A little bit of history…
In the 1800’s, after the Civil War, the U.S. Government sent Negroes from North Carolina to different areas in Texas and Louisiana. Members of the Hinton family came to Texas from Clayon (perhaps also spelled “Clayton”), a township in North Carolina. Some settled in Robinson County — in the area of Calvert and Hearne, Texas.
James Hinton (1841-1928) brought, his wife Angelina McCullough, and their children to settle in Burleson County in 1890. The genealogy report shows they had 17 children. James and Angelina’s children (in order of the report’s birth year) were: Mollie, Perry Dow, Delia, German, Laney, Bryant, Frank, Monroe, Truletter, Winnie, Dock, Octavia, Judy, Annie, Lanie, Patrick, and Jimmie Victoria.
James, Angelina, and their children settled in a little community called Wilcox. German Hinton was only 13 years old when they moved to Texas, having been born April 1, 1877.
German’s first wife was named Lummie and they had one daughter together before Lummie passed — Vernella (born 1900). He later married America (née possibly Warfield) and had six children together — Narviez (Boots), Solon (J.S.), Virgie Daizolu, Emmanuel, Varia, and German Bernice.
Emmanuel H. Hinton, America and German’s 4th child, grew up working on his father’s land in the Wilcox community along with his brothers and sisters. He married Odessa Jackson (our MaDear), who had also grown up in the community and attended the same church — Little Flock Baptist. Together, they had ten surviving children: Alden (Verndale), Emmanuel, Myrthic, Doris, Sandra, Chenamia (Cherry), Shelia, Avaleon, Sharrion, and Lenard (Len).
While geneaology for the paternal Hinton side of the family has been closely researched, unfortunately, we don’t have as thorough an understanding of MaDear’s Jackson side. We would like to.
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