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Lucy Hart Lee
Janabel Hart Brittain
Thomas C. Hart
Sam P. Hart
L. B. Hart died in 1955 and was buried in the Quit-
man Cemetery.
Source: Wood County Democrat
STEPHEN C. HESTER was born in Perryville,
Wood County, in 1856. His father, Henry Hester, had
come from South Carolina about 1850 and settled in
this area. Henry Hester fought and died during the
Civil War.
Stephen C. Hester married Miss M. M.
Hardegree, 26 March 1882. They were the parents of:
John Henry Hester
Stephen Garvin Hester
Roger Hester
Clayton Hester Lindsey
Dillie Hester Hill
Lizzie Hester Fargason
Roger Hester married Miss Ruth Bright and they
are presently (1975) living on the same land which
Hesters have owned and have resided on for over a hun
dred years. The house in which Roger and Ruth Hester
live was built in 1900, but a short distance away are the
ruins of the old Hester homestead.
Having been born and reared in the Perryville
area, which is located on the old Jefferson to Quitman
road, Roger Hester remembers many of the incidents
relating to the early days. He recalls the heavily loaded
freight wagons hauling supplies from Jefferson to points
west, and when it took 2 days by ox wagon to go to
Pittsburg, necessitating camping along the way. Cot-
ton, he recalled, sold for about seven cents per pound.
Mail was delivered twice a week and came from
Scroggins. There were 5 gins in the community at one
time. Perryville was a prosperous village; had a four
teacher school. Roger's first teacher was Billy
Morrison. He recalled several doctors who had offices
in Perryville. Some of them were Dr. Paris, Dr.
McAllister, Dr. Stolp, Dr. Killum and Dr. Jackson.
Stephen C. and M. Hardegree Hester were buried
in the Perryville Cemetery.
Source: Roger HesterJAMES I. HILL, born 1835 in Alabama, enlisted at
the outbreak of the Civil War and was a member of the
Pettus Brigade. He marched from Dalton, Georgia to
beyond Nashville, Tennessee, in combat most of the
way. Hill was captured by the Union soldiers in 1864
and imprisoned at Camp Douglas, Illinois where he
remained for a year. At the close of the war he returned
to Alabama, coming to Wood County in 1869.
James Hill farmed for twenty-three years, then
moved to Winnsboro and entered the drug business in
1895. His son, Walter Hill, was his associate in this
enterprise.
Children of James I. and Sarah Wilkinson Hill
were Doctor J. L., Walter, B. R., P. L., and Amanda L.,
who married Sam Paschal.
Deceased members of the James I. Hill family
were buried in Lee Cemetery.
Source: 1908 edition Wood County Democrat
EVERETTE ELI HINSON arrived in Wood
County circa 1880. He was a son of John Hinson, of
Scotch-Irish ancestry. The Hinson Clan of Scotland,
having difficulties among themselves, moved to Ireland
and later some of them moved to England where they
were called Henson or Henderson.
Eli Everette's family retained the correct spelling
"Hinson" and later came to America, wandering down
through the Carolinas until they reached Alabama,
where they settled near Troy. Here, Everette Eli was
born in 1840. He married Amanda Turner, also of
Alabama.
Prior to 1880, a group of related families, including
the Turners, Wilsons, and Hinsons, came to Wood
County. All of the families settled in Pleasant Grove or
nearby communities.
Four children were born to Everette Eli and
Amanda Turner Hinson: J. A. (Jim), Sally, Robert
(Bob), and William Dennis Hinson.
Amanda Turner Hinson died in the Pleasant
Grove Community in 1886. After her death, Everette
Eli Hinson married Susan Elizabeth Cobb. Everette E.
Hinson died in 1925 and was buried at Hopewell
Cemetery.
William Dennis Hinson married Mary Jane (Jim)
Moore, born in the Pleasant Grove Community in 1880.
She was the daughter of Silas S. and Amy Benton
Moore. Children born to this marriage were Avis,
Garnet, Merlie, Matteel, William Dennis, Jr. and
George Turner.The William Dennis Hinson home is still standing
in the Pleasant Grove Community. A part of the old103
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