Hinkson and kill him.
A party of Indians came to the region of Hinkson's Station and stole horses (after '83) and wounded John McCord in the chin riding to meeting on Sunday - Hinkson raised a party of 7 or 8 and pursued the Indians, and near mouth of Locust, came upon them encamped, and Hinkson killed one, David Wilson killed another just as he was getting into his canoe - the third escaped. This occurred the same spring Kenton waylaid and killed Indians at mouth of Locust; and of these latter Kenton rescued a horse they had stolen from Hinkson.
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Referring to Col. John Hinkson's son John, I have transribed from The Index to Old War Inv. File No. 25568 N.W. Indian Wars 1792-1794 - from the National Archives as follows:
Copy of Affidavits for Pension
The affidavit of Garret Burns, taken at the house and before Littleton Robinson, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Harrison in the State of Kentucky.
This affiant being first duly sworn, saith, that in the campaign against the Indians under General Anthony Wayne in the year 1794. John Hinkson was one of the mounted volunteers from Kentucky in Col. Todd's Regiment and in Capt. Rawlings Company: That on the 20th day of August in said year, said Hinkson and this affiant were together in the Battle at the Miami Rapids: That he saw said Hinkson receive a wound in the front of the left shoulder with (as he supposes) a rifle ball which pentrated through the said Hinkson and came out behind through his shoulder blade: He then belived from the appearance of the wound that it was seriously dangerous, if not mortal, but Hinkson after the endurance of much and severe bodily pain, recovered: This affiant say that John Hinkson, who is now present, is the man who received the wound above spoken of in the battle at the Rapides and he further says that he has been acquainted with said Hinkson ever since said battle was fought and has often heard him complain of the pain occasioned by said wound especially on sudden transitions of the atmosphere from one state to another: He also believes that said wound has been of deep permanent injury and a considerable obstacle to the said Hinkson's concerns and that said Hinkson is a farmer: And further saith not.
Garret Burns
Also the affidavits of Humphrey Lyon and Thomas Ravenscroft, Senr. _________ same time and place:
These affiants state that they have lived near to John Hinkson the person alluded to in Garret Burn's Affidavit and have been well acquainted with him since Gen'l. Wayne's Campaign: That they have frequently heard said Hinkson complain of the wound received in his should at the Miami Rapids: And they believe that said wound has been of considerable prejudice to said Hinkson in his attention to his domestic business: And further saith not.
Humphrey Lyon Thoms. Ravonscroft, Senior
Also the affidavit of Thomas Ravenscroft Jr. taken at the same time and place:
This affiant states that he went out in the same company with John who is now present in the campaign of 1794 as far as Fort Greenville where this affiant was taken sick and went no farther. He further says that he has been a neighbor to and has been well acquainted with said Hinkson ever since said campaign that he saw him before he had recovered from the wound received in his shoulder at the Miami Rapids: And that he has often heard said Hinkson complaining of the pain and incovenience of said wound: He concurs with those who have deposed before him and is believing that the said Hinkson has been much injured in his attention to his domestic business by said wound.
Thomas Ravenscroft, Jr.
The affidavit of John Hinkson taken at the house of and before L. Robinson in the town of Cynthiana and the State of Kentucky. This affiant states thaat he is upwards of forty one years old: That he went out a volunteer in Capt. Rawlings Company of Mounted men in the Campaign of 1794 under Gen'l Wayne: That he was in the Battle of the Miami Rapids on the 20th of August 1794: That he received a wound in the left shoulder by a large ball which perforated his shoulder blade: That said wound was severe and afflicting: that he has been much prejudiced in his attention to his domestic concerns by reason of said wound: That said wound frequently gives him much pain at this time and that he is much disabled thereby: and further saith not.
John Hinkson
The foregoing affidavit of John Hinkson was taken before me L. Robinson of the commonwealth Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Harrison and State of Kentucky in the manner and at the time and place mentioned in the caption thereof. Given under my hand and seal this 20th of September 1816.
Debra Keller
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I received this e-mail from grossman@phoenixat.com (Donald W. Grossman)
John Hinkson married Margaret had:
John Hinkson married Margaret "Peggy" Worl 07 Jan 1799 Lic Harrison Co.,
Kentucky by Benjamin Coleman.
Peggy Worl b. ca 1784
In the 1810 Census Harrison Co., Ky page 312.
I don't know where they went after 1810 where does your John Hinkson show
up? Don
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The 1850 Bourbon County Census lists a John Hinkson, aged 74, “pauper,” living in a poor house run by Isaac Johnson. This is probably our John Hinkson, Jr.
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(From "Pension Abstracts of Bourbon Co., Ky")
JOHN HINKSON, Kentucky Mil. O.W.Inv. 25,568 Harrison Co., Ky. 20 Sept 1816; Garret Burns deposes: In 1794 John Hinkson was volunteer from Kentucky in Col. Todd's Regt. and Capt. Rawling's Co. 20 Aug 1794 said Hinkson and deponet were together in Battle at Miami Rapids and deponet saw Hinkson receive wound in front of left shoulder. Heard him complain of pain, etc.
Humphrey Lyons and Thomas Ravenscraft, Sr. Testify they live near him and have frequently heard him complain of the pain in the wound. Thomas Ravenscraft, Jr. says he went out in the campaign of 1794 with said Hinkson but he, the deponet was sick and could not go beyond Fort Greenville. Dr. John H. Duncan and George Timberlake testify they have examined John Hinkson and believe he should became of his wound, receive full pension.
JOHN HINKSON deposes 20 Sept 1816. He is upwards of 41 years old, He was in Rawlings Co. of mounted men 1794 and on 20 Aug 1794 he was wounded. Inscribed at $4. mo. to begin 20 Sept 1816 and there is a notation on the back file which says: Full pension of private $8 mo. allowed commencing 20 Sept 1816.
23 Jan 1897 --- Cyrus Bussey, late Asst. Secretary of the Interior with office at 1416--lst St., Washington, D.C. writes commissioner of Pensions asking service record of Major John Hinkson who was his wife's great-grandfather. He says she does not know in what state he served; he may have come from Pa. but he went to Kentucky at an early date.
Spouses
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1: Peggy WORL
Birth: circa 1784
Father: Atwell WORLE (WORRELL)
Mother: Jane
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Bob,
Well, I'm finally back on American soil. I'm in San Antonio at the moment and will be in Dallas by the end of the week. I'll be able to start some research at the library there.
I've been doing some research on the War of 1812 and found a brief deposition by John Hinkson in regard to Robert Worrel's pension. I believe this is the same Hinkson who married Peggy Worl or Worrel. Robert Worrel was probably the brother to Peggy. I've been collecting pension records of Capt. William Ellis' company from this war, a company that my ancestor Jonathan Sellers served in. This company was at the Battle of River Raisin on January 18 and 22, 1813 at Frenchtown, Michigan (then a territory). My ancestor was killed in the battle. I'm not sure if John Hinkson was at the battle, but I do know his company was. He served in Capt. Maurice Langhorne's company raised in Bourbon County in August of 1812. It's possible that Hinkson escaped during the retreat as Worrel did or he may have been detached with Harrison's command.
John Hinkson went on to serve in Capt. Thomas Ravenscraft's company which participated in the Battle of Thames in the fall of 1813. This was a battle which the Kentuckians sought revenge for the slaughter at the Raisin. It's been said the battle cry of the troops was "Remember the Raisin," as they defeated the British and killed the Indian chief Tecumseh.
There's a good book about this campaign entitled "Remember the Raisin," by G. Glenn Clift. This book just came back into print recently. A majority of Capt. Langhorne's company was either killed or captured during the battle. Also in this company was James McCune, probably a son of William McCune, and Abraham Ruddell who was captured and taken to Detroit. This is the same Abe Ruddell who was taken in 1780 and son of Isaac Ruddell.
I have a book by Elias Darnell, a soldier in the campaign who makes mention of Ruddell as being an Indian scout for Gen. Winchester's troops. This book also mentions the incicdent involving Capt. Thomas Hinkson, though it doesn't mention him by name, it is the same incident.
It's interesting to read the pension transfer request. It gives his reason for moving to Indiana, probably the same reason most people removed to Indiana, Missouri and other areas. Here's Worrel's pension application and a brief account from the history of Orange County, Indiana:
Robert Worrel, The National Archives, "Old War" Invalid File No. 26527
We do certify that we have examined the feet of Robert Worl who was frost bitten as he says upon the retreat of th River Raisin and upon examination find that he has lost 7 joints off his feet and think him disabled sufficient to draw his full pension given undr our hand this 9th day September 1816.
A. T. McMillan
G. W. Timberlake
We do certify that we have both been in the service of the United States as surgeons. A. T. McMillan as surgeon to the 10th Regiment commanded by Col. William E. Boswell under the command of Brigadier General Green Clay in 1813 and George W. Timberlake as surgeon to the 16th Regiment Kentucky Militia 1814 and 1815 commanded by Colonel Andrew Porter in the service of the United States.
A. T. McMillan
Surg 10 Rg K. M. D.
G. W. Timberlake
Surg 16 R. K. M.
I do certify that I lost the within named toes on the retreat of the River Raisin by frost and it ever has disabled me since to the great prejudice of procuring an ordinary livelihood this 9th September 1816.
Robert Worrel
I do certify that I saw the above Robert Worrel immediately after he arrived at Carrion River where General Harrison retreated to and saw his feet when part of the toes was taken off and acted as his nurse for several days. Given under my hand this ninth day of September 1816.
John Hinkson
Personally appeared before me John Smith one of the justices of the peace for Harrison County the within named surgeons with Robert Worrell and John Hinkson and made oath to their several certificates. Given under my hand this 9th September 1816.
John Smith J P H C
The River Raisin in the winter of 1812
Application for a transfer.
State of Indiana
Orange County SS:
On the first day of December 1825 before me Joseph Potts one of the acting Justices of the Peace of the county aforesaid personally appeared Robert Worrel who upon his solemn oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain William Ellis in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Allen in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of kentucky from whence he has removed. That he now resides in the State of Indiana where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. That he at present receives eight dollars per month that he is poor and believed by moving himself and family to the State of Indiana he should be enabled to make himself and them more comfortable and to provide for his and their support as produce is there to be had on better terms being more plenty than in the State of Kentucky. And that his only reason for changing his residence was to try to better his circumstances in life and procure a reasonable sustenance for himself and helpless family.
Robert Worrel
Sworn and subscribed before me
The day and year aforesaid
Joseph Potts J.P.
History of Lawrence, Orange & Washington Counties Indiana, Goodspeed
Bros.1884, Page 640.
Robert Worrell was a soldier of the war with England of 1812, and at an engagement on the River Raisin hid in a tree top from the Indians, and the night being bitterly cold, had his feet so badly frozen that he lost all his toes, and rendered him a cripple through life. This old hero immigrated to Orange County with his family at a very early period, and settled on Lost River, where he and wife died in the year 1830.
Jim Sellars
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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 15:36:01 -0500
Reply-To: "Donald W. Grossman" <grossman@phoenixat.com>
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From: "Donald W. Grossman" <grossman@phoenixat.com>
Subject: WORLE/WORREL/Virginia/Kentucky/Wayne Co. Indiana
I have the following and looking for any thing to add or correct:
Atwell WORLE appeared in Monongalia Co., Virginia in 1782 (Have located an Asher Worrell in Montgomery Co., Court Records dated 28 Apr 1778, one in the same?) I also have a copy of his will naming children and etc.
Atwell WORLE Died Jan-Mar 1799 wife is Jane (Jahn) have:
1. Peggy WORL married John HINKSON 07 Jan 1799 Harrison Co., Kentucky
2. John WORL
3. Samuel WORREL b. 1774-1784 married Susannah Brigg 17 Dec 1808 Harrison
Co., Kentucky
4. James WORRELL died 1817 Harrison Co., Kentucky married Sally PICKENS 26 Dec. 1802
5. Robert WORLE
6. Abraham WORRELL married Betsy BELL 21 Jul 1803 Harrison Co., Kentucky
7. Atwell WORRELL Died ca 1823 married Lydia BOND 11 Oct 1804 Harrison Co., Kentucky
8. Joseph (WORREL) WORL b. 1780-90 Kentucky belonged to Christian Church died 08 Aug 1849/52 Wayne Co., Indiana married Nancy BELL 01 Sep 1805 Harrison Co., Kentucky (Have his Will)
I have other information on some of these lines but am especially looking for information on Joseph (WORREL) WORL who married Nancy BELL
Thanks Donald Grossman
Marriage: January 7, 1799 Harrison County, Kentucky
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2: Margaret ALLISON
Sources
1. Bourbon County, Kentucky, 1850 census.
(4) Name: Melvina HINKSON
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Birth: October 9, 1832 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: November 26, 1863 Lewis County, Missouri Age: 31
Burial: Sharpe-Hinkson Cemetery, Lewis County, Missouri
Father: Humphrey HINKSON (ca1805-<1850)
Mother: Nancy RAVENSCRAFT (~1812->1850)
Misc. Notes
The Western Citizen, Friday, December 9, 1850: Marriages--On Tuesday evening last by Elder G. B. Moore, John Smith of this county to Miss Malvina Hinkson of Harrison County.
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April 9, 2001:
New data indicates that Melvina was probably, in fact, the daughter of Humphrey Hinkson and Nancy Ravenscraft, as first reported. The data is as follows:
The 1840 Census doesn't list wives' or children's names, so I checked the 1850 Harrison County Census and found Melvina there, as follows
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The 1840 Census of Harrison County shows only one Hinkson/Hinkston family, as follows --
1840 Federal Census, Harrison County, Kentucky:
p. 140:
Humphrey Hinkson household:
1 male age 0-5
1 male age 5-10
2 males age 30-40
1 female age 0-5
1 female age 5-10
1 female age 30-40
This is very good circumstantial evidence that Melvina was the daughter of Humphrey and Nancy Hinkston/Hinkson, although the 1840 census doesn't prove that Melvina is the 5-10 year-old female in this household.
I'm guessing that Thomas Hinkson was the other 30-40 year-old male in this household and probably a brother to Humphrey, although that doesn't quite gibe with Thomas' age as listed in the 1850 Census. (But then, such age discrepancies are not that unusual in census records.)
Hope this is of some help.
John Schunk
jschunk@skpub.com
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1850 Federal Census, Harrison County, Kentucky:
p. 145B:
#398/401:
Nancy Hinkston, age 38, born KY
Malvina, age 18, born KY
Humphrey, age 16, born KY
Margaret, age 14, born KY
John, age 10, born KY
Robert Ravenscraft, age 41, born KY
Thomas Hinkston, age 30, born KY
The above people are identified as follows:
Nancy Hinkston—Nancy Ravenscraft, wife of Humphrey Hinkson
Malvina –Melvina Hinkson, born October 9, 1832, died November 26, 1863. Eventually became wife of John Shawhan Smith.
Humphrey—matches description of Humphrey as follows: In Knox Co, Missouri, Jeddo township with the Post Office listed as LaBelle in 1870 - 73 - HINKSON, Humphrey 36 yrs old farmer born Kentucky -Emily age 32 born Missouri ( It fits Emily Bourne) - William H 145 born Ky (you have born Missouri) - John Thomas 10 born Missouri - James Price age 7 born Missouri and Ida Mary age 6 born Missouri.
Margaret—nothing more is known about her.
John—nothing more is known about him.
Robert Ravenscraft—Nancy Ravenscraft’s youngest brother.
Thomas Hinkson—Humprey Hinkson’s half brother. Refer to biographical sketch of him in History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 657.
Spouses
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1: John Shawhan SMITH
Birth: November 25, 1820 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: February 16, 1885 Pike County, Missouri Age: 64
Burial: Wright Cemetery, Hartford Township, Pike County, Missouri
Father: Nicholas SMITH Jr. (1787-1834)
Mother: Nancy SHAWHAN (1799-1882)
Misc. Notes
SARAH DUNCAN-Will-Will Bk. P. p. 713-To granddaughter, Sally Duncan; daughter, Matilda Duncan and her son, William Duncan. Written September 23, 1857-recorded November 2, 1857. Executor, grandson, William Duncan. Wts.: Wm. David, Charles Rush.[1]
Sarah Duncan from John Smith and wife, Malvina, of Bourbon county, Ky. -Deed-Bk. 48, p. 392, October 26, 1855-Tract located on Licking in Bourbon county, Ky.
Sarah Duncan to John Smith of Bourbon county, Ky.-Deed Bk. 49, 575, October 26, 1855-Tract located on Stoner in Bourbon county, Ky.
[1] Vital Statistics, Kentucky Historical Society, year 1857, states Sarah Duncan died 1857, Bourbon county, Ky., aged 67, born in Delaware.
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A John D. Smith, born 1820, Bourbon County, Kentucky., is listed in "Some 'Oldtimers' of Hartford Township," in "Missouri Pioneers of Pike County," InfoTech Publications, P.O. Box 86, Bowling Green, MO 63334, p. 82. NOTE: This is the same as our John Shawhan Smith. The reference to “John D. Smith” comes from the biography presented in The History of Pike County, Missouri (below).--REF
"Shawhan-Shaughen Genealogy" mentions that "John Smith married in Mo., nothing known of him." (p. 36)
John D. Smith, [1] farmer and stock raiser, was born in Bourbon Co, Kentucky, November 25, 1820, where he was reared and educated. After leaving school he engaged in farming continuing until 1846, when he went with D.P. Stickney's circus, remaining in the business about five years. He then returned to his birthplace where he remained until 1855 then came to Missouri locating in Clay County where he commenced farming and continuing the same until 1861, when he went to Lewis County, Missouri, remaining there until 1866. He then came to Pike County, where he has since resided, following farming and stock-raising, owning a fine farm of 240 acres. He has a good residence, finely located, surrounded by timber. He has one of the finest stock farms in the county, selling about thirty head of cattle per year. Mr. Smith has a good knowledge of business, and is much esteemed for his fair and honorable dealings. He was married in Kentucky, December 10, 1852, to Miss Melvina Hinkson, daughter of Humphrey and Nancy Hinkson. By this union they had five children: Nancy, John T., Margaret M., Emma R. And Nicholas. His wife died November 26, 1864. He was married the second time to Miss Mary M. Davis of Pike county, January 14, 1872. By this union they have two children Charley T. And Mary E.
1870 MO Pike Co. 176 17 Aug 1870 Tnshp of Bowling Grn. Mo
DWG 166 FAM 166
Smith, John S. (49) M Farmer 3000/1600 b. KY
John T. (17) M b 1853 b KY
Maggie M (13) F b. 1857 b MO
Emma R. (7) F b. 1863 b MO
Reading, Nancy (70) F Keeping Hse b. KY
1880 Pike County, Missouri Soundex
Smith, John S. (M) (59) b. KY b. 1821
Mary M. (W) (38) b. Ky. b. 1842
Nicholas H. (S) (16) b. MO b. 1864
Charlie T. (S) (3) b. MO b. 1877
Wright, Chas. B. (SIL) (29) b. KY b. 1851
Wright, Emma R. (D) (19) b. MO b. 1861
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Subject: Re: Cemetery look-up
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 08:33:17 -0700
From: Janis <firefly@ctaz.com>
Buried in the Wright Cemetery in Hartford Twp.
Location: Township 54, Range 3 West Section 20 - Off Highway 61, Pike County, Missouri. Some people (Shannon's) have been disinterred and moved to other cemeteries.
John S. Smith 11/25/1820 - 2/16/1888
Mary M. Taul w/o John Smith 8/28/1841 - 3/21/1899
Micah E. Taul 11/20/1806 - 9/6/1887 (father of Elizabeth Wright)
Elizabeth Taul wife of Charles B. Wright Sr. 5/12/1829 - 8/8/1910
Charles B. Wright 8/15/1824 - 1/12/1901
I don't know if Micah is Mary's father but the notes in the book says that he is the father of Elizabeth. If they have listed the burials in order (burial order) then all 5 of them are buried in a row. Hope this helps Janis
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From Isobel Madsen, pp. 28-30:
p. 28--“John Shawhan Smith, son of Nancy Shawhan Smith and Nicholas Smith, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., on Nov. 25, 1820. He married Melvina Hinkson (records spell the name with a “t”, Hinkston), born in Bourbon County, Oct. 9, 1830. From “Hist. of Kentucky” by Collins, pp. 71 and 73, she is given as the daughter of John Hinkston, the creek (Hinkston Creek) and Hinkston Station (still bearing his name) as named for him in 1799, and his cabin was named Hinkston’s cabin in 1775. [NOTE--no such reference is found in Collins. The reference does mention John Hinkson and makes the distinction of the use of the “t” , but there is no mention of Melvina Hinkson as a daughter of John Hinkson--REF] John and Melvina were married Nov. 10, 1850.
“Miss Elizabeth Steele, Librarian of the Duncan Tavern Historical Library, Paris, Ky., has known the story of the Hinkston’s all her life, and there are still members of the family’s original ten children of John Hinkston living in Bourbon County now. There is a John Hinkston still living there, a descendant of the original John Hinkston.
p. 29. “Melvina Hinkston Smith died after the birth of Nicholas, on Nov. 26, 1863. During one of the coldest and bitterest winters of Missouri History, John Shawhan Smith married for the second wife, on Jan. 14, 1872, a native of Missouri, Maul Taul (born Aug. 28, 1841). To Mary Taul Smith and John Shawhan Smith one more son was born, Charles Taul Smith, Oct. 8, 1876.
“A portrait of John Shawhan Smith, said to be a fine likeness of him after the age of fifty, is in the home of Sally Jackson Smith, his granddaughter (Mrs. Sally Branstetter), 5541 St. Louis, Mo. [NOTE--a hand-written note after the paragraph reads: I never saw in my life--a mistake--sister Mary(?) surely had it.]
p. 30. “The marriages and families of the children of John Shawhan Smith, and Melvina Hinkston, are as follows:
“Nancy Shawhan Smith (called by us “Aunt Sis” all her lifetime that we knew her) married her first cousin, Humphrey Hinkston, Dec. 8, 1867. Three children were born to them; Henry Hinkston, Melvina Hinkston, [and] John Hinkston (this was the John Hinkson who now lives in Warren, Ohio, with surviving members of his own family). After the death of Humphrey Hinkston, Nancy Shawhan Smith Hinkston married a second time, William T. Vanarsdale, a native of Pike County (known to us as Uncle Billie, a scholarly old man with a flair for inventing contraptions to make work easy around his farm near New Hartford, Mo., helped in his work by Uncle Nick, who was Nancy’s bachelor brother, the one who was said to be “lazy as a nigger” because he was breast-fed by a colored woman as a baby). To William T. Vanarsdale and Nancy Shawhan Smith Hinkston Vanarsdale, was born one son, “Willie” Vanarsdale, who still lives on the old farm. Willie has been twice married, and by his first wife, Stella, had two golden-haired daughters with whom we played as children. They grew up and married, and after Stella died, we lost track of them. Uncle Willie preceded his wife in death, Nancy died August 11, 1929. She was said to have resembled her grandmother, the first Nancy Shawhan, all her life, even into old age. The protrait of her, as a little girl in hoop skirts, previously mentioned, is now in possession of Willie T. Vanarsdale, and his second wife, on the farm near New Hartford, Mo. It is likely to be handed on to one of the granddaughters.
p. 31. “John Thomas Smith, born Jan. 30, 1854, see later.
“Margaret Smith, born Oct. 7, 1857, married Wesley Trower, on Feb. 24, 1875, and they lived with their children in Vandalia, Mo. There we visited them often with my mother, and there stayed sometimes Great grandmother Sarah A. Butler Trower, about whom more later. Margaret Smith and Wesley Trower had seven children; Albert, Larry, Ralph, Edna, Jessie, Vernie, and Dot.
“Emma K. Smith, born June 3, 1861, married Charles Wright on Sept. 3, 1878, and they had a large farm and a large family in Pike County. There used to be a number of Wrights visit us when they came into Bowling Green, Missouri, where we lived, the county seat. They were a hearty, healthy family. Emma K. Smith and Charlie Wright had five children, Edward, Beulah, Oscar, Zora, and Abbie.
“Nicholas M. Smith, born Oct. 31, 1863, never married, but visited among his sisters, spending most of his time with Nancy and her husband, “Uncle Billie.” He was buried in the Old Settlers Graveyard, lnown as the “Smynra” Churchyard, where many of the same family are buried.
“The D. A. R., who has many records of old graveyards, have covered Smyrna.
Marriage: December 9, 1850 Harrison County, Kentucky [2]
Children: Nancy Shawhan (1851-1931)
John Thomas “Squire” (1854-1916)
Margaret M. (1857-)
Emma K. (1861-)
Nicholas M. (1863-1946)
Sources
1. The History of Pike County, Missouri, Des Moines, Iowa: Mills & Company, 1883, p. 906.
2. “The Western Citizen,” Paris, Kentucky, December 12, 1850.
(5) Name: Robert HINKSON
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Birth: November 24, 1765 Westmorland Pennsylvania
Death: December 21, 1834 Little Rock Ark. [1] Age: 69
Father: John HINKSON (ca1729-ca1789)
Mother: Margaret McCRACKEN
Misc. Notes
Bourbon County, Kentucky, May Court, 1786:
“On the motion of Benjamin Harrison, Gent., Sheriff Robert Hinkson was admitted and sworn as deputy sheriff.” [2]
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“The first court of Harrison County was held in February, 1794. Robert Hinkston was the first Sheriff...” [3]
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“In 1796, the Trustees sold to Robert Hinkson Lot 34, now occupied by the residence of William Turtoy.” [4]
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From WILLIAM HINKS0N CHRONOLOGY Compiled by Isabel Stebbins Giulvezan (From type written manuscript, date unknown):
1794 - July 9 - Thomas Hinkson., John Hinkson, William Anderson, Marcus Stephenson of Bourbon County, Ky. and William Hinkson of Harrison County, Ky. conveyed to Robert Hinkson of Harrison County, Ky., their whole claims in the tract of John Hinkson, deceased, known by the name of Hinksons Old Station in Bourbon County on the south fork of Licking. Consideration - Thomas Hinkson £30, John Hinkson £28,William Anderson £30, Marcus Stephenson £49.10, William Hinkson £28. Witnesses - Morgan Vanmater, Robert Harrison., Nichl. Harrison, Jeremiah Robinson. Proved Bourbon Court November 1794 by Morgan Vanmater, Robert Harrison, Nicholas Harrison. (Bourbon County Deed Bk. C, p. 145)
1806 - Mar. 21 Robert Hinkson assigned to William Hinkson his interest in Charles Duncaster’s right to land by virtue of settlement and improvements according to the custom of the Spanish government. Witness - Geo. A. Hamilton. Duncaster of New Bourbon District had conveyed his headright to Robert Hinkson of the same District, Feb. 2, 1806, for $40. (Ste. Genevieve County Deed Bk. B, p. 524)
1806 - Apr. 2 - Charles Duncaster of New Bourbon District, Territory of Louisiana, appointed William Hinkson of the same place, his lawful attorney, to transact all business in securing land he might be entitled to by virtue of an improvement in the District, to sell the same, etc., William Hinkson holding an obligation given by Duncaster to Robert Hinkson for the said tract. Witnesses - Geo. A. Hamilton, Saml. Hinch, John Todd. Proved Nov. 5, 1806 by Hamilton and Todd before Saml. Hinch, Justice of the Peace for Ste. Genevieve District. (Ste. Genevieve County Deed Bk. B, p. 525)
1816 - Dec. 13 - William Hinkson and wife Jane of Washington County, Territory of Missouri, conveyed to John Jones of Mine a Burton in Washington County, 290 acres on River Brazeau in Ste. Genevieve County in said Territory, part of 640 acres confirmed to William Hinkson.* The whole of said 640 acre tract bounded on the east by lands late of Robert Hinkson, on the west by lands now or late of Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on the other two sides by lands supposed to be vacant. Consideration $290. Witnesses to signatures on deed and receipt for 4290 - Andrew Henry and L. Browne for William Hinkson, Jesse Wiley for Jane Hinkson. Acknowledged Feb. 8, 1817 in Washington County by William and Jane Hinkson. (Ste. Genevieve County Deed Bk. B, p. 442)
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Notes on Robert Hinkson:
“The greater portion of the land in Columbia is of a rolling character, and in many parts it is rough and hilly, Along the Hinkson and the other streams, the soil is very stony. Some very fine and picturesque bluffs are to be seen along the Hinkson, and there is some magnificent scenery of this character on the Cedars.
“In the eastern part of the township is the famed Two-mile prairie, a body of prairie land some miles in extent from north to south, and of about an average width of two miles, from which circumstance it takes its name. There are a few other tracts of prairie in the township.
“Cedar and Little Cedar creeks in the eastern part, the Hinkson in the center, and numerous branches of Bonne Femme in the western part of the township, besides numberless springs, furnish abundant water. Stone of the best quality can be bad In abundance. Coal abounds in the north and is mined very successfully. There are natural exposures of this mineral in other parts of the township.
“It is known that among the first white men who came to the country now comprised within Columbia township were old Robert Hinkson, whose cabin stood near where the St. Charles road crossed the creek that afterward bore and now bears his name.” (“History of Boone County, Missouri,” 734-735)
Further, we read:
“Speedily succeeding the declaration of peace and ratification was the treaty of relinquishment of Indian title the tide of immigration came in as a flood, and Robert Hinkson (not Hinckston), after whom the creek on which Columbia is located was called…settled along the old Boone’s lick trail, leading from St. Louis to Franklin…
“In 1869-170, Mr. E. W. Stephens, as assistant editor of the Columbia Statesman, of which paper Col. W. F. Switzler was editor and proprietor, prepared for and published in that journel, a series of interesting historical sketches of Boone County, in which it is claimed that ‘Callaham, Graham and Hinkson stopped along Boone’s Lick trail and erected cabins, as taverns, for the accomodation of movers and travellers;’ that Callaham ‘was a noted hunter and Indian fighter, and can be justly designated as the first white man who ever settled in Boone County. Nearly at the same time, however, John Graham built a cabin near the present site of Rocky fork church (seven miles northwest of Columbia), and he was followed by Robert Hinkson, who lived near the source of the stream that bears his name.” (History of Boone County, pp. 130-131)
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Notes on Robert Hinkson: [5]
Robert Hinkson was born in 1765 in Probably Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He moved to Kentucky when he was 10 years of age. There he met and married-Polly Hinch (daughter of Samuel) on 26 Jan,, 1790 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. In 1794, Robert was sworn in as the first sherriff of Harrison County, KY. In 1802 he moved to Ste Genievieve, MO. He remained there until after 1811 when he moved to Howard County, Mo. In 1816-18 he was the judge of the township of Charlatanat, Fort Cooper. In 1820, he was in Boone County, Mo., where he is remembered as "Old Robert Hinkson". He was one of the first -three white men in Boone County. There he built a cabin next to a creek, that now bears his name. "Hinkson Creek" runs through the town of Columbia, Mo. He is found in Washington County in the year 1826. Most of his children married there. It is not known exactly when he left Missouri, but he died in Littlerock, Ark. Dec. 21, 1834. Robert and Polly had at least five children, there are sure to be more.
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To Bob and Chris,
Since both of you obviously are serious Hinkson researchers, I thought I would pass on that I did find today the source of the death date for Robert Hinkson. It was originally in an obit in the 23 Dec 1834 Arkansas Gazette newspaper, but I found the reference in a book titled "Arkansas Newspaper Abstracts 1819-1845" by James Logan Morgan, 1981, reprinted by Arkansas Research, Conway, AR in 1992. On p. 27 of vol. I, the book says under Obituaries & Deaths: "HINKSON, Robert, 68, formerly of MO, d last Sun Dec 21 1834 at res of son Major Samuel H. Hinkson, Big Rock Twp, Pulaski Co. Ark[ansas] Gaz[ette] Dec 23 1834." I do not know if he has a tombstone or known burial place but at least we know the source of the date. Thanks and regards,
David Sapp
Spouses
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1: Polly (Mary) HINCH
Birth: 1775 Shenandoah Virginia
Death: aft 1820?
Father: Samuel Thomas HINCH (-1807)
Mother: Charity HUMBLE (1756-1831)
Marriage: January 26, 1790 Harrodsburg Kentucky
Children: Samuel H. (1795-)
Andrew Henry (1808-1876)
Cicero N.W. (1809-1865)
Addison Cyrus (1811-1868)
Miton Adams (1815-)
James F.
Benjamin (-1846)
Sources
1. Arlene Hill’s source has deathdate: 1834 and place of death Pulaski, Arkansas.
2. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 40
3. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 220.
4. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 250.
5. “The Hinksons of California” by Linda Faivre Smith (14 page type written manuscript), p. 2.
(6) Name: Sterling P. HINKSON
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Birth: December 25, 1870 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Thomas HINKSON (1819-1894)
Mother: Susan RICHARDSON (1845-)
Misc. Notes
STERLING P. HINKSON. [1]-A prosperous and progressive agriculturist of Harrison county, Sterling P. Hinkson is the descendant of one of its earliest pioneers, Colonel John Hinkson, who with several companions dauntlessly pushed his way into a wild, uncultivated country, coming to Kentucky while yet
"The forests in their grandeur all proud and noble stood,
Ere the woodman's blows rang echoing in the
deep and darksome wood."
He is a native and to the "manner" born, his birth having occurred December 25, 1870, on his present home farm, one and one-half miles south of Lair. His father, Thomas Hinkson, and his grandfather,. Samuel Hinkson, were natives and life-long residents of Kentucky.
Colonel John Hinkson was born in Ireland, in or near Belfast, but as a young man came to America, the poor man's paradise, and located in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1775, in March or April, "Hinkson's Company" started from Pennsylvania for Kentucky, the little band consisting of fifteen brave and true men, as follows: John Hinkson, John Haggin, John Martin, John Townsend, James Cooper, Daniel Callahan, Patrick Callahan, Matthew Fenton, George Gray, William Haskins, William Shields, Thomas Shares, Silas Train, Samuel Wilson and John Wood. Coming down the Ohio and up the Licking river in canoes, they landed at the mouth of 'Willow creek, on the east side of the main Licking river, four miles above the forks, at the present site of Falmouth. On account of rainy weather and extremely high water, they remained there but one day and two nights before proceeding up the Licking river to a point near the Lower Blue Licks. A few days later, in the spring of 1775, another band, the "Miller Company," consisting of fourteen persons, persons, joined the Hinkson company, having come over the very same route in canoes. Each party sent out explorers who examined the country and reported to the two companies at Blue Licks. They all traveled together, following the main buffalo trace towards what is now Lexington until they reached a trace turning towards the west. That trace, since known as the "Hinkson" trace, the Hinkson party followed, while the Miller band camped on a small stream, Miller's run. At the crossing of the lower Limestone road the Hinkson contingent continued on the buffalo trace to the south fork of the Licking river, a mile and a half south of what is now Lair. Here making their camp, they erected a log cabin in an opening which they made and began to explore the surrounding country, naming the small streams of water after different members of the company, as Townsend creek in honor of John Townsend, Cooper run, after James Cooper, Gray's run for George Gray, and Hinkston creek for John Hinkson, putting in the letter "t."
Having cleared a piece of ground, John Hinkson in 1775 built a log cabin on Townsend creek, while John Cooper, on Hinkston's creek, made a clearing, built a small cabin, and that same summer raised a crop of corn, from which he furnished neighboring settlers with seed corn in 1776. The Cooper cabin was about two miles from Hinkson's settlement, which soon became a station. In the fall of 1775 both the Hinkson and the Miller companies returned by way of the Ohio river to Pennsylvania, the Hinkson band returning by the buffalo trace to the mouth of Willow creek, where Samuel Wilson cut his "journey cake" board from a hackberry tree the preceding spring. Here they barbecued enough meat to last them until they reached their native state.
In the spring of 1776 nearly every one of the Hinkson party and of the Miller party, also, returned to Kentucky. On May 3, 1776, a party of ten, called the Lyons Company, arrived at Hinkson's clearing, and William Haskins, at the suggestion of Colonel Hinkson, conducted the party to some rich lands which had not been taken up, land lying several miles to the east, probably on Hinkston creek, in Bourbon county. In June and July of 1776 a large number of Indians came from Ohio to their former happy hunting grounds, and finding them occupied by the settlers began many depredations, and on July 7, 1776, killed John Cooper, who had raised the first crop of corn in Harrison county. Colonel Hinkson and the other settlers, nineteen all told, being unable to resist the large band of savages, fled to McClelland's fort at Georgetown, but subsequently returned to their cabins. Colonel John Hinkson was a good fighter and served in the Indian wars of his day. The maiden name of his wife was Margaret McCracken.
Samuel Hinkson, grandfather of Sterling P. Hinkson, was born at Bullitts Lick. Kentucky, and as a young man located in what is now Harrison county. He was at one time captured by the Indians, but being released by a white girl made his escape. He was twice married. After his marriage to Nancy Wilson he moved to Clinton county, Ohio, where she died, leaving him with five children. Returning then to Harrison county, Kentucky. He subsequently married Susan Lyons, and to them eight children were born, one being Thomas, father of Sterling P. Samuel -Hinkson, was at one time quite well-to-do, but was unfortunate in his business transactions, losing all of his property.
Thomas Hinkson, born in Harrison county, Kentucky, March 12, 1819, spent nearly all of his life within its limits, his death occurring in Cynthiana May 28, 1894. Receiving but limited educational advantages, he began life with no capital save strong hands, a willing heart and good health, and for a time worked as a farm laborer. He afterwards rented land west of Cynthiana, and in its care was quite successful, making some money. He then purchased a small farm south of Lair, and was prosperously employed in cultivating the soil until 1879. Moving then to Cynthiana, he embarked in the wholesale liquor and distilling business. becoming associated with the Redmond Distilling Company, with which he was connected until his death. A man of indomitable energy and enterprise, and possessing rare business tact and judgment, he acquired a large property, at his death having been owner of twelve hundred acres of land lying south of Lair; five hundred acres north of Cynthiana; a large tract of land in Kansas; a beautiful residence in Cynthiana; and in addition to his wholesale liquor and distilling interests was a stockholder in the Cynthiana National Bank. He was a Whig in politics until after the Civil war, when he joined the Democratic party.
On August 16, 1860, Thomas Hinkson was united in marriage with Susan Ritcheson. who was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, August 4, 1838, a daughter of John and Julia A. (Ecklar) Ritcheson and now living in Cynthiana. Five children were born of their union, namely: John William, of Harrison county; William, deceased; Sterling P., the special subject of this sketch; Wyatt, deceased; and Otera, wife of Howard Jett; of Cynthiana. Thomas Hinkson was a valued member of the Presbyterian church, while his wife, true to the religious faith in which she was reared, belonged to the Christian church.
Sterling P. Hinkson, taken at the age of nine years to Cynthiana, was there brought up and educated, attending the public schools until sixteen Years of age. Having the natural instincts and qualifications of a born trader, lie then began the business of buying and selling' cattle, an industry which he conducted successfully for six years. In the fall of 1892 he assumed the management of his father's farm of twelve hundred acres, which he operated satisfactorily until the death of his father, when he inherited by will five hundred and thirty-four acres of the original property. This estate Mr. Hinkson has since managed most profitably, having converted it into an up-to-date, modern stock farm, which he is managing in a systematic and scientific manner, getting the best possible results from his labors. He makes a specialty of stock raising, breeding Percheron horses, Dorset sheep and Red Polled cattle. In his agricultural work he displays much ability and skill, his land being under an excellent state of culture and his improvements of the best, including among others the erection of commodious and conveniently arranged farm buildings for carrying on his work according to most approved modern methods.
Mr. Hinkson married, August 29, 1900, Nettie Lee Dawson, who was born in Bracken county Kentucky, September 14, 1871. Her father, Thomas Dawson, of Harrison county, Kentucky, was born in Brown County, Ohio, August 27, 1841, and married Martha Dawnard, who was born in Bracken county, Kentucky, June 8, 1846. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, eight of whom are now living. Mr. Dawson came from Ohio to Kentucky in early manhood, and for a number of years was employed as a tiller of the soil in Bracken county. In 1893 he settled near Shawhan, Bourbon county, where he continued as a farmer until 1904, when he removed to the farm which he now occupies in Harrison county, just across the line from his former home. Mr. and Mrs. Hinkson are the parents of four children namely: Sterling Alfred, born June 21, 1902; Thomas Dawson, born August 21, 1905; Harold, born August 9, 1907; and Russell T., born November 17, 1909. Politically Mr. Hinkson supports the principles of the Democratic party, but has never been an aspirant for official honors. Mrs. Hinkson is a member of the Presbyterian church.
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Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index
Sterling Hinkson
Enumeration District: 0083
Color: W
Age: 38
Birth Place: Kentucky
County: Harrison
Relation: Husband
Relatives:
Wife Mattie C 37, Kentucky
Son Sterling A 07, Kentucky
Son Thomas B 04, Kentucky
Son Harold 02, Kentucky
Son Runel T NR, Kentucky
Spouses
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1: Nettie Lee DAWSON
Birth: September 14, 1871 Bracken County, Kentucky
Father: Thomas DAWSON (1841-)
Mother: Martha DAWNARD (1846-)
Marriage: August 29, 1900
Children: Sterling Alfred (1902-)
Thomas Dawson (1905-)
Harold (1907-)
Russell T. (1909-)
Sources
1. E. Polk Johnson, The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians, Vol. III, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1912, pp. 1445-1447.
(7) Name: William HINKSON
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Military: Served Indiana War of 1812. [1]
Father: John HINKSON (ca1729-ca1789)
Mother: Margaret McCRACKEN
Misc. Notes
WILLIAM HINKS0N CHRONOLOGY Compiled by Isabel Stebbins Giulvezan
(From type written manuscript, date unknown)
Bourbon County, Kentucky was created 1785 from Fayette County to commence May 1, 1786 part of Virginia until 1792 when Kentucky was admitted to the Union
1786 - William Hinkson signed a petition to the Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates of Virginia - Protest of the inhabitants of Bourbon County against a division of the county. (Robertson, p. 91)
1790 - William Hinkson signed another petition to the Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates - Request of sundry inhabitants of Bourbon County for the establishment of tobacco inspection on land of Lawrence Protzman. (Robertson, p. 152)
Harrison County, Kentucky created 1793 from Bourbon and Scott Counties to commence Feb. 1, 1794
1794 July 9 - Thomas Hinkson., John Hinkson, William Anderson, Marcus Stephenson of Bourbon County, Ky. and William Hinkson of Harrison County, Ky. conveyed to Robert Hinkson of Harrison County, Ky., their whole claims in the tract of John Hinkson (John Hinkson was born in Ireland, came to America young, located in Westmoreland County, Penn., to Kentucky 1775 etc.--Johnson, V. 3, pp. 1445, 1587), deceased, known by the name of Hinksons Old Station in Bourbon County on the south fork of Licking. Consideration - Thomas Hinkson £30, John Hinkson £28,William Anderson £30, Marcus Stephenson £49.10, William Hinkson £28. Witnesses - Morgan Vanmater, Robert Harrison., Nichl. Harrison, Jeremiah Robinson. Proved Bourbon Court November 1794 by Morgan Vanmater, Robert Harrison, Nicholas Harrison. (Bourbon County Deed Bk. C, p. 145)
1795 - Jan. 26 - Clerk of the Harrison County Court issued license for the marriage of William Hinkson and Jenny Harrison. Benjamin Harrison was surety for William Hinkson on the marriage bond. (Harrison County Marriage Bond #55, Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington)
1795 - Dec. 16 - William Hinkson was commissioned Major in the Kentucky Militia, 20th Regiment from Harrison County. (Clift 2, p. 20)
1798 - Dec. 20 - William Hinkston was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel and Commandant in the Kentucky Militia, 20th Regiment from Harrison County. (Clift 2, p. 38)
1799 - Dec. 21 - An act for the relief of certain spies was approved by the General Assembly of Kentucky: John Stephenson, James Pickins, William Hinkson and Jacob Vanmeter, having been called on by the executive, in the year 1793, to act as spies on the frontier of Bourbon, were by this act allowed five shillings per day out of the treasury for that service. (Littell, v. 2, P. 358)
1800 - William Hinkson was taxed in Harrison County, Ky. (Clift 1, p. 137)
1801 - Mar. 30 - William Hinkson of Harrison County, Ky. gave power of attorney to his trusty friend, Humphrey Lyon of Bourbon County, Ky. - to do all & Every my Business which does relate to the Collecting all moneys due me on Account and publick Debts that I was authourised to Collect as Sheriff of the County of Harrison afsd to pass Receipts for Said Moneys And to discharge all Debts I may owe agreable to my Direction heretofore Given to Claim for me All Lands I may be intituled unto as Heir at Law of John Hinkson Decd. to Make Sail of the same & to Make Deeds thereto, etc. to do all and singular my business specially & particularly with respect to suits instituted vs.? me by a certain Dills? & others if any and he is hereby impowered to imploy one or more Councils learned in the Law for me & in my behalf Revokeing all other powers, etc. Witnesses - Nathan Rawlings, Law. Harrison, James Rule, Jno. Miller, Daniel Isgrig. Proved Apr. 8, 1801 in Harrison County by Nathan Rawlings and Lawrence Harrison. (Harrison County Deed Bk. 1, p. 613)
New Madrid District, Upper Louisiana
1802 - Feb. 2 - William Hinkson, with Benjamin Dawson as surety, entered into an agreement with George N. Reagan at New Madrid. They agreed to pay Reagan at New Madrid, 4,000 pounds of good cotton in the seed on or before Dec. 25, 1802. (New Madrid Archives #1384)
1802 - Dec. 6 - Acknowledgment of Debts at New Madrid: Benjamin Harrison Sr. to Richard Jones Waters - for William Hinkson, his son-in-law, Benjamin Harrison, Jr. and Lawrence Harrison, his sons, and Peter Lewis. The debts amounted to $1,428-50 which Harrison, Sr. agreed to pay in two installments in 1803. As security he mortgaged a tract on Lake St. Francois, a negro man Joe, negro man Tom, negro woman Lucey (two last have for some time past been in the custody of William Hinkson and live in his family) , 1 horse, 1 yoke of oxen, a desk. (New Madrid Archives #1082)
1802 - Dec. 6 - Mortgage at New Madrid:
William Hinkson to Benjamin Harrison, his father-in-law. To cover his share of the above debt due on or before Dec. 6, 1803, Hinkson mortgaged to Harrison, 1 bay gelding called the Humming Bird, 1 sorrel horse purchased from Harrison, 3 red and white cows with their calves, 1 black cow with her calf, 1 red heifer with a white back and. belly,,, 1 red and white heifer, 20 hogs consisting of bar- rows, sows and shoats, a weaver's-loom and its apparatus, 1 large cherry tree chest with till and draws, 2 beds, bedsteads and furniture, 1 rifle gun. (New Madrid Archives #1083 )
1802 -1803 - Guillaume (William) Hinkson was sergeant of the garrison at New Madrid. (Houck, v. 2, P. 153) Ste. Genevieve District, Upper Louisiana
1803 -Spring - When William Hinkson settled on Obrazeau Creek in Ste. Genevieve District in the Spring of 1803, he had a wife, three children, and two slaves. (American State Papers, Public Lands, v. 2, p. 562)
Brazeau bottom and creek, also known as "Obrazo" creek, is in the southeast corner of present Perry County, Mo. The first settler in Brazeau bottom was George A. Hamilton who opened a farm in 1797 fronting on the Mississippi River. Adjoining and west of Hamilton, William Hinkston had a grant in the uplands and also not far from him, Gen. Ben. Harrison who moved into the district from New Madrid. Other settlers in Brazeau bottom and at Brazeau creek were Robert, Hinckson, Samuel Hinch, Charles Duncaster, etc. (Houck, v. 1, pp. 385-86)
1803 -Sept. 16 - Benjamin Dawson assigned to William Henkson, his right to 200 arpents on River Pemiscon near Little Prairie. Witnesses - John McIntire, Henry Groslin. (New Madrid County Deed Bk. 1, p. 27)
1804 -Apr- 30 - Litigation at New Madrid:
Richard Jones Waters vs. William Hinkson and Benjamin -Harrison, Jr. In his complaint to the Commandant, Waters said that Hinkson and Harrison had lately arrived in the neighborhood, their business was not known nor had their arrival been announced to the Commandant-As by law and custom it ought to be. He said they had come from a distance on no lawful business and went about the neighborhood in a suspicious manner. Further, when two negro men, Tom and Joe, property of Benjamin Harrison, Sr., were taken last summer in execution under a mortgage from Harrison to Waters, there were strong circumstances to induce Waters to believe that attempts were made to convey the negroes away and that they were actually secreted by Hinkson or Harrison or both of them. Waters prayed that negro Joe "be continued in safeguard until it could be discovered wherefore Hinkson and Harrison lurked in the neighborhood." (New Madrid Archives #1356)
Apparently Waters did not ask that negro Tom be safeguarded because he was probably already in custody.
Litigation at New Madrid, Apr. 25, 1804, James Ashworth vs. Thomas, slave of Benjamin Harrison, Sr., prosecution for robbery. Verdict May 24, 1804 against Thomas. (New Madrid Archives #1359)
1804 - May 2 - Litigation at New Madrid:
Richard Jones Waters vs. William Hinkson and Benjamin Harrison, Jr. Waters petitioned that negro Joe be again put in his care and custody, he still protested the unlawful behavior of Hinkson and Harrison and prayed they be ruled to answer for their threats etc. Judgment rendered in favor of Waters. (New Madrid Archives #1356)
1804 - June 16 - Litigation at New Madrid:
Richard Jones Waters for himself and as agent for George N. Reagan vs. William Hinkson. Waters said in his petition that Hinkson, late an inhabitant of this place and now present, was indebted to him by an obligation entered into Dec. 6, 1802 with Benjamin Harrison, surety; that the amount due Dec. 6, 1803 had not been paid. As agent for Reagan, Waters also asked for satisfaction of an obligation entered into Feb. 2, 1802 whereby Hinkson with Benjamin Dawson, surety, agreed to pay Reagan by Dec. 25, 1902, 4,000 pounds of good cotton in the seed, which obligation remained unpaid except what might be recovered from Jacob Myers for a certain horse, etc. Hinkson was declared out of jurisdiction and the suit was transferred Sept. 30, 1806 from the Court of Common Pleas at New Madrid to the General Court of the Territory. (New Madrid Archives #1384)
Ste. Genevieve District, Territory of Louisiana
1805 -June 25 - William Hinkson signed a petition – Inhabitants of Ste. Genevieve District to General James Wilkinson, Governor of the Territory of Louisiana, recommending that Henry Dodge be appointed Sheriff of the District. (Territorial Papers, v. 13, PP. 138-39)
1805 - Dec. 25 - William Hinkson wrote the Governor of Indiana Territory:
To His Eccellency William H Harrison Esqr Governor. Sir about Twelve months ago I Inclosed Three Commisions to You in Letter Directed by Judge Griffin Which I Requested You to Inclose to me by Some Conveniant Opportunity They have never Yet Come to hand, If you would (do) the Favour to Inclose them in Letter and Send them by the Post to St Genevieve You would do me a Singular Favour the Papers aluded to is one Commision for a Sherriff one for Majr one for Colo if the(y) are not Fell into Your hands be so Kind as to inform me by the Poste - (MS illegible) Sir with Esteem your Obt Hle St--Will Hinkson (Territorial Papers, v. 13, P. 326)
1806 - Jan. 13 Surveyed for William Hinkson, 1,037 arpents on Obrazeau Creek in Ste.. Genevieve District. Survey certified Feb. 26, 1806. (American State Papers, Public Lands, v. 2, p. 562)
1806 - Mar. 21 Robert Hinkson assigned to William Hinkson his interest in Charles Duncaster’s right to land by virtue of settlement and improvements according to the custom of the Spanish government. Witness - Geo. A. Hamilton. Duncaster of New Bourbon District had conveyed his headright to Robert Hinkson of the same District, Feb. 2, 1806, for $40. (Ste. Genevieve County Deed Bk. B, p. 524)
1806 - Apr. 2 - Charles Duncaster of New Bourbon District, Territory of Louisiana, appointed William Hinkson of the same place, his lawful attorney, to transact all business in securing land he might be entitled to by virtue of an improvement in the District, to sell the same, etc., William Hinkson holding an obligation given by Duncaster to Robert Hinkson for the said tract. Witnesses - Geo. A. Hamilton, Saml. Hinch, John Todd. Proved Nov. 5, 1806 by Hamilton and Todd before Saml. Hinch, Justice of the Peace for Ste. Genevieve District. (Ste. Genevieve County Deed Bk. B, p. 525)
1806 - June 26 - William Hinckson appeared before Commissioners Penrose and Donaldson claiming 1,037 arpents on Obrazeau Creek in Ste. Genevieve District. He produced the survey dated Jan. 13, 1806, certified Feb. 26, 1806. Camille Lassus testified that he was present when permission was granted Hinckson to settle on vacant lands. George Hamilton testified that Hinckson settled the tract in the Spring of 1803, and did prior to Dec. 20, 1803 actually inhabit and cultivate the same, and had then a wife, three children, and two slaves. The Commissioners granted Hinckson 390 arpents on Obrazeau Creek provided so much tie found vacant there, but on Sept. 1, 1810, Commissioners Lucas, Penrose and Bates were of the opinion the claim ought not to be granted. (American State Papers, Public Lands, v. 2, p. 562)
1806 - William Hinkson signed a Memorial at Ste. Genevieve, to the President of the United States: The subscribers Citizens of the Territory of Louisiana, respectfully represent; That they have learned with regret, a Petition is now in circulation, in this Territory, for the appointment of a person, to succeed General Wilkinson, in the Office of Governor, whom we believe will not give satisfaction to the people in general. - Without intending to dictate to The President, we beg leave to observe, that we have the fullest confidence, in the talents and integrity of both Col. Return J Meigs Junior, and Col. Samuel Hammond, either of whom, should they meet your aprobation, etc. (Territorial Papers, v. 13, pp. 468, Off
1807 - July 29 - William Hinkson subscribed 420 for the building of an Academy at Ste. Genevieve. (Territorial Papers, v. 14, pp. 177-78)
1808 - Mar. 2 - Conditional Bill of Sale at New Madrid: William Hinkson of Ste. Genevieve District, Territory of Louisiana, for §550 conveyed negro man Tom (then in his possession, lately in possession of administrators of Estate of Richard Jones Waters, deceased), to Stephen Ross of New Madrid District. The negro was security for Ross who was security for Hinkson's appearance bail at the March term of New Madrid Court of Common Pleas. Witness - B. Olive. (New Madrid County Deed Bk. 2, p. 66)
ca. 1809 - William Hinkson signed a petition - Inhabitants of the Territory of Louisiana to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled: ... the undersigned ... Most Respectfully Sheweth. That they have waited with anxious but silent expectation for the arrival of that period, when in pursuance of the treaty by which Louisiana was ceded to the United States, they are to be admitted "according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of Citizens of the United States." These rights they do humbly conceive cannot be enjoyed while the judicial and legislative powers are vested in the same persons ... they most respectfully ask, that a law may be passed for enabling the inhabitants of this territory to have and enjoy the rights and privileges consequent upon a second grade of territorial government, andthat the same may be established in this territory ... (Territorial Papers, V. 14, pp. 357-58)
ca. 1812 - William Hinkson signed another petition, similar to the one above - Inhabitants of the Territory of Louisiana to the Senate and House of Representatives. Added to this petition: A large Majority of your Petitioners depend on Agriculture for support whose claims to lands form the Principal hope of themselves and families and more than two thirds of their Just Claims have been Rejected by the board of Commissioners from whose official Representations they have little to hope For these reasons which are all important to your Petitioners they now most Respectfully ask of your Honorable body, the Passage of a Law which will admit them into what is denominated the Second grade of Territorial Government, which will entitle them to a Delegate in Congress by whom they can make Known their unfortunate Situation (Territorial Papers, v.- 14, pp. 471-72, 474)
Washington County. Territory of Missouri, created Aug. 21, 1813 from Ste. Genevieve County effective Nov. 1, 1813
1814 - Aug. 12 - During the War of 1812, William Hinkson was enrolled for 60 days in Capt. Jacob Pettit's Company of Mounted (Drafted) Militia from Washington County, Missouri Territory, Lt. Col. Dodge's Command. The Company was mustered, inspected and received at St. Louis, Aug. 12, 1814. Hinkson was a private, his place of residence - Washington County.
1814 - Oct. 11 - William Hinkson was discharged at St. Charles. The Company was mustered out at St. Louis the next day. The Pay Roll shows that William Hinkson was due 68 a month for 2 months service $15-99 Travel pay - from residence to rendezvous 70 miles, from place of discharge to residence 70 miles. Time allowed for 140 miles - 9 days @ 250 2.25 Rations allowed - 9 days @ 140 1.26 Allowance for horse - 61 days 0 400 24-40 (Company Muster and Pay Rolls, National Archives)
1815 - Nov. 27 - William Harrison, Julius Harrison, Mary Harrison, William Hinkson and wife Jane, late Jane Harrison, and Catherine Miller, late Catherine Harrison, all of Washington County, Missouri Territory, gave power of attorney to their trusty friend, Andrew Miller of the same county, to convey their rights as heirs of Benjamin Harrison, deceased, to Land Warrant 6014 issued to the heirs and representatives of Benjamin Harrison for his services as Captain in the Revolutionary War. Witness - S(olomon) Dolly (J.P.). Acknowledged in Washington County on Nov. 27, 1815 by William Harrison, Mary Harrison, William Hinkson, Jane Hinkson and Catherine Miller, on Nov. 30, 1815 by Julius Harrison. (National Archives Record Group No. 49, v. 11, p. 516)
1816 - Jan. 5 - Andrew Miller of Washington County, Territory of Missouri, by power of attorney Nov. 27, 1815 from William Harrison, Julius Harrison, Mary Harrison,, William Hinkson and wife Jane, late Jane Harrison, Catherine Miller, late, Catherine Harrison., heirs of Benjamin Harrison, deceased, late of said Territory, and Andrew Miller for himself and his wife Catherine, conveyed to Battle Harrison of Fayette County, Ohio, their rights to Land Warrant 6014 issued to the heirs and representatives of-Benjamin Harrison for his services as a Captain in the Revolutionary War, together with all their rights to the land located in Fayette County, Ohio, by virtue of said warrant. Consideration $1. Witnesses - W. and Saml. Loofborrow? Acknowledged by Andrew Miller in Fayette County, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1816. (National Archives Record Group No. 49, v. 11, p. 516)
1816 - Dec. 13 - William Hinkson and wife Jane of Washington County, Territory of Missouri, conveyed to John Jones of Mine a Burton in Washington County, 290 acres on River Brazeau in Ste. Genevieve County in said Territory, part of 640 acres confirmed to William Hinkson.* The whole of said 640 acre tract bounded on the east by lands late of Robert Hinkson, on the west by lands now or late of Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on the other two sides by lands supposed to be vacant. Consideration $290. Witnesses to signatures on deed and receipt for 4290 - Andrew Henry and L. Browne for William Hinkson, Jesse Wiley for Jane Hinkson. Acknowledged Feb. 8, 1817 in Washington County by William and Jane Hinkson. (Ste. Genevieve County Deed Bk. B, p. 442)
*We have been unable to locate date of this grant. According to American State Papers, Public Lands, v. 3, p. 348, "Grants of claims founded on settlements under the several acts of Congress, commencing with that of 13th June, 1812, and ending with that of 12th April, 1814,11 William Hinkson was granted 640 acres, he claimed 1,037 arpents on Aux Vases in Ste. Genevieve County, survey dated Jan. 13, 1806, etc.
1817 - Sept. 9 - William Vance and James Hays made a deposition in Fayette County, Ohio and stated that Benjamin Harrison, to whom the lands in Land Warrant 6014 accrued, died sometime about 1808 leaving certain children: Batteal Harrison, William Harrison, Julius Harrison, Mary Harrison, Jane Harrison intermarried with William Hinckson, Catherine Harrison intermarried with Andrew Miller, and Aristhedes Harrison; that all are of age except the son Aristhedes who is now a minor under the age of 21; that the above named persons are the only heirs of Benjamin Harrison, deceased. (National Archives Record Group No. 49, V. 11, p. 516)
1817 - Sept. 13 - William Hinkson of Washington County, Missouri Territory, gave power of attorney to John Perry, Sr. of same, to ask, demand and receive from the United States all money due and owing for his service as private in Capt. Jacob Pettit's Company of Mounted Militia of the County aforesaid, on a tour of duty by order of the Executive of said Territory but in service of the United States from Aug. 12, 1814 until Oct. 11, 1814, together with pay for travelling to and from place of rendezvous, etc. Acknowledged same day in Washington County by William Hinkson. (National Archives, no citation)
1817 - Nov. 24 - William Hinkson of Washington County, Territory of Missouri, attorney in fact for Charles Duncaster, conveyed to Jacob Pettit of Washington County, 640 acres on Obrazo Creek, 5 or 6 miles from the Mississippi River in Ste. Genevieve County (settlement or headright of Charles Duncaster and confirmed to him). Consideration $800. Acknowledged Nov. 29, 1817 in Washington County by William Hinkson. (Ste. Genevieve County Deed Bk. B, p. 525)
1818 - June 12 - William Clark, Governor of the Territory of Missouri and Commander in Chief of the Militia thereof, commissioned William Hinkson a Justice of the Peace for four years in Liberty Township, Washington County: Reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, abilities and diligence of William Hinkson I do appoint him a Justice of the peace within and for the Township of Liberty in the County of Washington ... to administer oaths of office ... for said County and empower him to discharge the duties of said office according to law. To have and to hold the said office ... for four years unless sooner removed. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the Territory to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at St. Louis the 12th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and of the Independence of the United States the forty second.
William Hinkson took oath June 17, 1818 to faithfully support the Constitution of the United States and to execute the duties of his office according to the best of his skill and understanding without fraud or partiality. (Washington County Deed Bk. A, p. 247)
1819 - Aug. 3 - William Harrison, William Hinkson and wife Jane, Andrew Miller and wife Catherine, Julius Harrison, Mary Harrison and Aris Harrison of Washington County, Missouri Territory (William Harrison, Jane the wife of William Hinkson, Catherine the wife of Andrew Miller, Julius Harrison, Mary Harrison and Aris Harrison being children and legal heirs of Benjamin Harrison, deceased, late of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Territory), conveyed to William Burns of Ste. Genevieve County, their interest in a tract of land on the Mississippi River in Ste. Genevieve County, which Benjamin Harrison in his lifetime inhabited, cultivated and improved, etc. Consideration $150. Acknowledged in Washington County on Aug. 3, 1819 by William Harrison and William Hinkson, on Apr. 9, 1821 by Catherine Miller, on Apr., 10, 1821 by Ginney Hinkson, on Apr. 11, 1821 by Andrew Miller, Julius Harrison and Mary Harrison. (Washington County Deed Bk. B, P. 14)
Aris Harrison did not sign or acknowledge; he was a minor born ca. 1806.
The above deed was recorded on Apr. 12, 1821 in Perry County, Mo. where the land was located (Deed Bk. 1, p. 6). Perry County was created Nov. 16, 1820 from Ste. Genevieve County, effective Jan. 1, 1821.
1819 - Aug. 3 - Whereas William Harrison, William Hinkson and wife Jane, Andrew Miller and wife Catharine, Julius Harrison, Mary Harrison and Aris Harrison (which said Cathrine, Jane, Julius, Aris and William Harrison are children and heirs of Benjamin Harrison., deceased, late of Ste. Genevieve County) have conveyed to William Burns of Ste. Genevieve County their interest in a tract of land on the Mississippi River in Ste. Genevieve County, which Benjamin Harrison in his lifetime inhabited, etc., and whereas Aris Harrison by reason of his minority is by law incapable to make such conveyance, William Harrison covenanted with William Burns that Aris Harrison, when out of his minority, would make a deed of conveyance, etc. (Recorded Apr. 12, 1821, Perry County, Mo. Deed Bk. 1, p. 8)
1819 - Nov. 16 - A petition was presented to the Washington County Court praying for establishment of a public road from Potosi to Fouche Courtois Creek in Washington County to the plantation of Mr. Fulbright. Ordered by the Court that Martin Fulbright, John Fulbright and William Hinkson be appointed Commissioners to view and mark said road, etc. (Washington County Court Bk. 1-A, P. 94)
1819 - Nov. 17 - A petition was presented to the County Court praying for establishment of a public road from Potosi to the County line on the route to Boonsville and Franklin in Boonslick settlement. Ordered by the Court that William Hinkson, William Harrison, John Swan and Lewis Morrison be appointed Commissioners to view and mark said road, etc. (Washington County Court Bk. 1-A, p. 96)
1820 - Apr. 21 - William Hinkson and wife Jane of Washington County, Territory of Missouri, conveyed to Walter Wilkinson of Ste. Genevieve County, same Territory, 350 acres on River Brazeau in Ste. Genevieve County, part of 640 acres confirmed to William Hinkson. The whole of said 640 acre tract bounded, same as Dec. 13, 1816 deed to John Jones. Consideration $700 paid by Jones and Dunklin of Mine a Burton. Acknowledged in Washington County on Apr. 21, 1820 by Ginney Hinkson, on Apr. 22, 1820 by William Hinkson. (Ste. Genevieve County Deed Bk. C, P. 328)
1820 - July 19 - The Washington County Court appointed William Hinkson, Esquire, Justice of the Peace in Liberty Township, to lay off said township into road districts and to apportion lands in said township among the several road districts. (Washington County Court Bk. 1-A, p. 116)
Washington County, State of Missouri
1820 Nov. 16 - Alexander McNair, Governor of the State of Missouri, commissioned William Hinkson, a Justice of the Peace for four years in Liberty Township, Washington County: Whereas the General Assembly of the State of Missouri have nominated and appointed William Hinkson a Justice of the peace for the Township of Liberty in the County of Washington Now therefore I do hereby commission the said William Hinkson a Justice of the peace for the Township and County aforesaid ... for four years unless sooner removed according to law. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my private Seal (there being no Seal of State yet provided) Given under my hand at St. Louis the Sixteenth day of November AD 1820 and of the Independence of the United States the forty fifth. William Hinkson took oath Nov. 22, 1820, in Liberty Township, to support the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Missouri and faithfully to demean himself in his office of Justice of the Peace. (Washington County Deed Bk. A, p. 518)
1820 - Dec. 7 - The Register of the Land Office at St. Louis certified that William Hinkson of Washington County, Mo., on that day purchased of the Register of that Office the West half of the Northeast quarter of Section 35 of Township 38 North in Range 1 East containing 80 acres, at the rate of $1.25 per acre, amounting to $100, for which William Hinkson had made payment in full as required by law; that on presentation of the Certificate to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, William Hinkson would be entitled to receive a patent for the lot above described. (National Archives Record Group No. 49 St. Louis Cash Entry 77; entry date recorded as Dec. 6, 1820 in Washington County Tract Book North, p. 12)
1821 - Feb. 6 - The Washington County Court appointed William Hinkson, Andrew Miller and Louis Morrison, appraisers of slaves and personal estate of Samuel Silvers, deceased. On the same day, the County Court approved of William Hinkson and Walter Watson as securities for Brittle Hill, Constable of Liberty Township. (Washington County Court Bk. 1-A, p. 122)
1821 - Feb. 8 - William Hinkson, Esq. presented to the County Court an account of $35 for fees and services in the cases of the United States against Isaac Sallon? and others, account audited and allowed. (Washington County Court Bk. 1-A, p. 1261
1821 - Apr. 13 - William Hinkson of Washington County, Mo. conveyed to Samuel and James F. Perry of same, 80 acres on the waters of Fourche Arno where William Hinkson now lives (W1/2 NE1/4 S35 T38N RlE). Consideration $200. Witness - Abraham Brinker (J.P.). Acknowledged same day in Washington County by William Hinkson. (Washington County Deed Bk. B, P. 30)
Samuel and James F. Perry were merchants in Potosi (Hist. Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, etc., P. 516) The above appears to be a mortgage on the 80 acres which was released on Aug. 30, 1821 and re-mortgaged on Apr. 15, 1823.
1821 - Aug. 30 - Samuel and James F. Perry of Washington County, Mo. conveyed to William Hinkson of same, 80 acres on the waters of Fourch Arno where said Hinkson now lives same description as Apr. 13, 1821 deed). Consideration 1200. Acknowledged same day in Washington County by grantors. (Washington County Deed Bk. B, P. 36)
1821 - Sept. 24 - Patent for 80 acres - W1/2 NE1/4 S35 T38 RlE - was issued to William Hinkson:
Certificate No. 77:
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. WHEREAS William Hinkson of Washington County, Missouri, has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said William Hinkson, according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for the West half of the North East quarter of Section number thirty five, in Township thirty eight of Range One (East) in the State of Missouri, containing Eighty acres, according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said William Hinkson NOW KNOW YE, that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration of the Premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress, in such case made and provided, have Given and Granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said William Hinkson the said tract above described: To have and to Hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said William Hinkson and his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony whereof, I, James Monroe, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters to be made PATENT, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the twenty fourth day of September in the Year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and twenty-one and of the Independence of the United States the forty sixth. By the President, James Monroe Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office (Original of this patent is in possession of Paul T. Johnson,, Potosi, Washington County, Mo., great-great-grandson of William Hinkson. Patent was not recorded in Washington County.)
1823 - Apr. 15 - William Hinkson of Washington County, Mo. conveyed to Samuel and James F. Perry of same, 80 acres on the waters of Fourche Arno where William Hinkson now lives (same description as Apr. 13 and Aug. 30, 1821 deeds). Consideration $200. Witnesses - Alexander Selkirk, John Hinkson. Acknowledged same day in Washington County by William Hinkson. (Washington County Deed Bk. B, p. 112) 1823 May 13 - The Washington County Court appointed William Hinkson and Charles Springer, Commissioners of School Lands in Liberty Township. (Washington County Court Bk. B, p. 7)
1824 - Apr. 28 - William Hinkson of Washington County, Mo. gave power of attorney to his trusty friend, Napoleon B. Coleman of Harrison County, Ky. - having a variety of business to transact in the sd. State of Kentucky particularly the institution & prosecution of a suit against Humphrey Lyon, on a bond or obligation from sd. Lyon to me., and the prosecution of a suit already brought against Richard Henderson both of Harrison County Kentucky Now by these presents I do hereby constitute ordain & appoint, etc. Acknowledged by William Hinkson Apr. 28, 1824 in Harrison County. (Harrison County Deed Bk. 9, P. 156)
1825 - Oct. 20 - The Washington County Court ordered that an attachment issue against William Hinkson, Commissioner of School Lands in Liberty Township, and Joseph G. Rayburn, Commissioner of School Lands in Belleview Township, to show cause why they failed to obey the notice served on them from the Clerk's office of the County Court dated Oct. 1, 1825. (Washington County Court Bk. B, p. 65)
1827 - Apr. 11 - John Miller, Governor of Missouri, commissioned William Hinkson a Justice of the Peace for four years in Liberty Township, Washington County: Whereas the County Court for the County of Washington in the State of Missouri has recommended William Hinkson to be appointed a Justice of the peace, for the Township of Liberty, etc. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the State of Missouri to be affixed. Done at the City of Jefferson this Eleventh day of April A.D. 1827 of the Independence of the United States the fifty First and of the State the seventh. William Hinkson took oath May 11, 1827 to support the Constitutions of the United States of America and the State of Missouri and faithfully to demean himself in his office without partiality, favor or affection. (Washington County Court Bk. BP P. 103)
1827 - Aug. 11 - The Washington County Court appointed Charles Springer and William Hinkson, Esquires, Justices of the Peace in Liberty Township, to lay off the roads in Liberty Township into road districts and apportion lands to the same. (Washington County Court Bk. B, P. 113)
1827 - Oct. 9, 10, 11 - William Hinkson and Andrew Goforth, Justices of the Peace in Washington County, Mo., took depositions at the house of Andrew Goforth in Bellevue. Township. (American State Papers, Public Lands, v. 8, pp. 93-94; Washington County Deed Bk. B, PP. 316-18)
1829 - Sept. 29 - Thomas Long and wife Susan, Joseph Pinson and wife Mary of Washington County, Mo., acknowledged a deed before William Hinkson, Justice of the Peace. (Washington County Deed Bk. B, p. 468)
1830 - Mar. 16 - William Harrison and wife Ann, Andrew Miller and wife Catharine, John Swan and wife Mary, Julius Harrison and Aristides Harrison, heirs at law of Benjamin Harrison, deceased, of the one part, and William Hinkson of the other part, all of Washington County, Mo. In consideration of $320 paid by William Hinkson to Benjamin Harrison before his death, first parties conveyed to Hinkson the undivided half of 640 acres on the waters of Brazeau in Perry County, Mo., being the same confirmed to Benjamin Harrison, Survey 2179, said tract being undivided as yet. Beginning at a post on the south boundary line of Joseph James' survey, etc. Witness - Israel McGready. Acknowledged in Washington County on Mar. 16, 1830 by Andrew and Catharine Miller, John and Mary Swan and Julius Harrison, on Mar. 17, 1830 by Ann Harrison and Aristides Harrison, on July 14, 1830 by William Harrison. (Perry County Deed Bk. 1, p. 265)
1830 - Mar. 16 - William Harrison and wife Ann., Andrew Miller and wife Catharine, William Hinkson and wife Jane, John Swan and wife Mary, Julius Harrison and Aristides Harrison, all of Washington County, Mo. conveyed to Jacob Shaner of Perry County, Mo. the undivided half of 640 acres on the waters of Brazeau in Perry County, being the same confirmed to Benjamin Harrison, Survey 2179, said tract being undivided as yet. Same description as above deed. Consideration $640. Acknowledged in Washington County on Mar. 16, 1830 by Andrew and Catharine Miller, John and Mary Swan and Julius Harrison, on Mar. 17, 1830 by Ann Harrison., William and Jane Hinkson and Aristides Harrison, on July 14, 1830 by William Harrison. (Perry County Deed Bk. 1, P. 267)
1830 - Mar. 17 - William Hinkson and wife Jane (no place of residence) conveyed to Jacob Shaner of Perry County, Mo. the undivided half of 640 acres on the waters of Brazeau. in Perry County, being the same confirmed to Benjamin Harrison, Survey 2179, said tract being undivided as yet. Same description as above two deeds. Consideration $320. Witness - Israel McGready. Acknowledged Mar. 17, 1830 in Washington County, Mo. by William Hinkson and his wife Jane "who signs her name Ginney." (Perry County Deed Bk. 1, p. 250)
1831 - Mar. 29 - Ann M. Perry and John Brickey, Executrix and
Executor of Estate of Samuel Perry, deceased, and James F. Perry and wife Emily M. of Washington County, Mo. conveyed to Noah Martin of same., 80 acres on the waters of Fourch Arno, the W1/2 NE1/4 S35 T38N RlE, being the same whereon William Hinkson formerly lived and conveyed by said Hinkson to Samuel and James F. Perry by deed Apr. 15, 1823. Consideration $150. Acknowledged in Washington County on Mar- 30, 1831 by Ann M. Perry and John Brickey, on Apr. 23 1831 by James F. Perry and wife Emily M. (Washington County Deed Bk. C, p. 296)
According to family tradition, William Hinkson and wife Jane left Washington County and went to live with children in Southeast Missouri (Cape Girardeau, New Madrid or Sikeston) and died there.
Spouses
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1: Jane “Jenny” HARRISON
Father: COL Benjamin HARRISON (1750-1808)
Mother: Mary NEWELL
Marriage: January 26, 1795 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Children: Margaret
Sources
1. Arlene Hill, “Some Hinkson Bits and Pieces,” December 1, 1997, dahill@worldaccessnet.com.