Ed, I don't know much about the Hinds family only that my 2nd great aunt, Sarah Frances Ross, married John C. Hinds in abt 1882 in Arkansas. I figure my 3rd great grandfather, Angus Ross, was living with them or close by when he died as Mrs. J.C. Hinds was the informant on his will. I know that they had three children (at least I believe) James Lorenzo Hinds, Catherine, and Arvilla. Would love to connect with "cousins" and share any information I may have. If you wish, please contact me at dhild1@houston.rr.com Thanks, Teresa Ross-Hild Houston, Texas -------Original Message------- From: HINDS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, December 19, 2003 22:49:24 To: HINDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HINDS] Hinds of Hindsville, Arkansas I would like to hear from anyone who can add to my knowledge of Hinds families who lived around Hindsville, Arkansas in the mid 1800s to 1870s. I imagine these families were responsible for the town's name. My interest is that two sisters of my great-grandmother, Minerva King Moore, were said in family legend to have married Hinds men. I did prove this to be true of one sister. Mary Jane King married Lorenzo J. Hinds in April 1860 and they are on the 1860 and 1870 censuses for Madison County, Arkansas, where Hindsville is located. Minerva had several other sisters, Margaret and Emily, who could have been the other one to marry another Hinds man, but I have nothing on that. My widowed great-great-grandmother, Margaret King, was living with daughter Mary Jane and Lorenzo J. Hinds in 1860. In 1861, Minerva King Moore delivered Margaret Unity Moore in Hindsville. Minerva and her husband, Noble Hamilton Moore, were living on the War Eagle River in Benton County at the time. Minerva probably went to Hindsville so her mother and sister could care for her and the baby. In 1972, Minerva King Moore died and family legend says that her three children were sent to live with one of the sisters who had married a Hinds. However, the oldest boy, at age 16, immediately ran off to Texas. Family legend also says that the younger two children were stuck with an aunt who was mean to them, until she died, after which the uncle Hinds took them to Texas to stay with their older brother, who had just married. Since they went to Texas in 1877, and it was later found that Mary Jane had died in 1876, we can assume that the children were staying with her and Lorenzo Hinds. Recently I learned that Margaret King had died in 1975, and is buried in the Hindsville Cemetery. Mary Jane Hinds died in 1876, and is also buried in the Hindsville Cemetery. Lorenzo Hinds is not listed in that cemetery. Several other Hinds are listed, but I don't know their relationships. I'm looking to fill in some of the gaps in this little story. Any info will be appreciated. Ed Moore Waco, Texas edmoore@grandecomNoSpamRemoveThis.net http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/o/o/Edward-H-Moore/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 .