Ancestor Stories - Ray Family

David Hinton & Elizabeth Ray Hinton

Hinton Information Descendant Report -

Elizabeth was the daughter of Nathaniel Ray Jr., died 1823, Allen Co, KY

David Hardy HINTON - 3 (About 1802 - ) & ELIZABETH RAY - 269 (1806 - )

..... John HINTON - 2 (About 1834 - )

..... Thomas HINTON - 1 (About 1829 - )

..... Fredrick H HINTON - 5 (About 1840 - )

..... Elizabeth HINTON - 6 (About 1838 - )

While Elizabeth Ray Hinton is the sister of my great great great grandfather Hix Jones Ray, I don't know how the other Hinton families of Wayne Co, Tennessee were related to Elizabeth's husband, David "Hardy" Hinton.

Extracted from: The Wayne County Historian, Wayne County, Tennessee Genealogical Society

INFORMATION ON HINTON GRAVES AT POWELL CEMETERY

This article was contributed by Letty ATHA, Rt. 1, Box 125, Cheyenne, OK 73628.

According to Mrs. ATHA, the following members of the HINTON family are supposed to be buried at Powell Cemetery. They are buried on the west side of the cemetery with only black rocks for markers. There are six graves:

C. C. (Colbern Caroline) HINTON, 25 Mar 1826 - 1878, (Mrs. ATHA's great grandfather) HINTON, Mary L., i6 Dec 1835 - 1877, first wife of C.C. HINTON, (Mrs. ATHA's great-grandmother) HINTON, Elizabeth, dau. of C.C. and Mary L. HINTON HINTON, Sarah, dau. of C.C. & Mary L. HINTON, L. B., child of C.C. & Mary L. HINTON, Thomas, son of C.C. & Mary L.

"Births" page from C.C.HINTON's Bible; transcribed as follows -

names birthdate

  • C.C. HINTON March 25, 1826
  • Mary L. HINTON Dec 16, 1835
  • Elizabeth HINTON July 29, 1855
  • Sarah HINTON Nov 23, 1857
  • Rebeccah HINTON Sept 24, 1859
  • Pairlee HINTON April 29, 1862
  • Benjamin HINTON Aug 31, 1864
  • L. B. HINTON Nov 15, 1866
  • Nancy J. HINTON March 9, 1869
  • Thomas HINTON March 24, 1872
  • Mary I. HINTON Aug 6, 1880
  • Laura Ann HINTON Feb 24, 1882
  • J C B HINTON June 20, 1888

Elizabeth, Sarah, Rebeccah, Pairlee, Benjamin, L.B. , Nancy and Thomas are the children of C.C. HINTON and his first wife;

Mary Ida, Laura Ann and J.C.B. are children by his second wife: Mary Elizabeth MORRIS, 1861 - 1935, buried at Centenary Cemetery, Wayne County, Tennessee.

Hinton marriage & cemetery information:

  • Rebeccah HINTON md Carroll MORRIS
  • Pairlee HINTON md M. A. McFALL.
  • Both Rebeccah & Pairlee are buried in Susie Moore Cemetery. Benjamin HINTON md Margaret McFALL is buried in Phoenix,AZ
  • Nancy Jane HINTON md John David PATTERSON moved to Dempsey, OK (Mrs. ATHA's grandparents).
  • Mary Ida HINTON married James BEVIS
  • Laura Ann HINTON married Turner BEVIS
  • J. C. B. (James Coleman "Buddy") HINTON married Ellen BEVIS. These last three children are buried at the Palentine Cemetery.