Person:Hugh Tinnin (6)

In 1808 Hugh and brother Azariah received a land grant in Washington County (probably later Mississippi)-- recorded among Washington County, AL records. There is also mention in Mississippi Territory records of a Tinnin Trading Post among the Choctaws in 1811. That too was apparently a joint venture with brother Azariah. Then in 1812, back in Sumner Co, he and brother Azariah bought their father's Mansker Creek land from other heirs. They sold it in 1814 and Hugh moved to MO, where he got married and son Azariah was born (1816). By 1820 [I've changed that to 1818], he had moved on to Lawrence Co. Arkansas.

From Records of Choctaw Trading Post, St. Stephens, Mississippi Territory, 1803_1815; 1808_1810 census of Washington Co., Miss. Territory (now Alabama); compiled by Ben & Jean Strickland, P.O. Box 5147, Moss Point, MS 39563; 1984: pg. 98: on 1810 census of Washington Co., M.T. _ Hugh Tinnin: 3 m. over 21; 4 m.und. 21; 1 f. over 21. [as Hugh, himself was not yet married, and there were seven males in the household with three of them over 21 yrs. and four under 21 yrs., with only one woman, it appears that this was more of a house for traders with a woman cook and housekeeper who more than likely was an Indian woman. Most likely his brother Azariah, who was in on the 1808 land grant though only 18, would have been one of those under 21.]

Hugh's younger brother, Azariah, accompanied Hugh to Cape Girardeau, MO, where he married Susan YOUNT in 1817, and they had a son Hugh (married Balbina TUCKER and was in Perry Co. MO in the 1850 Census). The 1820 census schedules for the Missouri Territory no longer exist.

Copyright 2000 Will Johnson. This material may not be published without prior writen approval.

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